John Hayes MP: written questions 2024
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Non-crime Hate Incidents: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been investigated for non-crime hate crimes in the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not centrally hold or collate information on the number of children who have been investigated by police forces for non-crime hate incidents.The statutory Non-Crime Hate Incidents Code of Practice makes it clear that a child who is su...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Rural AreasDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support rural households off the gas supply network with the cost of energy.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring energy bills are affordable for all consumers. The Warm Home Discount provides a £150 rebate off energy bills for eligible low-income households. We expect around 3 million households to receive this support this wi...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14444More
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 hospices.
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The emp...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCharities: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support charities in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: Charities play a vital role in supporting our communities, and have a rich understanding of the local areas in which they are embedded, such as in South Holland and the Deepings.DCMS is supporting the sector across England in a number of ways, including t...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will collate the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by police forces in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently centrally hold or collate information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by police forces.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBrain: InjuriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase funding for brain injury reablement services in rural areas.
Answer: The Government wants a society where every person, including those with a long-term condition such as an acquired brain injury (ABI), receives high-quality, compassionate continuity of care, with their families and carers supported.We will change the Nati...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes in South Holland and the Deepings constituency are rated (a) good and (b) excellent by the Care Quality Commission.
Answer: There are currently 36 care homes registered with the Care Quality Commission in South Holland and The Deepings constituency. Data from 1 November 2024 shows that two care homes, or 6%, are rated Outstanding, and 24 care homes, or 67%, are rated Good.
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Specific Learning DifficultiesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people with learning difficulties in rural areas that are seeking paid employment.
Answer: We have a range of specialist initiatives to support people with learning disabilities and other disabled people into work. Measures include support from Work Coaches and Disability Employment Advisers in Jobcentres and Access to Work grants. £12.3 millio...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: EqualityMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of staff diversity networks in his Department in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not routinely collate information on staff network costs and collating this information could only be done at disproportionate cost.Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accoun...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties her Department has rented for the temporary housing of asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their claim for asylum since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As was the case under the previous government, the Home Office does not rent properties; it discharges its statutory duties for accommodating destitute asylum seekers through a contract with three main accommodation providers, which was agreed by previous...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels are awaiting a decision on their application by (a) nationality, (b) sex and (c) age range.
Answer: Data on the number of asylum seekers in receipt of support by nationality, can be found within the Asy_D09 tab for our most recent stats release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab) (opens in a new tab).
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of foreign direct investment projects in Lincolnshire in the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) looks to encourage investment across the UK, working closely with relevant economic development and inward investment officers across the whole of the Lincolnshire region. Investment into the region has seen 1,2...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBeer: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of independent brewers in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Independent brewers, including those in Lincolnshire, are at the heart of many of our communities and important for economic growth.The government is reducing alcohol duty on qualifying draught products, representing an overall reduction in duty bills of ...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: LincolnshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is to register with an NHS dentist in Lincolnshire.
Answer: Patients in England are not registered with a National Health Service dental practice and there is no single waiting list, although many NHS dental practices do tend to see patients regularly and may operate local waiting list arrangements.The responsibil...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: OffendersHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals have been refused visas because of criminal convictions in their home countries in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas refused are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. However, this information is not broken...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProbation Service: East MidlandsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East Midlands.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service routinely publishes information about Probation Service regions’ performance as part of the Community Performance Annual Statistics. The most recent data, published in July, cover the financial year 2023-24, and ...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Counterfeit ManufacturingTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13398More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the value of the counterfeit cigarette market.
Answer: HMRC estimated that the illicit tobacco market cost £2.2bn in lost excise duty and VAT for the year 2022/23. Cigarettes account for £0.7bn of this amount. We do not have an estimate relating to specifically counterfeit cigarettes. Further details can be f...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTobacco: SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of how many illegal cigarettes were smuggled into the UK in 2023.
Answer: The transparency data showing the total amount of illegal cigarettes seized by Border Force in 2023 is available at the following page:Border Force Transparency 2023Qty of Cigarettes (sticks)Q1 156,104,848Q2 197,641,347Q3 259,625,932Q4 210,205,139Total 82...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: LincolnshireDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support parents of children with SEND to access transport to school in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: The department's ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department’s home-to-school travel policy ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: ApprenticesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprentices her Department has employed each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department formally began recording apprenticeship data from 2017, following the publication of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Strategy. This data reflects DfTc, excluding the agencies.YearApprentice Numbers2017 - 2018192018 - 2019202019 - 202024202...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities Grants: LincolnshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided via the Disabled Facilities Grant in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the last three years.
Answer: South Holland and the Deepings constituency is part of Lincolnshire. Government provided the following Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to South Holland, South Kesteven (which covers Deeping) and to Lincolnshire for each financial year since 2022-2...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth Services: LincolnshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of youth services in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. At the Autumn Budg...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: LincolnshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support military veterans in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
Answer: This is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country, no matter which community they are based in. I am working across Government and with civil society to ensure veterans, including those in South Holland and the Deep...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total amount paid to (a) Serco, (b) Clearsprings and (c) Mears since 2019 for contracts to provide housing for asylum seekers.
Answer: Costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system, and details are considered to be commercially confidential. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: LincolnshireDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many jobs were created in Lincolnshire as a result of foreign direct investment in the last five years.
Answer: Official statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbt-inward-investment-results-2023-to-2024 show that 1,295 new jobs were created in Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in 2021-22, 1,159 in 2022-23 and 198 in 2023-24. St...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
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