Shaun Davies MP: written questions
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Written questions
Office of Rail and RoadDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) operational cost and (b) salary of the Chief Executive of the Office of Road and Rail is; what assessment she has made of the (i) value for money and (ii) effectiveness of that office; and whether
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2023/24 show a total expenditure of £40.77 million. This is detailed on page 53 of the report, available at:https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2024-07/orr-annual-report-and-accounts-2023...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: TelfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2025 to Question 60172 on Motability: Telford, if she will publish the number of Motability Scheme claims in Telford constituency by medical condition.
Answer: We estimate that in 2024, payments totalling £600 million were sent by the department to the Motability Scheme. We are unable to provide volumes of all people benefitting from the scheme. We can, however, provide the number of Personal Independence Paymen...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRegeneration: GrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the criteria by which communities may qualify for capital grants from upper tier local authorities for physical and social regeneration funding.
Answer: At Spending Review, we announced support for up to 350 deprived communities, which includes the 75 places named in the Plan for Neighbourhoods in March 2025. The investment will support communities to drive forward the changes they want to see in their ne...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordM6: TollsDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to to allow the M6 toll company to remove pay barriers and introduce barrier-free technology.
Answer: Midland Expressway Limited (MEL), is the private consortium responsible for building and operating the M6 toll road. Specific legislation or amendment via regulation to existing PCN legislation is required to enable MELs potential plans to remove pay barr...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the (a) the cost of the Motability Scheme, (b) number of people who benefit from the scheme, (c) analysis of the medical conditions of people who benefit from the scheme, (d) age of
Answer: We estimate that in 2024, payments totalling £600 million were sent by the department to the Motability Scheme. We are unable to provide volumes of all people benefitting from the scheme. We can, however, provide the number of Personal Independence Paymen...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to enable upper-tier councils to increase council tax bills by a set amount rather than a fixed percentage through future reviews of local government funding.
Answer: As an important part of local democracy and accountability, it is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. The Spending Review assumed 5% council tax increases over the period made up of a 3% core referendum principle and a 2% adult ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordM54: M6Department for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the funding for the M54 link road to the M6 and (b) potential economic impact on the (i
Answer: As the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 11 June 2025, this Government will deliver notable improvements to people’s everyday travel by providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve roads across the co...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChild BenefitTreasuryTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60173More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
Answer: Child Benefit is a non-means tested benefit payable to families as a contribution towards the cost of raising children. The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge for families in receipt of Child Benefit payments on higher individual inc...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: TelfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers claimed a mobility car in Telford constituency in each year for which data is available.
Answer: Information is not available centrally to identify which claimants claimed a car through the Motability Scheme. However, data is available for the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants with an active Motability Scheme agreement in Telfor...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: TelfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers were supported by Telford Job Centre in each year for which data is available.
Answer: Telford Jobcentre works closely with local employers and providers to support its customers. Our Work Coaches have tailored appointments to work closely with customers to understand their circumstances and needs. The Jobcentre offers customers a range of ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: TelfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in Telford constituency in each year for which data is available by category.
Answer: Official statistics for the number of people on Universal Credit are published regularly on Stat-Xplore, with breakdowns available by conditionality group and by various geographies including Westminster Parliamentary Constituency. The latest statistics o...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport for Wales: Finance and StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the train line between Aberystwyth and Birmingham International in the last 12 months; and whether she plans to allocate funding to improve (a)
Answer: Services and rolling stock on this line are the responsibility of Transport for Wales. My officials meet regularly with TfW to agree performance improvement actions on this cross-border route. Building on the recent UK Government funded upgrade of the lin...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ProcurementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future of the NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel; when that panel last made a decision; what the average length of its (a) decision making and (b
Answer: The Patient Choice and Procurement Panel is set up by NHS England to review complaints related to patient choice and representation in relation to the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for the foreseeable future. The Panel last published a decision on 28 Ma...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ShropshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the NHS England Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel to make a decision on GP out of hours services in the Shrewsbury and Telford and Wrekin ICB.
Answer: NHS England has communicated that the decision on general practice (GP) out-of-hours service in the Shrewsbury, Telford and Wrekin ICB will be published on 26 June 2025.GPs are independent businesses who are contracted by National Health Service commissio...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: RetirementMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the retirement age of reservists from 60 to 65.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. Alongside the ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReserve Forces: Older PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists are aged between 55 and 60; and how many will be 60 in the next 12 months.
Answer: I am grateful for the contribution of our Reserve Forces who provide the UK with the ability to meet the threats we face at home and overseas, with the scale, skills, agility and connection to society that it needs, in a cost-effective way. Alongside the ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish any centrally-owned workforce planning documents for early years provision.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver our Plan for Change. We will continue to drive forward our progress on our 2028 Plan for Change target for a record proportion (7...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of early years professionals required in each region in each of the next five years.
Answer: To meet the additional demand placed on the childcare sector by expanding government funded entitlements to childcare, the department estimates that around 35,000 additional staff (headcount) nationally are needed above the 31 December 2023 baseline for a...
Answered 7 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years teachers there are in each region.
Answer: The department does not hold data on staff qualification levels by region.In 2024, 42% of staff within school-based providers and 11% of staff within group-based providers held graduate-level qualifications, as per the 2024 Early Years Provider Survey.
Answered 7 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years professionals were recruited following the introduction of the £1000 tax-free cash incentive.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of the government’s mission to ensure every child has the best start in life. Early education and childcare is delivered by a mixed market of private, voluntary and independent provision who recruit and employ the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on its scheme to offer £1000 sign-on incentives to help recruit early years professionals.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver the Plan for Change. We have set a milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes to help recruit early years professionals in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) programme and (b) region and nation.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of this government’s mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver the Plan for Change. We have set a milestone of a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on programmes aimed at recruiting (a) primary and b) secondary education teachers in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) programme and (ii) region and nation.
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcome in schools and colleges. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total amount owed to the Home Office by companies that receive money to house irregular migrants in hotels since 2019; and what discussions she has had with those com
Answer: The Home Office is currently conducting an open book audit covering the seven contracts with the three suppliers of Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. Following completion of the audit, excess profits will be returned to the Home Office in line w...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to welfare spending on the Household Support Fund.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab). A further programme of analysis to support development of the...
Answered 22 May 2025
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