Every parliamentary written question tabled by John Hayes this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What steps she is taking to tackle county lines operations in Lincolnshire.
County lines is the most violent and exploitative model of drug distribution nationally, and a harmful form of Child Criminal Exploitation. The Government’s manifesto included a commitment to introduce a new offence of criminal exploitation of children, t...
Whether her Department has provided funding to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.
The Home Office has provided no funding to the Runnymede Trust in the last ten years.
If she will ask the Migration Advisory Committee to add consideration of population growth to their ongoing work.
The Migration Advisory Committee are an independent body who advise the Government primarily on the labour market, however they can consider issues linked to population such as housing and public services when providing recommendations.
When she plans to publish the findings of the consultation entitled Controls on the use of crossbows on public safety grounds, published on 14 February 2024.
A call for evidence on strengthening controls on crossbows on public safety grounds ran from 14 February to 9 April 2024. It tested ideas for whether there should be some form of licensing regime that would provide further controls on the use, ownership a...
What assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding levels for Lincolnshire Police.
This Government is committed to ensuring that the police have the resources they need to tackle crime effectively.Lincolnshire Police’s funding will be up to £164.3m in 2024-25. This is in addition to £1.4m provided for the 2024-25 pay award which has bee...
How many people have been granted visas to work in the United Kingdom in the last three years without passing criminal record checks.
The Home Office undertakes thorough checks to prevent serious criminals from entering the UK. Overseas Criminal Record checks are conducted on all nationals within the Skilled Worker route along with other security checks to ensure that those entering the...
If she will publish guidance on safe access buffer zones around abortion clinics.
This Government’s priority has been to commence Safe Access Zones as quickly as possible. The College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service will produce guidance for the police and prosecutors.
If she will publish guidance on the application of safe access zones around abortion clinics to private property within such zones.
This Government’s priority has been to commence Safe Access Zones as quickly as possible. The College of Policing and the Crown Prosecution Service will produce guidance for the police and prosecutors.
How many and what proportion of asylum claims her Department has processed since 5 July 2024.
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum claims, initial decisions and asylum claims awaiting an initial decision is published in tables Asy_D01, Asy_D02 and Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum a...
How many hotels have started housing asylum seekers awaiting a decision on whether they will be granted refugee status since 5 July 2024.
The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly. This includes clearing the backlog to reduce demand on our accommodation estate and ending the use of hotels over time.
What assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of farm machinery theft in the last five years.
The Government recognises the importance of tackling rural crime and the impact stolen farm machinery can have on businesses. We are committed to safeguarding rural communities, with tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, strengthened ne...
Whether her Department has made an estimate of how many polygamous marriages are valid in the UK.
The Home Office does not collect data on polygamous marriages
What recent estimate her Department has made of how many people are living in the UK illegally.
By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal population, or the number of people who arrive illegally, and so the Home Office does not seek to make any official estimates of the illegal population. In June 2019, the Office ...
Whether Ministers in her Department have met the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.
Meetings are regularly published in our quarterly transparency returns.
How many people have been deported from the United Kingdom for convictions related to grooming in the last five years.
The Home Office publishes statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending June 2024, which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tabl...
How many asylum seekers have been sent from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom in the last six months.
Following our departure from the EU, the previous government agreed to an operational arrangement with Ireland which allows for the return and readmission of asylum seekers. Ireland has not returned anyone to the UK under these arrangements in the last si...
How many shops have been served closure orders for the sale of illegal tobacco and vapes in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.
The management of served closure orders is an operational matter for the Police.
What steps she is taking to tackle online grooming of children.
We are committed to working across government to take robust action to better safeguard children from all forms of child sexual abuse, including online grooming, and to ensure victims and survivors receive appropriate care and support while perpetrators f...
How many police officers have (a) been recruited by and (b) left the National Crime Agency since January 2023.
The NCA recruits officers using the Civil Service Recruitment Principles of fair and open competition and appointment by merit. For campaigns run on this basis, it does not centrally record candidates’ originator organisations. I am therefore unable to pr...
How many raids were carried out by Border Force in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.
Our published data on enforcement visits is available at:Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Information about enforcement visits by constituency is not currently available in our published data.