Alicia Kearns MP: written questions
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Ayman AdamHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Ayman Adams when he sentenced for a sexual assault in Wakefield.
Answer: We do not comment on individual cases. We have a responsibility not to disclose any information relating to an individual's immigration or citizenship status, as well as complying with our general duty of confidentiality.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHadush KebatuHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status was for Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu at the time he was charged with three counts of sexual assault.
Answer: Any disclosures of the immigration or asylum status of suspects will be made in line with the processes set out in the National Police Chiefs’ Council interim guidance published on the 13 August.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMohamed IidowHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20277 on Mohamed Iidow, what the immigration status was for Mohamed Lidow at the time he committed the manslaughter and rape of Natalie Shotter.
Answer: We do not comment on individual cases. We have a responsibility not to disclose any information relating to an individual's immigration or citizenship status, as well as complying with our general duty of confidentiality.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCitroën: Air BagsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to help (a) address delays in Citroën’s airbag recall repairs and (b) ensure drivers receive appropriate (i) support and (ii) reimbursement.
Answer: The Secretary of State recently wrote to Stellantis to express serious concerns about the customer impact of the stop-drive recall currently affecting Citroën and DS Automobiles cars in the United Kingdom. That correspondence urged Stellantis to take imme...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: National Security AdviserCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71159More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide guidance on how Parliamentarians may scrutinise the visit of the National Security Advisor to Beijing, in the context of his decision not to give evidence to Parliamentary Committees.
Answer: The Government has confirmed that the National Security Adviser will attend a private session with the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in Parliament.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Adviser: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71158More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a summary of the discussions held by the National Security Advisor and Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing on 14 July 2025.
Answer: The Government does not routinely comment on the meetings of the National Security Adviser, which are often sensitive in nature.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Adviser: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71157More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the National Security Advisor will give evidence to a Parliamentary Committee following his meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister on 14 July 2025.
Answer: The Government has confirmed that the National Security Adviser will attend a private session with the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy in Parliament.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security Adviser: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71156More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister authorised the National Security Advisor to meet with the Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing on 14 July 2025.
Answer: The National Security Adviser discusses a wide range of national security matters with the Prime Minister. The Government does not routinely comment on the meetings of the National Security Adviser, which are often sensitive in nature.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will provide the Intelligence and Security Committee with intelligence assessments conducted as part of his Department’s China audit.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary has invited the Intelligence and Security Committee to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to receive a briefing from his senior officials on the China Audit.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment in relation to the use of touchscreen devices in Reception Baseline Assessments.
Answer: The digital elements of the reception baseline assessment (RBA) have been in development since 2019 and subject to extensive trials with teachers and pupils, using the Standards and Testing Agency’s internationally recognised assessment development approa...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: MeatDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including Level 2 qualifications for butchery and poultry dressing on the Free Courses for Jobs scheme.
Answer: The core Adult Skills Fund covers a very wide breadth of qualifications including those related to butchery and poultry dressing (for example the Level 2 Certificate for Proficiency in Meat and Poultry Industry Skills). The department sets funding rates w...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Remuneration Review BodyHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Police Remuneration Review Body Report to be published.
Answer: On 1 August, the previous Home Secretary announced that the Government has accepted the PRRB’s recommendations in full, including a 4.2% consolidated pay increase for police officers (up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent), effective from 1...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with police forces on moving the criminal investigation by South Yorkshire Police into the alleged abuse of grooming gang victims by South Yorkshire Police officers to
Answer: Following discussions between the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), South Yorkshire Police, and the National Crime Agency (NCA), it has been formally agreed that the investigation will now be carried out by the NCA under the direction and cont...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the scope of the National Grooming Gang Inquiry will include investigations into alleged abuse inflicted on grooming gang victims by police officers.
Answer: Following discussions between the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), South Yorkshire Police, and the National Crime Agency (NCA), it has been formally agreed that the investigation will now be carried out by the NCA under the direction and cont...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPylons: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with the National Grid on the potential impact of the cost to the public purse for compensation for communities in relation to the erection of pylons o
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: LGBTQ+ PeopleMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of living LGBT veterans dismissed from the Armed Forces before 1967 who are excluded from the reparations recommended by the LGBT Veterans Independent Review; and what asse
Answer: The Government recognises the profound impact that historic criminal and Service law had on LGBT veterans and is committed to ensuring fairness and inclusivity in its restorative measures. While the current scope of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme (...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables: Seas and OceansDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the use of subsea cables for energy transmission.
Answer: An extensive offshore network is being built to meet the rising demand for electricity and connect new renewable generation. The strategic, coordinated approach National Energy System Operator (NESO) is taking to network planning has allowed them to recom...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative estimate his Department has made of the costs of transmitting energy by (a) undersea cables and (b) pylon networks.
Answer: The Department has not conducted its own assessment of the comparative costs of undersea cables and pylon networks. However, in April 2025, the Institution of Engineering and Technology published average lifetime cost estimates which suggest that 400kV AC...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the China Audit made an assessment of the proposal for a new Chinese Embassy.
Answer: No. The determination of the Chinese planning application is an independent process. The decision will be made by Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in their quasi-judicial capacity.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has (a) accepted and (b) implemented all recommendations from the China Audit.
Answer: The Government will take forward work to deliver each of the actions recommended by the China Audit. These will be delivered as part of the Government's broader strategic approach to China.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Members of Parliament will be given the opportunity to read the China Audit in a secure location.
Answer: There are mechanisms in place for certain parliamentarians to have access to classified Government material. The Government will not be releasing the full details of the findings of the Audit as it was conducted at a higher security classification.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign Influence Registration SchemeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the China Audit recommended placing China in the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: The Audit examined the full range of considerations in our relationship with China, including National Security. We keep all designations on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Enhanced Tier under review.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAhmed al-DoushForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the case of Ahmed al-Doush.
Answer: We are providing consular support to Mr Al-Doush and his family and are in contact with the Saudi Arabian authorities. I met the family on 8 July 2025 to discuss the case.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Rutland and StamfordDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58269 on Winter Fuel Payment: Rutland and Stamford, how many people will be eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment following the proposed changes in Rutl
Answer: It is not possible to provide an estimate of such figures at a constituency level. I refer the member back to the answer of 16 June to Question 58269 for further detail on the national impact of the changes to the eligibility criteria.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChina DailyHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65119More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will provide a summary of the conclusions of the review into the delivery of the China Daily paper to MPs offices.
Answer: The Administration Committee undertook a review of unsolicited material that is delivered to the House of Commons for distribution to all Members. The conclusion of that review limited the distribution of bulk mailings to letters and reports only with a s...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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