Claire Hanna MP: written questions 2025
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Care Workers: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential for exploitation of migrant care worker visas being tied to individual employers; and whether she h
Answer: The Government condemns the exploitation of international care workers by rogue employers in the adult social care sector and continues to take robust action against this unscrupulous behaviour.We have recently implemented a prohibition on Skilled Worker ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of industrial action by Northern Ireland immigration practitioners; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that asylum c
Answer: All asylum claims will continue to be assessed on an individual basis, in line with published policies.The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives to focus on speeding up decision making, reduc...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34656More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to locate GRS Research Government Scheme Jobs in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Government Social Research Profession (GSR) is made up of over 2,500 members living and working across the four nations of the UK in devolved administrations, departments, and arm’s lengths bodies. There are members of GSR located in Northern Ireland....
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Northern IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has written to her counterpart in the new Irish government on the creation of a unique IP address for Northern Ireland residents.
Answer: Further to my response of 14 October 2024 to question 6604, my officials have subsequently discussed the issue of geoblocking with their counterparts in both the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government. Those discussions are ongoing. Following...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32204More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outcomes relating to building inclusive communities and economic growth The Crown Estate has delivered in Northern Ireland.
Answer: As custodians of the seabed, The Crown Estate plays a crucial role in supporting Northern Ireland’s energy strategy, which aims to deliver 1GW of electricity from offshore wind from 2030, enough to power about a million homes. This initiative, outlined in...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32203More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Crown Estate plans to extend Net Zero housing pilots to Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Crown Estate is currently trialling net zero carbon homes through three demonstration projects aimed at improving home quality and energy security. These projects involve developing 200 homes across three sites in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Ches...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32185More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much is the total value of (a) retail and (b) commercial assets owned by the Crown Estate in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Crown Estate’s assets in Northern Ireland predominantly fall under the coastal, marine or cable asset classes. The total value of these asset classes is currently £25,970,540 across telecommunication cables, coastal, interconnectors, pipelines, power ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Estate: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32183More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Crown Estate has generated from rents paid by (a) public authorities and (b) councils in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Answer: The revenue The Crown Estate has generated from rents paid by public authorities in Northern Ireland is as follows: in 2020 the figure was £64,231.19, in 2021 the figure was £ 55,251.06, in 2022 the figure was £56,915.66, in 2023 the figure was £56,689.16...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFoetal Valproate Spectrum DisorderDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national redress scheme for (a) mothers and (b) children living with fetal valproate syndrome.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering the valuable work done by the Patient Safety Commissioner and the resulting Hughes Report, which set out options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh. We will be providing an update to the Patie...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work Scheme: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27960 on the Cycle to Work Scheme: Northern Ireland and the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5735 on Bicycles: Subsidies, what assessment she has made
Answer: Officials from this Department regularly meet with their counterparts from the other parts of the UK, including the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, to compare notes on how each is approaching a wide range of active travel issues. The D...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29925More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list all Barnett consequentials that her Department plans to allocate to the Northern Ireland Executive that include additional funding to reflect the public sector cost of increased Employer NIC contrib
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional cost associated with changes to employer National Insurance Contributions policy. The Northern Ireland Executive will receive funding ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work Scheme: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29923More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 27961 on Cycle to Work Scheme and the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 14753 on the Cycle to Work Scheme: Low Incomes, whether her Department plans to cons
Answer: HMRC has commissioned an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Cycle to Work scheme and will publish its findings in due course. The government keeps all taxes under review.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Northern IrelandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much financial support the Government has provided for local government in Northern Ireland to support with the impact of changes to employer National Insurance Contributions
Answer: At the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, the government announced an additional £515 million of support for local government in England to manage the impact of changes to employer NICs.The devolved governments will receive funding through t...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29045More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnet consequentials for Northern Ireland will be in relation to the Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have announced final allocations for the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26. Part of this funding comes from Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) agreed at the Phase 1 of the Spending...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work SchemeTreasuryTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27961More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with (a) HMRC, (b) the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, (c) the Secretary of State for Transport, (d) Transport Scotland and (e) the Welsh Government on people excluded
Answer: The Cycle to Work scheme is a benefit-in-kind provided by employers to their employees. A benefit-in-kind is a form of non-cash remuneration provided by employers to their employees. Income tax and National Insurance contribution relief is provided on the...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCycle to Work Scheme: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled The cycling opportunity by Sustrans, published in September 2024, what recent discussions she has had with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on the Cycl
Answer: The Cycle to Work Scheme is a salary sacrifice scheme and any changes to it would be a matter for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. The Department continues to have conversations with HMRC regarding the scheme, but has had no such discussions with the De...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLeah SharibuForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the release of Leah Sharibu.
Answer: The UK strongly condemns Leah Sharibu's abduction and has repeatedly called for her release and the release of all those abducted by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa (ISWA). We have raised Leah's case with the Government of Nigeria, and the Minist...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Renter's Rights Bill do not negatively impact students from (a) Northern Ireland and (b) other devolved nations rent
Answer: All tenants renting privately in England, including students, will benefit from the protections in the Renters’ Rights Bill, wherever they are from.The abolition of section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions will end chronic insecurity in the private rented sector, ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to support (a) local authorities in England and (b) Councils in Northern Ireland with the increase to employers' National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The government has announced an additional £515 million of support for local government in England specifically to manage the impact of changes to employer NICs announced at the Autumn Budget.Final allocations to local authorities will be published alongs...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to review the rules on donations to political parties in the UK.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN HL3289 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordConsumer Goods: SafetyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the application of the General Product Safety Regulations in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
Answer: The updated GPSR largely formalises the reality of how many businesses are already operating and the measures are therefore likely to have limited impact in practice. However, we understand that for some businesses, the regulation will require changes, an...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland and Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of Electronic Travel Authorisation exemptions for tourists travelling from Dublin to Northern Ireland for one week or less.
Answer: The introduction of ETAs is a significant change to our migration and border system, affecting a cohort of travellers who have previously been able to travel without making any prior application to the Home Office.To ensure that the requirement is fully u...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Electronic Travel Authorisations on (a) tourism and (b) the economy in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The introduction of ETAs is a significant change to our migration and border system, affecting a cohort of travellers who have previously been able to travel without making any prior application to the Home Office.To ensure that the requirement is fully u...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland and Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) the (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Ireland tourism industry and (b) other stakeholders on the introduction of Electronic Travel Authorisations.
Answer: The introduction of ETAs is a significant change to our migration and border system, affecting a cohort of travellers who have previously been able to travel without making any prior application to the Home Office.To ensure that the requirement is fully u...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland and Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has held with the (a) Northern Ireland Executive and (b) Irish Government on the introduction of Electronic Travel Authorisations.
Answer: The introduction of ETAs is a significant change to our migration and border system, affecting a cohort of travellers who have previously been able to travel without making any prior application to the Home Office.To ensure that the requirement is fully u...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
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