Richard Tice MP: written questions
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Heat Pumps: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who received grants for heat source pumps under (a) the Green Homes Grant and (b) similar schemes are supported when systems prove un
Answer: The Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme required that consumers seek advice from a suitably qualified TrustMark registered installer before they applied for a voucher. It also required that installations meet Publicly Available Standard (PAS) 2035. If a home...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to deport people with dual citizenship who are charged with child grooming offences.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer given on 15 January to Question 22427.
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that candidates standing in combined authority elections are not also responsible for (a) setting up and (b) overseeing those authorities.
Answer: Under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, all local authorities who are to be constituent members of a combined authority must consent to the combined authority’s establishment. This does not disqualify any constituent loc...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinerals: National SecurityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reliance on imported rare earth minerals for net zero technologies on national security.
Answer: Critical minerals, including rate earth elements are crucial for the UK in terms of security, clean energy, industry and emerging technologies. That is why the Government is developing a critical minerals strategy to ensure we are diversifying our supply ...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinerals: Renewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) mining and (b) processing rare earth minerals required for renewable technologies including (i) wind turbines and (ii) solar panels
Answer: The criticality of minerals, including Rare Earth Elements (REEs), are evaluated through the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC), led by the British Geological Survey. CMIC determines criticality on the basis of economic vulnerability and supply ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of net zero policies on (a) UK manufacturing competitiveness and (b) jobs in carbon-intensive industries.
Answer: The transition to net zero is critical for driving growth and delivering new jobs. We have been clear that decarbonisation should not mean deindustrialisation. Many companies that have decarbonised become more efficient and productive. The challenge can b...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCongenital AbnormalitiesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many birth defects were reported among children born to couples who are first cousins in each of the last three years, broken down by the nationality of the parents.
Answer: The Government does not hold this data. We continue to work with the National Health Service as it delivers its three-year maternity and neonatal plan to grow our maternity workforce, develop a culture of safety, and ensure that women and babies receive s...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriage: RelativesHome OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many first-cousin marriages were recorded in each of the last three years, broken down by the nationalities of the parties involved.
Answer: This information is not collected or held.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of SEN pupils expected to transition to the state sector as a result of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees and (b) the cost to the state education sy
Answer: His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contingency measures his Department has should negotiations with Jingye on the future of steel blast furnaces collapse.
Answer: The Government is in negotiations with British Steel’s shareholder regarding the company’s commercial plans to transition to productive and efficient methods of steel production. As with any responsible Government, we continue to consider all possible out...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national framework contractors have been appointed for flood management; and how and on what criteria they were appointed.
Answer: The information requested can be found in the attached document.
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAnimal Feed: 3-nitrooxypropanolDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of long-term health concerns associated with the use of 3-Nitrooxypropanol in cattle feed.
Answer: 3-Nitrooxypropanol is the active ingredient in a methane suppressing feed product commercially known as Bovaer. The Food Standards Agency has advised milk from cows given Bovaer, an authorised feed additive used to reduce methane emissions, is safe to dri...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported (a) in total and (b) by nationality in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office routinely publishes data on returns in the “Immigration Systems Statistics” quarterly release. Data on quarterly returns of individuals since July 2024 can be found in table Ret_D01 of the “returns detailed datasets”. The latest data is fo...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of training NHS staff recruited from abroad in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested on the cost of recruitment fees, the average recruitment cost, and the cost of training for National Health Service staff recruited from overseas is not collected centrally.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the total cost of recruitment fees for employing overseas workers and (b) the average recruitment cost for each overseas employee incurred by NHS trusts
Answer: The information requested on the cost of recruitment fees, the average recruitment cost, and the cost of training for National Health Service staff recruited from overseas is not collected centrally.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on (a) the annual costs incurred to date in implementing Net Zero policies and (b) the measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions achieved as a direct re
Answer: The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its analysis of the cost of reaching net zero by 2050 in chapter 3 of the July 2021 edition of its UK Fiscal Risk Report. As the OBR has noted, “the costs of failing to get climate change under control w...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Translation ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and (b) Lincolnshire Community Health Services spent on (i) translation and (ii) interpretation services in each of the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the amount of money United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust spent on translation and interpretation services each of the last five financial years:YearTotal spend2019/20£158,395.002020/21£127,235.962021/22£162,501.322022/23£204,008.6...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLincolnshire Police: Translation ServicesHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Lincolnshire Police spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold information relating to the proportion of budgets spent on translation and interpretation services for police forces.Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables. Police and Cri...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-crime Hate Incidents: LincolnshireHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents were recorded in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently centrally hold or collate information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by individual police forces.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFishing Vessels: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for licensing foreign vessels to fish in English waters and for fisheries enforcement of vessels within English waters. The MMO has boarded and inspected foreign vessels at sea on 1451 occasions sinc...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHamas: Hostage TakingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) operational steps his Department has taken to help secure the release of (i) Emily Damari and (ii) other hostages held by Hamas in the last three
Answer: We have consistently supported hostage talks, and continue to work alongside our allies and partners in the region, exercising every possible diplomatic lever to see the hostages immediately and unconditionally released. Negotiations remain the best chanc...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have surrendered firearms licences in the last 12 months; and what data her Department holds on the reasons recorded for those surrenders.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of armed police officers in the Police use of firearms statistics. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 March 2024 and can be accessed at the following link:Police us...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Crime and Non-crime Hate IncidentsHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the staff time taken to (a) record and (b) investigate (i) non-crime hate incidents and (ii) suspected criminal offences in each of the last five years; what the cost
Answer: The Home Office holds data on notifiable crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales including the date when they were recorded and the date when a resulting investigation has been closed.This data is routinely published as official statistics.The ...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) training and (b) otherwise integrating NHS staff recruited from abroad in the last 12 months.
Answer: The information requested on the cost to the public purse for the training and integration of National Health Service staff recruited from abroad is not collected centrally.
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS staff are (a) qualified healthcare professionals and (b) administrative staff.
Answer: The following table shows the number and proportion of full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards in England, by broad staff groups, as of July 2024: Number, FTEProportionProfessionally Qualified...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
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