Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2025
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Football: BirminghamHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions took place between (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department and (i) West Midlands Police and (ii) Birmingham City Council regarding (A) intelligence information received from
Answer: The police are operationally independent of Government. Officials routinely engage with operational partners to support public safety and effective policing.The Home Office does not publish operational intelligence or risk assessments produced by police f...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: BirminghamHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish risk assessments presented by West Midlands Police to the Safety Advisory Group on the fixture at Villa Park on 6 November 2025.
Answer: The police are operationally independent of Government. Officials routinely engage with operational partners to support public safety and effective policing.The Home Office does not publish operational intelligence or risk assessments produced by police f...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Disorder: NetherlandsHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish all intelligence information received by West Midlands Police from the Dutch authorities regarding the Amsterdam riots in November 2024.
Answer: The police are operationally independent of Government. Officials routinely engage with operational partners to support public safety and effective policing.The Home Office does not publish operational intelligence or risk assessments produced by police f...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88915More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to increase domestic recruitment of social care staff.
Answer: English local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs, and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care.However, the Government recognises the scale of the reforms n...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Care WorkersHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for work visas for social care staff since July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics,and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose ofanswering this question at disproportionate cost.However, it should be noted that those applying und...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking for suicide prevention training for (a) police officers, (b) paramedics, (c) firefighters and (d) other emergency responders.
Answer: Significant work is underway to strengthen the quality and consistency of training across the system.NHS England published ‘Staying safe from suicide: Best practice guidance for safety assessment, formulation and management’ to support the Government’s wo...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHare CoursingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to enforce existing legislation against hare coursing.
Answer: The enforcement of existing legislation on hare coursing is an operational matter for the police. This is in line with their duties to keep the peace, protect communities and prevent the commission of offences, working within the provisions of the legal f...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Royal Charters and Television LicencesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the merits of (a) television licensing and (b) the BBC Charter.
Answer: The current BBC Royal Charter is due to expire on 31 December 2027.As the media landscape undergoes the next generational shift, the BBC too must adapt and be supported to do so. This Charter Review is a key opportunity to set the BBC up for success long ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language DisordersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve funding for speech and language (a) support and (b) specialists for children in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools.
Answer: The department, in collaboration with NHS England, has extended the Early Language and Support for Every Child (ELSEC) programme, to strengthen early identification and intervention for children with speech, language and communication needs in early years...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88909More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum residency period for UK citizens in the EU from 90 days to 180 days.
Answer: HMG officials and Ministers, including myself, regularly engage EU and EU Member State counterparts on a range of issues affecting UK nationals. The EU allows for travel within the Schengen Area for up to 90 days in any rolling 180-day period; this is sta...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: EU CountriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with European Union counterparts on the residency rights of UK citizens in the EU.
Answer: Residency in the EU is primarily a matter for individual Member States, but ministers and officials frequently engage with a range of Member State counterparts to advocate for the rights and interests of British citizens living and working across the EU.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Myeloma: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include targets to improve the diagnosis times for myeloma in the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England.
Answer: Early diagnosis is a key focus of the National Cancer Plan, which will be published in the new year. It is a priority for the Government to support the National Health Service to diagnose cancer, including myeloma and other blood cancers, as early and qui...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TravelDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils receiving provision in special needs primary schools live in locations from which it takes longer than 45 minutes to travel to school broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary con
Answer: The requested information is not held by the department.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TravelDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils receiving provision in special needs secondary schools live in locations from which it takes longer than 75 minutes to travel to school broken down by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary c
Answer: The requested information is not held by the department.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMeat: Ritual SlaughterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78992, how much meat was processed by each slaughterhouse using the (a) halal and (b) shechita methods in each year since 2020.
Answer: Data regarding the amount of meat resulting from animals slaughtered using the halal method or the shechita method is not collected.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Crowborough Training CampHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) total cost and (b) average cost per asylum seeker of adopting Crowborough Training Camp to house asylum seekers; and how much funding her Department pl
Answer: Lessons have been learned from inherited acquisitions of large sites under the previous government, which we are implementing to inform our future accommodation procurement. We are confident that the level of due diligence carried out on sites has improve...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet representatives from the UK mechanical recycling industry to discuss government support for the industry.
Answer: The Collection and Packaging Reforms – Simpler Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) and a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) – will help stimulate investment in recycling services across the UK. In addition, Defra is working across Go...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the mechanical recycling industry.
Answer: The Collection and Packaging Reforms – Simpler Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR) and a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) – will help stimulate investment in recycling services across the UK. In addition, Defra is working across Go...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of safeguards for restricted private hire vehicle licences issued by local authorities.
Answer: The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which 263 licensing authorities in England administer the taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing regime. Licensing authorities must determine that all taxi and PHV drivers an...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: CambridgeshireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance of East Cambridgeshire District Council with her Department's guidance on the provision of restricted private hire vehicle licences.
Answer: The Government is responsible for setting the regulatory structure within which 263 licensing authorities in England administer the taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing regime. Licensing authorities must determine that all taxi and PHV drivers an...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on whether to undertake a (a) consultation and (b) safeguarding assessment in the context of the application of vehicle plate-exemption powers.
Answer: The best practice guidance issued by the Department to taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities in England advises that private hire vehicles should only exempt the display of a licence plate by a private hire vehicle in exceptional circumstanc...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament record5G: AerialsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what guidance her Department has issued to fire and rescue services on safety standards in relation to 5G masts.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has not issued guidance on fire safety standards for 5G masts and does not have responsibility for setting such standards. Mobile network operators are responsible for the operation, maintenance and sa...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament record5G: AerialsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of fire safety standards for 5G masts.
Answer: The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has not issued guidance on fire safety standards for 5G masts and does not have responsibility for setting such standards. Mobile network operators are responsible for the operation, maintenance and sa...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain for 2024; and what funding her Department has allocated for research into alternative testing method
Answer: The Annual Statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, Great Britain: 2024 will be published on October 23, 2025.The Government is committed to the development of non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development,...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 65935 on Private Rented Housing: Energy Performance Certificates, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the (a) Gov
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 81744 on 21 October 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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