John Hayes MP: written questions
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Industrial Strategy CouncilDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Industrial Strategy Council has met.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy Advisory Council was launched on 17 December 2024 with their first official meeting. They met in person for a second time on 13 February. In addition the Council has held virtual check in meetings and a number of workstream meeting...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSkills EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for establishing Skills England on a statutory basis.
Answer: Skills England is already operational in shadow form and the government intends for it to be established as an executive agency soon. This model of arm’s length body provides a strong fit for Skills England as it can be operationalised quickly and provide...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSausages: Origin MarkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting protected geographical status for Lincolnshire sausages.
Answer: This would require an application and would be subject to the normal process.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordClandestine Entrant Civil Penalty SchemeHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised by fines from the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme in the last ten years.
Answer: The table below shows the number of CECP penalties issued each year for the last 10 years, with the value of how much has been paid against those penalties.Years.32Value of penalties paids.31AValue of penalties paid20152611£2,769,153.5800.0020163029£3,326...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordClandestine Entrant Civil Penalty SchemeHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were fined under the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The table below shows the number of CECP penalties issued each year for the last 10 years, with the value of how much has been paid against those penalties.Years.32Value of penalties paids.31AValue of penalties paid20152611£2,769,153.5800.0020163029£3,326...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38538More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has banned the use of DeepSeek.
Answer: The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff. We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies. The AI ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptoassets: Proceeds of CrimeHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cryptoassets were seized from criminals in the last year.
Answer: The Government does not currently publish the amount of cryptocurrency restrained/recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.The Home office is reviewing plans to publish new statistics on Crypto assets as part of future bulletins on asset recovery in...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artificial IntelligenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has banned the use of DeepSeek.
Answer: The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff. We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies. The AI ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: FraudTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38535More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of money lost by people in the UK to cryptocurrency fraud since 2019.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority’s most recent consumer research publication provides indications of the levels of cryptoasset related fraud in the UK. This research is available online at: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/research-notes/cryptoasset-cons...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptocurrencies: FraudTreasuryTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38534More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to tackle cryptocurrency fraud.
Answer: Fraud is the most common crime in the UK and the Government takes this issue very seriously. That is why we are committed to updating and expanding the UK fraud strategy to tackle the full range of threats. We are working with law enforcement and industry...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to require drivers to stop and report accidents involving cats.
Answer: There are no plans to amend section 170 of the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for drivers to report road collisions involving cats. Although there is no obligation to report all collisions with animals on roads, Rule 286 of The Highway Code advises...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of DeepSeek by her Department.
Answer: The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff.We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies.The UK Go...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordADHD: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve care pathways for young people with ADHD in Lincolnshire.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care boards (ICBs) in England to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) services, in line with ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has banned the use of DeepSeek.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence takes security very seriously in order to protect its personnel, information, and systems. We do not comment on specific details.The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, w...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Artificial IntelligenceCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38348More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has banned the use of DeepSeek.
Answer: The Government has a robust set of security policies in place to oversee how information is handled, within our buildings, on our IT, and by our staff.We keep these policies under constant review to ensure they are applicable to new technologies.The Gover...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of abolishing NHS England on savings to the public purse.
Answer: The abolition of NHS England is expected to bring savings that would amount to hundreds of millions of pounds a year. While there will be some upfront costs, we are confident that the reform to wipe out duplication and drive a smaller centre, based in a s...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of school uniform costs on families in Lincolnshire.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings to the answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38113.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect Christians from persecution in (a) Rwanda and (b) the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Answer: Protection of civilians, promotion of respect between different religious and non-religious groups, and human rights are priorities for the UK. The UK continues to work through UN bodies and other multilateral fora to promote and protect these rights. Rec...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise Investment Scheme: LincolnshireTreasuryTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38344More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Enterprise Investment Scheme funding was provided to companies in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.
Answer: % of EIS Investment2017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/230.1%0.2%0.2%0.2%0.1%0.2% It is not possible to provide this information for the last 10 years as administrative data is not available.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise Investment Scheme: South Holland and the DeepingsTreasuryTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38343More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency applied to use the Enterprise Investment Scheme in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The information cannot be provided as it could lead to a breach of taxpayer’s confidentiality.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers no longer able to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: This Government is proud to have secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Following the announcement that Defra has closed SFI for the submi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHistoric Buildings: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support (a) heritage restoration and (b) sustainable retrofitting for the stock of historic buildings.
Answer: DCMS and its arms-length bodies offer a range of grants and support to restore heritage assets.The Secretary of State announced in February £15 million of additional funding for Heritage at Risk, building on Historic England's existing Repair Grants for H...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking embodied carbon into account when considering proposals to restore or replace older buildings.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 28035 on 18 February 2025.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPayment Systems RegulatorTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37530More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse for abolishing the Payment Systems Regulator.
Answer: The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has carried out important work to support the UK’s world leading payments sector. However, moving forward, the Government wishes to see a more streamlined regulatory environment with minimal overlap between regulators’ ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFair Work AgencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse for establishing the Fair Work Agency.
Answer: The Employment Rights Bill is the first phase of delivering our plan to Make Work Pay, supporting employers, workers, and unions to get Britain moving forward.Establishing the Fair Work Agency will create a strong, recognisable single brand so individuals...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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