John Hayes MP: written questions
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Dental Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to NHS dental services for disabled patients in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the needs of their population and ensuring that the relevant dental services are available.We recognise that certain groups of patients may find it difficult to access dental care. Community dental serv...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: TaxisHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the use of taxis by asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
Answer: Transport services for asylum seekers are provided through our Asylum Accommodation & Support Contracts. We pay a fixed rate for transportation services which is set out in the contracts. Our suppliers must deliver transportation requirements in line ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans Support Centres: LincolnshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any new veteran support centres will be located in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Applications are currently open for organisations to bid to become VALOUR recognised centres. The exact locations of centres will be dependent on the applications received, with consideration given to the geographic spread of centres. The programme guidan...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services and Social Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving integration between health and social care services nationally and locally. Our vision for neighbourhood health will see local government and the National Health Service working more closely together, with a revita...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services and Baby Care Units: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care for people in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Maternity and neonatal care in the South Holland and the Deepings constituency is delivered locally by Lincolnshire Local Maternity and Neonatal System. They are implementing the Continuity of Carer model of midwifery care so that women receive dedicated ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: South Holland and the DeepingsHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support police forces in tackling shoplifting in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level. We will not stand for this.We are ensuring the right powers are in place. Through the Crime and Policing Bill, we are bringing in a new offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect the hardwor...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum caseworkers have (1) left and (2) joined her Department since July 2024.
Answer: The number of full time equivalent (FTE) asylum caseworkers employed at the Home Office per month until September 2025 is published in the ASY_05(M) tab of the published migration transparency statistics, located here: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Education: School LibrariesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire do not have a school library.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings to the answer of 22 October 2025 to Question 81502.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Health Centres: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the neighbourhood health centres announced in the autumn budget 2025 will be based in Lincolnshire.
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, we announced our commitment to deliver 250 Neighbourhood Health Centres (NHCs) through the NHS Neighbourhood Rebuild Programme. This will deliver NHCs through a mixture of refurbishments to expand and improve sites over the next thre...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Taskforce for Lung Health briefing entitled A Modern Service Framework for Respiratory campaign, published on 18 No
Answer: The Department is aware of the taskforce for Lung Health’s report calling for a Modern Service Framework for Respiratory Health, including the impact of respiratory conditions on mortality rates, emergency admissions, inequalities, and productivity.Modern...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where companies his Department has signed contracts with in relation to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are based by local authority.
Answer: The total cost of the Afghan Response Programme (ARP) to the end of financial year 2024-25 is approximately £2.7 billion. The costs are shared cross-Government. This figure includes spend on contracts that were already acquired by the Ministry of Defence ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of contracts his Department has signed with companies in relation to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
Answer: The total cost of the Afghan Response Programme (ARP) to the end of financial year 2024-25 is approximately £2.7 billion. The costs are shared cross-Government. This figure includes spend on contracts that were already acquired by the Ministry of Defence ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials involved a jury in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Only 3% of all cases were heard by a jury in the year to June 2025. This is based on the number of not guilty pleas as a proportion of all cases for trial, excluding Single Justice Procedure cases. Over 90% of criminal cases are heard in the magistrates’ ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted in relation to the sale of illegal vape products in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collect and publishes data on arrests as part of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical series, available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GO...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on cancer diagnosis wait times in South Holland and the Deepings in the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data, although published data from NHS England is available from 2022 for the cancer waiting time standards, at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/Cancer w...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93651More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (1) individuals and (2) organisations have been (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted for fraud in relation to COVID-19 funds since 2020.
Answer: HMRC have interpreted ‘COVID-19 funds’ as the ‘HMRC administered COVID-19 support schemes’, including Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO), the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), and the Department for Business a...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on school attendance rates in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the last five years.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on pupil absence in England on a termly basis. The most recent published data relates to the autumn and spring terms of the 2024/25 academic year, and the latest full academic year is 2023/24, availa...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Data ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is monitoring the number of ID-linked data breaches following the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the application of data protection legislation in the UK. As the independent regulator of the Online Safety Act (OSA), Ofcom may refer matters to the ICO if it has con...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients in (1) Lincolnshire and (2) England have waited for (a) 90 and (b) 150 days for brain tumour test results in each of the last three years.
Answer: NHS England publishes waiting time data from referral to being informed of a cancer diagnosis or having it ruled out for brain and central nervous system. This is the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard. This includes the waiting time data for patients in Li...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many websites have been blocked by Internet service providers for failure to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: As the independent regulator for online safety, Ofcom is responsible for enforcing the Online Safety Act.Ofcom has a range of strong enforcement powers. These include imposing fines of up to £18 million, or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue, and in the ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFreight: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the road haulage industry in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: National support for the road haulage industry includes joint investment with industry in lorry parking and driver welfare facilities of up to £35.7m, including Lincolnshire. This is in addition to up to £30 million joint investment by National Highways a...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Stop and SearchHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of stop and searches resulted in the seizure of (a) Class A drugs and (b) Class B drugs in each of the last three years.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of stop and searches for drugs. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UKHowever, data ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders on improving access to all weather football pitches in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The Government’s recent announcement of £400 million to be invested in grassroots sports facilities across the UK over the next four years will ensure we can continue to deliver high-quality grass, artificial grass pitches and other multi-sport facilities...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: LincolnshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people use the Motability scheme in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 1,240 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in South Holland and The Deepings constituency, and 9,510 PIP claimants had active contracts with the Mota...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the availability of defibrillators in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the independent automated external defibrillator (AED) database. The Department’s Community AED Fund delivered 3080 new AEDs to local communities between September 2023 and F...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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