Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions 2025
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Political Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the independent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics will consider donations to individual (a) candidates and (b) politicians in addition to donation
Answer: The Rycroft review into foreign financial interference in UK politics will involve an in-depth assessment of current financial and bribery related rules and safeguards that regulate political parties and political finance. Those rules apply to candidates ...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of legally-binding child poverty reduction targets on cross-departmental coordination and prioritisation of resources.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure ministerial accountability to Parliament for progress on child poverty reduction.
Answer: We want to see an enduring reduction in child poverty over this parliament as part of long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change.The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to set child poverty and deep poverty reduction targets at the start of each Parliament.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department intends to use to evaluate progress towards the Child Poverty Strategy’s headline metrics.
Answer: We want to see an enduring reduction in child poverty over this parliament as part of long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change.The Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, published alongside the Strategy, sets out how we will track progress and evaluat...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing statutory targets for reducing child poverty and deep poverty through the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: Our Child Poverty Strategy fulfils our commitment to reducing poverty this Parliament and sets out our ambition to fundamentally fix the structural drivers of child poverty as part of a long-term, 10-year strategy for lasting change. From the beginning of...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Fossil FuelsTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95391More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she received representations from Anas Sarwar MSP between 1 July 2025 and 27 November 2025 on the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
Answer: The government receives representations from a wide range of stakeholders on the budget, including those from Scottish Labour.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what correspondence she has received from Anas Sarwar MSP between 1 July 2025 and 26 November 2025 on (a) the Budget and (b) the decision to allocate £820 million to the Scottish Government over the Spending review
Answer: The government listens to a wide range of representations to help shape the Budget, including those from Scottish Labour.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95052More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Budget Statement of 26 November 2025, what was the evidential basis for the decision to allocate £820 million to the Scottish Government over the Spending review period through the Barnett form
Answer: The additional funding referenced is a result of the operation of the Barnett formula based on the decisions taken at the Autumn Budget.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November to Question 91350, whether his predecessor was provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 20 November to Question 91351, when he was first provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91352, whether he can cite, excepting DWP research report no.434 "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey", which other "research from 2006",
Answer: In her Oral Statement of 17 December 2024, the research from 2006 referenced by the former Secretary of State was the "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey" Research Report no. 434. Research Report no.434 was published in 2007 but includes ana...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 20 November 2025 on A Fairer Pathway to Settlement (Official Report, Vol.775, c.889-891), whether equalities impact assessments have been made for (a) the decis
Answer: The new earned settlement model outlined in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement has been subject to an equality impact assessment. Equality impact assessments are kept under regular review.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 18 November 2025 on Asylum Policy (Official Report, Vol.775, c.509-513), whether equalities impact assessments have been made for the new measures announced.
Answer: Specific Equality Impact Assessments will be produced for individual policies in due course. These will be kept under review to ensure that there are no unintended impacts on people with protected characteristics.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his predecessor's Oral Statement of 17 December 2024 on Women's State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, Official Report, Vol. 759, column 168, what the research from 2006 was tha
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he first was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research report No. 434, entitled Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey, published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his predecessor was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 434, entitled "Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey", published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87751More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of fully implementing the provisions of the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 via secondary legislation on (a) new lending capacity and (b) economic growth.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: Company LawTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions around further alignment with Companies Law on execution o
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: FinanceTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions around the disapplication of the wholesale funding limit f
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an equality impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.
Answer: Impacts on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the policy development process, refugee family reunion is...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an economic impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.
Answer: Impacts on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the policy development process, refugee family reunion is...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department plans to publish statistics on the time taken by newly recognised refugees to submit family reunion applications.
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: WomenHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (a) homelessness and (b) exposure to violence and abuse.
Answer: From 1 September 2025, the Home Office has taken the decision to pause the 56 day move on period pilot for single adults in receipt of a positive asylum decision, with the exception of individuals who are pregnant, over the age of 65 or have a known/evide...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of suspending refugee family reunion applications on (a) women, (b) children and (c) other vulnerable groups.
Answer: The suspension of the refugee family reunion route is temporary while the Government undertakes a full review and reform of the current family rules to ensure we have a fair and properly balanced system. In the meantime, those with protection status can u...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
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