Every parliamentary written question tabled by Richard Tice this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How much Lincolnshire Police spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation services in each of the last three years.
The Home Office does not hold information relating to the proportion of budgets spent on translation and interpretation services for police forces.Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables. Police and Cri...
How many non-crime hate incidents were recorded in Lincolnshire in each of the last three years.
The Home Office does not currently centrally hold or collate information on the number of non-crime hate incidents recorded by individual police forces.
How many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants are not UK citizens.
The Department checks immigration status when assessing eligibility for Universal Credit, but the requested statistics are not readily available. We are, however, exploring the feasibility of developing suitable statistics related to the immigration statu...
What the cost to the public purse was of (a) training and (b) otherwise integrating NHS staff recruited from abroad in the last 12 months.
The information requested on the cost to the public purse for the training and integration of National Health Service staff recruited from abroad is not collected centrally.
How many and what proportion of NHS staff are (a) qualified healthcare professionals and (b) administrative staff.
The following table shows the number and proportion of full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed by National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards in England, by broad staff groups, as of July 2024: Number, FTEProportionProfessionally Qualified...
What steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to ensure energy security during periods where renewable energy sources do not meet demand.
The UK’s diverse power mix reduces dependence on one generation source, ensuring security of supply in a range of conditions. Transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards a range of home-grown clean energy technologies will reduce the UK’s vulnerabili...
How much and what proportion of NHS funding was spent on (a) administration and (b) patient care in the latest period for which data is available.
Patient care is too broad a category and could encompass a wide range of spending. We are unable to break this down as it stands. However, the total administration spend for NHS England and the integrated care boards is available on page 177 of NHS Englan...
Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions his Department has taken against foreign fishing vessels operating illegally in UK waters in each of the last five years.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for licensing foreign vessels to fish in English waters and for fisheries enforcement of vessels within English waters. The MMO has boarded and inspected foreign vessels at sea on 1451 occasions sinc...
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) resilience of the agricultural supply chain and (b) ability of the sector to meet d
Part (a) - The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption. We produce 62% of all the food we need, and 75% of food which we can grow or rear in the UK for all or part of the year. Fo...
If she will take steps to ensure that illegal entrants to the United Kingdom are (a) detained and (b) promptly removed; and how many and what proportion of those illegal entrants have been (i) detaine
Data on how many people are in immigration detention and how many people have been removed in each of the last five years is available up to year ending June 2024, and can be found within the Returns and Detention data tables at, https://www.gov.uk/govern...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on the (a) profitability and (b) sustainability of farming businesses.
The 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...
What data her Department holds on the staff time taken to (a) record and (b) investigate (i) non-crime hate incidents and (ii) suspected criminal offences in each of the last five years; what the cost
The Home Office holds data on notifiable crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales including the date when they were recorded and the date when a resulting investigation has been closed.This data is routinely published as official statistics.The ...
How many police officers have surrendered firearms licences in the last 12 months; and what data her Department holds on the reasons recorded for those surrenders.
The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of armed police officers in the Police use of firearms statistics. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 March 2024 and can be accessed at the following link:Police us...
How much was spent on (a) housing and (b) supporting individuals who entered the United Kingdom illegally in each of the last five years.
Overall asylum support costs are published in the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is available through the following link:Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)Data for Financial Year for 2024-25 will be published fo...
How many individuals have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) visa category and (b) country of origin.
The Home Office publishes data on Settlement by country of nationality and by visa category in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Visa Category relates to type of leave held immediately prior to being granted settlement.The published s...
How many individuals have been granted indefinite leave to remain in each of the last five years, broken down by the individual's (a) occupation and (b) employment sector.
The Home Office publishes data on Settlement by country of nationality and by visa category in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Visa Category relates to type of leave held immediately prior to being granted settlement.The published s...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) operational steps his Department has taken to help secure the release of (i) Emily Damari and (ii) other hostages held by Hamas in the last three
We have consistently supported hostage talks, and continue to work alongside our allies and partners in the region, exercising every possible diplomatic lever to see the hostages immediately and unconditionally released. Negotiations remain the best chanc...
If he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of compensation for loss of property value as a result of proposed pylon installations in Boston and Skegness constituenc
Landowners, businesses and homeowners that have electrical equipment, such as pylons or towers, sited on their land have the right to compensation for the value of their land, as well as for any losses or expenses incurred. Acquiring authorities can also ...
What recent estimate she has made of the number of people in the UK that have overstayed their visas; if she will make an estimate of the percentage of people in the UK that have overstayed their visa
As set out in legislation, an individual is liable to removal from the UK if "the person requires leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom but does not have it". The Home Office does not routinely categorise immigration offenders by the ma...
Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost of providing (a) housing and (b) welfare support for people residing in the UK illegally; and what steps she is taking to reduce t
The department has made no such estimate. Persons residing in the UK illegally who have no recourse to public funds are not eligible for an allocation of social housing or statutory homelessness assistance.More broadly, the Home Office is responsible for ...