John Hayes MP: written questions

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Cystic Fibrosis: PrescriptionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on people with Cystic Fibrosis in Lincolnshire.
Answer: The Government has not made an assessment of the potential impact of prescription charges on people with cystic fibrosis in Lincolnshire and has no current plans to review the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemptio...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Asylum: ChagossiansHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her department has kept records of complaints made by Chagossian asylum seekers fleeing Mauritius and applying for asylum in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years.
Answer: The Home Office records all complaints received. However, complaints are not routinely categorised or collated by the specific criteria requested, and the information is therefore not held.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Department for Education: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: The department recognises the opportunities for productivity and efficiency enabled by effective deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). Any use of AI is undertaken in line with relevant government guidance on security and transparency, and under appr...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) uses artificial intelligence (AI) to support activities including corporate and administrative activities, drafting and analysis. AI is used in accordance with all relevant departmental and governmen...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
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Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: Officials within the Department for Work and Pensions have access to artificial intelligence tools that may be used to support efficiency in their day‑to‑day work. However, responsibility for developing policy and legislative proposals remains with offici...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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Flood Control: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to boost flood defences in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: The Government is investing in flood risk management across South Holland and the Deepings through a combination of Flood Defence Grant in Aid and maintenance funding delivered by the Environment Agency and local partners. This funding supports the mainte...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Crisis and Resilience Fund: LincolnshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Crisis and Resilience Fund for off-gas grid households using heating oil will be allocated to Lincolnshire.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 April 2026 to Question UIN 122640.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Transport published the Transport AI Action Plan in June 2025 which sets out the Department’s approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The action plan represents the start of a step-change for AI in our transport system, recognising it...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
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Fuel Oil: TheftHome OfficeTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent heating oil theft in rural communities in Lincolnshire.
Answer: This Government is introducing the most radical and comprehensive policing reforms in nearly 200 years. We will modernise policing in this country – equipping it to tackle more sophisticated, online, and cross-border crimes (like fuel theft, wildlife crim...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.
Answer: The drafting of primary and secondary legislation is the responsibility of a large number of officials across government departments. A range of tools are used to assist with this drafting, including AI which is most commonly used to check, critique, and ...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
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Treasury: Artificial IntelligenceTreasuryTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.
Answer: AI is not used by the department to draft legislation. Officials use AI tools in combination with a range of evidence, collaboration, challenge and technology to deliver policy drafts. They use their judgement and a variety of data sources to apply a crit...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Ministry of Defence: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is exploring various applications of AI to enhance corporate services and drive efficiency. Officials may use approved AI tools (such as large language models) to help with drafting policy and legislation, but responsibility for fi...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Legislative Drafting: Artificial IntelligenceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127038More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether House of Commons officials have used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting legislation in the past 12 months.
Answer: Government bills are drafted by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, which is part of the Cabinet Office, and secondary legislation is generally drafted by the relevant government department.The House of Commons Public Bill Office (PBO) provides support t...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Chagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her department has undertaken polling of the Chagossian people in respect to the 2025 UK/Mauritius Treaty concerning the Chagos Archipelago.
Answer: Accurate polling of Chagossian communities would be challenging given the geographical spread of individuals with Chagossian heritage across the world as well as difficulties in establishing and confirming eligibility to take part. We continue to engage w...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Asylum: ChagossiansHome OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum claims of Chagossians to the United Kingdom from a) Mauritius and b) the Seychelles since July 2024.
Answer: 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.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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British Indian Ocean TerritoryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (1) legal representatives and (2) officials her Department sent to the Judicial Review in the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory on Friday 13 March
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement I made to the House on 13 April, and the answers I provided to questions raised in response, except for matters of ongoing litigation, where I am unable to comment at this time.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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British Indian Ocean TerritoryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will list all law firms her department has consulted regarding British Indian Ocean Territory this year.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement I made to the House on 13 April, and the answers I provided to questions raised in response, except for matters of ongoing litigation, where I am unable to comment at this time.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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British Indian Ocean TerritoryForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to her Department was of litigation undertaken in the Supreme Court relating to the British Indian Ocean Territory in the last 12 months.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement I made to the House on 13 April, and the answers I provided to questions raised in response, except for matters of ongoing litigation, where I am unable to comment at this time.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Chagos Islands: MauritiusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the investigation by the United Nations of the proposed deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islan
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement I made to the House on 13 April, and the answers I provided to questions raised in response, except for matters of ongoing litigation, where I am unable to comment at this time.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her department will cease the passage of the Diego Garcia Military Base & BIOT Bill, in respect to the ruling by Justice Lewis that reinstated the Right of Abode for Chago
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the statement I made to the House on 13 April, and the answers I provided to questions raised in response, except for matters of ongoing litigation, where I am unable to comment at this time.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Bowel Cancer: South Holland and the DeepingsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of bowel cancer in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Yeovil on 30 March 2026 to Question 122582.
Answered 22 Apr 2026
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have rolled out Microsoft Copilot across the Department to enhance efficiency and support the work of all staff, including policy professionals. The rollout was accompanied by training and guidance...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
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Home Office: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.
Answer: AI is being used for a range of purposes in the Home Office to improve business delivery as part of overall digital improvements in the department. The use of AI tools is supported by departmental guidance and ongoing staff training to ensure responsible,...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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