Written questions

Claire Hanna

879 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that reductions in the foreign aid budget do not prevent the (a) distribution and (b) administration of lifesaving drugs in

21 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Partnership for Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much will the UK's next contribution to the Global Partnership for Education be.

15 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seas and Oceans: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Operation Ocean Witness initiative launched on 8 June 2021 by Greenpeace.

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Social Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that organisations do not experience a lag in funding between the European Social Fund ending and the Shared Prosperity Fund commenc

9 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the go live date is of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

9 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to investigate and review working practices where individuals are detained and processed for deportation despite having lodged a formal appeal of their recent immigration status

9 Jun 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive and devolved regions on the implications of the proposed UK-Australian trade deal.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the policy of joint universal credit claims for couples to help prevent financial coercion.

24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Drugs and Medical Equipment: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on access to medicines and equipment to Northern Ireland after the end of the grace period in December 2021.

24 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Belfast

What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Ballymurphy Inquest.

20 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 1407, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending immigration exemptions for seasonal workers within fish proce

20 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the new immigration rules on the fish processing sector in the UK.

20 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2021 to Question 1405, what estimate his Department has made of the number of seasonal workers employed annually within fish processing in (a) UK ports

17 May 2021 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what risk assessment measures are used in the Government's ongoing monitoring of arms exports to Israel.

17 May 2021 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Israel

14 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending immigration exemptions for seasonal workers to the fishing industry.

14 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the new immigration rules on the fishing industry.

14 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of seasonal workers employed annually within the fishing industry in (a) UK ports in total, (b) Ardglass and (c) Kilkeel ports.

13 May 2021 · Treasury

Child Tax Credit: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Northern Ireland have been affected by the ending of the family element of child tax credit as a result of having no children on their claim who were born before 6 April 2017; and what estima

13 May 2021 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Northern Ireland have been affected by the loss of the child element of child tax credit and universal credit for a third or later child born on or after 6 April 2017 as a result of not meetin

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on women in Northern Ireland.

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make permanent the £20 uplift to universal credit uplift; and if she will extend that uplift to all legacy benefits.

12 May 2021 · Treasury

Child Tax Credit: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect on families of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit in Northern Ireland.

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the two-child limit on benefits on child poverty levels in Northern Ireland.

12 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that allocations of funding to Northern Ireland under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund take into account the level of other funding streams to that

11 May 2021 · Treasury

High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge to remove the disparity between a household with two individual incomes of £49,000 that receives full child benefit entitlement and a single parent househol

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide details of how the devolved administrations?will be represented in the governance structures for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made on the Shared Prosperity Fund in Northern Ireland.

11 May 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Peace Plus Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) on delays in the PEACE PLUS programme and the effect of those delays on organisations who receive funding under that programme.

26 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Ice Cream: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to include ice cream products sold for takeaway consumption in the temporary VAT reduction for the hospitality sector.

Source: official written-questions record.