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Written Question
Hamas: Guided Weapons
Friday 3rd October 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70326 on Hamas: Guided Weapons, if he will make representations to the UN on the need for an independent verifiable assessment of the number of missiles fired by Hamas into Israel on the dates in question, and which does not solely rely on data produced by Israel or Hamas.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The missile attacks in question are completely unacceptable, their source and impact are clear, and they reinforce why Hamas can have no role in the future governance of Gaza.


Written Question
Living Wage: Income Tax
Monday 22nd September 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of employees who having received the National Living Wage increase in April 2025 have now begun to pay income tax.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The information is not available. HMRC does not hold information on hourly pay rates of Pay As You Earn taxpayers and therefore cannot identify which employees are in receipt of the National Living Wage (NLW).


Written Question
Sustainable Farming Incentive
Monday 22nd September 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 60425 on Sustainable Farming Incentive, what his planned timetable is for announcing further details of the reformed Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Defra is working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that will better target SFI in an orderly way towards our priorities for food, farming and nature. Further information about the reformed SFI will be provided shortly.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, over what period of time Operation Gull has been functioning in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

Immigration officers in Northern Ireland took responsibility for Operation Gull in the financial year 2010-11.


Written Question
Obesity: Young People
Tuesday 16th September 2025

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 the change in obesity rates has been among young adults in the last 10 years.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England publishes data from the Health Survey for England (HSE) which collects data annually on measured height and weight of adults in England which is used to calculate the prevalence of obesity in the population.

The following table shows the prevalence of obesity among young adults aged between 16 and 24 years old from 2012 to 2022, the latest period for which data is available:

Survey year

Percentage of adults aged between 16 and 24 years old living with obesity

2012

13.1%

2013

11.1%

2014

10.8%

2015

16.4%

2016

11.3%

2017

15.5%

2018

13.5%

2019

12.9%

2020

no data

2021

7.9%

2022

13.9%

Source: HSE

Notes:

  1. There is no HSE data for 2020. Pandemic-related restrictions meant that fieldwork for HSE 2020 could not be carried out during most of the year.
  2. The data for 2021 is produced using adjusted self-reported height and weight, as pandemic-related restrictions meant the survey was not conducted as a face to face interview. The self-report data was adjusted to better align with measured height and weight, but the estimates are not directly comparable with other years of HSE data that uses measured height and weight.

Obesity prevalence among young adults has remained stable in the last 10 years, with some variation in the estimates which may be due to the small sample size of the HSE when split by age. It is expected that data from the 2024 survey will be published in early 2026.


Written Question
Drugs: Smuggling
Tuesday 16th September 2025

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 meet with her Irish counterpart to discuss the increase in the amount of illegal drugs being smuggled into that country.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The National Crime Agency’s latest National Strategic Assessment notes the Common Travel Area, and particularly the routes between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Great Britain, continue to be exploited by criminals for the purposes of serious and organised crime including the smuggling of illicit commodities.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ireland have a strong operational relationship which includes continual engagement and practical joint operations to present a combined deterrent to organised criminals targeting both the UK and Ireland.

This is supported by senior twice-yearly dialogues, which Home Office officials feed into. At these we discuss key issues that are shared between Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


Written Question
Representative Money
Tuesday 16th September 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Members Estimate Committee, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath in each year between 2006 and 2025.

Answered by Nick Smith

This information is available from the Library. Appendix 3 of the House of Commons Library briefing on Short Money provides data from 2005/06 onwards.

This table is reproduced below.

Representative Money allocations, 2005/06-2025/26

Financial year

Main budget (£)

Travel budget (£)

2005/06*

35,163.00

868.00

2006/07

86,245.00

2,136.07

2007/08

90,036.00

2,230.05

2008/09

93,639.00

2,319.26

2009/10

94,482.00

2,340.13

2010/11** (1 Apr-5 May)

9,277.00

229.78

(6 May-31 Mar)

87,133.00

2,493.73

2011/12

101,004.00

2,890.59

2012/13

105,850.00

3,029.34

2013/14

109,135.00

3,123.25

2014/15

112,076.00

3,207.58

2015/16 # (1 Apr-7 May)

11,511.00

329.45

(8 May-31 Mar)

87,783.00

1,898.90

2016/17

97,556.00

2,224.32

2017/18 $ (1 Apr-8 Jun)

18,737.00

431.41

(9 Jun-31 Mar)

130,970.00

2,901.64

2018/19

165,864.00

3,674.62

2019/20 ^ (1 Apr-11 Dec)

117,986.27

2,613.95

(12 Dec-31 Mar)

48,243.74

1,200.05

2020/21

161,296.87

4,007.68

2021/21

162,265.31

4,025.02

2022/23

171,032.15

4,239.21

2023/24

188,991.69

4,688.33

2024/25 ^^ (1 Apr-3 Jul)

50,618.04

1,255.14

(4 Jul-31 Mar)

150,724.72

4,541.30

2025/26

208,077.31

6,252.97

Notes:

* from 1 November 2005-31 March 2006

** general election year full year allocations based on 2005 and 2010

general election results would have been:

Main budget

Travel budget

2005 results

£96,747

£2,396.30

2010 results

£96,374

£2,758.22

# general election year full year allocations based on 2010 and 2015

general election results would have been:

2010 results

£113,867

£3,258.90

2015 results

£97,655

£2,112.46

$ general election year full year allocations based on 2015 and 2017

general election results would have been:

2015 results

£99,116

£2,282.09

2017 results

£161,500

£3,578.03

^ general election year full year allocations based on 2015 and 2017

general election results would have been:

2017 results

£169,345

£3,751.79

2019 results

£159,074

£3,956.92

** general election year full year allocations based on 2019 and 2024

general election results would have been:

2019 results

£196,548.79

£4,873.67

2024 results

£203,005.64

£6,116.51


Written Question
Artificial Sweeteners: Hospitality Industry
Tuesday 16th September 2025

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, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with the hospitality sector on the promotion non-sugar sweeteners.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Most people are regularly consuming double the recommended amount of free sugars. Diets high in sugar increase the risk of tooth decay and weight gain. Being overweight or living with obesity is associated with a range of negative health impacts such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and some kinds of cancers.

On 2 April 2025, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published its position statement on the World Health Organisation guideline on non-sugar sweeteners. SACN concluded that the evidence of risk to health, including type 2 diabetes, from consuming non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) is inconsistent. SACN also made a precautionary recommendation that intakes of NSS should be minimised. As there is greater certainty of the negative impact of sugars on health, including type 2 diabetes, SACN recommended that “swapping sugars for NSS may help reduce sugar intake from foods and drinks (and so reduce energy intake), at least in the short term. The long-term goal is to limit both sugar and NSS intake”.

It is up to businesses to decide whether they choose to use NSS when reformulating products to reduce sugar levels. While some businesses have used them, others have chosen not to which may be due to legislative restrictions on their use in some products or in recognition of consumer preferences. It is recognised, though, that there are benefits in businesses not using NSS as this maintains a highly sweet taste in a food or drink and does not allow people’s palates to adapt to a less sugary taste. This applies to businesses in all sectors.

The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has led to reductions of 47% in sugar levels in drinks in scope. Much of this reduction has been delivered by using NSS. Many reformulated drinks are available in the out of home sector as well as supermarkets.


Written Question
Arts: Northern Ireland
Monday 15th September 2025

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, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Creative Industries Sector Plan in helping creative businesses in Northern Ireland.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The Creative Industries Sector Plan was announced in June and contains ambitious proposals to bolster growth in the creative industries across the UK. The Sector Plan highlights Belfast & Derry/Londonderry as a high potential cluster for creative industries growth and recognises their unique investment offer.

UK wide activity outlined in the Sector Plan includes increased funding to the UKRI Creative Industries Clusters Programme, increased access to support from the British Business Bank and increased exporting support from UK Export Finance. DCMS is committed to working with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure creative businesses benefit from this activity.

Northern Ireland has a thriving screen sector. DCMS will continue to work with the Northern Ireland Executive to support this sector, including continued annual funding from the UK Government, through the British Film Institute, to Northern Ireland Screen to support the Irish Language and Ulster-Scots Broadcast Funds.


Written Question
Citroën: Air Bags
Monday 15th September 2025

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74957 on Citroën: Air Bags, whether her Department has received a response to its letter to Stellantis on the recall of Citroën cars.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

I can confirm that Stellantis replied to the letter from the Secretary of State on 12 August.

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency officials continue to have regular engagement meetings with representatives from Stellantis about the Citroën/DS recall and continue to support Stellantis, prioritising safety while minimising economic and social impact.