Gregory Campbell MP: written questions
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Legal Aid Scheme: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases where legal aid was obtained to appeal against requests for release of the costs of legal aid to be made public remain not concluded since 2019.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held.It is unclear what types of ‘appeal’ are being referred to. It has been interpreted to be a reference to appeals to the General Regulatory Chamber against decisions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of migrants coming into Northern Ireland from the Irish Republic in (a) 2022 and (b) 2024.
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 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change Convention: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the World Bank on aligning new financial flows with the timelines of the Paris Agreement.
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 Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Dev...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Security Investment Programme.
Answer: A full evaluation has been undertaken of the £100 million Security Investment Programme (SIP), whose aim was to help strengthen security and reduce crime in prisons. The findings of the evaluation have been published and can be found at the following: Sec...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Speed LimitsHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have taken speed awareness courses after being charged with speeding offences in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 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 Poli...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGolf: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with the (a) Northern Ireland Executive and (b) Royal Portrush Golf Club to help create a lasting (i) sporting and (ii) economic legacy following the Open Golf Championship in Jul
Answer: Royal Portrush will stage the 153rd Open Golf Championship next month, providing another outstanding showcase for golf in Northern Ireland. The 148th Open, held at Royal Portrush nine years ago, became the biggest sporting event ever held in Northern Irel...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisual Impairment: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57618More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the Blind Person's Allowance in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The most recent estimates of the number of individuals claiming the Blind Person’s Allowance are published as part of HMRC’s statistics publication ‘Tax Reliefs Statistics’ within the file ‘Estimated cost of non-structural tax reliefs (December 2024)’ und...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAbortion: Convictions and ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) charges have been brought, (b) prosecutions there have been and (c) convictions there have been for unlawful abortions in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: All women in England and Wales should have access to safe, regulated abortions on the NHS under our current laws. It is for Parliament to decide the circumstances under which abortions should take place, allowing members to vote according to their moral, ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the implementation of the Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme on inbound international tourists arriving in Northern Ireland from the
Answer: Electronic Travel Authorisations (ETAs) have been introduced to enhance our ability to screen travellers upstream and stop those who pose a threat from travelling to the UK. Individuals arriving in the UK, including those crossing the land border into Nor...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: Young PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish a consultation on draft measures to support young and novice drivers before the summer recess.
Answer: We absolutely recognise that young people are disproportionately victims of tragic incidents on our roads and are exploring options to tackle the root causes of this for young people and novice drivers. Further details will be provided in due course.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the rate of prostate cancer among younger men.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 May 2025 to Question 52196.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBanking HubsTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57210More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to roll out banking hubs beyond the lifetime of the existing programme.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of face-to-face banking to communities, businesses and high streets in East Londonderry and across the UK. This is why the Government is working closely with industry to roll out 350 banking hubs across the UK. The...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy Reserve: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to make further changes to security arrangements at Army Reserve Centres in Northern Ireland after September 2025.
Answer: No further changes are planned to those that have been detailed previously. Work is underway to begin the transition of sites from armed guarding to physical security measures. On current planning, the first sites will transition during Summer 2025, with ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployees' Contributions: Older WorkersTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56737More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the annual amount saved in National Insurance contributions by working people aged over 66.
Answer: Estimates of the amount saved by those over State Pension age not being liable to National Insurance contributions (NICs) are published as part of HMRC’s statistics publication ‘Tax Reliefs Statistics’ within the Structural tax reliefs section under the N...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56736More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 30578 on Individual Savings Accounts, what steps her Department plans to take to inform Cash ISA holders of the potential merits of participating in capital mar
Answer: The Government recognises the important role that cash savings, including those held in Cash ISAs, play in helping households build a financial buffer for a rainy day. The Government wants to see more people benefit from the returns and long-term financia...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCars: CreditTreasuryTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56735More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the extent of the liability for consumer credit debt on car purchases that major banks are exposed to.
Answer: The government engages with a broad range of stakeholders such as financial regulators, industry, debt advice charities and consumer groups to monitor trends in consumer debt.In the 12 months to September 2024, consumers used regulated motor finance to pu...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has taken steps to help support (a) businesses and (b) consumers in Northern Ireland to order from suppliers based in Great Britain in the period since the signing of the trade agreement with
Answer: The Government’s renewed partnership with the EU will deliver a broader range of benefits for people and businesses across the UK, including the SPS Agreement which, once implemented, will help facilitate the smooth flow of agrifood and plants from Great ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice of Budget ResponsibilityTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56161More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to hold discussions with the International Monetary Fund on any future changes to the functions of the Office of Budget Responsibility.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) independent scrutiny, via its economic and fiscal forecasts, underpins the credibility of the government’s fiscal policy. On coming into office, one of the first bills this Government passed was the fiscal lock...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinook Helicopters: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new build Chinook H-47(ER) aircraft will be supplied to the armed forces in the next four years.
Answer: The MOD's Chinook Capability Sustainment Programme will commence delivery in 2027, with fourteen H-47(ER) to be delivered within the next four years.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: National SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the sanctioning of UK parliamentarians by Russia on national security.
Answer: In April, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that a further 21 UK parliamentarians had been added to Russia's 'stop list'. This is the thirteenth round of Russian 'sanctions' targeting over 800 British nationals including Ministers, parliam...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ResearchMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 17767 on Prisons: Research, when she plans to publish the response to the Ipsos MORI research project on the retributive benefit of prison.
Answer: Ministry of Justice officials received research findings from Ipsos MORI in November last year (2024) and are currently considering the implications of the work.Research findings are published in accordance with Government Social Research guidelines, foll...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-assessmentTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56157More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 52199 on Taxation: Self-assessment, if she will add an option to specify national identity as British to the taxpayer residency status section of the online Self-Ass
Answer: HMRC collects data for Self Assessment returns in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). These rules require that any personal data collected must be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for w...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of aid supplied into Gaza between 19 January and 18 March 2025.
Answer: During the ceasefire and prior to Israel's aid block on 2 March, the UN and humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisations demonstrated that they can deliver humanitarian aid at scale to those who need it most, due to their logistical capacity, expertise and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pension Schemes Bill will be introduced before the summer recess 2025.
Answer: The Pension Schemes Bill was introduced on Thursday 5 June 2025.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding available for the National Institute of Health Research's consortium application for the evaluation of treatments for brain tumours unti
Answer: Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.6 billion per year in health research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 202...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
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