Carla Lockhart MP: written questions 2025
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Russia: UkraineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports about the treatment of (a) non-Orthodox and (b) minority faith groups in Ukrainian terri
Answer: We are deeply disturbed by the impact of Russia's illegal war on Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in the occupied territories of Ukraine. Orthodox Church of Ukraine clergy, Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Protestant Churches su...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle online radicalisation in Northern Ireland; and whether she plans to introduce region-specific counter-extremism initiatives.
Answer: This Government is committed to tackling those who spread views that divide communities and inflame tensions across the entirety of the UK.Alongside the Online Safety Act, the Home Office encourages industry partners to increase action to tackle online co...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to improve cyber resilience among (a) small businesses and (b) local authorities in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Cyber security is a priority for the government. We are taking action to protect businesses, citizens and essential services against cyber threats. The forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will improve the UK’s cyber defences and ensure there ar...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Career DevelopmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to promote careers in the Armed Forces among young people in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration. Since July 2024 we have taken decisive measures to redress the recruitment crisis, to attract and recruit more from across the United Kingdom including No...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential role Northern Ireland-based industries might play in helping support the UK’s nuclear (a) deterrent and (b) wider defence supply chains.
Answer: Northern Ireland plays a crucial role in the defence of the United Kingdom, with a defence industrial base that is at the forefront of advanced manufacturing and our enduring support to Ukraine. The UK Government will set out in the Defence Industrial Str...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence Review: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role Northern Ireland will play in the implementation of the Strategic Defence Review 2025.
Answer: The SDR sets a path for the next decade and beyond to transform Defence and make the UK stronger both at home and abroad. The implementation of the Review’s recommendations will be a whole of UK Defence effort. We will publish a new Defence Investment Pla...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAmmunition: FactoriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review 2025, whether he plans to locate a munitions factory in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review committed £1.5 billion investment for an "always on" pipeline for munitions and to build at least six new energetics and munitions factories in the UK. Feasibility studies are already underway to explore potential ma...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) prevent illegal migration into Northern Ireland via the Common Travel Area.
Answer: The UK and Ireland have a close and collaborative working relationship on a range of issues, including migration and border security. That collaboration includes a joint commitment to protect the Common Travel Area (CTA) from abuse while preserving the ri...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmunotherapy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into immunotherapy treatments for (a) pancreatic, (b) brain and (c) other difficult-to-treat cancers; and whether he plans to provide ad
Answer: The Department invests in research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). The NIHR continues to welcome high quality, high impact funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure effective coordination between Government departments to tackle (a) the spread of child sexual abuse (i) material and (ii) harmful algorithms and (b) o
Answer: Government departments work together on a range of online safety matters, with child online safety and wellbeing being a particular priority.The Online Safety Act gives user-to-user and search services new duties to safeguard children from illegal content...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: InnovationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding schemes for agricultural innovation are available to (a) farmers and (b) agri-tech researchers in Northern Ireland; and what plans his Department has to support the develo
Answer: Agriculture is a devolved issue, and so it is for the Devolved Administrations, including the Northern Ireland Executive, to determine the best way to allocate funding to support farmers in their nations. In England, the Farming Innovation Programme has b...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Freedom: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on people responsible for religious persecution in (a) Iran, (b) Eritrea and (c) Pak
Answer: The UK's Global Human Rights sanctions regime can be used to impose sanctions for serious human rights violations or abuses, including; i) an individual's right to life; ii) right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace Technology: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has held meetings with the Northern Ireland Space Office on the level of support for the region’s space sector.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not held meetings with the Northern Ireland Space Office on this topic, however regional growth is key to this Government's growth mission. Regional growth programmes, including for Northern Ireland, are therefore a priority for...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace Technology: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has held discussions with the UK Space Agency on helping to support the development of Northern Ireland’s space ecosystem.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not held specific discussions with the UK Space Agency on Northern Ireland's space ecosystem, however Ministers receive advice from officials as required on a wide range of topics, including regional growth.The UK Space Agency s...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of end-to-end encryption on the ability of law enforcement agencies to (a) investigate and (b) prevent online child sexual exploitation.
Answer: We have been consistent that the increasing moves to end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) on private messaging spaces, without sufficient safeguards to maintain proactive detection of child sexual abuse (CSA) will have a significant impact on our ability to keep ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Northern Ireland and Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of cross-border drug trafficking between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; and what steps she is taking to disrupt suc
Answer: The National Crime Agency’s latest National Strategic Assessment notes the Common Travel Area, and particularly the routes between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain, continue to be exploited by criminals for the purposes of serious and organise...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) expanding RAF operations at the Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove and (b) re-establishing RAF Aldergrove at Belfast International Airp
Answer: The RAF continually assesses its basing footprint based on operational need and the demands of its future activity. While the RAF is embarking on a significant programme of investment across its Estate, the increased use of Aldergrove Flying Station or th...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants that entered the UK using the Northern Ireland border in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not make estimates of the number of illegal immigrants in the UK.Information about the number of illegal migrants in Northern Ireland or using the Northern Ireland border is not available in our published data.Our published national d...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) suspected and (b) confirmed illegal immigration have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the past five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not make estimates of the number of illegal immigrants in the UK.Information about the number of illegal migrants in Northern Ireland or using the Northern Ireland border is not available in our published data.Our published national d...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: TrainingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to cybersecurity training for small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Cyber security is a priority for the government. We are taking action to protect businesses, citizens and essential services against cyber threats. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers a range of free cyber security training, including a free ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCadets: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to expand (a) Army, (b) Navy, and (c) Air Cadet programmes in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Given the fantastic benefits which can be gained from the Cadet experience this Government is committed to getting more young people to become Cadets. The Strategic Defence Review has recommended an expansion of in-school and community-based Cadet Forces ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve housing options for veterans in Northern Ireland.
Answer: On 26 June 2025, I was delighted to announce £300,000 of funding for wraparound housing support for veterans in Northern Ireland. This will sit alongside VALOUR, the Government's new UK-wide initiative to ensure easier access to essential care and support...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOvarian Cancer: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase research funding for (a) ovarian, (b) uterine and (c) other gynaecological cancers.
Answer: The Department invests in research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). In the period 2020/21 to 2024/25, the NIHR’s Academy and other programmes invested approximately £39 million across 50 gynaec...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: Northern IrelandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve energy security and grid resilience in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Whilst energy policy and electricity system resilience of Northern Ireland remains a devolved competence for the Northern Ireland Executive, the Department has maintained a close working relationship with the Department for the Economy to support them in ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: DiagnosisDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on early diagnosis of (a) lung, (b) pancreatic and (c) other cancers.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology invests in cancer research via UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the Department of Health and Social Care via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). UKRI and NIHR support rese...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
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