Munira Wilson MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Private Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of applying VAT to independent school fees on boys who are neurodiverse.
Answer: HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees. This is a comprehensive assessment of the VAT policy, including impacts on individuals and families, and equalities impacts. The TIIN is available h...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71122More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Twickenham constituency.
Answer: The Chancellor’s draught rate cut at Autumn Budget 2024 applied to approximately 60% of the alcoholic drinks sold in pubs. This took a penny of duty off a typical strength pint at a cost to the Exchequer of over £85m a year. Draught beer and cider now pa...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestiniansForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on reports that IDF forces opened fire on children at aid distribution points.
Answer: It is horrifying that 875 people have been killed at or near the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution sites. We regularly engage with Israeli counterparts to urge them to improve the situation on the ground. Most recently, on 21 July, the Forei...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39290 on Coronavirus: Drugs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the
Answer: Ministers and Department officials have regular discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on a range of issues, including topics for new or updated guidance. Pemivibart, also known under the brand name Pemgarda, for use...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change CommitteeDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security has met the Climate Change Committee since July 2024.
Answer: The Minister attended the Jet Zero Taskforce Plenary in December 2024, which was attended by the CCC’s CEO, Emma Pinchbeck, and where the government’s approach to aviation decarbonisation was discussed. The minutes from that meeting can be found here: Jet...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStreptococcus: Ethnic GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) help tackle high rates of Group B Strep infection and (b) improve access to (i) screening, (ii) diagnosis and (iii) treatment for Group B Strep infecti
Answer: Practitioners are expected to take a risk-based approach to the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of group B streptococcus (GBS). Under current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance, pregnant women who are known to carry GBS, or who...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordThames WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the deadline is for Thames Water to submit its annual review of its Water Resources Management Plan under section 37A of the Water Industry Act 1991.
Answer: Thames Water submitted its latest annual review of its Water Resources Management Plan on 30 June 2025. This review covers the period April 2024 to March 2025. The Environment Agency and Ofwat are currently scrutinising this report.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to help support parents with the costs of the Family Court system.
Answer: The Government is already taking steps to ensure that financial hardship does not prevent parents from engaging with the family court system. To support access to justice, the Help with Fees scheme provides full or partial remission of court and tribunal ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment she has made of the performance of the Family Court system in (a) London and (b) the rest of the country.
Answer: This Government is committed to improving performance, which is assessed against system wide targets for 2025/26, agreed by the Family Justice Board. The latest published data shows encouraging signs nationally, including a reduction in the public law ope...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: TwickenhamDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to increase funding for (a) road maintenance and (b) pothole repairs in Twickenham.
Answer: The Government has already provided an additional £500 million increase for local highway maintenance this financial year. As a result of this increase, Richmond upon Thames will receive up to £664,000 in additional funding. Building on this, at the spend...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocksmiths: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to address consumer protection concerns in the locksmith sector.
Answer: The UK’s framework for occupational regulation upholds public protection, while ensuring regulatory burdens on industry are proportionate. Although the locksmithing profession is not subject to statutory regulation, several self-regulating trade associati...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocksmiths: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the current regulatory framework for the locksmith industry.
Answer: The UK’s framework for occupational regulation upholds public protection, while ensuring regulatory burdens on industry are proportionate. Although the locksmithing profession is not subject to statutory regulation, several self-regulating trade associati...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Armed ForcesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) Universal Credit and (b) Universal Credit health element claimants are (i) current and (ii) previous members of the UK Armed Forces.
Answer: Data is not held on the total number of UC claimants who are currently serving in the Armed Forces or who have served in the past. Data is held on those who have identified themselves so far. Therefore, data on Armed Forces status has only been recorded f...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many matter starts there have been for (a) legal help public law level one, (b) family help public law lower level two, (c) legal help private law level one and (d) family help private law lower level two in
Answer: The requested information can be found in the below tables:Public Family Law Financial Year Fee Level 1 Fee Level 2 2020-211,54212,3712021-221,35113,3252022-231,11013,3632023-241,23814,6382024-251,26615,623 Private Family Law Financial Year Level 1 Level ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of (a) telephone and (b) online Work Capability Assessments in ensuring the needs of disabled people are (i) met and (ii) understood.
Answer: All Work Capability Assessments (WCAs) including paper-based, telephone, video and face-to-face are conducted by fully qualified, clinical professionals who have undergone a comprehensive training programme designed and approved by the Department for Work...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: TaxationDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the New Economic Foundation's publication entitled Flying Fair: Modernising the air transport tax system, published in June 2025.
Answer: Aviation taxation is a matter for the Treasury. The Chancellor announced changes to Aviation Passenger Duty (APD) in the October 2024 Budget to ensure the aviation industry continues to contribute its fair share to public finances. The Treasury also recen...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care LeaversDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on care-leavers.
Answer: The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on care leavers. However, we recognise the challenges that care leavers may face in transitioning to independent living and navi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Care LeaversDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that care leavers are not disproportionately impacted by the proposed changes in the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill.
Answer: On 18 June, the Government introduced the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to Parliament, marking the next legislative step in delivering some of the reforms set out in the Pathways to Work Green Paper. The changes in this Bill will...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: TwickenhamDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase the Environment Agency's budget for the maintenance of assets in Twickenham.
Answer: We inherited flood defences in their worst state on record. We’re investing a record £2.65 billion over two years (2024/25 - 2025/26) to maintain, repair and build flood defences, and we have reprioritised £108 million of this funding into asset maintenan...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Agency: TwickenhamDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on the maintenance of assets in Twickenham.
Answer: We inherited flood defences in their worst state on record. We’re investing a record £2.65 billion over two years (2024/25 - 2025/26) to maintain, repair and build flood defences, and we have reprioritised £108 million of this funding into asset maintenan...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of ending transitional protections for free school meals on levels of school funding.
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. It will lif...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the funding announced in the Spending Review for reform of the SEND system will be used to cover existing SEND related deficits at local authority level.
Answer: At the 2025 Spending Review, the department announced that funding for schools will increase by £4.7 billion per year by 2028/29 compared to the 2025/26 core schools budget, which was published in the Spring Statement 2025.This additional funding will ena...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding announced in the Spending Review 2025 for reform of the SEND system will be invested in improving early identification of SEND.
Answer: At the 2025 Spending Review, the department announced that funding for schools will increase by £4.7 billion per year by 2028/29 compared to the 2025/26 core schools budget, which was published in the Spring Statement 2025.This additional funding will ena...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ExpenditureDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the increase to the core schools budget for 2025-26 and 2026-27 is expected to be spent by schools in covering part of the (a) recent teacher pay rise and (b) National Insurance contribution increas
Answer: The department is providing £1.4 billion to support schools with their increases to employer National Insurance contributions and staff pay awards in the 2025/26 financial year. Following the spring Spending Review, this level of funding will continue, an...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Postal ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support access to postal services for small businesses.
Answer: The government recognises that small businesses are critical to our communities and essential to our economic success. We are committed to hardwiring the voice of small business into everything we do and collaborating with businesses and workers to kickst...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
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