John Hayes MP: written questions 2024
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Pilgrim Hospital: Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
Answer: The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, which includes that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or dis...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.
Answer: Local authorities receive their core funding for schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the depar...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: LincolnshireDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Lincolnshire County Council and (b) South Holland and The Deepings constituency on 6 September 2024.
Answer: The department does not hold data on places vacant on 6 September 2024. Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.go...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: InternetHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle online grooming of children.
Answer: We are committed to working across government to take robust action to better safeguard children from all forms of child sexual abuse, including online grooming, and to ensure victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support while perpetrators f...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMigraines: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to (a) specialist care and (b) NICE-approved treatments for patients with migraine.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for allocating funding to the integrated care boards (ICBs), which are in turn responsible for commissioning specialist migraine services that meet the needs of their populations, subject to local prioritisation and funding.The ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department informs victims when perpetrators of crimes against them are due to be released under her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in pris
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that vict...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had recent discussions with the Victims' Commissioner on the potential impact on victims of her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in priso
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that vict...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordInternet: LincolnshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have internet access in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, over 93% of premises in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency have access to superfast broadband speeds (>=30 Mbps) and 69% can access a gigabit-capable (>1000 Mbps) connection. In L...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of teachers in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in each school, is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a hardship fund for women affected by the change to the State Pension age.
Answer: The Government believes the best way to support people, including women who have been affected by the change to the State Pension Age is to help them to retrain, return to or progress in work. That is why the Government is reforming employment support to ...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGreen Belt: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect the greenbelt in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: There is no Green Belt in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency, and none has been designated by any of Lincolnshire’s seven district or borough council areas.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDevolution: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for district councils in the Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that every part of England can rapidly benefit from devolution, moving power out of Westminster back to those who know their areas best, and this will be underpinned further by the landmark English Devolution Bill.E...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Domestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of domestic abuse and (b) will be released early from prison as part of the SDS40 scheme.
Answer: There is no single offence for domestic abuse defined in legislation as many other criminal offences can include domestic abuse.The SDS40 change has exclusions for specific offences linked to domestic abuse including stalking, coercive or controlling beha...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing five year block awards to councils for pothole management.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing all parts of the local highway network.The Department recognises the benefits of providing all local highway authorities with long-term funding ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordICT: InnovationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost-benefit return of the projected Edinburgh supercomputer.
Answer: The exascale project was announced at the March Budget 2023, but no new funding was allocated for it. Future investment decisions will be informed by a long term plan and subject to business case approvals. We will provide further updates in due course.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCash Dispensing: LincolnshireTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4590More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups, and is committed to protecting access to cash for individuals and businesses. The operator of the UK’s largest A...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTony Blair Institute for Global ChangeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. The most recent publication of transparency data took place on 29th August 2024.Ministers confirmed a nil return to meetings with repr...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Crime AgencyHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have (a) been recruited by and (b) left the National Crime Agency since January 2023.
Answer: The NCA recruits officers using the Civil Service Recruitment Principles of fair and open competition and appointment by merit. For campaigns run on this basis, it does not centrally record candidates’ originator organisations. I am therefore unable to pr...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4587More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether minutes from mission delivery boards will be made publicly available.
Answer: It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - is not normally shared publicly.
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales to prisons overseas.
Answer: We have prisoner transfer agreements with over 100 countries which enable us to send foreign national offenders to serve the remainder of their prison sentence in their home country. We are reviewing the opportunities to strengthen or expand these arrange...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 9 September 2024, there were 556,774 car practical driving tests booked, and 91,059 driving ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMotorwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to end the use of smart motorways.
Answer: The safety of everyone travelling on our roads is the Government’s priority, which is why we are committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. We will not roll out new smart motorways and will set out next steps in due co...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an estimate of the potential impact of changes to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payment on mortality rates in winter 2024-25.
Answer: The Government is committed to a preventative approach to public health. Keeping people warm and well at home and improving the quality of new and existing homes will play an essential part in enabling people to live longer, healthier lives and reducing p...
Answered 16 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Trade UnionsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4340More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral contribution of 25 July 2024 in response to the question from the hon. Member for Islington North, if he will publish a summary of his meeting with civil service unions.
Answer: Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. The most recent publication of transparency data took place on 29th August 2024.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what trade deals his Department is (a) negotiating and (b) not currently negotiating.
Answer: We are resuming delivery of the UK’s programme negotiating new and updated FTAs, starting with the Gulf Co-operation Council, India, Israel, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey. This is the extent of the current bilateral FTA programme. The Secreta...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
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