6 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedIf she will take steps to ensure that there is adequate careers (a) advice and (b) guidance in schools on maritime career pathways.
ReplyHigh-quality careers information, advice and guidance is key to helping young people make informed decisions about their future and involves finding out about and considering the different options available to them, including maritime industries. As new t...
4 Dec 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
AskedIf he will make an assessment of the potential impact of working from home on civil service productivity.
ReplyWe have reviewed the wide range of studies available on the benefits of hybrid working, which has been used to inform the expectation for 60% office attendance for Civil Servants. This expectation has not changed since the previous administration.
4 Dec 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedIf he will take steps to prioritise domestic supply chains in defence procurement.
ReplyThis Government is committed to developing a UK Defence industrial base that ensures a strong Defence sector and resilient supply chains. The Statement of Intent for the Defence Industrial Strategy, published on Monday 2 December, set out a commitment to ...
4 Dec 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps she is taking to tackle gambling advertisements (a) online and (b) on television which are targeted at young people.
ReplyThere are a range of robust rules and restrictions which apply to gambling adverts, wherever they appear, to ensure they are socially responsible.As part of the UK Advertising Codes, issued by the Committees for Advertising Practice (CAP) and Broadcast Co...
3 Dec 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat the total cost to the public purse of curtailment of onshore wind turbines in England was in the last three years.
ReplyThe Department does not hold this information. A summary of constraint costs is publicly available at https://www.neso.energy/data-portal/constraint-breakdown, and network constraint costs for 2023 were £1.4bn. The National Energy System Operator is respo...
3 Dec 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat the cost to the public purse was of the UK delegation's participation in COP29 in Baku.
ReplyI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Rupert Lowe) on 26 November to question UIN 14729.
3 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the police allocation formula on (a) policing and (b) crime in Lincolnshire.
ReplyOn 19th November, the Home Secretary announced that government funding for policing will increase by over half a billion pounds next year; this includes an increase of over £260m in the core grant for police forces, additional funding for neighbourhood po...
3 Dec 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer on 26 November to Question 14583 on Veterans: Radiation Exposure, if he will set a deadline for the publication of his Department's internal review into the whereabouts of nuclear test vete
ReplyThe Government is deeply grateful to all Service personnel who participated in the UK nuclear testing programme. We recognise the huge contribution they have made to our national security and take this issue very seriously.I have asked officials to look s...
3 Dec 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhether he has made an assessment of the impact of the accelerated energy grid decarbonisation target on the UK's reliance on imports from China.
ReplyThe Government works closely with industry to maintain a detailed picture of foreign involvement in critical national infrastructure. Foreign involvement in critical national infrastructure undergoes the highest levels of scrutiny, with the government and...
3 Dec 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhat estimate he has made of the anticipated total cost of compensation for legal claims brought by Nuclear Test Veterans.
ReplyThe claims from Nuclear Test Veterans are at the pre-action stage. It is for the Claimants’ legal representatives to formulate their case against the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in court should they wish to proceed. The MOD is not able to estimate the value...
2 Dec 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedHow many pupils in primary schools in England were suspended in each of the last three academic years.
ReplyThe department publishes figures from the school census on suspensions and permanent exclusions from state-funded schools in England. The most recent release is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/suspension...
2 Dec 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help ensure that district councils receive business rates from (a) all energy infrastructure and (b) sub stations located within their boundaries.
ReplyDistrict councils collect and retain a share of Business Rates in their local area where properties are in the local list. Where a property is found to cross local authority boundaries, the Valuation Office Agency follow legislation which stipulates that ...
2 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices have been handed out for littering in (a) Lincolnshire and (a) England in each of the last five years.
ReplyDefra does not hold data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for littering or spitting.
2 Dec 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices have been handed out for spitting in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
ReplyDefra does not hold data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for littering or spitting.
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many age assessments of people arriving on small boats and seeking asylum have taken place in each of the last three years.
ReplyThe Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on age disputes for all individuals with asylum claims raised and resolved is published in table Asy_D05 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions...
2 Dec 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to reduce the (a) risk of and (b) impact from fires in agricultural vehicles.
ReplyThe Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 set out the essential requirements that must be met before a machinery product is placed on the UK market, in order to protect users of that machinery from any undue harm. This includes agricultural vehicl...
2 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps the Border Security Command is taking to assess the age of asylum seekers arriving on small boats.
ReplyI refer the Rt Hon Member to the Answer I gave on 4 December to Question UIN 16274.
2 Dec 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to support veterans in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire with (i) housing and (ii) education and skills training.
ReplyThis is a Government of service that will always stand up for those who serve our country, no matter which community they are based in. I am working across Government and with civil society to ensure veterans, including those throughout South Holland and ...
2 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many justices of the peace served at Boston Magistrates court in each of the last five years.
ReplyHMCTS deploys Magistrates (Justices of the Peace) who are allocated to a bench and are then placed on a rota to sit as a panel. Boston Magistrates would be served by the Lincolnshire Bench and the numbers on that bench are below for the period stated:Year...
2 Dec 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedIf his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the NHS budget.
ReplyNow that Parliament has voted to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill a Second Reading, the Government will assess the impacts of the bill and publish these in due course.This continues to be a matter for Parliament and, as the bill progresse...