John Hayes MP: written questions
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Regulatory Innovation Office: Operating CostsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Regulatory Innovation Office.
Answer: The Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) is the Government’s key tool for advancing regulatory innovation. The RIO draws on from core existing functions like the Regulatory Horizons Council (RHC) and the Regulators’ Pioneers Fund (RPF). The Government will ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns Taskforce: CostsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the annual running costs of the New Towns Taskforce.
Answer: The New Towns Taskforce is an independent expert advisory panel established in September 2024 to support the government to deliver the next generation of new towns.The Taskforce consists of 10 sector experts in relevant fields such as planning, infrastruc...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Taskforce: Operating CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the annual running costs of the Solar Taskforce.
Answer: There is no dedicated funding stream for the Solar Taskforce, and external Taskforce members participate without financial reimbursement. As a result, the costs of the Solar Taskforce are negligible.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding his Department has provided to (a) communities and (b) local authorities affected by recent flooding in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, the Government will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to i...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: ResignationsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission a review into the reasons that teachers have left that profession in the last 10 years.
Answer: Driving high and rising standards is central to the government’s mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child relies on a highly skilled workforce in schools, with high-quality teaching the in-school factor that makes the biggest diff...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: RegulationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the use of artificial intelligence to (a) address safety concerns and (b) ensure its responsible (i) development and (ii) deployment in
Answer: The Government has set out its intention to deliver on the manifesto commitment to introduce new, binding requirements on the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models.These proposals will build on the voluntary commitments secured at th...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to provide funding for the expansion of electric vehicle chargepoints in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government’s £381 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund supports local authorities to transform the availability of EV charging for drivers without off-street parking across England. Lincolnshire County Council, which South Holland...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMemory Clinics: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set targets to reduce memory clinic waiting times in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The national target for dementia diagnosis is 66.7%, with Lincolnshire at 67.8%. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has received funding to introduce a specific pathway for memory assessments, which will help tackle local waiting times for asse...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prostate cancer services in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Department is committed to improving the adequacy of all cancer services including for prostate cancer, this includes cancer services in South Holland and The Deepings and Lincolnshire. NHS England has funded 10 clinical audits, including a national p...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21973More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid in bonuses to staff in his Department in 2024.
Answer: Details of staff bonuses are published on an annual basis for each financial year. The data for 2023/24 is available on gov.uk. Data for 2024/25 will be published later this year, after the end of the financial year.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the English Devolution White Paper on the delivery of public services in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Subject to the relevant Statutory Instrument being made, Greater Lincolnshire will elect a Mayor in May 2025. The Mayor and Combined County Authority will receive the additional funding and powers associated with the Mayoral Strategic Authority level of d...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordShoplifting: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted for shoplifting offences reoffended within (a) 12 months and (b) two years in each of the last five years.
Answer: The proven reoffending rate for the adult cohort convicted of shoplifting offences between 2017/18 and 2021/22 (the latest year for which reoffending data is available) can be found in the table below, along with the number of offenders and reoffenders in...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21970More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce an exemption from changes to employer National Insurance contributions for (a) small and (b) local charities.
Answer: The Government has protected the smallest businesses and charities from the impact of the increase to Employer National Insurance by increasing the Employment Allowance from £5,000 to £10,500, which means that 865,000 employers will pay no NICs at all nex...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to ensure school uniform is affordable.
Answer: The cost of school uniform, particularly of branded items, remains a key concern for parents. Whilst uniforms play a valuable role in creating a sense of common identity among pupils and reducing visible inequalities, too many schools still require high n...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department held meetings on grooming gangs in the last five years; and who the external attendees at those meetings were.
Answer: It is not for this Government to comment on meetings held by previous Government ministers, but I would refer the Rt Hon Member to the quarterly publications of transparency data on ministerial meetings available on the Home Office website.Since coming to...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving on small boats died in the English channel in each of the last three years.
Answer: A total of 138 people are known to have died since August 2019 as a result of attempting to cross the Channel by small boat.Almost all of these fatalities have occurred in French territorial waters, and the records of these held by the Home Office are pri...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGenderWomen and EqualitiesTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21966More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her Department's definition of gender identity is.
Answer: The Office for Equality and Opportunity does not have its own definition of gender identity.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for district councils in Lincolnshire in the next two years.
Answer: The provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the availability of GP appointments in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: We are committed to improving capacity and access to local services across the country, including in South Holland and Deepings. That is why, in October 2024, we provided an £82 million boost to the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, enabling the recr...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolygamy: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 8756 on Polygamy, if she will make it her policy to record data on polygamous marriages in the UK.
Answer: I refer the Hon.Member to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question UIN 15076.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Relations: USACabinet OfficeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21261More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers across Government have communicated with the President-Elect's transition team since 6 November 2024.
Answer: The department does not intend to publish this information, for the purpose of safeguarding national security.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing patient records of diagnostic results held by charities to be consolidated in a central NHS database.
Answer: Patient records in the National Health Service are held in different systems, including general practice IT systems, and electronic patient records held by trusts.My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced the inten...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's plan to include a named, contactable police officer in each neighbourhood, how her Department defines neighbourhood.
Answer: As part of the Government’s Safer Streets mission, the Home Secretary has made a clear commitment to strengthen neighbourhood policing through the introduction of a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. This will set out what communities can expect from neigh...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the extra 13,000 neighbourhood police will serve in Lincolnshire.
Answer: As part of our Safer Streets Mission we will restore neighbourhood policing by putting police back on the beat, with 13,000 additional police officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood policing roles across England and Wales.Every part of the...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRecycling: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to make recycling easier for residents in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
Answer: The Government’s Simpler Recycling reforms will ensure that across England, every citizen will be able to recycle the same materials, no longer needing to check what their council will accept for recycling. This policy will make recycling easier and ensur...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
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