Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Packaging: 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
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Motability vehicles have been (a) sold, (b) scrapped and (c) stolen 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
Original Parliament recordMotabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people leased a Motability vehicle in each year since 2010 by (a) benefit claim and (b) health condition.
Answer: The Motability Scheme operates throughout the UK and is open to recipients of enhanced mobility Personal Independence Payment, higher rate mobility Disability Living Allowance, War Pensioner’s Mobility Supplement and Armed Forces Independence Payment (inc...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smart meters he expects to be installed in NHS buildings in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: Data on National Health Service smart meter usage in the NHS is not collected or projected centrally by NHS England. The annual Estates Return Information Collection does collect data on electricity meters, but this does not currently differentiate smart ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smart meters have been installed in NHS buildings in each year since 2015.
Answer: Data on National Health Service smart meter usage in the NHS is not collected or projected centrally by NHS England. The annual Estates Return Information Collection does collect data on electricity meters, but this does not currently differentiate smart ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much he expects average energy bills to be for NHS buildings in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care does not make independent energy price projections for National Health Service buildings. However, as matter of course, we make full use of official energy data in policy development, including the central HM Treas...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost of energy bills were for NHS buildings in each year since 2015.
Answer: The annual Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) collects data on the energy costs of National Health Service organisations. This data has been consistently reported since 2018/19. The following table shows the cost of energy bills for NHS trusts a...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) sources and (b) levels were of carbon emissions for NHS buildings in England in each year since 2015.
Answer: National Health Service organisations are not expected to individually submit carbon emissions data. Estimates are made at a national level, based on energy consumption data submitted by trusts through the annual Estates Return Information Collection. Fur...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: MetersDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many smart meters he expects to be installed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The department does not hold information on how many primary and secondary schools have installed smart meters since 2015, nor do we set an expectation for how many primary and secondary schools should install smart meters. However, smart meters are recom...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: EnergyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many smart meters have been installed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England in each year since 2015.
Answer: The department does not hold information on how many primary and secondary schools have installed smart meters since 2015, nor do we set an expectation for how many primary and secondary schools should install smart meters. However, smart meters are recom...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: EnergyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England are projected to pay on average for energy bills in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The average annual energy costs for primary and secondary schools based on financial returns to the department from 2015 to 2024 are as follows:YearPrimary schools (£)Secondary schools (£)2023/2438,214190,8972022/2333,078169,3382021/2220,285107,6132020/21...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: EnergyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England paid for energy bills on average in each year since 2015.
Answer: The average annual energy costs for primary and secondary schools based on financial returns to the department from 2015 to 2024 are as follows:YearPrimary schools (£)Secondary schools (£)2023/2438,214190,8972022/2333,078169,3382021/2220,285107,6132020/21...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the (a) sources and (b) levels of carbon emissions for schools in England in each year since 2015.
Answer: Education settings are not required to provide specific data on their energy use or greenhouse gas emissions. To estimate the education estate's emissions position overall, the department references a Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strateg...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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