Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2024
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Renewable Energy: Land UseDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19983More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether an assessment has been made of the potential impact of expanding (a) onshore wind and (b) solar energy on the availability of agricultural land.
Answer: Current planning policies guide developments away from using Best and Most Versatile agricultural land where possible. Developers will submit information on land use and classification when seeking planning consent, and this information will be taken into...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding (a) offshore wind, (b) onshore wind and (c) solar energy on environmental conservation.
Answer: We have important checks and balances in the planning system that require extensive up-front environmental surveying, and for decision makers to ensure statutory environmental and habitats impact assessments are conducted as part of the planning determina...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to mitigate against the risk of potential price increases in (a) offshore wind, (b) onshore wind, and (c) solar energy.
Answer: To protect against rising costs for clean energy supply chains the Government is working across the economy on specific clean power policy actions. These include exploring where international collaboration can support supply chains, including via trade ag...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNational GridDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to identify the (a) location and (b) severity of capacity constraints in the energy transmission network.
Answer: National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for strategic network planning of transmission infrastructure. NESO considers the network design objectives of economic efficiency, deliverability and operability, environmental impacts, and community ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordImports: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of UK carbon emissions from imports from (a) China and (b) the rest of the world in each year since 2010.
Answer: Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK Data is available up to 2021. The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO2, Methane (...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPress FreedomDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact on the freedom of the press of the recent IPSO ruling in relation to a complaint made by Juno Dawson against the Spectator newspaper.
Answer: The Government is committed to protecting press freedom, which is essential to a strong and functioning democracy. In the UK, there exists an independent, self-regulatory system for the press, which is crucial to maintain press freedom. It would therefore...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProperty: ValuationTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19891More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will have discussions with representatives from the banking sector on the adequacy of property valuations for mortgage applications.
Answer: The Government is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their business, including the mortgage application process. The specific details of how property valuations are carried out for mortgage applications is a commercial decision f...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19480More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will publish Public Sector Equality Duty implementation guidance for each (a) Government Department and (b) arms-length body.
Answer: Decisions about the development of guidance regarding internal processes to meet the Public Sector Equality Duty are for individual departments to make. Publicly available guidance on the Public Sector Equality Duty includes the Equality and Human Rights ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Disciplinary ProceedingsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19479More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have been suspended due to allegations of misconduct since in each year since 2020.
Answer: Decisions to suspend an employee are delegated to individual departments. Data on the number of civil servants who have been suspended due to allegations of misconduct are therefore not held centrally. Civil Service statistics on the composition of the Ci...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment for proposed changes to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 on (a) fisheries, (b) fish spawning grounds, and (c) riparian rig
Answer: Defra and the Welsh Government are currently running a six-week consultation on proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, which closes on 23 December. We have engaged with fishery stakeholders and encourage all interested parties to respond ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to consult on the proposal in Wider Reform 1 to redefine multiple watercrafts and others as ‘bathers’.
Answer: Defra and the Welsh Government are currently running a six-week consultation on proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, which closes on 23 December. In this consultation, we are calling for evidence on a wider reform for potential future d...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWater: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to consult (a) angling clubs and (b) fishery owners on reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.
Answer: Defra and the Welsh Government are currently running a six-week consultation on proposed reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013, which closes on 23 December. We encourage all interested parties to respond to the consultation. Both Defra Minsters an...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Stagecoach and (b) Stephensons on the frequency of buses in (i) England, (ii) the East of England and (iii) Suffolk.
Answer: The Department for Transport meets regularly with stakeholders, including bus operators, to discuss policy relating to local bus services.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to authorise the transfer of any remaining Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia to the UK before the eventual handover to Mauritius.
Answer: All migrants temporarily relocated to the UK from Diego Garcia have undergone the required security checks in line with the appropriate immigration rules.Migrants with criminal convictions, charges, or subject to ongoing investigations were not in scope f...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she obtained from the Sri Lankan government on the (a) criminal records of and (b) allegations of criminal behaviour made about the Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia.
Answer: All migrants temporarily relocated to the UK from Diego Garcia have undergone the required security checks in line with the appropriate immigration rules.Migrants with criminal convictions, charges, or subject to ongoing investigations were not in scope f...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sri Lankan nationals on Diego Garcia were excluded from transfer to the UK due to them having (a) criminal convictions and (b) allegations of criminal behaviour.
Answer: All migrants temporarily relocated to the UK from Diego Garcia have undergone the required security checks in line with the appropriate immigration rules.Migrants with criminal convictions, charges, or subject to ongoing investigations were not in scope f...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: VacanciesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19471More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what senior leadership positions are vacant in the EU Directorate within his Department.
Answer: The EU Relations Secretariat was established in the Cabinet Office to give effect to the Government's manifesto commitments to reset the relationship with the EU, implement the Windsor Framework in good faith and protect the UK's internal market, as well ...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19470More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials at each civil service grade have been allocated to the EU Directorate within his Department.
Answer: The EU Relations Secretariat was established in the Cabinet Office to give effect to the Government's manifesto commitments to reset the relationship with the EU, implement the Windsor Framework in good faith and protect the UK's internal market, as well ...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to remove (a) diversity and inclusion advisers and (b) champion positions in her Department.
Answer: The type of positions referred to by the Hon. Member were established under the previous Government, for the reasons set out in the answer of 10 January 2017 to Question 58238, which remain relevant today.
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Escort GroupDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what statutory basis the Special Escort Group is able to disapply (a) highways and (b) speeding restrictions; and whether she has a statutory role in this process.
Answer: The Special Escort Group have the same road traffic exemptions and powers to stop and direct traffic as any other uniformed police officers, where necessary in the execution of their duty.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: MortgagesTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18707More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of mortgage brokers.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is independent of Government, is responsible for the regulation of mortgage brokers in the UK. Mortgage brokers must either be authorised by the FCA or become an appointed representative of another firm that ha...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff support central staff diversity networks in her Department.
Answer: I refer the Hon Gentleman to the answer provided by Lord Hanson to question HL1115 on 30 September 2024.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's equality training documentation on Windrush.
Answer: The documentation in question is due to be published shortly in response to a Freedom of Information request, and I will ensure that a copy is place in the House of Commons Library.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-professional diversity and inclusion (a) advocates, (b) champions and (c) advisers work in each business area within her Department.
Answer: This information is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to commence the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, and whether she plans to include China in the enhanced tier of that scheme.
Answer: The Government is working at pace to implement the scheme. All further announcements will be made in the normal way in due course.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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