Priti Patel MP: written questions
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China: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Chinese counterparts on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme since 5 July 2024; and what discussions (a) ministers and (b) o
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials speak regularly with the Chinese Government about a range of issues.Decisions on which foreign powers will be placed on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme are taken on a co...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: National Security AdviserForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If she will publish a list of all meetings between Jonathan Powell and (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department during which China was discussed.
Answer: It has been the clear, consistent and longstanding policy not to provide details on any of the National Security Adviser's meetings.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If she will publish all (a) ministerial level contacts and (b) senior official level contacts between the UK and China since 5 July 2025.
Answer: Meetings between Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ministers and senior representatives of the Chinese government can be found through publicly accessible means either on GOV.UK or ministers' social media accounts. As per usual diplomatic pract...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce regulated rail fare changes for 2026.
Answer: No decisions have been taken on the regulated fares change for 2026, but our aim is that prices balance affordability for both passengers and taxpayers. There will be an update on changes to regulated rail fares in due course.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: IncomeDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of income from East Anglia rail services in each of the next five financial years.
Answer: I expect Greater Anglia to continue to grow passenger numbers and income. I expect Greater Anglia will remain a net contributor, with the exact net contribution amounts and income levels to be agreed during the rolling business planning process.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 70427 on East Anglia Rail Franchise: Nationalisation, whether she plans to (a) sign and (b) publish the Services Agreement before 12 October 2025; what the
Answer: The Services Agreement with the new public sector operator will come into force as Greater Anglia’s National Rail Contract expires and services transfer into public ownership on 12 October 2025. It will be made available on the Department for Transport we...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordc2c and South Western Railway: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which dates services agreements were (a) signed and (b) published covering rail services on (i) C2C and (ii) South Western Railway when those franchises were brought under public ownership.
Answer: Services Agreements with South Western Railway Limited and c2c Railway Limited were signed on 23 May 2025 and 16 July 2025 and came into force on 25 May 2025 and 20 July 2025 respectively. The Agreements will be made available on the Department for Transp...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordA12: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to decommission the A12 widening scheme; and what estimate she has made of the (a) timescale and (b) cost of that process.
Answer: The Department is working with National Highways to bring the scheme to a close in an orderly way to end a long period of uncertainty for those affected. We are anticipating that the scheme will be substantially closed down by the end of 2026, with some a...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordA12: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department was informed of the Department for Transport’s decision to cancel the A12 widening scheme between junctions 19 and 25 before 8 July 2025.
Answer: The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government received confirmation that the A12 widening scheme had been cancelled on 7 July 2025. Together with National Highways and local partners, we are working through the impacts of this decision. We wi...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Ministers in her Department next plan to meet their Mauritian counterparts.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-Mauritius agreement on the Chagos Archipelago on national security, in the context of trends in the number pu
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius to frontload payments under the agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius that the UK would not be entitled to exercise sovereign rights and authorities with respect to Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius that the UK would not have the right to unilaterally extend the lease on the base at Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Minister for the Overseas Territories' answer to Q13 of the oral evidence session with the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on 23 June 2025, when he will pub
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer to question 66660.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of China's Gray Zone activities in (a) Mauritius, (b) the African continent and (c) the Indo-Pacific region on UK in
Answer: We are well aware of the tactics China have deployed in various regions, and these were taken into full consideration when the UK-Mauritius Treaty was being negotiated. This is one of the reasons that we ensured robust security provisions in the treaty. B...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossian Trust FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 49 of the House of Lords International Agreements Committee report on the UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia,
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer to question 75385. The response to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee report will be published shortly.Ahead of ratification, the Government will make a ministerial Statement in both Hou...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he will respond to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee's report entitled UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, HL 14
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer to question 75385. The response to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee report will be published shortly.Ahead of ratification, the Government will make a ministerial Statement in both Hou...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer given 3 September 2025 to Questions 69773 on Chagos Islands: Marine Protected Areas, on what dates implementation talks have taken place since 22 May 2
Answer: As we have consistently said, we are not going to provide a commentary on the negotiations, nor our implementation talks. The final, agreed Treaty has been laid in Parliament.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date he agreed to remove the provision to provide the UK with a unilateral right to extend the 99-year lease for the use of Diego Garcia from the draft UK-Mauritius T
Answer: As we have consistently said, we are not going to provide a commentary on the negotiations, nor our implementation talks. The final, agreed Treaty has been laid in Parliament.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish all the estimates he received on the financial costs of the UK-Mauritius Treaty from the Government Actuary's Department since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The cost of the Diego Garcia military base agreement in today's money is £101 million while the net present value over 99 years is £3.4 billion. These figures have been verified by the Government Actuary's Department and draw on long-established methodolo...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75278More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has discussed the UK-Mauritius Treaty over the future sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago with Philippe Sands.
Answer: The Attorney General has never engaged in discussion with Philippe Sands on the UK-Mauritius Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department maintains a risk register of the UK-Mauritius Treaty over the future sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago; and what assessment he has made of the pote
Answer: The agreement between the UK and Mauritius secures the important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, and is backed by our 5 Eyes partners, including the United States of America. This government secured all necessary safeguards within the treaty, includi...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Article 5 of the treaty entitled UK/Mauritius: Agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia (CS Mauritius No.1/2025), when he last dis
Answer: Prime Minister Ramgoolam has reaffirmed Mauritius' support for a Chagos Marine Protected Area (MPA), including most recently in his conversation with the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at the Oceans summit in Nice on 9...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBill Discount SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's consultation document entitled Scheme design for bill discounts for transmission network infrastructure published on 8 August 2025, on what date will commun
Answer: We propose eligible households will start receiving a discount once main construction has begun and will receive a maximum of £250 per year for up to 10 years. It is our intention that the bill discount scheme will run for a set period of time, with a pos...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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