Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2026
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Fuel Oil: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the increase in the average price of domestic heating oil since the start of the conflict with Iran; and what assessment he has made of the impact of
Answer: The Government is aware that off-grid households have seen a sharp increase in heating oil prices due to volatility in international markets. Suppliers often have limited storage, buying daily on the spot market. These changes are then reflected immediate...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordQatar: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has for British nationals in Qatar unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
Answer: The safety and security of British nationals is our top priority. On 3 March, the Foreign Secretary spoke to the House about the consular support available to individuals in the Middle East, and assisted departures have now taken place from both Oman and ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMiddle East: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what alternatives to air travel she is considering for British nationals in Middle Eastern countries unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
Answer: The safety and security of British nationals is our top priority. On 3 March, the Foreign Secretary spoke to the House about the consular support available to individuals in the Middle East, and assisted departures have now taken place from both Oman and ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMiddle East: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support and assistance her Department is giving to British nationals in Middle Eastern countries unable to travel home due to the closure of airspace.
Answer: The safety and security of British nationals is our top priority. On 3 March, the Foreign Secretary spoke to the House about the consular support available to individuals in the Middle East, and assisted departures have now taken place from both Oman and ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will have the right to elect restricted by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
Answer: The Bill removes a defendants’ right to elect Crown Court trial for all triable either-way offences. The venue will be determined by the magistrates’ courts, which will send cases they consider outside of their jurisdiction to the Crown Court.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be reclassified by the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
Answer: The Courts and Tribunals Bill does not reclassify offences - it changes allocation and mode of trial arrangements within the existing classification framework.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences will be eligible for trial without jury by the Crown Court Bench Division proposal in the Courts and Tribunals Bill.
Answer: The Courts and Tribunals Bill introduces judge-only trials for triable either-way offences where the courts assess that the likely custodial sentence, applying the relevant sentencing guidelines to the alleged facts and any appropriate representations, is...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPassports: Dual NationalityHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce (a) a grace period and (b) transitional arrangements for British nationals impacted by changes to passport rules regarding dual nationals.
Answer: We have been clear on the requirement for dual British citizens to travel with a valid British passport or Certificate of Entitlement. This requirement applies equally to all British citizens.We recognise the enforcement of ETAs by carriers is a significa...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will freeze the assets of individuals with connections to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Answer: It has been the long-standing policy under successive governments not to comment on whether specific types of enforcement action are being considered against particular individuals or groups, as to do so would risk reducing the impact of any such action.O...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will remove persons with connections to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the UK.
Answer: It has been the long-standing policy under successive governments not to comment on whether specific types of enforcement action are being considered against particular individuals or groups, as to do so would risk reducing the impact of any such action.O...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCriminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences in each year since 2020, broken down by (a) offence, and (b) police force.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of cases that exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences. We are unable to exclude cases from our timeliness data that are exempt from the time limit and cases that have be...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCriminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences because of misclassification in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of cases that exceeded the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences. This is because we are unable to identify all cases that exceed six months that would be exempt from the statutory...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Military BasesHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to develop further MOD sites to house Asylum Seekers.
Answer: Yes - as part of our commitment to close all asylum hotels, we are looking at a range of more appropriate sites including ex-military sites, so we can reduce the impact on communities. Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites are mad...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any application for Crown Development relating to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
Answer: Crown Development applications and Special Development Orders once published can be found here:All Crown Development applications – Find a Crown Development Application and Special Development Orders: Decisions - GOV.UK
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department applied for planning permission to use Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
Answer: The site has been assessed as safe, legal and compliant – including with relevant planning regulations - for use as asylum accommodation.
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's Community Impact Assessment in relation to the use of Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.
Answer: The Home Office undertakes the necessary assessments, including consideration of impacts on the local community, when bringing any site into use for asylum accommodation. Public safety and the needs of both residents and the local community were key consi...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp her Department has lost contact with since 22 January 2026.
Answer: Asylum seekers at the site are not detained, however the site is self-contained as essential services are provided on site to reduce the impact on local services through reducing the need for asylum seekers to leave the site. The Home Office does not give...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: East of EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers, (c) special advisers and (d) officials in his Department have had with the organisers of the Forest City 1 campaign.
Answer: My Department has received proposals for a large-scale new community, Forest City 1, located to the east of Cambridge.Officials will review this proposal in the usual way, including through a meeting with the promoters.Details of meetings that special adv...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Systems: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Sharia law courts have operated in the UK in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
Answer: There are no sharia law courts.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHonour Based Abuse: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110932More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General,?what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been prosecuted for honour-based offences broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) category of offence in each year since 2010.
Answer: The CPS define ‘honour’ based abuse as an incident or crime involving violence, threats of violence, intimidation coercion or abuse (including psychological, physical, sexual, financial, or emotional abuse) which has or may have been committed to protect ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordForced MarriageMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illegal marriages have been recorded in each year since 2010, broken down by local authority area.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold this data.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordForced Marriage: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110930More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General,?what information his Department holds on the number of people that have been prosecuted for facilitating forced marriages in each year since 2010 and broken down by local authority area.
Answer: Offences relating to forced marriages are created by s121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which came into force in June 2014. Section 121 was further amended in February 2023 when s121(3A) was inserted making it an offence to fo...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: DiscriminationMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charges were laid under Prison rule 51 relating specifically to aggravation towards a protected characteristic of (a) race, (b) religion and (c) belief in the last year where data exists; and how many of
Answer: Prison Rule 51 sets out the offences of which an adult prisoner can be found guilty, including those which relate to aggravation towards a protected characteristic. The information on the breakdown of which protected characteristics these offences against...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: VisitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which faith-based (a) charities and (b) organisations are permitted to visit prisons.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice recognises the vital contribution that charities and wider third sector organisations make to supporting prisoner rehabilitation. Decisions as to which individuals or organisations may enter, or work in, a prison are taken by the p...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: CybercrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made by law enforcement on apprehending those responsible for the Legal Aid Agency cyber attack.
Answer: Since April 2025 there has been a net increase to the number of providers contracted to deliver legal aid services. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) publishes data about provider numbers as part of its official statistics (table 9.6). Data for the period April ...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
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