John Hayes MP: written questions
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Written questions
Department for Work and Pensions: FoodDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support recycling (a) efforts and (b) infrastructure in Lincolnshire.
Answer: We are improving recycling services across England through our upcoming Simpler Recycling reforms, which will ensure that across England, people will be able to recycle the same materials, whether at home, work or school. From 1 January 2025 the cost of m...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support all-weather sports facilities in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from high-quality, inclusive sports facilities. The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots sport through our Arm’s Length Body,...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: FujitsuCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35637More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Fujitsu has been awarded any Government contracts since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of all contracts valued above £12,000 and awarded by central government under the Public Contracts Regulation 2015 are published on Contracts Finder. The Procurement Act 2023 requires contracting authorities to publish more information on tenders ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35636More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 32918 on Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax, how much revenue the Treasury has modelled a clawback mechanism for agricultural property relief and business pr
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility has not certified costings for the revenue that would be raised by a clawback mechanism since it is not Government policy. However, a clawback mechanism would raise significantly less than the reforms announced by the ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: FoodHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Rt Honourable member to the answer he was given on 10 March 2025 to Question UIN 34773.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from.Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is ...
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: FoodDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from.Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to cut ophthalmology waiting lists in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) England.
Answer: Too many people are waiting too long for National Health Service treatment, with their personal and professional lives being put on hold. The current national waiting list for ophthalmology stands at 589,508, with 66.8% of those having waited 18 weeks or ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: Older PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking tackle digital exclusion among older people in rural areas.
Answer: Tackling digital exclusion is a Government priority. We published the Digital Inclusion Action Plan in February 2025, identifying five target groups to benefit most from digital inclusion initiatives, including older people. The Action Plan outlines five ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: FoodDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from.Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: FoodDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: FoodMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: As tenants in our offices, the management and procurement of food supplies is overseen by the Government Property Agency or the Landlord.To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. This Government is re...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: FoodForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: FoodTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35218More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of food procured by her Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. For the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is meeting, where it is...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: FoodDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: The department does not procure any food directly. All accommodation, property, and facilities management services - including catering outlets - are provided to, and managed on behalf of, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) by the Government Prop...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: LincolnshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are living in poverty in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are not available at a constituency or county level. Statistics on the number of pensioners living in relative and absolute poverty are published annually in the Households Bel...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: Heat PumpsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34775More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential impact of the installation of heat pumps on the parliamentary estate on (a) noise and (b) electric
Answer: The number of heat pumps installed on the Parliamentary estate over the past three years is as follows:2022: 10 heat pumps2023: 41 heat pumps2024: 18 heat pumpsMost of these heat pumps have been configured to provide cooling for comms rooms. A comms room ...
Answered 8 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve road safety in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the 2025-2026 financial year.
Answer: The Government allocates Integrated Transport Block (ITB) funding to local authorities such as Lincolnshire County Council, which is used for a variety of local transport initiatives such as road safety improvements. ITB allocations for 2025/26 for Lincol...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: FoodCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34773More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: To date the Government has not held information on where publicly procured food is sourced from. Starting right away, for the first time ever, this government will review the food currently bought in the public sector to determine the standards that it is...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: FoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of food procured by his Department is sourced in the UK.
Answer: Defra does not hold information on where food procured by the department is sourced from. However, for the first time ever, as announced in January and starting right away, the Government will review food currently bought in the public sector and where it...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: South Holland and the DeepingsCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34771More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the UK Statistics Authority has made of the number of small businesses in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 3rd March is attached.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPost Offices: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued availability of in-person post office services in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government protects the sustainability of the branch network in South Holland and the Deepings and Lincolnshire, by providing funding on the basis that Post Office meets minimum access criteria to ensure that, across the country, 99% of the population...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: InternetMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted with communications offences under the Online Safety Act 2023 by offence.
Answer: The Online Safety Act introduced a number of communication offences, which were commenced in January 2024. These offences were introduced to criminalise cyberflashing, fake news intended to cause non-trivial harm and other online abuse.The Ministry of Jus...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: Heat PumpsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34768More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many heat pumps have been installed on the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.
Answer: The number of heat pumps installed on the Parliamentary estate over the past three years is as follows:2022: 10 heat pumps2023: 41 heat pumps2024: 18 heat pumpsMost of these heat pumps have been configured to provide cooling for comms rooms. A comms room ...
Answered 8 Mar 2025
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