Neil O'Brien MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
HIV/AIDS: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people living with diagnosed HIV infection there were in (a) the period to 2014 from the earliest date for which data are available and (b) each year since 2014, by UK statistical region f
Answer: The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCare Leavers: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of people in leaving care services were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each local authority in each month since January 2017.
Answer: Information on the number of looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, is submitted to the department on an annual basis and is published at local authority level in the department’s statistical release, which can be found he...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: AsylumDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7534More
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 in each month since January 2017.
Answer: Information on the number of looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, is submitted to the department on an annual basis and is published at local authority level in the department’s statistical release, which can be found he...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants of (a) disability benefits and (b) low or no income benefits can report a hospital stay via a phone call; and if her Department will take steps to introduce a tell me once system.
Answer: For Disability Benefits, the usual route for the customer to notify us of a hospital admission is either via phone or in writing. Universal Credit customers can report a hospital stay via a phone call, they can also report it digitally via a journal messa...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many phone calls to report hospital stays for claimants of (a) disability benefits, (b) low or no income benefits and (c) universal credit there were in each month since January 2010.
Answer: We do not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of phone calls to report hospital stays for claimants of (a) disability benefits, (b) low or no income benefits and (c) universal credit, including time spent on hold, was in e
Answer: We do not hold the information requested.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the number of bidirectional chargers for electric vehicles that have been installed.
Answer: Bidirectional chargers for electric vehicles to enable them to export as well as import energy from their batteries is an emerging technology area. It will enable electric vehicle drivers to sell electricity back to the grid, as well as power their homes ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait time for a car driving test was at each driving test centre in each month since January 2015.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recru...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were waiting more than 24 weeks for a driving test in each driving test area in each month since January 2015.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recru...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait time was in each driving test area in each month since January 2015.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recru...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of driving tests.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recru...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of additional driving tests that will be needed to reduce the average wait time for a test to the seven-week service standard.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.Measures in place to reduce waiting times for customers at driving test centres, include the recru...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGP SurgeriesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP premises there were in 2010.
Answer: In 2010, there were 8,324 general practice (GP) premises. This data has been sourced from NHS England and only includes main practices. More data is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/gener...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many graduates of each higher education institution (a) have outstanding student loans and (b) are paying off such loans.
Answer: The attached table shows the number of borrowers who are liable to repay (i.e. are past their Statutory Repayment Due Date (SRDD) and have an outstanding loan) and of those, how many have ever made a repayment, split by Higher Education Provider (HEP).The...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are circumstances where a victim cannot call for a foreign national offender to be deported in a victim impact statement.
Answer: Whether a deportation order for a foreign national offender is made is ultimately a decision for the Home Secretary. Any foreign national offender convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is referred to the Home Office at the earli...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of of 13 September 2024 to Question 4411 on Pupils: Per Capita Costs, what the funding per pupil was in state schools for (a) Dedicated Schools Grant block funding, (b) pay and pensions,
Answer: Schools core funding is allocated through the dedicated schools grant (DSG), which includes growth and premises funding. These can be found as separate funding lines in the published DSG tables. DSG allocations are available at a regional and local author...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the Pharmacy First service has been used in each month since its launch.
Answer: Pharmacy First was launched on 31 January 2024, and the overall service consists of three core elements:clinical pathways, a new element;urgent medicine supply, previously commissioned as the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service; andNational Health S...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2476 on Winter Fuel Payment, if she will provide this information for current constituency boundaries.
Answer: Winter Fuel Payment statistics covering winter 2023/24 are due to be published on 24 September at 9:30am: Winter Fuel Payment statistics for winter 2023 to 2024 - Official statistics announcement. This publication will include information for the current ...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordResearch: InvestmentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 6 of the policy document entitled Statement of Levelling Up Missions, published on 25 January 2024, whether it remains his Department's policy that levels of publ
Answer: This public R&D regional investment target is committed to in legislation via the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. Increasing productivity right across the UK is fundamental to our mission to kickstart economic growth. Through our Industrial St...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of former asylum applicants who have withdrawn their applications (a) have left the country and (b) her Department knew the location of in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Home Office does not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMigrants: DetaineesHome OfficeTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have absconded from immigration detention in each year since 2004.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on escapes from immigration detention in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on escapes from detention centres and absconds from escort is published by year in table Det_05a of the ‘Detention summary ...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Harborough, Oadby and WigstonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency will be affected by the change in eligibility requirements for Winter Fuel Payment.
Answer: Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituency, data on Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Harborough constituency has been used. I...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average spend per pupil was in state schools in each year since 1994, broken down by region.
Answer: The table below provides per pupil funding units from 2018/19 to 2024/25, which represents the funding provided for schools in all regions, nationally. The department cannot provide comparable funding data back to 1994, due to the changes in the funding s...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: EqualityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work in her Department's Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing team.
Answer: There are 25 people (not all full time) who work in the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing (EDIW) Team. The EDIW team is vital in supporting DWP in creating a safe, healthy, diverse and inclusive environment that meets our statutory obligations un...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: CommunicationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: Defra spent £1,503,000 on communications activity in the 2023/2024 financial year. Defra publishes details on spend on a monthly basis on GOV.UK as part of routine Government transparency arrangements. Communications campaigns are an important part of del...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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