Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Migrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of (a) the Government’s commitment to halving levels of violence against women and girls within a decade and (b) the detention of women in immigration
Answer: Asylum-seeking victims must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to migrant victims of VAWG. It is vital that we get t...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the criminalisation of asylum-seeking survivors of violence against women and girls.
Answer: Asylum-seeking victims of VAWG must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to criminalisation of victims of VAWG. It is ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to provide community-based alternatives to immigration detention for women.
Answer: The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternatives to detention, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 14 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA35390, CMS Reference: 121024945817 and 73911701.
Answer: The Department aims to respond to all ministerial correspondences within 20 working days, but there may be instances where there is additional information needed that may cause delays. The correspondence in question was sent to DWP Ministerial Corresponde...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answers of 13 June 2025 to Questions (a) 57249, (b) 57250 and (c) 57251, how many departmental roles are based in Aberdeen; what additional roles are planned for the city foll
Answer: As of July 2025, there were 100 staff members based in Aberdeen, comprising a wide variety of roles within the department. The development of the Aberdeen Energy Campus is in its initial stages. In line with the Cabinet Office Thematic Campus principles, ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty.
Answer: The Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that the...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: PricesTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64445More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation on the Oil and gas price mechanism, which closed on 28 May 2025.
Answer: The government is committed to providing long-term certainty to the oil and gas sector over the future fiscal regime. That is why the Oil and Gas Price Mechanism consultation, published on 5 March 2025, explored proposals for how the tax system should res...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation on Building the North Sea’s Energy Future, which closed on 30 April 2025.
Answer: DESNZ is currently analysing the responses received. We will publish a government response setting out our next steps in due course.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: WomenHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) women-only and (b) family-only hotels staffed exclusively by women for female refugees.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has produced for sub-contracted accommodation providers to (a) prevent and (b) better respond to the sexual violence and abuse faced by asylum-seeking women in hotel accom
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to (a) the Women for Refugee Women report entitled Coercion and Control, published in September 2024 and (b) the Imkaan and Rape Crisis England and Wales joint report entitled Not Safe
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration and asylum system under regular review, and works closely with our accommodation providers, the police and a range of other experts and stakeholders to provide the best possible safeguards for female as...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timeline is for establishing the UK Energy Campus in Aberdeen; and over what period departmental roles will be transferred or created there.
Answer: Aberdeen was announced as one of DESNZ’s second headquarters in December 2023. This commitment to the location underlines the importance of Aberdeen in our Net Zero planning. As of May 2025, there were 100 staff members based in Aberdeen, comprising a wid...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which departmental roles are based in Aberdeen; and what kinds of additional roles he expects to be located there following the establishment of the UK Energy Campus.
Answer: Aberdeen was announced as one of DESNZ’s second headquarters in December 2023. This commitment to the location underlines the importance of Aberdeen in our Net Zero planning. As of May 2025, there were 100 staff members based in Aberdeen, comprising a wid...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many of his Department's jobs are based in Aberdeen; and how many additional Department roles will be based there once the UK has established its Energy Campus.
Answer: Aberdeen was announced as one of DESNZ’s second headquarters in December 2023. This commitment to the location underlines the importance of Aberdeen in our Net Zero planning. As of May 2025, there were 100 staff members based in Aberdeen, comprising a wid...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential long-term impact of the work ban for people seeking asylum on (a) mental health, (b) barriers to future employment and (c) integration i
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the asylum system on the vulnerability to gender-based violence and exploitation of women seeking safety; and what steps she has taken to mitiga
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a ban on employment for women seeking asylum on levels of vulnerability of those women to gender-based (a) violence and (b) exploitation; and wh
Answer: While the wellbeing of those in the asylum system is important, it is also vital to continue cracking down on illegal working, and protect those employers and employees who will play by the rules from being undercut.However, the Government provides specif...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions on statelessness applications made in 2024 were challenged through administrative review; how many of those reviews have been completed; and how many of those completed resulted in
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many rejections of statelessness applications submitted in 2024 have been followed by renewed applications.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to data provided by her Department in relation to the court case Asylum Aid v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 316 (Admin), for what reason 170 statelessness appli
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the most common grounds were for the rejection of statelessness applications submitted in 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter of 9 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA32718, case CMPT12025/33740.
Answer: We aim to investigate issues raised by complainants, and MPs on their behalf, within 15 working days, but where the case is complex, we may need to take longer. We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9th April 2025 and will provide a reply shortly.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Hospitality Industry: SanitationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49728More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the EHCR's Interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment published on 25 April 2025, what guidance her Department has provided to (a) workplaces and (b) hospit
Answer: The Government has set out our expectation that organisations follow the clarity the ruling provides. The EHRC’s interim update provides a perspective on how the judgment and Equality Act are practically applied in some areas. The EHRC has already committ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many waiver requests from overpayment recovery of Universal Credit were (a) recorded and (b) granted (i) in full and (ii) partially for (A) each of the last two calendar years and (B) the current ca
Answer: In last year's Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) waivers were included as part of the losses and special payments section on page 258: DWP annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 (HTML) - GOV.UK. Information regarding Secretary of State discretion to waive...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DeductionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5974 on Universal Credit: Children, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of deductions from Universal Credit payments
Answer: Estimating the impact of deductions on trends in poverty is complex as stopping deductions would result in a build-up of arrears of the range of debts a customer has and stop vital obligations such as child maintenance being paid.The government is committ...
Answered 6 May 2025
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