Richard Burgon MP: written questions 2026

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Written questions

Iran: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether each individual use of UK military bases by US forces will be subject to a UK Government assessment to ensure that the action is consistent with international law following the Prime Minister’s announceme
Answer: Permissions to utilise UK military bases by foreign nations are considered on a case-by-case basis. All UK support to allies for operational purposes considers the legal basis and policy rationale for any proposed activity. The agreement allowing the US t...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
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Iran: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the agreement allowing the United States to use UK military bases for strikes on Iranian missile sites includes any limits on the types of operations that may be conducted from those bases.
Answer: Permissions to utilise UK military bases by foreign nations are considered on a case-by-case basis. All UK support to allies for operational purposes considers the legal basis and policy rationale for any proposed activity. The agreement allowing the US t...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
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Iran: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government will publish a list of any civilian deaths that result from US military strikes that have used UK military bases following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 1 March.
Answer: The agreement allowing the US to use UK miliary bases is for specific and limited defensive action against missile facilities in Iran which were involved in launching strikes at regional allies. For operational security reasons, we do not offer comment or...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
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Iran: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government will publish a list of US military strikes that have used UK military bases following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 1 March.
Answer: The agreement allowing the US to use UK miliary bases is for specific and limited defensive action against missile facilities in Iran which were involved in launching strikes at regional allies. For operational security reasons, we do not offer comment or...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
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Iran: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Government will have the ability to approve or refuse individual targets before the United States conducts strikes from UK military bases in Iran, following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 1 M
Answer: The agreement allowing the US to use UK miliary bases is for specific and limited defensive action against missile facilities in Iran which were involved in launching strikes at regional allies. For operational security reasons, we do not offer comment or...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her most recent estimate of (1) the Resource Accounting and Budgeting charge and (2) the estimated cost to Government of support for the student finance system, based on future loan write-offs and inter
Answer: The Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) charge, the government subsidy anticipated on student loans issued in any particular financial year, is calculated as the present value of student loan outlay less expected future repayments. This is in accordan...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
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Mink: HuntingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the operation of the exemptions for mink hunts under the Hunting Act 2004.
Answer: The Secretary of State has no plans to review the operation of the exemptions for mink hunts under the Hunting Act 2004.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
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DementiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the accurate identification, collection and annual publication of data on the number of people living with young onset dementia.
Answer: The dementia diagnosis rate for patients aged 65 years old and over is calculated and published monthly via the Primary Care Dementia Data publication, which is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/stati...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
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State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) costs and (b) mechanisms available to deliver compensation in line with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on Women’s St
Answer: As the Secretary of State set out on 11 November 2025, we are retaking the decision made in December 2024 as it relates to the communications on State Pension age. The process to retake the decision is underway and it is important that the government give...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
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State Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes on 1950s-born women in Leeds East constituency.
Answer: All women born since 6 April 1950 have been affected by changes to State Pension age. Estimates can be made with ONS 2022 Census Data of how many women born in the 1950s were resident in each constituency in that year.
Answered 27 Jan 2026
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Cuba: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the statement on 11 January 2026 on Cuba by the US President and other recent statements by US officials on Cub
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement to the House made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 January, and her responses to questions raised in that debate.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
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Cuba: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on statements made by the US President on 11 January 2026 regarding Cuba and other recent statements by US officia
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement to the House made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 January, and her responses to questions raised in that debate.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
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Cuba: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of remarks made by President Trump on 11 January 2026 regarding Cuba.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement to the House made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 January, and her responses to questions raised in that debate.
Answered 19 Jan 2026
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