Written questions by Barclay.

Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 30616 on Asylum: Health Services, if she will make it her policy to collect information on the amount spent by local authorities on services to support (a) refugees and (b) people seeking asylum to access healthcare services.

As set out in my answer to Question 30616, the department does not hold this information to the level requested. At this time, line 49 in the local authority expenditure and financing statistics accounts for services or interventions for asylum seekers, including: Supported access to health, housing or education servicesLanguage/interpreter supportProviding advice and informationAccess to legal advice MHCLG engages with local authorities and other government departments to understand what data is a priority to capture within the local authority expenditure and financing statistics, and considers making changes on a case by case basis. At present, we do not have plans to collect additional information on local authority spend on refugees.

Communities and Local Government, on how many days she has worked from her Department's office in Wolverhampton since 4 July 2024.

The Deputy Prime Minister and ministerial team work from a number of locations and offices across the country. The Deputy Prime Minister does not regularly work from the Wolverhampton office or Darlington Campus.

Pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30619 on Deportation, how many appeals against deportation orders have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in the last month for which figures are available.

The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records, which could only be done for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30623 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what the estimated full time equivalent is of those officials.

Work on the British Indian Ocean Territory - including policy development, legal advice and operational work - is spread across a wide range of officials in teams across the Ministry of Defence. It is therefore difficult to provide a full-time equivalent figure that is both precise and appropriately conveys the amount of time devoted to this issue.

Pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30620 on Immigration: Appeals, how many appeals against administrative removal decisions have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in the last month for which figures are available.

The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records, which could only be done for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 27517 on Hospitals: Concrete, whether he plans to publish the comprehensive report into the seven reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete schemes.

As stated in Question 27517, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned a comprehensive report into the seven reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) schemes being delivered through the New Hospital Programme. The final contract has been awarded to Mott MacDonald and can be found in the public domain on contract finder, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finderThe report is due to take a total of 19 weeks to complete. We do not expect to publish the report in its entirety as it will contain sensitive commercial information. This is in line with the approach taken with previous reports of this nature. We do, however, recognise the importance of transparency and the significant level of interest in the report outcomes, and will consider what can be released publicly once the report is complete.We remain committed to removing RAAC fully from the National Health Service estate whilst working to keep facilities open, with patient and staff safety at the forefront of our decision making.

Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 1488 on Agriculture: Food Supply, what preparations his Department has made for the 2025 Farm to Fork Summit.

The department is planning to engage closely with key stakeholders from across the food system over the coming months. We will confirm the details of possible future events in due course.

How many top-up payments have been made to Asylum Support Enablement Cards in each week since 4 July 2024.

The Home Office has a legal obligation to meet the essential living needs of asylum seekers or dependents who appear to be destitute or are likely to become destitute within a prescribed period, while their asylum claim is being considered.Details of what is considered essential can be found in the annual asylum support rate review reports, published on gov.uk.

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent developments in Russia's war in Ukraine on food security in the UK.

British reliance on food supplies from Ukraine is currently low. Defra actively monitors risks to UK food security on an ongoing basis. The UK Food Security Report, which was published in December, examines past, current, and future trends relevant to food security to present a full and impartial analysis of UK food security.

Food and Rural Affairs, how many Environment Agency permits allowing the importation of waste from outside the UK are in effect; and if he will provide a list of sites covered.

The Environment Agency currently has 208 notifications to import waste, which is recovered at 86 sites. The sites and the number of notifications to each site are listed in the table below: FacilityFacility Postal CodeNumber of notifications (permits)3R Technology UK LimitedPR2 5BB1A-Gas UK LtdBS20 7XH3Airbag Disposal (UK) LtdS9 1BG5AO RECYCLING LIMITED T/A A O Recycling LtdTF7 4ER1AREERA LTDHX5 9JD1AUGEAN SOUTH LIMITEDPE8 6XX1AUGEAN TREATMENT LIMITEDBS11 0YA1 TS2 1UE1AVANTI ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP LIMITED T/A Tradebe KnowsleyL33 7SG1BALCAN ENGINEERING LIMITEDLN9 6RJ1BASF Metals Recycling LtdGL14 2PH5BIP ORGANICS LIMITEDCW10 0QF8BOC LtdDN41 8DZ1Britannia Refined Metals Ltd.DA11 9BG2BRUCE METALS LIMITEDS9 5DQ1CARBON LINK LIMITEDDN40 2QR1CENTEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDCW10 0QF4CHEMOXY INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDTS3 6AF1CLEAN PAK LIMITEDHU2 0PU1CNC RECYCLING LIMITEDTS25 2DF1COMPUTER SALVAGE SPECIALISTS (SPECIAL WASTE) LIMITEDRG19 4ND1CPL PRODUCTS LIMITEDDN40 2QR4DARTMOUTH GLOBAL TRADING CO. LIMITEDDY2 0AF3Eco Option (UK) LtdCW9 7XU1Ecobat Resources UK LtdDE4 2LP18ECOBAT SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDWS10 8JR3ELECTRICAL WASTE RECYCLING GROUP LIMITEDHD5 0JS1ELG UTICA ALLOYS LIMITEDS63 5AB1ENVA BATTERY RECYCLING LIMITEDDN40 2LF2ENVA ENGLAND SPECIALIST WASTE LIMITEDNG22 8UA2ENVA PLASTICS LIMITEDPE10 ODN2ENVIRONCOM (NORTH WEST) LTD.DY9 7DP1EUROPEAN METAL RECYCLING LIMITEDL20 1BX1S014 5AP1 WS10 8LW1EUROPEAN METAL RECYCLING LIMITED T/A Mayer Parry LtdCB8 7ND1European metal Recycling LtdNW10 6QY2FBM METALS (UK) LIMITEDDN41 8DF3FORTIS IBA (SOUTH EAST) LIMITEDME9 8SR1FORTIS IBA LIMITEDSO21 3QS1GEOCYCLE UK LIMITEDST10 3EQ1Greenway Environmental LimitedL20 8JB1H J Enthoven LimitedDE4 2LP1H RIPLEY & CO. LIMITEDTN23 6LR1IBSTOCK BRICK LIMITEDBN84BA1INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS UK LTDB69 3EL1JBM INTERNATIONAL LTDST18 0PY5JBR Recovery LtdB70 9BS3JOHNSON MATTHEY PLCEN3 7PW18JSP LIMITEDOX29 7PL3KEELING & WALKER LIMITEDST4 4JA1LAFARGE CAULDON LIMITEDST10 3EQ2MASTERMELT LIMITEDSK17 9RZ2Mastermelt Refining Services LimitedSK17 9RZ11MICK GEORGE LIMITEDCH65 1BL1MIL-VER METAL COMPANY LIMITEDCV6 6AP1MORRIS & CO. (HANDLERS) LIMITEDDN4 8DE1N&P CRAYFORD MRF LIMITEDDA1 4QG1NEWBURY FERTILISERS LTDME9 9PB2OIL SALVAGE LIMITEDL20 1AS2OXFORD PLASTIC SYSTEMS LIMITEDOX7 4NP1P A MOODY RECYCLING LIMITEDNE10 0ES3PLAZ-TEC LTDSK11 9HS1PORT OF TILBURY LONDON LIMITEDRM18 7EH1Re Group (Reclaim) LtdHU7 1RR1S. NORTON & CO LIMITEDL20 8RQ4SAR RECYCLING LTDDN40 2DW1SIMS METAL LIMITEDCV37 8AQ1SONOCO CORES AND PAPER LIMITEDHX4 9PY1SUBCOAL PRODUCTION TSP LTDTS2 1TT1TATE MEDICAL ENGINEERING LIMITEDLS21 3BB1TECHEMET LIMITEDB77 5DY1TEMPLEBOROUGH BIOMASS POWER PLANT LIMITEDS60 1FA2TRACKWORK LIMITEDDN3 1RA2Tradebe Heysham LtdLA3 3JW6TRADEBE NORTH WEST LIMITEDCH65 4EY1Tradebe Solvent Recycling LtdLA3 3JW2SL7 1EY1SR1 2ES2 TN31 7TE11TWINWOODS HEAT & POWER LIMITEDMK44 1FD1VEKA RECYCLING LIMITEDNN8 4PE1VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITEDL19 8EG8 S21 2DR1VEOLIA UK (UK) LIMITEDCH65 4EQ1Tradebe Fawley LtdSO45 3NX2

Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have received funding through the Farming Resilience Fund since it was established.

The Farming Resilience Fund provides free business support to farmers and land managers in England to help them through agricultural transition. It was set up to available from October 2022 and will run until March 2025. Across all three phases of the Farming Resilience Fund, our delivery partners have provided specialist one-to-one advice to 26,088 farmers (as of 25 February).

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of aligning the controls on shotguns with that of other firearms on financial costs to farm businesses.

The consultation on the recommendation made to the Home Office on aligning the controls on shotguns with other firearms, as set out in the Government response to the consultation, “Firearms Licensing: a consultation on recommendations for changes made to the Home Office” and published on 13 February, will be published later this year. The necessary impact assessments will be published with that consultation.

Food and Rural Affairs, how many times his Department has met representatives of (a) Greenpeace, (b) Just Stop Oil and (c) Extinction Rebellion since 4 July 2024.

Ministers have met with Greenpeace and discussions continue at an official level. There have not been any meetings with Just Stop Oil or Extinction Rebellion.

Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to reopen Sandeel fisheries in UK waters.

In March 2024, and following a public consultation, the UK and Scottish Governments closed English waters of the North Sea and all Scottish Waters to sandeel fishing. The closure will shield sandeel as an essential food source for threatened seabird populations, commercially valuable fish and for marine mammals. The EU has raised a dispute that the UK’s decision to prohibit fishing for sandeel within UK waters is not compliant with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The UK is defending its decision. The hearing took place on 28th - 30th January and we are awaiting the tribunal's decision from the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Food and Rural Affairs, what the total SFI agreement uptake has been per quarter since the beginning of the launch of the 2021 pilot scheme.

The table below shows the number of Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements accepted and started per quarter since the scheme’s launch in 2021. To note that farmers can have more than one SFI Agreement. The application window was paused across Spring and early Summer in 2022. QuarterNumber of AgreementsOct 21 to Dec 21515Jan 22 to Mar 22340Apr 22 to Jun 2220Jul 22 to Sep 226Oct 22 to Dec 221144Jan 23 to Mar 23910Apr 23 to Jun 23641Jul 23 to Sep 23609Oct 23 to Dec 234044Jan 24 to Mar 249915Apr 24 to Jun 249391Jul 24 to Sep 242875Oct 24 to Dec 246122Jan 25 to Mar 254358Total40,890

Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid to farmers in Improving Farming Productivity grants since 4 July 2024.

The Rual Payment Agency has supported the farming and rural sector through payments under a range of grants. Since 04 July 2024, £2,403,543.46 been paid to farmers for Improving Farming Productivity grants.

How many appeals against administrative removal decisions have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in each of the last 12 months.

The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records and to do so for the purpose of answering this question would incur disproportionate cost.

How many (a) appeals and (b) challenges against deportation orders have have sought to rely on rights under the ECHR in each of the last 12 months.

The requested information is not held in a reportable format. To provide this information would require a manual review of case records and to do so for the purpose of answering this question would incur disproportionate cost.

How many full-time equivalent roles there are in her Department relating to equality, diversity and inclusion; and how many of those roles are unfilled but budgeted for.

In 2023, the previous government commissioned an audit of spending in this area, which provided a figure of 16.6 FTE Home Office staff working in central Human Resources roles relating to implementation of statutory functions arising from the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).On 22 May 2024, as part of the response to that audit, the previous government required all departments to consolidate any standalone PSED-related roles from individual work areas into their wider Human Resources functions, which increased the number of central PSED roles to 21.35 FTE.Those numbers have not increased since the current Government came to office, and there are no plans to increase them.

How much and what proportion of debt has been written off by NHS Trusts as a result of overseas visitors in each of the last 12 months.

This information is not held in the format requested. The consolidated National Health Service provider accounts for 2023/24 were published by NHS England, and recorded £44 million as written-off from overseas visitors.The information requested regarding written-off debt for maternity care is not held centrally, and there are no current plans to make an estimate. The consolidated NHS provider accounts for 2023/24 are available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consolidated-nhs-provider-accounts-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024