Edward Argar MP: written questions 2024

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Written questions

Prisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of prisoners who will be released having served 40% of their sentences who will not have stable accommodation to be released to.
Answer: Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service, which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation.The Chief Probation Of...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
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Prisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of using accommodation contracted by the Home Office to provide housing for prisoners released wh
Answer: Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service, which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation.The Chief Probation Of...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
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Local Transport Fund: LeicestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Local Transport Fund allocations 2025 to 2032, published on 26 February 2024, what her Department's planned timetable is for making available the funding allocated to Leicestershire County
Answer: The previous government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper and these will be examined closely by the government in the coming months.
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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Winter Fuel Payment: MeltonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Melton Borough received winter fuel allowance payments in 2023.
Answer: Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. For Winter 2022 to 2023 11,729 people received a Winter Fuel Payment ...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
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Pension Credit: MeltonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Melton Borough claimed pension credit in 2023.
Answer: Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At November 2023, there were 770 people claiming Pension Credit in Melton Borough.
Answered 3 Sept 2024
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Roads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria National Highways use when determining which junctions qualify for funding for safety improvements.
Answer: Decisions on schemes are taken following the governance arrangements set out in National Highways’ Licence and Framework and within the level of funding agreed at the start of each Road Period. National Highways improves safety of the network through vari...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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A52: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) minor injuries have occurred at (i) Nottingham road, (ii) Belvoir road, (iii) Grantham road, (iv) Castle view road and (v)
Answer: The number of reported road collisions by collision severity and at the requested road junctions on the A52 between 2010 and 2022, for which is the latest reported year, can be found in the table below. Reported road collisions on the A52 by severity and ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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Prisons: RazorsMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 21 May 2024 entitled Prisons safety update: wet-shave razors, HCWS493, whether she plans to implement the phased removal of wet-shave razors from an initial
Answer: I can confirm that we are continuing the plans for a phased removal of wet-shave razors and that this will be implemented in up to 30 prisons in the adult male estate in 2024/25.
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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Roads: Safety MeasuresDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much contingency funding for urgent safety- critical projects National Highways has set aside in its 2024-2025 budget for in-year funding bids.
Answer: Funding for safety critical repairs is drawn from National Highways’ Maintenance and Renewals budget, the budget for 2024/25 is £230m for maintenance and £1.2bn for renewals.
Answered 2 Aug 2024
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