John Hayes MP: written questions
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Treasury: FlagsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75938More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main buildings in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Government Property Agency (GPA) manages the flying of flags above 1 Horse Guards Road (1HGR), Feethams House and other HM Treasury buildings. Under instructions from Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), the Union Flag is always flown unl...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: FlagsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many days the Union Flag was flown on his Department's main buildings in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Union Flag was flown 360 days on the Department’s main building in 2024 and, as of 10 September 2025, has been flown 242 days in 2025.
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: FlagsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main buildings in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency in its office locations, and the Agency is responsible for the flying of flags, including when the Union Flag is flown. The Department does not therefore keep a record of this.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: SmugglingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that meat imported illegally into the UK is seized at the border.
Answer: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Defra is working closely with the Home Office and the Food Standards Agency to tackle meat smuggling, with the support of Border Force, port health authorities and l...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Partnerships: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the funding provided to the National Rural Crime Unit and National Wildlife Crime Unit in March 2025 will be allocated to local partnerships in Lincolns
Answer: Defra does not provide financial allocations to local partnerships for tackling wildlife crime but instead provides funding directly at the national level, to the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU), and in 2025/26 is providing £424,000. Home Office, simi...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: FlagsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days the Union Flag was flown on his Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: Defra follows Government guidance which sees a Union Flag flying daily at the main sites which have the facility to do so.
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: FlagsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: At our main London headquarters building the Union Flag is flown every day. The only other main site where there is a flag pole is Spring Place in Southampton. The Red Ensign, and the Coastguard Flag, which have the Union Flag incorporated within it, are ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: FlagsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many days the Union Flag was flown on his Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency in its office locations, and the Agency is responsible for the flying of flags, including when the Union Flag is flown. The Department does not therefore keep a record of this.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: FlagsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Union Flag has flown every day from a flagpole on the 1 Horse Guards Road side of DCMS’ main site at Government Offices Great George Street throughout 2024 and to date in 2025.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: FlagsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many days the Union Flag was flown on his Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Department does not hold a record of when the union flag is flown. Our buildings are managed by the Government Property Agency (GPA) who are responsible for flag flying at our main sites.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have entered the UK illegally using forged (a) passports and (b) visas in the last five years.
Answer: We do not hold or commission estimates of the number of individuals who may have entered the UK illegally using forged passports or visas over the last five years.However, the Home Office does publish statistics on irregular migration, which include data ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of frontline police officers in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government is clear that visible policing is essential to restoring public confidence in the police. As a result, our expectation is that officer numbers must be protected. We have put in place funding arrangements for 2025/26 to support the achieveme...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many potholes have been repaired in South Holland and the Deepings constituency since July 2024.
Answer: Local highway authorities must publish transparency reports about their maintenance activities to unlock their full share of the Government’s £500m uplift for local highways maintenance this year. While data is not required to be provided at a constitu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided to Lincolnshire County Council to support (a) cycling and (b) walking in the last five years.
Answer: Since 2021/22 the Department has provided almost £5 million of funding to Lincolnshire County Council to support cycling and walking. This has been provided through the Active Travel Fund, Capability Fund and from 2025/26 the Consolidated Active Travel Fu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: CostsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands sold their homes to pay for care costs in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve bus (a) reliability and (b) frequency in rural parts of Lincolnshire.
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the better, more reliable bus services that passengers deserve throughout the country, including in rural areas. We introduced the Bus Services (No. 2) Bill on 17 December as part of our ambitious plan for bus ref...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: LincolnshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the levels of (a) fraud and (b) error in the welfare system in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Estimates of the levels of fraud and error in the benefit system for the financial year 2024-25 can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system: financial year 2024 to 2025 estimates - GOV.UKWe do not provide sub-national estimates of fraud and err...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support the (a) maintenance and (b) operation of swimming facilities in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The ongoing responsibility of providing access to public leisure facilities lies at local authority level, with funding levels set as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement. The Government encourages local authorities to make investments which of...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are taking part in the Early Language Support for Every Child programme in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The Early Language Support for Every Child (ELSEC) pathfinder programme, co-led by the department and NHS England, is a test and learn programme trialling new approaches to support earlier identification, intervention and targeted support for children wit...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: FlagsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: In response to the question raised by Sir John Hayes Conservative South Holland and the Deepings and the ask of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions as to how many days the Union Flag has been flown on her Department’s main sites: I can confirm in...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been hospitalised needing treatment for dental decay in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) publishes annual official statistics on tooth extractions in children aged between zero and 19 years old that take place in a National Health Service hospital setting in England. The following table...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: FlagsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many days the Union Flag was flown on her Department's main sites in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Union Flag is flown every day at the department headquarters in London. This is the only department building with a flagpole.This is in accordance with the Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-...
Answered 10 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: South Holland and the DeepingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released through early release schemes in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 are resident in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We have had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on releases by constituency. However, we have publ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of additional electors who will be added to the electoral roll following the franchise being extended to 16 and 17 year olds in (a) South
Answer: As outlined in the recently published ‘Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections’, the Government believes that enabling 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in all UK elections will foster early and sustained participation in...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: FlagsHome OfficeTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days the Union Flag was flown on 2 Marsham Street in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Government Property Agency manage flag flying at 2 Marsham Street and would be able to provide information on the flying of the Union flag.The Home Office is only one of several departments in occupation at 2 Marsham Street.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
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