Kirsty Blackman MP: written questions
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Written questions
Public Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95053More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what correspondence she has received from Anas Sarwar MSP between 1 July 2025 and 26 November 2025 on (a) the Budget and (b) the decision to allocate £820 million to the Scottish Government over the Spending review
Answer: The government listens to a wide range of representations to help shape the Budget, including those from Scottish Labour.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: ScotlandTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95052More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Budget Statement of 26 November 2025, what was the evidential basis for the decision to allocate £820 million to the Scottish Government over the Spending review period through the Barnett form
Answer: The additional funding referenced is a result of the operation of the Barnett formula based on the decisions taken at the Autumn Budget.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November to Question 91350, whether his predecessor was provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 20 November to Question 91351, when he was first provided with DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”.
Answer: Ministers were informed of the relevance of report no. 447 and then provided with the full report in November 2025. We have decided to retake the decision as this report (no. 447) was not considered at the time of the original decision and was not shared ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 91352, whether he can cite, excepting DWP research report no.434 "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey", which other "research from 2006",
Answer: In her Oral Statement of 17 December 2024, the research from 2006 referenced by the former Secretary of State was the "Attitudes to pensions: the 2006 survey" Research Report no. 434. Research Report no.434 was published in 2007 but includes ana...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 20 November 2025 on A Fairer Pathway to Settlement (Official Report, Vol.775, c.889-891), whether equalities impact assessments have been made for (a) the decis
Answer: The new earned settlement model outlined in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement has been subject to an equality impact assessment. Equality impact assessments are kept under regular review.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 18 November 2025 on Asylum Policy (Official Report, Vol.775, c.509-513), whether equalities impact assessments have been made for the new measures announced.
Answer: Specific Equality Impact Assessments will be produced for individual policies in due course. These will be kept under review to ensure that there are no unintended impacts on people with protected characteristics.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his predecessor's Oral Statement of 17 December 2024 on Women's State Pension Age Communication: PHSO Report, Official Report, Vol. 759, column 168, what the research from 2006 was tha
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he first was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research report No. 434, entitled Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey, published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions: SurveysDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his predecessor was first provided with the Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 434, entitled "Attitudes to Pensions: the 2006 Survey", published in 2007.
Answer: DWP research report no. 434 “Attitudes to pensions: The 2006 survey” was considered as part of the Government’s decision announced in the 17 December 2024 Oral Statement.DWP research report no. 447 “Evaluation of Automatic State Pension Forecasts”, was re...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87751More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of fully implementing the provisions of the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 via secondary legislation on (a) new lending capacity and (b) economic growth.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: Company LawTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87750More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions around further alignment with Companies Law on execution o
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Societies: FinanceTreasuryTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87749More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to bring forward the secondary legislation required under the Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Act 2024 to enact provisions around the disapplication of the wholesale funding limit f
Answer: The government is committed to supporting the growth of building societies in line with the manifesto commitment to double the size of the mutual and co-operative sector. As part of this, the government is committed to ensuring that building societies can...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an equality impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.
Answer: Impacts on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the policy development process, refugee family reunion is...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78174More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department carried out an economic impact assessment prior to suspending refugee family reunion.
Answer: Impacts on vulnerable individuals and equalities considerations are at the front and centre of our work. As required through the Public Sector Equality Duty, we consider equality impacts throughout the policy development process, refugee family reunion is...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her department plans to publish statistics on the time taken by newly recognised refugees to submit family reunion applications.
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: WomenHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reducing the refugee move-on period to 28 days on levels of risk to women of (a) homelessness and (b) exposure to violence and abuse.
Answer: From 1 September 2025, the Home Office has taken the decision to pause the 56 day move on period pilot for single adults in receipt of a positive asylum decision, with the exception of individuals who are pregnant, over the age of 65 or have a known/evide...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of suspending refugee family reunion applications on (a) women, (b) children and (c) other vulnerable groups.
Answer: The suspension of the refugee family reunion route is temporary while the Government undertakes a full review and reform of the current family rules to ensure we have a fair and properly balanced system. In the meantime, those with protection status can u...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of (a) the Government’s commitment to halving levels of violence against women and girls within a decade and (b) the detention of women in immigration
Answer: Asylum-seeking victims must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to migrant victims of VAWG. It is vital that we get t...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Gender Based ViolenceHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce the criminalisation of asylum-seeking survivors of violence against women and girls.
Answer: Asylum-seeking victims of VAWG must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to criminalisation of victims of VAWG. It is ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 11 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to provide community-based alternatives to immigration detention for women.
Answer: The Department will keep under review the feasibility of alternatives to detention, taking account of effectiveness and cost efficiency, as part of our plans to transform the asylum and returns system.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 14 August 2025 from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, reference ZA35390, CMS Reference: 121024945817 and 73911701.
Answer: The Department aims to respond to all ministerial correspondences within 20 working days, but there may be instances where there is additional information needed that may cause delays. The correspondence in question was sent to DWP Ministerial Corresponde...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AberdeenDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answers of 13 June 2025 to Questions (a) 57249, (b) 57250 and (c) 57251, how many departmental roles are based in Aberdeen; what additional roles are planned for the city foll
Answer: As of July 2025, there were 100 staff members based in Aberdeen, comprising a wide variety of roles within the department. The development of the Aberdeen Energy Campus is in its initial stages. In line with the Cabinet Office Thematic Campus principles, ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill on levels of child poverty.
Answer: The Department has published an updated assessment of the poverty impacts of the benefit changes announced at Spring Statement with revisions to reflect the proposed changes since tabled, which includes changes to Universal Credit. This estimates that the...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: PricesTreasuryTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64445More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation on the Oil and gas price mechanism, which closed on 28 May 2025.
Answer: The government is committed to providing long-term certainty to the oil and gas sector over the future fiscal regime. That is why the Oil and Gas Price Mechanism consultation, published on 5 March 2025, explored proposals for how the tax system should res...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
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