Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met with the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have not met with the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPlutonium: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much plutonium was imported annually since 2010, by country of origin.
Answer: We do not import civil separated plutonium to the UK. Historically, spent fuel has been imported from other countries for reprocessing, however the imports took place prior to 2010, and reprocessing stopped in the United Kingdom in 2022. ONR publishes ann...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUranium: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much uranium was imported annually since 2010, by country of origin.
Answer: The procurement of nuclear fuel, including uranium and enrichment services, is a commercial matter for reactors operators. The Government works closely with these operators to ensure there is a secure and resilient supply for the UK fleet. Uranium enrichm...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPlutoniumDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic inventories of plutonium.
Answer: There are no plans to increase the quantity of plutonium in the UK. The domestic inventory of plutonium has arisen from historic reprocessing of spent fuel from the UK and overseas energy utilities under commercial agreements. Reprocessing stopped in the ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUraniumDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase domestic inventories of uranium.
Answer: The procurement of nuclear fuel, including uranium is a commercial matter for reactors operators. However, the Government does and will continue to work closely with operators and wider industry to ensure a secure and resilient supply for the UK fleet now...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordClean EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the specific growth regions for clean power are, broken down by (a) nuclear, (b) wind, and (c) solar.
Answer: The Government’s plan to deliver Clean Power by 2030 will deliver economic growth across the country supporting thousands of jobs and businesses. A full regional capacity breakdowns for solar, onshore wind and batteries is included in the ‘Clean Power 203...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is preparing for the UK to enter the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Answer: The UK has had its own standalone Emissions Trading Scheme since 2021. Under the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), the UK Government and EU agreed to give serious consideration to linking our respective carbon pricing schemes and to coop...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: EU Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to align carbon pricing under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Answer: Under the terms of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), the UK Government and EU agreed to give serious consideration to linking our respective carbon pricing schemes and to cooperate on carbon pricing. As part of our reset with the EU the Governmen...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals and Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has received recent representations from (a) energy-intensive manufacturing and (b) chemical industries on carbon pricing.
Answer: Ministers regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders.
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals and Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the UK carbon price to £147/tCO2 by 2030 on (a) energy-intensive manufacturing industries and (b) chemical indu
Answer: The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the UK carbon price to £147/tCO2 by 2030. The Department previously published an impact assessment in July 2023 of the impact of the moving to the current United Kingd...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firearms licence (a) applications and (b) renewals were completed in (i) the UK, (ii) the East of England and (iii) West Suffolk constituency in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information annually on the number of firearm and shotgun certificate applications and renewals that have been granted and refused in England and Wales in the statistical publication on firearm and shotgun certificates. The lates...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service level agreements exist for firearms licensing.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto.The fees were previously increased in 2015 and...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the firearms licensing service.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto.The fees were previously increased in 2015 and...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the revenues from increased firearms licensing fees will be hypothecated to improve the firearms licensing service.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect to provide full-cost recovery for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto.The fees were previously increased in 2015 and...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison OfficersMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers recruited since 5 July 2024 are (a) British nationals and (b) foreign nationals, broken down by country of origin.
Answer: Our latest published prison and probation workforce statistics present data up to June 2024. The link to the latest publication is: Recruitment Diversity Statistics: June 2024 - GOV.UK, data tables: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66bcaa1d3...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Prison Service: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25772 on Prison Service: Recruitment, whether prisons are obligated to (a) advertise positions for British nationals before foreign nationals and (b) hire Bri
Answer: HM Prison and Probation Service publishes vacancies across formal UK advertising boards and welcomes applications from people wishing to work in prisons in England and Wales. The hiring process is the same for both UK and non-UK nationals. Selection is on...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds (a) written and (b) statistical evidence on how police forces treat different identity groups based on (i) ethnicity, (ii) nationality, (iii) gender and (iv) sexuality.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes regular statistics on the use of police powers. A range of data on different characteristics are collected across the different policing collections. Specifically, on police powers (including stop and search and arre...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 2 September 2024 in response to the question from the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich, Official Report, column 70, on what evidential basis she said that
Answer: Schedule 4 of the Police Act 1996 requires all police constables to make a declaration that they will carry out their role with fairness, integrity, diligence and impartiality. This means that the police must, and do, enforce the law without fear or favou...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of grid decarboinsation that will be achieved via reduced energy usage before 2030.
Answer: The Government expects overall grid demand to rise by 2030 as we electrify transport, heating, industry, and other sectors. The Government has committed to funding energy efficiency improvements in existing building stock which will make heating homes che...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Capital InvestmentTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29044More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timescales her Department uses to assess public investment in energy infrastructure in (a) oil and gas, (b) wind, (c) solar, (d) hydropower and (e) nuclear.
Answer: The costs and benefits of a proposal should be calculated over its entire lifetime. The Green Book states that an appraisal period of 60 years is a standard measure for infrastructure projects. However, it is customary for departments to discuss and agree...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times her Department has invited the Centre for Media Monitoring to official events since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and officials engage with a range of stakeholders in the course of usual business. However, my department has found no record of responses to any letters from the Centre for Media Monitoring, or of the Centre for Media Monitoring being invited t...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many letters her Department has responded to from the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and officials engage with a range of stakeholders in the course of usual business. However, my department has found no record of responses to any letters from the Centre for Media Monitoring, or of the Centre for Media Monitoring being invited t...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times his Department has invited the Centre for Media Monitoring to official events since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has not invited the Centre for Media Monitoring to official events since 4 July 2024.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many times his Department has met with representatives from the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has not met with representatives from the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Centre for Media MonitoringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many letters his Department has responded to from the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answer: There has been no correspondence from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology to the Centre for Media Monitoring since 4 July 2024.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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