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Written questions by O'Brien.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil O'Brien this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (817)Department for Education (131)Department for Work and Pensions (109)Ministry of Justice (87)Home Office (83)Department of Health and Social Care (64)Treasury (51)Department for Transport (43)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (31)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (30)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (30)Department for Business and Trade (28)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (26)

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20 Nov 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
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When the outputs from the Transformed Labour Force Survey will be published.

Reply

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 20 November is attached.

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many reports were produced by Independent Social Workers for the immigration and asylum tribunals which recommended that a person liable to be removed from the UK should be allowed to stay in the last year fo

Reply

The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many reports were produced by Independent Social Workers for the immigration and asylum tribunals in the last year for which data is available.

Reply

The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...

20 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many Independent Social Workers are recognised by the Tribunal system as qualified to provide independent reports in immigration cases.

Reply

The Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal is independent of government and act as impartial arbiters of the evidence presented by Appellants and the Home Office as Respondent to appeals. The Tribunal does not establish verification sys...

20 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many non-crime hate incidents were recorded by each police force in each year since 2014.

Reply

The Home Office does not currently centrally collate information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by individual police forces.

19 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many and what proportion of partner visas were granted where the applicant used cash savings to count towards the minimum income threshold in each year since 2012.

Reply

The Home Office publishes data on Partner entry clearance visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. However, this information is not broken down by the means by which the Minimum Income Requirement is met.Data on visas issued are pub...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

How much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds were spent on Level 7 Appenticeships in each year since the creation of the levy.

Reply

The apprenticeships budget in England is used to fund training and assessment for new apprenticeship starts in apprenticeship levy and non-levy paying employers, and to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices already in training and any additional payments...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether she plans to allow firms to use up to 50% of the Growth And Skills Levy to fund non-apprenticeship training.

Reply

This government’s reformed growth and skills offer, with apprenticeships at the heart, will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers, aligned with our industrial strategy, creating routes into good, skilled jobs in growing industries, such a...

19 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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What estimate his Department has made of the number of people starting apprenticeships in each year of this Parliament.

Reply

This government’s reformed growth and skills offer, with apprenticeships at the heart, will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers, aligned with our industrial strategy, creating routes into good, skilled jobs in growing industries, such a...

18 Nov 2024·Ministry of Defence·Answered
Asked

What assessment he has made of the impact of the collapse of Reaction Engines Ltd on the UK Hypersonic Air Vehicle programme.

Reply

The Ministry of Defence is in discussion with the Administrators appointed by Reaction Engines Ltd. However, these discussions are commercial-in-confidence and I cannot disclose further details.

18 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will publish a breakdown of the offences committed by reoffending foreign nationals by main offence group.

Reply

I refer the honourable Member to the response I gave on 11 November 2024 to PQ 13567.

18 Nov 2024·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
Asked

Media and Sport, when her Department plans to make an announcement on the future of the Listed Place of Worship Grant Scheme.

Reply

Departmental settlements have been set following the Budget announcement on October 30. Individual programmes will now be assessed during the departmental Business Planning process.

18 Nov 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the National Planning Policy Framework to allow almshouse charities that are not registered providers to receive Section 106 funds for the provision of

Reply

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8305 on 18 October 2024.

18 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many people were served with a notice of liability to remove in each year since 2004.

Reply

The Home Office does not routinely report on numbers of individuals served with notices of liability to removal, and that information could only be obtained for the purposes of this question at disproportionate cost.

18 Nov 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
Asked

What steps he is taking to safeguard intellectual property for the UK following the collapse of Reaction Engines.

Reply

The Government recognises that the UK’s aerospace and space industry is world-leading. Although the Government cannot comment on individual commercial cases, where appropriate officials will work with companies and administrators to consider how best to r...

15 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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What steps her Department is taking to support state schools as pupils transfer from their independent school to a state school as a result of the Government’s introduction of VAT on private school fees.

Reply

HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...

15 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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How many and what proportion of looked after children were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each local authority area in 2024.

Reply

Information on the number and proportion of looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, is submitted to the department on an annual basis. This was recently published on 14 November 2024 at local authority level in our statisti...

15 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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With reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what assessment she has made of the number of pupils with SEND that will move from the private educ

Reply

HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...

15 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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With reference to the policy paper entitled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what the direct cost of pupils with SEND moving from private schools to state schools as a result o

Reply

HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...

15 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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With reference to the policy paper titled Applying VAT to private school fees, published on 30 October 2024, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the expe

Reply

HM Treasury (HMT) is responsible for VAT policy. HMT has published its assessment of the impacts of removing the VAT exemption that applied to private school fees, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-f...

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