Graeme Downie MP: written questions
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Russia: Territorial WatersMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Royal Navy has shadowed suspected Russian spy ships (a) in and (b) near UK territorial waters in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Royal Navy continuously monitors UK waters and are ready to respond to the presence of Russian vessels. Specific detail cannot be confirmed for reasons of safeguarding national security.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Water ChargesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support he provides for people with long term health conditions trying to access discounts on water charges when the supply is provided on behalf of his Department.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not provide additional support for people with long term health conditions to access discounts on water charges when the supply is provided on behalf of the Department.
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: TaiwanDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans he has for when the next round of formal trade negotiations with Taiwan will take place.
Answer: The UK's longstanding position on Taiwan has not changed. The UK-Taiwan Trade Talks have taken place since 1991 and I look forward to co-chairing these this year. Under the UK and Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership we have committed to developing 'pillars'...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Small BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new support hub for SMEs will be operational.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 March 2025 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) to Question 34903.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 43007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40712, what the cost to the public purse was of the Disability Confidence Scheme in each of the last four years.
Answer: The Disability Confident scheme expenditure is not separately recorded within departmental budgets.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 43006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025 to Question 40715 on Universal Credit: Disability, what steps she is taking to ensure that savings reinvested into (a) work support and (b) training opportunities
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work. This is backed up by £...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has discussions with international counterparts in NATO on the report entitled SkyShield: a practical security guarantee for Ukraine by CEPA, published on 17 March 2025.
Answer: The Defence Secretary regularly speaks with his NATO and international counterparts, including on our collective support to Ukraine's armed forces in response to Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion. With reference to the report entitled SkyShield, we...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTurkey: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received a report from the British Embassy in Ankara on forthcoming Turkish elections.
Answer: As a close friend and ally of Turkey the Government is closely monitoring the situation. Recent arrests are subject to ongoing domestic Turkish legal process. The UK expects Turkey to uphold its international commitments and the rule of law, including swi...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTurkey: ElectionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40730More
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 the management of the forthcoming Turkish elections.
Answer: As a close friend and ally of Turkey the Government is closely monitoring the situation. Recent arrests are subject to ongoing domestic Turkish legal process. The UK expects Turkey to uphold its international commitments and the rule of law, including swi...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTurkey: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Turkish Ambassador to the UK on the recent arrests in Istanbul on 19 March.
Answer: As a close friend and ally of Turkey the Government is closely monitoring the situation. Recent arrests are subject to ongoing domestic Turkish legal process. The UK expects Turkey to uphold its international commitments and the rule of law, including swi...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those refor
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get B...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, whether she plans to amend the work allowance for people in receipt
Answer: The work allowance for individuals who are found limited capability for work and work related activity (LCWRA) will remain unchanged to continue to incentivise people to try work. In the reformed system, work allowances will continue to be available to th...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has conducted an equality impact assessment on proposals in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025.
Answer: We published an Equality Analysis and Policy Rationale impacts alongside the Spring Statement. Further analysis for the measures in the Green Paper, not included in the Spring Statement, will be published in due course.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: NeurodiversityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure work coaches are able to assist people with (a) ADHD and (b) autism in (i) Scotland and (ii) the UK.
Answer: In January this year, the Government launched an independent academic panel to advise on boosting awareness and inclusion at work for those with neurodiversity. Many panel members are neurodivergent or have familial experience, alongside their professiona...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ADHDDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those refor
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get B...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under 22 in (a) Dunfermline and Dollar constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK will be impacted by changes to the limited capability for work and work related activity element of Unive
Answer: No decision has been made on this policy. The key principle of our focus for 18-21 year olds should be helping them to be earning or learning, because of the long-term scarring effects for young people of a period of unemployment. That is why we are consu...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to
Answer: No decision has been made on this policy. The key principle of our focus for 18-21 year olds should be helping them to be earning or learning, because of the long-term scarring effects for young people of a period of unemployment. That is why we are consu...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Carer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of those refor
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, with some information published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get B...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Disability Confident Scheme on the ability of disabled people to find work.
Answer: In 2022, the department commissioned a survey to understand from members’ perspectives the impact that signing up to the scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices towards disabled people. The survey can be accessed on gov.u...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used the Disability Confident Scheme.
Answer: In 2022, the department commissioned a survey to understand from members’ perspectives the impact that signing up to the scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices towards disabled people. The survey can be accessed on gov.u...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Disability Confident Scheme.
Answer: In 2022, the department commissioned a survey to understand from members’ perspectives the impact that signing up to the scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices towards disabled people. The survey can be accessed on gov.u...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Dunfermline and Dollar constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK receive the maximum award from PIP.
Answer: The Department regularly publishes Personal Independence Payment (PIP) statistics. The 'PIP Cases with Entitlement' dataset on Stat-Xplore, which contains the number of people entitled to PIP by geography including Parliamentary constituency and component...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Dunfermline and Dollar constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK receive the health rate top-up for Universal Credit.
Answer: Quarterly statistics for the number of People on Universal Credit with a health condition or disability restricting their ability to work in Great Britain are published on Stat-Xplore. The latest release provides figures up to December 2024 which can be b...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, what support will be available for new claims for Universal Credit
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, how she plans to introduce more active (a) engagement and (b) suppo
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits who want help to get into or return to work, backed up by £1 billio...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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