Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Asylum: StaffHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the headcount number of caseworkers for processing asylum claims was broken down by (a) individual route and (b) month since July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office is maintaining sufficient resource in place to clear the Asylum backlog.The number of full time equivalent (FTE) asylum caseworkers employed per month until June 2025 is published in the ASY_05(M) tab of the published migration transparenc...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: StaffHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the headcount number was of caseworkers processing visas by (a) each visa route and (b) month since July 2024.
Answer: The Department is unable to provide previous headcount data for visa processing broken down by route and by month. Caseworkers are routinely reallocated across visa routes to maintain service standards and a flexible deployment model is used by UKVI to ma...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for visas broken down by (a) each visa route and (b) month since July 2024.
Answer: UKVI have been processing applications on all of its routes where a customer service standard is operated within their published customer service standards during the requested time period. On 1 September the Secretary of State for the Home Department ann...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary DecorationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a medal for servicemen and women who leave the armed forces before becoming eligible for medals under existing schemes.
Answer: Whilst we are grateful to all those who serve in our Armed Forces, it remains the position that medals are awarded only in recognition of operational Service, acts of gallantry, and long and meritorious Service; they are not awarded for Service alone. The...
Answered 18 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCompany LiquidationsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the practice of voluntary liquidation by companies with (a) liabilities and (b) outstanding contractual obligations that begin operations under another
Answer: My Department has not made these assessments. However, liquidators of an insolvent company are required to report on the conduct of its directors to the Insolvency Service, who will consider investigating potential misconduct and seek to disqualify the di...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInsolvencyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the use of bankruptcy law by companies to avoid repaying contractual repayments.
Answer: My Department has not made this assessment. Statistics on the volumes of corporate insolvencies are published and can be found at Company insolvency statistics releases - GOV.UK.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittancesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78995More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in remittances by country of destination has been sent from the UK in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Treasury does not collect or report data on the flow of remittances out of the UK and has not under previous governments. The UK imposes taxes based on individual’s residence status. Individuals who are resident in the UK are taxable on their income a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRemittances: TaxationTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78994More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a tax on remittance flows.
Answer: The Treasury does not collect or report data on the flow of remittances out of the UK and has not under previous governments. The UK imposes taxes based on individual’s residence status. Individuals who are resident in the UK are taxable on their income a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) halal and (b) kosher slaughterhouses have been investigated for violations of (i) food safety and (ii) animal welfare standards in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency does not have data on the number of halal or kosher slaughterhouses investigated for violations of food safety or animal welfare standards. The Food Standards Agency does not categorise slaughterhouses as either ‘halal’ or ‘koshe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) halal and (b) kosher slaughterhouses have operated in the UK in each year since 2020, by local authority area.
Answer: The number of slaughterhouses carrying out slaughter using the halal or shechita methods is not routinely recorded, as no specific approval from the Food Standards Agency is required to use these methods. However, the FSA’s most recent slaughter sector su...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the labelling of (a) halal and (b) kosher products.
Answer: There are no regulations that require the labelling of halal or kosher meat, but the Government expects industry to provide consumers with information on which to make an informed choice about their food. Any information provided on the method of slaughte...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMeat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) food safety and (b) animal welfare standards in (i) halal and (ii) kosher slaughterhouses.
Answer: No specific food safety or animal welfare assessments have been made of slaughterhouses using halal or kosher slaughter methods. Animal welfare at time of killing legislation sets out the main requirements to protect the welfare of animals when being slau...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: RefugeesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has promoted the Schools of Sanctuary initiative with (a) local education authorities (b) maintained schools, and (c) academy trusts and sponsors.
Answer: The department has not promoted the work of Schools of Sanctuary to any local authority or educational setting.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCity of Sanctuary UKDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided (a) funding and (b) advice to City of Sanctuary UK since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and advisors have not met, nor has the department provided funding to, City of Sanctuary UK or Schools of Sanctuary.Three meetings have taken place between officials and Schools of Sanctuary since July 2024 to discuss issues such as school admis...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCity of Sanctuary UKDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) ministers, (b) advisors, and (c) officials in her Department have held conversations with City of Sanctuary UK since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and advisors have not met, nor has the department provided funding to, City of Sanctuary UK or Schools of Sanctuary.Three meetings have taken place between officials and Schools of Sanctuary since July 2024 to discuss issues such as school admis...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the Access to Work Scheme in the Pathways to Work Green Paper on individual claimants.
Answer: We will review all aspects of the Access to Work scheme after evaluating the findings of the Pathways to Work consultation alongside the work of the collaboration committees.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to implement proposed changes to the Access to Work Scheme in the Pathways to Work Green Paper.
Answer: Reforms to Access to Work are needed to ensure a better service for customers, to help disabled people start and stay in work, to provide clarity in what support should be provided and to ensure we are providing value for money for the taxpayer. Following...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEquity Release: Interest ChargesTreasuryTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72002More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the charging of (a) interest and (b) compound interest on Equity Release Loans by financial services companies on (i) elderly customers and (ii) relatives of d
Answer: Decisions concerning the design of loans, including the interest charged, are commercial decisions for firms in which the Government does not intervene. However, equity release products are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and so benefit from ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of Royal Mail’s service standards performance on connectivity between local communities.
Answer: It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator for the postal sector to ensure the provision of the universal postal service. I recently met representatives of Ofcom who gave their reassurance that the regulator is closely monitoring Royal Mail’s performan...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of levels of customer satisfaction with Royal Mail’s parcel (a) management and (b) delivery.
Answer: Ofcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector with the responsibility and powers to regulate postal services.Ofcom engages regularly with parcel operators to understand their approach to implementation of Ofcom’s consumer protection measures. T...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the service standards of Royal Mail’s parcel (a) management and (b) delivery.
Answer: Ofcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector with the responsibility and powers to regulate postal services.Ofcom engages regularly with parcel operators to understand their approach to implementation of Ofcom’s consumer protection measures. T...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Foster CareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make a comparative assessment of the level of Universal Credit payments made to foster carers with the prior system of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. Whilst the UC child element won’t be paid if the child or qualifying young person is looked after by a foster carer, the allowance and fees received by foster carers in return for fostering are not treated as earnings and...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many successful mandatory reconsiderations there have been since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
Answer: Information for Personal Independence Payment and Employment and Support Allowance can be found on Stat Xplore. Successful Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsiderations (MRs) can be found on the ‘PIP MR Clearances’ dataset. Use the ‘Geogr...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit overpayments have been recovered since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
Answer: Estimates of the overpayment cost of fraud and error in the benefit system for the past five financial years can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK Recovery of benefit overpayments can be found in the attached annex.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit overpayments there have been since 2020, broken down by (a) year, (b) value, and (c) benefit type.
Answer: Estimates of the overpayment cost of fraud and error in the benefit system for the past five financial years can be found at: Fraud and error in the benefit system - GOV.UK Recovery of benefit overpayments can be found in the attached annex.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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