John Hayes MP: written questions
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Competition and Markets Authority: ApprenticesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if the Competitions and Markets Authority has offered apprenticeships since 2010.
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), formed in 2014, is committed to developing the next generation of competition and consumer protection professionals and recognises the importance of nurturing a diverse and skilled workforce. Through its appr...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many registered dentists were treating patients in (a) South Holland and (b) South Kesteven local authority areas in each year since 2015.
Answer: Data is not held on the number of registered dentists who have treated patients. We have provided data on the number of dentists who delivered National Health Service care in the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the ICB for the South Hol...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordJobseeker's Allowance: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of changes in the number of 18-24 year olds claiming jobseeker’s allowance in South Holland and the Deepings constituency; and what step
Answer: The latest published statistics can be obtained from Stat-Xplore - Log in Guidance on how to use it can be found here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/User-Guide.html DWP currently provides young people aged 16-24 with labour market supp...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support creative industries in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The creative industries sector is one of eight growth-driving sectors identified in the government’s Industrial Strategy. We will publish a Creative Industries Sector Plan to drive growth across the whole of the UK in the late spring.Businesses across Lin...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support emerging artists in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Secretary of State announced a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund on 20 February. This will include support to museums, arts and music venues across the country and is a critical step that this Government is taking to help create jobs, boost local ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Further Education: LincolnshireDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of key stage four students who completed their GCSEs went on to (a) start apprenticeships, (b) study A levels and (c) start vocational technical qualifications in (i) South Holland
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.The department does, however, measure the proportion of students in state-funded mainstream schools who go on to sustain a destination after completing their key stage 4 study. Data relating to South Holland...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the projected carbon emissions resulting from steel imports in the next three years.
Answer: The Department estimates future greenhouse gas emissions (including carbon dioxide) on a territorial basis, meaning emissions that occur within UK borders. This is the approach required by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UK’s Climate...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGCE A-level: LincolnshireDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of 18-year-olds have taken (a) three and (b) more than three A-levels in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire in each of the last five academic year
Answer: The requested data can be found in the attached table.Data is based on students attending schools and colleges located in each geography who have reached the end of 16 to 18 study.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had to wait longer than 10 days for a death certificate to be issued following the death of a family member since 2019.
Answer: The Office for National Statistics publishes weekly and annual data sets on death registration which includes the median time taken to register a death.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to reduce the time taken by doctors to issue medical certificates giving the cause of death following a death in hospital.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, through the Death Certification Strategic Board and a cross-government data strategy group. Since the introduction of the reforms...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on improving processing times for death certificates.
Answer: Home Office Ministers have not recently discussed processing times for death certificates with local authorities.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that brain injury survivors have access to community-based specialist neurorehabilitation services.
Answer: The Government wants a society where every person, including those with a long-term condition such as an acquired brain injury (ABI), receives high-quality, compassionate continuity of care.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currentl...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's brain injury strategy.
Answer: The Government wants a society where every person, including those with a long-term condition such as an acquired brain injury (ABI), receives high-quality, compassionate continuity of care.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currentl...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: PersonationDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to tackle people fraudulently impersonating someone else at the practical part of the driving test.
Answer: To ensure Great Britain’s roads remain among the safest in the world, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust measures in place to stop people using false identities when taking a driving test.At the start of the driving test, all drivin...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on delays in booking practical driving tests.
Answer: I regularly meet with officials from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to discuss various topics. I last met with DVSA’s Chief Executive Officer, Loveday Ryder, on 18 March 2025 to discuss car practical driving test waiting times and other to...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to sports facilities for disabled people in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to making sport in this country accessible and inclusive for everyone. The Government has announced a further £100 million in funding to deliver new and improved multi-sport grassroots facilities and pitches across the whole of...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fast charging points for electric vehicles are operational in South Holland and The Deepings constituency.
Answer: The below table shows public EV charging devices in South Holland and the Deepings constituency, as of 1 January 2025. Charging devices are categorised into the below speed bandings in the data held by the Department. Devices in higher power speed banding...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOrganised Crime: ConvictionsHome OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of taking control over the home of another person to use it for criminal activity in each of the last five years.
Answer: The taking control over the home of another person to use it for criminal activity, often referred to as ‘cuckooing’, is not currently a standalone criminal offence and therefore there is no data on the number of convictions. However, the Government recog...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencing CouncilMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will conduct a review into the effectiveness of the Sentencing Council.
Answer: The proper role of the Sentencing Council, and the process for making guidelines, must be considered further and in greater depth. The Lord Chancellor has committed to reviewing the role and powers of the Council over the coming months.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking following hospital discharge to ensure the adequate provision of rehabilitation for patients with head injuries.
Answer: The Government wants a society where every person, including those with a long-term condition such as an acquired brain injury (ABI), receives high-quality, compassionate continuity of care.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is currentl...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAWE: DatabasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the criteria used by the Atomic Weapons Establishment to decide which documents are published from the Merlin database has changed.
Answer: The criteria to enable release of records held in the Merlin database has not changed. It remains this Government’s intention to release the records with the Atomic Weapons Establishment reviewing them in line with national security obligations, and the 2...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has held discussions with representatives of Heathrow Airport on energy infrastructure for the airport in the last three years.
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on allegations of medical monitoring of nuclear test veterans since 2022.
Answer: The Government is deeply grateful to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their Service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security.I am fully committed to meeting Nuclear Test Veterans, organisati...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for updating Parliament on plans to mediate a solution with nuclear test veterans on their missing medical records.
Answer: The Government is deeply grateful to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their Service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security.I am fully committed to meeting Nuclear Test Veterans, organisati...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the findings of the internal review of records relating to nuclear test veterans; and if he will make a statement.
Answer: The Government is deeply grateful to all those who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise their Service and the huge contribution they have made to the UK’s security.I am fully committed to meeting Nuclear Test Veterans, organisati...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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