John Hayes MP: written questions
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Pre-school Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103193More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to remove business rates for early years providers.
Answer: Business rates are a broad-based tax on the value of non-domestic properties, including nurseries. To protect small businesses, the Government has frozen the small business multiplier for 2025-26. Taken together with Small Business Rates Relief, this inte...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent support the Government has provided for habitat creation initiatives in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Lincolnshire County Council is the responsible authority for the preparation of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The Strategy will agree priorities for nature recovery in the area and identify and map the best locations for habitat...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnpaid TaxesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102718More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies owing unpaid (a) VAT and (b) corporation tax have been dissolved since July 2024.
Answer: Our debt management workforce is deployed flexibly across all taxes to ensure efficient collection of debts owed and are not allocated to specific taxes. It is therefore not possible to provide a separate figure for staff working solely on VAT or corporat...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnpaid TaxesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102717More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total cost to the public purse of money owed to HMRC in the form of unpaid (a) VAT and (b) corporation tax accrued since July 2024.
Answer: Our debt management workforce is deployed flexibly across all taxes to ensure efficient collection of debts owed and are not allocated to specific taxes. It is therefore not possible to provide a separate figure for staff working solely on VAT or corporat...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUnpaid TaxesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102716More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent HMRC staff are working on unpaid (a) VAT and (b) corporation tax recovery.
Answer: Our debt management workforce is deployed flexibly across all taxes to ensure efficient collection of debts owed and are not allocated to specific taxes. It is therefore not possible to provide a separate figure for staff working solely on VAT or corporat...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department are tasked with tackling the use of fake license plates.
Answer: It is not possible to provide the full-time equivalent number of staff who deal with number plate issues. The staff involved do not exclusively work on number plate related issues and also investigate other types of cases. While on road enforcement of num...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fake license plates were recorded in each of the last five years.
Answer: It is not possible to provide the full-time equivalent number of staff who deal with number plate issues. The staff involved do not exclusively work on number plate related issues and also investigate other types of cases. While on road enforcement of num...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support heritage assets in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: This Government takes our responsibility to the built historic environment seriously. For this year alone, my Department has committed nearly £60 million of funding for heritage, including £15m for Heritage at Risk.Funding is administered by the Departmen...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCleft Palate: Dental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people with cleft receive appropriate dental care.
Answer: We recognise that certain groups of patients may be more vulnerable to oral health problems, including patients with clefts.NHS England commissions services for children, young people and adults with a cleft lip and/or palate. The patient pathway can star...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to regularly monitor and report on dental access for cleft and other priority groups.
Answer: We recognise that certain groups of patients may be more vulnerable to oral health problems, including patients with clefts.NHS England commissions services for children, young people and adults with a cleft lip and/or palate. The patient pathway can star...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrading Standards: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many trading standards inspections of high street shops took place in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each of the last three years.
Answer: The department does not hold this information.Local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales operate independently from central government. Local authorities are responsible for determining their enforcement activity across a wide range of enforceme...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Social MediaNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
Answer: Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Social MediaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
Answer: Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Civil ServantsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the fo...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Civil ServantsHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the fo...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Civil ServantsMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the accredited official statistics release Public Sector Employment, UK: September 2025. This can be access...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Civil ServantsScotland OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: The Scotland Office does not have any civil servants that are on temporary contracts, nor does it employ any consultants.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Civil ServantsWales OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: My Department does not employ any Civil Servants on temporary contracts and there are no consultants in my Department. Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts in my Department is published quarterly by the Office for Na...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Civil ServantsAttorney GeneralTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101328More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are (a) on temporary contracts and are (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of staff employed by the Law Officers’ Departments on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for ...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Social MediaAttorney GeneralTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101327More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
Answer: Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the impact of recent changes to the dental contract on patients’ access to routine dental care.
Answer: The reforms will prioritise those with the greatest need, shifting care away from clinically unnecessary check-ups. An impact assessment will be published on the reforms from April 2026.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance on rec...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Civil ServantsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the fo...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Civil ServantsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the fo...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Social MediaTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100833More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the past three years.
Answer: Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who are employed to produce social media content from staff who are employed to work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to report exact figures in response to this question.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social MediaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department have been employed for the purpose of making social media content in each of the last three years.
Answer: Due to the difficulty of disaggregating the number of staff who work on social media from staff who work on broader digital communications, it is not possible to provide the requested data in response to this question.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
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