Gregory Campbell MP: written questions
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Investment: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32942 on Northern Ireland: Investment, what estimate he has made of the private sector investment in addition to the fund.
Answer: The British Business Bank periodically publishes updated milestone figures on the Nations and Regions Investment Funds. Updated figures for the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland will be published by the end of Q2, which will include private sector inve...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNATO: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 29418 on NATO: Finance, if he will have discussions with his NATO counterparts on the role of non-NATO countries with land borders with NATO countries in dea
Answer: We regularly discuss with Allies efforts to secure peace, security, and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. NATO works with numerous partners in Europe to build up their capabilities, deepen interoperability, and strengthen resilience. NATO has formal pa...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: GazaDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC Board on the airing of the documentary entitled Gaza - How to survive a warzone.
Answer: It is essential that the BBC maintains the highest standards of reporting and governance that the public rightly expects. As set out her response to a recent Urgent Parliamentary Question, the Culture Secretary has spoken to the BBC Director General and e...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel AuthorisationsHome OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETA) were issued and (b) persons were identified as having visited the UK without a valid ETA between 8 January and 8 February 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly release’. Data on outcomes of ETAs are published in table ‘ETA_D02’ of the Detailed Electronic Travel Authorisation dataset. Informat...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings Accounts: ChildrenTreasuryTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32943More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30044 on Individual Savings Accounts: Children, if she will change the rules on eligibility for ISAs to permit grandparents to take out ISAs for grandchildren w
Answer: To ensure that the ISA regime remains simple and sustainable, placing a restriction on who can open and manage a Junior Individual Savings Account (JISA) prevents more than one JISA of each type (cash or stocks and shares) being opened in error and ensure...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland: InvestmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February to Question 29416 on Investment: Northern Ireland, how much of the funding already deployed is from the private sector; and over what period he expects the total a
Answer: The £10 million already deployed is solely from the fund, private sector investment is in addition to that. The fund expects to deploy the £70m over 5 years, until November 2028.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMyopia: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making atropine eye drops available on the NHS for pre-myopic children.
Answer: Decisions on whether medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service are for integrated care systems, considering relevant national guidance where available, including from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). N...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30578More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changing cash ISA's to UK-based stocks and shares ISA's on the economy.
Answer: Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) incentivise greater saving and investment by helping people save for their future goals and build greater financial resilience. The Government recognises the important role that cash savings play in helping households bu...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Bank: Climate ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with refence to the Answer of 1 May 2024 to Question 23837 on World Bank: Climate Change, whether he expects all new financial flows to be aligned with the Paris Agreement by
Answer: The World Bank Group's International Development Association and International Bank of Reconstruction and Development have aligned all their new financial operations with the Paris Agreement since 1 July 2023. The Group has committed to align the rest of ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: SmokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to fund a financial incentives scheme to help pregnant women to stop smoking during this Parliament.
Answer: Health is a devolved matter. In England, the Government is funding a broad package of measures to support current smokers to quit, including the National Smoke-free Pregnancy Incentives Scheme. The future settlement for the scheme will be confirmed in due...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings Accounts: ChildrenTreasuryTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30044More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review eligibility rules to allow grandparents to take out share based ISAs for grandchildren.
Answer: To ensure that the Junior Individual Savings Accounts (JISA) regime remains simple and sustainable, HMRC specify who can open and manage an account to prevent more than one JISA of each type (cash or stocks and shares) being opened in error. It also ensur...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of occupational and state pension payments on eligibility for Carer's Allowance.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 14 October 2024 to question UIN 6904, this outlines the interaction between Carer’s Allowance and State Pension. Personal pensions paid to the carer are not treated as earnings and therefore do not aff...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNATO: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his NATO counterparts on the potential merits of seeking financial contributions from non-NATO countries who are advantaged by their immediate proximity to NATO countries.
Answer: NATO partnerships are key for the Alliance in helping promote and maintain global security. They are mutually beneficial and enable NATO and partners to develop and strengthen unity on key issues, including support to Ukraine, and uphold the rules-based i...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with funding bodies on the potential implications for their policies of reports of a recently released hostage having been held in UNRWA premises.
Answer: This Government is relieved about the release of hostages, including that of Ms. Damari, and hope all others will also soon return safely to their families. Reports that hostages have been held in United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refuge...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Fund for Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland since it was established.
Answer: The Investment Fund for Northern Ireland was launched in November 2023 with the aim to deliver a £70 million commitment to smaller businesses in Northern Ireland, alongside investment from the private sector. Since its launch, the fund has deployed almost...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC Media Action: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has funded the BBC Media Action charity in each of the last five years.
Answer: The BBC Media Action charity has not received funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in any of the last five years. Sources of funding for BBC Media Action can be found in their annual reports.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of future trends in the level of prostate cancer rates up to May 2028.
Answer: An increase in prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing in recent years has led to increased prostate cancer diagnoses. However, it is worth noting that the increase in diagnosis has not impacted upon mortality rates.We know that the best way to treat pros...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what outcomes there were through Innovate UK's Launchpad initiative in Northern Ireland in 2024.
Answer: Innovate UK has allocated up to £7.5 million for the Life and Health Sciences Launchpad in Northern Ireland. An initial allocation of funding was made to 14 business-led projects in April 2024. 18 additional projects targeting early-stage businesses in th...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Export Finance: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish the (a) guarantees, (b) insurance policies and (c) loans issued by UK Export Finance to businesses in Northern Ireland in 2024.
Answer: UK Export Finance (UKEF) produces audited details of businesses supported each financial year as part of its transparency protocols.Details of all UKEF support for businesses for 2023/24 and previous years can be found online at: www.gov.uk/government/col...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLife Sciences: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Launchpad Initiative in Northern Ireland by Innovate UK on the life and health sciences sector.
Answer: Innovate UK Launchpads is an £80 million programme that builds on local innovation strengths to support emerging clusters of SMEs to deliver jobs, growth, and high productivity. For each Launchpad, Innovate UK invests up to £7.5 million for business-led i...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post OfficesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 27977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what services the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will have available at Post Offices between 2027 and 2029.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s current contract with Post Office Ltd expires on 31 March 2026, with an option to extend until 31 March 2027. The DVLA is preparing to launch a procurement for a new contract for the service currently prov...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIncome Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 31 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27837More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2024 to Question 18292 on Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands, what estimate she has made of additional tax revenue raised by freezing the (a) standard and (b) higher rate income ta
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) routinely publish this information in their Economic and Fiscal Outlooks (EFO). The table below is extracted from the OBR’s most recent EFO, from October 2024 (Table 3.9, available here: https://obr.uk/economic-a...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld EconomyTreasuryTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27510More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2023 to Question 5762 on World Economy, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on strengthening the international debt architecture.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling unsustainable debt and the Chancellor has called for international partners to work together on this, including through enhancing debt transparency and promoting adoption of Climate Resilient Debt Clauses (CRDCs). H...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what large transport infrastructure projects outside the South East she is considering.
Answer: Future funding for capital investment in transport will be determined as part of the spending review. This will be underpinned by a range of analysis, to ensure that the right investments are made in the right places. The Government remains committed to i...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many hotels will be required as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in Northern Ireland by the end of 2025.
Answer: This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain. We took immediate action to resolve that chaos by restarting asylum processing, establishing the new Border Security Command to tackle the people-smuggling gangs, cracking down on illega...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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