Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
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Adoption and Special Guardianship OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged (a) under one, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine and (k) ten and over years old were (i) adopted and (ii) subject of a Special Guardia
Answer: Data on age of children subject to adoption and Special Guardianship Orders is routinely published in the quarterly Family Court Statistics and the relevant tables are attached.
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged (a) under one years old, (b) aged between one and four years old and (c) aged five years and older were (i) adopted and (ii) given a Special guardianship order in each year since 1996.
Answer: Data on the age of the children subject to adoption and Special Guardianship Orders is routinely published in Family Court Quarterly statistics and the relevant tables are attached.Data prior to 2011 is not readily available and to source it would incur d...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: DeductionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit households in the most recent quarter for which data is available are undergoing a third party deduction for the purpose of paying a court fine.
Answer: Around 250,000 Universal Credit households had at least one third party deduction for court fines in the quarter ending in November 2025. Notes:1. Figures have been calculated by identifying Universal Credit households with at least one thirdparty deduct...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Canary WharfCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126674More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants relocated to Canary Wharf count as having moved out of central London for statistical purposes.
Answer: Civil servants who have been moved to Canary Wharf do count as having been moved out of Central London. Utilising estate capacity in Outer London reduces pressure on Whitehall estate and ensures that we have accessible working spaces across the capital. H...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentences given in each of the last five years included an unpaid work requirement.
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables.The decision as to what type of order to impose at sentence, or when imposing any other type of Order in court, is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking into account all the circumstanc...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of individuals sentenced to an unpaid work requirement last year were given a (a) community order, (b) suspended sentence order, (c) youth rehabilitation order, (d) enforcement order and (e) super
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables.The decision as to what type of order to impose at sentence, or when imposing any other type of Order in court, is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking into account all the circumstanc...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Interest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowers, published on 7 April 2026, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public pur
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston to the answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 124528.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: GraffitiDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was to the public purse of graffiti removal across the Network Rail network in each of the last five years.
Answer: The cost of graffiti removal across the Network Rail network is available on Network Rail’s website.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total annual cost of administering the Community Payback scheme was in each of the last five years; and what the average cost per (a) sentence and (b) completed hour of unpaid work was in each of those y
Answer: Financial Year Total Community Payback Unpaid Work Spend (£) 2021/22£47,340,4922022/23£77,175,8932023/24£89,614,9152024/25£96,014,945In terms of what the total cost covers, it is things such as staffing costs, fleet (vans) and tools.We do not hold informa...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Orders: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Community Payback supervisors have been employed in each of the last five years.
Answer: The number of band 3 Community Payback supervisors employed by His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service in each of the last five years is given in the following table. Figures are provided for 31 December each year and are on a full-time equivalent (FTE...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who received a sentence of unpaid work failed to (a) start and (b) complete their sentence in each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested can be found in the following table:Sentence Financial Year% individuals who failed to start UPW% individuals who failed to complete UPW2021/22*8.4%40.7%2022/237.8%36.4%2023/246.2%34.2%2024/256.1%36.7%Periods marked with an asterisk (*)...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were passed in each of the last ten years; and what proportion of these included an unpaid work requirement.
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables.The decision as to what type of order to impose at sentence, or when imposing any other type of Order in court, is a matter for our independent judiciary, taking into account all the circumstanc...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of unpaid work were (a) sentenced and (b) credited in each of the last five years.
Answer: Between July 2021 and June 2025, a total of 24,341,125 hours of unpaid work were sentenced in England and Wales. In the same period, 17,614,065 hours of unpaid work were credited in England and Wales.By Performance Year Hours of unpaid work sentenced Hour...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of the process for accessing the General Dental Council's Overseas Registration Examination; and whether he has assessed the potential merits of introducin
Answer: The General Dental Council (GDC) is aware that the booking process for its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) can be challenging for candidates due to the very high demand for exam places. The GDC’s recently concluded procurement exercise has resulted in ne...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain have been revoked and have lapsed in each year since 2004.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate costs. Under section 12(1) of the FOIA, the Home Offic...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the households exempt from the Benefit Cap due to receipt of the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity (LCWRA) element of Universal Credit, how many contain a second working age adult
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum-related returns there were in 2025 for people from (a) Bangladesh, (b) Afghanistan, (c) Iran and (d) Sri Lanka.
Answer: As you are aware, the Home Office publishes statistics on the number of returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on returns from the UK, by nationality and asylum and non-asylum is published in table Re...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Ret_04 of the data release entitled 'Returns summary tables, year ending December 2025', updated on 26 February 2026, if she will publish a further breakdown of the nationaliti
Answer: As you are aware, the Home Office publishes statistics on the number of returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on returns from the UK, by nationality and asylum and non-asylum is published in table Re...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122783More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to change the law or guidance around Freedom of Information requests.
Answer: The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament. Any changes to FOI legislation will be subject to Parliamentary s...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the estimated capital cost for a new prison place in England and Wales, broken down into categories A, B, C and D.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Our build programme consists of the construction of four new prisons, including HMP Millsike, as well as the ex...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders in the UK are currently living in the community while liable for deportation after completing prison sentences.
Answer: Latest published information shows that at the end of Q4 2025 there were 19,470 foreign national offenders (FNOs) living in the community having completed their custodial sentences and subject to deportation or administrative removal. The published inform...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the housing element of UC in each region and local authority in 2025.
Answer: Information about the amount of Universal Credit Housing Element expenditure is available by country and financial year here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2025 - GOV.UK (see the ‘Housing_Benefits’ tab). However, information about Universal Cred...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, whether she will publish a further breakdown of the national
Answer: The Home Office publishes breakdowns of the number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave, by nationality and latest leave held prior to claim, for the top five nationalities in Asy_01e. This table does not currently in...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, how many people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a
Answer: The Home Office publishes breakdowns of the number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave, by nationality and latest leave held prior to claim, for the top five nationalities in Asy_01e. This table does not currently in...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: Sick LeaveDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average number of Working Days Lost per staff year was in each jobcentre in the most recent year.
Answer: Please see link to published Average Working Days Lost figures: Civil Service sickness absence, 2025: report - GOV.UK.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
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