Patricia Ferguson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Public Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45285More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Scottish Government will receive through Barnett consequentials as a result of highway maintenance funding being provided to England and Wales.
Answer: At Phase 1 of the 2025 Spending Review, the UK Government allocated an additional £500 million to the Department for Transport for local highways maintenance in 2025-26. The Barnett formula was applied in the usual way to changes in the Department for Tra...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: ApplicationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for Access to Work applications to be allocated to a case manager; and what steps she is taking to help reduce this waiting time.
Answer: We are committed to reducing waiting times for Access to Work and are considering the best way to deliver that for customers. We have increased the number of staff processing Access to Work claims and applications from customers who are about to start a j...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Infected Blood Compensation Authority on the proposed timetable for payments to family members of those affected.
Answer: The delivery of compensation is a matter for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, an independent arms-length body. The Cabinet Office is the sponsor department for the authority. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care h...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken for cases to be allocated to a case manager.
Answer: The department administers a wide range of benefits, and as such the information you have requested is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: MineralsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the risk of conflict minerals from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (a) being traded on the London Bullion Market and (b) appeari
Answer: We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressin...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of Congo: MineralsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of (a) trends in the level of (i) gold, (ii) coltan and (iii) other conflict minerals being exported from eastern Democratic Republic of Con
Answer: We are deeply concerned by reports from the UN Group of Experts that M23 and Rwanda are illegally extracting critical minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and are clear that such activity must stop immediately.We are committed to addressing...
Answered 21 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25876More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will (a) review and (b) update the Overseas Scale Rates.
Answer: As with all taxes and allowances, the Government keeps flat rates expenses, including Overseas Scale Rates, under review.Any decisions on future changes in this area will be taken in the context of the wider public finances.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department will issue to non-agricultural businesses on the changes to Inheritance Tax announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. As with other tax changes, HM Reve...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued on people requiring emergency assistance while they wait for a benefit claim to be assessed.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions seeks to identify individuals who have complex user needs and/or require additional support to enable them to access our benefit and services; this includes people who are vulnerable and are claiming, or need to claim,...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: GazaHome OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will facilitate the issuing of visas to (a) Gazan and (b) other academics whose supporting paperwork has been lost during the conflict in the Middle East.
Answer: The Government is determined to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and rapidly increase aid, ensuring humanitarian support is reaching people there. The government is keeping existing visa pathways under review in response to events. Palestinians and academics fr...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil for At-risk AcademicsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support the work of the Council for At-Risk Academics.
Answer: The UK is committed to supporting and promoting academic freedom and is aware of the excellent work that the Council of At-Risk Academics does in helping academics in dangerous situations all over the world. The UK also recognises the essential role that ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure UK components supplied to the F-35 programme can be subjected to (a) a product recall and (b) an air accident investigation process .
Answer: If there is a need for a product recall this will be managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) through its global industry supply chain.Air accident investigation is undertaken by the F-35 Partner Nation that has experienced the accident. They will b...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to trace the end user of UK components delivered to the F-35 programme.
Answer: The F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, part of the US Department of Defence, manages the F-35 programme for all F-35 Partner Nations through its global industry supply chain.
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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