Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2025
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SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school buildings will be (a) sold, (b) refurbished and (c) demolished between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The department supports responsible bodies, such as local authorities and charitable trusts, that own and manage the school estate, with capital funding, building programmes and extensive guidance. The department does not generally hold data on planned sa...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department is projected to spend on ultra-low carbon measures for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools by 2030.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting the UK net-zero carbon targets. Since 2021, the department’s own building standards require that all new school buildings we deliver are net-zero carbon in operation and are adapted to climate change to between 2 ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on ultra-low carbon measures for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England in each year since 2015.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting the UK net-zero carbon targets. Since 2021, the department’s own building standards require that all new school buildings we deliver are net-zero carbon in operation and are adapted to climate change to between 2 ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts have been agreed by her Department for (a) designing and (b) constructing new school buildings that are net zero in operation; and what the value was of each contract.
Answer: The department’s building projects are currently delivered through our £7 billion construction framework 2021 (CF21) which was published under the previous government. The specification for that framework requires buildings to be net zero carbon in operat...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric vehicles were leased by Motability in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department works closely with Motability Foundation and whilst we are responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme, we do not fund vehicles, be they electric or otherwise. Motability Foundation is an indepen...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability vehicles by (a) manufacturer, (b) annual cost and (c) age were leased in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department works closely with Motability Foundation and whilst we are responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme, we do not fund vehicles, be they electric or otherwise. Motability Foundation is an indepen...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric vehicles were purchased through Motability in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department works closely with Motability Foundation and whilst we are responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme, we do not fund vehicles, be they electric or otherwise. Motability Foundation is an indepen...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability vehicles were purchased in each year since 2010 by (a) manufacturer, (b) annual cost and (c) age.
Answer: The Department works closely with Motability Foundation and whilst we are responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme, we do not fund vehicles, be they electric or otherwise. Motability Foundation is an indepen...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what fire prevention policies battery energy storage systems sites are required to follow.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates battery energy storage systems (BESS) under a framework which requires responsible parties to take measures to ensure health and safety throughout all stages of a BESS’s deployment. Of particular relevance t...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Electric VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each NHS trust in England has spent on purchasing electric vehicles in each year since 2015.
Answer: Data on the costs of purchasing electric vehicles is not collected centrally by NHS England. This data is held by National Health Service organisations locally.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Electric VehiclesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS trusts that have spent funding on (a) installing charge points and (b) upgrading the local distribution network in each year since 2015.
Answer: National Health Service trusts have submitted data on electric vehicle (EV) charging points through the annual Estates Return Information Collection since 2018/19, with further information available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-in...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of plastic recycling facilities that have closed since 2010.
Answer: There is no historical record of closures of plastics recycling facilitiesHowever the National Packaging Waste Database which is held by the Environment Agency provides a Public Register of Accredited Reprocessors and Exporters - including those handling ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of splitting recycling targets for (a) packaging recovery notes and (b) packaging export recovery notes.
Answer: Defra will shortly be engaging with relevant stakeholders to better understand the merits of this and other potential enhancements to the Package Recovery Note system.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of arrests for fraud concerning packaging export recovery notes in each year since 2010.
Answer: Data related to prosecutions is published by the relevant regulators. https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-enforcement-action
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) packing export recovery and (b) packaging recovery notes that have been issued each year since 2010.
Answer: This data is available on the National Packaging Waste Database – National Packaging Waste Database.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much abuse and fraud has been reported on the Packaging Export Recovery Note system since 2010.
Answer: This data is available on the National Packaging Waste Database – National Packaging Waste Database.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Packaging Export Recovery Note (PERN) system on global plastic pollution.
Answer: All exports of plastic packaging waste are made in accordance with the relevant regulations related to the shipment of waste and are enforced by the Environment Agency (relevant regulator). The PRN/PERN system provides economic support for the recycling o...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to prevent the online sale of illegal e-bikes.
Answer: Product safety law requires that all consumer products placed on the UK market must be safe. The Office for Product Safety and Standards, in my Department, has a programme of work focused on tackling the sale of illegal e-bikes, making sure online platfor...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41178More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average delay in payment for businesses applying for R&D tax relief was in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41177More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average cost for businesses applying for R&D tax relief.
Answer: In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41176More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) fraud and (b) error related to R&D tax relief in each year since 2015.
Answer: In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41175More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of processing R&D tax relief (a) applications, (b) rejections and (c) appeals in each year since 2015.
Answer: In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41174More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many R&D tax relief claims have been rejected in each year since 2015; and how many of those have been successfully appealed.
Answer: In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of sentences given in (a) magistrates’ courts and (b) crown courts were less than 60% of the statutory maximum length in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders sentenced at criminal courts in England and Wales in the following links. This includes the information on sentence outcomes, including grouped custodial sentence lengths and average senten...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability vehicles have been taken away due to (a) lapsed eligibility and (b) misuse in each year since 2010.
Answer: Whilst the Department works closely with Motability Foundation and is responsible for the disability benefits that provide a passport to the Motability Scheme, Motability Foundation is an independent charitable organisation that is wholly responsible for ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
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