Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Railways: SuffolkDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timescale is for (a) commencing and (b) completing upgrades to Ely and Haughley junctions.
Answer: This government is committed to delivering economic growth, and projects such as the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement and upgrades to Haughley Junction have the potential to contribute to this. While the previous government made public statements of support ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11438More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reform business rates.
Answer: The government is creating a fairer business rates system that protects the high street, supports investment, and is fit for the 21st century. Autumn Budget 2024 announced the government’s first steps, including an intention to introduce permanently lower...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: ArtworksHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8515 on Home Office: Art Works and Cultural Heritage, if she will publish the correspondence regarding the formulation of the answer given.
Answer: A Freedom of Information request was submitted to the Home Office on 22 October on this matter.We will be happy to share a copy of the response to that request with the Hon. Gentleman once it has been published to the requester.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question 7600 on Asylum: Finance, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing an estimate of the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b
Answer: As has been the case under successive governments, there is no published estimate available of the requested information.
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 7600 on Asylum: Finance, whether her Department holds data on the lifetime fiscal (a) cost of and (b) income generated by those granted asylum in
Answer: The information requested is not currently available. The information is currently an active piece of our research programme, which includes working with relevant government departments to ensure all the impacts relating to granting a person asylum are id...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) guidance has been issued and (b) training courses have been delivered to staff in her Department on (i) unconscious bias, (ii) critical race theory and (iii) decolonisation since January 2
Answer: In 2021-2022, in response to Recommendation 6 of the Windrush Report, the previous government commissioned the introduction of a new training course for Home Office staff on the ‘History of the UK and its relationship with the rest of the world’, created ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training her Department provides to caseworkers handling asylum applications.
Answer: Asylum decision-makers receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims.https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asylum-decision-making-guidance-asylum-instructionsAsylum decision-makers carefully consider the claimant’s protectio...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: TrainingHome OfficeTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether external (a) guidance and (b) training has been contracted for discussing (i) unconscious bias, (ii) critical race theory and (iii) decolonisation with staff in her Department.
Answer: In 2021-2022, in response to Recommendation 6 of the Windrush Report, the previous government commissioned the introduction of a new training course for Home Office staff on the ‘History of the UK and its relationship with the rest of the world’, created ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: CybersecurityMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) his Department and (b) each agency sponsored by his Department has experienced a cyber attack in each year since 2010; what the cost to the public purse was of each cyber attack; and who the pe
Answer: The hon. Member will understand that it is not possible for me to reveal all details of cyber incidents for reasons of volume and security. For the same reason, it is usual practice not to reveal costs of cyber attacks as this is valuable information that...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordResearch: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11210More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for Research and Development tax credits were made (a) fraudulently and (b) in error since 2010
Answer: Estimates of the level of error and fraud in research and development tax credits are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The latest publication can be found on Gov.uk at: HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024 . The methodology used to ...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were completed on average per caseworker per week in each month of each year since 2010.
Answer: The Home Office publishes quarterly data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications and initial decisions are available in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and r...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were (a) made and (b) concluded in each month of each year since 2010.
Answer: The Home Office publishes quarterly data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications and initial decisions are available in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and r...
Answered 4 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHOPE not hate: Political ActivitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8925 on Charities: Political Activities, whether the Charity Commission plans to investigate political campaigning by HOPE not Hate (a) Limit
Answer: Charities can undertake campaigning, awareness-raising and non-party political activities that support them in delivering their charitable purpose. Charities are not permitted to undertake any party-political activity.HOPE not Hate Limited is not a charit...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: HOPE not hateDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has provided funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election.
Answer: The Department for the Culture, Media and Sport has not provided any funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: HOPE not hateHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided funding to Hope Not Hate since the general election; and what meetings (a) officials, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in her Department have had with represe
Answer: All relevant meetings attended by ministers, special advisers and senior officials are declared in the normal way in the department’s quarterly transparency releases.Departmental spending and grant allocations are also routinely disclosed, but I can confi...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPuberty Suppressing HormonesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department had discussions with the NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board on the (a) planned puberty supressing hormone study and (b) proposals to co
Answer: The National Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board oversees a joint NHS England and National Institute of Health and Care Research programme of research underpinning the redesign and ongoing development of specialised gende...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren and Young People's Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight BoardDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ministers have a role in appointing individuals to NHS England's Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board.
Answer: The National Children and Young People’s Gender Dysphoria Research Oversight Board oversees a joint NHS England and National Institute of Health and Care Research programme of research underpinning the redesign and ongoing development of specialised gende...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGender Identity Services for Children and Young People Independent ReviewDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Leader of the House of 17 October 2024, Official Report, column 1000, what his planned timetable is for providing an update on the implementation of t
Answer: On 4 September 2024, my Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care laid a written ministerial statement in the House of Commons outlining the Government and NHS England's work to implement the Cass Review and transform gender servic...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 1 September 2024 from the hon. Member for West Suffolk.
Answer: The Home Office did receive the letter dated 1 September 2024, however, it was not recorded on the usual correspondence systems.A response will be issued to the original letter in due course.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: StaffHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 17 September 2024 to Questions 4871 and 4872 on Home Office: Staff, how many of the employees of (a) Immigration Enforcement, (b) UK Visas and Immigration, (c) Border Force,
Answer: The Home Office recruitment process adheres to the requirements of the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Civil Service recruitment: nationality rules - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Eligibility for appointment, including on the grounds of nationality, is assessed dur...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total sum of compensation payments made to passengers by each railway franchise in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Statistics on the number of delay compensation claims made by passengers to each railway franchise is published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and may be found online at: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/passenger-experience/delay-compensati...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ComplaintsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the number of passenger complaints for each railway franchise in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Information on the number of passenger complaints for each railway franchise can be found online at: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/passenger-experience/passenger-rail-service-complaints/table-4100-complaints-closed-by-operator/ . Note that this...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average percentage of scheduled train miles operated was for each railway franchise in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Statistics on the number of train services run are published by the ORR - https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-rail-performance/. Table 3123 – ‘Trains planned and cancellations by operator and cause’ shows the average percentage ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train cancellations there were for each railway franchise (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the number of services run by each franchise, for each of the last ten years.
Answer: Information relating to the number of train cancellations for each railway franchise for the past ten years may be found online at: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/performance/passenger-rail-performance in ‘Table 3123 - Trains planned and cancell...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: DeploymentHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of warranted police officers that were (a) deployed and (b) unavailable for deployment to frontline roles per police force in the last 12 mont
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number and proportion of police officers available for duty and those in frontline roles as at 31 March each year in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
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