Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Written questions
ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the proportion of imports worth less than £135 that did not meet UK safety standards by country of origin in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) works with local authorities and border forces to detect, deter and disrupt the flow of unsafe and non-compliant goods as they are imported into the UK. Risk-based and intelligence-led approaches are used...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImports: ChinaTreasuryTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50249More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the proportion of imports from China that were worth less than £135 in each year since 2015.
Answer: Goods valued at £135 or less imported into the UK are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration. As part of this simplified declaration multiple goods can be bulk declared without providing the tot...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGame: Gun SportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Natural England on the potential impact of issuing a GL43 on the shooting season this year.
Answer: In considering the issue of GL43 for this year’s shooting season, Defra took into account Natural England’s statutory advice, noting that the national transmission risk status of avian influenza in wild birds continues to be very high. This included a rec...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase funding for asylum dispersal to (a) West Suffolk District Council, and (b) other local authorities.
Answer: Current accommodation funding arrangements are published on GOV.UK: Asylum Dispersal Grant: funding instruction - GOV.UK.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to the homegrown sugar industry in fast-tracking trials to help tackle Virus Yellows disease.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the beet sugar industry’s Virus Yellows resilience fund.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSugar Beet: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the beet sugar industry to tackle Virus Yellows disease.
Answer: This Government acknowledges the critical role of sugar beet farmers in the UK's sugar production and their ongoing contributions to the agricultural sector. This Government recognises the challenge posed to sugar beet growers by Virus Yellows (VY), and w...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: StatisticsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department takes steps to verify statistics published by the Gaza Health Ministry.
Answer: Like many of our partners, we use data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Pro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49112More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department takes steps to verify statistics published by the Gaza Health Ministry.
Answer: I refer the Right Honorable Gentleman to the response given for PQ 49111.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49111More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Secretariat uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in its cross-Whitehall briefings.
Answer: NSS does use Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures for briefing. It is difficult to verify casualty statistics accurately during an active conflict. FCDO and CO rely on the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: StatisticsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in its Cross Whitehall Briefings.
Answer: Like many of our partners, we use data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report on daily casualties in the current Gaza conflict. OCHA draws on figures issued from the Gazan Ministry of Health (MoH). Pro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordStatistics: GazaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department uses Gaza Health Ministry statistics in cross-Whitehall briefings.
Answer: I refer the Right Honorable Gentleman to the response given for PQ 49111.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Energy Transformation FundDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to provide further information on its long-term plans for the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.
Answer: The Government is making long-term plans to enable UK industry to decarbonize and reach Net Zero. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will update stakeholders as soon as possible on Funds that will be available to industry after the upcoming S...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) hospitals and (b) other NHS buildings are in each Integrated Care Board’s area.
Answer: The annual Estates Return Information Collection collects data on National Health Service sites and integrated care boards by type and total, for instance hospitals and buildings, and is available at the following link:https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-info...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ConstructionDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of constructing a new (a) primary and (b) secondary school was in each year since 2015.
Answer: New school buildings are delivered by local authorities, the department and other bodies.The average cost of constructing new primary and secondary schools can be found in the national cost benchmarking study, published at: https://documents.hants.gov.uk/...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers that will be dispersed in (a) West Suffolk District Council and (b) other local authorities in the next twelve months.
Answer: The Home Office works with local authorities and other stakeholders across the country to ensure that it can fulfil its statutory obligations, and meet the Government’s commitment to reduce the overall costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the u...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) West Suffolk District Council and (b) other local authorities on an increase in the number of asylum seekers dispersed.
Answer: The Home Office works with local authorities and other stakeholders across the country to ensure that it can fulfil its statutory obligations, and meet the Government’s commitment to reduce the overall costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the u...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her department has had with (a) Serco and (b) other contract providers on the scope of contingency accommodation for asylum dispersal.
Answer: The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to meet our statutory obligations, while also delivering our commitments to reduce overall asylum accommodation costs, and end the use of hotels over time.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the scope of contingency accommodation for asylum dispersal has been changed since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to meet our statutory obligations, while also delivering our commitments to reduce overall asylum accommodation costs, and end the use of hotels over time.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all (a) glass, (b) steel, (c) aluminium and (d) PET drinks containers are subject to reporting and payment of Extended Producer Responsibility as there is no exemption for Wale
Answer: Under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Deposit items of a relevant deposit scheme are exempt from reporting, recycling and disposal fee obligations. Prior to the introduction of a relevant deposit s...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGlass: PackagingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the time period between the introduction of the (a) Extended Producer Responsibility and (b) Deposit Return scheme on levels of
Answer: Defra has worked closely with industry, including the glass sector, throughout the development of the scheme. In October 2024 the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the pEPR scheme on packaging producers. This assessme...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBeverage Containers: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all (a) glass, (b) steel, (c) aluminium and (d) PET drinks containers are subject to reporting and payment of Extended Producer Responsibility in Wales.
Answer: All steel, aluminium and PET plastic drinks containers across the UK are exempt from pEPR disposal fees but remain subject to reporting and recycling (PRN) obligations until Deposit Return Schemes (DRS’s) enter into operation. Should DRS’s not enter into ...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to Local National Direct Hire staff members who have been dismissed or placed on furlough from their positions at US Air Force bases.
Answer: Individuals hired under the US Local National Direct Hire programme are not employees of the Ministry of Defence and therefore receive no support from the Department if dismissed or displaced on furlough.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Local National Direct Hire staff members have been (a) dismissed and (b) placed on furlough in US Air Force bases in the UK this year.
Answer: The Local National Direct Hire Programme is a United States' programme and the Ministry of Defence is not privy to the information requested. It is for the US to determine how they support their mission.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Video RecordingsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45168More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on whether third parties should declare their political interests when recording official videos for government departments.
Answer: There is no standalone Cabinet Office policy or guidance that addresses the declaration of political interests of third parties when recording official videos.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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