Tom Hayes MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Higher Education: BournemouthDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of higher education providers on exports produced by Bournemouth.
Answer: Exports from the UK’s higher education providers have a significant economic impact on the UK and their respective regions. In 2022, total education-related exports and transnational education revenue was estimated to be £32.9 billion, with higher educati...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: BournemouthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of health inequalities on the (a) demand for and (b) cost of delivering NHS services in Bournemouth.
Answer: The National Health Service is responsible for determining allocations to the integrated care boards (ICBs). In allocating budgets, they have two aims: equal opportunity of access for equal need; and reducing health inequalities that are amenable to NHS h...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the Flexibility Roadmap.
Answer: The Government will publish the Clean Flexibility Roadmap in 2025, as stated in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParental LeaveDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the length of paid parental leave.
Answer: The Government is committed to making life better for families. In the Plan to Make Work Pay we promised to review the parental leave system. We are delivering on this commitment and launched this review on 1st July.The review presents a much-needed oppor...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the birth rate on school rolls.
Answer: The department’s National Pupil Projections are updated annually to take account of the latest population estimates and population projections published by the Office for National Statistics, which incorporate the latest birth rate trends. The department’...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChildrenTreasuryTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63852More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the cost of (a) living and (b) housing on the number of families choosing to have a child.
Answer: We know increased costs in essential areas worrying and cause hardship and hardship for many families with children. The Government is taking a comprehensive approach—providing support while addressing the structural changes necessary to fix the country's...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential impact of the NHS 10-Year Plan on (a) levels of employment and (b) the cost to the public purse of (i
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care Joint Work and Health Directorate was set up in recognition of the significant link between work and health and to improve employment opportunities for disabled people and peopl...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Mental IllnessDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payments claims are related to an ongoing mental health condition for the last 12 months for which data is available.
Answer: PIP is assessed on the needs arising from a long-term health condition or disability rather than a diagnosis. Information on claimants whose primary health condition is a mental health condition can be found on Stat Xplore. The information you need can be...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the disability employment gap on (a) the public purse and (b) trends in the level of economic growth.
Answer: The Department has published analysis which estimated the costs to the economy of working age ill-health or disabilities that prevent working in the UK, to be between £240 and £330 billion. The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 May 2025, Official Report, column 2, what assessment she has made of the potential value of the review being completed before changes to eligibility for Per
Answer: As I stated in the House of Commons on 1 July 2025, Official Report, column 219, any changes to PIP eligibility will come after the comprehensive review of the PIP assessment which I am leading to ensure that the PIP assessment is fair and fit for the fut...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 12 May 2025, Official Report, column 2, whether the Personal Independent Payment assessments review will include (a) equality and (b) employment law experts.
Answer: We have launched a review of the PIP assessment, which I am leading. Through the review, we want to make sure the PIP assessment is fair and fit for the future in a changing world and helps support disabled people to achieve better health, higher living s...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the disability employment gap in (a) Bournemouth and (b) the South West.
Answer: The disability employment gap is monitored and published in the official statistics release The employment of disabled people 2024 - GOV.UK in data tables LMS008, LMS009 and LMS010. This includes statistics on the South West region, parliamentary constitu...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: ConsumersDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 3 of the report by The Association for Decentralised Energy entitled Consumer-Led Clean Power: How to Unlock Consumer-Led Flexibility for Clean Power by 2030, published
Answer: This Government supports significant growth in consumer-led flexibility, as set out in the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan. We are grateful to the Association for Decentralised Energy for its work in this area. In our Action Plan, Government committed to pub...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 19 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, on updating the Highway Authorities and Utili
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, on updating the Highway Authorities and Utili
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, on updating the Highway Authorities and Utili
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings on p.18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Mov
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference page 15 of Britain Remade's report entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, whether she plans to devolve the Transport and Works
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the findings on page 14 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How to Build New Trams in the UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, whether she has considered th
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRapid Transit Systems and Trams: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 14 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, what assessment she has made creating a speci
Answer: I note that the report by Britain Remade entitled ‘Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving’ makes various recommendations about how tramway construction can be made quicker, cheaper and easier. Whilst there are lessons to be...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the restrictions on concessionary bus pass use on weekdays before 9:30am on (a) older and (b) disabled people accessing (i) medical appointments and (ii)
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on enabling earlier start times for concessionary bus pass use in areas where early-morning access to healthcare is limited.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of allowing (a) older and (b) disabled bus pass holders to travel before 9:30am on weekdays under the English national concessionary travel scheme.
Answer: The Department has not made an assessment of the cost to remove the travel time restriction on disabled passholders concessionary bus passes only or for older person passholders only. However, the Department has conducted a review of the English National ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTravel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the statutory English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to include young people aged 18 to 21 in (a) full-time education and (b) low-paid emp
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the eligibility age for concessionary bus travel.
Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The ENCTS costs around £700 million annually and any changes to the statuto...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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