Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions 2025
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RefugeesHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for statelessness determination were received by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugeesHome OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were made under the statelessness determination procedure without interview of the applicant (a) in 2024 and (b) since the 5 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: ReformDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what the initial results are of the work undertaken in the eight trailblazer areas set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper; and what are the key performance indicators for this work.
Answer: As announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, Trailblazers to test more localised delivery of the Youth Guarantee and support for people who are economically inactive are due to launch starting from April 2025. We are working closely with the Trail...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordJoint Work and Health UnitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the priorities are of the joint Work and Health Unit.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care Joint Work and Health Directorate (JWHD) (formerly Unit) was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to improve employment opportunitie...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help prevent North Sea oil and gas workers leaving the UK.
Answer: The Government’s priority is a fair, orderly and prosperous transition in the North Sea in line with our climate and legal obligations, which drives towards our clean energy future of energy security, lower bills, and good, long-term jobs, with no communi...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and Storage: ScotlandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when Scottish industries will be able to decarbonise operations using the Scottish Cluster.
Answer: We are committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise, enabling the country to take advantage of new opportunities that can promote growth and wealth creation, and protecting thousands of jobs in regions and industries across the UK. The Scottish Clus...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Aberdeen’s skilled North Sea oil and gas workforce is supported to transition into jobs in (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) hydrogen in the Scotti
Answer: The Office for Clean Energy Jobs is supporting the delivery of an industry-led Energy Skills Passport as part of a fair, orderly and prosperous transition. This is an important step to help workers transition from carbon-intensive industries to new clean ...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture, Usage and Storage: ScotlandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage is deployed in Scotland.
Answer: We are committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise, enabling the country to take advantage of new opportunities that can promote growth and wealth creation, and protecting thousands of jobs in regions and industries across the UK. The Scottish Clus...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25234More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers in 2023, published on 23 May 2024, how his Department obtained the raw data on correspondence received from
Answer: The Cabinet Office commissions each Government department and agency individually to request data to be included in the reports titled ‘Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers’ that are published on GOV.UK.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24858More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, and with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspo
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of d...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24857More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, and with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspo
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of d...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24856More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22905 on State Retirement Pensions: Women and with reference to page 11 of his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of d...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department records the number of enquiries received from (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of Devolved (i) Parliaments and (ii) Assemblies on a quarterly basis.
Answer: The department receives and responds to enquiries from Members of Parliament and Members of devolved Parliaments or Assemblies but does not collate, report or produce statistics on this.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22905More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21320 on written representations to the Department of Work and Pensions, whether there have been changes to the directions to Government departments on the lo
Answer: The Guide to Handling Correspondence, owned by the Cabinet Office and published on GOV.UK, sets out the guidance for Government departments to follow when handling correspondence from MPs and Members of the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. The guidanc...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of lighting on trains on the levels of violence against women and girls travelling on the network.
Answer: The National Travel Attitudes Survey on perceptions of safety when walking, cycling and using public transport, found that a ‘poorly lit vehicle or carriage’ was the joint seventh most popular reason for feeling unsafe when travelling on a public transpor...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls on trains after the passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a priority for the Government. We have set the ambitious target to halve this figure in the next decade using every lever available to us. The Department is working closely with the central mission delivery uni...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill on safety on trains.
Answer: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 makes no changes to existing roles and responsibilities regarding safety or tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. As such, there is no reason to expect any adverse impacts. The Government expe...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will have responsibility for safety on trains following passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership Bill).
Answer: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 makes no changes to existing roles and responsibilities regarding safety or tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. Tackling crime is the responsibility of the British Transport Police, who will...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Social ClassWomen and EqualitiesTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22270More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to measure links between differences in pay and the socioeconomic background of employees.
Answer: We are committed to delivering better life chances for all - breaking the link between background and success.At the Budget, the Chancellor announced increases to both the National Minimum Wage (16.3% for those aged 18-20) and the National Living Wage (6....
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Social ClassDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating socioeconomic background reporting for all employers with over 250 employees.
Answer: The Department has not undertaken any such assessment. Companies are already required to disclose employee matters and can choose to include socioeconomic aspects where relevant to their business. For example, all large companies in the UK must include in...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
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