Munira Wilson MP: written questions 2025
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Midland Bank: PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on compensating people affected by the clawback feature of the Midland Bank pension scheme.
Answer: Integrated pensions are intended to provide people who retire before their State Pension age with a similar pension income before and after their State Pension comes into payment. A member’s scheme pension is calculated so that the scheme pays a higher pe...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to Answer Question 43980 on Schools: Concrete, tabled on 3 April 2025.
Answer: A response to Question 43980 was published on 23 April and can be found here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-03/43980.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Electronic CigarettesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 10 May 2024 to Question 24357 on Prisons: Fires, how many ignition-free safer vape pens have been introduced in each prison.
Answer: The Safer Vape Pen Initiative is designed to prevent use of these pens as an ignition source. In addition, the safer pen incorporates features that limit its scope to be used as a delivery mechanism for illicit substances. Pathfinder trials, involving 1,1...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Premises Fire Safety InspectorateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to next publish an updated version of the Crown Premises Fire Safety Inspectorate enforcement register, published on 26 April 2023.
Answer: The Crown Premises’ Fire Safety Inspectorate’s enforcement register will be updated again by 31st May 2025
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLong Covid: TwickenhamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people impacted by long covid in Twickenham constituency.
Answer: Commissioning, service provision and staffing of long COVID services is the responsibility of local integrated care boards.General practitioners (GPs) continue to act as the primary point of contact to ensure patients receive the appropriate advice and ca...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-employed: CoronavirusTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45867More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support self-employed people who were excluded from financial support during the pandemic.
Answer: Decisions on eligibility for Covid-19 financial support were taken by the previous government. The previous Government decided to provide support through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) based o...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the UK Repair and Reuse Declaration.
Answer: The Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy and has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce to help develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England with a series of roadmaps detailing the interventions that the Government and others w...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided through the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund in each years since 2015; and how many individual children have accessed support through the Fund in each
Answer: The information requested is available in the following table:Financial yearNumbers of individual children who have accessed support through the Fund Overall funding (£ million)2015/162876192016/17571223.932017/188797292018/1911531372019/2011823422020/211...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ConcreteDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 16368 on Schools: Buildings, how many and what proportion of the schools with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete had it permanently removed by 3 April 2
Answer: Where the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) has been confirmed, the government is funding the removal of RAAC from schools and colleges in England. The department has committed to resolving this problem as quickly as possible, perm...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43922More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many claimants were awarded compensation by the Infected Blood Compensation Authority by 31 March 2025.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) publishes updated figures every month.As of 14 March, IBCA had invited 255 people to start their compensation claim, and 214 of those had started the claim process. 63 offers of compensation had been made, ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15145 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, what recent progress she has made on reducing the backlog of people waiting for cash equivalent transfer value detai
Answer: The scheme administrator has made significant progress to reduce the backlog of cash equivalent transfer value (CETV) figures that had built up whilst the necessary guidance was developed following the transitional protection legislation taking effect. CE...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParental PayTreasuryTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42642More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 29915 on Parental Pay, how many people were in receipt of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Statutory Paternity Pay, (c) Statutory Adoption Pay and (d) Statutory
Answer: Counts of employees receiving Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, and Statutory Shared Parental Pay in 2023-24 have been published in response to an earlier Parliamentary Question. They can be found at the following l...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Detention and Training OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27891 on Detention and Training Orders: Children, how many and what proportion of the children identified as having SEND (a) had and (b) did not have (i) an E
Answer: Children’s special educational needs are assessed when entering custody, and are regularly reviewed.To obtain the information requested, it would be necessary to undertake a detailed review of individual records, which could not be done without incurring ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEkrem İmamoğluForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu.
Answer: As a close friend and ally of Turkey, the Government is closely monitoring the situation. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu is subject to an ongoing domestic Turkish legal process. The UK expects Turkey to uphold its international commitments and the rule of ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVE Day: AnniversariesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Poland's President will be invited to the 80th VE celebrations.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is leading the Government’s contribution to the VE and VJ Day 80 and is working closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to ensure appropriate representation at official events...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court hearing records that were (a) lost and (b) not recorded in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) 5 years.
Answer: Data on information on audio recording failures is not collated or held centrally. Hearings across the Crown Court, Family Court, County Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as a matter of routine, are digitally audio recorded, among other things so as...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including misogyny and violence against women and girls in Relationships and Sex Education guidance.
Answer: The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. Education has a crucial role to play in tackling harmful behaviour and helping children and young people to develop empathy, boundaries and respect for differe...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRelationships and Sex EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish updated Relationships and Sex Education guidance.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Twickenham to the answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 28134.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: TestingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of testing water quality under the water framework directive annually instead of every three years.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) samples and analyses local water body information continuously throughout the year. Under the Water Framework Directive, the EA must publish the sample results at least every six years as a national classification inform River ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Learning DisabilityCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39970More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in the civil service have a learning disability.
Answer: No data is held centrally on the total number of Civil Service employees with learning disabilities.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Frontier Economics' report entitled Modelling the effects of closer UK-EU cooperation and of US tariffs, published on 10 Fe
Answer: We welcome the publication of the report and the contribution to the evidence base used to inform our trade policy. Our number one priority is growing the UK economy, and a positive trading relationship with both the US and with our European partners are ...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: InternetHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the sale of lethal substances promoted by online pro-suicide forums.
Answer: The Poisons Act 1972 sets out the legal obligations in relation to the sale, purchase, and use of these chemicals for suppliers, professional users, and members of the public.The Home Office work with retailers to raise awareness and emphasise their legal...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: FraudHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making the Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter compulsory.
Answer: The Government is clear that all sectors and partners need to move further and faster to prevent fraud and protect UK citizens and businesses.The Telecommunications Charter is a testament to what can be achieved when industry and government work together ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37315More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21417 on Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing full financial redress in cases w
Answer: In 2010 the government allocated up to £1.5 billon, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders and this decision was in line with the Ombudsman’s report. More detail on the history of the action taken on this issue can be found at: https://www.gov.uk...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding Programme: AsbestosDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) nurseries, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) 16-18 colleges identified as containing asbestos and listed on the Schools Rebuilding Programme (i) were scheduled to be and (ii) were
Answer: The government has committed £1.4 billion to continue the current School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) in 2025/26, reconfirming our commitment to rebuild or refurbish 518 schools and sixth-form colleges across England, prioritising delivery based on need.Asb...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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