John Hayes MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Veterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to create a memorial in central London to nuclear test veterans.
Answer: A memorial commemorating all personnel of the Combined Services Task Force, who served during the UK’s nuclear tests, is located at the National Memorial Arboretum, which is the focal point for commemorating all those who have served in the UK Armed Force...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Retail TradeHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle retail crime in rural communities.
Answer: Shop theft continues to increase at an unacceptable level, up 29% on year up to June 2024, with more and more offenders using violence and abuse against shopworkers to do this. We won’t stand for this.As part of the Safer Streets Mission, we will introduc...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries in South Holland and the Deepings constituency are rated as (a) outstanding and (b) good by the Care Quality Commission.
Answer: As of 27 November 2024, there are nine general practice surgeries in the South Holland and the Deepings constituency. Of these, one, or 11%, is rated Outstanding, and eight, or 89%, are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission.
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help support victims of domestic abuse in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
Answer: This Government recognises that victims in rural and remote areas face particular barriers to fleeing abuse and accessing support. That is why we continue to fund specialist domestic abuse helplines for victims across England and Wales to enable everyone ...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordT-levels: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started T-levels in South Holland and the Deepings constituency in each year since 2020.
Answer: The department does not currently publish T Level student recruitment data at this level. We have announced that we will start publishing provider level data on T Level students, starting 2023/24 academic year. We are currently finalising plans on our app...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: Rural AreasDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support hospices in (a) rural and (b) remote areas.
Answer: Most hospices are charitable, independent organisations which receive some statutory funding for providing National Health Services. The amount of funding each charitable hospice receives varies both within and between integrated care board (ICB) areas. T...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15637More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of farmers who will be affected by changes to business property relief in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the PQ referenced 12250 published on 11th November 2024 at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-11-01/12250. The Chancellor also recently wrote to the Chair of the Treasury Select Commi...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPeople SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department plans to use to assess the effectiveness of its policy to tackle smuggling gangs involved in illegally trafficking people into the UK.
Answer: The Government will make further statements in due course regarding the ways in which progress on its key priorities will be assessed.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the potential cost to the public purse is for hotels that have opened to provide contingency accommodation for people seeking asylum since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office regularly publishes details of the department’s expenditure on asylum, published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: LincolnshireDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in fuel poverty.
Answer: The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty in 2022 in administrative areas and parliamentary constituencies in England can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Tables 2 and 4: https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureAttorney GeneralTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14915More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a comparative assessment of the testimony given to the High Court during AB and others v. Ministry of Defence (2009) and records released by the Atomic Weapons Establishment relating to nuclear test veterans
Answer: Paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May states:“By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragra...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLogistics: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on the logistics sector.
Answer: To repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. The Government recognises the need to support the smallest ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support food producers from Lincolnshire to increase exports.
Answer: DBT provides a wide-ranging package of export support for food and drink businesses in Lincolnshire and the whole of the UK. This includes educational support to upskill food producers via our Export Academy and one to one support from International Trade...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Equality and Opportunity: StaffWomen and EqualitiesTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14905More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full time equivalent staff are employed by the Office for Equality and Opportunity.
Answer: Overall staff figures for the Office for Equality and Opportunity total 133.8 Full Time Equivalents, of which the Race Equality Unit total 6 FTE, the Disability Unit total 19.8 FTE and the Women and Equalities Unit total 36.5 FTE. This excludes any tempor...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMaternity Allowance: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Maternity Allowance claimants were not UK citizens in the last three years.
Answer: DWP does not hold data on the number of claimants that were not UK citizens when claiming Maternity Allowance. This is because the qualifying conditions for Maternity Allowance are based on a woman's recent employment and earnings, not on their nationalit...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have received a refund for paying the immigration health surcharge since 2017.
Answer: Information on Fee Waiver outcomes is published as part of the Migration Transparency statistics; however it is not possible to disaggregate Fee Waivers granted to irregular migrants from the data. The Migration Transparency data can be found at:https://w...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have received a waiver from paying the immigration health surcharge in each year since 2017.
Answer: Information on Fee Waiver outcomes is published as part of the Migration Transparency statistics; however it is not possible to disaggregate Fee Waivers granted to irregular migrants from the data. The Migration Transparency data can be found at:https://w...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support a one-year special tribunal for nuclear test veterans, in the context of their access to (a) medical records and (b) compensation.
Answer: The Government is deeply grateful to all Service personnel who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise the huge contribution they have made to our national security.I have met with MPs and groups in the nuclear test veteran communit...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Radiation ExposureMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British servicemen at UK nuclear weapons tests had their blood counts monitored after the programme had concluded.
Answer: Nuclear Test Veterans made a huge contribution to UK security, including helping to establish the UK’s nuclear deterrent, which to this day keeps our country safe. Like all Service personnel, those who were present at the UK nuclear weapon tests may have ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEuthanasiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a review of the potential costs to the NHS of changes to the law on assisted dying.
Answer: There is no review of the potential costs to the National Health Service of changes to the law on assisted dying and accordingly, there are no plans to publish a review.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: TurkeyHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her Turkish counterpart on illegal immigration into the UK.
Answer: Home Office Ministers and officials are in regular communication with a wide range of international partner countries working together to tackle organised immigration crime.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: VietnamHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her Vietnamese counterpart on illegal immigration into the UK.
Answer: Home Office Ministers and officials are in regular communication with a wide range of international partner countries working together to tackle organised immigration crime.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCharities: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on the charity sector.
Answer: The recent Budget took the tough choices needed to fix the foundations and restore economic stability. DCMS Ministers have spoken to representatives from the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and are aware of their concerns about th...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions on care homes.
Answer: The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process. This assessment took into account a wide range of factors, including changes to emplo...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGangmastersHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for gangmaster licences have been refused in the last five years.
Answer: The annual number of applications for gangmaster licences that have been refused are published in the Gangmaster and Labour Abuse Authority’s Annual Reports and Accounts. Annual accounts have been published up to and including the 2022-23 financial year. ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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