Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Health Services: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) health and (b) economic impact of trained healthcare workers leaving their home country to work in the UK on nations in (i) Eastern Euro
Answer: We hugely value our health and social care workers from overseas who work tirelessly to provide the best possible care and enhance our health and care workforce with their valuable skills, experience and expertise. Internationally educated staff remain an...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ProbationMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Probation Service takes to liaise with local residents when convicted paedophiles leave prison and move to local communities.
Answer: In deciding where to permit a convicted child sex offender who is subject to licensed supervision to live or reside even for one night, the Probation Service works closely with the Police and other agencies under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arra...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ProbationMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Probation Service will introduce a ban on convicted paedophiles living within a five-mile radius of (a) schools and (b) nurseries.
Answer: In deciding where to permit a convicted child sex offender who is subject to licensed supervision to live or reside even for one night, the Probation Service works closely with the Police and other agencies under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arra...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of informing residents when convicted paedophiles move into local communities.
Answer: At present, registered sex offenders are managed under the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA). Section 327A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 places a duty on MAPPA Responsible Authorities – comprising the police, probation and prison serv...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Qatari funding on British universities.
Answer: As autonomous bodies independent of government, it is for universities to decide on effective business models and to how to manage their finances. The sector is free to attract foreign investment, including from Qatar and China, which can and does make a ...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61784More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the reasons for the Office for Budget Responsibility's projected fall in tobacco revenue between (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24; and if she will review the tobacco excise model.
Answer: HMRC publishes commentary on tobacco duty receipts with the Tobacco Bulletin - Tobacco statistics commentary April 2025 - GOV.UK. The 12% decrease in tobacco duty receipts between 2022/23 and 2023/24 was primarily driven by falling cigarette receipts (£7,...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61783More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the (a) reasons for trends in and (b) potential impact of smoking rates on the level of duty paid on tobacco sales in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility discusses drivers of tobacco duty receipts in relation to the tobacco duty forecast on their webpage - Tobacco duties - Office for Budget Responsibility.Receipts are driven by inflation (CPI and RPI), real household co...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: SalesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61236More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of tobacco products bought in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answer: The table below states the estimated tobacco clearances for the calendar years 2023 and 2024:YearCigarette Sticks Non-cigarette Tobacco Products 202317,045 million6,497 thousand kg202413,965 million5,210 thousand kgThe totals above are composed of clearan...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61235More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made with the Office for National Statistics of the potential impact of tobacco excise duty on the level of the Consumer Prices Index in (a) October 2024 and (b) June 2025.
Answer: The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are responsible for estimating the impact of Government policies on inflation. The OBR did not include an assessment on the contribution of tobacco excise duty to inflation in either the October 2024 ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors and Nurses: Overseas WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require British trained (a) doctors and (b) nurses to give a minimum of five years’ service to the NHS before working abroad.
Answer: The Government has no current plans to introduce tie-ins for doctors and nurses working in the National Health Service. The Government keeps the funding arrangements for all healthcare students under close review.Later this year, we will publish a new wor...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: AshfieldDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department has allocated to grassroots sports clubs in Ashfield constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of background, has access to and benefits from high-quality sport facilities, which offer the chance to be physically active.The Government provides the majority of funding for grassroots s...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: East MidlandsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for ambulances in the East Midlands Ambulance Service area.
Answer: The following table shows the latest East Midlands Ambulance Service response times by ambulance incident category:CategoryMay 2025Category 1 mean response time00:08:33Category 1 90th centile response time00:15:04Category 2 mean response time00:31:26Categ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what percentage of people living in social housing were not in the country (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.
Answer: My Department does not hold the required information to answer the question.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans will be impacted by proposed changes to (a) Universal Credit and (b) Personal Independence Payment.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. However, as we develop proposals further, we are carefully considering the potential impacts, including on veterans and their families, as part of our broader response to the Green Paper consultation. We would encourage o...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to (a) Universal Credit and (b) Personal Independence Payment on veterans.
Answer: No assessment has been made. Information on previous occupations is not systematically recorded on DWP IT systems and is not readily available for analysis. Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here: Universal ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefibrillators: AshfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many households in Ashfield constituency are outside the recommended minimum distance from a defibrillator.
Answer: The Department does not maintain a register of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); this information is held on The Circuit, an independently operated database. Therefore, the Department does not hold the data requested.The Government is committed to...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with schools on a potential strategy to dissuade antisocial behaviour by children.
Answer: The department regularly engages with teachers and headteachers and their representative bodies on a range of issues, including pupil behaviour.As part of the Safer Streets Summer Initiative, we are setting up a working group of 16 local authorities speci...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce rates of reoffending for antisocial behaviour.
Answer: As part of the Safer Streets Mission, the Government is committed to improving confidence in policing and the local response to crime, including anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour can be characterised by a range of different offence types, and w...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce rail fares.
Answer: We are overhauling the fares system to make it easier for passengers to trust that they are buying the right ticket and getting the best fare. We need to balance affordability for both passengers and taxpayers as we reform fares and deliver Great British ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trains arrived (a) on time and (b) within three minutes in the last six months.
Answer: The rail industry uses four-weekly rail periods rather than calendar months for reporting performance figures. The average punctuality over the most recent six rail periods, based on arrivals at all recorded station stops, and covering all operators in Gr...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRobin Hood Line: Bus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57342 on Robin Hood Line: Standards, how many rail replacement buses were used on the Robin Hood Line in the last six months.
Answer: Between 8 December 2024 and 24 May 2025, 87 rail replacement buses were used on the Robin Hood Line. 48 buses were for pre-planned engineering work which took place on 28 of the days, and 39 buses were used due to emergency or on the day disruptions on 21...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRobin Hood Line: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57342 on Robin Hood Line: Standards, what proportion of trains on the Robin Hood Line arrived (a) on time and (b) within three minutes in each of the last six
Answer: The proportion of Robin Hood Line services in each rail period (4 weeks) from 8 December 2024 to 24 May 2025, (a) that arrived at their destination on time was: 50.7%; 54.9%; 60.4%, 59.8%; 57.8% and 60.5% and (b) trains that arrived at their destination w...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRobin Hood Line: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57342 on Robin Hood Line: Standards, how many of the 11% of late trains on the Robin Hood Line in that period were cancelled.
Answer: Between 1 April and 26 April 2025, 89 per cent of all services for all stations on the Robin Hood Line arrived within three minutes of their schedule arrival time, 11 per cent arrived later than three minutes. Cancellations are measured separately as the ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have had their asylum application rejected are still living in the UK.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum-related returns in Ret_04 and Ret_05 of the ‘Returns summary tables’. The latest data is up to March 2025.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: AshfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on the number of bus services (a) delayed and (b) cancelled across Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of services (a) delayed and (b) cancelled for Ashfield constituency. The Department publishes average bus punctuality rates on the percentage of non-frequent bus services running on time and the average wait...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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