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 he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to (a) specialist care and (b) NICE-approved treatments for patients with migraine.
NHS England is responsible for allocating funding to the integrated care boards (ICBs), which are in turn responsible for commissioning specialist migraine services that meet the needs of their populations, subject to local prioritisation and funding.The ...
What steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Peterborough City Hospital.
The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, which includes that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or dis...
What steps he is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.
The Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, which includes that 95% of patients attending accident and emergency are admitted, transferred, or dis...
Whether Mission Delivery Boards have met since 5 July 2024.
All Mission Boards have met since 5 July 2024.
Whether she has had recent discussions with the Victims' Commissioner on the potential impact on victims of her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in priso
Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that vict...
What the real-term funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in South Holland and the Deepings constituency was in each financial year since 2010.
Local authorities receive their core funding for schools through the dedicated schools grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the depar...
How many vacant state secondary school places there were in (a) Lincolnshire County Council and (b) South Holland and The Deepings constituency on 6 September 2024.
The department does not hold data on places vacant on 6 September 2024. Information on unfilled state secondary school places, as at May 2023, is published in the School Capacity statistics publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.go...
Whether her Department informs victims when perpetrators of crimes against them are due to be released under her Department's scheme to temporarily reduce the proportion of some custodial sentences served in pris
Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Victims’ Commissioner. I can confirm recent meetings have included discussions about the impact on victims of the prison capacity measures announced on 12 July, and the processes in place to ensure that vict...
What steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.
HMRC works closely with local authorities to help tackle illicit tobacco trade at a retail level. In January 2021 HMRC and National Trading Standards launched Operation CeCe. This joint initiative builds on decades of partnership working with local Tradin...
If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing five year block awards to councils for pothole management.
This Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing all parts of the local highway network.The Department recognises the benefits of providing all local highway authorities with long-term funding ...
If she will make an estimate of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of domestic abuse and (b) will be released early from prison as part of the SDS40 scheme.
There is no single offence for domestic abuse defined in legislation as many other criminal offences can include domestic abuse.The SDS40 change has exclusions for specific offences linked to domestic abuse including stalking, coercive or controlling beha...
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...
What steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times for practical driving tests in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, whilst upholding road safety standards.As of 9 September 2024, there were 556,774 car practical driving tests booked, and 91,059 driving ...
Whether she plans to end the use of smart motorways.
The safety of everyone travelling on our roads is the Government’s priority, which is why we are committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. We will not roll out new smart motorways and will set out next steps in due co...
Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending prisoners serving sentences in England and Wales to prisons overseas.
We have prisoner transfer agreements with over 100 countries which enable us to send foreign national offenders to serve the remainder of their prison sentence in their home country. We are reviewing the opportunities to strengthen or expand these arrange...
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a hardship fund for women affected by the change to the State Pension age.
The Government believes the best way to support people, including women who have been affected by the change to the State Pension Age is to help them to retrain, return to or progress in work. That is why the Government is reforming employment support to ...
If she will make an estimate of the number of pay to use ATMs in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
The government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups, and is committed to protecting access to cash for individuals and businesses. The operator of the UK’s largest A...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change since 5 July 2024.
Details of ministers' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. The most recent publication of transparency data took place on 29th August 2024.Ministers confirmed a nil return to meetings with repr...
Whether minutes from mission delivery boards will be made publicly available.
It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees - including mission boards - is not normally shared publicly.
Innovation and Technology, what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have internet access in (a) South Holland and The Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, over 93% of premises in the South Holland and The Deepings constituency have access to superfast broadband speeds (>=30 Mbps) and 69% can access a gigabit-capable (>1000 Mbps) connection. In L...