Sammy Wilson MP: written questions 2025
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Family Hubs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to family hubs for each year of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: On 11 June 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out plans for spending and public sector reforms through the Spending Review 2025. This announcement confirmed departmental budgets for 2026/27 onwards and committed that the gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to oblige local authorities to provide family hubs.
Answer: On 11 June 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out plans for spending and public sector reforms through the Spending Review 2025. This announcement confirmed departmental budgets for 2026/27 onwards and committed that the gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a national outcomes framework for family hubs.
Answer: On 11 June 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out plans for spending and public sector reforms through the Spending Review 2025. This announcement confirmed departmental budgets for 2026/27 onwards and committed that the gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Child Poverty Taskforce on family hubs, in the context of the development of the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: I refer the hon. member for East Antrim to the answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63139. The information given in the linked response relates to England only.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Family Hubs programme is available across England.
Answer: On 11 June 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out plans for spending and public sector reforms through the Spending Review 2025. This announcement confirmed departmental budgets for 2026/27 onwards and committed that the gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: Community Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of family hubs on (a) neighbourhood health and (b) the delivery of integrated community-based health services.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan outlined proposals for a new Neighbourhood Health Service, which embodies our preventative principle, that care should happen as locally as it can. Neighbourhood health services will build on, and will coordinate with Best Start Fa...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by Barnardo's entitled Building Families, Building Futures, published on 24 June 2025, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing family hubs to support f
Answer: On 11 June 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out plans for spending and public sector reforms through the Spending Review 2025. This announcement confirmed departmental budgets for 2026/27 onwards and committed that the gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: GamblingMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of gambling among the prison population; and what steps she is taking to help tackle gambling-related issues in prisons.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) co-commissioned, and subsequently published, an independent report to help inform our understanding of the prevalence of gambling harms among those in prison and on probation in the community. The report ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordQatar: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of recent reports of the (a) detention and (b) deportation of members of the Baha'i com
Answer: The UK is a strong advocate for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of what they do or do not believe in. As part of the UN Universal Periodic Review in November 2024, the UK called on Qatar to adopt legislatio...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Nigerian counterpart on the killing of over 200 Christians in Yelewata on 19 June 2025; and what diplomatic steps he is taking to help
Answer: While the Foreign Secretary has not yet discussed the violent attacks in Yelewata with his Nigerian counterpart, UK officials have been actively engaging on broader security issues in Benue State. On 10 June, UK officials met the Member of the House of Re...
Answered 6 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Loan ChargeTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63561More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the Loan Charge Review.
Answer: The independent review of the Loan Charge is ongoing and will report in the summer. The Government will respond to the review by Autumn Budget 2025.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSri Lanka: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the recent excavations of a mass grave of Chemmani in Sri Lanka.
Answer: The UK Government is deeply concerned by the recent discovery of the mass grave in Chemmani. We remain committed to supporting accountability for human rights violations and we regularly meet the Government of Sri Lanka to discuss reconciliation and accou...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAhmadiyya: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to tackle the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in (a) Pakistan and (b) other countries; and what discussions he has had with his c
Answer: Promoting freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement overseas. In March 2025, I raised the rights of Ahmadi Muslims in a meeting with Pakistan's Minister of State for Interior. In June 2025, ahead of Eid al-Adha,...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNigeria: WomenForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the challenges girls and young women in north-east Nigeria face who (a) have escaped Boko Haram captivity and (b) according to recent re
Answer: In North East Nigeria, women and girls face severe challenges due to gender-based vulnerabilities, including heightened risks of sexual violence such as rape, exploitation, and forced marriage. Boko Haram has frequently abducted women and girls for sexual...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of resolutions to gambling-related disputes via Alternative Dispute Resolution providers result in the complainant receiving a settlement for the full amount lost.
Answer: The Gambling Commission must approve all Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers and has set specific additional standards for ADR in its standards and guidance. The Commission expects ADR providers to submit quarterly activity returns to the Gambl...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the outcomes of disputes resolved via Alternative Dispute Resolution bodies in relation to gambling operators are reported to the Gambling Commission.
Answer: The Gambling Commission must approve all Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) providers and has set specific additional standards for ADR in its standards and guidance. The Commission expects ADR providers to submit quarterly activity returns to the Gambl...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on compensation for the relatives of British aid workers killed while delivering humanitarian aid in Gaza.
Answer: The Prime Minister and I recently met with the families of British aid workers killed in Gaza.The Government's priority is securing justice for the appalling strike that killed John Chapman, James Henderson, and James Kirby. We continue to press Israel to...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Aid WorkersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will give posthumous awards to John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby who previously served in the armed forces and were killed whilst delivering aid in Gaza in
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is replying because, at the time of their deaths, John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby were not serving members of the UK Armed Forces and were working overseas.Government's priority is secu...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to improve maritime safety standards.
Answer: We are constantly striving to improve maritime safety whether this is through the UK’s leadership in international fora, such as the International Maritime Organization, or domestically. With some of the busiest waters in the world, and enhanced by the ti...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Environment ProtectionDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the maritime sector to support the scale-up of green (a) fuels, (b) vessels and (c) shore power.
Answer: In March 2025, we published the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy (MDS), which sets out our pathway to net zero emissions in domestic maritime by 2050. This strategy includes key policies designed to encourage the uptake of green fuels, vessels, and shore...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPorts: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to modernise port infrastructure.
Answer: The UK’s ports sector is largely privately owned and operated, with the government’s role primarily to ensure that the policy and regulatory environment supports efficient operation and investment, and to provide targeted support for connectivity and deca...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve skills in the maritime sector.
Answer: The Department remains committed to supporting the development of the UK’s future maritime workforce. Maritime training transforms opportunities, contributing to UK economic growth, boosting individual earnings, employment prospects, and social mobility. ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AllergiesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of allergic reactions in schools in England in each year since 2016.
Answer: The department does not hold this data.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of alleged (a) human rights violations, (b) claims of late night police summons without
Answer: The UK Government takes all allegations of human rights violations very seriously. The UK Government has a broad, deep and respectful partnership with the Government of India. This includes sharing perspectives on human rights and minority issues and find...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies on the protection of religious minorities of the recent killing of Dr Sheikh Mahmood in
Answer: Promoting the rights of religious minorities is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. I discussed the deteriorating situation for Ahmadi Muslims with Pakistan's Minister of State for Interior in March 2025. In June 2025, ahead of Eid ...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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