Gregory Campbell MP: written questions 2025
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Postnatal CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of women who did not have a postnatal check-up with their general practitioner after six to eight weeks in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. NHS England has published guidance written in collaboration with the Royal College of General Practitioners on the six-to-eight week postnatal check-up for all women who have given birth. This provides an imp...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to meet with her Irish counterpart to discuss the increase in the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into that country.
Answer: The National Crime Agency’s latest National Strategic Assessment notes the Common Travel Area, and particularly the routes between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain, continue to be exploited by criminals for the purposes of serious and organise...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change in obesity rates has been among young adults in the last 10 years.
Answer: NHS England publishes data from the Health Survey for England (HSE) which collects data annually on measured height and weight of adults in England which is used to calculate the prevalence of obesity in the population.The following table shows the preval...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Northern IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Creative Industries Sector Plan in helping creative businesses in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The Creative Industries Sector Plan was announced in June and contains ambitious proposals to bolster growth in the creative industries across the UK. The Sector Plan highlights Belfast & Derry/Londonderry as a high potential cluster for creative indu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Local BroadcastingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the Director General of the BBC on increasing locally (a) produced and (b) sourced (i) radio and (ii) television output.
Answer: Under its current Charter, the BBC has an obligation to ‘reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions’. Ofcom sets specific obligations for the BBC on programme making in the nations and regions i...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the NHS England Help Us Help You campaign on cancer symptom awareness.
Answer: The Department and NHS England recognise the importance of directly targeting awareness campaigns at areas that we know will make a difference, to increase awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage people to get checked.NHS England runs Help Us Help You ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCooperatives and Mutual SocietiesTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75520More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department is taking fiscal steps to help support the growth of the mutual and co-operative sector.
Answer: The Government has announced multiple measures to unlock the full potential of the mutual sector, including in a package announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at Mansion House 2024. The package included funding for the Law Commission to complete in...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted as a result of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
Answer: To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication. Information about arrests, charges and conv...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant the Answer of 2 September to Question 69743 on Universal Credit: Expenditure, whether she has had discussions with the OBR on the sustainability of the forecasted levels of expenditure on Unive
Answer: This Government is committed to a social security system which raises employment and living standards by supporting and incentivising people into work and to work more, reduces poverty by supporting people at times of higher cost and dependency, and promo...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPayments Vision Delivery CommitteeTreasuryTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75428More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she expects to receive the report from the Payments Vision Delivery Committee before the Conference recess.
Answer: At the Mansion House event in July 2025, the Payments Vision Delivery Committee set out a new model for the design and delivery of the next generation of retail payments infrastructure in the UK. The Committee’s publication can be found here: Payments Vis...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will be the next steps following the launch of the Development Phase of the Global Combat Air Programme.
Answer: As set out in the joint statement following the Secretary of State for Defences’ meeting with H.E. Mr Nakatani Gen, Minister of Defense of Japan on 28 August 2025 “Recognising the significance of the GCAP”, the Ministers reaffirmed their personal commitme...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that have been created in the small business sector in Northern Ireland in the period since the inception of the Investment Fund for Northern
Answer: The £70million Investment Fund for Northern Ireland has been open for applications since November 2023. From inception to May 2025, a total of £18million has been lent or invested in 35 businesses in Northern Ireland; this investment has also led to the c...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: Guided WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70326 on Hamas: Guided Weapons, if he will make representations to the UN on the need for an independent verifiable ass
Answer: The missile attacks in question are completely unacceptable, their source and impact are clear, and they reinforce why Hamas can have no role in the future governance of Gaza.
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCitroën: Air BagsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with representative bodies of car manufacturers on the extent of the recall of Citroën cars in connection with potential airbag problems.
Answer: The Secretary of State recently wrote to Stellantis to express serious concerns about the customer impact of the stop-drive recall currently affecting Citroën and DS Automobiles cars in the United Kingdom. That correspondence urged Stellantis to take imme...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59984 on Fire Prevention, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the response to wildfires during summer 2025.
Answer: Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in its local area (including wildfire), through the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) - having regard to the views of other key local responders. As the lead government depar...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects to receive the report of the latest review of prostate cancer diagnosis from from the UK National Screening Committee.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) received two evidence review reports about screening for prostate cancer and is considering them alongside experts. Subject to no further revisions being required, a public consultation will start this calendar...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 60425 on Sustainable Farming Incentive, what his planned timetable is for announcing further details of the reformed Sustainable Farm
Answer: Defra is working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that will better target SFI in an orderly way towards our priorities for food, farming and nature. Further information about the r...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: CybercrimeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63282 on Business: Cybercrime, what steps the National Cyber Security Centre is taking to tackle those incidents of cyber cr
Answer: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) works closely with Law Enforcement partners to respond to cyber crime. The NCSC also provides a range of services and guidance to help organisations defend against cyber incidents. These include the Early Warning ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help increase participation among the 18 – 25 age group in forthcoming elections.
Answer: The government is committed to encouraging participation in our democracy, as set out in our manifesto. We recognise the importance of engaging young people in the democratic process and are taking active steps to address this. We are actively developing ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRepresentative MoneyMembers Estimate CommitteeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74628More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath in each year between 2006 and 2025.
Answer: This information is available from the Library. Appendix 3 of the House of Commons Library briefing on Short Money provides data from 2005/06 onwards.This table is reproduced below.Representative Money allocations, 2005/06-2025/26 Financial yearMain bud...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the future use of properties utilised as Northern Ireland Points of Entry.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Points of Entry are critical for food security and biosecurity. These facilities will continue to be used to fulfil this critical function. The future use of these facilities once the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement i...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Social Research Profession: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74288More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of people employed by the Government Social Research Profession in Northern Ireland.
Answer: All Civil Servants employed as Government Social Researchers are directly employed by Departments, Devolved Administrations, and other UK Civil Service organisations. They are not centrally managed or centrally employed by HM Treasury. HM Treasury has no ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: AnniversariesNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the US Consulate General in Belfast on how (a) heritage and (b) community groups in Northern Ireland can commemorate the 250th anniversary of the USA.
Answer: The UK Government is keen to collaborate and provide support for work to celebrate the 250th anniversary of US Independence.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Foyle PortMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with representatives of Londonderry Port on its viability as a national maritime defence asset.
Answer: Foyle Port remains an important regional logistics hub for the Royal Navy. Foyle Port is able to provide the logistical requirements necessary for ships on operational taskings. The Royal Navy undertakes routine discussions with Foyle Port regarding the p...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with Invest Northern Ireland and the Minister for the Economy of Northern Ireland on inward investment opportunities following the golf Open Championship at Royal Portrush Gol
Answer: I continue to take every opportunity to promote investment into Northern Ireland, following the success of the golf Open Championship, and regularly engage with the Northern Ireland Executive and its relevant bodies to support a thriving, competitive and ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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