Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
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Asylum and Immigration: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reports were produced by Independent Social Workers for the immigration and asylum tribunals in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum and Immigration: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the asylum and immigration tribunal system was of commissioning reports from Independent Social Workers in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordImmigration: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Independent Social Workers are recognised by the Tribunal system as qualified to provide independent reports in immigration cases.
Answer: The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLabour Force SurveyCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15248More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the outputs from the Transformed Labour Force Survey will be published.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 20 November is attached.
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were spent on Level 7 Appenticeships in each year since the creation of the levy.
Answer: The apprenticeships budget in England is used to fund training and assessment for new apprenticeship starts in apprenticeship levy and non-levy paying employers, and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices already in training and any additional payments...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people starting apprenticeships in each year of this Parliament.
Answer: This government’s reformed growth and skills offer, with apprenticeships at the heart, will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers, aligned with our industrial strategy, creating routes into good, skilled jobs in growing industries, such a...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Married PeopleHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of partner visas were granted where the applicant used cash savings to count towards the minimum income threshold in each year since 2012.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on Partner entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by the means by which the Minimum Income Requirement is met.Data on visas issued are pub...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGrowth and Skills LevyDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to allow firms to use up to 50% of the Growth And Skills Levy to fund non-apprenticeship training.
Answer: This government’s reformed growth and skills offer, with apprenticeships at the heart, will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers, aligned with our industrial strategy, creating routes into good, skilled jobs in growing industries, such a...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAlmshouses: Affordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the National Planning Policy Framework to allow almshouse charities that are not registered providers to receive Section 106 funds for the provision of
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8305 on 18 October 2024.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were served with a notice of liability to remove in each year since 2004.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely report on numbers of individuals served with notices of liability to removal, and that information could only be obtained for the purposes of this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordReaction Engines: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the collapse of Reaction Engines Ltd on the UK Hypersonic Air Vehicle programme.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is in discussion with the Administrators appointed by Reaction Engines Ltd. However, these discussions are commercial-in-confidence and I cannot disclose further details.
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIntellectual PropertyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to safeguard intellectual property for the UK following the collapse of Reaction Engines.
Answer: The Government recognises that the UK’s aerospace and space industry is world-leading. Although the Government cannot comment on individual commercial cases, where appropriate officials will work with companies and administrators to consider how best to r...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordListed Places of Worship Grant SchemeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on the future of the Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme.
Answer: Departmental settlements have been set following the Budget announcement on October 30. Individual programmes will now be assessed during the departmental Business Planning process.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will publish a breakdown of the offences committed by reoffending foreign nationals by main offence group.
Answer: I refer the honourable Member to the response I gave on 11 November 2024 to PQ 13567.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of looked after children were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each local authority area in 2024.
Answer: Information on the number and proportion of looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, is submitted to the department on an annual basis. This was recently published on 14 November 2024 at local authority level in our statisti...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support state schools as pupils transfer from their independent school to a state school as a result of the Government’s introduction of VAT on private school fees.
Answer: HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what the direct cost of pupils with SEND moving from private schools to state schools as a result o
Answer: HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment she has made of the number of pupils with SEND that will move from the private educ
Answer: HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the policy paper titled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the expe
Answer: HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils with an education, health and care plan have a named school on their education, health and care plan.
Answer: As at January 2024, 446,448 children and young people with an education, health and care (EHC) plan, had a school (including mainstream schools, special schools, alternative provision or pupil referral unit) named as the setting on their EHC plan. This re...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Social ServicesHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the treatment of migrant workers in the care sector.
Answer: The Government is deeply concerned by reports of unethical practices relating to international recruits within the adult social care sector. UK Visas and Immigration continue to investigate and take action, alongside partners, where evidence of abuse is f...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13493More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the official statistics entitled Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2024, CP 1131, published on 30 July 2024, if she will publish by Department the data provided in Table 6.5.
Answer: Underlying data for table 6.5 will become available on 28 November when the Annual OSCAR Transparency Release is published on GOV.UK. As an alternative, economic category data based on departmental budgets (PESA table 2.1) are available from the “Public S...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13234More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of employer National Insurance Contributions was for (a) central Government, (b) local government and (c) the whole of government in each of the last five financial years; what estimate she has made of
Answer: The Treasury does not collect spending information on this basis. However, as set out in the Autumn Budget, the government has set aside funding to support the public sector with employer National Insurance Contributions. The amounts are £4.7bn in 2025-26...
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the rate of employer National Insuranc
Answer: To repair public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance.The government recognises the need to protect the smallest emplo...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the increase in the rate of employer National Insurance Co
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made an announcement at the Autumn Budget 2024 setting out changes to Employers National Insurance Contributions policy. Alongside this, she announced funding to the public sector to support them with...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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