Munira Wilson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Universal 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
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on improving (a) service and (b) delivery.
Answer: Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to set and monitor Royal Mail’s service standards and decide h...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the affordability of rail fares in (a) Twickenham constituency and (b) London.
Answer: We are overhauling the fares and ticketing system to make it easier for passengers to trust that they are buying the right ticket and getting the best fare, with the move to Great British Railways passengers will be able to receive a more consistent offer...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Transport: EligibilityDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the announced expansion to Free School Meals eligibility will affect eligibility for Free School Transport.
Answer: 100,000 children will be lifted out of poverty by the end of this Parliament, through the extension of free school meals (FSM) to all households on Universal Credit. Children who meet the new, higher threshold for FSM from September 2026 will not automati...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: British Nationals AbroadDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from Twickenham constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and what steps she is taking to support those overseas voters.
Answer: UK State Pensions are payable worldwide, without regard to nationality, and are only up-rated abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so, for example in countries with which we have a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating. The policy on...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: Special Educational NeedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that statutory duties for safeguarding (a) children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) other children are met, in the context of the NHS
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act primarily as strategic commissioners of health services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure. NHS England provided additional guidance to ICBs, National Hea...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of Heathrow Airport's regulatory framework.
Answer: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) determines the specific regulatory model for Heathrow independently of Government. The CAA’s primary duty in setting the price cap at Heathrow is to protect consumers’ interests. Officials are working closely with the CA...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that plans for Heathrow’s expansion do not result in increased costs for passengers.
Answer: It is important to the Department that airport expansion is delivered in a way which ensures minimal cost to the consumer.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) determines the specific regulatory model for Heathrow independently of Government. The CAA’s prima...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to undertake a comprehensive review of Heathrow’s economic regulation before a final decision on a third runway is made.
Answer: It is important to the Department that airport expansion is delivered in a way which ensures minimal cost to the consumer.The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) determines the specific regulatory model for Heathrow independently of Government. The CAA’s prima...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Emergency CallsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national roll out of the category 2 segmentation pilots run by (a) London Ambulance Service and (b) West Midlands Ambulance Service to prior
Answer: No such assessment has been made. NHS England guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, to ensure the sickest patients are prioritised for ambulances and patients that do not need a face-to-face response are tra...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including strokes as a Category 1 ambulance call.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. NHS England’s guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, including increasing the proportion of Category 2 calls, which are those calls classified as an “emergency” and which inc...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrokes: Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the length of ambulance response times on outcomes for stroke patients.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. NHS England’s guidance recommends ambulance services increase the clinical assessment of 999 calls, to ensure the sickest patients are prioritised for ambulances.The National Stroke Service Model and the National Service ...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants are working on Heathrow expansion.
Answer: The Chancellor announced on 29 January that the government supports expansion that is in line with our legal, environmental and climate obligations and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, to be brought forward by the summer. As t...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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