Sam Carling MP: written questions
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Written questions
Members' Constituency Work: ICTHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27148More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential impact of Parliamentary Digital Service permissions for third-party casework management systems on
Answer: The Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) recognises the important role that digital tools, including casework management platforms, play in supporting Members and their staff in serving constituents effectively.Many such tools require integration with Parl...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCrime and Policing Bill: Offences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Church of England on the application of the statutory duty to report child sexual abuse in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 to disclosures made in religious
Answer: The Home Office engages regularly with a wide range of stakeholders, including faith organisations, on the implementation of measures to tackle child sexual abuse. Ministers and officials have had discussions on mandatory reporting with representatives of...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has advised Cambridgeshire County Council that it is prohibited from re-procuring a contract for highway maintenance due to planned local government reorga
Answer: Councils remain responsible for their own local decisions during the reorganisation process and are expected to continue to deliver services and operate on a business‑as‑usual basis until reorganisation is complete. The Department has published an explana...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support alleged victims of modern slavery in the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.
Answer: The serious events in Crewe are part of an ongoing police investigation. It is for first responder organisations to refer any victims to support services as appropriate.The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and suppor...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered automatic enrolment into the Healthy Start scheme for eligible families, in the context of ensuring maximum levels of take-up.
Answer: There are currently no plans to expand the eligibility of the Healthy Start Scheme to all families on Universal Credit. The Healthy Start prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting the terms and conditions, th...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the Healthy Start scheme eligibility criteria to include all families on Universal Credit, in the context of recent expa
Answer: There are currently no plans to expand the eligibility of the Healthy Start Scheme to all families on Universal Credit. The Healthy Start prepaid card is a financial product and cannot be issued without the applicant accepting the terms and conditions, th...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse, introduced in the Crime and Policing Act, will come into effect.
Answer: We expect the requirement to be commenced no earlier than 12 months following the date of Royal Assent to the Crime and Policing Act.
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127915More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to changes to the inheritance tax treatment of pension pots whether it is her policy that a) the total estate will be taken to include the unused pension pot, and b) donations to charity made from the
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. Where at least 10% of a person’s net estate is left to ...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Lump Sum PaymentsTreasuryTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of a charitable lump sum death benefit so that people with dependents do not face barriers to donating to charity from their
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. Where at least 10% of a person’s net estate is left to ...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 16 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127913More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to examine how AI could speed up the issuance of Remedial Service Statements to people in receipt of public sector pensions affected by the McCloud judgement.
Answer: Scheme managers of the individual public service pension schemes are responsible for ensuring the effective delivery of the McCloud remedy to affected members. I have written to scheme managers to remind them of their responsibilities to implement the rem...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: EnforcementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the cases currently under consideration by the Planning Inspectorate are appeals against enforcement notices.
Answer: Using data as of 31 December 2025, which is in line with the latest published official statistics found on gov.uk here, the proportion of open cases that are enforcement notices is 27%.This is calculated as open enforcement notices divided by total open c...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMohamed AbdisamadDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Mohamed Abidisamad: Prevention of Future Deaths report.
Answer: The Coroner has granted an extension to the statutory deadline to respond to the Mohamed Abidisamad: Prevention of Future Deaths report. The Department will respond by the extended deadline.
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: UK Trade with EUDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has sought equivalent provisions in the UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiations to the animal welfare carve-out provisions contained in Article 7 of the EU-Switzerland Common Food
Answer: As announced at the UK-EU Leaders' Summit on May 19, the UK and EU have agreed to work towards a common Sanitary and Phytosanitary Area. The EU has accepted there will need to be a number of areas where the UK needs to retain our own rules. Negotiations w...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Protection Notices: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the merits of allowing police to issue Community Protection Warnings and Notices to 10-16 year-olds.
Answer: Breach of a CPN is a criminal offence. Lowering the age that someone can receive a CPN from 16 to 10 years old risks putting young people into the criminal justice system.While early and informal prevention-based approaches should generally be the first s...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Charitable DonationsTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103094More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential benefits of allowing direct gifting of pensions funds to charity during a pension holder’s lifetime, in the content of the recommendations in the Final report
Answer: This is a complex area of pensions tax policy, and any reform would require detailed assessment of its implications for the pension tax system, its administration, consumer protection, and long-term retirement outcomes. The Treasury regularly engages with...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103093More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in relation to changes to bring pensions pots into estates for Inheritance Tax purposes, whether the letter of wishes provided by a pension beneficiary or a will are intended to take precedence in the event that the
Answer: Most unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. This removes distortions from changes that have been made to pensions tax policy over the last decade, ...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103092More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the inclusion of unused pension funds in estates for Inheritance Tax purposes will not increase the time taken to process legacies to charities and families.
Answer: Most unused pension funds and death benefits payable from a pension will form part of a person’s estate for inheritance tax purposes from 6 April 2027. This removes distortions from changes that have been made to pensions tax policy over the last decade, ...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of exposure to children of diesel emissions from buses operating near schools.
Answer: The Government shares the concern about the impact diesel bus emissions have on air quality, and ultimately to children's health. The NO2 programme has provided £576m to support local authorities (LAs) to improve air quality in areas of nitrogen oxide exc...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Capacity: Medical ExaminationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly in relation to addiction and conditions which may involve f
Answer: On 18 October 2025, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced the intention to launch a public consultation on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in 2026. The consultation will cover a revised Code of Practice an...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle repeated retrospective planning applications designed to delay enforcement action on projects which have already had permission rejected.
Answer: Under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, local planning authorities have various powers to decline to determine planning applications. These include the power to decline to determine a retrospective planning application where an enforcement notice ha...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) the blackout challenge and (b) other physically harmful trends on social media.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, services need to put in place protections for all users from content which is illegal. There are additional protections for children from harmful content, including content that encourages or promotes dangerous stunts or chall...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department manages; and how many such homes are (a) single units, (b) family units and (c) HMOs.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) currently manages some 133,000 permanent and temporary Single living Accommodation bedspaces and 47,059 Service Family Accommodation properties across the UK. The Department does not manage any Houses of multiple occupation (...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf StatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council and the potential merits of requiring imported chicken meat to meet the United
Answer: The UK has been in negotiations for a modern and ambitious free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council since June 2022. Throughout these negotiations, we have proactively engaged with a diverse range of stakeholders across sectors and regions, ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious PracticeChurch CommissionersTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68258More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many rites of deliverances have been carried under Church of England deliverance ministry guidance in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were children.
Answer: This is not a matter for the National Church Institutions and no data or records on numbers or type of deliverance ministry cases are held centrally. The House of Bishops determines Guidelines for Deliverance Ministry and oversees resources and training f...
Answered 7 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of full (a) training and (b) guidance on (i) arthritis and (ii) other long-term fluctuating health conditions for PIP assessors.
Answer: The Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment evaluates how an individual’s condition affects their ability to live independently, rather than focusing solely on the nature or severity of their condition. The assessment considers whether a person can...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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