Jim Allister MP: written questions
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Movement Assistance SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the decision not to extend the Movement Assistance Scheme a third time was compliant with his obligations under Section 46 of the Internal Market
Answer: The Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) was always intended to be time limited. It was originally set up for a period of three months, and on review it was renewed for a further three months before being extended until December 2023. The decision to extend M...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMovement Assistance SchemeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Movement Assistance Scheme operating until 30 June 2025 had a statutory foundation beyond that set out by the Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) R
Answer: At its inception, Defra relied on the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act 2020 as legal authority for spending on the Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS). Under the Act, Defra is permitted to spend public money on matters such as “deliver[ing] soci...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which parties were offered an advance briefing on the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework.
Answer: The Rt Hon Lord Murphy engaged widely across the political spectrum during the Independent Review. The Northern Ireland Office speaks to parties regularly and does not give a running commentary on those discussions.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to inform veterans who served in Northern Ireland of the Victims Pension Scheme.
Answer: The Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme is advertised on https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/ The scheme is being promoted locally in Northern Ireland via the veterans’ support network and victims and survivors groups.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoral: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a CITES permit is required to move live coral from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Answer: Live coral is not eligible for movement under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (the “Green Lane”), as the scheme applies only to retail goods intended for final consumption in Northern Ireland. Movements of live animals and live aquatic inverte...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoral: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether moving live coral from Great Britain to Northern Ireland requires (a) an export number, (b) an Export Health Certificate, (c) a Common Health Entry Document and (d) using TRACE
Answer: Live coral is not eligible for movement under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (the “Green Lane”), as the scheme applies only to retail goods intended for final consumption in Northern Ireland. Movements of live animals and live aquatic inverte...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCoral: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department provides on whether live coral should be moved between Great Britain and Northern Ireland through the Green or Red Lane.
Answer: Live coral is not eligible for movement under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (the “Green Lane”), as the scheme applies only to retail goods intended for final consumption in Northern Ireland. Movements of live animals and live aquatic inverte...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: AgeHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average age was of people recorded as having entered the U.K. illegally in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on detected irregular arrivals by age group and sex is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those who are recorded as having entered the U.K. illegally were (a) women and (b) men in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on detected irregular arrivals by age group and sex is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import DutiesTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69730More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of EU tariffs collected at the Irish Sea border were paid to the EU in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answer: HMRC is the department responsible for collecting customs duties on behalf of the UK Government. No duties are remitted to the EU in respect of any movement of goods into Northern Ireland.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsTreasuryTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69148More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the application of Import Control System 2 on goods movements from Great Britain to Northern Ireland on the UK single market for goods.
Answer: The Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the new safety and security IT system for certain goods moving by air, maritime, road or rail into Northern Ireland. ICS2 will introduce some new processes, improving existing safety and security arrangements for good...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuses: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 15 July 2025 on Zero Emissions Vehicles, HCWS82, what support is being provided to public transport providers to purchase zero emission buses.
Answer: The Government is reducing the number of different funding streams we pay to Local Transport Authorities. Major city regions will benefit from the recently announced £15.6bn Transport for Cities fund while our smaller cities, towns and rural areas will re...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64618 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, whether he has received the first report of the Independent Monitoring Panel; and when he plans to publish
Answer: The Government has not yet received the initial report of the Independent Monitoring Panel, whose first monitoring period ended on 30 June. We expect to receive the Panel’s report in due course and will publish it in accordance with the existing commitmen...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 64617 on the Independent Review on the Windsor Framework, whether he received the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework by 9 July 2025; and when he
Answer: Lord Murphy provided the final report of the Independent Review to the Government on 9 July 2025. The Government will publish it in full accordance with its existing obligations to do so.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68603More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential combined impact of the (a) Windsor Framework (i) red and (ii) green lane border crossing requirements and (b) the implementation of the EU Import Control System 2 from 1 S
Answer: The Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the new safety and security system for certain goods moving by air, maritime, road or rail into Northern Ireland. Businesses moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland can access the free-to-use Trader Su...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68602More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative estimate of the potential impact of the EU Import Control System 2 on costs to businesses of the trade movements of goods (a) between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and (b) within
Answer: The Import Control System 2 (ICS2) is the new safety and security system for certain goods moving by air, maritime, road or rail into Northern Ireland. Businesses moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland can access the free-to-use Trader Su...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65431, what proportion of overall costs the contracts for the construction of the border control posts allocate to payment on complet
Answer: As stated in the answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65431, the Government has committed to a maximum funding allocation of £192.3 million for all the facilities at the 4 ports. Of this allocation, Defra has spent £111.3 million up to the 30 June 2025. Con...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67760More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money HMRC has taken in (a) duties and (b) tariffs for the EU on goods moving from Great Britain to the EU at (i) Belfast, (ii) Larne, (iii) Warrenpoint and (iv) Foyle in 2025; and what is the value of any
Answer: HMRC is responsible for collecting customs duties on behalf of the UK Government, not the European Union. Under the Windsor Framework, where goods are moving from Great Britain to the EU via Northern Ireland, HMRC will charge the EU rate of duty. This dut...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures HMRC (a) has and (b) plans to put in place for validating goods from Great Britain presented on the red lane at (i) Belfast, (ii) Larne, (iii) Warrenpoint and (iv) Foyle for release into the EU Singl
Answer: Goods moving from Great Britain to the EU via Northern Ireland will complete a full customs declaration and pay the applicable rate of duty, subject to any waivers or reliefs, as an international goods movement. These customs declarations are validated el...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025WithdrawnUIN 67748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65429 on Independent Review of the Windsor Framework, what steps he has taken to ensure the (a) support arrangements for that review were independent an
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Windsor FrameworkCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67747More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24053 on Independent Review of the Windsor Framework, what steps he has taken to ensure the (a) support arrangements for that review were independent and (b)
Answer: The Terms of Reference of the Review clearly state that the Secretariat arrangements provided to it should operate with full regard to the independence of the Review. It has remained a matter for the Reviewer to fulfil those Terms of Reference and reach t...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAbortion and Pregnancy: GirlsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) pregnancies and (b) abortions involving girls under the age of 16 have been reported by (i) NHS and (ii) independent abortion providers to (A) the police and (B) local authority safegu
Answer: Information on the number of pregnancies and abortions involving girls under the age of 16 years old that have been reported by National Health Service and independent abortion providers is held by the police and local authority safeguarding teams.We reco...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum plans to respond to the correspondence of 16 June 2025 from the hon. Member for North Antrim on a meeting arising from communal disorder in hi
Answer: I thank the Hon Member for his question. My officials have been in touch with his office on this matter.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37521 on Import Controls: Northern Ireland, whether EU officials have assessed the completed border control posts.
Answer: EU officials have assessed the SPS facilities at Foyle and Warrenpoint, we await their formal report.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: Northern IrelandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37521 on Import Controls, when was construction of the border control posts completed; and what was the total construction costs of
Answer: In line with the commitments we have made under the Windsor Framework, SPS inspection facilities are already operational in Northern Ireland at the ports of Foyle (18 April 25) and Warrenpoint (20 June 25). Construction and preparation of the new faciliti...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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