Written questions by Stride.

How many claimants were deemed LCWRA via the substantial risk provisions in each of the last 15 financial years expressed in (a) numerical terms and (b) as a proportion of the caseload.

Awaiting answer.

What the average estimated cost is of providing a PIP assessment (a) by telephone, (b) by video call and (c) face to face.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to his Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of each of the policy measures on the level of tax receipts to the Exchequer.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the maximum UC deduction rate on a) public sector net borrowing, b) public sector net debt, c) public sector net cash requirement, d) annually managed expenditure and e) total managed expenditure in each financial year for which data are available.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to reduce the maximum UC deduction rate on a) public sector net borrowing, b) public sector net debt, c) public sector net cash requirement, d) annually managed expenditure and e) total managed expenditure in each financial year for which data are available.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

What number of universal credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available were subject to a deduction; and what proportion of these households were subject to the maximum percentage reduction of 15%.

The requested information can be found in the published Universal Credit deductions statistics, December 2024 to November 2025, supplementary data Table1 and Table2, available here: Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 8 January 2026 - GOV.UK. The next release of these statistics is on Tuesday 12 May 2026, Universal Credit statistics, 29 April 2013 to 12 February 2026 - Official statistics announcement - GOV.UK Further release dates are published here: universal credit - Research and statistics - GOV.UK

What were tax receipts from Carbon Price Support in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.

Carbon Price Support (CPS) tax receipts can be found in the Environmental Taxes Bulletin: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/environmental-taxes-bulletin.

With reference to the Written Statement of 16 April 2026 on Carbon Price Support, HCWS1519, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to tax revenues of abolishing Carbon Price Support in each financial year for which estimates are available; and what steps her Department is taking to fund this policy change.

As the grid continues to decarbonise, the Carbon Price Support (CPS) tax base will become smaller and CPS revenue is forecast to significantly decline.Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the usual way. The Chancellor will set out details on how this, and any other decisions, are funded such that the fiscal rules are met at the Budget in the usual way.

What percentage of total Air Passenger Duty receipts was attributable to (a) domestic and short-haul flights and (b) long-haul flights in the most recent financial year for which data is available.

Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines, rather than individual passengers, and is the principal tax on the aviation sector. APD is charged on passengers travelling on aircraft departing from airports in the UK, with the rate of duty determined by the distance to a passenger’s final destination and the class of travel. From April 2023, APD operates across four destination bands:Domestic, covering flights within England, Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandBand A, where the distance from London to the country’s capital is up to 2,000 milesBand B, where the distance is between 2,001 miles and 5,500 miles, andBand C, where the distance is over 5,500 miles. Airline operators declare the number of chargeable passengers by destination band and by rate. However, APD receipts are not attributable to distance travelled, and therefore this is not information that HMRC collects.

How much VAT revenue was raised from the sale of petrol and diesel in the last financial year for which data is available.

HM Revenue and Customs does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services, including VAT on petrol and diesel. This is because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level within their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.

What proportion of total Air Passenger Duty receipts were attributable to passengers travelling with children under 16 in the most recent financial year for which data is available.

Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines, not individual passengers, and is the principal tax on the aviation sector. HMRC does not collect information on passenger ages or whether passengers are travelling with children. Air Passenger Duty receipts are therefore not broken down in this way, and no estimate can be made of the proportion attributable to passengers travelling with children under 16. Airline operators declare the number of chargeable passengers by destination band and by rate. They do not break down chargeable passengers by age or who passengers are travelling with, and therefore this is not information that HMRC collects.

With reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of capping interest on Plan 2 and 3 student loans at 6%.

The government is capping maximum interest rates on Plan 2 and Plan 3 (postgraduate) student loans at 6%, instead of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) plus 3%, for the 2026/27 academic year.This short-term protective measure will apply from the 1 September 2026 to the 31 August 2027 and removes the risk of a temporary increase in inflation causing loan balances to compound at an unsustainable rate.Student loan interest rates are ordinarily set for each academic year by reference to the RPI value for the year to the preceding March. On that basis, interest rates for the 2026/27 academic year would normally be determined using the RPI figure for March 2026, due to be published on 22 April 2026.The impact of the interest rate cap on the public purse will depend on the March RPI value.

If she will list all changes to the UK tax system which will take effect from 6 April 2026, including changes to rates, thresholds, allowances and reliefs.

A full list of all tax measures introduced at recent Budgets can be found in the Overview of Tax Legislation and Rates on the gov.uk website, including the tax rates and allowances in effect from 6 April 2026.

Why the statistics publication entitled Minor tax expenditures and structural reliefs on GOV.UK has not been updated since December 2024.

Estimates of the exchequer cost of Minor tax expenditures and structural reliefs were updated in January 2026 and are now contained in a new Tax Relief Statistics publication which combines the previous Minor tax expenditures and structural reliefs publication with the related Non-structural tax relief statistics publication, and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-reliefs The change was made following feedback from stakeholders and aims to improve clarity and accessibility.

With reference to HC Deb 9 March 2026, vol. 782 column 47, to which specific parliamentary votes was the Chancellor referring when she said opposition parties had voted against freezes in fuel duty.

As part of the debate on the “Middle East: Economic Update”, the Chancellor referred to votes relating to two Budgets, which included the policy decisions to extend the 5 pence per litre cut to fuel duty.The 5p cut extensions have been legislated via Statutory Instrument. The primary legislative vehicle for Budget policy decisions is the Finance Bill. At second readings of the Finance Bills, the House debates the whole principle of each bill. For divisions on the second readings of the Finance Bills in 2024 and 2025, a number of opposition parties voted against, including the Conservatives.

What the difference is between the 250,000 retail, hospitality and leisure businesses benefitting from business rates relief, as cited in answer to question UIN 904249, and the 750,000 businesses benefitting from the lower multiplier, as cited in answer to question UIN 111573.

More properties will benefit from the new retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) multipliers because there is no cash cap, meaning all qualifying properties in an RHL chain will benefit.

How much funding is allocated to the National Wealth Fund for each financial year from 2024-25 onward, broken down by capital spending allocations and financial transactions.

The National Wealth Fund (NWF) is capitalised with £27.8bn to make investments in support of the growth and clean energy missions. £10 billion of its capital is allocated for guarantees, £4 billion for local authority lending, and the rest is split between debt and equity. HM Treasury has not made specific allocations of this capital to each financial year. The NWF has the target of committing all its capital by 2029/30.

How the policy to write off 90% of local authority SEND debs will be funded.

This funding relates to money that has already been spent by local authorities. The effect of the decision referred to is to transfer the accounting for that historic spending from local to central government. Any impact will be reflected in the OBR’s upcoming forecast.

How the cost of the additional business rates support for pubs will be funded.

From April, every pub and live music venue will get 15% off its new business rates bill on top of the support announced at Budget, ahead of their bills being frozen in real terms for a further two years. The cost of this support will not impact other sectors’ bills. Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the usual way.

What the student loan outlay is by immigration status of the student cohort for the last five years for which data is available.

The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, including the transition to electronic applications and introduction of new products, systems and processes in line with the legislation, mean that data held for earlier cohorts is held differently across multiple SLC systems.As a result, it is not currently possible to produce robust settled status data within the required timescales. The department and the SLC are undertaking work to improve the quality and consistency of data provided.Once this work is complete, the department expects to be able to provide information in response to such questions.The department is not able to provide the requested data on immigration status. The SLC does not hold immigration status data. Immigration status data is held by the Home Office and is used by the SLC as part of the assessment for loan eligibility. However, as the SLC does not hold immigration status data in their own systems, this breakdown cannot be provided.