Richard Tice MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Congenital 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
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of NHS funding was spent on (a) administration and (b) patient care in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: Patient care is too broad a category and could encompass a wide range of spending. We are unable to break this down as it stands. However, the total administration spend for NHS England and the integrated care boards is available on page 177 of NHS Englan...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy SupplyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to ensure energy security during periods where renewable energy sources do not meet demand.
Answer: The UK’s diverse power mix reduces dependence on one generation source, ensuring security of supply in a range of conditions. Transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards a range of home-grown clean energy technologies will reduce the UK’s vulnerabili...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Foreign NationalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants are not UK citizens.
Answer: The Department checks immigration status when assessing eligibility for Universal Credit, but the requested statistics are not readily available. We are, however, exploring the feasibility of developing suitable statistics related to the immigration statu...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Detainees and DeportationHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that illegal entrants to the United Kingdom are (a) detained and (b) promptly removed; and how many and what proportion of those illegal entrants have been (i) detaine
Answer: Data on how many people are in immigration detention and how many people have been removed in each of the last five years is available up to year ending June 2024, and can be found within the Returns and Detention data tables at, https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: ExpenditureHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on (a) housing and (b) supporting individuals who entered the United Kingdom illegally in each of the last five years.
Answer: Overall asylum support costs are published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is available through the following link:Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Data for Financial Year for 2024-25 will be published fo...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) resilience of the agricultural supply chain and (b) ability of the sector to meet d
Answer: Part (a) - The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year. Fo...
Answered 26 Nov 2024
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