Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Ambulance Services: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department is having with Distribution Network Operators to accelerate upgrades to substations near ambulance stations.
Answer: The Government regularly engages with the Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), who are responsible for maintaining and upgrading electrical infrastructure, including substations. Ofgem, the regulator, ensures that DNOs build and operate this infrastruct...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Electric VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many electric vehicle charging points were available at ambulance stations in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year between 2014 and 2024.
Answer: NHS England has collected this data since 2017 through the Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) at a national and regional level, for the East of England National Health Service region, although it does not separate the data for Suffolk. The most ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: Electric VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) electric ambulances and (b) other electric vehicles were there in the ambulance service fleet for (i) England, (ii) the East and (iii) Suffolk in each year between 2014 and 2024.
Answer: The following two tables show the number of electric double-crewed ambulances and other emergency vehicles for England and the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, respectively, from 2019/20 to 2023/24:EnglandYearNumberDouble-crewed ambulance2019/...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) interviews and (b) security checks there are for foreign nationals applying for positions in the prison service; and whether their country of origin is a factor.
Answer: HM Prison & Probation Service welcomes applications from people wishing to work in prisons in England and Wales. The interview process is the same for both UK and non-UK nationals. Selection is on the basis of fair and open competition, in accordance ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish internal analysis produced by her Department on the impact of asylum accommodation in hotels on violent disorder in summer 2024.
Answer: The Government is committed to understanding the factors which influenced the violent disorder in the summer, and its harmful impact on many communities. This is a priority, which is why the Deputy Prime Minister stood up a cross-government Communities an...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) terms and (b) guidance for pilots for asylum accommodation administered by (i) city mayors and (ii) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for the (a) implementation and (b) assessment of pilots for asylum accommodation administered by (i) city mayors and (ii) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides funding for each pilot for asylum accommodation administered by (a) city mayors, and (b) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of each pilot for asylum accommodation administered by (a) city mayors and (b) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Social Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many social houses are being used by each pilot for asylum accommodation administered by (a) city mayors and (b) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are covered by the pilots for asylum accommodation administered by (a) city mayors and (b) local authorities by (i) number of family units and (ii) average number of children.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas are covered by the pilots for asylum accommodation administered by (a) city mayors and (b) local authorities.
Answer: Any announcements on this and other related issues concerning asylum accommodation will be announced in the normal way in due course but the Government is determined to restore order to the asylum systems and cut the overall costs of the asylum system.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice and Crime Commissioners: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25763More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 23033 on Equality, whether the duty will require police and crime commissioners to prioritise specific (a) crime types, (b) localities and (c) minority grou
Answer: The duty will not require police and crime commissioners to prioritise specific (a) crime types, (b) localities or (c) minority groups. The duty requires specified public bodies, when making strategic decisions, to consider actively how their decisions mi...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how are jobs in the prison service advertised (a) domestically, and (b) overseas.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service publishes vacancies across formal UK advertising boards, including Civil Service Jobs. Selection for appointment to the prison service must be on merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as per the legal ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will outline the recruitment process for foreign nationals applying for positions in the prison service; and if she will publish all related documents.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) publishes vacancies across formal UK advertising boards, including Justice Jobs and Civil Service Jobs - GOV.UK.The recruitment process applied across HMPPS is the same for both UK and non-UK nationals, w...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCredit Reference AgenciesTreasuryTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25760More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to simplify the process for requesting a credit freeze from consumer credit reporting companies.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently conducted a study on the credit information market — the Credit Information Market Study — to understand how this market operates and assess whether it is working effectively for consumers and lenders. In Dec...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce new fisheries management measures in England’s Marine Protected Areas on (a) bottom trawling and (b) dredging.
Answer: It is essential to manage all forms of damaging fishing activity, including bottom trawling and dredging, in our Marine Protected Areas appropriately due to the significant damage it can have on protected seabed habitats. The department is considering nex...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElon MuskHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Homeland Security Group has assessed social media posts written by Elon Musk as part of its disinformation work.
Answer: The Homeland Security Group (HSG) in the Home Office routinely conducts open source monitoring to help keep British citizens safe, including on social media platforms in compliance with the relevant legislation governing such activity.As per convention, s...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAxel RudakubanaHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she was made aware that Axel Rudakubana had (a) sought to manufacture ricin and (b) possessed an Al-Qaeda training manual.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the statements made on those and other issues by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary, on 21 January.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAxel RudakubanaHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Prime Minister was made aware that Axel Rudakubana had (a) sought to manufacture ricin and (b) possessed an Al-Qaeda training manual.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the statements made on those and other issues by the Prime Minister and Home Secretary, on 21 January.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: VehiclesTreasuryTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24990More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 23520 on Ambulance Services: Vehicles, for what reason HMRC issues guidance that ambulance services must sign up to a maintenance package in order to reclaim VAT in r
Answer: The government departments’ refund scheme applies to certain specified services that qualifying bodies choose to contract out rather than supply in-house. Where there is a single contract for the hire of a vehicle which includes repair and maintenance, re...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment (a) his Department, (b) its arms-length bodies and (c) planning authorities have made of the potential impact of grid-scale battery energy storage solution systems on the safe
Answer: Grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive within a robust framework which requires BESS designers, installers, and operators to take the necessary measures to ensure health and safety throughout all ...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: EnergyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to home efficiency regulations on house prices.
Answer: The Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation was published in December 2023 and closed in March 2024. It set out proposals for improving the energy efficiency of new homes and buildings. An impact assessment estimating the costs and wider impacts...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power Stations: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20338 on Nuclear Power Stations: Migrant Workers, what his Department's definition is of critical systems for nuclear power plants.
Answer: DESNZ defines critical systems as any function (an aggregation of operational technology, information and specific areas within a civil nuclear installation) that is critical to preventing the theft or sabotage of nuclear material.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Interconnectors: SecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to mitigate the potential impact of (a) disruption to and (b) sabotage of interconnectors.
Answer: The Government takes the protection of subsea seriously and is working across Whitehall to ensure it is protected against hazards or malicious threats. Great Britain has a highly resilient and diverse energy network. We are confident that the gas and elec...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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