Gregory Campbell MP: written questions
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Conditions of Employment: ParentsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to announce an outcome of the consultation on the provision of statutory paid leave and job protection for parents of critically ill children by the summer recess.
Answer: As set out in the terms of reference for the review of employment rights for unpaid carers, the government plans to consult this year. The consultation response will be published during the final phase of the review. This will be between autumn 2026 and w...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the funding implications of the Rail Project Prioritisation Strategy announced in December 2025.
Answer: Strong transport connections are vital to strengthen links between communities and allow business to grow. I welcome the publication of the Rail Project Priorisation Strategy in December. Improved infrastructure in Northern Ireland will help support the E...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the reasons for increases in the numbers of successful applications for Universal Credit in the last three years.
Answer: People moving from old legacy benefits onto Universal Credit – almost four in every five – account for the vast majority of the increase over the past year. This is a transition we inherited from the previous government, alongside a system that writes peo...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMusic Export Growth Scheme: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to Question 112100 answered on 23 February 2026, if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers approved in both (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade approved 67 grant awards for the Music Export Growth Scheme in 2024 and 59 grant awards in 2025.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFractures: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how best practice in the roll out of fracture liaison services in England is being shared with the devolved institutions.
Answer: The Falls and Fragility Fracture Audit Programme, which includes a dedicated Fracture Liaison Service database, is a clinical audit of fracture prevention care, delivered by the Royal College of Physicians.The Fracture Liaison Service database collects, m...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordChurches: Listed BuildingsChurch CommissionersTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115338More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many listed churches have been demolished in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Church Commissioners can only answer questions about the buildings in the care of the Church of England. Of the 16,000 church buildings in its care, over 12,000 are listed.Demolition of a church is a last resort and happens very rarely, and only after...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to support people who have requested help and information on detransitioning.
Answer: We are working with NHS England to implement the recommendations from the Cass Review to ensure everyone gets the high-quality care they need. This includes setting up a clinical pathway and provision for people considering detransition. Following engagem...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPollution: Lough NeaghDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on how best practice across the UK can be utilised to help with green blue algae problems in Lough Neagh.
Answer: Baroness Hayman visited Lough Neagh with Defra officials and Minister Muir in March 2025, to see first-hand some of the shared challenges. Subsequently at the November 2025 meeting of the Interministerial Group for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TaxisDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent assessment processes exist to monitor the changing costs for local authorities' expenditure on taxi provision to schools.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Local authorities are responsible for arranging home-to-school travel for eligible children and use a mix of in-house services, passes for free travel on public tra...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has set incremental targets for its overall housebuilding target in this Parliament.
Answer: The government has not set incremental targets in respect of its Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England in this Parliament. Progress will be measured through the number of net additional dwellings and we will up...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordYouth Guarantee: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on how people using the Youth Guarantee Trailblazers scheme in England can find employment in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Skills and employment support policies are fully transferred to the Northern Ireland Executive, and the nature and scope of support for young people is a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive to determine. Senior officials from the DWP and Northern Ir...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Pilot SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for Release on Temporary Licence pilot scheme to be completed.
Answer: As set out in the Government’s IPP Action Plan (2025/26), we are progressing work to expand opportunities for IPP sentence progression, including piloting Release on Temporary Licence in Progression Regime Prisons. This work is ongoing, and further detail...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Sick LeaveCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112102More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of long term sickness absence in the Civil Service between (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
Answer: Civil Service sickness absence data was published on 16 December 2025 and includes trends in long term absences in the Civil Service between 2020 and 2025. (Source: Civil Service sickness absence data published on 16 December 2025)
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change was in the level of Student Loan debt between (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
Answer: The total nominal outstanding balance of income contingent student loan balances for England-domiciled borrowers and how this has changed over time can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loans-in-england-2024-to-2025/student-l...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMusic Export Growth Scheme: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many applications were approved under the Music Export Growth Scheme from Northern Ireland in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.
Answer: Four.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent announcement by the International Energy Agency that the UK's domestic energy costs are significantly higher tha
Answer: High UK energy costs have been driven by our dependence on global fossil fuel markets. The Government’s clean energy mission is the best way to break this dependence and protect billpayers permanently. The Government also acted at Budget to take an averag...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland: Undocumented MigrantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met her Irish counterpart face to face to discuss people arriving illegally and crossing the border into Northern Ireland.
Answer: The current Foreign Secretary has not yet had a face-to-face meeting with her Irish counterpart but looks forward to doing so when schedules allow, and continuing the constructive discussions they have already had by telephone, on the range of subjects se...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has been made of the change in the amounts claimed in Universal Credit between (a) September 2024 and (b) September 2029.
Answer: Benefits’ expenditure and caseloads, in outturn and forecast, are published here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2025 - GOV.UK
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC: Broadcasting ProgrammesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on ensuring its (a) TV and (b) radio programming is made across the UK.
Answer: The Secretary of State meets regularly with the Chair to discuss a wide range of issues. Under the current Charter, Ofcom is required to set the BBC quotas for programme making in the regions and nations. Looking ahead, the Government is currently underta...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: Northern IrelandHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last 15 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 the effectiveness of Oper...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCars: LoansTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110324More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she expects to receive the report by the FCA into hidden commission costs connected with car purchase loan schemes.
Answer: The Government wants to see this issue resolved in an efficient and orderly way that provides certainty for consumers and firms. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator, has consulted on proposals for a motor finance consumer r...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110323More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to WPQ 93664, whether any ongoing assessment is being made of the success of the take up campaign aimed at the 750,000 people who have not yet claimed their matured Child T
Answer: The Government is committed to reuniting all young adults with their Child Trust Funds (CTF). HMRC works with CTF providers, industry representatives, and others to enable account owners to be aware of and trace their accounts. Regular HMRC press releases...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordScience Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum: Northern IrelandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the (a) Science Museum and (b) Victoria and Albert Museum on making items available online for residents in Northern Ireland.
Answer: DCMS officials are in touch with the Science Museum Group and the Victoria and Albert Museum to discuss the ongoing steps they are taking to resume online sales to Northern Ireland.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIncome TaxTreasuryTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109970More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the change in the number of people who will be tax payers as a result of the freezing of personal allowances between 2024 and 2029.
Answer: The number of people forecast to pay Income Tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below: https://obr.uk/download/nov...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Newcastle upon TyneDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 109969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects a decision from the Office of Road and Rail on the prospect of approving a Newcastle to Brighton rail link.
Answer: Grand Central submitted an application to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on 19 December 2025 for rights to operate Open Access rail services between Newcastle and Brighton. The application has not been agreed by the infrastructure manager, Network Rail...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
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