Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote Lincolnshire's cultural and heritage assets overseas to attract tourists.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
DCMS, through VisitBritain, promotes the UK's culture, heritage and tourism offer to international audiences, including destinations across Lincolnshire, as part of wider efforts to encourage visitors to explore beyond London and the South East.
Through its GREAT-funded international marketing campaign, Starring GREAT Britain, VisitBritain harnesses the global appeal of Britain's film and television locations to inspire overseas visitors to discover regional, rural and coastal destinations across the UK. As part of this screen tourism programme, VisitBritain highlights Lincolnshire destinations including Stamford and the Belton Estate, which featured as filming locations for Pride and Prejudice.
Lincolnshire also features in VisitBritain's East of England film and television itinerary, which showcases a range of the county's historic and cultural attractions, including Burghley House, Grimsthorpe Castle, the Belton Estate, Lincoln Cathedral and Lincoln Castle.
Alongside its screen tourism activity, VisitBritain promotes Lincoln as a destination in its own right through dedicated consumer-facing content highlighting the city's rich heritage, visitor attractions and accommodation offer. Lincoln is also featured across VisitBritain's international social media channels, supporting efforts to inspire overseas visitors to discover Lincolnshire and explore more of the UK beyond its gateway cities.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Number 10 North on the county of Lincolnshire.
Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
No10 North will play a vital role in transferring power out of Westminster and back into the hands of local communities, including those in Lincolnshire.
It is central to the Prime Minister’s commitment to spread good growth and opportunity across the UK, drive the Government’s devolution agenda and put decision-making closer to the communities it serves.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her department is using to decide which police forces to allocate the proposed additional 13,000 officers to.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
All 43 forces in England and Wales are supporting delivery of the Government’s commitment to provide 13,000 additional neighbourhood policing personnel by the end of this Parliament.
As at 31 March 2026, we have delivered 3,814 additional police officers and PCSOs into neighbourhood roles. This exceeded the Year 1 target of 3,000 additional neighbourhood policing personnel compared to March 2025.
Further details on neighbourhood policing workforce growth can be found here:
Police workforce, England and Wales: 31 March 2026 - GOV.UK
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by Lincolnshire Constabulary in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.
Information on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers, by police force area, as at 31 March 2007 to 2026 is available in the ‘Workforce Open Data Table’ here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a58d48c7eb057103bd945ba/open-data-table-police-workforce-220726.ods.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total cost to the public purse of his visit to China in January 2025.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)
The total cost of the Chancellor’s visit to China in January 2025 was £60,858.81.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the water quality of open water in Lincolnshire.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The Environment Agency is improving water quality in Lincolnshire through tougher regulation of the water industry, engagement with the agricultural sector and ongoing environmental monitoring. It regularly monitors rivers, coastal waters and bathing waters, using evidence to target enforcement, support improvements and protect the environment and public health.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantity of illegal dairy produce was seized at UK borders in each of the last three years.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Border Force data on seizures of imported products of animal origin is available on GOV.UK here.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent estimate of the tax lost from the hidden economy in Lincolnshire.
Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
HMRC do not produce a breakdown of the hidden economy tax loss by region.
The overall hidden economy tax loss figure can be found in the tax gap statistics which are published annually and are available at: Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has assessed how many prisoners currently serving sentences are in receipt of universal credit.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
Citizens serving a custodial sentence are generally ineligible for Universal Credit (UC) and their claim is usually closed. However, those with eligible housing costs prior to entering prison, may retain that element of UC only, if custody is expected to last no more than six months, helping prevent homelessness on release.
In addition, under regulations laid in parliament on 20 October 2026, serious offenders detained in hospital will no longer receive benefits.
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in (1) 2022, (2) 2023 and (3) 2024.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice's expenditure on interpreters and related translation services was:
Year | Contracted Expenditure | Off-Contract Expenditure | Total Expenditure |
2022 | £26,883,747 | £4,856,616 | £31,740,363 |
2023 | £30,374,050 | £6,565,781 | £36,939,831 |
2024 | £31,625,158 | £7,037,731 | £38,662,889 |