Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Tree Planting: Highways EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been planted by Highways England in each year between 2014 and 2024; and what the cost to the public purse was of this work.
Answer: National Highways (NH) does not keep a central record of the number of trees they have planted across England in any given year. However, as outlined in their ‘Net zero highways: our 2030 / 2040 / 2050 plan’, NH aims to plant at least 3 million trees by 2...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of lighting on (a) motorways and (b) A roads has been replaced with LEDs in each year between 2014 and 2024; and what the cost to the public purse was of this work.
Answer: The answer could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHighways England: VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list all (a) start and (b) end dates for lease agreements held by Highways England for their vehicle fleet.
Answer: National Highways does not currently have any lease agreements for vehicles in place for its vehicle fleet.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Highways: Motor VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Highways England vehicles that were (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric in each year between
Answer: National Highways keeps records of the vehicles that make up its fleet; the breakdown of vehicle fuel type between 2014 and 2024 can be found in the table below. Vehicle TypeYearPetrolDieselHydrogenHybridPlug-in HybridFully Electric20140685000020150717000...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHighways England: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse for Highways England to decarbonise (a) internal operations by 2030, (b) road maintenance and construction by 2040, and (c) travel on roads
Answer: The draft third Road Investment Strategy (RIS3), which will cover five years from April 2026 to March 2031, will be published in due course. This will set out the Government’s objectives for the Strategic Road Network and the funding available. This inclu...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials within his Department have had with technology companies on the energy infrastructure needed for new data centres
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of building new data centres on (a) sites of decommissioned power stations and (b) other brownfield sites.
Answer: The suitability of any site for a data centre depends on a number of factors including grid capacity, state of grid infrastructure and availability of data connectivity. Future AI Growth Zones will be selected taking into account these factors.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his policies on the construction of off-grid infrastructure for new data centres, including on (a) gas-fired power plants, (b) nuclear p
Answer: Data centres are normally connected to the transmission and distribution grid rather than off-grid connection as this gives them resilience to planned and forced outages of an individual power source. Consequently, my Department has not made any assessmen...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide additional support to the (a) Planning Inspectorate, (b) statutory consultees, (c) local planning authorities, and (d) government consenting teams on taking f
Answer: Reforming the planning system is key to unlocking our country’s economic growth, to deliver the critical infrastructure that we need. The Government has announced a £46 million package of investment into the planning system to support capacity and capabil...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to allow the National Policy Statements for Energy and Planning Policy Guidance to approve grid infrastructure for new data centres.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will provide the powers to accelerate the infrastructure needed to deliver on the Government’s ambitions. The Government published a working paper [1] on the proposals on the 26th January 2025 and more detail will be a...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the AI Opportunities Action Plan on future (a) instances of judicial review, (b) e
Answer: The AI Opportunities Action Plan sets out measures to support AI infrastructure development, including tackling challenges like planning and energy access. As part of this, the Government is considering how best to ensure an efficient regulatory and plann...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to bring grid infrastructure for new data centres under the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will provide the powers to accelerate the infrastructure needed to deliver on the Government’s ambitions. The Government published a working paper [1] on the proposals on the 26th January 2025 and more detail will be a...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Westminster BridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517, on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) unlawful parking and (b) unlicensed pedicabs on Westminster Bridge; a
Answer: Westminster Bridge is owned and managed by Transport for London (TfL). Ministers and officials have regular conversations with TfL on a variety of issues but decisions about unlawful parking and unlicenced pedicabs on Westminster Bridge are solely for the...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStreet Trading: Westminster BridgeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517, on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what steps her Department is taking to tackle unlawful street vendors on Westminster Br
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 9942 on 22 November 2024.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Westminster BridgeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517 on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what steps her Department is taking to tackle unlawful gambling on Westminster Bridge; and if she will in
Answer: Localised incidents of unlawful gambling such as those on Westminster Bridge are the responsibility of the relevant licensing authority and police force. In the case of Westminster Bridge, this is Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police. The ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Westminster BridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517 on Crime: Westminster Bridge, which public bodies are responsible for law enforcement in relation to (a) unlawful gambling, (b) unlawful street vendor
Answer: Localised incidents of illegal gambling are the responsibility of the relevant licensing authority and relevant police force. In the case of Westminster Bridge, this is Westminster City Council and the Metropolitan Police. The police are able to ask stree...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: WhitehallHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23517 on Crime: Westminster Bridge, what role the Government has (a) in policing and (b) tackling crime within Whitehall’s Government Secure Zone;
Answer: Departmental responsibility for tackling crime, whether on Westminster Bridge, or in the Hon Member’s own constituency of West Suffolk is a matter for the relevant local police force.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: Ethnicity and NationalityMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of what (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity were found guilty of (i) murder and (ii) manslaughter in each year since 2010.
Answer: Data on those convicted of murder or manslaughter, up to 30 June 2024, can be found in the principle offence proceedings and ‘Outcomes by Offence’ data tool, available at: Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2024. In the 'Outcomes by Offences' document, s...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademic FreedomDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release entitled Government reaffirms commitment to Free Speech in universities, published by her Department on 15 January 2025, what the terms of reference are for the (a) review of
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring our world leading universities remain free from foreign interference. Providers should expect the Office for Students (OfS) to take regulatory action if they allow foreign governments to interfere in free speech or...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) its arms-length bodies has made of the potential impact of grid-scale battery energy storage solution systems on the safety of nearby residential un
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to UIN 24989.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Carbon EmissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the staff time taken in ambulance trusts to meet the target for the NHS to reach net zero by 2040, broken down by (a) FTE positions and (b) salary.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. No estimate has been made.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the (a) name and (b) postcode of all ambulance depots in (i) England, (ii) East of England and (iii) Suffolk; and how many (A) ambulances and (B) other vehicles are bas
Answer: A table showing the names, postcodes, and operating foundation trusts of all ambulance depots in England, including the East of England and Suffolk, is attached. Information on the number of vehicles at each depot is not held centrally.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) start and (b) end dates are of all lease agreements held by NHS ambulance trusts for (i) ambulances and (ii) other vehicles.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Motor VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vehicles other than ambulances used by the NHS were (a) petrol, (b), diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric in (i) England, (ii) East of England and (i
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulances were (a) petrol, (b), diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric in (i) England, (ii) East of England and (iii) Suffolk in each of the last 10 y
Answer: The attached tables show the number of double-crewed ambulances and other emergency vehicles for England and the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust by fuel type, from 2019/20 to 2023/24. Data is only held for the years included in the tables atta...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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