The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 250 tabled · 238 answered

Written questions by Martin.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Mike Martin this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (250)Department of Health and Social Care (69)Department for Transport (34)Home Office (25)Treasury (19)Department for Business and Trade (17)Department for Education (15)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (14)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (9)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8)Department for Work and Pensions (8)Ministry of Defence (8)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (6)

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15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What steps her Department is taking with police forces to tackle violence against women and girls.

Reply

This Government is determined to treat violence against women and girls as the national emergency it is and we have already taken significant steps to strengthen the police response to these devastating crimes. As part of Raneem’s Law we will put domestic...

12 Sept 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce emissions by increasing the use of public transport.

Reply

This Government is committed to delivering greener transport and supporting the missions to kickstart economic growth and to make Britain a clean energy superpower. The Department is working across government and the transport sector to turn this vision t...

12 Sept 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
Asked

Whether he plans to remove the £50 million cap on reparation payments to LGBT veterans, in the context of the value of average payments that would be provided to those veterans under that cap.

Reply

We deeply regret the treatment of LGBT Service personnel between 1967 and 2000, which was wholly unacceptable and does not reflect today’s Armed Forces. We are fully committed to ensuring this issue receives Parliamentary scrutiny. We have already impleme...

5 Sept 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What steps he has taken to review the GP contract.

Reply

We hugely value the critical role that general practitioners (GPs) play. We want to work with doctors to get the National Health Service back on its feet, so it works for patients and staff. Our plan to restore GPs will require both investment and reform....

5 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to rejuvenate town centres.

Reply

We are committed to supporting the businesses and communities that make our high streets flourish.We are funding new partnership models with High Street Accelerators, implementing High Street Rental Auctions, and introducing a strong new ‘right to buy’ fo...

5 Sept 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
Asked

Whether in light of recent government announcements about the risk of Israel forces being non-compliant with international law, UK intelligence is passed to Israel for the purposes of military targeting.

Reply

The Ministry of Defence only provides support to foreign militaries where it is satisfied that it is lawful under international law and domestic law. On 2 December 2023, the UK commenced surveillance flights over Gaza solely tasked to support hostage resc...

5 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what information her Department has obtained to inform a potential future decision on whether to break Kent County Council into a small number of unitary authorities.

Reply

The department has not obtained such information.

5 Sept 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many people will be released early from prison due to overcapacity in Kent in September 2024; and how many units of accommodation are available for those people.

Reply

As the allocation process is still in progress, the total number of individuals in Kent to be released from custody at 40% of their standard determinate sentence is not yet known. It is also therefore not possible to ascertain how many units of accommodat...

5 Sept 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
Asked

If he will ensure that the upcoming Strategic Defence Review (a) begins with a statement of Britain's (i) interests, (ii) role in the world and (iii) military ambitions over the next 10 years and (b) matches avai

Reply

The Strategic Defence Review will determine the roles, capabilities and reforms required by UK Defence to meet the challenges, threats and opportunities of the twenty-first century, deliverable and affordable within the resources available to Defence with...

5 Sept 2024·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
Asked

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the ownership of interests in UK oil and gas companies by sanctioned Russians.

Reply

If the UK sanctions an individual, their UK assets are frozen. Sanctioned individuals cannot access frozen funds or obtain any financial benefit (including from ownership of interests in UK companies) without HMT/OFSI granting a licence.Additionally, the ...

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