Christopher Chope MP: written questions 2025
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Budget November 2025TreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95016More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the representations made by the Rt hon. and hon. Members to which she refers in the Budget statement.
Answer: The Stakeholder Representation Portal was open from 3 September 2025 until 15 October 2025 to allow members of the public, MPs and organisations to submit their views ahead of the fiscal event. HM Treasury does not publish individual representations on be...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Correspondence and Written QuestionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer to WPQ 88184, how many staff in a) each of the Private Offices and b) Parliamentary Unit were engaged on 12th November with a) answering Ministerial invitations and b)
Answer: This information is not held.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: DorsetHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 20th November to question 86600, to whom Dorset Police is accountable for discontinuing investigations into serious fraud.
Answer: Operational policing is not a Home Office matter. Chief Constables are operationally independent, with decisions often made based on threat, risk and harm.The Home Secretary has powers under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 to ensure a...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: DorsetHome OfficeTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 20th November to question 86600, if she will use her powers under Section 41A of The Police Act 1996 to require Dorset Police to investigate remedial measures by reason of it
Answer: Operational policing is not a Home Office matter. Chief Constables are operationally independent, with decisions often made based on threat, risk and harm.The Home Secretary has powers under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 to ensure a...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 88185 on Hadush Kebatu, what operational guidance her Department has issued to prevent small discretionary payments from being used as (a) induce
Answer: All discretionary payments must go through a clearance process. Operational managers take into consideration the cost of returning someone to their final place of stay and supporting welfare and safety.As always with expenditure on returns, these one-off ...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November to Question 88185 on Hadush Kebatu, how many small discretionary payments to prevent the failure of returns were made by the Home Office in each of the last 12 mo
Answer: The information requested regarding small discretionary payments to prevent the failure of returns are not available from published statistics.The Home Office does already publish all available information on returns expenditure in the Home Office Annual ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of total global carbon emissions is attributable to (a) wind turbines imported into the UK, (b) solar panels imported into the UK, (c) biomass imported into the UK and
Answer: Defra does not hold information on total global carbon emissions and as such Defra does not hold information on the amount of UK consumption carbon emission attributable to these sectors however these emissions are considered within our UK Carbon Footprin...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of total global carbon emissions are attributable to UK consumption, including consumption relating to (a) domestic production and (b) imports.
Answer: Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uks-carbon-footprint. Data are available up to 2022. Defra does not hold information on total global carbon emissions.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in 1990, what was the contribution in parts per million of CO2 emissions from the UK into the atmosphere (a) gross of sequestration and (b) net of sequestration; and what was the contribution
Answer: UK net territorial CO2 emissions were 603.3 million tonnes in 1990 and provisionally estimated at 290.4 million tonnes in 2024. Source: DESNZ, provisional 2024 UK net territorial greenhouse gas emissions statistics.CO2 is calculated in terms of net emissi...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the initial asylum decisions resulting in refusal have been the subject of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal between October 2024 and March 2025; and how many of those (a) were successf
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum appeals lodged, and determined by outcome, are published in tables Asy_D06 and Asy_D07, respectively, of the asylum detailed datasets. The la...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has been the cost to the public purse of the indemnity to pharmaceutical companies in the context of Covid-19 vaccines.
Answer: The Government cannot comment on the terms on which COVID-19 vaccinations were procured, which are confidential.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Subject Access RequestsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many data subject access requests were received by the NHS in England in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of those requests were responded to with the requested data
Answer: Information on the number of data subject access requests received by National Health Service organisations, and the time taken to respond, is not collected centrally.
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Commons: EscalatorsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88187More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason the escalator from the House of Commons Members' car park does not cut off automatically when not in use.
Answer: The escalator is fitted with controls that allow the speed to vary dependent on demand and, in periods of low demand, runs at a slow speed to be energy efficient.The design of the escalator is such that it does not stop completely – this is a safety featu...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPalace of Westminster: LiftsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88186More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, for how many days lift number 77 in the Palace of Westminster has been out of order this year; for what reason it remains out of order; and when it is expe
Answer: Lift number 77 (HOP77) has been out of order for a total of 51 days in 2025 over four occasions, the most recent of which was 47 days.HOP 77 was returned to service on 7 November 2025 following the replacement of a printed circuit board which controlled t...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHadush KebatuHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November to Question 86603, whether the £500 facilitation payment given to Hadush Kebatu was paid under the (a) Voluntary Returns Service or (b) Facilitated Return Scheme;
Answer: Mr Kebatu was issued a £500 discretionary payment to avoid the potential disruption of this return. Cancelling the return at the last stage would have triggered substantial costs. If the operation had been halted before departure, the minimum unavoidable ...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Correspondence and Written QuestionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November to Question 86604, how many full time equivalent staff are employed in his office to (a) answer invitations and (b) answer Parliamentary Questions.
Answer: The answering of Ministerial invitations and Parliamentary Questions is shared across Private Offices and the Parliamentary Unit. Full time equivalency on these work streams fluctuates with business needs.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of Personal Independence Payment are aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18; how many of those are in full time education; and how many of those are in each constituency in England.
Answer: The information requested on the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) recipients aged 16, 17 and 18 in full-time education is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. Information on Personal Independence Payment (PI...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParkfield School ChristchurchDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to dispose of the redundant site of the former Parkfield School at Hurn; and what estimate she has made of the (a) security and (b) opportunity costs of the premises remaining unused.
Answer: The school building was officially handed back to the department on 29 August 2025. Since that time LocatED have been managing the site on behalf of the department.The department has sought expressions of interest from academy trusts to use the site for a...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 68347 on Immigration: Appeals, when the recruitment exercise commenced in 2024 for the First Tier Tribunal will be completed; and how many vacant posts at the Im
Answer: The recruitment for salaried judges of the First-tier Tribunal (FtT) closed for applications in November 2024. The recruitment for fee-paid judges of the First-tier Tribunal closed for applications in June 2024. Both exercises included recruitment for jud...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFirst-tier Tribunal: JudgesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of the recruitment exercise which closed in November 2024 for Judges of the First-Tier Tribunal; how many applications were received; and how many appointments have been made (a) in total, (b)
Answer: The recruitment for salaried judges of the First-tier Tribunal (FtT) closed for applications in November 2024. The recruitment for fee-paid judges of the First-tier Tribunal closed for applications in June 2024. Both exercises included recruitment for jud...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAll-party Parliamentary Group for Energy StudiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer on 27 October 2025 to Question 84141 on All-party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies, how many invitations he received for speaking events in (a) August, (b) Septem
Answer: As I notified the hon. Member in my Answer on 27 October 2025 to Question 84141, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero receives a high volume of invitations to events and is not able to accommodate all requests.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation and Repatriation: PaymentsHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what value of facilitation payments were made to people subject to (i) deportation and (ii) removal in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested regarding the specific value of payments made under the Voluntary Returns Service (VRS) and Facilitated Return Scheme (FRS) are not separately available from published statistics. The Home Office publishes all available informati...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrataion: AppealsHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve decision-making by her Department in the context of the number of successful appeals under the Human Rights Act 1998 upheld by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on initial decisions and outcomes on asylum claims, is published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum claim and initial decisions detailed datasets’. The lat...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts hear First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) appeals; and how many are fully funded to operate throughout the year.
Answer: The First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (FtTIAC) has 83 tribunal hearing rooms across the United Kingdom and has access to shared court rooms in other jurisdictions. Utilisation of this space is dependent on a number of factors including th...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: DorsetHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an inquiry into the reasons why Dorset Police discontinued their investigation into the fraudulent activities identified in Operation Ringwood.
Answer: The Home Office is aware of the Operation Ringwood investigation and strongly sympathises with the distressing experience that victims have faced.The Home Secretary is unable to intervene in any operational decisions made by law enforcement regarding repo...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
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