Carla Lockhart MP: written questions
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Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2193More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total public expenditure committed to achieving net zero by 2050, including projected liabilities, broken down by year and department.
Answer: The government has allocated £65bn in capital spending to clean energy, climate and nature including nuclear across 2025-26 to 2029-30. This is an average of £16bn a year, mainly across the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Trans...
Answered 26 May 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon Emissions: SubsidiesTreasuryTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2192More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total annual value of (a) direct and (b) indirect taxpayer-funded subsidies supporting net zero policies and programmes, broken down by scheme.
Answer: Tax reliefs for net zero policies and programmes can be found in the ‘estimated cost of tax reliefs’ document here: Tax reliefs - GOV.UK. To support net zero, government has allocated £65bn in capital spending to clean energy, climate and nature including...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: SurrogacyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120434, and pursuant to PQ v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason payments received by a surrogate mother are treated as income f
Answer: Neither Universal Credit nor new style Jobseeker’s allowance treats surrogacy payments as income. If differences occur, it is because these benefits operate under different legislative frameworks. For example, new style Jobseeker’s Allowance is a contribu...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Rights: SurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the report by Women’s Policy Centre titled ‘The Case for a Universal Ban on Surrogacy’, dated April 2026.
Answer: The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options and recognises the important part it can play in supporting people seeking to start a family. The Department has published guidance on the care of surrogates and intended parents i...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: Domestic AbuseTreasuryTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2189More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for the implementation of (a) the proposed changes to lender reporting practices to Credit Reference Agencies to mitigate the impact of coerced debt on credit files and (b) the other Fi
Answer: The Government published its Financial Inclusion Strategy last year, which sets out an ambitious programme of measures for Government and the financial services sector to improve financial inclusion. The overall Strategy will be reviewed two years from pu...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 130003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of how foreign nationals in Northern Ireland prisons, broken down by (a) nationality, (b) sentence status, (d) offence type and (e) immigration status.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 130002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Northern Ireland-specific data her Department holds but does not publish on asylum, immigration enforcement, removals and foreign national offenders.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 130001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a Northern Ireland-specific asylum expenditure table covering accommodation, subsistence, healthcare-related support, education-related support, legal support, transport
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 130000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to the Executive Office, Department for Communities, Department of Health, Department of Education, councils, charities or contractors in Northern Ireland for asylum
Answer: Responsibility for the integration of refugees and asylum seekers is a devolved matter. In Northern Ireland, policy and delivery in this area sit with the Northern Ireland Executive, led by the Executive Office and delivered across devolved departments, l...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in Northern Ireland receive asylum support under section 95, section 98 or section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Answer: Data on the number of asylum seekers receiving support is published quarterly in the Immigration System Statistics data tables available on GOV.UK.The latest published figures show that, as at 31 December 2025, the following numbers of individuals were re...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting appeal or further submissions.
Answer: The information requested about the number of asylum seekers in Northern Ireland awaiting appeal, further submissions, or decision broken down by length of wait is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be coll...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting a decision, broken down by length of wait.
Answer: The information requested about the number of asylum seekers in Northern Ireland awaiting appeal, further submissions, or decision broken down by length of wait is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be coll...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Northern Ireland-specific performance data is collected under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract and AIRE contract.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints, contract failures, service credits or financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in Northern Ireland since 2019.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value for money of asylum accommodation contracts operating in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Home Office holds one contract for the provision of asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland. Information on this contract, including the original contract value, is publicly available:AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - C...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently housed in Northern Ireland in hotels, initial accommodation, dispersal accommodation and contingency accommodation.
Answer: Northern Ireland is not a dispersal area and asylum seekers are not routed between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Northern Ireland’s asylum population is proportionate to its population when compared to the UK. Because Northern Ireland is not a dispe...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels in Northern Ireland are currently being used for asylum accommodation, broken down by local government district.
Answer: Exiting the use of asylum hotels as quickly as possible remains one of the Government’s top priorities. We made a clear commitment to return these hotels to local communities, and we are delivering on that promise. As is widely recognised, this is a compl...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland in each month since January 2020.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid to private providers for asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland in each year since 2019-20.
Answer: The Home Office holds one contract for the provision of asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland. Information on this contract, including the original contract value, is publicly available:AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - C...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all Home Office grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding or transfer payments relating to asylum support in Northern Ireland since 2019.
Answer: The Home Office provides funding to Local Authorities through several grant agreements, including those for Asylum, Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, and former Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children Care Leavers. However, we do not publicly publish g...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to Northern Ireland councils for asylum dispersal, integration, English language support, advice services, community hubs or related services in each year since 2019-20.
Answer: The Home Office provides funding to Local Authorities through several grant agreements, including those for Asylum, Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, and former Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children Care Leavers. However, we do not publicly publish g...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 27 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2019-20 for asylum accommodation, broken down by scheme, recipient body and local council area.
Answer: The Home Office provides funding to Local Authorities through several grant agreements, including those for Asylum, Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, and former Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children Care Leavers. However, we do not publicly publish g...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122828More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timeframe estimation is for the final settling of all outstanding claims within the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, including those with registered intent.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) Framework Document, published in March 2025, sets out the timelines agreed between IBCA and Cabinet Office; namely for the bulk of infected people to be paid no later than the end of 2027 and the bulk of af...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122827More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Infected Blood Compensation scheme claimants, with a prognosis of less than 12 months life expectancy, are having their claims and registered intent notifications prioritised.
Answer: Based on community feedback, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) are prioritising claims for people who have been told by a medical professional that they may have 12 months or less to live. This is regardless of whether they are infected, af...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122826More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority to process claims made in a timely manner.
Answer: As of 10 March, the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) has paid over £2 billion in compensation. As of 1 October 2025, IBCA had asked every living infected person who is registered with a support scheme to come forward and start their claim. IBC...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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