Written questions by Wild.

Communities and Local Government, what the current backlog of unresolved cases at the Housing Ombudsman is, and how that figure compares to each year since 2020.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what the average waiting time was for cases handled by the Housing Ombudsman in each of the last five years.

Awaiting answer.

?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the rollout of Project Gigabit.

This government is committed to achieving nationwide gigabit coverage by 2032, and 88% of UK premises are now able to access a gigabit connection.Through Project Gigabit, we are rolling out lightning-fast, reliable broadband across the UK to premises not ...

Pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 6636 on Dental Services: Norfolk, what estimate his Department has made of the median travel time for adult patients to access an NHS dental pract

No estimate has been made on the median travel time for adult patients to access a National Health Service dental practice in the constituency of North West Norfolk.The ‘Find a Dentist’ website can be used to determine the locations of NHS practices accep...

How much was received in voluntary donations by (a) individuals and (b) businesses towards public expenditure in each of last three years.

The requested information, provided by tax year, is given in the table below. Tax YearVoluntary Donation - individuals (including Bequests)Voluntary Donation - BusinessGrand Total23/24£22,758.19-£22,758.1924/25£643,366.75-£643,366.7525/26£25,680.48£45,000...

Whether free tea and coffee is available to Treasury civil servants working in Horse Guards Road.

Free tea and coffee is not available to HM Treasury civil servants working in 1 Horse Guards Road, and I thank the member for their essential scrutiny of this important matter.

If she will list dates in the last year when Treasury ministers worked from the Darlington Economic Campus.

Treasury Ministers worked from the Darlington Economic Campus on the following dates: 7 May 2025 – Lord Spencer Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury16 June 2025 – The Right Honourable Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer19 June 2025 – T...

How much was received in the Donations and Bequest Account established by the National Debt Reduction Act 1823 and what the largest individual donation amount was.

From 2003-04 – the first full financial year following the integration of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt (CRND) into the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) – to 2025-26, donations made to the Donations and Bequests Account total £59...

What steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to (a) identify for each of the last four financial years those pensioners who may have been overcharged income tax due to incorrect state pension data, (b) notify affecte

The HMRC Permanent Secretary will shortly be writing to the chairs of the Treasury Select Committee and Public Accounts Committee to provide an update on this matter. The government is aware of the issue raised and is working to resolve it.

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of limiting farm businesses to a single Sustainable Farming Incentive agreement on farm-level participation and flexibil

A quarter of SFI money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so that as many farmers as possible ...

Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence was used to inform the decision to set the Sustainable Farming Incentive annual agreement cap at £100,000.

A quarter of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so t...

Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) range and (b) scale of environmental actions that can be delivered by farm businesses within the £100,000 annual agreement cap under the Sustainab

A quarter of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) money goes to just 4% of farms. The Government is making improvements to the offer to ensure more farmers can access funding. The reformed SFI26 offer will be more focussed, more transparent and fairer so t...

What funding the Royal Navy plans to make available in 2026-27 to the Marine Society & Sea Cadets and to Sea Cadet units for equipment used for training.

The Royal Navy is not currently in a position to confirm the final Grant in Aid (GiA) figure for the Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) for financial year 2026-27. Final GiA figures will be confirmed in due course.

With reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement that Coastguard Rescue Officers will move to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, what assessment she has made of the pote

Public safety remains our priority and careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, and the wider organisational impact have all been looked at in detail, as well as the vi...

With reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement regarding the future model for Coastguard Rescue Officers, what alternative operating models were considered prior to the decision.

Changing the Coastguard Rescue Service operating model was not something which we wanted to do but is a mandated consequence of the Court of Appeal ruling. The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Publi...

With reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement concerning the future status of Coastguard Rescue Officers, whether Ministers formally endorsed the decision to move to a volunteer-with-expen

The Court of Appeal judgment made clear that current arrangements could not legally continue. Careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, and the wider organisational impa...

With reference to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s announcement on the transition of Coastguard Rescue Officers to a volunteer-with-expenses model from mid-September 2026, whether a formal impact assessment

Careful consideration was given to the options for a revised operating model. The legal position, the operational implications, the wider organisational impact and the effect on individuals have all been considered, as well as the feedback Coastguard Resc...

Pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3327 on Prisoners' Release, in which part of the referenced data the figures can be found for the number of prisoners who (a) have been returned to prison and (b)

Where an individual is deemed unlawfully at large and subject to rearrest, any information held on such cases is used for prison and police operational purposes.As this information is not part of a routine, quality-assured statistical collection, it is no...

Whether HMRC will publish regular statistics on exemption applications, outcomes and processing times under Making Tax Digital.

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...

What assessment she has made of the risk that people who should qualify for exemption will incur penalties under the Making Tax Digital regime; and what steps she is taking to mitigate that risk.

HMRC has been accepting applications for exemption from Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax since September 2025. Around 6,500 applications for exemption have been received to date. Decisions have been reached on around 60% of these cases, with approx...