Susan Murray MP: written questions
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Written questions
Veterans: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade's consultation entitled Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK, published on 16 July 2026, what discussions he has had with the Secretary
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: FireworksDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on the potential impact of the proposed reduction in the maximum permitted noise le
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordFireworks: NoiseDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, (a) how many consumer firework products were tested for compliance with the maximum permitted noise level in each of the last three years and (b) how many were found to be non-comp
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRoyal National Lifeboat Institution: IntimidationHome OfficeTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with police forces to protect Royal National Lifeboat Institution staff, volunteers and premises from intimidation and harassment.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRoyal National Lifeboat Institution: IntimidationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 29747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution on the abuse and intimidation of its staff and volunteers.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Telephone ServicesTreasuryTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27816More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the average speed of answer published in HM Revenue and Customs' performance data includes time spent by callers listening to automated messages before joining a queue for an adviser.
Answer: HMRC’s published Average Speed of Answer (ASA) measure does not include the time callers spend listening to automated messages or selecting options through the automated menu.ASA measures the time from when a customer has finished listening to the automat...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of classifying internet as an essential public utility.
Answer: Having internet is central to everyday life, helping people work, learn, access services and stay connected. While the Government has not made a formal assessment of classifying internet access as an essential public utility, the UK telecoms regulatory fr...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadband and Telephone Services: CompetitionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protections under Ofcom's General Conditions for vulnerable customers who lose (a) broadband and (b) telephone service as a res
Answer: One Touch Switch (OTS) was introduced in September 2024 to make it easier for consumers to switch providers. Ofcom, as the independent regulator, is responsible for monitoring compliance with the OTS process. Under Ofcom's General Conditions, broadband an...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBroadband: CompetitionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of arrangements for monitoring compliance with Ofcom's One Touch Switch process in the context of the closure of Ofcom's enforceme
Answer: One Touch Switch (OTS) was introduced in September 2024 to make it easier for consumers to switch providers. Ofcom, as the independent regulator, is responsible for monitoring compliance with the OTS process. Under Ofcom's General Conditions, broadband an...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26267More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Scottish Government from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund announced on 22 January 2026.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport received funding at Spending Review 2025, and the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s DEL budget.At Spending Reviews, because the Barnett form...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPlaces of Worship Renewal FundTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26266More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether spending on the Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been treated as comparable expenditure for the purposes of the Barnett formula.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport received funding at Spending Review 2025, and the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s DEL budget.At Spending Reviews, because the Barnett form...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPostural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of specialist services and clinical care pathways for people with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 15 June 2026 in response to Question 6594.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Energy System Operator: MaladministrationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the safeguards in place to ensure that material errors in the National Energy System Operator's connection agreements can be (a) independently
Answer: The Department works closely with the National Energy System Operator (NESO), Ofgem and network companies to oversee the governance of the connections process and to monitor delivery of the reforms. Customers who believe there is an error in their connect...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Energy System Operator: MaladministrationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to enable errors in the National Energy System Operator's connection contracts with generators and off-takers to be (a) identified and (b) corrected.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for issuing transmission level connection agreements under the connections reform programme. Customers can raise queries and potential errors through NESO's online portal. The Department works clos...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Energy System OperatorDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the National Energy System Operator's status on its accountability to (a) government and (b) Parliament.
Answer: NESO is an operationally independent public corporation. The Secretary of State is NESO's sole shareholder, exercises shareholder rights on behalf of Government, and is accountable to Parliament for matters relating to the organisation. While the NESO Boa...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Energy System Operator: MaladministrationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards to ensure potential material errors in the National Energy System Operator's connection contracts with generators and off
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring NESO’s implementation of connections reform, including the number of outstanding queries raised by customers and the number of connection offers requiring subsequent re-issue. These are important indicators of whether ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Telephone ServicesTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19199More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was for callers to HM Revenue and Customs helplines dealing with bereavement and estates in each of the last two years.
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19198More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs is to issue a clearance certificate in respect of a deceased person's estate after tax due has been paid; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPensions: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19197More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the capacity of HM Revenue and Customs to process additional inheritance tax cases arising from the inclusion of unused pension funds in estates from April
Answer: Most unused pension funds and pension death benefits will be brought into the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027. Most estates will continue to have no IHT liability, even after these changes have come into eff...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: ScotlandMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of how long after claims are lodged employment tribunal hearings involving claimants in Scotland are scheduled for.
Answer: We continue to monitor waiting times in the Employment Tribunal through regular engagement with HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the judiciary. Published timeliness data is not currently available on a Scotland-only basis and does not measure the time ...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: ScotlandMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment tribunal claims involving claimants in Scotland were concluded within (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) two years and (d) three years in the latest period for which data are availabl
Answer: HMCTS does not hold information on the proportion of employment tribunal claims involving claimants in Scotland were concluded within (a) six months, (b) one year, (c) two years and (d) three years in the latest period for which data are available.
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: ScotlandMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest recorded waiting time is between claim lodgement and final hearing for an employment tribunal case involving a claimant in Scotland.
Answer: HMCTS does not hold information on the longest recorded waiting time between claim lodgement and final hearing for an employment tribunal case involving a claimant in Scotland.
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of whether employment tribunal delays disproportionately affect (a) women, (b) disabled people, (c) ethnic minority workers and (d) other groups protected under the Equalit
Answer: The Department is currently conducting an Access to Justice assessment of the Employment Tribunal which will include exploration of whether there are disproportionate waiting times experienced by those with protected characteristics. We expect to publish ...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: ScotlandMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal cases involving claimants in Scotland are currently listed for a final hearing more than 24 months after proceedings were lodged.
Answer: The specific information requested is not held by HM Courts & Tribunals Service. Data on open caseload for the Employment Tribunals is published in Tribunals Statistics Quarterly and data to March 2026 can be found in table S_4 of the main tables here...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which delays in the employment tribunal system may deter workers from pursuing legitimate employment claims.
Answer: We recognise the significant pressures facing the Employment Tribunal and are taking action to increase capacity and reduce waiting times. The Government has not made a specific assessment of the extent to which delays in the Employment Tribunal system de...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
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