Every parliamentary written question tabled by Carla Lockhart this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What estimate he has made of the contribution of net zero-related costs to the retail price per litre of (a) petrol and (b) diesel.
There are no dedicated Net Zero levies on petrol or diesel in the UK. The cost of fuel is influenced by a range of factors. As oil is a globally traded commodity, disruptions or uncertainty in any region can influence prices in the UK until global markets...
What estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) fuel duty, (b) VAT on fuel, and (c) other motoring taxes that is attributable (i) directly and (ii) indirectly to net zero-related policies.
Motoring taxes and VAT are primarily intended to raise revenue, which helps to fund vital public services and infrastructure, including investment in roads and transport.However, some fuel and motoring taxes have secondary objectives or environmental effe...
What estimate she has made of the total public expenditure committed to achieving net zero by 2050, including projected liabilities, broken down by year and department.
The government has allocated £65bn in capital spending to clean energy, climate and nature including nuclear across 2025-26 to 2029-30. This is an average of £16bn a year, mainly across the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Trans...
What total revenue accrued to the Exchequer from (a) the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, (b) carbon taxes, (c) related environmental levies and (d) other carbon pricing mechanisms, in the latest year for which figures
2024-25 receipts for the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, Carbon Price Support, Climate Change Levy, and relevant environmental taxes (including Aggregates Levy, Landfill Tax, Plastic Packaging Tax and Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility) can be found ...
What estimate he has made of the cost to households of environmental and social obligation policy costs included in (a) electricity and (b) gas bills in each of the last 10 years.
Policy costs on bills over the last 10 years have been published on Ofgem’s website: Ofgem’s Default Tariff Cap data (‘Final levelized cap rates model (Annex 9)’, tab: 1c Consumption adjusted levels, row 42). A key priority of the Government is to tackle ...
What estimate he has made of the cost of balancing payments, constraint payments and grid reinforcement associated with intermittent renewable generation.
Historical data on constraint and balancing costs is held and published by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). This data is disseminated primarily through NESO’s Annual Balancing Cost Report (with supporting data), which also includes projections ...
What estimate she has made of the fiscal cost to the Exchequer of (a) subsidies and (b) tax incentives relating to (i) electric vehicles, (ii) heat pumps, (iii) home retrofit schemes and (iv) decarbonisation grants.
HM Revenue and Customs publishes annual statistics on the cost of tax relief and expenditures. This information is available through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics. The Warm Homes Plan commits £15 billi...
What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the report by Women’s Policy Centre titled ‘The Case for a Universal Ban on Surrogacy’, dated April 2026.
The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options and recognises the important part it can play in supporting people seeking to start a family. The Department has published guidance on the care of surrogates and intended parents i...
What assessment he has made of the impact of decarbonisation policy costs on (a) industrial energy prices and (b) the international competitiveness of UK industry.
The only sustainable way to cut energy bills is to reduce the UK’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. Clean Power by 2030 will help do that. In the nearer term, through the British Industry Supercharger (BIS), we are reducing electricity costs for ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120434, and pursuant to PQ v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason payments received by a surrogate mother are treated as income f
Neither Universal Credit nor new style Jobseeker’s allowance treats surrogacy payments as income. If differences occur, it is because these benefits operate under different legislative frameworks. For example, new style Jobseeker’s Allowance is a contribu...
How much funding her Department has provided to Northern Ireland in each financial year since 2019-20 for asylum accommodation, broken down by scheme, recipient body and local council area.
The Home Office provides funding to Local Authorities through several grant agreements, including those for Asylum, Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, and former Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children Care Leavers. However, we do not publicly publish grant payment levels by individual local authority. For Northern Ireland, these funds are paid directly to the Northern Ireland Executive Office, which is then responsible for distributing them to each area as they see fit.
How much funding has been provided to the Executive Office, Department for Communities, Department of Health, Department of Education, councils, charities or contractors in Northern Ireland for asylum or refugee integration since 2019.
Responsibility for the integration of refugees and asylum seekers is a devolved matter. In Northern Ireland, policy and delivery in this area sit with the Northern Ireland Executive, led by the Executive Office and delivered across devolved departments, local councils and third‑sector partners.The UK Government provides funding through multiple departments, but decisions on the allocation and use of that funding for integration purposes are matters for the Northern Ireland Executive.
What funding has been provided to Northern Ireland councils for asylum dispersal, integration, English language support, advice services, community hubs or related services in each year since 2019-20.
The Home Office provides funding to Local Authorities through several grant agreements, including those for Asylum, Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children, and former Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children Care Leavers. However, we do not publicly publish grant payment levels by individual local authority. For Northern Ireland, these funds are paid directly to the Northern Ireland Executive Office, which is then responsible for distributing them to each area as they see fit.
How many hotels in Northern Ireland are currently being used for asylum accommodation, broken down by local government district.
Exiting the use of asylum hotels as quickly as possible remains one of the Government’s top priorities. We made a clear commitment to return these hotels to local communities, and we are delivering on that promise. As is widely recognised, this is a complex undertaking that must be carried out through a controlled, managed and orderly programme of work.The number of hotels used to accommodate asylum seekers is significantly lower than at its peak under the previous government in summer 2023, when more than 400 hotels were in use at a cost of almost £9 million per day. As of 20 April, fewer than 190 hotels are in use.It is longstanding policy that we do not publicly comment on individual hotels which may or may not be utilised. However, data on the number of asylum seekers receiving accommodation support, broken down by accommodation type including hotels, is published quarterly as part of the Immigration system statistics on GOV.UK.
What Northern Ireland-specific data her Department holds but does not publish on asylum, immigration enforcement, removals and foreign national offenders.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
How many complaints, contract failures, service credits or financial penalties have been recorded against asylum accommodation providers in Northern Ireland since 2019.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
What assessment she has made of the value for money of asylum accommodation contracts operating in Northern Ireland.
The Home Office holds one contract for the provision of asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland. Information on this contract, including the original contract value, is publicly available:AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - Contracts FinderInformation on total spend to date is commercially sensitive and cannot be disclosed.In relation to value for money, the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC contracts) were procured through a competitive tender exercise that adhered to the Public Contracts Regulation 2015. The bid evaluation process identified the most economically advantageous tender, assessing the quality and cost of bid proposals, to ensure best value to the UK taxpayer.For any new requirements introduced to these contracts following contract award, providers are asked to provide priced proposals. These proposals are assessed, challenged and negotiated by Home Office representatives; ensuring that best pricing is achieved.The Home Office monitors the AASC Providers’ performance against a range of Key Performance Indicators ensuring performance is driven to deliver maximum value for money for the taxpayer.The contracts require the establishment and operation of governance structures and regular reporting enabling the Home Office to effectively manage the providers and hold them to account. These include a monthly contract management meeting, and quarterly strategic and executive boards where operational and commercial priorities are addressed and discussed, including financial performance.
How much has been paid to private providers for asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland in each year since 2019-20.
The Home Office holds one contract for the provision of asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland. Information on this contract, including the original contract value, is publicly available:AASC - Asylum Accommodation & Support Services Contract NI - Contracts FinderInformation on total spend to date is commercially sensitive and cannot be disclosed.In relation to value for money, the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contracts (AASC contracts) were procured through a competitive tender exercise that adhered to the Public Contracts Regulation 2015. The bid evaluation process identified the most economically advantageous tender, assessing the quality and cost of bid proposals, to ensure best value to the UK taxpayer.For any new requirements introduced to these contracts following contract award, providers are asked to provide priced proposals. These proposals are assessed, challenged and negotiated by Home Office representatives; ensuring that best pricing is achieved.The Home Office monitors the AASC Providers’ performance against a range of Key Performance Indicators ensuring performance is driven to deliver maximum value for money for the taxpayer.The contracts require the establishment and operation of governance structures and regular reporting enabling the Home Office to effectively manage the providers and hold them to account. These include a monthly contract management meeting, and quarterly strategic and executive boards where operational and commercial priorities are addressed and discussed, including financial performance.
Whether Northern Ireland-specific performance data is collected under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract and AIRE contract.
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
How many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are awaiting a decision, broken down by length of wait.
The information requested about the number of asylum seekers in Northern Ireland awaiting appeal, further submissions, or decision broken down by length of wait is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office publishes the total number of cases awaiting an initial asylum decision in the ASY_02 table of Immigration and Protection Data: October to December 2025 available here: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.Information on the number of asylum and further submissions appeals is published by HMCTS and is available here: Tribunals statistics quarterly: October to December 2025 - GOV.UK.