Suella Braverman MP: written questions
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Written questions
Railway Stations: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will review the funding allocation model to ensure that smaller stations are not disadvantaged due to proximity to better-equipped neighbouring stations.
Answer: As with all taxpayer funded programmes, stations projects need to demonstrate value for money, but this is not necessarily linked to size of station. In the case of the Access for All programme, station footfall is only one criteria used. Additional impor...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria she uses to assess bids under the Access for All scheme; and how stations can qualify for accessibility improvements.
Answer: As with all taxpayer funded programmes Access for All needs to demonstrate value for money. The criteria used to assess nominations include station footfall, weighted by incidence of disability in the area, industry priorities, and the availability of thi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPortchester Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Portchester train station will be considered for funding in the next round of the Access for All programme.
Answer: All funding available for the Access for All programme in the current Spending Review period has been allocated to projects. Nominations for future rounds of funding will benefit from strong industry support and a proportion of third party match funding.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPortchester Station: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve disabled access at Portchester train station.
Answer: This Government remains committed to improving railway accessibility and recognises the social and economic benefits it brings to communities. There are no immediate plans to improve step-free access at Porchester station and all current funding under the...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70594More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has plans to (a) simplify and (b) expand access to (i) business rates relief and (ii) tax support schemes for small hospitality venues in (A) coastal and (B) rural communities.
Answer: The Government is committed to creating a fairer business rates system that supports small businesses and protects the high street. Over a third of properties (more than 700,000) already pay no business rates as they receive 100 per cent Small Business R...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70593More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the £85,000 VAT registration threshold.
Answer: At £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. This keeps the majority of businesses out of the VAT regime altogether. Any change to the threshold would have potential impacts on small bus...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Living WageDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent increases in the National Living Wage on the financial sustainability of small businesses in (a) hospitality, (b) retail and (c
Answer: The Government considers the expert and independent advice of the Low Pay Commission (LPC) when setting the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates. Each year, the Government’s remit to the LPC asks it to take into account the impact on busin...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70591More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will meet with representatives from small hospitality businesses to discuss (a) VAT reform and (b) the introduction of sector-specific reliefs.
Answer: The Government values the significant contribution made by hospitality and tourism businesses to economic growth and social life in the UK. The Chancellor welcomes representations from hospitality businesses and meets with a variety of businesses, includi...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70590More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment her Department has made on the levels of VAT charged to (a) small hospitality businesses, (b) supermarkets, (c) national chains and (d) delivery platforms.
Answer: The level of the charge depends on the good or service being supplied. VAT only needs to be accounted for by VAT-registered businesses, and at £90,000, the UK has a higher VAT registration threshold than any EU country and the joint highest in the OECD. T...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70589More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the Flat Rate Scheme rules to enable small hospitality businesses to recover VAT on essential inputs.
Answer: The Flat Rate Scheme aims to offer additional simplification to smaller businesses. It allows VAT to be calculated by the application of a sector-specific percentage. Users benefit by not having to account for VAT on sales and costs, instead applying a lo...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70588More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced flat rate percentage for hospitality sector businesses.
Answer: The Flat Rate Scheme aims to offer additional simplification to smaller businesses. It allows VAT to be calculated by the application of a sector-specific percentage. Users benefit by not having to account for VAT on sales and costs, instead applying a lo...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70587More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Flat Rate VAT Scheme on small independent hospitality businesses' ability to claim VAT on (a) food, (b) energy, (c) supplies and (d) other input
Answer: The Flat Rate Scheme offers additional simplification to smaller businesses. It allows VAT to be calculated by the application of a sector-specific percentage. These are lower than the current rate of 20% to allow for VAT on costs which cannot be claimed ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to allow objections to the decision to house asylum seekers at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security her Department plans to put in place at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the asylum seekers due to be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville, have criminal (a) convictions, (b) arrests and (c) cautions.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to undertake background checks on asylum seekers before they arrive at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the arrival of asylum seekers at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) risk and (b) impact assessments completed by her Department for the 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville, site.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the asylum seekers who are to be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville, arrived in the UK; and how they arrived.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the cost of housing asylum seekers at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long will asylum seekers be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: WaterloovilleHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the asylum seekers due to be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville, are women.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the asylum seekers due to be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville are together as families.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was made to house asylum seekers at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the asylum seekers due to be housed at 286-288 London Road, Waterlooville are children with their mothers.
Answer: Where the Home Office needs to utilise Dispersed Accommodation, it does so in accordance with the principle of Full Dispersal, which was announced in 2022 to ensure that asylum seekers were more fairly distributed across the United Kingdom.This will reduc...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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