Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
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.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
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
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
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.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
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.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of offers for dispersal accommodation for asylum seekers in Aberdeen have been made to asylum seekers staying in (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation in Scotland in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Asylum accommodation is offered on a no choice basis. Asylum seekers receiving asylum support may be accommodated in any area of the UK where the Home Office has a supply of accommodation available and ready to use.
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of asylum seekers that have been transferred from (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation in England to similar accommodation in Aberdeen in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Asylum accommodation is offered on a no choice basis. Asylum seekers receiving asylum support may be accommodated in any area of the UK where the Home Office has a supply of accommodation available and ready to use.
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacant places there are in asylum seeker (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotels in Aberdeen.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Asylum accommodation is offered on a no choice basis. Asylum seekers receiving asylum support may be accommodated in any area of the UK where the Home Office has a supply of accommodation available and ready to use.
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of asylum seekers that have been transferred from (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation in Aberdeen to similar accommodation in England in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Asylum accommodation is offered on a no choice basis. Asylum seekers receiving asylum support may be accommodated in any area of the UK where the Home Office has a supply of accommodation available and ready to use.
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Data is published on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of transporting asylum seekers in taxis to (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotels from (i) Aberdeen to (ii) Glasgow in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.
The AASC Requirements below gives a detailed breakdown of all of the services to be undertaken by our accommodation providers and to the standards we expect. Full details of our polices:
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of transporting asylum seekers in taxis to (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotels from (i) Glasgow to (ii) Aberdeen in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.
The AASC Requirements below gives a detailed breakdown of all of the services to be undertaken by our accommodation providers and to the standards we expect. Full details of our polices:
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the number of taxis that have taken asylum seekers between (a) contingency and (b) bridging hotel accommodation from (i) Aberdeen to (ii) Glasgow in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
Bridging hotel accommodation was previously used to temporarily house Afghans resettling in the UK and has not been used to accommodate asylum seekers. As of 31 August 2023, we have successfully ended the use of bridging hotels for legally resettled Afghans.
Costs are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.
The AASC Requirements below gives a detailed breakdown of all of the services to be undertaken by our accommodation providers and to the standards we expect. Full details of our polices: