Scott Arthur MP: written questions
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State Retirement Pensions: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69501More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of not increasing the tax threshold to accommodate future increases in state pension on levels of pensioner poverty.
Answer: The Government is committed to making sure older people can live with the dignity and respect they deserve in retirement. The State Pension is the foundation of the support available to them. Over the course of this Parliament, the yearly amount of the fu...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Tax ThresholdsTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69500More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the tax threshold to accommodate future increases in state pension.
Answer: This Government remains committed to supporting pensioners and giving them the dignity and security they deserve in retirement. Through our commitment to protect the Triple Lock, over 12 million pensioners benefitted from a 4.1% increase to their basic or...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Secondhand GoodsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve customer confidence in battery performance when buying used Euro 6 compliant electric vehicles.
Answer: The Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate and the recently announced Electric Car Grant require manufacturers to provide a warranty of 8 years or 100,000 miles on EV batteries. In comparison, new petrol or diesel cars usually come with a 3-year warranty. Moreove...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure the life sciences sector has the visa routes it needs to attract global talent to the UK.
Answer: The Government is committed to attracting top global talent to the UK. We are working with the Home Office and the Home Secretary to deliver the Immigration White Paper, ensuring that the very highly skilled can come to the UK. The Life Sciences sector al...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLife SciencesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with cancer-related charities on taking steps to help support the UK to become the leading life sciences economy in Europe by 2030.
Answer: The Life Sciences Sector Plan (LSSP) sets out a ten-year vision for enabling world-class R&D, making the UK an outstanding place for investment in life sciences, and driving healthcare innovation in the NHS. The plan received input from over 250 organ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Life SciencesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the biomedical sector has (a) efficient and (b) cost-effective visa routes for attracting world-leading scientists to the UK.
Answer: The Home office’s Immigration White paper, published on 12 May, sets our proposed reforms in a wide range of areas including attracting top scientific talent to the UK, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67695More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the net fiscal impact of changes to inheritance tax for family owned businesses in each year to 2029-30.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.This measure is forecast to raise a...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67694More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to consult family-owned businesses with annual turnover above £100 million on potential fiscal policies.
Answer: Government Ministers and Senior Officials regularly meet with businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to SMEs, including family-owned businesses with an annual turnover of above £100 million. These meetings afford an opportunity for the Governmen...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Government AssistanceTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67693More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family owned businesses with annual turnover above £100 million.
Answer: Government Ministers and Senior Officials regularly meet with businesses of all sizes, from large corporations to SMEs, including family-owned businesses with an annual turnover of above £100 million. These meetings afford an opportunity for the Governmen...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Oceanography CentreDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the National Oceanography Centre is meeting its nationwide remit.
Answer: The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) plays a key role in delivering oceanographic science and innovation across the UK. It provides access to a wide range of data, infrastructure, and research services to universities, government departments, and other ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on providing English local authorities the powers to enforce a pavement parking ban.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport has not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on this matter. The Department held a consultation on pavement parking in 2020 and has been considering all the view...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on providing English Local Authorities the powers to enforce a pavement parking ban.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Department for Transport on this matter. The Department for Transport held a public consultation in 2020 and has been considering all the views expressed in response to the...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Sustran's report entitled Transforming mobility, published on 8 July 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing paid local access panels to (a) review and (b) i
Answer: The Sustrans Transforming Mobility Report highlights how paid access panels could be one means by which local transport authorities engage with disabled people to shape, review, and monitor transport policies and projects, so that accessibility is embedde...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian CrossingsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Sustran's report entitled Transforming mobility, published on 8 July 2025, what steps she is taking to support the roll-out of side road zebra crossings.
Answer: An amendment to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (TSRGD) would be required to permit zebra crossings to be placed without zig-zag lines or yellow globes.The Department has been working with Active Travel England who have been carr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPedestrian CrossingsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing zebra crossings without zig-zag lines.
Answer: An amendment to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (TSRGD) would be required to permit zebra crossings to be placed without zig-zag lines or yellow globes.The Department has been working with Active Travel England who have been carr...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon Emissions and EnergyDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools in reducing (a) energy bills and (b) carbon footprints.
Answer: The department provides tools, guidance and support to help schools manage their spending:The Energy for Schools offer, helping schools to arrange the best deal on their energy contracts when their current contracts are up for renewal. Details can be foun...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: MaterialsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that innovative UK building products are approved for use in a timely manner.
Answer: The Construction Products Green Paper, published earlier this year, set out a range of potential measures for reform. This included proposals which seek to encourage the adoption of new technologies and methodologies that promote safety and sustainability...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Pedestrian AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure new developments are safe and accessible for pedestrians.
Answer: Housing within Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government.In England, the National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that when assessing sites that may be allocated in local development plans, or specific applications for development, it should ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: WomenDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support initiatives aimed at increasing cycling participation among women and girls.
Answer: The Department and Active Travel England (ATE) work with local authorities and other delivery partners to support active travel outreach programmes for underrepresented groups, including women and girls. This includes funding for Bikeability cycle trainin...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to create conditions for the release of people persecuted in Russia for political reasons.
Answer: The UK Government condemns the continued deterioration in the Kremlin's dire domestic human rights record and will continue to call on the Russian government to comply with its international obligations. The Foreign Secretary and I have both been clear th...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with the transport and logistics industry to identify where new energy infrastructure will be required to support the transition to electric vehicles in (a
Answer: The Government is introducing new strategic spatial planning processes, at national level (the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan) and regional level (Regional Energy Strategic Plans), to help ensure energy infrastructure meets future demand, including that of...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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