Victoria Collins MP: written questions 2025
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Boarding Schools: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the need for a dedicated senior official to lead on (a) coordination of policy to support state boarding schools, (b) securing sustainable funding for state boarding p
Answer: The Ministry of Defence oversees the Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) for eligible service personnel, which provides clearly defined financial support to ensure that the need for frequent mobility does not interfere with a child’s education. This i...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBoarding Schools: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of state boarding schools in supporting the education of children from Armed Forces families and other mobile families as an affordable alternative to indepe
Answer: The Ministry of Defence oversees the Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) for eligible service personnel, which provides clearly defined financial support to ensure that the need for frequent mobility does not interfere with a child’s education. This i...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that medical device manufacturers can verify the General Medical Device Nomenclature categories and associated charges used to calculate their annual registrat
Answer: When the registration system updates for collecting the new medical device registration fee go live on 1 April 2026, the system will have the functionality to show manufacturers the Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN) Level 2 Categories they are bei...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s proposed annual registration fees for medical devices under the Device Online Regist
Answer: The new medical devices registration fee is designed to be proportionate to the breadth of presence of each manufacturer across the medical device market in Great Britain. In response to consultation feedback, the fee has been set at the minimum number of...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of section 12(1A) and 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
Answer: The UK has one of the strongest counter-terrorism frameworks in the world, but we keep this under continuous review. The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation provides recommendations to HMG on the effective functioning of the counter-terrorism fr...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAge AdditionDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department are taking to review the state pension addition for individuals aged 80 and over; and whether the Department plans to adjust that addition in line with inflation to ensure it p
Answer: The 25 pence a week Age Addition is part of the old State Pension, for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, and is paid with their State Pension, when they reach the age of 80. The Age Addition is not part of the new State Pension, but...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Pensions: InsolvencyTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95180More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the standard corporate insolvency regime for ensuring the timely and cost-effective transfer of client Self-Invested Personal Pensions; and if she will comm
Answer: The Government recognises that the insolvency of a Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) operator can have a significant impact on customers as we have seen in some high-profile cases recently. The current corporate insolvency regime does enable transfers...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal PensionsTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95179More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Financial Conduct Authority is taking to (a) enhance its oversight of Self-Invested Personal Pension operators and (b) review the capital adequacy requirements for those holding portfolios containing
Answer: Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) are a type of personal pension regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that give savers more choice over how they invest their retirement savings. In December 2024, the FCA published their discussion pape...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVans: TheftHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring police forces to record thefts (a) from and (b) of light commercial vehicles as distinct crime categories to enable accurate nat
Answer: The Home Office has access to a monthly extract of data from the Police National Computer (PNC) which provides additional intelligence information on the type of vehicles stolen in England and Wales. Such data already enables the monitoring of offences in...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to make changes to the (a) accreditation, (b) certification and (c) guarantee regime of (i) installers and (ii) retrofit coordinators working under (A) ECO4, (B) future Warm
Answer: The government is reviewing the system of consumer protection and oversight for home retrofit installations that improve energy efficiency and decarbonise homes. This work is looking at the entire landscape: from how installers work in people’s homes to w...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homes which have received (a) insulation and (b) internal wall insulation under the ECO4 scheme are independently inspected any sub-standard
Answer: Government is offering free inspections of all properties where external wall insulation was fitted under ECO4. Ofgem will contact every household with external wall insulation that has not yet been audited. Remediation is already taking place to address ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring vision rehabilitation services under the same regulatory and monitoring framework as other adult social care services; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of do
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have the duty to shape their care market and to commission a range of high-quality, sustainable, and person-centred care and support services to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This includes encouragi...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRehabilitation: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop national guidelines and quality standards for vision rehabilitation services; and if he will commission the National Institute for Health and Care Exc
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent body that develops authoritative, evidence-based guidelines and quality standards for the health and care system on best practice. Topics for the development of NICE guideline...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: ProbateTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93103More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the current six-month deadline for the payment of Inheritance Tax in cases of administrative delays in the granting of probate.
Answer: The deadline for payment of Inheritance Tax (IHT) is the end of the sixth month after the month in which the death occurs. Personal representatives (PRs) are required to make a payment of IHT before applying for probate. This is a longstanding requirement...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Airports: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the cumulative impact of multiple concurrent airport expansions at Luton, Gatwick and Heathrow.
Answer: The Government recognises a role for, and is supportive of, airport expansion where it provides economic growth and is compatible with our legally binding net zero target and strict environmental standards. The Secretary of State has approved Luton and G...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the time taken by HMRC to process inheritance tax queries and (b) potential impact of the time taken on the ability of executors to settle estates without incurrin
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is consistently exceeding its service standards of processing over 80% of inheritance tax returns for estates within 15 working days. Once these returns have been processed, most customers will be able to pay any inheritance ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on working with expert stakeholders to review the impact of four-weekly employer pay cycles on Universal Credit payments.
Answer: We are committed to reviewing Universal Credit, to make sure it is doing the job we want it to, to make work pay and tackle poverty. As part of the review we have considered the impact that fluctuating incomes including those paid on a four-weekly cycle h...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Curriculum Review to provide algorithm literacy and AI education to help children understand that AI systems can have inaccurate outputs; and what
Answer: The department has accepted the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s recommendations for computing and are committed to going further through explicitly including AI within the curriculum, and exploring a potential Level 3 qualification in data science and ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that safety-by-design principles are integrated into AI systems from inception rather than as retrospective additions especially given the
Answer: The government is committed to tackling the atrocious harm of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Making, distributing or possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is a serious criminal offence, and the Online Safety Act requires services to p...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: TestingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to establish standardised testing frameworks for identifying bias in AI datasets; and whether she will consider introducing requirements for the qual
Answer: AI is already regulated in the UK. A range of existing rules already apply to AI systems, such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and sectoral regulation. The government is committed to supporting regulators to promote the responsible u...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the benefits of (a) a duty of candour requiring AI developers and deployers to publicly disclose when biases are discovered in their algorithm
Answer: A range of existing rules already apply to AI systems such as data protection, competition, equality legislation and sectoral regulation. The government is also committed to supporting regulators to promote the responsible use of AI in their sectors and m...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what transparency conditions are currently required when government departments procure AI systems from private companies; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure public sector bodie
Answer: Since February 2024, all government departments and arm’s-length bodies must comply with the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS), which mandates publishing details on algorithmic tools, including decision-making processes, human oversight, ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Misleading AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle misleading advertising online.
Answer: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent regulator for advertising in the UK and enforces the Advertising Codes. These codes include specific rules intended to protect consumers from misleading marketing communications, including onlin...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of restrictions on television and online advertising of products high in fat, salt and sugar on levels of marketing through out
Answer: As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis to ease the strain on our National Health Service and create the healthiest generation of children ever. We are already delivering the biggest public hea...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: PricesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions her department has had with a) telecoms companies b) consumer groups on unspecified discretionary price rises in consumer telecoms contracts.
Answer: It is imperative that people feel empowered when interacting with the telecoms market and that they can be confident they are getting a fair deal.The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom’s CEO on 31 October to seek Ofcom’s assessment of existing consumer pro...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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