Dawn Butler MP: written questions
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Written questions
Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorHome OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides funding for (a) police protection and (b) transport for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Answer: It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on protective security arrangements, including funding, as doing so could compromise their integrity and individuals' security.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the answer of 9 December to Question 96093, what steps the Government is taking to safeguard individuals from non-sexually explicit deepfakes, digital impersonation, and the
Answer: Solutions that help to determine what media is real and what is AI-generated are key to tackling a range of AI risks. The government is undertaking work to explore the potential methods for detecting AI-generated content.The UK’s Online Safety Act has int...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to safeguard individuals in response to rapid developments in artificial intelligence, including protecting 1) the general public and 2) Members of P
Answer: The Government takes the threat posed by harmful deepfakes, including to MPs, very seriously. Deepfakes are captured by the Online Safety Act where they are shared on an in-scope service and constitute illegal content or content harmful to children.Sharin...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHotels: TaxationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of devolving powers to Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities to allow them to introduce overnight
Answer: Tax policy is a matter for fiscal events.The Government keeps all tax policy under review.
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTuberculosis: Drugs and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) address shortages in tuberculosis (TB) medications, including drugs for preventive and active TB treatment and (b) ensure that patients are not put at risk due to dis
Answer: There is currently a shortage of some medicines used to treat tuberculosis (TB), non-tuberculous mycobacteria, and other conditions. However, as a result of measures taken, the supply position has significantly improved. Supplies to the market were delaye...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made recent progress on processing applications for (a) asylum and (b) other forms of settlement made by people from Syria.
Answer: The pause on processing asylum claims and settlement protection applications from Syrian nationals has been lifted. We are working through the outstanding cases in line with the relevant published policy guidance taking into account the latest published c...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFaculty: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Faculty will have access to NHS patient DNA data through Government contracts.
Answer: No data relating to patients’ DNA is included in the datasets processed in the NHS Federated Data Platform provided by a consortium led by Palantir. Faculty had no access to patient DNA data as part of any contract with the Department of Health and Social...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPalantir: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Palantir will have (a) exclusive and (b) other access to NHS patients’ DNA data as part of its contracts with the Government.
Answer: No data relating to patients’ DNA is included in the datasets processed in the NHS Federated Data Platform provided by a consortium led by Palantir. Faculty had no access to patient DNA data as part of any contract with the Department of Health and Social...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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