Damian Hinds MP: written questions
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Hospital BedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department issues guidance on a target ratio of step-down beds to acute beds in an acute hospital’s catchment area.
Answer: Neither the Department nor NHS England have issued specific guidance on a national fixed target ratio for step-down beds to acute beds. The number of step-down beds should be determined by local population needs and patient flow assessments.Since 2024, NH...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65241 on Prisoners on Remand, what data her Department holds on trends in the average length of time spent on remand in that period.
Answer: Information relating to the time spent on custodial remand is not centrally held by the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the data to answer this question would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65243 on Prisoners' Release, what data her Department holds on trends over time in the average length of time spent on recall for (a) determinate sentenced priso
Answer: The requested information for the average length of time spent on recall for indeterminate prisoners can be found in Table 5_Q_11 of the Department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6809...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGCSE: Digital TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with (a) OfQual (b) examination boards on the potential impact of moving most GCSEs for most pupils to a digital format.
Answer: The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18. The Review is evaluating the existing national curriculum and assessment system in England, to ensure they are fit for purpose. The Review panel publish...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGCSE: Digital TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential advantages and disadvantages of moving most GCSEs for most pupils to a digital format.
Answer: The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18. The Review is evaluating the existing national curriculum and assessment system in England, to ensure they are fit for purpose. The Review panel publish...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: RepatriationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled UK and Albania agree groundbreaking new arrangement on prisoner transfers, published on 24 May 2023, how many prisoners have been transferred under the agreement with
Answer: Between 17 July and 31 December 2024 (the latest period for which validated figures are available), four Albanian national offenders were transferred to Albania under the bi-lateral Prison Transfer Agreement. Prisoner transfer is just one scheme where for...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21573 on Mental Health: Children and Young People, whether he plans to publish further updates to those statistics.
Answer: Although no decisions have yet been made to commission further waves, the Department recognises the importance of the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England Report. We will publish plans in due course.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the key subjects into which her Department is recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers.
Answer: There are 2,346 more full-time equivalent teachers in secondary and special schools in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24 and there are 12% more trainees who have accepted offers to train as secondary teachers, and in science, technology, engineering and mathema...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects.
Answer: There are 2,346 more full-time equivalent teachers in secondary and special schools in 2024/25 compared to 2023/24 and there are 12% more trainees who have accepted offers to train as secondary teachers, and in science, technology, engineering and mathema...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: CurfewsMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners eligible for release from prison on home detention curfew were released on home detention curfew (a) in the first month of eligibility and (b) at any time in each of the last three ye
Answer: The number of those released on home detention curfew (HDC) within 30 days of their HDC Eligibility Date in the latest published data period (between 01 October and 31 December 2024) in England and Wales was 2,827.The number of those released on HDC each ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParoleMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of lead times for Parole Board hearings in each year from the earliest year for which data are available to the latest year for which data are available.
Answer: The Parole Board has worked hard to reduce its growing caseload and manage the time it takes from referral to completion of prisoner reviews at both paper and oral hearings.Timeliness of Parole Board hearings is not routinely published, however, in its an...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the addition of modular precast concrete blocks in Category C prisons.
Answer: In December, we published the 10-year capacity strategy outlining our commitment to build 14,000 prison places. We have already delivered c.2,500 places in the prison estate since coming into office, including a new c.1,500 place Category C prison HMP Mil...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, what (a) driving factors and (b) assumptions she uses to model projections for the number o
Answer: DWP produces forecasts of benefit payments based on DWP assumptions agreed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), alongside economic determinants, judgments and assumptions provided by the OBR. The number of PIP claimants is forecast by considerin...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7July to Question 63294 on Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit, whether projections of the number of claims for (a) PIP and (b) health components of Universal Cr
Answer: DWP produces forecasts of benefit payments based on DWP assumptions agreed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), alongside economic determinants, judgments and assumptions provided by the OBR. The number of PIP claimants is forecast by considerin...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was that prisoners released from recall spent on recall in each year for which data are available.
Answer: The requested information for indeterminate prisoners re-released following recall can be found in Table 5_Q_11 of the Department’s Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication: licence-recalls-Oct-to-Dec-2024.ods.The corresponding information for...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of people in prison on custodial sentences was in each of the last 20 years.
Answer: Information on the number of people in prison on custodial sentences is published as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly.Data from 2002-2015 can be found in Table 1.Leg.1 at the following link: Prison-population-2002-to-2015.ods.Data from...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was that remand prisoners spent on remand in each of the last 20 years.
Answer: Information relating to the time spent on custodial remand is not centrally held by the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the data to answer this question would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would incur a disproportionate cost to the ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) assumptions and (b) formulae she uses to model prison place need.
Answer: On 11 December 2024, we published the first annual statement on prison capacity, fulfilling our commitment to increased transparency, holding this government and future governments to account.The demand projections used in the annual statement are based o...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: DefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of retirement (a) villages and (b) homes without automated external defibrillators.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in September 2023, th...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: DefibrillatorsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate the installation of automated external defibrillators in retirement (a) villages and (b) homes.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces and reducing inequalities in access to these life saving devices. Following the depletion of the existing AED fund, launched in September 2023, th...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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