Maureen Burke MP: written questions 2026

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Written questions

Football: ScotlandDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the grassroots sports facilities fund will be used to promote women's football in Scotland.
Answer: The Government’s announcement of £8.14m investment in Scotland in 2026/27, via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, will encourage more people to be active by delivering high-quality grassroots sports facilities. This funding is designed to be...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
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Sports: DisadvantagedDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the £8.14 million grassroots sports facilities fund on access to sport in deprived communities.
Answer: The Government’s announcement of £8.14m investment in Scotland in 2026/27, via the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme, will encourage more people to be active by delivering high-quality grassroots sports facilities. This funding is designed to be...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
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Defence: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of further education colleges in Scotland on the skills requirement for the defence industrial strategy.
Answer: Further education has a significant role to play in giving Scotland’s, and the UK’s, defence sector the highly skilled workforce they need, both now and in the future. That is why, alongside the Defence Industrial Strategy, we have announced a £182 millio...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
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Asylum: Private Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractual expectations are placed on landlords providing asylum accommodation.
Answer: The Home Office expects the highest standards of cleanliness, safety and hygiene in all asylum accommodation and holds providers to account through the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services (AASC) contracts.Contractual expectations are set out in the ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
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Asylum: Private Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out how complaints relating to (a) cleanliness, (b) safety and (c) hygiene in landlord-provided asylum accommodation are (i) monitored, (ii) reported and (iii) investigated to ensure s
Answer: The Home Office expects the highest standards of cleanliness, safety and hygiene in all asylum accommodation and holds providers to account through the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services (AASC) contracts.Contractual expectations are set out in the ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
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Video Games: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered establishing a dedicated regulator for the video games industry.
Answer: The Government has not considered establishing a dedicated regulator for the video games industry. Video games are already regulated by a number of legislative and voluntary measures, governed by several enforcement bodies. Video games are regulated with ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
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Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108896More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to monitor contractual performance for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension ...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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