Richard Burgon MP: written questions
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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
Original Parliament recordIran: 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
Original Parliament recordIran: 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
Original Parliament recordIran: 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
Original Parliament recordIran: 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
Original Parliament recordStudents: 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
Original Parliament recordMink: 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
Original Parliament recordDementiaDepartment 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
Original Parliament recordState 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
Original Parliament recordState 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
Original Parliament recordCuba: 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
Original Parliament recordCuba: 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
Original Parliament recordCuba: 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
Original Parliament recordDrugs: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her United States counterpart on airstrikes in the Caribbean and compliance with international law.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 3 November to question 85121.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the United Kingdom has ceased sharing intelligence with the United States regarding suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 3 November to question 85121.
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Child Poverty Strategy will integrate with (a) the Child Health Action Plan and (b) other strategic activities; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Strategy on the work under
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Child Poverty Strategy will include (a) services for children living in poverty and (b) the role of expanded family hubs in supporting low-income families.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of asylum support rates on child poverty among families seeking asylum; and whether she has shared this assessment with the Secretary of
Answer: The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. We meet this obligation by providing accommodation and a weekly allowance. The level of the allowance given is reviewed each year to ensure it remains s...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last held a meeting with Ministers responsible for the Child Poverty Strategy to discuss the (a) potential implication of lengthened immigration routes and (b) No Recourse to Public Funds con
Answer: The earned settlement proposals are subject to consultation, which will be launched later this year. No final decisions on the policy will be made until the consultation concludes.The Home Office has agreed that children whose families have No Recourse to...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the (a) lengthening of immigration routes to settlement and (b) No Recourse to Public Funds condition on the ability to
Answer: The earned settlement proposals are subject to consultation, which will be launched later this year. No final decisions on the policy will be made until the consultation concludes.The Home Office has agreed that children whose families have No Recourse to...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) is engaging in the development of the Child Poverty Strategy and (b) will implement an exemption for families with children under 18 from the No Recourse to Public Funds con
Answer: The earned settlement proposals are subject to consultation, which will be launched later this year. No final decisions on the policy will be made until the consultation concludes.The Home Office has agreed that children whose families have No Recourse to...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the registration of eligible children for free school meals; and whether she plans to introduce free school meal auto-enrolment in the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: We want to ensure that all families who need it are able to claim the support they are eligible for. Creating a new threshold for free school meals will ensure that all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit are eligible, making it easier...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include targets for reducing child poverty in the Child Poverty Strategy; and what plans she has for scrutiny of the delivery of that strategy.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIsraeli Settlements: Import ControlsTreasuryTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86259More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2025 to Question 77510 on Israeli Settlements: Import Controls, how many companies have been found by HMRC to be in breach of mis-declaring goods from the Occupied Palestinian Te
Answer: The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal under international law. Goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the UK’s current trade agreements wi...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that people seeking a potential diagnosis of multiple sclerosis are seen by a neurologist within 12 weeks.
Answer: Unplanned hospital admissions for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) are detrimental to patient wellbeing, the health and care system and the economy.That is why the Government is investing in additional capacity to deliver appointments to help bring lis...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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