Neil O'Brien MP: written questions 2024
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: CommunicationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: For the financial year 2023/24 the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spent £7.6m on communications including payroll and advertising.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: CommunicationsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: Communications supports the government in delivering for the public, ensuring information is shared widely and effectively, informed by data and using a broad range of channels. In DCMS, an in-house team delivers communications with a limited supporting b...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: CommunicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: In the last year (August 2023 to July 2024) the Department spent £6,128,135 on paid communications campaigns. The majority of this spend was for the THINK! campaign, which is a key pillar in the Department’s commitment to improving road safety. THINK! aim...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: CommunicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: In financial year 2023/2024 the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) spent a total of £8,316,561.37 on communications. This is inclusive of £3,516,253.54 which are payroll related costs for staff who work in the Communications Directora...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: CommunicationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), including spend by predecessor Department for International Trade (DIT), spent £24,299,000 on communications in financial year 2022-2023 as reported in the Department’s annual report and accounts, available on ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: CommunicationsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3080More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: Cabinet Office Communications total spend (pay and non-pay) was £2,988,971.49 in FY 23/24, and it has a total budget (pay and non-pay) of £2,460,684.00 in FY 24/25.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CommunicationDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions delivers a range of campaigns which are essential in ensuring that vulnerable people and pensioners are aware of the financial support that they are eligible for.Appropriate advertising is a key government approach to ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: CommunicationMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department spent on communications in the last 12 months for which data is available.
Answer: The spend in 2023/24 for the Ministry of Justice’s Core Communications team 2023/24 was £8,903,437. This spend covers the staff and non-staff costs for internal communications, strategic communications, campaigns, marketing, external affairs, insight &...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: CommunicationHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The Home Office reports data on media spending and discloses this together with IT in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.Refer to page 243 (page 247 on the PDF reader) of the 2023-24 Annual Report and Accounts, through the link below.Home Office ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: CommunicationDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The department uses marketing to support the delivery of strategic aims and government priorities, including to recruit teachers and early years professionals, reform the skills landscape, and drive take up of products and services like apprenticeships, T...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: CommunicationsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 is the latest version laid before Parliament. For spend on communications we have interpreted this to be publicity and advertising, which includes health promotion campaigns, for ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: CommunicationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
Answer: The Government develops wide-ranging national and international campaigns which are delivered through tailored communication strategies aimed at reaching target audiences. The total FCDO Communication Directorate's communication campaign activity for FY23...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3073More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Communications Service spent on filming content for Ministers’ social media channels in each of the last five years.
Answer: Government Departments are responsible for their own social media content. The Government Communications Service does not provide a central resource for this. The Cabinet Office employs two digital officers who are responsible for producing social media c...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: CommunicationsTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3072More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much her Department spent on communications in the latest year for which data is available.
Answer: Expenditure on communications staffing was £2,507,000 and non-pay related items/services for the communications team was £869,000, In 2023-24. HM Treasury’s Communications Team is responsible for all communications conducted by HM Treasury and its Ministe...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in each Parliamentary constituency; and what estimate she has made of the number of people that will be eligible after the proposed means testing
Answer: Annual statistics relating to Winter Fuel Payment recipients are routinely published. The number of recipients within each parliamentary constituency is available at the following link:winter-fuel-payments-caseload-2022-to-2023.ods (live.com) The tab &quo...
Answered 6 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Private EducationTreasuryTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2475More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will exempt independent special schools from the removal of business rates charitable rates relief.
Answer: On 29 July 2024, the Government published a technical note confirming that the Government will remove private schools’ eligibility for charitable rates relief under business rates in England. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government will...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the supported asylum population in each local authority ward in England was on 31 December 2003.
Answer: The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly, including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure e...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median cost per night for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the cost was of the (a) most and (b) least expensive dec
Answer: The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly, and fairly, including reducing the use of hotels over time. Additionally, the Government will be reviewing current Home Office arrangements to ensure e...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: CostsHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the asylum system was in each year since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the cost for 2024.
Answer: Data on asylum costs has been disclosed each year since 2013-14 in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts. However, data for Financial Year 2024-25 is not yet published and will be available when the 2024-25 Annual Report and Accounts is published. ...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRefugees: LoansHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much she expects will be loaned in refugee integration loans this year.
Answer: Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and have operated over the last seventeen years to help recipients with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial de...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRefugees: LoansHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was loaned through refugee integration loans in each year since the scheme was created.
Answer: Refugee Integration Loans were introduced in 2007 following a public consultation and have operated over the last seventeen years to help recipients with the costs of integrating into UK society. They are funded by the Home Office, who make the initial de...
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCapital Gains TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1557More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people who paid capital gains tax also paid employee national insurance contributions in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: HMRC does not routinely produce estimates of the proportion of capital gains taxpayers who have paid employee national insurance contributions. A reliable estimate would only be available at disproportionate cost. Annual statistics on Capital Gains Tax in...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordCapital Gains TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1556More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people who paid capital gains tax were in work in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: In the 2021 to 2022 tax year, around 50% of customers liable to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) declared in their Self Assessment return that they were in employment or were self-employed. This figure is based on data reported by taxpayers who have filed a Self A...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: EqualityMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost. Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts: https:...
Answered 26 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were (a) granted and (b) refused by (i) year of age, (ii) sex and (iii) country of origin in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications by age, sex, and nationality are published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum Applications, Decisions and Resettlement detailed dat...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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