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Kirsty Blackman

Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North

1,760 (4.2%) majority - 2024 General Election

First elected: 7th May 2015

SNP Chief Whip

(since July 2024)

Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
12th Dec 2022 - 30th May 2024
Procedure Committee
12th Sep 2023 - 30th May 2024
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
12th Sep 2023 - 30th May 2024
European Statutory Instruments Committee
10th Feb 2020 - 30th May 2024
Media Bill
29th Nov 2023 - 12th Dec 2023
Finance (No. 2) Bill
10th May 2023 - 18th May 2023
Procurement Bill [HL]
25th Jan 2023 - 21st Feb 2023
Online Safety (Re-committed Clauses and Schedules) Bill
7th Dec 2022 - 15th Dec 2022
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions)
29th Mar 2022 - 12th Dec 2022
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
5th Jan 2022 - 8th Nov 2022
Online Safety Bill
18th May 2022 - 28th Jun 2022
Procedure Committee
2nd Mar 2020 - 5th Jan 2022
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
9th Nov 2021 - 25th Nov 2021
Subsidy Control Bill
20th Oct 2021 - 18th Nov 2021
SNP Deputy Westminster Leader
20th Jun 2017 - 1st Jul 2020
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Economy)
20th Jun 2017 - 7th Jan 2020
European Statutory Instruments Committee
18th Jul 2018 - 6th Nov 2019
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
12th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
31st Oct 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
European Statutory Instruments
18th Jul 2018 - 6th Nov 2019
Procedure Committee
24th Jun 2019 - 6th Nov 2019
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (House of Lords)
20th May 2015 - 20th Jun 2017
Scottish Affairs Committee
6th Jul 2015 - 5th Sep 2016


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Kirsty Blackman has voted in 62 divisions, and never against the majority of their Party.
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament

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Sparring Partners
Liz Kendall (Labour)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(10 debate interactions)
Andrew Western (Labour)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
(6 debate interactions)
Emma Reynolds (Labour)
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
(5 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Work and Pensions
(22 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(7 debate contributions)
Ministry of Defence
(3 debate contributions)
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Aberdeen North Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Petitions with highest Aberdeen North signature proportion
Kirsty Blackman has not participated in any petition debates

Latest EDMs signed by Kirsty Blackman

19th March 2025
Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM on Wednesday 26th March 2025

DARC in Wales

Tabled by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
That this House notes with deep concern the proposed US-UK-Australian military radar project, DARC (Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability), which would install 27 21m-high, 15m-wide parabolic radar dishes within sight of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park; believes this would severely harm the visual landscape, local tourism, and the internationally recognised …
13 signatures
(Most recent: 26 Mar 2025)
Signatures by party:
Plaid Cymru: 4
Independent: 3
Green Party: 2
Labour: 2
Scottish National Party: 2
24th February 2025
Kirsty Blackman signed this EDM on Thursday 13th March 2025

LGBTQI+ people in immigration detention

Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
That this House welcomes the ongoing review of the Home Office's Adults at risk in immigration detention policy; notes that LGBTQI+ people face heightened levels of harassment, discrimination, abuse, and physical and sexual violence in immigration detention; recognises that the bullying of and discrimination against LGBTQI+ people in detention can …
20 signatures
(Most recent: 24 Mar 2025)
Signatures by party:
Labour: 14
Independent: 3
Green Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
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Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Kirsty Blackman, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Kirsty Blackman has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Kirsty Blackman has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Kirsty Blackman


The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Wednesday 20th March 2019
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Latest 39 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
1 Other Department Questions
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to measure links between differences in pay and the socioeconomic background of employees.

We are committed to delivering better life chances for all - breaking the link between background and success.

At the Budget, the Chancellor announced increases to both the National Minimum Wage (16.3% for those aged 18-20) and the National Living Wage (6.7% for those 21 and over), as well as a £240 million Get Britain Working package to improve support for people who want to develop their careers (as well as for those who are economically inactive or unemployed).Through our Mission-driven Government, we will build the skills people need for opportunity and growth.

The Government will continue to draw on the work of the Office for National Statistics and others, such as the independent Social Mobility Commission, to understand the links between pay and socio-economic background.

Anneliese Dodds
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
21st Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers in 2023, published on 23 May 2024, how his Department obtained the raw data on correspondence received from MPs by Government (a) Department and (b) agency.

The Cabinet Office commissions each Government department and agency individually to request data to be included in the reports titled ‘Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers’ that are published on GOV.UK.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
20th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, and with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2023, updated on 23 May 2024, when correspondence performance data will be published for 2024.

The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. This information has not been separated out in this or previous reports. Correspondence performance data for 2024 will be published in due course.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
20th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, and with reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Data on responses to correspondence from MPs and peers, 2023, updated on 23 May 2024, whether his Department (a) produces and (b) publishes correspondence performance data on responses to correspondence from Members of devolved (i) Parliaments and (ii) Assemblies.

The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. This information has not been separated out in this or previous reports. Correspondence performance data for 2024 will be published in due course.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
20th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22905 on State Retirement Pensions: Women and with reference to page 11 of his Department's guidance entitled Guide to Handling Correspondence, updated on 6 September 2024, whether the Department for Work and Pensions complies with reporting and data requests from his Department.

The Department for Work and Pensions complies with correspondence reporting and data requests from the Cabinet Office. The data on responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers 2023 includes performance when responding to correspondence from members of devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. This information has not been separated out in this or previous reports. Correspondence performance data for 2024 will be published in due course.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
9th Jan 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21320 on written representations to the Department of Work and Pensions, whether there have been changes to the directions to Government departments on the logging of enquiries from (a) MPs and (b) Members of the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies.

The Guide to Handling Correspondence, owned by the Cabinet Office and published on GOV.UK, sets out the guidance for Government departments to follow when handling correspondence from MPs and Members of the devolved Parliaments and Assemblies. The guidance was last updated in 2021.

Abena Oppong-Asare
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating socioeconomic background reporting for all employers with over 250 employees.

The Department has not undertaken any such assessment. Companies are already required to disclose employee matters and can choose to include socioeconomic aspects where relevant to their business. For example, all large companies in the UK must include information on employees as part of their Annual Report’s Section 172(1) Statement. This should detail how employees are consulted, and their views considered, in decision making, ensuring employees of all backgrounds feel involved in how the company is run. It is a matter of good practice to collect data on employee background that the company can choose to communicate its workforce inclusivity.

Justin Madders
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
30th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Aberdeen’s skilled North Sea oil and gas workforce is supported to transition into jobs in (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) hydrogen in the Scottish Cluster.

The Office for Clean Energy Jobs is supporting the delivery of an industry-led Energy Skills Passport as part of a fair, orderly and prosperous transition. This is an important step to help workers transition from carbon-intensive industries to new clean energy sectors as part of the Government's clean energy mission 2030.

The government is working with the Scottish government, Renewable UK and Offshore Energies UK, to identify how to expand the passport in the future, offering strategic direction based on policy ambition such as the Clean Power 2030 target, which could include incorporating clean energy sectors like CCUS and hydrogen.

Great British Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, recognising the expertise, skilled workforce, and diversity of projects already in place.

Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
30th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help prevent North Sea oil and gas workers leaving the UK.

The Government’s priority is a fair, orderly and prosperous transition in the North Sea in line with our climate and legal obligations, which drives towards our clean energy future of energy security, lower bills, and good, long-term jobs, with no community left behind.

The Office for Clean Energy Jobs is supporting the delivery of an industry-led Energy Skills Passport as part of this transition. It is an important step to help workers transition from carbon-intensive industries to new clean energy sectors as part of the Government's Clean Power 2030 mission.

Great British Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, recognising the expertise, skilled workforce, and diversity of projects already in place.

Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
30th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage is deployed in Scotland.

We are committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise, enabling the country to take advantage of new opportunities that can promote growth and wealth creation, and protecting thousands of jobs in regions and industries across the UK. The Scottish Cluster Acorn has received £40 million in development funding in recent years, and officials continue to engage with the cluster to understand their plans. Following the announcement in October 2024 of funding for the initial Track 1 cluster configurations, further decisions for continued CCUS deployment, including for Track 2 clusters, will be taken in due course.

Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
30th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when Scottish industries will be able to decarbonise operations using the Scottish Cluster.

We are committed to supporting UK industry to decarbonise, enabling the country to take advantage of new opportunities that can promote growth and wealth creation, and protecting thousands of jobs in regions and industries across the UK. The Scottish Cluster Acorn has received £40 million in development funding in recent years, and officials continue to engage with the cluster to understand their plans. Following the announcement in October 2024 of funding for the initial Track 1 cluster configurations, further decisions for continued CCUS deployment, including for Track 2 clusters, will be taken in due course.

Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will have responsibility for safety on trains following passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership Bill).

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 makes no changes to existing roles and responsibilities regarding safety or tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. Tackling crime is the responsibility of the British Transport Police, who will continue to police the rail network following the transition of passenger services into public ownership. Safety regulation will remain the responsibility of the independent regulator, the Office of Rail and Road.

Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of lighting on trains on the levels of violence against women and girls travelling on the network.

The National Travel Attitudes Survey on perceptions of safety when walking, cycling and using public transport, found that a ‘poorly lit vehicle or carriage’ was the joint seventh most popular reason for feeling unsafe when travelling on a public transport vehicle. The Rail Safety and Standards Board sets requirements around lighting for new rolling stock. We continue to work with the rail industry including the Rail Delivery Group and the British Transport Police to ensure the rail network remains a safe environment for the travelling public.

Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill on safety on trains.

The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 makes no changes to existing roles and responsibilities regarding safety or tackling crime and anti-social behaviour. As such, there is no reason to expect any adverse impacts. The Government expects publicly owned train operators to focus relentlessly on the interests of passengers rather than shareholders, resulting in better outcomes for passengers across a range of areas, which will include personal security on trains.

Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
7th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a strategy for tackling violence against women and girls on trains after the passage of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill.

Tackling violence against women and girls is a priority for the Government. We have set the ambitious target to halve this figure in the next decade using every lever available to us. The Department is working closely with the central mission delivery unit in the Cabinet Office to achieve the aims set out in the Government’s Safer Streets mission.

The British Transport Police will continue to police the rail network following the transition of passenger services into public ownership to prevent and investigate crime, and in particular to tackle violence against women and girls.

Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
21st Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what the initial results are of the work undertaken in the eight trailblazer areas set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper; and what are the key performance indicators for this work.

As announced in the Get Britain Working White Paper, Trailblazers to test more localised delivery of the Youth Guarantee and support for people who are economically inactive are due to launch starting from April 2025. We are working closely with the Trailblazer delivery areas to develop their plans, which includes evaluation and performance information ahead of rollout.

Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
21st Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the priorities are of the joint Work and Health Unit.

The Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care Joint Work and Health Directorate (JWHD) (formerly Unit) was set up in 2015 in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to improve employment opportunities for disabled people and people with health conditions.

The goal of the JWHD is to open up opportunities to good work and to support a healthier, more productive and inclusive nation, by helping more disabled people and people with health conditions to: get appropriate work, get on in that work, and to return to work as quickly as possible if they leave it. This supports the Government priority of tackling economic inactivity, set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper.

The JWHD works to join up the health and employment systems, including the addition of employment support in existing care pathways, such as placing Employment Advisors in NHS Talking Therapy services and WorkWell, which is part of the plan to Get Britain Working and enables local areas to lead, design and deliver work and health support that meets the needs of their communities.

It is also recognised that employers play an important role in addressing health and disability. To build on this, JWHD is facilitating “Keep Britain Working”, an independent review of the role of UK employers in reducing health-related inactivity and to promote healthy and inclusive workplaces. The lead reviewer, Sir Charlie Mayfield, is expected to bring forward recommendations in Autumn 2025. Additionally, the JWHD has developed a digital information service for employers, and continues to oversee the Disability Confident Scheme.

Alison McGovern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
9th Jan 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department records the number of enquiries received from (a) hon. Members and (b) Members of Devolved (i) Parliaments and (ii) Assemblies on a quarterly basis.

The department receives and responds to enquiries from Members of Parliament and Members of devolved Parliaments or Assemblies but does not collate, report or produce statistics on this.

Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
19th Dec 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many written representations on compensation for women affected by changes to the state pension age she has received from Labour (a) hon. Members representing Scottish constituencies and (b) Members of the Scottish Parliament since 5 July 2024.

The Department does not keep this information centrally and therefore it is not readily available. Providing the information that the Department does hold would incur disproportionate costs.

Emma Reynolds
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
25th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by State Pension age changes in each constituency in (a) Scotland and (b) Northern Ireland.

In Scotland, as of the 2022 census there were the following numbers of 1950s-born women in each Scottish constituency:

Constituency

Females aged 63 to 72 in 2022

East Renfrewshire

6,086

Na h-Eileanan an Iar

1,914

Midlothian

5,569

North Ayrshire and Arran

6,866

Orkney and Shetland

2,901

Aberdeen North

6,079

Aberdeen South

5,144

Aberdeenshire North and Moray East

6,279

Airdrie and Shotts

5,342

Alloa and Grangemouth

5,716

Angus and Perthshire Glens

7,146

Arbroath and Broughty Ferry

6,507

Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber

7,029

Bathgate and Linlithgow

5,286

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

6,977

Coatbridge and Bellshill

5,540

Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy

5,976

Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch

5,585

Dumfries and Galloway

7,212

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

6,432

Dundee Central

5,094

Dunfermline and Dollar

5,543

East Kilbride and Strathaven

5,921

Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

4,895

Edinburgh North and Leith

4,363

Edinburgh South

5,203

Edinburgh South West

4,699

Edinburgh West

5,847

Falkirk

5,732

Glasgow East

4,516

Glasgow North

3,995

Glasgow North East

4,823

Glasgow South

4,754

Glasgow South West

4,648

Glasgow West

4,880

Glenrothes and Mid Fife

5,958

Gordon and Buchan

5,696

Hamilton and Clyde Valley

5,982

Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West

6,209

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

6,686

Livingston

5,600

Lothian East

6,023

Mid Dunbartonshire

6,639

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

6,736

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

5,589

North East Fife

6,248

Paisley and Renfrewshire North

5,749

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

5,439

Perth and Kinross-shire

6,664

Rutherglen

6,004

Stirling and Strathallan

5,965

West Dunbartonshire

5,905

Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock

6,619

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

7,240

Central Ayrshire

6,245

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

6,100

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

6,004

The relevant Scottish census data is available here in table UV102a, broken down by United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituency 2024: SuperWEB2(tm) - Table View.

In Northern Ireland, as of the 2021 census there were the following numbers of 1950s-born women in each Northern Irish constituency:

Constituency

Females aged 62 to 71 in 2021

Belfast East

4,825

Belfast North

5,116

Belfast South and Mid Down

5,343

Belfast West

5,081

East Antrim

5,633

East Londonderry

5,771

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

5,701

Foyle

5,087

Lagan Valley

5,528

Mid Ulster

4,845

Newry and Armagh

5,439

North Antrim

5,656

North Down

6,181

South Antrim

5,286

South Down

5,441

Strangford

5,917

Upper Bann

5,796

West Tyrone

5,234

The relevant Northern Irish census data is available in this table: Get data for Single year of age and sex (MS-A09) | NISRA Flexible Table Builder

Emma Reynolds
Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
17th Dec 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the sales Finasteride medications through telehealth companies on an increase in the level of cases of Post-Finasteride Syndrome in the past 12 months.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) role is to continually monitor the safety of medicines during their use. We have robust, safety monitoring and surveillance systems in place for all healthcare products, including finasteride. As part of our monitoring and surveillance activities, we take into account any changes in the usage of a particular medicine.

Finasteride containing medicines are prescription only medicines. This means they must be prescribed by a doctor or other authorised health professional, and must be dispensed from a pharmacy or from another specifically licensed premises.

The MHRA has recently completed an extensive safety review into finasteride, with the subsequent updates to the product information having been implemented, and the development of a patient alert card is underway. We also published a Drug Safety Update to raise awareness amongst healthcare professionals of the adverse psychiatric and sexual side effects. We are aware that the European Medicines Agency has launched a review, and we are monitoring this closely. Further information on the Drug Safety Update is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/drug-safety-update/finasteride-reminder-of-the-risk-psychiatric-side-effects-and-of-sexual-side-effects-which-may-persist-after-discontinuation-of-treatment

Please be reassured that the MHRA continuously monitors the safety of finasteride via information from various sources, including the published literature. Information from all sources is carefully screened and may identify unexpected side effects, indicate that certain side effects occur more commonly than previously believed, or that some patients are more susceptible to some effects than others. If a new side effect is identified, information is carefully considered in the context of the overall side effect profile for the medicine. When necessary, the MHRA may take action to ensure that a medicine is used in a way which minimises risk and maximises benefits to the patient.

Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
11th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation entitled Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives, published on 28 September 2023, whether his Department plans to take steps to update labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives.

A consultation published in 2023 considered options for updating labelling guidance for no and low alcohol alternative drinks.

We will continue to consider how alcohol labelling can be improved to support consumers to make informed decisions about the products they are purchasing, whilst also promoting responsible consumption.

11th Nov 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to standardise the term alcohol-free at 0.5% ABV for no and low-alcohol alternatives.

A consultation published in 2023 considered options for updating labelling guidance for no and low alcohol alternative drinks.

We will continue to consider how alcohol labelling can be improved to support consumers to make informed decisions about the products they are purchasing, whilst also promoting responsible consumption.

14th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36656 on Refugees, whether any statelessness determination applications have been granted since 5 July 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, but, in general, casework actions on statelessness claims are taken daily and we routinely review and monitor outstanding statelessness cases to ensure they are progressed without delay. This includes making decisions to grant or refuse statelessness claims.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
14th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36656 on Refugees, whether any statelessness determination applications have been refused since 5 July 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, but, in general, casework actions on statelessness claims are taken daily and we routinely review and monitor outstanding statelessness cases to ensure they are progressed without delay. This includes making decisions to grant or refuse statelessness claims.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
14th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, how many people have acted as mentors in the last 12 months.

The information requested is not readily available, and could only be collected for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
14th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36658 on Home Office: Training, how many people have been mentored in the last 12 months.

The information requested is not readily available, and could only be collected for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
10th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will outline the (a) content and (b) frequency of statelessness-specific training for her Department's statelessness determination unit.

Statelessness Determination training for caseworkers new to this work, consists of two weeks classroom training covering the Statelessness Convention and the relevant immigration rules and how these apply to statelessness casework with case studies.

After the initial classroom training, there is approximately nine weeks of mentoring where caseworkers complete statelessness casework with a mentor and are assessed with the aim to transition to independent case working.

After completing initial training and mentoring, caseworkers receive ongoing support and assessment through quality assurance from their technical specialist who is also available to assist with cases and casework queries. If new rules or legislation are introduced, training is delivered as and when required.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
10th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were refused statelessness status by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

The information requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
10th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted statelessness status by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

The information requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
4th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the 2024-25 budget is for her Department's statelessness determination unit.

Staffing and budget of the unit working on statelessness determination cannot be disaggregated from the wider team within which it sits.

The number of people employed in the Department’s statelessness determination unit is not information that is published by the Home Office and cannot be provided.

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking to account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well quality and availability of data.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
4th Mar 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in her Department's statelessness determination unit.

Staffing and budget of the unit working on statelessness determination cannot be disaggregated from the wider team within which it sits.

The number of people employed in the Department’s statelessness determination unit is not information that is published by the Home Office and cannot be provided.

Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking to account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well quality and availability of data.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were made under the statelessness determination procedure without interview of the applicant (a) in 2024 and (b) since the 5 July 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for statelessness determination were received by her Department in (a) 2024 and (b) in each month since July 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stateless people (a) live in and (b) were born in the UK.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a (a) successful and (b) pending statelessness determination application are in immigration detention and removal centres.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) range and (b) average processing times were for statelessness determination applications in 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)
26th Feb 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) range and (b) average processing times were for statelessness determination applications since 4 July 2024.

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at disproportionate cost.

Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Home Office)