Written questions by Turner.

Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs to (a) postal workers and (b) courier workers broken down at (i) national, (ii) local authority and (iii) Parliamentary constituency level.

Defra does not hold data on the total number of dog attacks or on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs on postal or courier workers as enforcement authorities and healthcare services are not required to report this information to Defra. This information may be collected by the NHS, individual police forces and local authorities.

What the expenditure of her Department's criminal injuries hardship fund has been in each year since its creation.

The below table shows the compensation spend under the Hardship Fund in each financial year. It does not include the running costs of the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund opened on 27 November 2012.Financial YearAmount Paid2012/13£883.032013/14£1,116.052014/15£1,475.852015/16£312.682016/17£3132017/1802018/1902019/2002020/2102021/2202022/2302023/240

Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2012 to Question 124834, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will uprate the figures given in that Answer to 2024 prices.

The following table sets out the value of each of the tariff bands in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) along with how much each of the tariff bands would be worth in 2012 and 2024, if they had increased by the rate of inflation since 1996 using each of the indices (a) RPI and (b) CPI:BandTariff amount [1996](a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2012](b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2012](a) Inflated amount (RPI) [2024](b) Inflated amount (CPI) [2024]1£1,000£1,540£1,358£2,532£1,9462£1,250£1,925£1,697£3,166£2,4333£1,500£2,310£2,036£3,799£2,9194£1,750£2,695£2,376£4,432£3,4065£2,000£3,081£2,715£5,065£3,8926£2,500£3,851£3,394£6,331£4,8667£3,300£5,083£4,480£8,357£6,4238£3,800£5,853£5,159£9,623£7,3969£4,400£6,777£5,973£11,143£8,56310£5,500£8,472£7,467£13,928£10,70411£6,600£10,166£8,960£16,714£12,84512£8,200£12,630£11,132£20,766£15,95913£11,000£16,943£14,933£27,857£21,40814£13,500£20,794£18,327£34,188£26,27415£16,500£25,415£22,400£41,785£32,11316£19,000£29,265£25,793£48,116£36,97817£22,000£33,886£29,866£55,713£42,81718£27,000£41,587£36,654£68,375£52,54819£33,000£50,829£44,799£83,570£64,22520£44,000£67,772£59,732£111,426£85,63421£55,000£84,715£74,665£139,283£107,04222£82,000£126,303£111,319£207,658£159,59023£110,000£169,430£149,330£278,566£214,08424£175,000£269,548£237,571£443,173£340,58925£250,000£385,069£339,387£633,104£486,555

What funds have been raised through the victim surcharge in each year since its creation.

The surcharge (often referred to as the victim surcharge) was first introduced in April 2007 and changes were introduced on 1 October 2012, 1 September 2014, 8 April 2016, 28 June 2019, 14 April 2020 and then again on 16 June 2022.When a court passes a sentence, it must also order that the relevant surcharge is paid. The amount of the surcharge depends on the sentence and whether at the time the offence was committed the offender was an adult or a youth (under 18 years of age), or if the offender is an organisation.Revenue raised from the surcharge provides a contribution towards Ministry of Justice-funded victim and witness support services.HMCTS accounts for the amount of victim surcharge imposed and collected in the annual HMCTS Trust Statement. The Trust Statement was introduced in 2010-11, prior to that the data was not collated centrally. The table below illustrates the amounts imposed and collected each year since April 2010. The amounts collected will include receipts for amounts imposed in prior years. Financial YearVictim Surcharge Imposed £000Victim Surcharge collected £0002010-1112,55210,5162011-1211,23410,1652012-1314,33110,5182013-1430,97019,5482014-1535,20324,5692015-1637,86628,3072016-1744,78531,0292017-1846,60335,0222018-1945,52133,5292019-2044,42439,6892020-2136,64735,0392021-2246,65437,8522022-2365,27041,3142023-24104,03265,496

Representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on the Parliamentary archives relocation programme; and whether that programme is still expected to be completed in 2025.

The Archives Relocation Programme is on track to be completed in 2025.To date 65% of the physical records have been removed from the Victoria Tower with the remaining moves scheduled to be completed by the autumn.The partnership agreement with The National Archives is expected to be signed within the next six weeks.

Pursuant to the Answer of 08 July 2019 to Question 261492, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will publish the same information for each year since 2017-18.

The information in the table below sets out the criminal injuries compensation spend for each of the years shown (as published in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts). It does not include compensation awarded under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme. YearCompensation Spend2017/18£155,840,0002018/19£130,359,0002019/20£194,839,0002020/21£153,367,0002021/22£158,192,0002022/23£173,089,0002023/24£164,620,000

How many Highways England traffic officers were employed on 15 March in each year since 2016.

The number of traffic officers employed by National Highways on 15 March in each year since 2016 was as follows: YearTraffic officer headcount on 15 March20161,43520171,41020181,41920191,54620201,47220211,41220221,39020231,48820241,553

Pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25524 on UK International Consumer Centre, if he will place a copy of the agreement referenced in the Commons Library.

I regret that the grant funding agreement cannot be submitted to the Commons Library. Grant letters and details are commercially sensitive for both the parties.Releasing these details would, or would be likely to, prejudice the interests of those concerned by damaging the confidence which customers, suppliers or investors have, threatening their ability to obtain supplies or secure finance, and potentially weakening their position in a competitive environment by revealing market-sensitive information or information of potential usefulness to others such as its competitors.

What information her Department holds on the cost of a standard-class annual rail season ticket from (a) Longbridge, (b) Northfield and (c) Kings Norton stations to Birmingham New Street in 2010.

In 2010, annual season tickets from both Longbridge and Northfield to Birmingham New Street cost £597.00, and from Kings Norton to Birmingham New Street cost £523.00.

Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 26736 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Bidfood, what contracts (a) under the value of £12,000 and (b) tendered before 2015 and subsequently extended (i) the BFS Group Limited and (ii) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited holds with (A) her Department and (B) agencies of her Department.

Core Department: DCMS does not hold any active contracts, nor any contracts since 1st April 2015 with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiaries. To the best of our knowledge, we do not hold any information on Bidfood contracts tendered before 2015, noting that we do not hold consistent contract records before 2015, as this is prior to the migration to our previous electronic contract management software.Executive Agencies: DCMS does not hold executive agency contractual information.

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

None. The Wales Office does not have any contracts with BFS Group Limited or its subsidiary companies.

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

The Scotland Office has no contracts with BFS Group Limited or any subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

The Northern Ireland Office does not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

With reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great British Railways' delivery plan.

Officials are working with Shadow Great British Railways to set out and agree what their organisations will deliver both individually and collectively to make a difference for rail customers ahead of the creation of Great British Railways. The Department intends to publish these plans in the Spring.

With reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways Innovation (a) by headcount and (b) on a full-time equivalent basis.

GBRX at present has a core team of 10 people, all of whom are full time.

How many people work in the Great British Railways Transition Team on (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis.

The Great British Railways Transition Team, including resource for the Fares, Ticketing and Retail programme, currently has a headcount of 235 staff. This equates to 228.9 full-time equivalent.

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

HM Treasury and its executive agencies do not hold any such contracts.Details of government contracts over £10,000 are published on the Contracts Finder website.

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Based on review of available data held centrally, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not have any contracts with the company 'BFS Group Limited' or any of its subsidiaries. There have only been a handful of low-value transitions with the vendor across the FCDO network: totalling less than £15,000 from April 2023 onwards. The FCDO does not hold data on behalf of our agencies and so the member will need to engage with them directly for confirmation.

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Bidfood, a trading division of BFS Group Limited, currently holds a contract for the Supply of UK Deployable Food. No other contracts between the Department and BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies have been identified.

Media and Sport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

All Government Awarded contracts are published on Contracts Finder (for awarded contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender services for above threshold contracts.Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search.