Seamus Logan MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Refugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is considering a bespoke visa route similar to those in other European countries that could lead to settlement for Ukrainians.
Answer: The Government have always been clear that the Ukraine Schemes are temporary and do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, time spent in the UK with permission granted under the Ukraine Schemes cannot be relied upon towards the continuous qualifying...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department plans to offer longer-term settlement for Ukrainians who (a) live in the UK and (b) cannot return to Ukraine.
Answer: The Government have always been clear that the Ukraine Schemes are temporary and do not lead to settlement in the UK. Similarly, time spent in the UK with permission granted under the Ukraine Schemes cannot be relied upon towards the continuous qualifying...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the additional £700 million of funding for Great British Energy announced in the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan, published on 23 June 2025 will be spent on.
Answer: The Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain fund is £1 billion, as announced in the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan published on 23 June 2025. This will help ensure the clean energy revolution is built in Britain. Up to £300 million of the fund is com...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the Clean Energy Workforce Strategy.
Answer: We will publish the Clean Energy Workforce Strategy later this year. This Strategy will be a first for the UK Government, and will set out how government, industry and trade unions will come together to address skills and workforce challenges to deliver t...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to establish an alternative disputes resolution process for people affected by changes in state pension age for women.
Answer: We have no such plans.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she mas made of the number of women born in the 1950s who have died since the publication entitled Government response to PHSO’s Investigation into Women’s State Pension age, published on
Answer: The Department has made no assessment.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing and Coastal Growth FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2025 to Question 53765 on Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, whether he has held discussions with his counterpart in the Scottish government on this fund
Answer: The Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund will be investing £360 million over the next 12 years. Ministers are committed to working closely with the industry and local communities in order to ensure investment is targeted to where it is needed most. As part o...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDarwin Plus: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department is allocating to Darwin Plus grants; and whether this funding has changed since the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: Defra is continuing to support the UK Overseas Territories through Darwin Plus. This includes bringing the new biodiversity strategy to publication thereby improving the reach and effectiveness of not just the programme but also wider efforts to improve a...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: Employees' ContributionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue guidance on how disabled people can maintain their national insurance contributions needed to qualify for full state pension if (a) their household income is above the Universal Credit
Answer: As part of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper published in March 2025 we are consulting on establishing a new “Unemployment Insurance” benefit through the reform of contributory working-age benefits. Un...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityScotland OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed disability benefit reforms on claimants in Scotland.
Answer: Universal Credit is a reserved matter in Scotland, so the changes to Universal Credit will apply in Scotland. Personal Independent Payment (PIP) is an extra costs disability benefit and is a devolved matter in Scotland. By the time the Personal Independen...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice to ensure that changes for claimants who depend on both reserved and devolved social security are understood.
Answer: UK Government Ministers regularly meet with their Scottish government counterparts to discuss social security and claimants. Scotland Office Ministers also attend the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare, alongside Ministers from the Department of W...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCarer's AllowanceScotland OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in spend on Carers Allowance on Scotland’s Block Grant.
Answer: In Scotland, Carers Allowance is a devolved benefit. Individual block grant adjustments linked to individual policy decisions will be published in due course. The Spending Review set a three year envelope and guarantees that the block grant will be at lea...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentScotland OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in Personal Independence Payment on Scotland’s Block Grant.
Answer: In Scotland, Adult Disability Payment, a devolved benefit, replaced Personal Independence Payment. Individual block grant adjustments linked to individual policy decisions will be published in due course. The Spending Review set a three year envelope and ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: PortsTreasuryTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59666More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the National Wealth Fund will deliver £1.8 billion in ring-fenced funding for UK ports; and how much will be allocated to ports in (a) Peterhead and (b) Fraserburgh.
Answer: The National Wealth Fund will commit at least £5.8 billion over this Parliament to green hydrogen, carbon capture, ports, gigafactories and green steel sub-sectors. The National Wealth Fund’s Strategic Plan will set out where and how the NWF can deploy it...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing and Coastal Growth FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Government to launch £360m Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund, published on 19 May 2025, whether the fund will be UK-wide; and what the Barnet
Answer: The Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund will be investing £360 million over the next 12 years. As part of that fund Ministers committed to working closely with the industry and local communities in order to ensure investment is targeted to where it is neede...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Children and Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Gambling Commission report entitled Young People and Gambling 2024: Official statistics, published on 7 November 2024, what steps her Department is taking to reduce rates of gam
Answer: To improve and expand the services available to understand, tackle and treat gambling-related harm, the Government has introduced a statutory levy on gambling operators to fund research, prevention and treatment. This will include dedicated investment to ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the stigmatisation of gambling harms.
Answer: To improve and expand the services available to understand, tackle and treat gambling-related harm, the Government has introduced a statutory levy on gambling operators to fund research, prevention and treatment. This will include dedicated investment to ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurs: TradeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timetable is for publishing the Government's response to the consultation entitled Fur Market in Great Britain, published on 31 May 2021.
Answer: I refer Seamus Logan to the reply given to Neil Duncan-Jordan on 3 March 2025, PQ UIN 32808.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWhisky: ScotlandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the US-UK Economic Prosperity Deal on domestic Scotch whisky producers.
Answer: On 8 May the UK government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump. The US has committed to further negotiations, including on the 10% tariffs introduced on 2 Apri...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to correspondence of (a) 24 February 2025 and (b) 16 April 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East with the reference SL01868/dw in relation
Answer: A response was issued to the hon. Member on 7 May. I appreciate his patience with this matter.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurs: ReviewsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Animal Welfare Committee will consider the public health risks associated with global fur production in its review on the responsible sourcing of fur.
Answer: The remit of the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) is to provide advice on animal welfare standards relating to animals kept by people. As such, public health matters fall outside of the Committee’s remit. More information on AWC’s terms of reference is avai...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurs: ReviewsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Animal Welfare Committee will publish its review on the responsible sourcing of fur.
Answer: I refer Seamus Logan to the reply given to Neil Duncan-Jordan on 21 February 2025, PQ 32807.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what figure his Department is using as the average household energy bill for his policy of a £300 cut in energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHinkley Point C Power Station: ConstructionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's original budget was, including Government-backed loans and guarantees, to support the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in (a) real and (b) current
Answer: The financing of Hinkley Point C is the responsibility of EDF (Électricité de France) and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). The latest update from EDF on costs of Hinkley Point C can be found here (on page 29): https://www.edf.fr/sites/groupe...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, from what level he plans to reduce energy bills by £300 by 2030.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 7 May 2025
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