Gregory Campbell MP: written questions 2025
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National Employment Savings Trust Corporation: PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees of the National Employment Savings Trust will be paid more than £160,000 in the current financial year.
Answer: Nest is a Public Corporation which operates independently of Government. However, they have provided the following narrative: At the start of the 2025/26 financial year, there were 25 employees on roll with a full-time equivalent salary above £160,000 per...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: Guided WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN on the need for an independent verifiable assessment of the number of missiles fired by Hamas into Israel between (a) July 2022 and
Answer: The UK regularly uses - and will continue to use - our seat on the United Nations Security Council and our voice in the UN to condemn Hamas' terror attacks against Israel. The UK has consistently stressed that Hamas can have no place in the future governa...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Translation ServicesMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 53819 on Ministry of Justice: Translation Services, what was the change in the cost of language services between 2019 and 2024.
Answer: The cost for each of the four language service contracts in the years requested are in the table below (in £s): Face to faceTranslation & TranscriptionVisual and TactileQuality AssuranceTotal 201924,293,224.102,577,197.451,001,106.93531,035.9728,402,5...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFreezing of Assets: LibyaTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70324More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the change in the estimated worth of the frozen assets of the previous Libyan regime between 2011 and 2025.
Answer: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury published in its 2023-2024 Annual Review that £13.4 billion in assets relating to the Libya sanctions regime have been reported as frozen as of September 2023. This is an aggrega...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to help encourage private sector investment in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy sets out our key policies to drive growth and investment in every region across the UK. In addition to a range of sector initiatives, Northern Ireland will receive £30 million through the Local Innovation Partnerships F...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInnovate UK: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2025 to Question 67304 on Innovate UK: Northern Ireland, what data his Department holds on the reasons for the reduction in successful bids.
Answer: The numbers provided in the response to Question 67304 are the number of successful completed Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects in the specified years, and not the number of successful bids. The bids for the successful projects completing in 2...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordConnect Fund: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to undertake a review of the effectiveness of the Connect Fund by the end of the first round of funding.
Answer: The Connect Fund will award up to £1 million to strengthen civic East-West collaboration on matters of shared interest, including mutual challenges and opportunities across a range of sectors that directly affect communities in Northern Ireland. The Gover...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of Universal Credit payments in June 2029.
Answer: The Department does not publish a specific forecast of expenditure in June 2029, but expenditure for the 2029/30 financial year on Universal Credit is forecast to be £88,919 million. Benefits’ expenditure and caseloads, in outturn and forecast, are publis...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67821 on Dementia, what steps he is taking to help tackle the increasing rates of dementia diagnosis.
Answer: The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan is underlined by three big shifts in healthcare: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention.As part of this shift from sickness to prevention, we will tackle ill health, preve...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 15 July 2025 on Afghanistan, Official Report, column 149-152, when was he first informed of the data protection breach.
Answer: As outlined in the oral statement of 15 July 2025, the Secretary of State for Defence stated that: As shadow Defence Secretary, I was initially briefed on the ARR by James Heappey, the former Armed Forces Minister, on 12 December 2023, and issued with the...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with businesses on levels of need for apprentices.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This government is transforming the apprenticeships offer into a new growth and skills offer, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers and learners and s...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of Universal Credit payments were in each year between 2022 and 2024.
Answer: Expenditure on Universal Credit was:£40.6billion in the 21/22 financial year£41.9billion in the 22/23 financial year£52.1billion in the 23/24 financial year Figures are taken from DWP's Spring Statement 2025 Benefit Expenditure and Caseload publication ta...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68349More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she plans to make on the implementation of the 10 year infrastructure strategy by the end of 2026.
Answer: This government is committed to implementing the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy published in June. By the end of 2026, we will have delivered several of its key reforms, moving to improve project delivery, and provide industry stakeholders with increased...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEritrea: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Eritrean counterpart on reported discrimination of Evangelical Christians who are serving members of the Eritrean armed forces.
Answer: We consistently raise human rights with the Eritrean government, including religious freedoms. We advocate for the end of discriminatory detentions based on religion or belief, as we have stated at the UN Human Rights Council. We call for all those unjust...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: GermanyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Bundesbank's report entitled What’s behind the sustained decline in German export market shares?, published on 14 July
Answer: Germany is the UK’s second-largest trading partner globally. We recognise the importance of resolving trade frictions between the UK and Germany where they occur. Our new UK-Germany Treaty, signed on 17 July, has economic growth and industrial collaborati...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Travel Authorisations: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electronic travel authorisations were issued to visitors traveling to Northern Ireland from the Irish Republic between January and June 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 17 June to Question UIN 59294.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDementiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with dementia in (a) 2020 and (b) 2024.
Answer: The data requested is not collected centrally.We can provide a count of patients with a recorded diagnosis of dementia. This is a count of patients with a dementia diagnosis on their general practice record at the specified point in time irrespective of w...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the outcome of the Prostate Cancer UK-led TRANSFORM screening trial will be shared with Health Departments in each of the devolved institutions.
Answer: The TRANSFORM screening trial, funded in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK, is investigating new prostate cancer screening methods. This national randomised control trial will provide data to policymakers for a decision on recommending prostate cancer s...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were born in the Irish Republic have applied for a UK passport through the naturalisation process between 2019 and 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordConnect Fund: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will extend the closing date for applications to the Connect Fund beyond 10 August 2025.
Answer: The Connect Fund will support communities in Northern Ireland, funding projects between £300 and £50,000 with a clear East-West lens that deliver on building connections, sharing information, and collaborative community work. Funding is available in two r...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSemiconductors: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with the Semiconductor Advisory Panel on the ongoing work of Northern Ireland based clusters.
Answer: The Government recognises the strategic importance of the semiconductor sector across the UK, including the growing cluster in Northern Ireland with strengths in photonics, power, and sensors. The Semiconductor Advisory Panel, co-chaired by Lord Vallance,...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth FundTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67306More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of whether the National Wealth Fund is operating on an equitable basis throughout the UK.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund (NWF) identifies investment opportunities across the UK and has dedicated directors in each of the four nations to support its view of markets across the country. 80% of the NWF's portfolio is outside of London and the South-East....
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations she has received from the public on the use of reparations for those convicted of criminal offences.
Answer: The Department has interpreted ‘representations’ to mean correspondence sent to the Secretary of State for Justice or her Ministers. One piece of correspondence related to this issue was received by the Department.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKnowledge Transfer Partnerships Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65724 on Innovate UK: Northern Ireland, how many projects have been successfully completed under the Knowledge Transfer Partnership sc
Answer: 59 Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects that involved either a Northern Ireland (NI) based business, or a NI based university or FE college successfully completed in the last 3 years. A breakdown of these projects in each year is:2022 – 282023 – 172024...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEyesight: TestingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of children recommended to have annual eye tests who have not done so in each of the past five years.
Answer: Free National Health Service sight tests are widely available for children under 16 years old and under 19 years old in full time education. It is recommended that all children under 16 years old should have an annual sight test. Sight tests for children ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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