Shaun Davies MP: written questions
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Business Rates: Telford and WrekinMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many business pay business rates for each year that data is available in (a) Telford constituency and (b) Telford and Wrekin Local Authority area broken down by type of busin
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the number of businesses paying business rates from local authorities. The Department does not collect business rates data for parliamentary constituencies.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParental PayTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95221More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a breakdown of a) the number of claims and b) the total value of statutory paternity pay and shared parental pay between the public and private sectors for each of the last three years.
Answer: HMRC collects data on statutory paternity and shared parental pay. HMRC also holds data on the legal status of organisations and their Pay As You Earn schemes, which does include whether the organisation is a private sector or public sector organisation. ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPride in Place ProgrammeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what extra resource his department is providing those wards within the governments pride in place program.
Answer: On 25 September, the Government launched its overarching Pride in Place Strategy, committing up to £5 billion in funding and support to 339 communities. The flagship Pride in Place Programme will provide up to £20 million in flexible funding and support t...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her department has recovered from asylum hotel providers in excess profits in each year since the creation of the contract, broken down by provider.
Answer: Since the creation of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts the Home Office has recovered £45.9m in excess profits.It is not possible to give a yearly breakdown of the amounts. This breakdown covers the period to August 2024.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPride in Place ProgrammeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what resources his department is providing to those wards within the government Pride in Place program in a) Telford, b) West Midlands and c) England.
Answer: On 25 September, the Government launched its overarching Pride in Place Strategy, committing up to £5 billion in funding and support to 339 communities. The flagship Pride in Place Programme will provide up to £20 million in flexible funding and support t...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Pride in Place ProgrammeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources i) his department and ii) the NHS is providing to support those wards within the government Pride in Place program in a) Telford, b) West Midlands and c) England.
Answer: Pride in Place is funded and led by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Neither the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) nor NHS England holds the information requested. However, our 10-Year Health Plan sets out our v...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPride in Place ProgrammeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what resources his department is directing to support those wards within the governments Pride in Place program in a) Telford, b) West Midlands and c) England.
Answer: On 25 September, the Government launched its overarching Pride in Place Strategy, committing up to £5 billion in funding and support to 339 communities. The flagship Pride in Place Programme will provide up to £20 million in flexible funding and support t...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Health Care: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to use digital technology to help improve access to primary care.
Answer: We are shifting from analogue to digital with a transformed NHS App that will become the digital front door to the NHS. For the first time more people are contacting their GP online than by phone, and NHS App users have increased by 33% since last year. M...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of claims and (b) value of payments made for statutory paternity leave and shared parental leave each year by economic sector and industry.
Answer: HMRC does not collect data on statutory paternity leave or shared parental leave. HMRC does collect data on statutory paternity pay and shared parental pay which may closely approximate leave in both cases. HMRC also holds data on economic sector, but to ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Food: Skilled WorkersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase skills in the agriculture, food and farming sectors.
Answer: The Government’s skills white paper sets out our ambition for an employer focussed skills employment system. This means equipping individuals with life and work skills, while ensuring businesses also invest in developing the current future workforce. The ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on (a) the number of claimants and (b) the total value of payments of (i) Statutory Maternity Leave, (ii) Statutory Paternity Leave, and (iii) Shared Parental Leave by oc
Answer: Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that the total value of payments made to individuals in receipt of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (SShPP) for 2024/25, the latest year for whic...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveTreasuryTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86373More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed (a) Statutory Maternity Leave, (b) Statutory Paternity Leave and (c) Statutory Parental Leave by income decile in the 2024/25 financial year.
Answer: Numbers of individuals in receipt of statutory payments, including breakdowns by income decile, are published here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/parental-leave-and-pay-evidence-hmrc-data-covering-april-2014-to-march-2025
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of (a) Statutory Maternity Leave, (b) Statutory Paternity Leave and (c) Statutory Parental Leave in each region in the 2024/25 financial year.
Answer: Information provided by employers to HMRC shows that the total value of payments made to individuals in receipt of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (SShPP) for 2024/25, the latest year for whic...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when applications will open for the second round of Best Start breakfast clubs.
Answer: The government is committed to deliver on its pledge to provide a free breakfast club in every state-funded school with primary-aged children. This will ensure every child, regardless of circumstance, has a supportive start to the school day.So far, we ha...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the digital waste tracking service to tackle waste crime.
Answer: Waste handled illegally and poor performing waste sites can damage the environment, blight local communities, for example by causing odour and pest issues, undermine legitimate businesses, and is estimated to cost the UK economy one billion pounds per yea...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for mandating digital waste tracking for (a) facilities with an environmental permit from 2026 and (b) for other operators from 2027.
Answer: From October 2026, there will be mandatory requirements on permitted or licensed operators, installations and mobile plant that receive waste to create a digital record of waste they receive, and to then enter it onto the Digital Waste Tracking Service. T...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: MonitoringDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has allocated funding to expand the digital waste tracking service beyond sites holding an environmental permit.
Answer: From October 2026, there will be mandatory requirements on permitted or licensed operators, installations and mobile plant that receive waste to create a digital record of waste they receive, and to then enter it onto the Digital Waste Tracking Service. W...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: Organised CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle organised crime in the waste sector.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling waste crime from the fly-tippers who blight our towns and villages to the serious and organised crime groups who are exploiting the waste sector. We have increased the Environment Agency’s budget for waste crime en...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste ManagementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Resources and waste strategy for England, published on 18 December 2018, what her planned timetable is for implementing reforms
Answer: The Resources and Waste Strategy for England was published under the previous Government. This Government has published a policy paper on gov.uk setting out its plans for reform of the waste Carrier Broker Dealer regime in England https://www.gov.uk/gover...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Careers Service: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Careers Service at providing young people with a broad range of career paths.
Answer: The Government regularly assesses the effectiveness of careers guidance for young people, including the role of the National Careers Service (NCS). While the NCS primarily focuses on adults, it also provides support to young people aged 13 and over. Accor...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) reform the National Careers Service and (b) review careers advice contracts.
Answer: We are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service across Great Britain that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including through an enhanced focus on skills and care...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) maintain and (b) promote a plastic recycling industry.
Answer: Defra’s Collection and Packaging reforms – Simpler Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) and a Deposit Return Scheme - will provide feedstock certainty whilst also stimulating private investment in the recycling industry. Defra ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps (a) she and (b) her officials are taking to reduce fraud in the (i) Packaging Recovery Note and (ii) Packaging Export Recovery Note systems.
Answer: Defra has already introduced a number of measures in the Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging. All reprocessors and exporters who handle any packaging waste will now have to register, and to collect and report data on packaging waste received, p...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPathways to WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure the compatibility of the Pathways to Work green paper with the UK's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Answer: We take our international obligations including those under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) very seriously. The measures announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper, and those implemented in the Universa...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadband: TelfordDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26719 on Broadband: Telford, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) expand consumer choice and (b) reduce the cost of 5G s
Answer: The Government has created a pro-competition regulatory framework that has allowed more than a hundred alternative networks to enter the fixed broadband market since 2018. This has led to the fast roll-out of fibre across the UK and more choice for consum...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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