Mike Tapp MP: written questions

Written questions

• Undocumented Migrants: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53760More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which database systems are the people who have arrived via small boat crossing checked against for (a) criminal and (b) counter-terrorism information; and how long does it take on average for full che

  Answer: The Home Office checks all small boat arrivals against a range of secure systems. These include internal databases, law enforcement records, biometric verification platforms and immigration history systems. Biometrics and biographic details taken are chec...

  Answered 5 Jun 2025

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• Ferries: Charging PointsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43746More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to ensure the Port of Dover has sufficient energy supply to the Port to implement electric ferry charging points.

  Answer: The Government published the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy on 25 March, which outlines domestic goals and commitments to decarbonise maritime transport, and a call for evidence on Net Zero Ports was launched to assess future energy demand at ports lik...

  Answered 11 Apr 2025

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• Heat Pumps: Dover and DealDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43745More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using disused mine shafts for clean energy creation using heat pump technology in Dover and Deal constituency.

  Answer: To achieve net zero at lowest cost, we must look at how to accelerate all low carbon technologies including geothermal. The mine water from coal mines shows good potential as a renewable source for heat networks. The government is therefore supporting min...

  Answered 11 Apr 2025

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• Police: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43744More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent the police from charging victims of theft whose cars have been stolen for the cost of holding or releasing those vehicles.

  Answer: The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (RTRA) empowers the police to remove vehicles that are dangerously, illegally, or obstructively parked, or broken down or abandoned, which includes vehicles abandoned after theft.Removals and storage entail a cost, whi...

  Answered 11 Apr 2025

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• West Bank: TerrorismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43328More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the level of terrorist activity in the West Bank and (b) Iran's support for terrorism in the

  Answer: The UK remains concerned by the threat of terrorism in the West Bank and strongly condemns all acts of terrorism. Stability in the West Bank is crucial to ensure any ceasefire in Gaza can last. All sides should work to ensure a lowering of tension in the ...

  Answered 22 Apr 2025

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• Police: Fees and ChargesHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38322More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent the police from charging people whose cars have been stolen for the cost of holding those vehicles for evidential purposes.

  Answer: Whilst the police are empowered to charge vehicle owners prescribed sums for the recovery, storage, and disposal of their vehicles, victims of theft are not charged storage costs whilst vehicles are undergoing forensics examinations or for the cost for fo...

  Answered 20 Mar 2025

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• Asylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17039More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the maximum daily spend on hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers between July (a) 2021 and (b) 2024; and in which (i) month and (ii) year that maximum spend was reached.

  Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on daily numbers or cost of hotels in use as costs are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system. However, the total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annua...

  Answered 9 Dec 2024

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• Foreign Relations: TurkeyHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15602More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Turkish counterpart on a cooperation and security agreement; and whether she plans to hold such discussions before the end of the year.

  Answer: The Home Office continues to work closely with a wide range of agencies and governments around the world to pursue our shared objectives to tackle organised immigration crime. However, I can advise the Honourable Member that media reports suggesting that ...

  Answered 26 Nov 2024

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• Iran: Hamas and HezbollahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10012More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help disrupt Iran’s support for (a) Hamas, (b) Hezbollah and (c) the Houthis.

  Answer: The Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister made clear to their Iranian counterparts that Iran must cease its support for its proxies and partners during recent calls. We will continue to work alongside international partners to hold Iran to account for its ...

  Answered 28 Oct 2024

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