Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for East Londonderry of 21 August 2024 on a wages and taxation issue.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
HM Treasury has no record of receiving the letter of 21 August 2024 from the Hon Member. Officials have contacted the Hon Member’s office to request a copy.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to reply to the correspondence of 10 September 2024 from the Hon. Member for East Londonderry on wider availability of Royal portraits.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The letter from Mr Campbell has been responded to. A letter was sent in reply to him on 10 October.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Major Conditions Strategy on outcomes for people with dementia.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The plans to publish a final major conditions strategy were paused following the announcement of the general election. We are developing a 10-year plan to radically reform the National Health Service and build a health service that is fit for the future. As part of this work, we will consider how best to meet the needs of people with dementia.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to offer bowel cancer screening to people aged 50.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The National Health Service in England has been gradually reducing the age for bowel screening from 60 years old down to 50 years old, since 2021/22. The extension to 50 years old is expected to be completed by 2025.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with oil and gas companies on projected price changes in the next six months.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Energy policy in Northern Ireland is devolved. However, Ministers meet regularly with energy suppliers and we expect them to do everything they can to support their consumers, especially the most vulnerable.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff there are in the Probation service.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Information on staffing numbers of directly employed staff of HM Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales is published quarterly on GOV.UK.
The most recent publication can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-workforce-quarterly-june-2024.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Chinook CH-47 aircraft that will be delivered during this Parliament.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
14 new build Chinook H-47(ER) aircraft are estimated to be delivered between July 2024 and July 2029.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to continue the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Defending Democracy Taskforce coordinates a whole of government response to threats of foreign interference in our democracy.
The Taskforce was established in 2022 and continue its work to safeguard our democracy and strengthen its resilience to the threats we face.
The Taskforce’s latest meeting was on the 25 July, when it considered issues relating to the recent General Election and the work going on across government to ensure that anyone who wishes to participate in our democracy can do so without fear of intimidation or abuse.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of eligible people claimed Pension Credit in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only available via take-up statistics. The latest available Pension Credit take-up statistics for Great Britain cover the financial year 2021 to 2022 and are available at: Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year ending 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The next release of statistics for Financial Year Ending 2023 will be published on Thursday 10 October 2024. The below table shows the number of eligible people receiving Pension Credit and the estimated take up of Pension Credit.
Please note that Financial Year Ending 2021 proportion of take-up is not available due to the pandemic restricting the number of face-to-face interviews required to collect the data. Also, the take-up figures shown below are central estimates.
| Number of eligible people receiving Pension Credit | Estimated take up of Pension Credit |
Financial Year Ending 2018 | 1,690,000 | 61% |
Financial Year Ending 2019 | 1,570,000 | 63% |
Financial Year Ending 2020 | 1,490,000 | 66% |
Financial Year Ending 2021 | 1,410,000 | X |
Financial Year Ending 2022 | 1,350,000 | 63% |
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 8935 on Culture: Disability, when she expects to receive the results of the pilot survey for young people on cultural activities for children and young people with a disability.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Youth participation pilot survey findings are due to be published in October 2024.