Nick Timothy MP: written questions 2024
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Courts: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) days and (b) hours per week (i) county, (ii) family, (iii) magistrates and (iv) youth courts were open for in 2024.
Answer: Court opening times/hours are distinct from court sitting days/hours and are the hours in which the public can access HMCTS buildings. In practice in most ordinary working weeks, courts are open to the public for five days a week for a minimum of eight ho...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle (a) national and (b) local barriers to community energy projects.
Answer: The Government recognises the role community groups play in our efforts to tackle climate change. Great British Energy’s Local Power Plan will partner with and provide funding and support to community energy groups to roll out renewable energy projects ac...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: ContaminationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is specific support for haemophiliacs impacted by the infected blood scandal.
Answer: The victims of the infected blood scandal have suffered immeasurably. It is the Government’s utmost intention to deliver what justice and compensation it can to all those impacted, as quickly as possible.Haemophiliacs infected via National Health Service ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of WayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reform the current right to roam regime.
Answer: Our countryside and green spaces are a source of great national pride, but too many across the country are left without access to the great outdoors. That is why the last Labour Government expanded public access by introducing the Countryside and Rights o...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUNRWACabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21093More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East discussed (a) delivering UNRWA operations in Hamas-controlled areas a
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting on GOV.UK
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the size of the current court case backlog is in England and Wales.
Answer: We publish court open caseloads across the criminal court, family court, and tribunals jurisdictions in the following publications:Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2024 - GOV.UK.HMCTS management information - September 2024 - GOV.UK....
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the (a) countries of origin, (b) value, and (c) volume of imported (i) oil and (ii) gas in each year since 2010.
Answer: Annual oil and gas imports volume and value figures are published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics, Annex Table G.1: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dukes-foreign-trade-statistics More detailed import volume data are also published in indivi...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of employers in the (a) private and (b) public sector that have recognised a trade union in 2024.
Answer: The Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey estimates the percentage of employers with recognised unions and employers with union members included within the table below: Estimated employer size (number of workers) with recognised unions and workers in ...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: FacilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21072More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the average cost, as a percentage of the total paybill, of trade union facility time in the (a) public sector and (b) private sector in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Under the Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017, relevant public sector authorities are required to publish certain information annually on facility time usage in their organisation. The most recently available data, for 20...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate he has made of of the number of employers in the (a) private and (b) public sector whose employees are members of an unrecognised trade union.
Answer: The Government does not hold information on the number of employers in the private and public sectors whose employees are members of an unrecognised trade union.The Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey estimates the percentage of employers with recog...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Union RecognitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the threshold for the number of employees within an organisation for it to be eligible for the statutory trade union recognition ba
Answer: The Government is simplifying the process and the law around statutory recognition thresholds, so that working people have a meaningful right to organise through trade unions. As part of this, we are removing the antiquated rule that means that unions mus...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Union RecognitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to consult on (a) secondary legislation and (b) policy on trade union voluntary access (i) agreements and (ii) adjudication.
Answer: Clause 46 of the Employment Rights Bill provides a framework for trade unions to access workplaces where an access agreement is reached between an independent trade union and an employer, making it easier for union representatives to recruit, organise and...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTrade Union RecognitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation, Making Work Pay: Consultation on creating a modern framework for industrial relations, published in October 2024, what his planned timetable is for the
Answer: The Employment Rights Bill includes a provision to provide Ministers with the power to bring forward secondary legislation to vary the trade union recognition admissibility threshold between 2% and 10%. Once the Bill obtains Royal Assent the Government in...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power Stations: Migrant WorkersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the number of foreign nationals employed at (a) Sizewell and (b) Hinckley nuclear power station by country of origin in each year from 2010 to 2024.
Answer: The department does not collect information on the number of foreign nationals employed on the Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C projects. Access to the critical systems for both reactors would be restricted to UK nationals only. The nuclear license holder w...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to follow the Prevent duty guidance, published on 12 March 2015, during meetings with Islamist organisations.
Answer: In 2024 a new definition of extremism was published, alongside a set of engagement principles, to ensure that the Government is not inadvertently providing a platform, funding or legitimacy to groups or individuals who attempt to advance extremist ideolog...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to the counter-extremism centre of excellence since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The March 2024 announcement of a new centre of excellence for counter-extremism within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government was a commitment by the previous administration and has not been continued by this Government.
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: ContractsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the processes put in place by his Department to ensure that the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 7 (a) is open and transparent a
Answer: We are reviewing the Contracts for Difference scheme, as we do before every round, to ensure it continues to deliver value for money and all other objectives. We set out some of the changes to the scheme we are considering in the Clean Power 2030 Action P...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy SupplyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has identified the (a) location and (b) severity of capacity constraints in the energy distribution network.
Answer: Ofgem’s price control supports network reinforcement to enable Distribution Network Operators to increase network capacity where required. Ofgem has published analysis of current and future capacity constraints in its framework consultation for the next e...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: StaffHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff work in the Border Security Command; and how many of those staff were not previously working on small boat crossings.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 14 October to Question UIN 6818.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of UK carbon emissions by consumption in each year since 2010.
Answer: Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK Data are available up to 2021. The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO2, Methane ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordExports: Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19990More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish an impact assessment for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on UK exporters.
Answer: The aim of the UK CBAM is to ensure imported products are subject to a carbon price comparable to that incurred by UK production, mitigating the risk of carbon leakage. By its very nature, a CBAM can only apply to imported goods, so it cannot mitigate any...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSizewell C Power Station: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much public investment has been directed to Sizewell C in each year since 2022.
Answer: The Government has announced funding provided to Sizewell C in the following financial years: £100m in 2021/22, £679m in 2022/23, £1,811m in 2023/24 and £1,200m in 2024/25 to date.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which solar PV farm battery energy storage systems are deemed to be within an unsafe distance from a residential dwelling.
Answer: The Government has updated Planning Practice Guidance to encourage battery storage developers and local planning authorities to engage with local fire and rescue services, and for local planning authorities to refer to guidance published by the National F...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of (a) police, (b) ambulance and (c) fire rescue services located near solar photovoltaic farm battery energy storage systems.
Answer: The Government has updated Planning Practice Guidance to encourage battery storage developers and local planning authorities to engage with local fire and rescue services, and for local planning authorities to refer to guidance published by the National F...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: BatteriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a determination of the recommended safe distance between residential dwellings and solar PV farm battery energy storage systems.
Answer: The Government has updated Planning Practice Guidance to encourage battery storage developers and local planning authorities to engage with local fire and rescue services, and for local planning authorities to refer to guidance published by the National F...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
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