Graeme Downie MP: written questions
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Nuclear Submarines: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding he has allocated to the submarine dismantling programme for each of the next five years.
Answer: The Department does not release spending profiles for individual programmes. However, I can confirm the latest Whole Life Cost for the Submarine Dismantling Project, as published in the Department’s 2023 Government Major Projects Portfolio data, is £298 m...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to ensure the Flat Rate of Child Maintenance reflects changes in the cost of living.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service believes that both parents have a financial responsibility to contribute towards the cost of bringing up their child, regardless of their financial situation.The level of flat rate maintenance for non-resident parents was las...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Flat Rate of Child Maintenance awarded by the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service believes that both parents have a financial responsibility to contribute towards the cost of bringing up their child, regardless of their financial situation.The level of flat rate maintenance for non-resident parents was las...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the formula used by the Child Maintenance Service to calculate the Flat Rate of child maintenance.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service believes that both parents have a financial responsibility to contribute towards the cost of bringing up their child, regardless of their financial situation.The level of flat rate maintenance for non-resident parents was las...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the formula used by the Child Maintenance Service to calculate the Flat Rate of child maintenance was last reviewed.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service believes that both parents have a financial responsibility to contribute towards the cost of bringing up their child, regardless of their financial situation.The level of flat rate maintenance for non-resident parents was las...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHighway CodeDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to increase awareness of the changes to the hierarchy of road users in Highway Code Rules H1 to 3.
Answer: Following a review of the Highway Code in 2022, the Department introduced a hierarchy of road users, which ensures that those who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others.Communicatio...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18813More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid Class Four National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years by income decile.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18812More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid Class Two National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years by income decile.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18811More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid Class Four National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years in each (i) nation and (ii) region.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18810More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid Class Two National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years in each (i) nation and (ii) region.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18809More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid Class Four National Insurance contributions in each of the last five years.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18808More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women paid class two National Insurance contributions in each of the past five years.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18807More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) class two and (b) class four National Insurance payees in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18806More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) class two and (b)) class four National Insurance payees there were in (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2020-21, (iii) 2021-22, (iv) 2022-23 and (v) 2023-24.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18805More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what income HMRC has derived from (a) class two and (b) class four National Insurance contributions in each of the past five years.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely publish estimates of the number of Class 2 or Class 4 National Insurance payees in total or any of the subsets asked for in the series of questions. HMRC only publishes total National Insurance Contributions receipts across all cla...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Security Unit for ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18299More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the National Security Unit for Procurement plans to publish guidance for contracting authorities.
Answer: The National Security Unit for Procurement (NSUP) will support the implementation of new powers to protect public procurement from suppliers that pose a threat to national security. It will become operational on commencement of the Procurement Act on Febr...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many quick reaction alert launches there were from RAF (a) Conningsby and (b) RAF Lossiemouth in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answer: Quick Reaction Alert from either RAF Coningsby or RAF Lossiemouth were launched on six days in 2022 and on nine days in 2023.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: DeploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many quick reaction alert launches there have been from RAF (a) Conningsby and (b) Lossiemouth in each month in 2024.
Answer: Quick Reaction Alert from either RAF Coningsby or RAF Lossiemouth were launched on the following number of days in each month of 2024 up to the end of November: January0February2March1April0May0June0July0August0September2October1November1
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArts and Media: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the potential economic damage to the (a) media and (b) creative industries of the use of copyrighted content by generative AI developers without a licence.
Answer: We are aware of creative industry concerns relating to the use of copyright works by generative AI developers without a licence. We believe that greater certainty over copyright and AI would support growth in both the creative industries and the AI sector...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CopyrightDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of (a) human-authored and (b) copyrighted content without license for generative AI models.
Answer: The Government believes that greater certainty over copyright and AI would support growth in both the creative industries and the AI sector. This is a complex topic, and we want to take the time to hear stakeholder views and carefully consider the issues,...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Intellectual PropertyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of IP theft on AI innovation.
Answer: The UK is consistently rated as having one of the best IP systems in the world, allowing innovators to protect their IP and seek remedy through the courts when it is infringed.We are not aware of widespread concerns about the potential impact of IP theft ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: National Insurance ContributionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to support people with insufficient national insurance (a) contributions and (b) credits to qualify for the new State Pension.
Answer: To qualify for any payments of the new State Pension, people usually need at least 10 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions or National Insurance credits when they reach State Pension age. The contributions could be as a result of employmen...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13868More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to encourage people to check their national insurance contributions.
Answer: To support customers, an enhanced online State Pension forecast service was launched on 29 April 2024. This included new functionality that enables the majority of working age customers to view any gaps in their national insurance contributions and make p...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVoluntary ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13867More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the April 2025 deadline to check for and buy voluntary national insurance contributions.
Answer: People normally have six years to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions (vNICs). An extended deadline was put in place to provide transitional arrangements as part of the introduction of the new State Pension (SP), originally ending in April 2023...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: InsuranceTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13672More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure an effective housing insurance market.
Answer: The UK’s home insurance market is competitive, with many providers offering a wide variety of insurance products to suit the needs of customers. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent regulator of financial services, has a statutory object...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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