John Hayes MP: written questions
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Internet: CrimeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119827More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has held discussions with the Home Office on the increased use of Virtual Private Networks by criminals following the introduction of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: Making the UK a safer place to be online is a priority for the Government, and the Online Safety Act is central to this. Officials from DSIT and the Home Office meet regularly to discuss the implementation of the Act and wider online safety issues.While t...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLibraries: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have (1) closed and (2) opened in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.
Answer: As the libraries development agency for England, Arts Council England collects and publishes data on library closures and openings in its annual English Public Libraries Location Dataset. The dataset can be found at the following link: https://www.artscou...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Systems: IslamHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s report entitled The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales of February 2018, if she will take steps to conduct an assessment into
Answer: The independent review into the application of sharia law in England and Wales was published under the 2016 to 2018 May Conservative government.The Government is clear: Sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales. Regardless of religious belief, w...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: RecruitmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. C...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: RecruitmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition.Co...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Appointments are made on merit following fair and open competition. As a Disability Confident employer, interviews are offered to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria and reasonable adjustments are available to address the potential for d...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarriage: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of how many unregistered Islamic marriages there have been in the UK in each of the last ten years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the number of religious-only Islamic marriages that take place in the UK.The Government is aware of the differential treatment faced by groups that do not have a legally binding religious ceremony under the...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition.Co...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForced Marriage: IslamHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that forced marriages do not take place in Sharia councils in the UK.
Answer: The joint Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), provides support and advice to victims, those at risk, and professionals.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regarding trials of puberty blockers.
Answer: My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has met with a variety of stakeholders to discuss gender services, including the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.Given that there are live legal proceedings, we are ...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing Hormones: Clinical TrialsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to block NHS-backed trials of puberty blockers in gender questioning children.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting research that delivers a more robust, evidence-based understanding of gender incongruence support and treatment, especially for children and young people.The Cass Review received cross-party support and highlighte...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Hormone TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 who requested masculinising and feminising hormones were refused in each of the last five years.
Answer: NHS England is not responsible for making prescribing decisions, as this is for determination by a patient's clinician, in consultation with the patient and family as appropriate.No specific data is held on the number of different hormone drugs that may h...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Hormone TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many masculinising and feminising hormones NHS England have prescribed to people aged (a) 16 and (b) 17 in each of the last five years.
Answer: NHS England is not responsible for making prescribing decisions, as this is for determination by a patient's clinician, in consultation with the patient and family as appropriate.No specific data is held on the number of different hormone drugs that may h...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: RecruitmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.The Department for Business and Trade...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: RecruitmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. C...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: RecruitmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office recruits on the basis of fair and open competition in line with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles, as it did throughout the period of the previous administration. There has been no chang...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119204More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. HM Treasury does not recruit candida...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from everyone irrespective of background, identity, experience, or circumstance, and particularly those underrepresented in our workforce. The Department does not appoint candidates on the basis...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117671More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have his Department taken on internship schemes open only to those with certain protected characteristics in each of the last three years.
Answer: In each of the last 3 years Cabinet Office has placed less than 5 people on internship schemes open only to those with certain protected characteristics. The exact number has been redacted to avoid identification of individuals.
Answered 9 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The Cabinet Office does not recruit candidat...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: RecruitmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. C...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: RecruitmentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which outlines the requirements to ensure that civil servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition.Co...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer: Civil Service recruitment is governed by the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010, which requires that all appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition.The Home Office does not recruit cand...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: VisasNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff within his Department are reliant on a visa for employment.
Answer: The information requested regarding how many staff within the Department are reliant on a visa for employment is not held centrally. Right to work checks are carried out for all new employees as part of the recruitmenton process.
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: VisasScotland OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff within his Department are reliant on a visa for employment.
Answer: The Scotland Office has the information that you have requested. However, if a request is made for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the Scotland Office must consider whether this could lead to the identification of individ...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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