Claire Hanna MP: written questions
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Written questions
Broadcasting: CompetitionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Ofcom’s proposals to remove the prohibitions on (a) matching rights and (b) bundling.
Answer: As we set out in our Creative Industries Sector Plan, the Government wants a healthy and mixed TV ecology. This includes public service broadcasters providing an engine room of creativity whilst our independent production sector continues to create more i...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeposit Return Schemes: CostsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing the set-up costs for the Deposit Return Scheme.
Answer: The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers in England is industry-led, funded by producers and delivered by producers and retailers collectively through the Deposit Management Organisation. Most international schemes follow this model. The appo...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to take to ensure that local authorities use funding from the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to improve recycling provision.
Answer: We have instructed PackUK to exercise its existing powers within the pEPR regulations to ensure local authorities in England only receive pEPR funds that are spent on household packaging, waste management, and recycling. When local authority payments are ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Local GovernmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that funding derived from Extended Producer Responsibility fees will be ringfenced to support local authorities to improve their recycling provi
Answer: We have instructed PackUK to exercise its existing powers within the pEPR regulations to ensure local authorities in England only receive pEPR funds that are spent on household packaging, waste management, and recycling. When local authority payments are ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalism: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support mental health services in journalism.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet stakeholders to discuss a range of issues which affect media organisations and journalists. Officials in my department would be pleased to meet with Media Strong.The Government is not currently taking specific steps ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordJournalismDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if will meet with Media Strong.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet stakeholders to discuss a range of issues which affect media organisations and journalists. Officials in my department would be pleased to meet with Media Strong.The Government is not currently taking specific steps ...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62674More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the Federation of Small Businesses Northern Ireland's report entitled Windsor Framework realities - barriers to trade in
Answer: The Government stands by its view that the Windsor Framework is delivering practical benefits in Northern Ireland and we are committed to its implementation alongside protecting the UK internal market. The Windsor Framework provides a wide range of suppor...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits and Welfare Tax Credits: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to uprate (a) inflation-linked benefits and (b) tax credits for the 2026–27 financial year in line with the consumer prices index rate of inflation for September.
Answer: The Social Security Administration Act 1992 requires the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to review State pension and benefit rates each year to see if they have retained their value in relation to the general level of prices or earnings. Where th...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, if he will publish the Barnett consequential for Northern Ireland for each new item of funding annou
Answer: The Barnett formula is applied when departmental budgets change – not when departments announce how they are spending their budgets. When changes to UK Government departments’ budgets were confirmed at Spending Review 2025 on 11 June, the Barnett formula ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled UK Infrastructure: A 10 Year Strategy, CP 1344, published on 19 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of childcare provision on the delivery of
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Investment in childcare provision is an essential part of the government’s 10 Year Strategy, which is why it sets out an investment of almost £370 million to delive...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Allowance: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by Maternity Action, entitled Pushed into Poverty, published in May 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the recommendation on £7.99 million model
Answer: No assessment is planned. Universal Credit treats Maternity Allowance in the same way as legacy means-tested benefits, such as Income Support or Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance, in that it is taken fully into account. Whilst we keep all policies under ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Allowance: Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of treating Maternity Allowance as earned income for the purposes of calculating Universal Credit.
Answer: No assessment is planned. Universal Credit treats Maternity Allowance in the same way as legacy means-tested benefits, such as Income Support or Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance, in that it is taken fully into account. Whilst we keep all policies under ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParental Pay: Living WageDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what long-term plans her Department has to increase levels of (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) parental pay in line with the National Living Wage.
Answer: Government spends approximately £3 billion a year on parental payments. When considering calls to increase the level of maternity benefits generally, those must be balanced against limited resources as well as being mindful of the burden on employers, the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParental Pay: Living WageDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Maternity Allowance and (c) Shared Parental Pay to 62.5 per cent of the weekly National Living Wage by
Answer: Government spends approximately £3 billion a year on parental payments. When considering calls to increase the level of maternity benefits generally, those must be balanced against limited resources as well as being mindful of the burden on employers, the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Israeli government on the prevention of aid entering Gaza from the sea.
Answer: The Government of Israel has halted the entry of all goods and supplies into Gaza for over four months. We have repeatedly called on the Government of Israel to abide by its obligations under International Humanitarian Law to ensure full, rapid, safe and ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: Northern IrelandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families subject to no recourse to public funds in Northern Ireland (a) are in receipt of Healthy Start and (b) have had their application for Healthy Start rejected.
Answer: The Department transferred the Healthy Start Extension Scheme to the NHS Business Services Authority at the beginning of April 2025.Since April 2025, and as of the 11 June 2025, there are no families in Northern Ireland subject to no recourse to public fu...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIRA: LibyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the Shawcross report into compensation for UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism.
Answer: The UK Government has profound sympathy for UK victims of Qadhafi-sponsored Irish Republican Army terrorism and indeed for all victims of the Troubles. The Shawcross Report was commissioned by the previous government as an internal report drawing on a ser...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeirdre MurphyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on Deirdre Murphy from Swansea following her arrest on 31 May 2025.
Answer: Our embassy in Tel Aviv is aware of the situation. We understand that Ms Murphy is being supported by the Irish Embassy. She has not been in touch with the British Embassy, but our consular team remain on hand to provide any support to Ms Murphy if requir...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eVisa errors remain unresolved.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many eVisa errors were reported using the online portal in the last six months.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment InsuranceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work, published on 18 May 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants currently in receipt of contributory Employment
Answer: The Department is currently consulting on a proposed Unemployment Insurance. The consultation closes on 30 June 2025. No decisions have yet been made about transitioning existing claimants of NS ESA and NS JSA to the proposed Unemployment Insurance and th...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways to Work, published on 18 May 2025, what estimate has she made of the potential impact of her Department's Green Paper entitled Pathways t
Answer: PIP is administered in Northern Ireland by the Department for Communities (DfC). DfC is responsible for producing analysis on how the planned reforms will impact claimants in Northern Ireland.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) deaf and (b) disabled people who will be affected by proposed Personal Independence Payment changes in Northern Ireland.
Answer: PIP is administered in Northern Ireland by the Department for Communities (DfC). DfC is responsible for producing analysis on how the planned reforms will impact claimants in Northern Ireland.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCasement Park: ConstructionNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the redevelopment of Casement Park.
Answer: I am continuing to engage with all partners involved in the Executive-led Casement Park redevelopment, including the Northern Ireland Executive and the GAA, to assess the options available regarding the project.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: ContractsTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55279More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of contracts awarded to outside providers for the provision of the Making Tax Digital programme.
Answer: The MTD Programme’s current external supplier expenditure to date totals approximately £0.4 billion. MTD for VAT is expected to bring in over £4 billion in tax revenue by reducing error in VAT returns, whilst MTD for Income Tax is expected to bring in an ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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