John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Motor Vehicles: GlassMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for driving with illegal tinted windows 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: GlassHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars have been seized for illegal tinted windows in the last ten years.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCompulsory Purchase: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many compulsory purchase powers have been granted as part of nationally significant infrastructure project approvals since 2022.
Answer: The government does not hold data on the total number of compulsory acquisition powers that have been granted from the 55 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects decided since the start of 2022. All compulsory acquisitions approved as part of a Dev...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are being housed in houses of multiple occupation in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who are eligible for automatic release from prison after serving 50 per cent of their sentence were convicted of (a) actual bodily harm and (b) grievous bodily harm.
Answer: Many offenders who commit these types of offences are subject to two-thirds release provisions, and others are subject to 50% depending on their specific circumstances and sentencing outcomes. Establishing who is released at exactly 50% would require exam...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Overseas StudentsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many higher education students have claimed asylum in the final six months of their course in each of the last five years.
Answer: Available data on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve access to paediatric eye care services in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services, including paediatric eye care services, in their areas to meet patient needs.Free National Health Service sight tests also continue to be available for child...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: Travel RestrictionsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from overseas have come from countries where there are travel restrictions for people with security clearance by country of origin.
Answer: The department does not collect this information.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCafes: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support cafes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Hospitality businesses, including cafes, are at the heart of our communities and play a vital role in supporting economic growth and community cohesion.The government plans to permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure propertie...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department first discussed the matter of Mauritius exercising full sovereignty over the Chagos Islands with (a) his international counterparts and (b) the Government
Answer: As the then Foreign Secretary's statement of 3 November 2022 describes, negotiations between the UK Government and the Government of the Republic of Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago were started by the previous Conserva...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCervical Cancer: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support women with cervical cancer in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: It is a priority for the Government and the National Health Service to improve support for women living with cervical cancer in England, including in the South Holland and The Deepings and Lincolnshire constituencies.NHS England has committed to ensuring ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department plans to provide for (a) sports and (b) health clubs facilities in (i) South Holland District and (ii) South Kesteven District in the next 12 months.
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 recordBank Services: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57978More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will meet with private sector cash machine operator Link to discuss additional face to face banking services for rural areas.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefitting from the ease and convenience of digital banking. The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets across the UK, and is com...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: Visual ImpairmentTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57977More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that partially sighted people in rural areas have access to face to face banking services.
Answer: Banking has changed significantly in recent years with many customers benefitting from the ease and convenience of digital banking. The Government understands the importance of face-to-face banking to communities and high streets across the UK, and is com...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of online (a) fraud and (b) scams were reported in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
Answer: A total of 3,402 frauds were reported to Action Fraud in Lincolnshire in the year ending May 2025, totalling £16m in reported losses. 63% of these were cyber-enabled, meaning there were approx. 2,100 frauds reported in Lincolnshire with an online componen...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: FraudHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help protect farm businesses from fraud.
Answer: A total of 3,402 frauds were reported to Action Fraud in Lincolnshire in the year ending May 2025, totalling £16m in reported losses. 63% of these were cyber-enabled, meaning there were approx. 2,100 frauds reported in Lincolnshire with an online componen...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRape: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who are eligible for automatic release from prison after serving 50 per cent of their sentence were convicted of rape.
Answer: Many offenders who commit these types of offences are subject to two-thirds release provisions, and others are subject to 50% depending on their specific circumstances and sentencing outcomes. Establishing who is released at exactly 50% would require exam...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a list of offences that are eligible for automatic release after serving 40% of a prison sentence.
Answer: The previous Government left the criminal justice system in an unconscionable state, with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our pr...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation and Timber: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for offences related to wildlife and timber trafficking as part of Operation Thunder in each of the last five years.
Answer: The primary objective of Operation Thunder is to increase seizures of items being illicitly trafficked, and use those seizures as the basis to initiate investigations into the organised groups around the world responsible for that trafficking. As a result...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineeringDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will ban solar radiation management technologies.
Answer: The Government position is that it is not deploying solar radiation management technologies and has no plans in place to do so. The government is not in favour of using Solar Radiation Modification.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineering: FinanceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has funded Stratospheric Aerosol Injection in the last three years.
Answer: The government has not funded any field-based Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI).The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is an independent research body, and they are conducting cautious, controlled research aimed at improving understanding o...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving under Influence: DrugsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to introduce mandatory prison sentences for people convicted of drug driving offences in cases where no accident has occurred.
Answer: The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government. That is why the Department for Transport is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade. They will set out next steps on this in due course.While inde...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Medical TreatmentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will set a timeline for the introduction of mandatory chemical suppressants for sex offenders.
Answer: As set out by the Lord Chancellor’s oral statement on 22 May 2025, it is vital that people convicted of sexual offences are robustly managed to ensure the public are protected to the fullest degree.We are committed to increasing the use of medication to m...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMiscarriages of Justice: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it his policy to establish an independent body to administer compensation following miscarriages of justice.
Answer: Under the statutory scheme set out in section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Secretary of State for Justice is responsible for considering applications for compensation in cases of miscarriages of justice in England and Wales, subject to specif...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPylons: LincolnshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of compulsory purchase orders that will be required in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire as part of the Grimsby to W
Answer: The Planning Act 2008 includes provisions for the compulsory acquisition of land as part of Development Consent Orders (DCO). Decisions on whether to grant compulsory purchase orders (CPO) are made by the Secretary of State as part of the decision to gran...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
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