Seamus Logan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Proof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department's financial planning anticipates that the costs of running a digital ID scheme would grow as public services become more interlinked.
Answer: The Government will launch a public consultation on the new digital ID by the end of the year. The eventual total cost and savings will depend on the design, build and delivery of the system, matters which will be included in the consultation.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: VisasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of closure of the social care visa route on the availability of staff in the social care sector.
Answer: In the technical annex published alongside the Immigration White Paper on 12 May 2025, the Home Office has estimated an annual reduction of approximately 7,000 main visa applicants as a result of ending overseas recruitment for care workers and senior car...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 30 July and 10 September 2025 from the Hon Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, references SL02586/dw and MIN/1368520/25.
Answer: The Minister for Border Security & Asylum responded on 16 October 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Aberdeenshire North and Moray EastDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reducing driving test wait times for test centres in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East constituency.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. On the 23 April, the Secretary of State for Transport appeared before the Transport S...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 30 June 2025 and 22 August 2025 from the Hon Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East with the reference SL02820/dw on Pal
Answer: I apologise for the delay in responding to the Hon. Member's correspondence. I issued a response to the Hon. Member on 12 September.
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: 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
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