Monday, 8 February 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the road haulage sector and hauliers on the Transport Infrastructure Skills Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which particular measures his Department has included in its Road Safety Statement of 21 December 2015 to help reduce the number of cyclists killed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Scottish Government on the results of that government's lowering of drink-drive limits; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's annual seafarer statistics include forecasts of future numbers of UK seafarers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of the practice of nationality-based pay discrimination against non-EEA seafarers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24371, how many Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) staff carried out complete checks on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24371, for what reasons there are no figures for the number of compliance checks the Maritime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeowners have accessed (a) Help to Buy and (b) Right to Buy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on Copeland Borough Council's spending power of reforms to business rates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the effectiveness of adult social care in facilitating an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on income tax assignment to local government in England; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support smaller building firms in building high-quality new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to tackle homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Syrian opposition to encourage their participation in the Geneva peace...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the Garter King of Arms and the College of Arms have in the formulation of policy and practice on the rules and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which serving ambassadors or high commissioners accredited to the Court of St James also hold UK citizenship or nationality;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department has played in advising the Sovereign on the UK's position on the future use, style and designation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has sought that the lifting of international sanctions on Iran will not result in an increase in overseas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the House of Representatives in Libya, Tobruk and General Haftar to take over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Egypt on the imprisonment of Mohammed Hegazy in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Egypt on the convictions of Islam al-Beheiry and Fatima Naaot in that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office raised the alleged breaches of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he raised the alleged breaches of international humanitarian law outlined in the final report of the UN Panel of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many defibrillators are provided in each building his Department manages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on amending immigration rules to support the curry industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings Ministers have had with representatives of Keep me Posted since May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to provide regular updates to Parliament on the work of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) Chancellor of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to organise a high-level trade mission to Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the market conditions affecting the Government's decision to postpone the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial assistance is available to UK businesses in the oil industry supply chain who face financial difficulties...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much public sector funding was spent on facilitating higher risk green investment in each of the last five years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which provisions of the Regulatory Reform Act 2013 need to be removed in order to achieve balance sheet reclassification for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms he plans to put in place to measure and monitor (a) value for money for the public purse and (b) the effect on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will postpone the replacement of student maintenance grants with maintenance loans until a sharia-compliant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the returns to the public purse of British Business Bank investments in Funding Circle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on Higher Education Funding Council for England spending to support students from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Secretary of State is taking to ensure supermarkets are not breaching the industry code of practice by delaying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on how many occasions in each of the last two calendar years his Department has been notified by outside consultants or other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Welsh Tata Steel Task Force meeting on (i) 20 January and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of graduates working in the recruitment sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department attended the Scottish Steel Task Force meeting on (i) 29 January 2015,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria were used in the selection process for members of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced by the Prime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer Question 24306 from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield, tabled on 26 January 2016 for answer on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how it is planned that the Apprenticeship Delivery Board will interact with the Institute for Apprenticeships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the funding under the European Social Fund programme assigned to his Department he expects to allocate in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's document, English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, published in December 2015, whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has regulations in place to limit top-sliced management fees for European Social Fund funding by lead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of workplace bullying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for further education and skills providers of European Social Fund allocations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were (a) in receipt of the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) in 2015-16 and (b) affected by proposed changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the penalties for online infringement of copyright.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to higher education budgets in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of replacing maintenance grants on the ability of the Government to reach its target...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2016 to Question 23263, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of his Department's Named Day Questions have been answered on the named day since September 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the RAB charge for students entering higher education in England in 2016-17 who take up a full...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the UN on its aid agencies requiring permission from the Syrian regime in order to deliver aid...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to tackle starvation and malnourishment in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of aid disposed in Syria in protecting people from disease and starvation.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of attacks on schools in Syria on children's education in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the Government's humanitarian budget was allocated to education in emergency situations in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes and projects her Department funds which aim to eradicate polio globally; and how much funding in each category of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what outcomes her Department aims to achieve at the London Conference on Syria on 4 February 2016 to help provide support to Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to prepare to contribute from the public purse to the new education funding platform to be launched at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes her Department has contributed to from the £300 million it allocated to eradicate polio.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the effect on the number of teachers of the Government's policy to consider for deportation after five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the effect on the number of school support staff of the Government's policy to consider for deportation after...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release on its Spending Review 2015 settlement, published on 25 November 2015, what proportion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the implementation of the new GCSE grading system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children obtained five or more good GCSEs including English and Mathematics in (a) selective, (b) partially selective and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2016 to Question 22089, what plans her Department has to collect subject level retention rates for teachers in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects A-level courses in (a) French, (b) German, (c) Spanish, (d) religious studies and (e) geography to be approved by awarding bodies for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychologists have been employed in each local authority in each year since 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the child protection task force has in preventing harm to children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank each secondary school in each London borough by the proportion of children who are eligible for the purpose of determining the pupil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank secondary schools in each London borough by the actual and percentage change in the number of children known to be eligible for and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many social workers working with children there were in England in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a new power of guardianship for family members in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of personal independence payment appeals were successful in (a) Brighton and Hove and (b) the UK in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any members of the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Teams have been injured during a call out in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments as a consequence of the use of psychoactive substances in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change there was in the number of (a) mortgage and (b) landlord possession orders in each local authority between 2010 and 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) drugs of each type and (b) other items were confiscated from visitors to each prison in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons of which type have been confiscated from visitors to prisons in each year since 2010.
To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions (a) he, (b) Edward Llewellyn, (c) Camilla Cavendish and (d) staff of the Number 10 Policy Unit have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of his Department's £13.9 million First World War commemoration funding will be provided to projects in Northern Ireland;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to how many (a) ducts and (b) poles built with BDUK funding BT is (i) obliged and (ii) not obliged to give Wholesale Open Access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in Essex that will have access to superfast broadband...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) ducts and (b) poles have been built with BDUK funding which are (i) more than one km in length and cost more than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the administrative costs of delivering means-tested benefits were in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid out in attendance allowance in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in St Helens North constituency born on or after 6 April 1951 will be affected by equalisation of the state pension age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the correlation between the reduction in the rate of unemployment in the West Midlands between 2010...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether telephones with a direct connection to the universal credit helpline are available to use free of charge in every job centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent employment and support allowance in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments were carried out in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of employment and support allowance there were in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from charities on the adequacy of employment and support allowance payments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of work capability assessments conducted in each of the last five years; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans for work to begin on rectifying electrical and propulsion faults on the Daring Class Type 45 Destroyer; which ships such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24141, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24141, what categories of security incident were classed as other security breach in that answer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work will be required on each of the Daring Class Type 45 Destroyers in the fleet due to electrical and propulsion faults; and what estimate he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will pay out of the public purse for the cost of repairs to the electrical and propulsion systems on the Daring Class Type 45...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which common electrical and propulsion systems are shared between the T26 Global Combat Ship and the Type 45 Destroyer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Daring Class Type 45 Destroyers underwent total electrical failure in the (a) Persian Gulf, (b) Strait of Hormuz, (c) Mediterranean Sea,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24141, how many (a) unauthorised entries to military bases and (b) thefts or losses of classified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an evaluation of which assets will be transferred from the fleet of T23 Frigates to the fleet of T26 Frigates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the country of manufacture is of each type and item of military uniforms in each branch of the armed services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the independent power and propulsion system performance review of the Type 45 Destroyer of March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what risk assessment his Department has made of the effect of issues with the power system of the Type 45 Destroyer on its crew (a) when in combat and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the protection affordable from the public purse for the procurement and commercial arrangements for the Type 45...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of death during armed forces training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2016 to Question 22264, what research his Department has funded into rehabilitative therapies for veterans with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether technology in the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation FC-31 aircraft was stolen or copied from the F35-B...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for the introduction of two tier special forces in the Joint Force 2025 announced in the Strategic Defence and Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military veterans live in each parliamentary constituency in Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a request from the Kurdistan regional government for replacement ammunition rounds for British-gifted heavy machine...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on how to deal with a situation in which an emergency 999 call is erroneously...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with spouses or partners who are UK citizens have been detained in immigration removal centres in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former students have been arrested and detained for remaining in the UK beyond the term of their tier 4 student visa in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the extension of a tier 4 student visa were declined in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) provide information to and (b) consult the (i) local community and (ii) local authority on plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department took steps to respond to the violent protests at an Israel Society event at King's College London in January 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle criminal gang activity in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government is doing to improve the sharing of intelligence among EU countries to reduce the movement of terrorists across Europe.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to assist unaccompanied child refugees in Europe.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Government Actuaries Department relating to firefighters'...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to amend UK marriage certificates to include mothers' names.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to address the exclusion of mothers' names on marriage certificates.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of functional areas of the existing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) IT Aspire contract for which any HMRC plan to...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will publish (a) a risk analysis, (b) an assessment of the planned transfer of staff, (c) the timetable for TUPE...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made of the cost of (a) the replacement of and (b) planned privatisations within the HMRC IT Aspire contract.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Concentrix has met its targets set in its service level agreement.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse from Fixed Odds Betting Terminals in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department's discussions with Capgemini and Fujitsu began on the replacement of the HM Revenue and Customs IT Aspire contract.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has assessed for changing the status of HM Revenue and Customs Digital Technology Services to enable it to become profit-making.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether hon. Members can raise issues relating to Concentrix when using the hotline to HM Revenue and Customs for hon. Members.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is planning to introduce restrictions on the sale of UK property to investors living outside the EU.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to increase the £250,000 threshold for properties outside London under the Help to Buy ISA scheme.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all agreements made to date with EDF energy over financing and borrowing arrangements for the proposed Hinkley C nuclear plant; and if he...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the level of potential exposure to risk transferred to the public purse due to the introduction of the Financial...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department had with the International Accounting Standards Board on the effect of conversion to IFRS accounting standards for financial...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to take into account the effect of downtime of the HSBC online banking system during January 2015 when issuing...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with the Chief Executive of HSBC that bank's application of money laundering rules to hon. Members of both Houses of Parliament and their...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) primary and (b) secondary policy purposes are of inheritance tax relief for estates left on death.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on the replacement of the value for money assessment quantitative assessment tool for comparing private finance and...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the unitary charges in the list of private finance initiative projects published by his Department on 15 December 2014 were (a) service charges,...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints from members of the public were received by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) relating to the closure of the HMRC enquiry centre in Cardiff...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the equity return information provided as part of all PF2 projects commissioned in the last five years.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department and the FCA have made on the Connaught Income Fund Series 1.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries regarding self-assessment originating from each constituency were handled by HM Revenue and Customs call centres in each of the last...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the planned increase in stamp duty on the ability of people to purchase a retirement property in...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) primary and (b) secondary policy purposes are of income tax and corporation tax relief on payments to relevant scientific research associations.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) primary and (b) secondary policy purposes are of stamp duty exemption for transfers under schemes of company reconstruction and similar...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) primary and (b) secondary policy purposes are of research and development tax credits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on assistance to elderly people to help them with increases in energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the implications for her policy on the solar power industry are of the recent European Court of Justice decision on levels of VAT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of coal burnt in UK coal-fired power stations came from Colombia in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the development and implementation of low...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of steps taken by energy suppliers to ensure customers with severe medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contingency plans the Government has in place to ensure security of energy supply in the event of the proposed Hinkley nuclear...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his plans for the future of the National Citizen Service.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, of 26 January 2016, Official Report, column 231, what steps he has taken to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to officials in his Department to support the implementation of the Family Test.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who represents the Government on the board of Integrated Debt Services Limited.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions have taken place between Ministers in his Department and Google on IT systems used by the Government in the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24475, what his policy is on providing for parliamentary scrutiny any revisions to guidance on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts for delivery of IT services have been concluded between the Government and Google in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to monitor air pollution levels outside schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to its officials to support implementation of the Family Test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 24677, if she will publish the population estimates for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each age group and gender were diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to help alleviate the work pressures placed on A&E departments as a consequence of the number of admissions which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department collects on adult loneliness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of the public health and public order effects of excessive drinking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to collate and share cholesterol data across the NHS in order to improve cholesterol testing and management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many home visits were provided to adult social care clients (a) in total and (b) per 1,000 of the population aged 65 and over in each English local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) median and (b) maximum length of stay was in inpatient child and adolescent mental health services in (i) England and (ii) by provider in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for mental health (a) assessment and (b) treatment was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times there were no tier four child and adolescent mental health services beds available in (a) England and (b) each region in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidences of (a) restraint and (b) prone restraint in child and adolescent mental health services were recorded in each of the last 10 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England next plans to review the process and practice of applications for individual funding requests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has conducted an analysis of the potential cost to the public purse of offering liposuction treatment for lipoedema through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the level of programme budgeting expenditure on child and adolescent mental health services was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 18 and under were admitted to A&E for (a) deliberate self-harm and (b) psychiatric conditions in England in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed days relating to delayed transfers of care out of tier four child and adolescent mental health services beds there were in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on public relations and communications in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of residential training for officials in his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on child and adolescent mental health services in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London boroughs and (d) each London health trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the childhood obesity strategy will be published before 23 June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the grants available for children's hospices will continue to be paid to them through NHS England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) cash and (b) real terms on child and adolescent mental health services per young person in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the five disorders most commonly identified by Child and Mental Health services were in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London boroughs and (d) London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people were registered with Child and Mental Health services in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London borough and (d) each London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many referrals there were to Child and Mental Health services in (a) England, (b) each London borough and (c) each health trust in London in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on routine HIV screening in (a) high-prevalence geographical areas and (b) specific high-risk populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-EEA seafarers employed on UK registered ships received non-emergency care from the NHS in England in each year since 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the effect on patient care and safety of planned reductions in NHS funding for community pharmacies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NICE plans to issue a consultation on a draft update to its guideline on Parkinson's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20663, what the end date is of the contract awarded to Deloitte to support NHS England in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20663, how many clinical commissioning policies Deloitte is involved in supporting under the terms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people were referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each local authority in each of the last eight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people have been referred to Tier 2 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each local authority area in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people have been referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each clinical commissioning group area in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans that all eligible individuals will have been invited to participate in the NHS Bowel Scope Screening Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) under and (b) over 18 received support from child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS spend on contracted work by (a) McKinsey, (b) PA Consulting, (c) Deloitte LLP and (d) GE Healthcare Finnamore was in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has reported that its planned agency nursing spend in 2015-16 will exceed the ceiling trajectory set...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24390, if he will list those clinical commissioning groups which had (a) planned and (b) actual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage the funding application by Kettering General Hospital for a new on-site urgent care hub has reached; and if he will accelerate the approval...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme outcomes for the BAME population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to improve the support available to mental health professionals to manage their own mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified counsellors worked in child and adult mental health services in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to prioritise therapeutic services for children who have suffered abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in response to increases in the cost to the NHS of Liothyronine; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the workings of the EU–Turkish joint action plan to stem migrant flows, agreed in October 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what classes of person can (1) verify identity in relation to a passport application; (2) verify the identity of a driving licence applicant; and (3) certify...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of safety and welfare in immigrant detention centres in the UK.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what considerations are involved when deciding whether to return non-UK citizens to countries with a different legal system that might result in them being...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they received Stephen Shaw's report Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many arrests were made in 2015 in (1) licensed betting shops, (2) adult gaming centres, (3) casino premises, and (4) licensed bingo premises.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on 22 January about the situation of human rights in the Democratic...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to the recommendation by the UN Special Rapporteur about human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the recommendations in the report of February 2014 by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement the resolution of the European Parliament of 21 January regarding Europe’s relationship with North Korea.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in the light of the Resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 24 November 2015 (P8-TA(2015)0414) regarding human rights...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many UK citizens work for (1) the European Commission, and (2) the European Parliament.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of Turkey the welfare of Kurds and the damage to historic mosques and Armenian churches in the city of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the suggestion by the UN rapporteur on human rights and terrorism that the Maldives are "a hotbed of fundamentalism and terrorism".
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the numbers of Muslims who have left the Maldives to fight in the Near and Middle East.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the situation in Cizre, Turkey, and of recent military curfews in other towns in Turkey; and in particular whether they...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) how many complaints against the government of Turkey have been upheld by the European Court of Human Rights during the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether Turkey remains a suitable member of the Council of Europe.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what practical support they are providing to civil society organisations and international agencies in Uganda to ensure that the elections in February are as...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the likelihood of violence in Uganda during the election period, and of its effect on business and trade, in the light of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq of the reported construction by Kurdish forces of a...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they have participated in to reduce unemployment in Kosovo, in particular among young people; and what assessment they have made of whether the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to relieve Syrians at risk of death by starvation and lack of medical supplies and care; and whether they will insist that all UN...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to air-dropping relief supplies to the besieged population of Deir Ezzor.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are pressing to be agreed at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in February.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the Department for International Development is taking to ensure that teachers, including refugee teachers, are paid appropriate wages and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what outcomes they aim to achieve at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in February.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking following the release of their report on the Bangladesh elections to address what the author, Hannah Roberts called a "high...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the 2015 Global Hunger Index, in particular regarding the connection between conflict and hunger in the Central African...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent reports by the OECD that the least developed countries received a smaller share of aid in 2014 than at any time in...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support the UN Secretary-General’s first high-level panel on women’s economic empowerment.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many schools in England are using unqualified staff to teach lessons.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to increase the dedicated schools grant funding across all three blocks in order to meet the needs of all schools.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are (1) the mean, and (2) the median, number of full days lay magistrates sit per year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many lay magistrates sit more than 50 full days per year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the introduction in April 2015 of trial by single justice on the number of lay magistrates required.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the upper age limit for adult imprisonment in each EU member state.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of regulars leaving the (1) army, (2) Royal Navy, and (3) Royal Air Force, in 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what military training is given to reservists throughout the duration of their tenure as a reservist, and how that training compares to the military training...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what leave from employment reservists are entitled to in order to fulfil both compulsory and optional training programmes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Fleet Air Arm pilots of F35B Sea Lightnings are currently fully trained; how many are undergoing training; and how many will be fully qualified when...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their most up-to-date estimate of the in-service date of the first of the two aircraft carriers currently being constructed for the Royal Navy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to commence the necessary remedial work on the propulsion systems of the fleet of Type 45 destroyers; what estimate they have made of how...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people are currently serving in The Royal Regiment of Scotland, broken down by battalion; and for each battalion what shortfall there is, if any.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on farm incomes in England and Wales for (1) all farmers, and (2) hill farmers, of a British exit from the EU.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many inspection and monitoring vessels regularly patrol British waters to ensure the enforcement of EU fishing quotas.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans to they have to assess the effectiveness of the Domestic Fire Safety (Wales) Measure 2011 after it comes into force in Wales on 1 January 2016.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the median price of (1) housing, and (2) newly built housing, in (a) England, and (b) each local authority in England.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the possible closure of the Eve Refuge in Northamptonshire due to funding cuts, and what steps they are taking to provide...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new households they estimate will be created in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20; of those in each year, how many will...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent, and how, they have taken account of future rateable value revaluations and refunds of business rates following revaluations in their...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assumptions the Autumn Spending Review and the local government finance settlement make about the revenue that will be raised by (1) allowing local...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether HMRC helplines are sufficiently resourced to deal with both employers and employees who may have queries regarding...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funds have been allocated to non-governmental organisations by each department for the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Infrastructure UK has attached a BB+ non-investment grade rating to the Hinkley Point nuclear project in Somerset.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on ethical standards for providers of public services submitted to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to bring forward a Bill to enfranchise British citizens living overseas for more than 15 years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans the Cabinet Office has to improve gender balance on its board.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost to the public purse of conducting the 2015 General Election.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they received from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute during the set-up phase of Genomics England regarding the appropriateness in cases of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how many (1) definitive, and (2) actionable, diagnoses in rare diseases can be made on the existing rare disease sequencing...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment the Department of Health has made of recommendation YY.e of the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament, Privacy and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 January (HL4840), why the independent review of the contract between Cambridgeshire and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made of the potential use of alternative dispute resolution schemes in lieu of current clinical litigation procedures.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support adding folic acid to flour.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking through early diagnosis and screening programmes to reduce the risk of cancer.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they were consulted about the NHS sugar tax, to be introduced in 2020; and if so, when and what view they gave.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they had sight of the views expressed by the Chief Executive of NHS England at Davos in January before he made them.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 8 July 2015 (HL783), whether all partners developing the national improvement framework for...
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