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Written questions by Timothy.

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

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2 Apr 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many irregular migrants have been granted permission to work in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment in each year since 2020.

Reply

Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

26 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many asylum seekers arrived in the UK without appropriate documents in in each year since 2020.

Reply

The information requested is not available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What information her Department holds on the number of vehicles purchased by police forces in each year since 2015, broken down by car manufacturer.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
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What information her Department holds on the (a) level of carbon emissions and (b) source of carbon emissions for each police force in each year between 2015 and 2025.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What contingency plans are emergency services required to provide in the event of a fire at a battery energy storage systems site.

Reply

It is the responsibility of fire and rescue authorities to ensure that firefighters receive the appropriate equipment and training they need to safely respond to the wide range of incidents which they attend.The National Fire Chiefs Council also provide guidance to fire and rescue services to help keep firefighters and the public safe. In 2023, the NFCC published guidance on Battery Energy Storage System sites.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What discussions her Department has had with Distribution Network Operators on steps to accelerate the upgrades to substations near charging points for police electric vehicles.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What information her Department holds on the number of vehicles in each police fleet aged (a) up to one year, (b) between one and two years, (c) between three and five years and (d) older than five years.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
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What information her Department holds on the number of (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric vehicles purchased by police forces in each year since 2015.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
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What information her Department holds on the value of vehicles (a) purchased and (b) sold by police forces in each year since 2015.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What information her Department holds on the number of police forces that have introduced discounted salary schemes for employees who own electric vehicles.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What information her Department holds on (a) start and (b) end dates for lease agreements held by each police force for their vehicle fleet.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

24 Mar 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

What information her Department holds on the number and proportion of police vehicles that were (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) hydrogen, (d) hybrid, (e) plug-in hybrid and (f) fully electric in each year between 2015 and 2025.

Reply

The Home Office has not in the past monitored the procurement and management of vehicles by individual police forces in England and Wales, and does not therefore hold the specific information requested for this question.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many migrants subject to voluntary removals received payments to ensure departure since 5 July 2024; and what the (a) total, (b) average, (c) lowest and (d) highest payment made was.

Reply

I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave on 6 February to Question UIN 28420.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

How many migrants on Health and Care Visas have claimed asylum since 2020.

Reply

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.However, the Home Office publishes data on visas and asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The ‘How many people claim asylum in the UK?’ chapter of the release provides the following information: “Internally matched data for asylum claims suggests that around 20% of people claiming asylum in 2023 held a valid visa within 7 days of lodging an asylum claim”.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
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How many migrants on (a) work, (b) student and (c) family visas have claimed asylum since 2010.

Reply

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.However, the Home Office publishes data on visas and asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The ‘How many people claim asylum in the UK?’ chapter of the release provides the following information: “Internally matched data for asylum claims suggests that around 20% of people claiming asylum in 2023 held a valid visa within 7 days of lodging an asylum claim”.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
Asked

If she will take steps to bar Mohamed Hoblos from entry into the UK.

Reply

As the Honourable Member will be aware, it is longstanding policy that the Home Office does not comment on individual cases.However, we have robust safeguards to ensure that those who intend to sow hatred and division in our communities are refused entry to our country, and we make no apology for this. Our priority remains maintaining the safety and security of the UK and our communities.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
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How many migrants on Health and Care Worker visas claimed asylum in each year since 2020.

Reply

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.However, the Home Office publishes data on visas and asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The ‘How many people claim asylum in the UK?’ chapter of the release provides the following information: “Internally matched data for asylum claims suggests that around 20% of people claiming asylum in 2023 held a valid visa within 7 days of lodging an asylum claim”.

13 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
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If she will publish a breakdown of migrants removed since 5 July 2024 by (a) voluntary and (b) enforced removals; and by nationality.

Reply

The Home Office publishes data on the number of returns from the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data on returns are presented in table Ret_D01 of the ‘returns detailed tables’, where the data can be broken down by return type, quarter and nationality. The latest data goes up to September 2024.  Data up to the end of December 2024 is due to be published on 27 February 2025. Information on enforced and voluntary returns from 5th July to 31st January is published at Returns from the UK since 5 July 2024 - GOV.UK.

5 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
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Whether her Department holds (a) written and (b) statistical evidence on how police forces treat different identity groups based on (i) ethnicity, (ii) nationality, (iii) gender and (iv) sexuality.

Reply

The Home Office collects and publishes regular statistics on the use of police powers. A range of data on different characteristics are collected across the different policing collections. Specifically, on police powers (including stop and search and arrest), data is collected on sex, ethnicity and age.The collection of statistics, along with other policing statistics such as police misconduct and police workforce, are available at the following link:Policing statistics - GOV.UKOfficial statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, the resources required to compile the statistics, as well as quality and availability of data. These reviews allow us to balance the production of our regular statistics whilst developing new statistics for future release.

5 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
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How many firearms licence (a) applications and (b) renewals were completed in (i) the UK, (ii) the East of England and (iii) West Suffolk constituency in each year since 2015.

Reply

The Home Office publishes information annually on the number of firearm and shotgun certificate applications and renewals that have been granted and refused in England and Wales in the statistical publication on firearm and shotgun certificates. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 March 2024 and can be accessed at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/firearm-certificates-in-england-and-walesThe number of firearm and shotgun certificate applications and renewals that have been granted and refused in England and Wales, the East of England region and Suffolk police force area in each year since 2015 can be found in data tables 2 and 4.Data are not available by constituencies specifically. Police Scotland publish broadly comparable annual statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates granted and renewed in Scotland:https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/what-we-do/firearms-and-explosives-licensing/There are no comparable statistics for Northern Ireland.

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