Written questions by Hayes.

How many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Serious Fraud Office.

The Serious Fraud Office has one full-time equivalent staff member employed on this basis.

Food and Rural Affairs, how many plant health inspection staff were employed at UK Border Control Posts in (a) England and (b) Wales as of 10 December 2024.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has 162 plant health inspectors in post covering England and Wales. This number includes all inspectors working at border control points (BCPs), inspection centres and control points. This number cannot be broken ...

What steps he is taking to improve dementia care and support for families post-diagnosis in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision of dementia care services. NHS England expects ICBs to commission services based on local population needs, and supports them with relevant resources, such as the recently updated RightCare s...

If he will increase the staffing budget for the East Midlands Ambulance Service.

The allocation of National Health Service funding, including local staffing budgets, is set by NHS England.

Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the level of the bus fare cap on public transport use in Lincolnshire.

In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...

If he meet with National Grid to discuss the potential cost to the public purse from compensation for loss of property value as a result of proposed pylons installations in South Holland and

National Grid, as the relevant transmission licence holder, is required to compensate landowners who agree to site electrical infrastructure on their land. This cost is paid for by National Grid, it does not come from government expenditure. As such it wo...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of overseas development assistance funds that have been spent on providing abortion services in the last five years.

We report spend in line with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development and Assistance Committee sector codes which do not track spend specifically for abortion services which are part of a wider package of women's healthcar...

What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for Lincolnshire police force.

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 £173.2m in 2025-26, an increase of up to £9 million when compared to the 2024-25 police settlemen...

Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by HM Land Registry.

Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) matters are embedded within the work of the wider HR Strategy and Policy Team (which is 1.5 FTE in total) within HM Land Registry .

Whether she has made a recent estimate of how many primary school children do not speak English as their first language.

The department publishes information on whether a pupil is known to speak English as a first language or not. This data can be found in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on the January 2024 school census. The most recent f...

How many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

All staff at the Equality and Human Rights Commission are working to advance equality through their statutory remit. No staff are specifically employed in full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion roles.

What steps he is taking to ensure that people in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire are able to access essential postal services.

The Government provides an annual £50m Network Subsidy to support the delivery of a minimum number of Post Office branches and a geographical spread of these branches in line with published access criteria. This requires 99% of the UK population to be wit...

What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support provided for people with mobility issues to access trains at Spalding station.

No recent assessment has been made regarding accessibility at Spalding Station. Spalding Station has step free access to platforms.

Representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help ensure the preservation of historic churches in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

The Church Commissioners and Archbishops' Council agreed funding of £11 million for 2023-25 in support of Buildings for Mission. £9 million was allocated to dioceses to fund 30 building support officers to give specialist advice, and there was a small wor...

Communities and Local Government, how many people are living in emergency accommodation in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

South Holland District council had 21 households in temporary accommodation as of 30 June 2024. The most recent temporary accommodation numbers by local authority are available at Tab TA1 Detailed_LA_202406_fix.xlsx.

What steps she is taking to tackle people fraudulently claiming Personal Independence Payments.

DWP is committed to tackling fraud and error in the benefits system and to the recovery of debts, including those generated by Personal Independent Payments. Working closely with counter fraud experts, the DWP has introduced measures to prevent fraud ente...

How many full time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Competition and Markets Authority.

The Competition and Markets Authority does not have any full time equivalent staff dedicated to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Whether she has made a recent estimate of how many primary school children in England were born overseas.

The information requested is not held by the department. The department publishes information on ethnicity and whether a pupil is known to speak English as a first language or not. This information can be found in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteri...

How many fixed penalty notices have been handed out for school non-attendance in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) England in each of the last five years.

The department collects information from local authorities on penalty notices issued for unauthorised absence. This is published in the statistical release on parental responsibility measures and can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.se...

What steps she is taking to tackle online sites advising people to claim for sickness and disability payments they are not entitled to.

DWP collaborates with government partners, including Action Fraud, City of London Police (CoLP) and National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to identify malicious sites that impersonate the department, enable fraudulent activity or target DWP customers. DWP ...