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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ministry of Defence Police budget is in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year; and whether he undertook a risk assessment before determining the budget for the next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ministry of Defence Police budget is in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year; and whether he undertook a risk assessment before determining the budget for the next financial year.
The Ministry of Defence Police budget for financial year 2025-26 was £192 million. Forecast expenditure for 2026-27 is £206 million.
Risk is an integral part of the Department's financial planning process. Forecast expenditure and budget allocation decisions are informed by assessments of affordability, historical performance, planned requirements, anticipated demand and other factors that may affect future financial performance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing measures to prevent pensioners with small amounts of income in addition to the state pension from facing a higher tax liability than those whose only income is the state pension.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing measures to prevent pensioners with small amounts of income in addition to the state pension from facing a higher tax liability than those whose only income is the state pension.
Pensioners whose only income is the basic or new State Pension, without any increments, do not currently pay income tax. This is because the full new State Pension is below the tax-free Personal Allowance this year.
In line with the commitment made at Budget 2025, pensioners whose incomes only just exceed the Personal Allowance will not have the administrative burden of paying small amounts of tax in this Parliament.
More details will be set out at Budget 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 August 2026 to Question HL2380, how many people over state pension age he estimates will be income taxpayers in 2027-28; and how many people he estimates will benefit from the commitment that people whose only income...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 August 2026 to Question HL2380, how many people over state pension age he estimates will be income taxpayers in 2027-28; and how many people he estimates will benefit from the commitment that people whose only income...
The vast majority of pensioners paid income tax under the last Conservative government. The OBR produces projections of the number of income taxpayers in future years.
In line with the commitment made at Budget 2025, pensioners whose incomes only just exceed the Personal Allowance will not have the administrative burden of paying small amounts of tax in this Parliament. The Government will set out more detail at Budget.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on professional female footballers of the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments from 6 April 2027; and whether he plans to publish an impact assessment of those changes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on professional female footballers of the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments from 6 April 2027; and whether he plans to publish an impact assessment of those changes.
At Budget 2025, the Government announced it would legislate to clarify the tax treatment of image rights to ensure that all image rights payments related to an employment are treated as taxable employment income. As with all tax measures, an assessment of the impacts relating to the policy will be provided through the Government’s Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) which will be published alongside the relevant Finance Bill.
The Government regularly engages with stakeholders on technical detail of its announced policies and welcomes engagement with the Women’s Super League.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of the Women’s Super League on the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of the Women’s Super League on the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments.
At Budget 2025, the Government announced it would legislate to clarify the tax treatment of image rights to ensure that all image rights payments related to an employment are treated as taxable employment income. As with all tax measures, an assessment of the impacts relating to the policy will be provided through the Government’s Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) which will be published alongside the relevant Finance Bill.
The Government regularly engages with stakeholders on technical detail of its announced policies and welcomes engagement with the Women’s Super League.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential differential impact on professional female footballers of the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments from 6 April 2027, including in relation to differences in salary levels and the proportion of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential differential impact on professional female footballers of the proposed changes to the tax treatment of image rights payments from 6 April 2027, including in relation to differences in salary levels and the proportion of...
At Budget 2025, the Government announced it would legislate to clarify the tax treatment of image rights to ensure that all image rights payments related to an employment are treated as taxable employment income. As with all tax measures, an assessment of the impacts relating to the policy will be provided through the Government’s Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) which will be published alongside the relevant Finance Bill.
The Government regularly engages with stakeholders on technical detail of its announced policies and welcomes engagement with the Women’s Super League.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, dated 24 June 2026, which grants for the business events growth programme and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, dated 24 June 2026, which grants for the business events growth programme and...
DCMS recognises the economic contribution of business events, which facilitate trade and investment, support jobs and generate visitor spending across the UK. The UK’s business event sector is thriving and receives support from a number of national and local sources.
DCMS provides the British Tourist Authority (BTA) with funding each year to deliver an agreed set of objectives which the BTA allocates across a range of priority areas where it can most add value. Funding is also provided from the GREAT programme for international marketing.
From 2021/22 to 2025/26, BTA allocated approximately £1.25m of funding annually to support business events. In 2026/27, BTA reprioritised funding to avoid duplication with VisitScotland and VisitWales and to support smaller businesses to attend international trade shows. MeetEngland’s budget this year of £300,000 accounts for around 20% of VisitEngland’s core operational budget for 26/27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, dated 24 June 2026, what funding was (a) allocated for and (b) provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, dated 24 June 2026, what funding was (a) allocated for and (b) provided...
DCMS recognises the economic contribution of business events, which facilitate trade and investment, support jobs and generate visitor spending across the UK. The UK’s business event sector is thriving and receives support from a number of national and local sources.
DCMS provides the British Tourist Authority (BTA) with funding each year to deliver an agreed set of objectives which the BTA allocates across a range of priority areas where it can most add value. Funding is also provided from the GREAT programme for international marketing.
From 2021/22 to 2025/26, BTA allocated approximately £1.25m of funding annually to support business events. In 2026/27, BTA reprioritised funding to avoid duplication with VisitScotland and VisitWales and to support smaller businesses to attend international trade shows. MeetEngland’s budget this year of £300,000 accounts for around 20% of VisitEngland’s core operational budget for 26/27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children and young people can access (a) dance, (b) sport, (c) gymnastics and (d) cheer as part of the curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children and young people can access (a) dance, (b) sport, (c) gymnastics and (d) cheer as part of the curriculum.
The government is committed to ensuring all children and young people benefit from a high-quality PE curriculum. PE is compulsory at all four key stages, with schools able to choose the activities they use to deliver the curriculum. Dance is a specified element of the national curriculum, with programme of study content set out through to key stage 3.
The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review recommended greater clarity and specificity in areas such as dance. The government accepted these recommendations and is revising the PE national curriculum, while maintaining schools’ flexibility in delivery. The revised curriculum will be consulted on publicly and is intended for first teaching from September 2028.
Schools will be supported to deliver high-quality dance provision through the National Centre for Arts and Music. Supporting pupils to access PE, sport and physical activity opportunities such as gymnastics and cheer will also form part of the new PE and School Sport Partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will place a copy of the RFA's terms and conditions of service in the House of Commons Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will place a copy of the RFA's terms and conditions of service in the House of Commons Library.
When it comes to youth unemployment, it sounds like the Secretary of State has his head very firmly in the sand. Did he not hear Member after Member from across this House stand up and quote how the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training has gone up under this Government? The Secretary of State quotes back to us the national figures for people in employment overall, but that is because the population has gone up. What are the NEET figures? In Gosport, the number of young people not in education, employment or training has gone up by 23% under this Government. That is all because of the number of taxes that are being put on the businesses there to employ them, particularly the small businesses that provide the Saturday jobs and apprenticeships: hair and beauty, adult social care and care. What will Alan Milburn’s report say, and what is the Secretary of State actually going to do about it?
When it comes to youth unemployment, it sounds like the Secretary of State has his head very firmly in the sand. Did he not hear Member after Member from across this House stand up and quote how the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training has gone up under this Government? The Secretary of State quotes back to us the national figures for people in employment overall, but that is because the population has gone up. What are the NEET figures? In Gosport, the number of young people not in education, employment or training has gone up by 23% under this Government. That is all because of the number of taxes that are being put on the businesses there to employ them, particularly the small businesses that provide the Saturday jobs and apprenticeships: hair and beauty, adult social care and care. What will Alan Milburn’s report say, and what is the Secretary of State actually going to do about it?
The truth is that it has been a problem for a long time. I repeat what I said to the shadow Secretary of State: under the Government that the hon. Lady supported, the number of NEETs went up by a quarter of a million between 2021 and 2024. She asks me what we will do, and in addition to the programmes I have announced, we recently announced a partnership with the British Retail Consortium to hire 100,000 young people not in education, employment or training over the next few years. The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation survey showed the strongest hiring sentiment in four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the role of social care services in enabling unpaid carers to remain in employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the role of social care services in enabling unpaid carers to remain in employment.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether legislation will be required to give effect to the commitment that people whose only income is the basic or new state pension will not pay income tax over this Parliament.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether legislation will be required to give effect to the commitment that people whose only income is the basic or new state pension will not pay income tax over this Parliament.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs will take to identify individuals within scope of the commitment for pensioners not to pay income tax on the State Pension.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs will take to identify individuals within scope of the commitment for pensioners not to pay income tax on the State Pension.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the freeze of the personal allowance until April 2031 announced at Budget 2025.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the freeze of the personal allowance until April 2031 announced at Budget 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for for Work and Pensions on supporting unpaid carers to remain in or return to employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for for Work and Pensions on supporting unpaid carers to remain in or return to employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure people with severe ME in need of tube feeding can be safely fed lying flat in NHS hospitals.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidance on nutrition support for adults and on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The guidance recognises that people with severe or very severe ME/CFS may be unable to eat and digest food easily and may require support with hydration and nutrition, including enteral tube feeding.
Enteral feeding must be provided safely. Feeding a patient lying flat can increase the risk of aspiration, and clinicians should take the NICE guidance fully into account. However, NICE guidance does not replace clinical judgement. Decisions about positioning and the most appropriate form of nutritional support should be made by the treating clinical team, following an individual assessment of the patient’s needs, risks, and preferences and, where appropriate, with input from a multidisciplinary nutrition support team.
These services are commissioned locally by integrated care boards, which are responsible for ensuring that appropriate services are available to meet the needs of their populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of dance participation on (a) society and (b) the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of dance participation on (a) society and (b) the economy.
The Government recognises that participation in culture and the arts, including dance, generates substantial social and economic value. Dance is a vital part of the cultural ecology, contributing to improved physical health, mental wellbeing and social connection, which collectively help to alleviate pressures on health and social care services.
Government commissioned research by Frontier Economics, published in November 2024 estimates that regular adult cultural participation provides benefits of £992 per person and £18.6 billion annually in societal benefits. One of the models relating to extra-curricular activities for children (which includes dance) estimates society-wide benefits totalling £230m per year. Participatory arts support prevention, reduce health service demand, and improve productivity and quality of life.
Additionally, ‘The Social Value of Movement and Dance’ report estimates that dance and movement participation generates £3.5 billion in annual social value in the UK. By improving physical health, mental wellbeing and social connectedness, this saves health services approximately £430 million annually by reducing service demand. The report highlights wider economic benefits, including increased productivity, reduced loneliness and stronger community cohesion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure 24/7 access to on-site hospital helipads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of the social media ban for children under 16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what metrics her Department will use to measure the success of the social media ban for children under 16.
Government will be monitoring the impact of the ban closely and conduct a full review three to five years after implementation, allowing time for the expected cultural change and long-term impacts on mental and physical health to emerge. The review will consider a range of metrics including regular reporting from children and parents on online experiences and the impact on children’s physical and mental health. Government has committed to reviewing the mobile phones in schools guidance and making any necessary revisions by September 2027.