Tom Tugendhat MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Child Maintenance Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about the Child Maintenance Service were received in each of the last five years, and how many were (a) upheld, (b) partly upheld and (c) not upheld.
Answer: The Department regularly publishes Child Maintenance Service official statistics. The complaints received for quarter ending June 2015 to quarter ending June 2025 are available in Table 11 of the accompanying National tables. A new publication containing ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives to the Child Maintenance Service to verify income for self-employed parents and those operating via company structures; and what mechanisms are in place to improve acc
Answer: For self-employed paying parents, the gross income used in a maintenance calculation is provided by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the first instance. HMRC will provide details of the gross taxable profit of the paying parent's business, for the most ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department plans to publish a child maintenance arrears reduction strategy for the next five years.
Answer: This Government is committed to maximising the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), which plays a vital role in ensuring that children receive the financial support to which they are entitled. Only 7 per cent of the total maintenance due ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has set performance targets for the Child Maintenance Service on (a) time to initial calculation, (b) time to enforcement following non payment, and (c) customer satisfaction.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to complete 80 percent of initial maintenance calculations within six weeks The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for initial maintenance calculations; and what the main causes of delay in making those calculations are.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to complete 80 percent of initial maintenance calculations within six weeks The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service calculations were revised following (a) Mandatory Reconsideration and (b) appeal in each of the last five years; and what the total value of revised liabilities was in
Answer: Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) is the process where a parent asks the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to review a decision before appealing to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. It can be requested at any stage of a case or after an unsuccessful ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) mandatory reconsiderations and (b) appeals have been requested in each of the last five years; and what is the average time it takes the Child Maintenance Service to review these requests.
Answer: Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) is the process where a parent asks the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to review a decision before appealing to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. It can be requested at any stage of a case or after an unsuccessful ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average and maximum response times are for the Child Maintenance Service providing parents with full statements and breakdowns of maintenance calculations and variations on request.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) remains committed to providing timely, transparent, and accurate information to parents.Parents can access full statements at any time via the Child Maintenance Self Service portal, My Child Maintenance Case (MCMC), whi...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term teachers have been appointed since 1 January 2025.
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in state-funded schools, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workf...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much revenue has been raised by the introduction of VAT on schools; and how much has been spent on student transfers from public to state schools in the same period.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to support Kent County Council with levels of admissions following the introduction of VAT on private schools.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what correspondence she has had with (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to evaluate the impact of pupil transfers on (i) admissions, (ii) SEND provisions for existing students and (iii) SEND provisions for n
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have transferred from public to state schools since July 2024; and what discussions she has had with schools on the impact of those transfers on student to teacher ratios in classrooms.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers were appointed and funded directly from VAT receipts on public school fees since 1 January 2025 by (a) region and (b) local authority.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHadlow Rural Community SchoolDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates (a) letters were sent and (b) meetings were held between (i) officials and (ii) Ministers in her Department with North Kent College on future governance arrangements with Hadlow Rural Community Sc
Answer: The department values the Hadlow Rural Community School’s land-based curriculum offer. We have been, and remain, willing to consider how the department might support the school to continue to provide a broad land-based offer.As part of this consideration,...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Supply and Sewage: CompensationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory guidance his Department issues to water companies on issuing compensation to customers in cases where the minimum standards of service required under The Water Supply an
Answer: The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) Regulations 2008 are often referred to as the Guaranteed Standards Scheme (GSS). The GSS establishes baseline expectations for customer service and corresponding payments to be made to af...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing Afghans resettled under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who were directly employed by
Answer: On 1 March 2025, the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme and the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) will become part of the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP). The ARP is a cross-Government delivery programme which will bring exi...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a statutory timeframe for communicating decisions on applications submitted under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) Afghan Family Members policy.
Answer: Every application submitted under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) scheme is considered on a case-by-case basis taking into account the evidence available. Whilst every effort is made to process applications as quickly as possible, some...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that vulnerable Afghan family members are included in any new resettlement scheme.
Answer: The Government announced in December 2024 the launch of the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP), a cross-Government programme that will bring existing Afghan resettlement schemes into one single pipeline. Whilst this is not a new resettlement scheme, it w...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Leave Outside the Rules process for Afghan family members will remain in place.
Answer: The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) operates under the Immigration Rules set out under Appendix ARAP. Amendments were made to Appendix ARAP in November 2022, resulting in additional family members who are eligible and suitable for entry cl...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for additional family members seeking to resettle in the UK to join a principal who has already been resettled via the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and (b) ex-Gratia scheme f
Answer: As of 12 February 2025, there are 1,062 outstanding Additional Family Member (AFM) applications from individuals who have already been resettled under the current and previous Afghan resettlement schemes administered by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Of t...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for a review of negative decisions on Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are awaiting resolution; and what proportion of these have been under review for more than six months.
Answer: As of 12 February 2025, there are 3,467 outstanding requests for a review of a negative decision on an Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) principal or Additional Family Member (AFM) application. Of these, 1,604 have been pending for more than...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26519More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with (a) Aviva, (b) Legal & General, (c) Pension Insurance Corporation and (d) Scottish Widows on public sector involvement in the consolidation of corporate sponsored defined
Answer: The Treasury engages regularly with the UK insurance sector on a range of issues, including on the consolidation of corporate sponsored defined benefit pension schemes which are also discussed with a wide range of other stakeholders. More broadly, the Gov...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what will happen to existing Council debt following local government reorganisation where
Answer: It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government reorganisation does not change this.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria she plans to use to determine which local authorities are selected for the Devolution Priority Programme.
Answer: The Government is seeking to provide a fast track to mayoral devolution by May 2026 for areas ready to come together under sensible geographies which meet the criteria set out in the White Paper.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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