John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates she has raised small boat crossings with the European Commission since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Home Office ministers and officials speak with overseas counterparts on a regular basis on a wide range of issues, including representatives of the European Commission.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to promote timebanking in job centres.
Answer: Our Get Britain Working plan aims to reduce economic inactivity levels and take the first steps to delivering our long-term ambition to achieve an 80% employment rate. We want to ensure that everyone has the opportunities they need to achieve and thrive, ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary WorkDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to promote timebanking to support social inclusion.
Answer: Although government does not currently promote a specific form of social action such as timebanking, we are strongly committed to supporting social action in all its forms and recognise its role in supporting social inclusion in local communities. Timeban...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Remote WorkingAttorney GeneralTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63982More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much her Department has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office operates 60% minimum office attendance for most staff and hybrid working. To support staff working at home the department offers a contribution to equipment. The cost to the department in each of the last three years is £284....
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Remote WorkingWales OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: This information is not centrally held. The Office has a hybrid working policy and all staff are issued with a laptop and mobile phone to allow remote working where necessary. Staff are expected to spend at least 60 per cent of their time in the office or...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Remote WorkingNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office has spent the following on the provision of equipment for use at home in order to facilitate workplace adjustments:YearExpenditure2022£2,103.232023£27.982024£22.09 The Northern Ireland Office has adopted the Civil Service Smart...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Remote WorkingScotland OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly. However, contractual homeworking is a type of flexible working arrangement where an employee and the department agree to change the employee’s designated place of work to their home address. The Civil Se...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on equipment to enable staff to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The cost to provide Digital equipment to enable staff to work effectively from home for the 3 years 07/07/2022 to 06/07/2025 is £272,301.85.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 June 2025 on Nuclear Test Veteran records exercise and the Merlin database, HCWS748, which office the staff that are reviewing (a) the Merlin Database and (b) other a
Answer: Teams from across the Ministry of Defence are involved in the Nuclear Test Veterans records exercise, and have reviewed so far over 43,000 files. The files in scope of the records exercise are primarily being reviewed by each of the Single Service Histori...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of settlements that do not have a daily bus service in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not readily hold this information, however local bus timetable data is available to download from the Bus Open Data Service: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/find-and-use-bus-open-data.The government believes that local transp...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPylons: LincolnshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pylons in the Grimsby to Walpole project on the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Answer: The Government does not make assessments of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) unless they are submitted to the relevant Secretary of State for a final decision. Currently this project is at the pre-application stage. As for all NSIPs t...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63521More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much 10 Downing Street spent on equipment for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: This information is not centrally held. All staff are issued with a laptop and mobile to allow remote working where necessary. Heads of departments have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working f...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Remote WorkingMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Obtaining this data would require manually reviewing and reclassifying purchases made across multiple systems and procurement channels. Given the broad range of equipment types and purposes — particularly across a large and complex estate such as the Mini...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Remote WorkingTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63519More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: HMT only has the ability to track and report the following totals for each of the last 3 financial years on WFH IT kits (screens, headsets, keyboard and mouse); (i) 2024/25 - £ 218,486(ii) 2023/24 - £ 87,024(iii) 2022/23 - £ 36,222 The 24/25 WFH kits show...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Remote WorkingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not hold this information centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Remote WorkingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department has spent the following amounts on equipment for its staff to work from home in each financial year:£79,625 in 2022/23;£118,757 in 2023/24; and£130,745 in 2024/25.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote WorkingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: As was the case under the last government, the intended use of equipment purchased by civil servants is not recorded at the point of a purchase requisition being raised. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, although the new Go...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Remote WorkingDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much his Department has spent on equipment to enable civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: It is not possible to answer this question without incurring a disproportionate cost to accurately refine contract spend for equipment to enable civil servants to work from home by departmental cost centre.The Department has a 40-60% minimum office attend...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote WorkingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on equipment to enable civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: Heads of departments have agreed that 60 per cent minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. All Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) staff in the UK are eligible to apply for...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Remote WorkingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on equipment to enable civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held in an easily accessible form, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Remote WorkingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: We are unable to provide this information without incurring disproportionate costs.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Remote WorkingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: DCMS has spent the below on the provision of equipment for use at home relating to a workplace adjustment in the last 3 years:22/23: £023/24: £2,490.4624/25: £882.37
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Remote WorkingMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department embraces flexible working arrangements where appropriate.In some cases the Department may provide additional equipment to support flexible working patterns, but to gather the costs of these across the Department would require disproportiona...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Remote WorkingDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department for Transport provides equipment that enables staff to work across multiple locations, including from home where appropriate. This includes meeting legal obligations to provide reasonable workplace adjustments for staff who require them.How...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Remote WorkingDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last three years.
Answer: The department does not hold a complete central record of all spending on equipment to support home working. Information is only centrally recorded where the individual costs exceed £500.The department spent the following over the last three years on equi...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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