Claire Hanna MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Civil Servants: Codes of PracticeCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101491More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will outline the role of the Cabinet Secretary in relation to the civil service code.
Answer: As set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Minister for the Civil Service (the Prime Minister) is responsible for the Civil Service Code. As Head of the Civil Service, the Cabinet Secretary is the Prime Minister’s most senior pol...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBrian NelsonHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she would publish the (a) dates and (b) names of the institutions in which Brian Nelson served his sentence after his conviction in 1974.
Answer: This information is not held by the Home Office.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: SponsorshipHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process certificate of sponsorship applications.
Answer: It is the responsibility of individual businesses to monitor the visa expiry dates of their overseas employees and to take appropriate action to ensure continuity of employment. The published service standard for non-complex Undefined Certificate of Spons...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people living in the UK on family visas will be exempt from the sustained economic contribution requirement under proposed changes to earned settlement.
Answer: The new earned settlement model is currently subject to an ongoing public consultation, due to conclude on 12 February 2026. Details of the earned settlement model will be finalised following that consultation.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTG4: Freeview ServiceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on ensuring greater prominence of TG4 on Freeview.
Answer: Following representations made by TG4 and by Irish Ministers, we are considering whether to extend prominence for TG4 services broadcasting in Northern Ireland.We are discussing the request with the Northern Ireland Office and other Cabinet colleagues and...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDevolution: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95891More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Northern Ireland Department of Finance Minister has submitted fiscal devolution plans to her Department in this current Stormont mandate.
Answer: HM Treasury and Northern Ireland Executive Ministers have regular discussions. The Northern Ireland Executive’s Interim Fiscal Framework published in May 2024 stated that a full Fiscal Framework would consider the principles of fiscal devolution. The scop...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDevolution: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95889More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had discussions on further fiscal devolution with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Department of Finance during this current Stormont mandate.
Answer: HM Treasury and Northern Ireland Executive Ministers have regular discussions. The Northern Ireland Executive’s Interim Fiscal Framework published in May 2024 stated that a full Fiscal Framework would consider the principles of fiscal devolution. The scop...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: TaxationTreasuryTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94914More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families exceeded the tax-free childcare cap in each year since 2017.
Answer: Families cannot exceed the limits within their Tax Free Childcare accounts because the system automatically restricts government top-ups once the cap for the 3 month period is reached. Families can still make payments to childcare providers from their acc...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVAT: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92165More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to to clause 32 in the Windsor Framework relating to VAT and excise, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing the VAT rate in Northern Ireland.
Answer: VAT is a broad-based tax on consumption, and the 20 per cent standard rate applies consistently across the UK to most goods and services. VAT is the UK’s second largest tax, forecast to raise £180 billion in 2025/26. Exceptions to the standard rate have a...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89651More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she had made of the potential impact of inheritance tax through secondary transfer charges on beneficiaries of estates relating to compensation from the infected blood scheme.
Answer: The suffering endured by all those impacted by infected blood is profound, and we remain committed to ensuring that justice is not only delivered but reflected in the way compensation is treated. We recognise that this is a sensitive issue. We are conside...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor InsuranceTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89650More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of car insurance providers.
Answer: The government is determined that insurers should treat customers fairly and firms are required to do so under the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rules. The FCA is an independent body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her polices of reports that UK weapons are being used in the Sudanese conflict.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the responses provided in the Urgent Question debate on the Conflict in Sudan on 5 November 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being diverted to Sudan.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the responses provided in the Urgent Question debate on the Conflict in Sudan on 5 November 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to secure guarantees that humanitarian (a) assistance will be delivered safely and (b) corridors will be opened for civilians in Sudan.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the responses provided in the Urgent Question debate on the Conflict in Sudan on 5 November 2025.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025WithdrawnUIN 88365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to remove unpaid carers in Northern Ireland from the scope of the Timms Review.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: VATTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87879More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to support (a) hospitality, (b) consumers, (c) pubs and (d) breweries by (i) reducing (A) VAT and (B) draught beer and cider duty and (ii) introducing targeted relief for (1) energy and (2) em
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution made by hospitality businesses, including pubs, to economic growth and social life in the UK. The Government keeps all areas of the tax system under review. Any changes to the tax system are announced...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Timms Review plans to (a) hold discussions with (i) carers and (ii) disabled people from and (b) considers the potential impact of proposed changes in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Timms Review will be co-produced with disabled people, the organisations that represent them, and other experts, including carers. This means the Government will share ownership and responsibility for how the Review runs and what it recommends.We reco...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of appraisal processes for (a) Freidrich’s Ataxia, (b) Neiman Pick’s disease and (c) other rare diseases for exceptional conditions.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) methods have been proven to be suitable for the evaluation of rare disease medicines, where companies are willing to price their medicines fairly. NICE’s approval rate for medicines for rare d...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership Fund: Northern IrelandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to football clubs in Northern Ireland through the Community Ownership Fund.
Answer: In total, the Community Ownership Fund has awarded over £11 million to 38 projects in Northern Ireland. Almost £2 million was awarded to eight sporting and leisure facilities, this includes projects supporting grassroots football such as Ballymacash Sport...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Services TaxTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82753More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to retain Digital Services Tax.
Answer: The Digital Services Tax is an interim solution to widely held concerns with the international corporate tax framework, and the UK remains committed to remove it once a global solution on the reallocation of taxing rights is in place. As the Chancellor h...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate method-of-production welfare labelling for (a) pork, (b) chicken and (c) eggs.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for York Central, Rachael Maskell, on 8 October 2025, PQ UIN 76016.
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: VATTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78759More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending VAT energy-saving materials (ESM) relief to all domestic retrofit projects which include ESMs where other works are undertaken as part of
Answer: This Government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock, through improvements such as low carbon heating, insulation, solar panels, and batteries. This will be vital to making the UK more energy resilient and meeting ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: RecyclingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support or incentivise the reuse of building materials reclaimed from previous construction within new build or retrofit projects.
Answer: The Government will soon publish a Circular Economy Strategy, which will include a Built Environment Roadmap setting out measures to promote reuse of building materials and reduce unnecessary demolition. This will support resource efficiency and help to r...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: VATDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of VAT on the number of domestic retrofits undertaken annually.
Answer: A 0% rate of VAT on the installation of heat pumps and biomass boilers in domestic properties is already in place. Additionally, installations of qualifying energy-saving materials (ESMs) can benefit from reduced VAT. VAT treatment is the responsibility o...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Growth Fund: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 76346 on Local Growth Deals: Northern Ireland, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with the (a) voluntary and (b) community sector in
Answer: As announced at the Spending Review, from 2026-27 the UK Government will provide targeted, long-term local growth funding to support growth across Northern Ireland, once the UK Shared Prosperity Fund ends in March 2026. The Northern Ireland Office is work...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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