John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent civil servants are working on policy related to nuclear test veterans.
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. Many officials from across the Ministry of Defence are working o...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the disability employment gap in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The disability employment gap is monitored and published in the official statistics release The employment of disabled people 2024 - GOV.UK in data tables LMS008, LMS009 and LMS010. This includes statistics on the local authority areas Lincolnshire. The d...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal on the agricultural sector.
Answer: As part of the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal, we have agreed new reciprocal market access on beef. For the first time ever, British farmers can sell their high-quality British beef to a market of over 300 million people, helping farmers grow their busine...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPornography: Age AssuranceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department has conducted an analysis of how many websites showing pornographic content have complied with the age verification requirement as set out in the Online Safety Act 202
Answer: Ofcom, the designated Online Safety Regulator under the Online Safety Act 2023, has stated that 6,000 sites allowing pornography and other adult content will start using "highly effective" tools to verify or estimate whether users were over or u...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney and Pensions Service: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Money and Pensions Service has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) has contributed the following for homeworking equipment in each of the last three years: £59,658 in 2022/23, £103,604 in 2023/24, and £61,087 in 2024/25.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Savings and Investments: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70289More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much National Savings and Investments has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is an office-based organisation with a UK presence across London, Lytham, Glasgow and Durham.The table below shows NS&I’s spending on home working equipment for each of the three previous financial years. NS...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve infant feeding support in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever and giving every child the best start in life. Infant feeding is critical to a baby’s healthy growth and development.Through the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, we...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Age AssuranceHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to put in place a range of measures to verify the age of people arriving in the UK seeking asylum.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the written ministerial statement I gave to the House on Tuesday 22 July.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIdentity CardsHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the use of national ID cards as a means of identifying (a) illegal immigrants, (b) fugitives and (c) agents of a foreign power.
Answer: The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place an interim report in the House of Commons Library on the findings from the review of (a) blood and (b) urine tests taken from those servicemen who witnessed the tests in the 1950s of Britain's fi
Answer: This Government is resetting the relationship with nuclear test veterans and those that support them, and we remain committed to listening to their concerns and working collaboratively to address them.As of 30 June 2025, officials have reviewed over 43,00...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWilliam Shakespeare: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of teaching of the works of William Shakespeare in secondary schools in England.
Answer: The national curriculum for English aims to ensure an appreciate of our rich and varied literary heritage. It encourages pupils to read a range of books, poems, and plays to foster the development of a lifelong love of literature.Maintained schools must f...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLiterature: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of teaching of the canon of English literature in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
Answer: The national curriculum for English aims to ensure an appreciate of our rich and varied literary heritage. It encourages pupils to read a range of books, poems, and plays to foster the development of a lifelong love of literature.Maintained schools must f...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPassports: FraudHome OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) prosecuted for making fake passports in each of the past three years.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held by the Home Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: BoatsAttorney GeneralTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69738More
Question: To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with human trafficking offences in relation to small boat crossings in each of the last three years.
Answer: Human trafficking flagged prosecutions data, which includes offences committed under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and comparable offences committed prior to 2015, is published each quarter. The latest information was published on 17 July and can be found h...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHedgehogs: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support hedgehog conservation initiatives in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Greater Lincolnshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) demonstrates strong local commitment to hedgehog conservation. Following online public consultation, where hedgehogs emerged as one of the most frequently mentioned priority species, the draft...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Counterfeit ManufacturingTreasuryTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69224More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take (a) fiscal and (b) legislative steps to help prevent repeat offenders in the illicit tobacco market operating through high street retailers.
Answer: HMRC has a robust strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco trade. In July 2023, HMRC introduced a strengthened sanctions regime for breaches of the UK Tobacco Track and Trace System to combat illicit tobacco sales, particularly targeting repeat offenders op...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68346More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of tobacco excise duty policy on the size of the illicit tobacco market.
Answer: Tobacco duty aims to both raise revenue and reduce harm to public health by discouraging smoking. In 2024/25 tobacco duty raised almost £8 billion. High duty rates, making tobacco less affordable, have helped reduce smoking prevalence with the percentage ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require local referenda for local government reorganisation proposals in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Local government reorganisation will deliver better outcomes for residents and save significant money which can be reinvested in public services. Simpler structures with fewer politicians can improve democratic accountability as residents know who to look...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Protection Fund: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Pension Protection Fund has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Over the period from 22/23 to 24/25, PPF spend on equipment to enable staff to work from home has been minimal (less than £1.5k over the period).
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property Office: Remote WorkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much the Intellectual Property Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Intellectual Property Office does not hold a complete central record of all spending on equipment to support home working as provision can be made utilising office surplus or stock equipment. Information is only centrally recorded where the individual...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCentre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Exact costs are not available for the amount the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science’s spent on dedicated home office equipment although they are low for this three-year period.
Answered 28 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: DisinformationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking with social media firms to help tackle algorithmically accelerated misinformation.
Answer: The Online Safety Act (OSA) requires social media companies to tackle online misinformation and disinformation that is (a) illegal or (b) harmful to children.These companies are required to carry out risk assessments that specifically consider how algorit...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Debt Management Office: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67809More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK Debt Management Office has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Debt Management Office (DMO) is an office-based organisation with a solely UK presence. In line with Cabinet Office policy, the DMO expects a 60% minimum office attendance for most staff which continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeaching Regulation Agency: Remote WorkingDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Teaching Regulation Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) adheres to the departmental policy of providing workplace adjustments where appropriate. The cost of providing equipment for use at home to facilitate workplace adjustments for TRA staff is shown below:Financial YearCo...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Health Security Agency: Remote WorkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the United Kingdom Health Security Agency has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency has spent the following amounts on equipment for its staff to work from home in each financial year:£111,213 in 2024/25;£138,665 in 2023/24; and£147,063 in 2022/23.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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