12 Nov 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to help support the growth of independent brewers in Lincolnshire.
ReplyIndependent brewers, including those in Lincolnshire, are at the heart of many of our communities and important for economic growth.The government is reducing alcohol duty on qualifying draught products, representing an overall reduction in duty bills of ...
11 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps she is taking to support parents of children with SEND to access transport to school in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
ReplyThe department's ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department’s home-to-school travel policy ...
11 Nov 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
AskedMedia and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of youth services in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
ReplyAs set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people. At the Autumn Budg...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Probation Service in the East Midlands.
ReplyHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service routinely publishes information about Probation Service regions’ performance as part of the Community Performance Annual Statistics. The most recent data, published in July, cover the financial year 2023-24, and ...
11 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedHow many apprentices her Department has employed each year since 2010.
ReplyThe Department formally began recording apprenticeship data from 2017, following the publication of the Civil Service Apprenticeship Strategy. This data reflects DfTc, excluding the agencies.YearApprentice Numbers2017 - 2018192018 - 2019202019 - 202024202...
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat estimate her Department has made of how many illegal cigarettes were smuggled into the UK in 2023.
ReplyThe transparency data showing the total amount of illegal cigarettes seized by Border Force in 2023 is available at the following page:Border Force Transparency 2023Qty of Cigarettes (sticks)Q1 156,104,848Q2 197,641,347Q3 259,625,932Q4 210,205,139Total 82...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided via the Disabled Facilities Grant in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire in the last three years.
ReplySouth Holland and the Deepings constituency is part of Lincolnshire. Government provided the following Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) funding to South Holland, South Kesteven (which covers Deeping) and to Lincolnshire for each financial year since 2022-2...
11 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhat estimate her Department has made of the value of the counterfeit cigarette market.
ReplyHMRC estimated that the illicit tobacco market cost £2.2bn in lost excise duty and VAT for the year 2022/23. Cigarettes account for £0.7bn of this amount. We do not have an estimate relating to specifically counterfeit cigarettes. Further details can be f...
11 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many foreign nationals have been refused visas because of criminal convictions in their home countries in each of the last five years.
ReplyThe Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visas refused are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. However, this information is not broken...
8 Nov 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to support military veterans in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
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 in South Holland and the Deep...
8 Nov 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedHow many jobs were created in Lincolnshire as a result of foreign direct investment in the last five years.
ReplyOfficial statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbt-inward-investment-results-2023-to-2024 show that 1,295 new jobs were created in Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in 2021-22, 1,159 in 2022-23 and 198 in 2023-24. St...
8 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, when she plans to make an announcement on the status of applications to the Community Ownership Fund Round 4.
ReplyI refer the rt hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 11941 on 8 November 2024.
8 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat is the total amount paid to (a) Serco, (b) Clearsprings and (c) Mears since 2019 for contracts to provide housing for asylum seekers.
ReplyCosts are subject to change depending on numbers being accommodated within the asylum system, and details are considered to be commercially confidential. The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available...
6 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhat estimate his Department has made of how many miles of pylons and power lines will need to be built in England to meet the 2030 clean power target.
ReplyThe Government does not design or develop the electricity network, and it is for the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to assess and recommend high-level reinforcements to the electricity network. Transmission Owners then develop the network on the b...
6 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedIf she will make it her policy to immediately deport foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences resulting in custodial sentences.
ReplyThe removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is an important priority of this Government. FNOs who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will work with the Home Office to pursue their deportation. ...
5 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedHow many NHS patients have been treated with Spinraza in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands since 2019.
ReplyUse of nusinersen, also known by the brand name Spinraza, is commissioned from specialist centres, and in the East Midlands the service is commissioned from Nottingham University Hospital (NUH). NUH has treated eight patients with nusinersen since 2019. N...
5 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat the average waiting time is for a dementia assessment in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
ReplyThe constituency in question is split across two Older People Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT), Stamford and Spalding CMHTs. Whilst this does not map exactly with the constituency area, the average wait for the first appointment across the two CMHTs i...
5 Nov 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps he is taking to help improve ambulance response times in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
ReplyThe Government has committed to supporting the National Health Service to improve performance and achieve the standards set out in the NHS Constitution, including for ambulance response times. This will improve the level of service nationally, in Lincolns...
5 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWhether her Department conducted an impact assessment on the proposed change on inheritance tax for agricultural properties.
ReplyThe Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms, and further explanatory informatio...
5 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to improve the recruitment of male primary school teachers.
ReplyHigh quality teaching is the factor that makes the biggest difference to a child’s education with teachers helping shape the lives of young people.There are now 468,693 full-time equivalent teachers in state-funded schools in England, but the...