Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
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Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122783More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to change the law or guidance around Freedom of Information requests.
Answer: The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament. Any changes to FOI legislation will be subject to Parliamentary s...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the estimated capital cost for a new prison place in England and Wales, broken down into categories A, B, C and D.
Answer: As set out in the 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Our build programme consists of the construction of four new prisons, including HMP Millsike, as well as the ex...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Foreign NationalsHome OfficeTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders in the UK are currently living in the community while liable for deportation after completing prison sentences.
Answer: Latest published information shows that at the end of Q4 2025 there were 19,470 foreign national offenders (FNOs) living in the community having completed their custodial sentences and subject to deportation or administrative removal. The published inform...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the housing element of UC in each region and local authority in 2025.
Answer: Information about the amount of Universal Credit Housing Element expenditure is available by country and financial year here: Benefit expenditure and caseload tables 2025 - GOV.UK (see the ‘Housing_Benefits’ tab). However, information about Universal Cred...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, whether she will publish a further breakdown of the national
Answer: The Home Office publishes breakdowns of the number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave, by nationality and latest leave held prior to claim, for the top five nationalities in Asy_01e. This table does not currently in...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to sheet Asy_01e of the data release entitled Asylum summary tables, year ending December 2025, updated on 26 February 2026, how many people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a
Answer: The Home Office publishes breakdowns of the number of people claiming asylum after entering the UK with a visa or other leave, by nationality and latest leave held prior to claim, for the top five nationalities in Asy_01e. This table does not currently in...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordJobcentres: Sick LeaveDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average number of Working Days Lost per staff year was in each jobcentre in the most recent year.
Answer: Please see link to published Average Working Days Lost figures: Civil Service sickness absence, 2025: report - GOV.UK.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 109196, how many people have been convicted of common assault and battery; and how many of these people did not receive an immediate custodial sentence,
Answer: The data requested is provided in the attached excel table. The table includes data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on the number of offenders who were convicted of common assault and battery offences who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence; s...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Patients to benefit from improved access to dental appointments, published on 21 February 2026, how many (a) urgent and (b) additional dental appointmen
Answer: The following table shows the available data for the number of National Health Service urgent dental treatments and total courses of dental treatments delivered each month from July 2024 to October 2025:Treatment month (July 2024 to October 2025)The numbe...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTheft: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) convicted of theft from a shop and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, broken down by (i) year of conviction in each of the past five years, and (ii) the number of previo
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables. The tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a child sex offence who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence by number of p...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTheft: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 109199, how many unique offenders were convicted for a theft offence and did not receive immediate custody in 2024 with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 previ
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables. The tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a child sex offence who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence by number of p...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109201, how many unique offenders were convicted for an indictable offence and did not receive immediate custody in 2024 with 7, 8, 9 and 10 previous co
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables. The tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a child sex offence who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence by number of p...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHomicide: PoliceMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of murdering a police officer by year of conviction for the period 2020-2024.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including murder in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were a) convicted for child sexual offences and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by year of conviction and number of previous occasions the offender has been convicted for child
Answer: The data requested are provided in the attached excel tables. The tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a child sex offence who did not receive an immediate custodial sentence by number of p...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those living in i) all tenures and ii) the social rented sector have their rent a) partly and b) fully paid by either housing benefit or the housing element of UC.
Answer: Information on the number and proportion of households in the private rented sector in receipt of Housing Benefit (HB), and if it covers rent, is available on Stat-Xplore via the Housing Benefit Official Statistics (https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/). The i...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what number and proportion of those claiming a) housing benefit and b) the UC housing element live in the social rented sector.
Answer: Monthly statistics for the number of households on Housing Benefit (HB) and the number of Households on Universal Credit (UC) are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore, with data currently available to November 2025. The statistics are available by Tenure Ty...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrimary CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much is being spent each year on primary care, and how much is being spent on the core GP contract.
Answer: In 2024/25, the latest year for which data is available, the total value of expenditure on all primary care was £19.8 billion. This includes expenditure on commissioning optometry, pharmacy, and dental services and excludes prescribing and secondary denta...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence and Theft: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answers of 2 February 2026 to Question 109197, 109198, 109199 and 109200, if he will publish the number of people who were (a) convicted of and (b) did not receive an immediate custodial sen
Answer: The breakdown requested for PQ 109197, PQ 109198 and PQ 109199 was provided in PQ response 111800. The data for PQ 109200 is provided in the attached excel table. The table includes data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:The number of offenders who were ...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy Supply: ExpenditureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his Answers of 26 January and 4 February 2026 to Questions 106583 and 109831 on Energy Supply: Expenditure, if he will publish (a) monthly data collected during the year from depa
Answer: The final monthly data collected during the year is already published in the OSCAR annual release dataset with the TYPE_LONG_NAME of “IN-YEAR RETURN” and the adjustments to align final outturn with the published annual report and accounts is shown against...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTheft: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were a) convicted for theft and b) did not receive an immediate custodial sentence were foreign nationals, by year of conviction.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions and sentences for a wide range of offences, including theft in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statis...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Illness: HomicideDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of homicide incidents in each of the last 12 months which involved a suspect who had been a patient of an NHS mental health trust within the prec
Answer: NHS England commissions the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicides and Homicides (NCISH) which has two functions in relation to homicides. First, it reports a count of homicides by people in the care of mental health services. Second, it does researc...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCompulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the last 12 months, how many individuals convicted of (a) a violent offence and (b) homicide had a recorded history of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold the information requested. While the Ministry of Justice holds data on convictions, our data relating to the Mental Health Act 1983 covers only individuals detained as restricted [Criminal Justice] patients and does n...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence and Theft: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Answers to Questions 109199, 109198, 109197 and 109196, if he will publish the spreadsheet with the information requested in these questions with the number of previous occasions the offende
Answer: The information requested is provided in the attached excel tables. These tables include data covering the period 2020 – 2024 on:- The number of offenders who were convicted of a specified offence but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence, by th...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAerospace Technology Institute: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much annual grant funding was issued by the Aerospace Technology Institute (a) in total, (b) for Zero Carbon Emission Aircraft Technologies, (c) for Ultra Efficient Aircraft Technologies, (d) for C
Answer: The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme is jointly delivered by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), Innovate UK, and the ATI. The Department does not hold the detailed breakdown requested but can confirm the total value of grants award...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's Annual Report 2024-25 and pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105347 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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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