Richard Tice MP: written questions
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Written questions
Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) violent offenders and (b) people convicted of grievous bodily harm resulting in life-changing injuries are not inappropriately released early under existing early release
Answer: This Government was left an unconscionable inheritance with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we had no choice but to take decisive actions to stop our prisons overflowing and keep th...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England supports the policy of excluding children from community health services on the basis of school type; and what assessment he has made of the merits of such a policy.
Answer: There is no policy that excludes children from community health services on the basis of school type. The National Health Service is free at the point of use and provides care to anyone who need it based on clinical need. NHS occupational therapy services...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: Boston and SkegnessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) timeliness of end-of-life palliative care support in Boston and Skegness constituency; and what steps he is t
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission, including Lincolnshire ICB, which covers the Boston and Skegness constituency. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports com...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpinal Disorders: Boston and SkegnessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of access to spinal services for patients in Boston and Skegness constituency; and what steps he is taking to ensure that residents can
Answer: The local acute trust in Lincolnshire, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH), does not have a spinal service. Emergency services take non-complex patients with potential spinal issues to the closest accident and emergency within Lincolns...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Regulation C9 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 that removes survivor benefits on (a) widows and (b) widowers who (i) rem
Answer: From 1 April 2015, the 1987 police pension scheme was amended to allow widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers who have died as a result of an injury on duty to receive their survivor benefits for life regardless of remarriage, civil partne...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers following changes in the level of funding for mental health support; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of this ch
Answer: Defra are continuing to fund the Farmer Welfare Grant. This funds charities to deliver projects which will support mental health and build resilience in local farming communities. In the Hon. Member’s county, the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network is in r...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProtestHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with police forces to (a) help prevent antisemitic marches and (b) ensure that public order legislation is effectively enforced where protests involve (i) incitemen
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling antisemitism and other forms of hate crimes and supports the police in taking robust action where protests cross the line into criminality. Where protest activity does involve criminality, the police have a broad ra...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Boston and SkegnessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many confirmed Avian Influenza outbreaks there have been in Boston and Skegness constituency, by site size; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and
Answer: During the current outbreak there has been one outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the Boston and Skegness constituency in a commercial duck rearing enterprise near Skegness, East Lindsay, Lincolnshire and was confirmed on the 28 Janua...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvanced Research and Invention Agency: GeoengineeringDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason funding was allocated to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency to support research into solar radiation modification techniques.
Answer: As set out in ARIA's Framework Agreement, ARIA has unique operational freedoms, including over its research and project choice and its procedures. This independence allows ARIA to take bold steps to better understand the world we live in, and the Governme...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmbassies: Counter-terrorism and Public orderHome OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen (a) counter-extremism measures and (b) public order enforcement following the recent attack on the Israeli Embassy in London; and how the Department p
Answer: The Government takes the protective security of diplomatic missions extremely seriously. The UK Government's protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our longstanding policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements,...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: IranHome OfficeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iranian nationals have been detected arriving in the United Kingdom via small boat crossings in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025 to date.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on detected small boat arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on small boat arrivals by nationality and year is published in table Irr_02b of the ‘Irregular migration to the U...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCounselling and Psychiatry: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that qualified (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists are (i) supported and (ii) distinguished from (A) psychiatric and (B) diagnostic services.
Answer: It is essential that all National Health Service staff, including counsellors and psychotherapists, can work in a supportive and compassionate environment that recognises and prioritises health and wellbeing. NHS England has a wide-ranging package of ment...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to (a) improve value for money, (b) prevent profiteering, (c) remove conflicts of interest in referral practices and (d) otherwise improve (i) oversight and (ii)
Answer: All National Health Service patients must receive safe and high-quality care, whether being treated by private providers or directly by the NHS. While the independent sector has a role to play in tackling the waiting list backlog, we will not tolerate any...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeoengineering: ResearchDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) solar radiation management initiatives and (b) other Government-funded geoengineering research projects on (i) the envir
Answer: The Government is not in favour of using Solar Radiation Modification. Given the significant uncertainty around the possible risks and impacts of deployment on the climate and environment, the Government is not deploying SRM and has no plans to do so.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDeath CertificatesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to review the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death process to speed up that process in (a) Boston and Skegness constituency and (b) the UK.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, through the Death Certification Strategic Board and a cross-Government data strategy group. Since the introduction of the reforms...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTransgender People: DemonstrationsHome OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people (a) arrested and (b) charged following the trans rights demonstration on 19 April 2025; and what were the offences recorded.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold the information requested.This is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities increased powers to remove unauthorised traveller encampments from public and priv
Answer: Local planning authorities already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance, which they can use to tackle all types of unauthorised development. We will keep the use of these powers under review.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Tax Credit: Foster CareTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43738More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered reallocating Child Tax Credit payments previously claimed by a child’s parents prior to their entering foster care to that child while in care.
Answer: Child Tax Credit has been fully replaced by Universal Credit and Pension Credit since 6 April 2025. The Department for Work and Pensions has invited all eligible customers to claim. There are consequently no plans to review past Child Tax Credit rules or ...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: CharitiesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on charitable organisations; and what steps she plans to take to fiscally support
Answer: DCMS Ministers have met with representatives from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and are aware of their concerns about the National Insurance contributions (NICs) changes. We recognise the need to protect the smallest businesses and...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStamp Duty Land TaxTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider introducing a (a) transitional period and (b) grace window for homebuyers who began the property purchase process before recent changes to Stamp Duty rates to help prevent transactions from
Answer: I refer the hon member to the answer given to UIN 38297.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients who would remain eligible for support under the proposed changes to the disability benefits syst
Answer: The publication ‘Spring Statement 2025 health and disability benefit reforms – Impacts’ provides some information on the numbers affected by the proposed changes to the disability benefits system. In particular, table A3 on page 8 shows the estimated impa...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMV Solong and MV Stena Immaculate: AccidentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department plans to provide to assist with the environmental clean-up of beaches in Boston and Skegness constituency following the recent North Sea oil tanker collisio
Answer: Now the overall situation has stabilised, the response has moved from a Major Incident Response into the recovery phase. Both ships remain afloat and normal maritime traffic has resumed. Though the situation is stable, recovery work will continue with the...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve livestock (a) registration and (b) inspection, in the context of (i) avian influenza and (ii) the recommendations in Dame Glenys Stacey's
Answer: Since the 1 September 2024 in Scotland and 1 October 2024 in England and Wales registration has been a legal requirement for anyone owning poultry or other captive birds, with the exception of certain psittacines and passerines, even if only kept as pets....
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the calculation of child maintenance payments, in the context of the use of gross salaries for assessments; and what assessment she has made of the potentia
Answer: Information about the paying parent's gross income is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the latest tax year available. This allows calculations to be made quickly and accurately. Any income subject to income tax, including bonuses and ...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the difference between the rates of the (a) basic state pension and (b) new state pension on pensioners; and whether the Department has considered the potent
Answer: The Government has made a commitment to the Triple Lock for the entirety of this Parliament which will mean spending on people’s State Pensions is forecast to rise by over £31 billion. It is not possible to make direct, like for like comparisons between S...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
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