John Hayes MP: written questions
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UK Space Agency: EqualityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the UK Space Agency.
Answer: The UK Space Agency employs one member of staff in an Employee Experience Lead role, of which 0.5 FTE is allocated to equality, diversity and inclusion.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMet Office: EqualityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Met Office.
Answer: The Met Office currently employs one full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion member of staff.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlants: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many plant health inspection staff were employed at UK Border Control Posts in (a) England and (b) Wales as of 10 December 2024.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has 162 plant health inspectors in post covering England and Wales. This number includes all inspectors working at border control points (BCPs), inspection centres and control points. This number cannot be broken ...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce time taken for (a) sanitary and (b) phytosanitary checks at border control posts for horticultural produce.
Answer: GB plant health services have increased the number of plant health inspection staff to service the demand for import checks in England and Wales of EU plants and plant products. Inspector levels are being monitored to ensure these meet demand and deliver ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSerious Fraud Office: EqualityAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18883More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Serious Fraud Office.
Answer: The Serious Fraud Office has one full-time equivalent staff member employed on this basis.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety Executive: EqualityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Health and Safety Executive.
Answer: There are 1.3 full time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff employed by the Health and Safety Executive. Their remit extends beyond the equality, diversity and inclusion specialty, encompassing areas such as health, safety and wellbeing and...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice of Rail and Road: EqualityDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Office of Rail and Road.
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road employs no full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed Two: EqualityDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by High Speed Two Limited.
Answer: HS2 Ltd has no full-time roles dedicated to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Systems: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of sharia councils operating in England and Wales.
Answer: Sharia Councils are not part of the judicial system; therefore the Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of sharia councils in operation, and there is no plan to produce such data at this time.
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPylons: South Holland and The DeepingsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he meet with National Grid to discuss the potential cost to the public purse from compensation for loss of property value as a result of proposed pylons installations in South Holland and
Answer: National Grid, as the relevant transmission licence holder, is required to compensate landowners who agree to site electrical infrastructure on their land. This cost is paid for by National Grid, it does not come from government expenditure. As such it wo...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLincolnshire Police: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for Lincolnshire police force.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that the police have the resources they need to tackle crime effectively.Lincolnshire Police’s funding will be up to £173.2m in 2025-26, an increase of up to £9 million when compared to the 2024-25 police settlemen...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEast Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the staffing budget for the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Answer: The allocation of National Health Service funding, including local staffing budgets, is set by NHS England.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChurches: ConservationChurch CommissionersTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18491More
Question: To ask the Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help ensure the preservation of historic churches in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Church Commissioners and Archbishops' Council agreed funding of £11 million for 2023-25 in support of Buildings for Mission. £9 million was allocated to dioceses to fund 30 building support officers to give specialist advice, and there was a small wor...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: AbortionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of overseas development assistance funds that have been spent on providing abortion services in the last five years.
Answer: We report spend in line with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development and Assistance Committee sector codes which do not track spend specifically for abortion services which are part of a wider package of women's healthcar...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEquality and Human Rights Commission: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Answer: All staff at the Equality and Human Rights Commission are working to advance equality through their statutory remit. No staff are specifically employed in full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion roles.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by HM Land Registry.
Answer: Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) matters are embedded within the work of the wider HR Strategy and Policy Team (which is 1.5 FTE in total) within HM Land Registry .
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire are able to access essential postal services.
Answer: The Government provides an annual £50m Network Subsidy to support the delivery of a minimum number of Post Office branches and a geographical spread of these branches in line with published access criteria. This requires 99% of the UK population to be wit...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: LanguagesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of how many primary school children do not speak English as their first language.
Answer: The department publishes information on whether a pupil is known to speak English as a first language or not. This data can be found in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on the January 2024 school census. The most recent f...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the level of the bus fare cap on public transport use in Lincolnshire.
Answer: In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpalding Station: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support provided for people with mobility issues to access trains at Spalding station.
Answer: No recent assessment has been made regarding accessibility at Spalding Station. Spalding Station has step free access to platforms.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDementia: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve dementia care and support for families post-diagnosis in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision of dementia care services. NHS England expects ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, and supports them with relevant resources, such as the recently updated RightCare s...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordShipping: Vocational GuidanceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that there is adequate careers (a) advice and (b) guidance in schools on maritime career pathways.
Answer: High-quality careers information, advice and guidance is key to helping young people make informed decisions about their future and involves finding out about and considering the different options available to them, including maritime industries. As new t...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fixed penalty notices have been handed out for school non-attendance in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
Answer: The department collects information from local authorities on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence. This is published in the statistical release on parental responsibility measures and can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.se...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle people fraudulently claiming Personal Independence Payments.
Answer: DWP is committed to tackling fraud and error in the benefits system and to the recovery of debts, including those generated by Personal Independent Payments. Working closely with counter fraud experts, the DWP has introduced measures to prevent fraud ente...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: FraudDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle online sites advising people to claim for sickness and disability payments they are not entitled to.
Answer: DWP collaborates with government partners, including Action Fraud, City of London Police (CoLP) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to identify malicious sites that impersonate the department, enable fraudulent activity or target DWP customers. DWP ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
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