Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Prisoners: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on keeping foreign nationals imprisoned in prisons in each of the last five years.
Answer: We do not disaggregate prison run costs by nationality and the cost to hold individuals depends on category of prisons. Our unit costs for holding prisoners are published on GOV.UK alongside the HM Prison and Probation Service Annual Reports and Accounts....
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were assessed for a role in the Prison Service by nationality in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Department welcomes job applications from everyone, irrespective of background, identity, experience, or circumstance, and particularly those underrepresented in our workforce. The number of people assessed for a role in the prison service by national...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people applied to join the Prison Service by nationality in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Department welcomes job applications from everyone, irrespective of background, identity, experience, or circumstance, and particularly those underrepresented in our workforce. The number of people who applied for a role in the prison service by natio...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: HeatingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the percentage reduction in heat demand that household insulation measures will deliver on existing housing stock.
Answer: The Department publishes annual estimates of the impact of installing insulation measures through government schemes on domestic gas consumption in England and Wales.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply and Insulation: ExpenditureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, regarding the report entitled Seventh Carbon Budget by the Committee on Climate Change, published on 26 February 2025, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cumulative capital ex
Answer: The actual costs of delivering the Seventh Carbon Budget will be determined by the choices that government makes. The costs and funding scenarios set out in the CCC’s Seventh Carbon Budget report are illustrative and do not represent government policy and...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: CarersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional support to carers of people with Parkinson’s disease.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need.Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable,...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help shorten waiting times for dementia diagnoses.
Answer: A timely diagnosis is vital to ensuring that a person with dementia can access the advice, information, care, and support that can help them to live well and remain independent for as long as possible.We remain committed to recovering the dementia diagnos...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: AshfieldDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to reduce NHS waiting times in Ashfield.
Answer: We are ensuring that people have the best possible experience during their care, including in the Ashfield constituency. We have already exceeded our pledge to deliver an extra two million operations, scans, and appointments, with three million more deliv...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps is he taking to support the steel industry.
Answer: Steel is a top priority for this Government. As shown with the passing of the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act, this Government will not hesitate to take unprecedented steps to safeguard the future of steelmaking in the UK, protecting jobs, national ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the Work Capability Assessment decisions made between January 2022 and November 2024, broken down by mental and behavioural disorders.
Answer: Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment decisions by grouped medical condition, including ‘mental and behavioural disorders’, are published on Stat-Xplore in the sections ‘ESA Work Capability Assessments’. Users can...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of work capability assessment decisions by medical condition between January 2022 and November 2024.
Answer: Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) Work Capability Assessment decisions by grouped medical condition, including ‘mental and behavioural disorders’, are published on Stat-Xplore in the sections ‘ESA Work Capability Assessments’. Users can...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Capability AssessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of work capability assessment decisions in each month between January 2022 and November 2024.
Answer: Statistics on Work Capability Assessment decisions by month of decision are published on Stat-Xplore in the sections ‘ESA Work Capability Assessments’ and ‘Universal Credit Work Capability Assessments’. Users can log in or access Stat-Xplore as a guest an...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries and Schools: AdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will introduce trauma training in nurseries and schools to support (a) children in care and (b) children who have been adopted.
Answer: Children in care and care leavers are significantly more likely to have experienced trauma and have poor mental health. The latest departmental data shows that two thirds of children become looked after due to abuse or neglect, and we know that care-exper...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: NottinghamshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from Nottinghamshire prisons as part of the early release scheme since July 2024.
Answer: This Government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis, with our prisons on the brink of collapse. We took the necessary action to prevent the complete breakdown in law and order that we were facing when we were elected, by introducing the SDS40 sc...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent child poverty in Ashfield constituency, in the context of disability benefit reforms.
Answer: Delivering our manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty is an urgent priority for this Government. The Ministerial Taskforce is working to publish a Child Poverty Strategy looking at levers across four key themes of increasing incomes, reducing essent...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability benefit claimants will be impacted by the disability benefit reforms in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper will be published in due course, and some information was published alongside the Spring Statement. These publications can be found in ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: VeteransMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce homelessness among veterans.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 903640 on 7 April 2025.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many foreign nationals have been granted social housing in the last year.
Answer: People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds. The Home Office decides whether persons from abroad have leave to remain in the UK and whether they have recourse to public funds. O...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many disabled people were on the waiting list for social housing in the last 12 months.
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the number of disabled people on social housing registers (waiting lists).
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: Digital TechnologyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce processing times for applications to the blue badge digital service.
Answer: The Blue Badge Digital Service offers a national online application and badge management facility through GOV.UK. Nearly 90% of all badge applications are now made through this service. The Department for Transport runs a programme of continuous improveme...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: Digital TechnologyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to reduce administrative requirements for local authorities handling the blue badge digital service.
Answer: The Blue Badge Digital Service offers a national online application and badge management facility through GOV.UK. Nearly 90% of all badge applications are now made through this service. The Department for Transport runs a programme of continuous improveme...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: Digital TechnologyDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the blue badge digital service for applicants with disabilities.
Answer: The Blue Badge Digital Service offers a national online application and badge management facility through GOV.UK. Nearly 90% of all badge applications are now made through this service. The Department for Transport runs a programme of continuous improveme...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: NottinghamshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of jobs for newly qualified nurses in Nottinghamshire.
Answer: Decisions about the employment of newly qualified nurses in Nottinghamshire is a matter for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level to ensure they have the right number of staff in place, with the ri...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of healthcare jobs for British born medical graduates.
Answer: The Government is committed to growing homegrown talent and giving opportunities to more people across the country to join our National Health Service.Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual NHS employers. NHS trusts manage their recruitmen...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use Eastwood Hall Hotel to accommodate irregular migrants.
Answer: As a matter of longstanding policy, the Home Office does not comment publicly on sites which may or may not be utilised to accommodate asylum seekers.However, if a hotel has been identified for use as contingency accommodation, Home Office officials will ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
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