John Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Afghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of contracts his Department has signed with companies in relation to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
Answer: The total cost of the Afghan Response Programme (ARP) to the end of financial year 2024-25 is approximately £2.7 billion. The costs are shared cross-Government. This figure includes spend on contracts that were already acquired by the Ministry of Defence ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordJuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials involved a jury in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Only 3% of all cases were heard by a jury in the year to June 2025. This is based on the number of not guilty pleas as a proportion of all cases for trial, excluding Single Justice Procedure cases. Over 90% of criminal cases are heard in the magistrates’ ...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: SalesHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted in relation to the sale of illegal vape products in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested is not held by the Home Office.The Home Office collect and publishes data on arrests as part of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical series, available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GO...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on cancer diagnosis wait times in South Holland and the Deepings in the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data, although published data from NHS England is available from 2022 for the cancer waiting time standards, at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancer-waiting-times/Cancer w...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus: FraudTreasuryTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93651More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (1) individuals and (2) organisations have been (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted for fraud in relation to COVID-19 funds since 2020.
Answer: HMRC have interpreted ‘COVID-19 funds’ as the ‘HMRC administered COVID-19 support schemes’, including Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO), the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), and the Department for Business a...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on school attendance rates in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the last five years.
Answer: The department publishes figures from the school census on pupil absence in England on a termly basis. The most recent published data relates to the autumn and spring terms of the 2024/25 academic year, and the latest full academic year is 2023/24, availa...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Data ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department is monitoring the number of ID-linked data breaches following the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the application of data protection legislation in the UK. As the independent regulator of the Online Safety Act (OSA), Ofcom may refer matters to the ICO if it has con...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients in (1) Lincolnshire and (2) England have waited for (a) 90 and (b) 150 days for brain tumour test results in each of the last three years.
Answer: NHS England publishes waiting time data from referral to being informed of a cancer diagnosis or having it ruled out for brain and central nervous system. This is the 28-day Faster Diagnosis Standard. This includes the waiting time data for patients in Li...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many websites have been blocked by Internet service providers for failure to comply with the Online Safety Act 2023.
Answer: As the independent regulator for online safety, Ofcom is responsible for enforcing the Online Safety Act.Ofcom has a range of strong enforcement powers. These include imposing fines of up to £18 million, or 10% of qualifying worldwide revenue, and in the ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFreight: LincolnshireDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the road haulage industry in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: National support for the road haulage industry includes joint investment with industry in lorry parking and driver welfare facilities of up to £35.7m, including Lincolnshire. This is in addition to up to £30 million joint investment by National Highways a...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Stop and SearchHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of stop and searches resulted in the seizure of (a) Class A drugs and (b) Class B drugs in each of the last three years.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of stop and searches for drugs. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UKHowever, data ...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders on improving access to all weather football pitches in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The Government’s recent announcement of £400 million to be invested in grassroots sports facilities across the UK over the next four years will ensure we can continue to deliver high-quality grass, artificial grass pitches and other multi-sport facilities...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: LincolnshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people use the Motability scheme in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: At the end of July 2025 (latest available data), 1,240 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants had active contracts with the Motability Scheme in South Holland and The Deepings constituency, and 9,510 PIP claimants had active contracts with the Mota...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase the availability of defibrillators in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: Over 110,000 defibrillators are registered in the United Kingdom on The Circuit, the independent automated external defibrillator (AED) database. The Department’s Community AED Fund delivered 3080 new AEDs to local communities between September 2023 and F...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: LincolnshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles were seized for fly-tipping offences in Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.
Answer: Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping enforcement actions, including vehicles seized, to Defra, which are published annually here. This data is not available at a constituency level. Data for the 2024/25 reporting year is still b...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support local enforcement action against antisocial vehicle use in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.Our Crime and Policing Bill will give the police greater powers to clamp down on all vehicles in anti-social behaviour with officers no longe...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWheelchairs: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to specialist wheelchairs for children in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services.The Lincolnshire ICB and Lincolnshire County Council jointly commission an all-age wheelchair service. To support access to specialist wheelchai...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community based preventative services for elderly people in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out our vision for a Neighbourhood Health Service. The Neighbourhood Health Service will embody our new preventative principle that care should happen as locally as it can, digitally by default, in a person’s home if possible,...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPulmonary Fibrosis: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients with pulmonary fibrosis in Lincolnshire.
Answer: It is for the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, working closely with National Health Service providers and other stakeholders, to commission services to meet the needs to their population and deliver value for the taxpayer.I understand that a range of s...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the companies his Department has contracts with under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
Answer: I am withholding the list of companies that the Ministry of Defence has contracts with under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) as its disclosure would prejudice the commercial interests of the Ministry of Defence; and the information is ...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91907More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if civil servants in the Government Communications Service are tasked with monitoring social media posts.
Answer: The Government Communication Service (GCS) monitors publicly available media posts, under strict controls, to measure communication effectiveness, understand public narratives, and address potential mis/disinformation. GCS does not access private informat...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries she is discussing hosting return hubs for failed asylum seekers with.
Answer: To support the UK Government’s commitment to controlled immigration, the Home Office is exploring the use of return hubs for failed asylum seekers with a number of countries.We are not in a position to share further details that could prejudice discussion...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal and Plant Health Agency: Translation ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Animal and Plant Health Agency has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) uses an external company to translate some of its correspondence, GOV.UK pages and communication products into Welsh when required. There is a charge for this translation service. Specific details of this expendit...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterinary Medicines Directorate: Translation ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Veterinary Medicines Directorate has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s spending on translation and interpretation service was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The below table shows the total cost over the past five years. This information is in the public domain. Financi...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Certification Agency: Translation ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Vehicle Certification Agency has spent on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) has had no spend on translation and interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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