Preet Kaur Gill MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Housing Benefit: BirminghamDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many supported exempt accommodation housing benefit claims in Birmingham during 2024-25 were referred to the Single Fraud Investigation Service; how many of these claims led to an investigation; how
Answer: Referrals of suspected fraud received by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) are recorded under generalised categories for data reporting purposes, and it is not possible to specifically isolate the volume of referrals relating to supported exemp...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: BirminghamDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fraud and error reviews under the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative were carried out during 2024-25 for supported exempt accommodation housing benefit claims in Birmingham; and what pro
Answer: 14,000 supported exempt Housing Benefit claims in Birmingham were subject to an Housing Benefit Award Accuracy 'full case review' in 2024/25. This represents 15% of all Housing Benefit claims in Birmingham over the period.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAnwar MeahDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department investigated the conduct of social worker Anwar Meah.
Answer: Social Work England (SWE) is the independent regulator for the social work profession in England and, as such, is responsible for investigating concerns relating to social workers’ fitness to practise that are referred to them. While the department is una...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors; and
Answer: The Government is unable to assess sector-based trends on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) as they are private contractual agreements and data on their use is not collected. While NDAs can lawfully be used to require one or more parties to keep...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for National Statistics: DatabasesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91149More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the recommendation from the Sullivan Review that 'sex' rather than 'gender' should be the default question when collecting data will be implemented across government and the ONS.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of collecting accurate and relevant data on sex. The Sullivan Review, commissioned by the previous administration and published in March, made a number of recommendations to improve sex and gender identity data col...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023Department for EducationTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will introduce its proposed changes to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Answer: This government’s changes to the 2023 Free Speech Act will create a more proportionate, balanced and less burdensome approach to protecting free speech and academic freedom in higher education. Strengthened free speech duties on higher education (HE) prov...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGender: Academic FreedomDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with universities to ensure academics with gender-critical views are not treated differently and that their research is allowed to be published.
Answer: This government is absolutely committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom. Higher education (HE) must be a space for robust discussion and intellectual rigour. Academics must be allowed to test the truth of the ideas that shape society and partici...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to include passenger voice in the governance of Great British Railways.
Answer: Great British Railways will be held to account for railway performance and customer experience. The Railways Bill will establish a powerful voice for passengers, the Passenger Watchdog, to independently monitor passenger experience, advocate for passenger...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity TransportDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing for the (a) provision and (b) enhancement of community transport.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role community transport operators play in connecting people with their communities, enabling access to employment, education and other essential services such as healthcare.The Department makes available up to £3.8 mil...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he will take to ensure community groups are central to the delivery of local power plans.
Answer: The Local Power Plan will be a joint plan between GBE and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero which will outline our shared vision for the local and community energy sector: to drive the growth of renewable energy projects and support efforts to u...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the growth of community owned energy projects.
Answer: Great British Energy will enhance existing support to community energy by partnering with and providing funding and support to Local Government, and community energy groups as well as working with Devolved Governments. This will help to roll out local and...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is planning to introduce targeted measures to tackle the specific challenges for patients with less survivable cancers through the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: Reducing the number of lives lost to cancer is a key aim of the National Cancer Plan, which will be published in the new year. The plan will include further details on how we will improve outcomes for patients with cancer, including less survivable cancer...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Department invests over £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and in 2024/25 spent £141.6 million on cancer research, signalling its high priority. This includ...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand patient access to clinical trials for (a) less survivable cancers and (b) pancreatic cancer.
Answer: The Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with pancreatic cancer and other less survivable cancers, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments.The Department funds research and resear...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Hatred: SikhsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered (a) recognising and (b) establishing a definition of anti-Sikh hate.
Answer: All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable, including that directed at Sikhs. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: SikhsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided to Sikh community organisations to address hate crimes in each of the last five years.
Answer: All forms of racial and religious discrimination are completely unacceptable, including that directed at Sikhs. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Hatred: SikhsHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the findings were of the research undertaken by her Department in 2024 on tackling anti-Sikh hate.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, including those targeting the Sikh community. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or religion, and the Government continues to work with police and community partn...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: VictimsHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has asked the Office for National Statistics to use anonymised person-level data from the 2021 census to help improve the accuracy of data on the (a) ethnicity and (b) religion
Answer: The Home Office publishes official statistics on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes information on religious hate crimes, by targeted religion, including rates per population. These are calculated using population data ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious HatredHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of (a) anti-Sikh, (b) anti-Muslim and (c) anti-Jewish hate.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling all forms of hate crime and we are actively seeking to ensure the safety and protection of all individuals and communities across England and Wales. No one should ever be a victim of hatred because of their race or...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to support the LTA in developing covered (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) multi-sport facilities to help facilitate (i) year-round and (ii) all-weather participation.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FacilitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to support the development of (a) affordable and (b) accessible padel courts in (i) Birmingham Edgbaston constituency and (ii) other parts of the UK.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: Birmingham EdgbastonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to increase the number of (a) indoor and (b) covered tennis facilities in Birmingham Edgbaston constituency.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK following the Spending Review. We a...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received recent representations from relevant stakeholders on the potential impact of (a) rent charge clauses and (b) management company practices on h
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help protect freeholders from excessive (a) delays and (b) charges imposed by private management companies during property transactions.
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFreehold: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) prevalence and (b) potential impact on freehold property sales of restrictive rent-charge clauses used by developers.
Answer: My Department has not carried out an assessment of the prevalence and potential impact on freehold property sales of rent-charge clauses. The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 contains measures to protect homeowners on freehold estates, including spe...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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