Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
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AsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with refugee status ceased receiving Home Office asylum support in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of destitute asylum seekers. Support is usually provided in the form of accommodation and a weekly allowance, which is reviewed each year to ensure it covers essential living needs....
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Universal Credit claimants awarded limited capability for work and work-related activity in the last 12 months scored more than 8 points in the mental, cognitive and intellectual func
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 18 and over currently hold refugee status in the United Kingdom.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on a quarterly basis. The statistics in relation to asylum decisions can be broken down by age. The latest published statistics, released on 21 May 2026, can be found at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 306, what her planned timetable is to (a) tender and (b) agree the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts and Advice, Issue, Reporting
Answer: For the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contract procurement, market engagement took place throughout 2025, including an industry day on 14 April 2026. Formal procurement is expected later in 2026, with tender documentation anticipated in the second half...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was deducted from payments to claimants in the last year as a result of the social sector under occupancy deduction.
Answer: Information on the number of households subjected to the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (RSRS) and average RSRS amount is available on Stat-Xplore via the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit official statistics.
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordConvictions: Police National ComputerMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of conviction occasions on the Police National Computer split by offence group and nationality of offender, for each quarter since Q3 2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice keeps the contents of its Official Statistics under continuous review, to ensure compliance with the three pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics; trustworthiness, quality and value. At present, we do not routinely publish ...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity are recorded as having autism spectrum disorder as a medical condition.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants awarded limited capability for work and work-related activity in the last 12 months did so without scoring 15 points in any single activity descriptor.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants assessed as having limited capability for work and work-related activity have a mental and behavioural disorder as their only recorded medical condition.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordConvictions: Police National ComputerMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of conviction occasions on the Police National Computer split by disposal category and nationality of offender, for each quarter since Q3 2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice keeps the contents of its Official Statistics under continuous review, to ensure compliance with the three pillars of the Code of Practice for Statistics; trustworthiness, quality and value. At present, we do not routinely publish ...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the number of Universal Credit claimants with limited capability for work and work-related activity by recorded medical condition.
Answer: The Department publishes quarterly statistics showing health conditions of claimants on Universal Credit (UC) Health Journey split by phase. This includes all health conditions recorded at their Work Capability Assessment (WCA) but does not capture health...
Answered 26 May 2026
Original Parliament recordTax CollectionTreasuryTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2158More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the section titled Collecting Tax That is Due in the October 2024 Budget, what additional tax revenue was collected in 2025-26 as a result of the investment in additional HMRC compliance and debt m
Answer: The additional investment in HMRC debt management staff, as announced at Autumn Budget 2024, is estimated to have delivered £840 million in additional tax revenue in 2025-26. This exceeds the original forecast by approximately £140 million. As announced a...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people worked for NHS England in every month since July 2024.
Answer: Information on the number of people working for NHS England is published monthly as part of the Department’s Workforce Management Information.These statistics are publicly available on the GOV.UK website and include data for NHS England and other arm’s le...
Answered 20 May 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in each of the last three years how many households owed a prevention or relief duty there were a) UK nationals b) EEA nationals c) non-EEA nationals, broken down by the reason f
Answer: The government publishes annual data on the nationality of main applicants owed a homelessness duty. You can access this for 2024/25 in table A9 here. The government also publishes quarterly and annual data on the reason why an applicant lost or was threa...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: ConductDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Practitioner Performance Advice cases involving (a) behaviour, (b) misconduct and (c) other (i) clinical and (ii) health concerns have involved practitioners who qua
Answer: NHS Resolution has provided data relating to practitioners who are the subject of NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice service (‘Advice’) cases. The number of cases in the tables below refers to the number of new cases opened in each of the fi...
Answered 27 May 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in January, February and March of this year.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish data on the number of individuals whose indefinite leave to remain has been revoked.
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on agreeing the Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation.
Answer: The Future Asylum Contract Transformation Project (FACT) is the Project responsible for delivering the replacement Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC) and Advice, Issue, Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) contracts to ensure continuous deliver...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordData CentresDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the expected growth in datacentre capacity, measured in MW, from today to 2030.
Answer: Growth in data centre electricity demand is inherently uncertain, reflecting factors such as phased build out, utilisation rates, efficiency improvements, and the extent to which activity may displace or offset demand elsewhere in the economy. DESNZ will ...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were revoked in the last twelve months.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally in an easily accessible form and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on forensic support services in the most recent year for which data is available; and how many people were dealt with by such services.
Answer: The spend on high, medium and low secure services for 2023/24, the latest year for which data is available, is £1,688,718,895. Information on how many people were dealt with by such services is not held centrally.
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMentally Disordered Offenders: HomicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, according to data supplied to the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health, how many patients in recent (12 months) contact with mental health services were convicted
Answer: The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health is not able to provide separate figures for 2024.In England, Wales, and Scotland, the estimated number of people who were convicted of a homicide offence and who had been in contac...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will publish data on the number of Personal Independence Payment claimants by (a) daily living component points score and (b) mobility component points score, broken down by primary disabling
Answer: The information requested is provided in the attached workbook. Figures for claimants with the most common disabling conditions in receipt of the PIP Daily Living component including those scoring fewer than 12 points on the Daily Living activities are pr...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47466, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants there are, broken down by (a) disability category and (b) health condition; and of those cl
Answer: The information requested is provided in the attached workbook. Figures for claimants with the most common disabling conditions in receipt of the PIP Daily Living component including those scoring fewer than 12 points on the Daily Living activities are pr...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's Annual Report 2024-25 and with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105347 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gove
Answer: We do not recognise the figure of £1,012,406,000 as an RDEL figure for the Affordable Housing Programme. This figure may relate to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Details of funding provided to Mayoral Combined Authorities are published each year in annual...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who are not United Kingdom nationals received a student loan for the first time in each of the last five academic years, broken down by (a) nationality group and (b) type of loan.
Answer: The attached table provides the number of non-UK nationals who received a first loan for the 2020/21 to 2024/25 academic years, by loan type and nationality.Eligibility for student finance is not based on nationality, but on immigration status and residen...
Answered 28 Jul 2026
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