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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 68785, on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Housing Investment Programmes, whether Homes England has been involved in the (a) land transaction and (b) loan facility in relation to the Manchester Life joint venture between Manchester City Council and Abu Dhabi United Group. \p Matthew Pennycook: Homes England are not involved in the joint venture in question. The Agency has not entered into any land transactions directly with Manchester Life and does not have any open loan facilities with them.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what her planned timetable is for publishing further information on the funding of the Cambridge Growth Company. \p Matthew Pennycook: The Cambridge Growth Company is focused primarily on the Greater Cambridge area. Greater Cambridge is comprised of the city of Cambridge and the surrounding South Cambridgeshire District Council.

Following the Spending Review, my Department is now working through departmental allocations. Once this process is complete, we will be in a position to make clear what the Spending Review means for funding for the Cambridge Growth Company.
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David Smith:To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children who arrive at school by (a) state-provided buses and (b) taxis to make use of free breakfast clubs. \p Olivia Bailey: The government is committed to offering every primary aged child a free breakfast club and is currently working with 750 early adopter schools to test how best to implement this policy ahead of national rollout. Transport will be considered as part of this.

Free breakfast clubs should be at least 30 minutes immediately before the start of the compulsory school day. Further information is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breakfast-clubs-early-adopter-guidance-for-schools-and-trusts-in-england/breakfast-clubs-early-adopter-guidance-for-schools-and-trusts-in-england.

Local authorities’ statutory duty requires them to arrange free travel to enable an eligible child to travel to school for the beginning of the school day, and to return home at the end of the school day. While local authorities are not required to make travel arrangements to enable eligible children to attend breakfast clubs, we encourage them to work with schools to find solutions wherever possible.
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Liz Jarvis:To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding, updated on 19 May 2025, what his expected timetable is for association of the UK to the European Union Erasmus+ programme. \p Nick Thomas-Symonds: We have agreed to work towards the association of the UK to the EU Erasmus+ programme. We are taking forward the next stage of negotiations on the clear mutual understanding that the UK will only associate to Erasmus+ on terms that provide value for money for the UK taxpayer. The timelines for any association will be subject to further discussion as part of these negotiations.
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Mike Wood:To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of civil servants who are (a) full protection and (b) tapered protection members of the Civil Service (i) Classic, (ii) Premium, (iii) Classic Plus and (iv) Nuvos pensions. \p Nick Thomas-Symonds: The information requested is published in Table 1.2 in section 7.3 of Annex A of the Civil Service Pensions 2015 Remedy (‘McCloud’) consultation – Equality Impact Assessment.
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Helen Maguire:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguarding policies in mixed-sex changing facilities in (a) leisure centres and (b) swimming pools. \p Stephanie Peacock: It is vital that everyone participating in sport feels safe and secure.

Decisions regarding the use of changing facilities are the responsibility of facility owners. Many National Governing Bodies of sport (NGBs), local authorities and sports organisations have guidance and policies in place to help facility owners. As an example, the Child Protection in Sport Unit (CSPU) has produced best practice guidance. Similarly, Sport England’s This Girl Can Campaign published new guidance this year for gyms and leisure centres to make safer spaces for women and girls. This guidance was created in collaboration with ukactive, The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity and Women’s Aid, and is available on the Safer Spaces to Move Hub.
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Sir John Hayes:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Sport England in supporting grassroots sport in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire. \p Stephanie Peacock: In the last financial year, 2024-25, Sport England invested £43,803 into South Holland and the Deepings constituency and £1,924,805 into Lincolnshire to improve access to sport and physical activity.

A large part of Sport England’s work focuses on their place partnerships work, where they work with local areas to understand and overcome the specific barriers to sport and physical activity in communities. Boston and East Lindsey in Lincolnshire are two of Sport England’s place partnerships.

I met with Sir John Hayes and Deepings Leisure Centre Community Group in July this year to discuss grassroots sport and facilities provision in his constituency.
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Dr Al Pinkerton:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle undisclosed advertising on social media platforms. \p Ian Murray: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the independent regulator for advertising in the UK and enforces the Advertising Codes. The Codes require that paid advertising content must be recognisable as such. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024 also prohibits unfair commercial practices involving misleading actions or misleading omissions within advertisements. Influencers are required to disclose when they are advertising under both the CAP code and consumer law.

The Influencer Marketing Code of Conduct, co-owned by the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) and the Influencer Marketing Trade Body (IMBT), was launched in 2021 to improve standards in this area of advertising. The Code contains requirements for brands working with influencers, the agencies who represent them, and the influencers themselves, and includes a dedicated section on disclosure. An Influencer Marketing Working Group, established as part of the Government’s Online Advertising Taskforce, has helped provide new standards to be incorporated into the fourth iteration of the Code. This was launched in November 2024, and the group is working to encourage further take-up.
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Mr Gregory Campbell:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Natural History Museum informs potential customers in Northern Ireland that it is unable to ship to EU countries. \p Ian Murray: This is a matter for the Natural History Museum which is operationally independent of the Government. I understand that the Natural History Museum is aiming to resume e-commerce sales to Northern Ireland in the near future.
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Mr Peter Bedford:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has made to the Treasury on (a) taxation levels and (b) regulatory burdens within the gambling industry. \p Ian Murray: Ministers and officials regularly engage with counterparts in HM Treasury about gambling duties. DCMS has shared information with HM Treasury relating to the wider regulatory context for the gambling industry, including recent regulatory changes resulting from the white paper.
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Steve Darling:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reforming (a) stake and (b) prize limits for Category D machines on the economies of coastal towns. \p Ian Murray: Government recognises the important contributions family entertainment centres make to local communities, particularly seaside towns. However, this sector has seen a number of closures in recent years. We intend to consult on changes to stakes and prizes for Category D machines to understand if this would be an appropriate way to support the sector while maintaining protections for children and young people. These machines include seaside arcade staples, such as crane grabs and coin pushers.

The government will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders throughout the consultation process, to best understand the potential impacts of adjusting stake and prize limits for Category D machines. We intend to launch a consultation this year, and we will welcome responses from coastal communities.
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Ben Obese-Jecty:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing the tax rate paid by bookmakers to align it with the online gaming tax rate on Huntingdon Racecourse. \p Ian Murray: Future proposals on Gambling Duties are a matter for HMT, should legislative changes come about following this consultation, we expect them to be accompanied by tax and impact notes from HMT, as is standard practice.
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Sir Ashley Fox:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff in her Department have flexible working arrangements; and how many of those work compressed hours. \p Stephanie Peacock: 21% of staff in DCMS have a flexible working arrangement - which represents 275 individuals. Of these, 138 (50%) work compressed hours.
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Liz Jarvis:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in cost of Electronic Travel Authorisations on her Department’s target of 50 million annual visits to the UK by 2030. \p Stephanie Peacock: DCMS closely monitors factors that may influence inbound tourism, including the cost of electronic travel authorisations (ETAs). We recognise the importance of balancing secure and efficient border processes with the need to remain competitive as a global tourism destination.

DCMS continues to engage with the Home Office to ensure that any changes to the cost of ETAs are proportionate and informed by robust evidence on their potential impact on our 50m inbound target. Supporting the UK's tourism industry remains a priority, and we will continue to review any challenges to its growth.
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Sir John Hayes:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Union Flag has flown every day from a flagpole on the 1 Horse Guards Road side of DCMS’ main site at Government Offices Great George Street throughout 2024 and to date in 2025.
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Alex Mayer:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing regulatory frameworks governing travel companies that market or sell tickets to animal-based tourist attractions. \p Stephanie Peacock: DCMS has made no such assessment. Overall responsibility for consumer regulation, including Package Travel Regulations, sits with the Department for Business and Trade.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made provision for the ability of the Independent Football Regulator to require an owner to divest from a club to be subject to (a) Ministerial oversight and (b) parliamentary scrutiny. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Football Governance Act establishes an operationally independent regulator. The Act does not provide for any ongoing ministerial or parliamentary role in the IFR’s ownership tests. This is to stop undue political interference in football.
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Sir Ashley Fox:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of staff in her Department did not meet the minimum office attendance target in the latest period for which data is available; and what sanctions her Department issues to staff who do not meet this target. \p Stephanie Peacock: The department does not centrally record data on staff who do not meet our 60% office attendance expectation, this is managed locally by line managers.

Failure to meet a reasonable request from a line manager can result in a sanction under our disciplinary procedure for failing to follow a reasonable management request.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Independent Football Regulator will have the power to retrospectively investigate incumbent owners or directors in instances where new information comes to light after their appointment. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will have the ability to test incumbent owners and officers where it has grounds for concern over their suitability. If an incumbent owner or officer is found to be unsuitable, the IFR has a strong suite of powers to remove them. This approach reduces unnecessary burdens on suitable owners and proportionately targets testing where there is a risk of harm to clubs.
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Mr Andrew Snowden:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Independent Football Regulator will be required to publish an annual report detailing the number of (a) individuals and (b) entities it assessed under the ownership and directorship tests. \p Stephanie Peacock: Section 14 of the Football Governance Act requires the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to publish an annual report, to include a summary of activities undertaken that year. The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport can direct the IFR to include specific information.

Details of the exact content of the IFR’s annual report are being considered by the organisation and are not yet finalised.
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Harpreet Uppal:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what basis her Department determines locations of Young Futures Hubs; and if any locations have already been decided. \p Stephanie Peacock: Responsibility for the cross-Government Young Futures Hubs programme transferred from the Department for Education to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 1st September.

On Tuesday 15th July, the Prime Minister set out plans to open 50 hubs over the next four years. Up to £2m is being made available for 8 Early Adopters Local Authorities, in areas of high-knife crime and/or antisocial behaviour, so that the first Young Futures Hubs will be operational later this financial year. Early Adopters will select the precise location of their Young Futures Hub based on local needs. More information will be shared in due course.

The design and implementation of the programme in future years will be informed by our work with early adopters.
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Navendu Mishra:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support the maintenance and continued operation of swimming facilities in Stockport constituency. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the country.

The ongoing responsibility of providing access to public leisure facilities lies at local authority level, with funding levels set as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement. The Government encourages local authorities to make investments which offer the right opportunities and facilities for the communities they serve, investing in sport and physical activity with a place-based approach, to meet the needs of individual communities.

In June, we committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK over the next four years, supporting the Government's Plan for Change. We will ensure that this funding promotes health, wellbeing and community cohesion and helps to remove the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups. We are working closely with sporting bodies and local leaders to establish what communities need, before setting out further plans on how future funding will be allocated across the UK.
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Cat Eccles:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of constructing an indoor Velodrome in Birmingham; and whether she plans to allocate funding from the £900 million funding for sport announced on 19 June 2025. \p Stephanie Peacock: High-quality, inclusive facilities help people get active. Everyone, no matter who they are or where they live, should have access to them and opportunities to participate in sport and physical activity. That is why, in June, we committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK over the next four years. This funding will be invested in new and upgraded grassroots sport facilities that promote health and wellbeing and remove the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups. We are now working closely with sporting bodies and local leaders to establish what communities need, before setting out further plans on how future funding will be allocated across the UK.
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Jayne Kirkham:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered the potential merits of targeting the £400 million grassroots sports fund on swimming pools. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure facilities, including swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the country.

The ongoing responsibility of providing access to public leisure facilities lies at local authority level, with funding levels set as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement. The Government encourages local authorities to make investments which offer the right opportunities and facilities for the communities they serve, investing in sport and physical activity with a place-based approach, to meet the needs of individual communities.

In June, we committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK over the next four years, supporting the Government's Plan for Change. We will ensure that this funding promotes health, wellbeing and community cohesion and helps to remove the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups. We are working closely with sporting bodies and local leaders to establish what communities need, before setting out further plans on how future funding will be allocated across the UK.
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Perran Moon:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to release the £400 million announced in the Spending Review for grassroots sports facilities; and what proportion of this funding will be allocated to support (a) local leisure centres, (b) swimming pools and (c) gyms at risk of closure. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government recognises the importance of ensuring public access to leisure centres and swimming pools, which are vital spaces for people of all ages to stay fit and healthy, and which play an important role within communities across the country.

The ongoing responsibility of providing access to public leisure facilities lies at local authority level, with funding levels set as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement. The Government encourages local authorities to make investments which offer the right opportunities and facilities for the communities they serve, investing in sport and physical activity with a place-based approach, to meet the needs of individual communities.

In June, we committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the UK over the next four years, supporting the Government's Plan for Change. We will ensure that this funding promotes health, wellbeing and community cohesion and helps to remove the barriers to physical activity for under-represented groups. We are working closely with sporting bodies and local leaders to establish what communities need, before setting out further plans on how future funding will be allocated across the UK.
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Josh Newbury:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has engaged the Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) as an external provider. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Department has not engaged the Sport, Leisure and Culture Consultancy (SLC) as an external provider.
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Mr James Frith:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding she has allocated to paternity leave for each professional tier of each sport. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government does not allocate funding to the staffing of professional sport.

UK Sport does fund the performance programmes of Olympic and Paralympic sport, but does not allocate specific funding for paternity or maternity leave. Funding is delegated to National Governing Bodies (NGBs) to manage in line with the needs of their programmes.
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Mr Toby Perkins:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on converting existing tennis courts to padel courts. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed another £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the nation following the Spending Review.

We will now work closely with sporting bodies - including the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) - and local leaders to establish what each community needs and then set out further plans.

The Government provides the majority of support for grassroots sport through Sport England - which annually invests over £250 million in Exchequer and Lottery funding. Sport England provides long term investment to the LTA, which receives up to £10.2 million for 5 years from 2022 to invest in tennis and padel initiatives that will benefit as many people as possible.
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Mr James Frith:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department attaches provisions on (a) mentoring and (b) role modelling in its funding of UK sports bodies. \p Stephanie Peacock: The Department does not attach provisions on mentoring and role modelling in its funding of UK sports bodies. All DCMS funds to sports bodies go through UK Sport and Sport England.
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Mr Gregory Campbell:To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Creative Industries Sector Plan in helping creative businesses in Northern Ireland. \p Ian Murray: The Creative Industries Sector Plan was announced in June and contains ambitious proposals to bolster growth in the creative industries across the UK. The Sector Plan highlights Belfast & Derry/Londonderry as a high potential cluster for creative industries growth and recognises their unique investment offer.

UK wide activity outlined in the Sector Plan includes increased funding to the UKRI Creative Industries Clusters Programme, increased access to support from the British Business Bank and increased exporting support from UK Export Finance. DCMS is committed to working with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure creative businesses benefit from this activity.

Northern Ireland has a thriving screen sector. DCMS will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to support this sector, including continued annual funding from the UK Government, through the British Film Institute, to Northern Ireland Screen to support the Irish Language and Ulster-Scots Broadcast Funds.
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Andrew Griffith:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June to Question 61021 on Taxation: Domicil, how many P85 forms have been submitted in each month in the last five years. \p James Murray: The table below shows the number of P85 forms submitted to HMRC electronically each month between May 2020 and May 2025.

P85 forms are submitted by taxpayers who are not intending to submit a self-assessment tax return. Individuals who file through Self-Assessment (e.g. those with other sources of income such as self-employment or those claiming non-domiciled status) do not need to submit a P85 form.

Counts of submitted P85 forms in March 2024 and September 2024 are labelled as [x] due to incomplete data.

Month

P85 iForms

May 2020

2,900

Jun 2020

2,800

Jul 2020

3,200

Aug 2020

4,100

Sep 2020

5,300

Oct 2020

4,400

Nov 2020

4,600

Dec 2020

4,100

Jan 2021

4,000

Feb 2021

2,800

Mar 2021

3,200

Apr 2021

3,000

May 2021

2,500

Jun 2021

2,300

Jul 2021

2,600

Aug 2021

2,800

Sep 2021

3,300

Oct 2021

3,300

Nov 2021

2,900

Dec 2021

2,400

Jan 2022

3,200

Feb 2022

2,300

Mar 2022

2,500

Apr 2022

2,200

May 2022

2,000

Jun 2022

1,900

Jul 2022

2,200

Aug 2022

2,700

Sep 2022

2,900

Oct 2022

3,000

Nov 2022

2,800

Dec 2022

2,300

Jan 2023

3,700

Feb 2023

2,800

Mar 2023

3,200

Apr 2023

3,100

May 2023

2,900

Jun 2023

2,800

Jul 2023

3,400

Aug 2023

3,400

Sep 2023

3,800

Oct 2023

4,100

Nov 2023

3,700

Dec 2023

3,200

Jan 2024

4,500

Feb 2024

3,400

Mar 2024

[x]

Apr 2024

4,100

May 2024

3,400

Jun 2024

3,400

Jul 2024

3,900

Aug 2024

4,300

Sep 2024

[x]

Oct 2024

5,800

Nov 2024

3,400

Dec 2024

5,000

Jan 2025

6,400

Feb 2025

4,900

Mar 2025

5,500

Apr 2025

5,300

May 2025

4,500

Individuals can either use the online system to submit a P85 iForm or fill in a paper form and submit it by post. Postal form data for the last five years is not available. The data provided in the table above contains only customers who have submitted iForms.
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Kevin Hollinrake:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) re-banding. \p James Murray: The Government engages regularly and constructively with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a range of economic issues. Property tax reform has not been discussed with the OECD since the current Government took office in July 2024, but it was discussed under the previous Government.
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Blake Stephenson:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the barriers to direct retail investment in shares by UK citizens; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those barriers on economic growth. \p Emma Reynolds: The government is committed to supporting retail participation in UK capital markets to ensure consumers can benefit from the long-term financial security that investing in shares can provide.

The government ran a Call for Evidence as part of the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy and welcomed views on how to improve consumer engagement with investing. The Strategy will be published at Mansion House on 15 July.
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Blake Stephenson:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System on economic growth; and when she expects the regulatory framework to be finalised. \p Emma Reynolds: I refer the Member to the answer given to his question in PQ UIN 57791 on 12 June 2025.
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Luke Murphy:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent companies de-listing in London. \p Emma Reynolds: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets including overhauling the Listing Rules, providing more flexibility to firms and founders raising capital. To create a stable regulatory environment, and complementing these reforms, the government is also establishing a 10-year strategy for financial services, with capital markets as a core pillar, which will be published at Mansion House on 15 July 2025.
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Luke Murphy:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to recognise the economic contributions of small and mid-sized quoted companies. \p Emma Reynolds: We have already delivered an ambitious set of reforms to boost the competitiveness of UK markets, including for small and mid-sized quoted companies. This includes overhauling the Listing Rules, reforming the Prospectus regime to provide more flexibility to firms and founders raising capital and reducing reporting requirements for the smallest companies.

The government also maintains generous tax reliefs for small and mid-sized quoted companies including the Growth Market Exemption which provides relief from Stamp Taxes on Shares for companies on Recognised Growth Markets.

To create a stable regulatory environment, and complementing these reforms, the government is also establishing a 10-year strategy for financial services, which will be published at Mansion House on 15 July 2025.
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Luke Murphy:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to incentivise investment in small and mid-sized companies. \p Emma Reynolds: This Government believes that small businesses are vital to the UK’s high streets and communities, and essential to the success of the government’s growth mission.

To support small businesses, the Government announced generous tax reforms at Autumn Budget 2024 including, most notably, more than doubling the employment allowance to £10,500; commitments in the Corporate Tax Roadmap to maintain the Small Profits Rate and marginal relief at their current rates and thresholds; and freezing the small businesses multiplier for 2025/26.

At the Spending Review, we have increased the financial capacity of the British Business Bank to £25.6bn, which will enable a two-thirds increase in support for SMEs across the UK. This investment is expected to crowd in tens of billions of pounds of private capital and will support innovative businesses to start, scale and stay in the UK.

We are also continuing to take measures to tackle late payments, which severely impact the cash flow of small businesses. This year we will be laying requirements for large companies to include information about their payment performance in their Annual Reports and launched the Fair Payment Code. We will also soon be launching a consultation on additional legislative measures to address late payments and long payment terms.
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Blake Stephenson:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce regulations on financial service businesses. \p Emma Reynolds: In the March Regulation Action Plan, the government committed to cutting the administrative costs of regulation for business by 25% by the end of the Parliament. This will take a whole-of-government approach to establish a baseline for the administrative costs of regulation and deliver an ambitious programme of reforms that remove or streamline administrative processes.

The Action Plan also announced that it will consolidate the Payments Systems Regulator into the Financial Conduct Authority, to provide a more streamlined approach to regulation for businesses. It also confirmed that the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority are taking steps to review and streamline reporting requirements for financial services firms.

The Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, part of the Industrial Strategy, will set out the government’s next steps to ensure that the UK’s financial services regulatory environment is proportionate, predictable and internationally competitive. This will be published on 15 July .
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Chris Coghlan:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing research and development bonds of up to £20 billion per year. \p Emma Reynolds: Government investment in research and development (R&D) underpins the UK’s excellence in its universities and research institutes and stimulates private sector innovation, driving growth and higher living standards. On average, every £1 of government spending delivers £7 of economic benefits in the long term. At the recent Spending Review, the government therefore prioritised R&D – increasing R&D funding to £22.6 billion per year by 2029-30, an above-inflation increase.

Our core gilt programme is the most stable and cost-effective way of raising finance to fund the day-to-day activities of the government, owing to the depth and liquidity of the market. This is, in part, down to the fungibility of the instruments issued to the market. Issuing bonds aimed at financing specific areas of spending risks fragmenting the gilt market, which would not be consistent with the government’s debt management objective of minimising the long-term cost of financing, taking into account risk.

The government keeps under regular review the introduction of new debt instruments. The government would however need to be satisfied that any new instrument would meet value-for-money criteria, enjoy strong and sustained demand in the long term, and be consistent with wider fiscal objectives.
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Helen Grant:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the taxable turnover SMEs can earn in a12-month period before registering for VAT. \p James Murray: 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.
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Dame Caroline Dinenage:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she is providing to sweetshop businesses on VAT applied to freeze-dried products. \p James Murray: Guidance on which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes can be found in VAT Notice 701/14 Food products on GOV.UK. Confectionery is covered at paragraph 3.6.

Businesses which have read the guidance and are still unsure of the correct VAT treatment of their product can contact HMRC for further support.
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Neil O'Brien:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what projects her Department plans to spend the revenue raised from VAT on independent school fees in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years; and how much she plans to allocate to each project. \p James Murray: The Government has taken a number of decisions on tax to stabilise the public finances and support public services. Ending tax breaks for private schools will raise £1.8bn a year.

To raise school standards for every child, and break down the barriers to opportunity, the government will increase the core schools budget by £2.0bn in real terms over this Spending Review (2023-24 to 2028-29). This provides a £4.7bn cash increase per year by 2028-29 (compared to 2025-26), which ensures average real terms growth of 1.1% a year per pupil.
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Bill Esterson:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 8 April 2025 during Treasury Questions, Official Report, column 718, when the relevant Minister plans to meet the hon. Member for Sefton Central. \p James Murray: I apologise for the delay in progressing arrangements for your meeting with the relevant minister. We have now spoken with the Department of Health and Social Care and the responsible minister’s office will be in contact to organise a meeting with you as soon as practical.
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Alex Burghart:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57308, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) calculations and (b) analysis produced by the Government Actuary’s Department. \p Darren Jones: Details of the calculations have been agreed by the Government Actuary’s Department and are in the Explanatory Memorandum laid alongside the Treaty. However, it is not normal practice for government departments to release details of corresponding financial analysis. Any financial obligations, including departmental budgetary responsibilities, will be managed responsibly within the government’s fiscal framework. No payments will be made until the Treaty is legally binding.
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Claire Hanna:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, if he will publish the Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland for each new item of funding announced in that strategy. \p Darren Jones: The Barnett formula is applied when departmental budgets change – not when departments announce how they are spending their budgets.

When changes to UK Government departments’ budgets were confirmed at Spending Review 2025 on 11 June, the Barnett formula was applied in the usual way, providing Barnett consequentials to the Northern Ireland Executive. The devolved governments are receiving the largest Spending Review settlements, in real terms, since devolution in 1998.

The published Block Grant Transparency document provides a detailed breakdown of how the block grants are calculated and the next version will be published in due course.
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James Naish:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Growth Mission Fund will include eligibility criteria for (a) rural job creation and (b) the farming supply chain. \p Darren Jones: The Growth Mission Fund will invest £240 million of capital from 2026/27 to 2029/30 in projects that enable local job creation and the economic regeneration of local communities. Further detail on this fund and the criteria that will be applied for project selection will be set out in due course.
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James Naish:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding decisions through the National Wealth Fund consider food supply chain resilience. \p Darren Jones: The National Wealth Fund does not provide grant funding, it invests in capital intensive projects and companies by offering financing in the form of debt, equity and guarantees.

The Statement of Strategic Priorities to the National Wealth Fund, issued by the Chancellor on 19 March 2025, sets out that the National Wealth Fund will prioritise investment into the Industrial Strategy sectors of clean energy, advanced manufacturing, digital and technologies, and transport, and support supply chain resilience across these priority sectors. The NWF remains flexible to invest in support of emerging government priorities and in response to changing market conditions.
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Luke Taylor:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of police funding increases being delivered primarily through rises in council tax precepts on local taxpayers. \p Darren Jones: The government believes in empowering local decision-makers, including by ensuring they have the flexibility to generate their own income through council tax, while protecting residents from excessive increases.

Police precept levels for 2026/27 onwards remains subject to final decisions on precept which will be set out in the annual police funding settlement in the usual way. It will then be for individual police and crime commissioners to decide whether to use their full flexibility, balancing the extra spending with the tax burden on residents.
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Mike Wood:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what value of (i) donations and (ii) bequests have been made to the Donations and Bequests Account since 4 July 2024. \p Emma Reynolds: The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) manages the Donations and Bequests Account. It has, as of 18 June 2025, received 14 donations, totalling £585 million, since 4 July 2024.

Over the same period, the DMO received fewer than five bequests, totalling £101,740.83.

We withhold the total number of bequests when fewer than five, because the information could be used to identify individual bequests.

The Donations and Bequests Account falls under the CRND (Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt), for which the DMO publishes annual accounts. The 2024-25 accounts have not yet been published but the 2023-24 figures can be found here: crndrep2024.pdf
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Stuart Anderson:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships available in her Department. \p James Murray: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19th May 2025 to PQ51804.