Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions on levels of business (a) investment and (b) closures in Wales.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) announced at Autumn Budget 2024. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on individuals, businesses, and civil society organisations, as well as an overview of the equality impacts.

The Government decided to protect the smallest businesses from these changes by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500. This means that this year, 865,000 employers will pay no NICs at all, and more than half of all employers will either gain or will see no change.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what date his Department will announce plans for the deployment of new nuclear generation projects at (a) Wylfa and (b) Oldbury.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Great British Energy – Nuclear purchased the sites at Wylfa and Oldbury in 2024. As sites which have previously hosted a nuclear power station, both have positive attributes for new nuclear. No decisions have yet been taken on any projects to be deployed at either site. Our plans will be set out in due course

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, published on 14 October 2025, what the cost to the public purse is of remediating defective retrofit work carried out under the Energy Company Obligation scheme in Wales.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The remediation costs sit with the original installer and we have been clear that no household should be asked to pay any money to put things right. We expect most remediation for solid wall insulation installed under ECO4 or GBIS to cost between £250 and £6,000 for IWI and £5,000 and £18,000 for EWI. This should be covered by the guarantee should the installer no longer be trading.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the National Audit Office Report entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, published on 14 October 2025, how many homes in Wales have had defective retrofit work carried out on them under the Energy Company Obligation scheme.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government commissioned an independent statistical audit in April 2025. Two random samples of audits of external (EWI) and internal wall installations (IWI), across the household populations of both schemes were commissioned to understand non‑compliance rates. 98% of EWI audits need to be remediated. For IWI, that number is 29%.

The samples are not large enough to reliably perform any regional analysis. As we continue with further audits, we will seek to begin to collect this data.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the percentage of electricity supplied to the national grid from renewable forms of energy and (b) how much of this is generated from sources in Wales.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Data for electricity generated in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, by fuel, is published in Energy Trends: December 2024, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2019 to 2023 - GOV.UK. Data for 2024 will be published on 18^th December 2025.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of electricity supplied to the national grid that was generated in Wales.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Data for electricity generated in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, by fuel, is published in Energy Trends: December 2024, special feature article - Electricity generation and supply in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, 2019 to 2023 - GOV.UK. Data for 2024 will be published on 18^th December 2025.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has received information from relevant Departments on their plans to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to all people affected by the McCloud remedy for pubic sector pensions.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part of this, all affected members are receiving a remediable service statement setting out the details of their pension entitlements and some members will also receive a Remediable Pension Savings statement in respect of their annual allowance position during the remedy period.

Scheme managers are responsible for supplying members with these statements and for setting out timetables for sending out the remaining statements. HM Treasury encourages schemes to complete this process as quickly as possible and regularly discusses McCloud remedy progress and timetables with responsible authorities, including the Welsh Government, which has responsibility for the Firefighters’ pension scheme in Wales.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the time taken to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to people affected by the McCloud remedy.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part of this, all affected members are receiving a remediable service statement setting out the details of their pension entitlements and some members will also receive a Remediable Pension Savings statement in respect of their annual allowance position during the remedy period.

Scheme managers are responsible for supplying members with these statements and for setting out timetables for sending out the remaining statements. HM Treasury encourages schemes to complete this process as quickly as possible and regularly discusses McCloud remedy progress and timetables with responsible authorities, including the Welsh Government, which has responsibility for the Firefighters’ pension scheme in Wales.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh government on the (a) implementation of and (b) planned timelines for the McCloud remedy for public sector pensions in Wales.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part of this, all affected members are receiving a remediable service statement setting out the details of their pension entitlements and some members will also receive a Remediable Pension Savings statement in respect of their annual allowance position during the remedy period.

Scheme managers are responsible for supplying members with these statements and for setting out timetables for sending out the remaining statements. HM Treasury encourages schemes to complete this process as quickly as possible and regularly discusses McCloud remedy progress and timetables with responsible authorities, including the Welsh Government, which has responsibility for the Firefighters’ pension scheme in Wales.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to issue remaining (a) Remediable Service Statements and (b) Remedial Pension Saving Statements to people affected by the McCloud remedy.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The McCloud remedy under the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 took effect from October 2023 and will deliver a full remedy to all affected public service pension scheme members. Schemes are currently implementing the remedy. As part of this, all affected members are receiving a remediable service statement setting out the details of their pension entitlements and some members will also receive a Remediable Pension Savings statement in respect of their annual allowance position during the remedy period.

Scheme managers are responsible for supplying members with these statements and for setting out timetables for sending out the remaining statements. HM Treasury encourages schemes to complete this process as quickly as possible and regularly discusses McCloud remedy progress and timetables with responsible authorities, including the Welsh Government, which has responsibility for the Firefighters’ pension scheme in Wales.

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Fireworks anti-social behaviour and regulation

Two-child limit

Freezing of Local Housing Allowance

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Found: North Dorset) Claire Hughes (Labour; Bangor Aberconwy) Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru; Ceredigion Preseli) Llinos Medi

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