Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has made an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in the rate of Machine Games Duty on receipts from (a) National Insurance contributions and (b) business rates.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has modelled at what rate increasing Machine Games Duty would lead to a reduction in overall receipts from that duty.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events, and does not routinely comment on proposals.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration HM Treasury has given to the impact of recent increases in gambling taxes in the Netherlands on (a) tax receipts and (b) the illegal gambling market.

Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

HMRC reviewed relevant international evidence when estimating the Exchequer impact of changes to Remote Gaming Duty and Remote Betting Duty announced at Budget 2025. More details can be found in the policy costing note published at Budget 2025.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms NHS England will use to hold commissioned renal providers accountable for delivering its ambition for at least 20 per cent of dialysis patients to receive treatment at home; and whether provider-level performance against that ambition will be published annually.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Renal Services Transformation Programme sets out high-impact changes which include increasing home dialysis towards the Getting It Right First Time programme ambition of 20%. Kidney networks are working with commissioners and providers to implement these changes and increase provision across their populations. Data on home dialysis is collected by the UK Renal Registry and available through the National Home Therapies Dashboard at the following link:

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiMzA2MzZlYTYtYzliOC00ZDUxLTk1OTctMjIzMzBhNzQwMDAxIiwidCI6IjVmNzFkOGYxLTY5ZWYtNDFkMS05ZjFlLTRkN2M0YjdiNDdlNCJ9

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question HL1306, when NHS England plans to publish the updated Renal Service Specification.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The specification is being worked on by NHS England in line with its national service specification methods process, which is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/methods-national-service-specifications

NHS England will set out the expected date of publication as soon as this is available.

Senior Courts of England and Wales

Found: Maureen Burke Harriet Cross Lillian Jones Mr Angus MacDonald Douglas McAllister Susan Murray Jack Rankin