Sammy Wilson MP: written questions 2025

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Fire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of local councils that plan to increase the local fire precept to fund fire services in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: This is a devolved policy issue, you will appreciate I am unable to comment on any levels which may be set outside of England. However, in England, decisions on council tax levels are for individual local authorities including fire authorities and council...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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Fire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the fire service for each of the last ten years.
Answer: Details of funding for fire authorities made available through Local Government Finance Settlements are set out in the Core Spending Power tables. The most recent Core Spending Power allocations table published as part of the final 2025/26 Local Governmen...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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Tobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the impact assessment for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, published on 5 November 2024, whether the specified cost of retailer staff training (a) is a one-off cost and (b) reflects on
Answer: The estimated familiarisation and staff training costs included in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill impact assessment are assumed to be one-off costs, and individual estimates are provided for each specific policy.The bill will gradually end the sale of tobacco...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Tobacco and Vapes BillDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of the costs of (a) implementing a one-time increase in the legal purchase age of tobacco and (b) introducing an age escalator, in the context of the Tobacco
Answer: Smoking is the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and ill health. It causes approximately 80,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom, one in four of all cancer deaths, and kills up to two-thirds of its users.Smoking also substantially incr...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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STEM Subjects: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a STEM teachers continuing professional development fund with industry.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department has a range of programmes to support continuing professional development for teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), for...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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STEM Subjects: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with teaching groups on the potential merits of establishing a STEM teachers continuing professional development fund with industry.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department has a range of programmes to support continuing professional development for teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), for...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Cyprus: Recognition of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed policy on recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 2020.
Answer: The UK's long-standing position is not to recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. This is in accordance with several UN Security Council Resolutions and in line with the rest of the international co...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Iran: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent alleged instances of persecution against Christians in Iran.
Answer: We condemn Iran's restrictions against Freedom of Religion or Belief. Christians, particularly converts from Islam, and other minority religions, continue to face severe repression in Iran. We were proud to help deliver the Iran Human Rights resolution, a...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Christianity: OppressionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the Government's allocated funding for the promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief has been directed towards supporting persecuted Christia
Answer: The UK remains strongly committed to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. It is our firm opinion that no one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. The FCDO John Bunyan Fund (JBF), the designated programme for Fo...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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STEM Subjects: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote STEM courses across the education system.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.High and rising school standards are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.The ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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