Gregory Campbell MP: written questions
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PXN Group: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will have discussions with representatives of the PXN Group on supporting private sector venture funding opportunities in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Ministers have regular discussions with private sector partners who can help deliver the Government's priority of economic growth across the UK, including in Northern Ireland. Private sector venture funding opportunities would not normally form part of su...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBasement Films: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has approved a funding application for Basement Films Company in the last 12 months.
Answer: No. DCMS does not directly approve individual funding applications for film and television content. Our partners, including the British Film Institute (BFI), are responsible for implementing specific funding programmes. The BFI has advised they have no re...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: Minority GroupsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in India on levels of violence against religious minorities in India.
Answer: The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously. We have a broad, deep and respectful partnership with the Government of India. This includes sharing perspectives on human rights and minority issues and finding common gro...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy Taskforce: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Defending Democracy Taskforce met in Northern Ireland between January 2025 and June 2025.
Answer: Meetings of the Taskforce are attended by Ministers and senior officials from multiple government departments, and have to date, all taken place in secure government premises within the Whitehall estate. These meetings, that I chair in my role as Security...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are under consideration for potential prosecution in relation to travellers in Northern Ireland not having a valid electronic travel authorisation between 1 January and 1 June 2025.
Answer: Journeys from Ireland to the UK are within the Common Travel Area (CTA). As part of the CTA arrangements, the UK does not operate routine immigration controls of individuals arriving in the UK by air or sea from within the CTA, and no immigration checks a...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Speed LimitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57984 on Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits, how many drivers undertook a second driver retraining course between 2019 and 2024.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of speed limit offences that resulted in ‘driver retraining’, as part of its annual ‘Police Powers and Procedures: Roads policing’ statistical release.The latest data is available here Polic...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRyan CorneliusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in the UAE on the detention of Ryan Cornelius.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Ministers regularly raise consular cases with their foreign counterparts. The Foreign Secretary last discussed Ryan Cornelius' case with the UAE Foreign Minister in December 2024. The FCDO takes the UN W...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the distribution of allocations from the Northern Ireland Life and Health Sciences Launchpad is equitable.
Answer: Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme is aimed at supporting clusters of SMEs and the most innovative businesses to progress their ideas toward commercialisation, contributing to local economic growth. Social equity and UK-wide impact are important features o...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59711 on UK Internal Trade, what progress his Department has made on removing additional obligations placed on GB based businesses supplying Northern
Answer: I understand that some GB based businesses have faced changes as a result of the updated General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). The Department has issued guidance for those who are selling to Northern Ireland, which we will continue to keep under revie...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61119More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 59297 on Civil Servants, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of people employed in Northern Ireland is smaller than in England, Scotl
Answer: The distribution across the United Kingdom, of Civil Servants employed as Government Social Researchers, is comparable to the distribution across the United Kingdom of the wider Civil Service. Excluding those on the Fast Stream programme, Government Socia...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad TrafficDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National road traffic projections, published on 12 December 2022, when her Department plans to publish the next update of these projections.
Answer: The Department regularly reviews evidence and data on the drivers of travel demand and will publish an update in due course.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Fund for Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of the funding provided to the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland has been allocated to businesses in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The £70 million Investment Fund for Northern Ireland offers loans ranging from £25,000 to £2 million and equity investments up to £5 million. The fund covers the whole of Northern Ireland, including rural, coastal and urban areas. 100% of the fund is allo...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: ConcreteCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60822More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new instances of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in public buildings been identified since 1 January 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not maintain a central record of RAAC cases. Each department maintains its own data and progress on RAAC on an individual basis. Some departments publish information about buildings with RAAC which can be found on GOV.UK
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Operation Gull is continuing to operate in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Operation Gull is informed by intelligence and is carried out in keeping with this principle.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: SecurityHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60820More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people have had their pass for the parliamentary estate withdrawn on security or serious misconduct grounds since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The House of Commons may suspend a Parliamentary pass temporarily pending the outcome of a criminal or disciplinary investigation. When an investigation is concluded and serious misconduct found against an individual, or a criminal conviction made involvi...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60819More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the progress made in the roll-out of the 10 year infrastructure strategy before the end of this Parliament.
Answer: Departments will be responsible for implementing the Strategy, with NISTA overseeing the implementation, and leading on subsequent refreshes of the Strategy every two years and the monitoring of progress against commitments. The Strategy is just the start...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Fraud and MaladministrationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness in reducing levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in benefit awards.
Answer: The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) sets out DWP’s approach to reducing fraud and error in the benefit system. The 2023/24 ARA can be found here:ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2023-24 (publishing.service.gov.uk) and states that in 2023/24 DWP ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to announce a replacement to the Sustainable Farming Incentive programme by 22 July 2025.
Answer: Defra is working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that fairly and responsibly directs funding. Further details about the reformed SFI offer will be announced in summer 2025.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial SweetenersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48852 on Diabetes, what his planned timetable is for responding to the (a) research and (b) other recommendations made in the position statement by
Answer: The Department welcomed the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN’s) statement on the World Health Organisation’s guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), published in April 2025.As a result of these recommendations, we are in the process of up...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCasement Park: FinanceTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60423More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review, published on 11 June 2025, whether the funding allocated to Casement Park is a (a) grant or (b) loan; whether a payment will be made to the (i) Gaelic Athletic Association or a
Answer: The UK Government has provided £50m of Capital Financial Transactions funding to redevelop Casement Park. The UK Government will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Executive, however it is up to the Executive to design and implement the Financial ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInnovate UK: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58921 on Innovate UK: Northern Ireland, how Innovate UK’s regional support advisors in Northern Ireland promote the availability of In
Answer: Innovate UK actively promotes its products and services to Northern Ireland businesses to improve their access to innovation funding and resources and foster growth within the region’s innovation ecosystem. It does this through a variety of channels. Thes...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to purchase (a) tower blocks and (b) former student accommodation to house asylum seekers in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Only individuals claiming asylum in Northern Ireland are accommodated there, and as such there are no plans to acquire additional dispersal accommodation to house a wider cohort of UK asylum seekers there. The Home Office continues to work with a range of...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: Preventive MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 52196 on Prostate Cancer: Preventive Medicine, when he expects to receive the outcome of UK NSCs comprehensive evidence review.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has commissioned work to update its recommendation on population screening for prostate cancer screening last made in 2020. The review this time round however has been expanded in response to calls to consider ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOfcomDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52581 on Broadcasting, whether her Department is responsible for initiating changes to OFCOM's oversight role.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has overall sponsorship responsibility for Ofcom. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport retains responsibility for broadcasting policy. This includes relevant legislation that sets out Ofcom’s du...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Migrant CampsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his French counterparts on recent reported violent incidents in migrant camps from where a number of attempted boat crossings to the UK have
Answer: I am aware of worrying recent incidents in migrant camps in France and extend my sympathies to the victims. I condemn these instances of violence which are often fuelled by criminal people-smuggling gangs responsible for small boat crossings. The Foreign ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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