Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2025
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Breakfast Clubs: Pilot SchemesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which early adopter schools have opted out of the free breakfast club pilot programme.
Answer: The department had over 3,000 schools apply to be part of the early adopter scheme, so as expected there has been some movement in the schools taking part as we finalised the 750 running from April, but that has been minimal.The list of schools taking par...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 41542 on Packaging: Recycling, which stakeholders his Department plans to engage with to discuss changes to the Package Recovery Note s
Answer: We intend to seek views from all those who may impacted by any of the proposed changes, including producers, compliance schemes, waste management companies, local authorities and reprocessors and exporters of packaging waste.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on contingency accommodation for (a) asylum seekers, (b) people granted asylum and (c) people in the country illegally in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at Home Office annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024 - GOV.UK.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on homelessness and rough sleeping in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Department’s spending for each year is published through annual reports. You can find links to these here: 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24. The 2024/25 annual report will be published in due course. The Government spent over £873 million on home...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on contingency accommodation for (a) asylum seekers, (b) those granted asylum, and (c) those in the country illegally in each year since 2020.
Answer: My department has not provided any funding for contingency accommodation for asylum seekers, those granted asylum or those in the country illegally as the Home Office has departmental responsibility for the asylum system and irregular migration.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: Fraud and MaladministrationTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51512More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will take steps to improve the accuracy of (a) identifying and (b) reporting data on fraud as distinct from administrative error.
Answer: As with other parts of the tax system, the term ‘error and fraud’ includes this full range of behaviours, from mistakes and failure to take reasonable care, through to deliberate non-compliance. The Government is committed to further enhancing the admini...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51511More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41176 on Research: Tax Allowances, if she will publish a breakdown of the data provided for (a) error and (b) fraud.
Answer: As with other parts of the tax system, the term ‘error and fraud’ includes this full range of behaviours, from mistakes and failure to take reasonable care, through to deliberate non-compliance. The Government is committed to further enhancing the admini...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: Telephone ServicesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the Child Maintenance Service helpline's performance in responding to phone calls against its service level standards.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service are committed to delivering the best possible service to all customers. We continuously monitor telephony performance and through this fully recognise that call waiting times are at times longer than we would like. To address...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImportsTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50252More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of shipments worth less than £135 to the UK was in each year since 2015, by country of origin.
Answer: Goods valued at £135 or less imported into the UK are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration.HMRC can only provide the overall value of shipments containing goods under £135, as data on country ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImportsTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50251More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average value of shipments worth less than £135 to the UK was in each year since 2015, by country of origin.
Answer: Goods valued at £135 or less imported into the UK are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration.As part of this simplified declaration, HMRC does not collect information on the origin of the goods ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the proportion of imports worth less than £135 that did not meet UK safety standards by country of origin in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) works with local authorities and border forces to detect, deter and disrupt the flow of unsafe and non-compliant goods as they are imported into the UK. Risk-based and intelligence-led approaches are used...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: ChinaTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50249More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the proportion of imports from China that were worth less than £135 in each year since 2015.
Answer: Goods valued at £135 or less imported into the UK are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration. As part of this simplified declaration multiple goods can be bulk declared without providing the tot...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGame: Gun SportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Natural England on the potential impact of issuing a GL43 on the shooting season this year.
Answer: In considering the issue of GL43 for this year’s shooting season, Defra took into account Natural England’s statutory advice, noting that the national transmission risk status of avian influenza in wild birds continues to be very high. This included a rec...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase funding for asylum dispersal to (a) West Suffolk District Council, and (b) other local authorities.
Answer: Current accommodation funding arrangements are published on GOV.UK: Asylum Dispersal Grant: funding instruction - GOV.UK.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to the homegrown sugar industry in fast-tracking trials to help tackle Virus Yellows disease.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the beet sugar industry’s Virus Yellows resilience fund.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the beet sugar industry to tackle Virus Yellows disease.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: StatisticsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department takes steps to verify statistics published by the Gaza Health Ministry.
Answer: Like many of our partners, we use data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Pro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49112More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department takes steps to verify statistics published by the Gaza Health Ministry.
Answer: I refer the Right Honorable Gentleman to the response given for PQ 49111.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49111More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Secretariat uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in its cross-Whitehall briefings.
Answer: NSS does use Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures for briefing. It is difficult to verify casualty statistics accurately during an active conflict. FCDO and CO rely on the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: StatisticsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in its Cross Whitehall Briefings.
Answer: Like many of our partners, we use data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Pro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in cross-Whitehall briefings.
Answer: I refer the Right Honorable Gentleman to the response given for PQ 49111.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Energy Transformation FundDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to provide further information on its long-term plans for the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.
Answer: The Government is making long-term plans to enable UK industry to decarbonize and reach Net Zero. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will update stakeholders as soon as possible on Funds that will be available to industry after the upcoming S...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospitals and (b) other NHS buildings are in each Integrated Care Board’s area.
Answer: The annual Estates Return Information Collection collects data on National Health Service sites and integrated care boards by type and total, for instance hospitals and buildings, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ConstructionDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of constructing a new (a) primary and (b) secondary school was in each year since 2015.
Answer: New school buildings are delivered by local authorities, the department and other bodies.The average cost of constructing new primary and secondary schools can be found in the national cost benchmarking study, published at: https://documents.hants.gov.uk/...
Answered 9 May 2025
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