John Hayes MP: written questions
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Redundancy PayDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Redundancy PayDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Redundancy PayMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: Over the three years fewer than five payments have been issued and the total amount spent is under £40,000.Given the minimal number of payments made in the timeframe, we have provided a consolidated rather than annual response to avoid employees becoming ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Redundancy PayHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish details of spending on special severance payments separately.The Home Office does publish overall special payments spending and details of this for the previous three financial years can be found through the links below.Pa...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Redundancy PayDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Redundancy PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available for the last three years.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy PayForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The number and cost of special severance payments made by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in each financial year are routinely published in the department's annual report and accounts. The most recently published annual report and account...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Redundancy PayTreasuryTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120756More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: As per HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA), the department spent £41,770 on special severance payments in 2023/24 and £206,772 in 2024/25. The figures for 2025/26 are not yet finalised and will be published in the next ARA.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Redundancy PayCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120755More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on special severance payments in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total value of severance payments is set out in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which are available online for the last three years.
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFuel Oil: LincolnshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) households and (a) businesses reliant on heating oil in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government understands that many households, particularly in rural and off‑gas‑grid areas, rely on heating oil as their primary source of heat. Unlike gas and electricity, heating oil is bought on the spot market, making it more exposed to short-term ...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect seabirds from offshore energy infrastructure.
Answer: Offshore wind developers must show how they will avoid and mitigate impacts on protected seabirds, and provide compensatory measures where impacts remain. Within this context, the government is delivering the Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Packag...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in South Holland and the Deepings constituency are in receipt of Pension Credit.
Answer: The latest Pension Credit caseload statistics show that as of August 2025, there were 1,698 female recipients of Pension Credit in South Holland and the Deepings. This data is available via: DWP Stat-Xplore.
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: East MidlandsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to promote the manufacturing sector in (1) Lincolnshire and (2) the East Midlands.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting manufacturing in Lincolnshire and the wider East Midlands. We are backing the sector through targeted investment, skills programmes and support for innovation. The East Midlands Freeport – England’s only inland fr...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHares: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect hare populations in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Defra has supported Lincolnshire in preparing its Local Nature Recovery Strategy, which is expected to be published shortly. This strategy will set nature recovery priorities and map specific proposals for habitat creation and improvement that will suppor...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not recruit candidates on the basis of protected characteristics. All appointments are made on merit, in line with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles. Compliance with these principles is overseen by the inde...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: RecruitmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. C...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of serving police officers by nationality for each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on the nationality of police officers.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 17 have applied to join the police in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect information on the number of individuals aged 17 years old who have applied to join the police service.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities Grants: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households in Lincolnshire were successful in applications from the Disabled Facilities Grant in each of the last three years.
Answer: The total Disabled Facilities Grant allocation to Local Housing Authorities in Lincolnshire for the last three years is shown below. Disabled Facilities Grant Allocation 2023-20242024-20252025-2026Lincolnshire£7,585,253£8,656,686£9,265,453 This informat...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWheelchairsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients released from hospital who need a wheelchair get one as soon as possible.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. This includes both temporary wheelchair provision to support hospital discharge and National Health Service wheelchair services which support p...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of specialist Parkinson's nurses working in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Department does not hold centrally a constituency‑level breakdown of specialist Parkinson’s nurse numbers. Specialist Parkinson’s nursing provision across Lincolnshire is delivered through locally commissioned neurology and community services, with in...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordResearch: LincolnshireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much Innovate UK funding has been awarded to organisations based in Lincolnshire in each of the last three financial years.
Answer: Innovate UK’s grant funding database shows that during the most recent three full financial years, Innovate UK offered £26.8 million in grant awards to organisations registered in Lincolnshire. This is broken down by financial year as follows:Financial ye...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: CrimeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has held discussions with the Home Office on the increased use of Virtual Private Networks by criminals following the introduction of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: Making the UK a safer place to be online is a priority for the Government, and the Online Safety Act is central to this. Officials from DSIT and the Home Office meet regularly to discuss the implementation of the Act and wider online safety issues.While t...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLibraries: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have (1) closed and (2) opened in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.
Answer: As the libraries development agency for England, Arts Council England collects and publishes data on library closures and openings in its annual English Public Libraries Location Dataset. The dataset can be found at the following link: https://www.artscou...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
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