Brian Leishman MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Depleted UraniumMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK-supplied Challenger tanks being deployed by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia are equipped with shells containing depleted uranium.
Answer: We have sent thousands of rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition to Ukraine, including depleted uranium armour-piercing rounds. For operational security reasons, we will not comment on Ukrainian usage rates for the rounds provided.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29341 on Ministry of Defence: Israel, which Israeli officials visited his Department on 5 February 2025.
Answer: Brigadier General Yaval Harel, Israeli Air Force Head of Personnel Division, led an Israeli Air Force delegation of nine personnel as part of a three-day HR-focussed visit to the UK.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department has recently published information about the British Support Team Ramallah.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has not published information about the British Support Team in Ramallah.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestinians: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) purpose, (b) strength and (c) budget is of the British Support Team in Ramallah.
Answer: As part of our commitment to stability in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, the UK provides the Palestinian Authority with professional support in helping develop capable and responsible security institutions that respect human rights and a...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities deliver essential services following changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: Raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax.The government is providing an additional £2 billion in grant funding through the Settlement, including £502 million to address the imp...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to mitigate the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions for local authorities.
Answer: Raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax.The government is providing an additional £2 billion in grant funding through the Settlement, including £502 million to address the imp...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability Assessment: ReviewsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government Response to the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors Consultation, CP973, updated on 22 November 2023, if she will publish (a) her Department's Impact
Answer: In January 2025 the High Court determined that the Work Capability Assessment: Activities and Descriptors consultation was unlawful. The court found the previous government failed to explain their proposals adequately or to allow people sufficient time to...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Poverty Strategy will take into account the potential impact of the planned reforms to the Work Capability Assessment on children living in households where at least one parent or guar
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government, and the Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy which will deliver lasting change. The Strategy will look at levers across ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: FamiliesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in receipt of Universal Credit that include an award for Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity due to physical or mental health conditions have (a) no children, (b) one
Answer: This data is published and accessible using the following link: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on trade with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the International Court of Justice Advisory Opini
Answer: The UK government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and is clear that goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from tariff and trade preferences under the UK’s current trade agreements with the Palestinia...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward secondary legislation under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to prevent the importation of goods from illegal Israeli settlements.
Answer: The Government does not comment on future sanctions measures, as to do so would reduce their impact.The UK government considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law and goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from ta...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOded BasyukForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Israeli Major General Oded Basyuk and his delegation were granted special mission diplomatic immunity for the visit.
Answer: Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement by the former Foreign Secretary dated 4 March 2013, a special mission is a ...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOded BasyukMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which officials attended meetings with Israeli Major General Oded Basyuk on 22 January 2025; and for what reason.
Answer: As part of the concerted UK effort to reduce the risk of escalation in the Middle East and to achieve a peaceful resolution in Gaza and Lebanon, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) hosted counterparts from Israel on 22 January, led by Major General Basyuk. UK a...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2024 to Question 23609 on Israel: F-35 Aircraft, how many components manufactured exclusively for Israel's F-35I Adir version of the F-35A fighter jet have been exported from
Answer: None. UK suppliers have not manufactured nor exported components that are exclusively used on the Israeli variant of the F-35 aircraft.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: YemenMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK forces (a) took part and (b) provided support to their Israeli counterparts in the airstrikes on Yemen on Friday 10 January 2025.
Answer: The UK did not take part in, or provide support to, Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Friday 10 January 2025.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16963 on Israel: F-35 Aircraft, whether any F-35 components manufactured in Britain are designed specifically for the F-35I Adir variant of the F-35 fighter j
Answer: F-35 components produced in the UK are crucial to the production and support of the global F-35 fleet and are present on all three variants of F-35 aircraft. Israel uses the F-35 A variant. The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, part of the US Depart...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Air ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) shared F-35 flight mission data files with the Israeli air force and (b) received such files from that air force since October 2023.
Answer: No.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the attack on the World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza on 1 April 2024 was (a) reviewed as and (b) found to be a potential violation of International Humanitarian Law
Answer: The killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including three British nationals, in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 1 April was appalling. We continue to press the Government of Israel to improve the safety environment for aid workers in Gaza, w...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Seas and OceansDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending UK workers rights to people working offshore on renewable energy projects.
Answer: The Government is committed to the protection of workers’ rights and is delivering an ambitious set of reforms to ensure workplace rights are fit for a modern economy, empower working people, and contribute to economic growth. Whether workers are covered ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffshore IndustryDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a just transition for oil and gas (a) communities and (b) workers.
Answer: We intend to manage the North Sea in a way that ensures a fair, orderly and prosperous transition, with no community left behind. We have already launched Great British Energy, begun the biggest ever investment in offshore wind, and are moving ahead with ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAviation: IsraelDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of applications for exemption to allow civilian cargo planes that are (a) destined for Israel and (b) transporting munitions of war to overfly British soverei
Answer: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has the responsibility of issuing approvals for the carriage of munitions of war in civil aircraft. The CAA has not received any applications for exemption to allow civilian cargo aircraft that are destined for Israel an...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHerzi HaleviForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Herzi Halevi was given special mission diplomatic immunity to visit the UK in November 2024.
Answer: Government officials from any country can apply for and be granted special mission certificates as part of official visits to the UK. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement by the former Foreign Secretary dated 4 March 2013, a special mission is a ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times F-35 components have been sent from RAF bases in the UK, not including RAF Marham, to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024.
Answer: Excluding the 14 transfers of US Department of Defense owned F-35 components from RAF Marham, no F-35 components have been sent by the RAF from the UK to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIsrael: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times F-35 components were sent from RAF Marham to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024.
Answer: At the request of the US led F-35 Programme there were 14 transfers of F-35 components from RAF Marham to Israel between October 2023 and August 2024. The transferred components are the property of the US Department of Defence.In keeping with the Governme...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAmmunition: IsraelMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for exemption to overfly the UK with war munitions with a final destination of Israel have been (a) received, (b) approved and (c) rejected since 7 October 2023.
Answer: For operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence will neither confirm, deny, nor comment on any foreign nations’ military aircraft movement or operations within UK airspace or UK overseas bases.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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