Neil O'Brien MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for a breakdown of the programme gross spend and income of RDEL in the Housing and Planning Estimate Line in FY 2024/5, with reference to MHCLG's Annual Report 2024/5, SoPS 1.1.
Answer: The Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 reports the figures for both spend and income across all Estimate Lines. For the Housing and Planning Estimate Line in SoPS 1.1, total gross expenditure is stated as £1.583bn with the major items of expenditure, and ...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
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Public ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16513More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14422 and the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12225, if she will provide the total spending in the category of Purchase of Goods, Services and Other Expendi
Answer: The relevant information in the case of the listed entities is not publicly available.
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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Department for Education: Public ExpenditureDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2026 to question 14924, what the breakdown is of capital spending in 2024/5 in the category of Other School Funding (Department); and whether any reductions in capital budgets a
Answer: The capital spending recorded under the ‘Other School Funding (Department)’ category in Supplementary Estimates 2024/25 was £1,752 million. This is comprised of funding lines, notably the School Rebuilding Programme, and funding to remove reinforced autoc...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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Approved Premises: Operating CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total operating cost to HM Prison and Probation Service of running Approved Premises was in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The table below shows the direct operating costs and total costs of running Approved Premises in England and Wales in each of the last five financial years. Financial YearDirect Costs (£m)Total Costs (£m)2020/2160.591.02021/2275.8108.82022/2378.7115.12023...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
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Approved PremisesMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were resident in Approved Premises in England and Wales on the most recent date for which data is available, and in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested, which has not previously been published, will be included in the next edition of Offender Accommodation Outcome Statistics, which is due for publication on 30 July. It will be available at the following link: Offender Accommodat...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
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Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were being cared for in forensic support services in each year since 2013-14, broken down by a) high, b) medium and c) low secure services.
Answer: The following table shows spending on forensic support services according to high, medium and low secure services between 2013/14 and 2023/24, the most recent year for which data is available:Financial YearHigh Secure (£m)Medium Secure (£m)Low Secure (£m)...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Public ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2026 to question 13207, if he will publish a breakdown of the i) spending in Purchase of goods/services - Hosting and ii) spending in Purchase of goods/services - Social
Answer: Please see attached breakdown of spend for ‘Purchase of goods/services – Hosting’ and ‘Purchase of good and service - Social care’.
Answered 6 Aug 2026
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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	2
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	3
Department for Transport	2
Department for Work and Pensions	5
Department of Health and Social Care	7
Home Office	17
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	2
Ministry of Justice	5
Treasury	3

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