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Information between 26th March 2025 - 25th April 2025

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Division Votes
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 92 Noes - 303
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 294 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 72 Noes - 304
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 299 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 137 Noes - 304
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 285 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 41
26 Mar 2025 - Tobacco and Vapes Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 307
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 104
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 305
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 299 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 302
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 167
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 170
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 62
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 306
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 167
31 Mar 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 291 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 164
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 293 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 303 Noes - 110
1 Apr 2025 - Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 293 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 110 Noes - 302
2 Apr 2025 - Onshore Wind and Solar Generation - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 299 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 100
2 Apr 2025 - Energy Conservation - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 288 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 349 Noes - 14
2 Apr 2025 - Driving Licences: Zero Emission Vehicles - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 295 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 101
24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 212 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 89 Noes - 230
24 Apr 2025 - Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 210 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 88 Noes - 212
23 Apr 2025 - Sewage - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 297 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 69
23 Apr 2025 - Sewage - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 302
23 Apr 2025 - Hospitals - View Vote Context
Michael Wheeler voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 307


Speeches
Michael Wheeler speeches from: School-based Nursery Capital Grants
Michael Wheeler contributed 1 speech (120 words)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for International Development
Michael Wheeler speeches from: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
Michael Wheeler contributed 8 speeches (888 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade


Written Answers
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Patient Choice Schemes
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Monday 31st March 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the (a) consultation on NHS Right to Choose ADHD changes and (b) use of feedback from that consultation.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds.

The abolition of NHS England will strip out the unnecessary bureaucracy and cut the duplication that comes from having two organisations doing the same job; we will empower staff to focus on delivering better care for patients, driving productivity up and getting waiting times down.

Hydrogen: National Grid
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Wednesday 2nd April 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to integrate hydrogen into the National Grid.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Blending low carbon hydrogen into the existing gas networks may have value, in certain circumstances, to support the early development of the hydrogen economy and the wider energy system.

The Government remains committed to assessing the case for hydrogen blending into the gas transmission network. This work aims to gather evidence on the feasibility, costs and benefits of hydrogen blending.

Asylum: Applications
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Tuesday 1st April 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average waiting time for asylum decisions; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce the average time.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

The average time taken to process a substantive decision is not currently available from published data, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

However, the Home Office does publish data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision by duration. This data can be found at table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum and resettlement summary tables’.

Additionally, data on the percentage of applications processed within 6 months is published in table ASY_01 of the ‘Immigration and Protection’ data of the Migration Transparency Data collection.

We are restoring order to the asylum system so that every part – border security, case processing, appeals and returns – operate swiftly.

As a result, asylum decision making increased by 52% in the last three months of 2024.

The Home Office continues to take action to speed up asylum processing whilst maintaining the integrity of the system.

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Thursday 3rd April 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Salford City Council and (b) Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.for road maintenance in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Both Salford City Council and Wigan Metropolitan Borough are constituent members of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). During 2024/25, the Government allocated funds to GMCA through its City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS), which includes consolidated funding for highway maintenance funding for all its constituent authorities. In addition to this funding, during 2024/25 GMCA received a £4.4 million funding uplift as part of the previous Government’s Network North plan.

For 2025/26, GMCA will receive an Integrated Settlement from the Government, into which CRSTS will be consolidated. In addition to this funding, GMCA will receive an additional £14.8 million from the highway maintenance funding uplift announced in this Government’s 2024 Budget.

Funding allocations for CRSTS and highway maintenance are published on gov.uk.

Sick Leave and Statutory Sick Pay
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Tuesday 8th April 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraphs 7.2 to 7.4 of her Department’s publication entitled Final stage impact assessment: Improve access to Statutory Sick Pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit and removing the waiting period, published on 21 October 2024, what estimate she has made of the proportion of sickness absences that last at least four weeks; and what average length of sickness absence was estimated to calculate the annual cost of Statutory Sick Pay for businesses.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

There is no administrative data collected or recorded when an employee takes a sickness absence. The best evidence available uses findings from the Employee Survey (Employee research Phase 2: Sickness absence and return to work. Quantitative and qualitative research: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64108286d3bf7f02f6e38078/employee-research-phase-2-sickness-absence-and-return-to-work-quantitative-qualitative.pdf.)

The survey showed that 64% of respondents had no sickness absence. Of those that do have a sickness absence, 13% of those who have a sickness absence reported an absence of more than 3 weeks. The majority of sickness absences were for up to a week (57%) followed by between 1 to 2 weeks (20%), and between 2 to 3 weeks (10%). These figures demonstrate that when workers took sickness absence, it was usually for a short period of time.

Of those who have had a sickness absence, many would receive Occupational Sick Pay. The Employee Survey findings suggest 57% of employees said they would receive OSP, while a further 9% said they would receive some combination of both SSP and OSP. 26% would receive SSP, while the remaining 8% do not know.

The estimated cost to business of SSP reforms is derived from a simulation model that incorporates raw sickness absence data from the DWP Employee Survey 2023 alongside characteristic information from the Family Resources Survey. (Family Resources Survey: financial year 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK)

Relationships and Sex Education
Asked by: Michael Wheeler (Labour - Worsley and Eccles)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Preparing for Healthy Relationships toolkit developed by the Mayor of London to address violence against women and girls; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of rolling the toolkit out nationally.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. Education has a crucial role to play in preventing and tackling harmful behaviour, helping children and young people to develop empathy, boundaries and respect for difference.

Through compulsory relationships education, all pupils will learn how to form positive and respectful relationships and develop an understanding of the concepts and laws around sexual harassment and sexual violence.

The department is reviewing the statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) curriculum, and as part of this review we are looking at how to ensure that the guidance equips pupils, starting in primary, to form healthy and respectful relationships. We are analysing consultation responses, talking to stakeholders and considering relevant evidence to determine how this can fully complement our wider actions to tackle VAWG. Ministers have been clear that the RSHE guidance must support schools to tackle misogynistic attitudes and help students gain the knowledge and skills needed to develop healthy relationships.

We are currently considering how best to support teachers to deliver high-quality RSHE and are aware of many of the programmes and toolkits already in place, including the Healthy Relationships toolkit developed by Tender and launched by the Mayor of London, which we understand is free for schools to use if they wish. As with other curriculum subjects, the department does not advise schools on which resources, external speakers or organisations to use, not least because schools operate in a variety of different contexts and have both the expertise and knowledge that makes them best placed to make these decisions.  The department does not endorse or promote third-party resources to schools.




Michael Wheeler mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]
233 speeches (32,168 words)
2nd reading
Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department for Business and Trade
Mentions:
1: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) Members for Worsley and Eccles (Michael Wheeler), for Bathgate and Linlithgow (Kirsteen Sullivan) and - Link to Speech
2: Justin Madders (Lab - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough) Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles (Michael Wheeler) pointed out, this is a fast-moving environment - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Mr Nigel Evans, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, and Baroness Laing of Elderslie

Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee

Found: Kelly Foy; Tracy Gilbert; Richard Holden; Gurinder Singh Josan; Joy Morrissey; Lee Pitcher; Michael Wheeler

Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Natascha Engel, and Baroness Primarolo

Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee

Found: Kelly Foy; Tracy Gilbert; Richard Holden; Gurinder Singh Josan; Joy Morrissey; Lee Pitcher; Michael Wheeler

Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Michael Wheeler MP relating to Royal Mail deliveries, 20 March 2025

Business and Trade Committee

Found: Letter from Michael Wheeler MP relating to Royal Mail deliveries, 20 March 2025 Correspondence




Michael Wheeler - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Elections within the House of Commons
At 2:45pm: Oral evidence
Natascha Engel
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Nigel Evans
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Laing of Elderslie DBE
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE
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Wednesday 23rd April 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Elections within the House of Commons
At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Natascha Engel
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Primarolo
At 3:30pm: Oral evidence
Rt Hon Nigel Evans
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Laing of Elderslie DBE
The Rt Hon. the Baroness Winterton of Doncaster DBE
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Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Private Meeting
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Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Karin Smyth MP - Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care
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Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
At 3:00pm: Oral evidence
Karin Smyth MP - Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care
Tom Riordan CBE - Second Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care
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Wednesday 7th May 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
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Wednesday 14th May 2025 2:30 p.m.
Procedure Committee - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Private Meeting
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Tuesday 13th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:15am: Oral evidence
Cristina Nicolotti Squires - Group Director for Broadcasting and Media at Ofcom
Kate Davies - Public Policy Director at Ofcom
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Tuesday 20th May 2025 10 a.m.
Committee on Standards - Oral evidence
Subject: Outside employment and interests
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Sebastian Enser Wight - Chief Strategy Officer at LBC
Tom Cheal - Senior Managing Editor at LBC
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Professor David Hine - Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Politics at Christ Church, University of Oxford
Ms Rose Whiffen - Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK
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Select Committee Documents
Thursday 27th March 2025
Written Evidence - OUT0015 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Tuesday 1st April 2025
Written Evidence - Sir Bernard Jenkin MP
OUT0024 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Tuesday 1st April 2025
Written Evidence - Richard Fuller MP
OUT0023 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Thursday 24th April 2025
Written Evidence - Shockat Adam MP and Iqbal Mohamed MP
IMP0002 - Status of independent Members of Parliament

Status of independent Members of Parliament - Procedure Committee
Thursday 24th April 2025
Written Evidence - Nuffield College, Oxford University
EHC0002 - Elections within the House of Commons

Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee
Thursday 24th April 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Foreign Secretary relating to written parliamentary questions performance, dated 11 April 2025.

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Natascha Engel, and Baroness Primarolo

Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Oral Evidence - Mr Nigel Evans, Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, and Baroness Laing of Elderslie

Elections within the House of Commons - Procedure Committee
Tuesday 29th April 2025
Written Evidence - Chris Hinchliff (Member of Parliament at House of Commons)
OUT0027 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Tuesday 29th April 2025
Written Evidence - Derek Wyatt (former MP, 1997-2010 at House of Commons)
OUT0026 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Tuesday 29th April 2025
Written Evidence - Sky News
OUT0025 - Outside employment and interests

Outside employment and interests - Committee on Standards
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - Andrew Bridgen - Written evidence

Committee on Standards
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - 2nd report - Andrew Bridgen

Committee on Standards
Thursday 1st May 2025
Report - Andrew Bridgen - Oral evidence

Committee on Standards
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Attorney General relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 23 April 2025

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 17 April 2025

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Written Evidence - Hansard Society
IMP0003 - Status of independent Members of Parliament

Status of independent Members of Parliament - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to the Secretary of State for DHSC relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 3 April 2025

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Correspondence - Reply from the Secretary of State for DHSC to the Chair relating to Written Parliamentary Questions, dated 28 April 2025

Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care, and Department of Health and Social Care

Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 - Procedure Committee
Wednesday 7th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Department of Health and Social Care, and Department of Health and Social Care

Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25 - Procedure Committee


Select Committee Inquiry
28 Apr 2025
Written Parliamentary Questions: Departmental performance in Session 2024-25
Procedure Committee (Select)
Not accepting submissions

Written questions (WPQs) allow MPs to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament.

The cross-Whitehall performance standard is 85% for timely provision of written answers, where responses are deemed ‘on time’ for Ordinary Questions if they are provided within five working days of being tabled, and deemed ‘on time’ for Named Day questions if answers are provided by the specified date.

Since 2010, the Procedure Committee has been routinely engaged in the monitoring of Government responses to WPQs. The Committee is currently analysing departments’ performance in responding to WPQs during the 2024-25 Session, and will produce its report in due course.