Robin Swann MP: written questions 2025
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Science and Technology: Northern IrelandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of City Growth Deals in Northern Ireland for implementing outcomes aligned with the UK Science and Technology Framework.
Answer: The UK Science and Technology Framework provides a holistic picture of the ten critical levers that the UK Government can use to drive growth and improve the lives of citizens through science and technology. We remain committed to the Framework and to app...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordStalking Protection OrdersHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for her assessment on the effectiveness of Stalking Prevention Orders.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), is a top priority for this Government and the VAWG Strategy published on 18 December sets out clear action to tackle stalking as a part of this.Stalking Protection Orders (SPOs) are an essential tool, desi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Ministers of ReligionMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an assessment on the role of Chaplains in the Armed Forces.
Answer: Chaplains play a vital role in the provision of holistic care and support of service personnel and their families. Their role is multifaceted, focusing on spiritual, moral and pastoral support for personnel of all faiths and beliefs, reflecting the divers...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Growth Fund: Northern IrelandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Local Growth Fund 2024/25 has been allocated to the Northern Ireland Executive.
Answer: The UK Government will invest £45.5 million per annum of the Spending Review period to provide targeted, long-term funding to support local growth across Northern Ireland. The Local Growth Fund will begin delivery next April, and will be designed and deli...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99616More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to enable the Northern Ireland Executive to retain monies received from identifying benefit fraud; and whether there is any blockage to this happening.
Answer: Benefit payments in Northern Ireland are a devolved matter.To make sure support goes to those who truly need it, the UK Government will work with the Northern Ireland Executive over the coming months on ways to tackle welfare fraud and error in Northern I...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Police OmbudsmanHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman’s national security vetting has been reviewed in the last 12 months: and whether the office holder has access to material classified as top secret.
Answer: The Police Ombudsman is accountable to the Northern Ireland Assembly, through the Northern Ireland Minister for Justice. The Office of the Ombudsman is a NDPB of the NI Department of Justice.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance Taskforce: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9859 on Motor Insurance Taskforce: Northern Ireland, when she will publish the report from the Taskforce on motor insurance.
Answer: The Motor Insurance Taskforce final report was published on 10 December.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Tongue Disease: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken in response to recent reports of Blue Tongue Disease being detected in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Disease control is a devolved matter and it is for the Devolved Governments to assess the disease risks and impacts in relation to their national herds, alongside the impacts of controls, and respond accordingly. Defra works closely with the Devolved Gove...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInvest NI: China Chamber of Commerce in the UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with Invest Northern Ireland on its Strategic Cooperation Framework Memorandum of Understanding with the China Chamber of Commerce
Answer: This Government supports UK businesses to do business with China – while being open-eyed to any risks.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November to Question 92336, on Asylum: Republic of Ireland, if she provide the exact date when her Department first briefed the Irish Government on her proposed changes on
Answer: The UK and Ireland share a unique relationship and a joint commitment to safeguarding the integrity and security of the Common Travel Area (CTA). This partnership includes close cooperation and the exchange of information on policies relevant to maintaini...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Republic of IrelandHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department first briefed the Irish Government on her proposed changes on asylum.
Answer: The UK and Ireland have a close and collaborative working relationship on a range of issues, including migration and border security. That collaboration includes a joint commitment to protect the Common Travel Area from abuse while preserving the rights o...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that deaf and disabled people and Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations from Northern Ireland can engage in the Timms Review, including through the proposed Panel.
Answer: Listening to the lived experience and expertise of disabled people will be critical to the Review’s success. Over the summer, I met with representatives from more than 50 organisations across the disability, welfare and co-production spaces, including org...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment Review: Northern IrelandDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Timms Review what steps he has taken to engage with deaf and disabled people and Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Listening to the lived experience and expertise of disabled people will be critical to the Review’s success. Over the summer, I met with representatives from more than 50 organisations across the disability, welfare and co-production spaces, including org...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: MercuryDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional support will be given to NHS dentistry in the context of the decision at the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury on ending the us
Answer: Following the decision made at the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, we are in the process of planning in detail the necessary steps. This includes establishing what changes may be required for National ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLisburn-Antrim Railway LineDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received the feasibility study for the reopening of the Antrim to Lisburn rail line from the Northern Ireland Minister of Infrastructure.
Answer: I can confirm that my officials have received a copy of the feasibility study from Translink. The Department will continue to contribute constructively to devolved transport priorities, fully respecting the devolved settlement.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85623 on Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination, for what reason Northern Ireland was not included in the marketing authorisation.
Answer: To maintain Northern Ireland’s full access to the EU’s single market, from 1 January 2026, the movement of veterinary medicines into Northern Ireland must comply with relevant EU rules under the Windsor Framework. This includes the current EU-wide prohibi...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFarming Profitability Review: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Farming Profitability Review, which stakeholders in Northern Ireland gave evidence to the Review.
Answer: Under the Terms of Reference, Baroness Batters’s Farming Profitability Review is an England-only review. Baroness Batters wrote an open letter to stakeholders and received responses from organisations that represent farmers in Northern Ireland. This inclu...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: InsuranceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2025 to Question 81693 on General Practitioners: Insurance, answered on 12th October 2025, how many GPs are covered under the professional indemnity insurance;
Answer: The cost to the public purse of the state clinical indemnity schemes, such as the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice and the Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice, for 2024/2025 is outlined in NHS Resolution’s corporate accounts, w...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCorporation Tax: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86552More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential merits of reducing Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland.
Answer: This is a matter for the NI Executive. The 2014 Stormont House Agreement between the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive agreed, in principle, for the power to set the rate of Corporation Tax in Northern Ireland on certain trading profits to ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83992 on Defence: Northern Ireland, did the officials in the Northern Ireland Executive include (a) the Northern Ireland Economy Minister and (b) officials fr
Answer: Ministry of Defence officials have engaged several stakeholders in Northern Ireland regarding the proposed Defence Growth Deal that was announced in the Defence Industrial Strategy. This has included officials in the Department for Economy and the Executi...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 84511 on Business: Northern Ireland, of the £235 million ring-fenced transformation funding (a) how much has been allocated to each Northern Ireland
Answer: A full breakdown of the funds allocated through the Transformation Fund is available via the Department of Finance’s website:Annual Profiling of Transformation ProjectsThe Public Sector Transformation Board is currently considering further transformation ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the cattle vaccine against bovine tuberculosis undergoing Phase 3 trials by the Animal and Plant Health Agency will be available in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The field trials and the cattle vaccine will not be available in Northern Ireland. Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency are only seeking marketing authorisation in Great Britain at this stage.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Transformation Fund.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office, and Ministers, regularly engage with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Transformation Fund. In particular, through its membership of the Public Sector Transformation Board whose role is to advise and make recommendations o...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 80771 on Defence: Industry, whether he has had decisions with (a) the Northern Ireland Economy Minister and (b) Invest Northern Ireland on the Northern Irelan
Answer: Ministry of Defence officials have engaged several stakeholders in Northern Ireland regarding the proposed Defence Growth Deal that was announced in the Defence Industrial Strategy. This has included officials in the Northern Ireland Executive as well as ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: IsraelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83660More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Minister for the Economy in Northern Ireland on the inclusion of businesses in Northern Ireland in UK Government trade talks with Israel.
Answer: The UK Government is responsible for negotiating international trade agreements on behalf of all the nations and regions in the UK. DBT understands that the devolved governments have a significant interest in international trade policy and works closely w...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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