Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Visas: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is in place for Ukrainian refugees who reach the end of their three-year visa.
Answer: The UK has offered or extended sanctuary to over 300,000 Ukrainians and their families under the Ukraine Schemes, thanks to the immense generosity of the British public. We are determined to continue to provide stability for those we have welcomed to the ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the dementia diagnosis target has been removed from the NHS Operational Planning Guidance.
Answer: We remain committed to recovering the dementia diagnosis rates (DDR) to the national ambition of 66.7%, with rates in England being 65.4% as of the end of February 2025. A timely diagnosis is vital to ensure people with dementia can access the treatment a...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on reforming SEND and alternative provision since July 2024.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to achieve and thrive in their education and as they move into adult life.Support...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for children with special educational needs and disabilities to receive an Education, Health and Care plan in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in each year
Answer: Information on the number and percentage of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued within the statutory 20 week deadline, with and without statutory exceptions to that deadline applying, is published as part of the department’s EHC plans statistica...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: USADepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department plans to provide to horse (a) breeding and (b) racing industries following US tariffs on horse importations.
Answer: A major source of support for the racing industry is the Horserace Betting Levy, which generated £105 million in 2023/4. The Horseracing Betting Levy Board is tasked with the distribution of funds collected via the Levy. Approximately 70% of levy funds is...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce retaliatory tariffs on horse importations from the US.
Answer: We remain committed to discussions with the US on a wider economic deal that works for both the UK and the US but nothing is off the table; this government will do what is necessary to defend the UK's national interest. That is why on 3 April, the governm...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHorses: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with US Government officials and representatives on horse importations as part of negotiators on a potential trade deal.
Answer: The government has been focused on negotiating an economic deal with the United States that strengthens our existing fair and balanced trading relationship. The UK is committed to continuing these discussions, but the UK will only do a deal that is in the...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Foreign Investment in UKDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many large area solar proposals going through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects process have been initiated by foreign investors.
Answer: The Government does not hold the information requested.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Planning PermissionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many large area solar proposals going through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects process are requesting planning approval to acquire freehold land.
Answer: An application for development consent can include a request for the granting of rights to compulsorily acquire or temporarily possess land to facilitate the development of the proposal.Each application for development consent for nationally significant i...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with US Air Forces in Europe – United Kingdom on the Local National Direct Hire programme.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Defence and Defence Officials have regular engagements on a wide range of Defence topics with their US counterparts.The Local National Direct Hire Programme is a United States’ programme, and it is for the US to determine how th...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees have been recruited to work on US Air Force bases under the Local National Direct Hire programme in each year since 2000.
Answer: As the Local National Direct Hire Programme is a United States’ programme the Ministry of Defence is unable to provide this information.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether United States Visiting Forces have suspended the Local National Direct Hire programme on US Air Force bases in the UK.
Answer: The Local National Direct Hire programme is owned by the US Air Force.We are aware of a “hiring freeze” to the Local National Direct Hire programme but have not seen anything issued formally.
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to table amendments to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to expand checks for illegal working.
Answer: These amendments are expected to be introduced at Commons Report stage of the Bill.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful asylum claimants by nationality there were by (a) age and (b) sex in each year since 2020.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of granted asylum claims in each year, by nationality, age and sex, is published in table Asy_D02 of the Asylum and resettlement detailed...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the impact of her policies on electric vehicle charging companies’ (a) pricing and (b) subscription models.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring public charging is affordable for all. Under the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, chargepoint operators are required to clearly provide the price of charging at public chargepoints in pence per kilowatt hour. ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented WorkersHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have been granted permission to work in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each year since 2020.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at dispr...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: National InsuranceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many irregular migrants have been given a National Insurance Number in each year since 2020.
Answer: DWP does not issue National Insurance Numbers to irregular migrants. The department is responsible for the allocation of National Insurance Numbers to adults in the UK, and all applicants are required to provide evidence of their identity and information ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented WorkersHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have been given the right to work in each year since 2020.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at dispr...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of irregular migrants who do not have an up-to-date address registered by her Department.
Answer: Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at dispr...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotability: PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the total (a) value and (b) number of payments made by her Department to Motability in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions retains financial information for 7 years in compliance with the fifth principle of the Data Protection Act, therefore we are unable to provide historic data back to 2010. We can provide the requested estimated total M...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: BuildingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS (a) hospitals, and (b) other buildings in England will be (i) sold, (ii) refurbished, and (iii) demolished between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The Department does not currently hold estimated figures for the number of sales, refurbishments and demolitions of hospitals and other National Health Service buildings in England for 2025 to 2030.Decisions to sell, refurbish or demolish hospitals and ot...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Electric VehiclesHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of building new charging infrastructure for police electric vehicles in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data. Decisions about the allocation of police resources locally, are a matter for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayors exercising PCC functions an...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Electric VehiclesHome OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of building new charging infrastructure for police electric vehicles in each year between 2020 and 2025.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this data. Decisions about the allocation of police resources locally, are a matter for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners, Mayors exercising PCC functions an...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGun Sports: LeadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Health and Safety Executive on its proposed restriction on the acquisition, s
Answer: In Spring 2021, Defra asked the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA) to prepare a restriction dossier for lead ammunition in all habitats. The HSE and the EA have considered the evidence of risk posed by lead in ammunition t...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGun Sports: LeadDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of restricting the acquisition, storage, and usage of lead shot on elite shooting athletes.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) final Opinion on their restriction proposal for lead in ammunition, informed by information from public consultations as well as independent scientific advice, included consideration of the use of lead shot by athle...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
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