John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Veterans: LincolnshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase to support for veterans entering civilian life in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Across the country, including within Lincolnshire, a wide range of support is currently available for Armed Forces personnel as they transition into civilian life. For support with employment, the Career Transition Partnership is the initial point of prov...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that newly qualified dentists deliver a minimum amount of NHS work after graduating.
Answer: We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions. The Department consulted on an NHS tie-in for graduate dentists last year, and we are ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to confiscate the assets of people found to be working illegally.
Answer: We work to prevent individuals from making financial gains as a result of their criminal activities and will seek to seize such assets where possible; to this end, section 24 of the UK Borders Act 2007 (which came into force on 1 July 2010) gives immigrat...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect supported housing in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to decide how their funding is spent locally. This Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding for local services that communities rely on. This includes £3.4 billion of new grant funding through the Loc...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect local biodiversity in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government is undertaking extensive work to protect and enhance biodiversity across Lincolnshire, including South Holland and the Deepings. Farmers are helping to recover nature through Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier agreements and Higher Level S...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to community safety initiatives in Lincolnshire in the last three years.
Answer: As the locally elected representative for policing in their area, it is for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to decide on the allocation of funding to community safety initiatives, based on the priorities set out in their Police and Crime Plans.Linco...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportation orders have been issued to illegal immigrants residing in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
Answer: The requested information is not available from published statistics and could only be collated for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost. This Government pledged to deliver the highest rate of removals since 2018 and this targe...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue the Talent Catalogue beyond the Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot.
Answer: The Home Office’s Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot ended on 1 November 2024. The Talent Catalogue used during the pilot was wholly owned and operated by Talent Beyond Boundaries, the non-profit organisation who were the delivery partner for the pilot.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAWE: DatabasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a list of the (a) titles, (b) file names and (c) dates of creation of each document held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment on the Merlin database.
Answer: Officials are working at pace to formally transfer the records on the Merlin database to The National Archives (TNA), whilst ensuring that sensitive information is protected in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and national security requirements. Onc...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to care need assessments for (a) deaf and (b) blind people in (i) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (ii) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Under the Care Act 2014 and the Care and Support (Assessment) Regulations 2014, local authorities are responsible for ensuring that people with sensory impairment, such as visual impairments, hearing impairments, and people who are deafblind, in their are...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the energy efficiency of older housing stock in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future, including those within the South Holland and the Deepings constituency and...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: East MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have been hired by the DVSA in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in the last five years.
Answer: The attached Excel document shows the number of driving examiners that have left and started at driving test centres in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in the last five years.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: East MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have left the DVSA in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in the last five years.
Answer: The attached Excel document shows the number of driving examiners that have left and started at driving test centres in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in the last five years.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated to grassroots sports clubs in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in the last 2 years.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from high-quality sport facilities, which offer the chance to be physically active.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots s...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that the people manning the engines of asylum boats are refused asylum.
Answer: Under existing legislation, an individual convicted of a particularly serious crime, resulting in a custodial sentence of 12 months or more, and who is considered a danger to the UK, will be denied asylum and will be considered for removal from the UK.Wit...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are eligible for free travel under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme due to disability in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of people eligible for free travel under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme due to disability at any geographic level.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of adult social care provision in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all people. This includes...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Machinery: SalesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle fake adverts for the sale of farm machinery.
Answer: Under the Online Safety Act, user-to-user services and search services in scope must respectively prevent and minimise illegal fraudulent content from appearing on their platforms and swiftly remove it if it does. Services designated as Category 1 or 2A (...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: DisadvantagedDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his Department's policy to introduce mobile dental vans in areas of need.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and to recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he has allocated for additional dental appointments since 5 July 2024.
Answer: NHS England is responsible for issuing guidance to integrated care boards (ICBs) on dental budgets, including ringfences. NHS England’s Planning Guidance for 2025/26 sets out the funding available to ICBs and confirms that improving access to urgent denta...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Commissioner: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget will be available to the Windrush Commissioner.
Answer: The budget allocation for the Windrush Commissioner will be formally agreed once the Commissioner has been appointed.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: TaxationTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58152More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on social media firms.
Answer: The UK is already levying the Digital Services Tax (DST), a 2 per cent tax to ensure that providers of search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces pay UK tax on digital services that reflects the value they derive from UK users. The DS...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: ProcurementDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential contribution of school food procurement to the resilience of the (a) fruit and (b) vegetable supply chain.
Answer: The new national procurement policy statement sets out requirements for government contracts, favouring products certified to high environmental standards that we think British producers operating to high standards are well-placed to meet.We are engaging ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: NoiseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for driving with excessively noisy exhausts in the last ten years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences including motoring offences at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics land...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for driving with excessively bright lights in the last ten years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences including motoring offences at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics land...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
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