Wednesday, 22 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers local authorities in England have to regulate bike share schemes within their boundaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) financial and (b) other support will be made available to schools to promote (i) walking to school and (ii) other modes of active travel for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK plans to seek formal co-operation with or third country participatory membership of the European Maritime Safety Agency after the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK plans to participate in the European Aviation Safety Agency after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the safety of helicopter transport in the offshore oil and gas sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent information his Department holds on trends in the cost of insuring commercial helicopter flights in the North Sea oil and gas industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Article 75 of EU Regulation 2016/796, whether the UK plans to seek formal third country participation with the European Union Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of reinstating the train station in Consett; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure agreements are in place between each EU member state and the UK to enable the provisions of the European Common...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost of including a check on the age of tyres as part of the annual MOT test of public service vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on a (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure rural areas, like East Yorkshire, have adequate road connections to the strategic road network which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional transport infrastructure investment for the North East ahead of Autumn...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government plans to spend out of the Congestion Relief programme on projects in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of contracts awarded by his Department went to British-based companies between May 2010 and November 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106036, on the United Kingdom Holocaust Memorial Foundation, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of visitors to the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre who will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the total cost to the public purse of the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government decided that the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre should not be located at the Imperial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities, parish and town councils have submitted proposals to his Department under the Sustainable Communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been provided to Stoke-on-Trent constituency through the Migration Fund; and how much of that provision has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial assistance he plans to provide to local authorities to support their investigations into the safety of cladding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the publication of Dame Judith Hackitt's interim report is planned to take place on or before 21 December 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect green belt land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106973 ,what plans his Department has to include the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the World Press Freedom Index 2017, which noted a decline in press freedom in 62.2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on protecting Oman's security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Chinese Government on ensuring protection for bloggers and writers exercising freedom of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help secure the release of writers, academics, teachers and lawyers arrested following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on international efforts to pursue dialogue with North Korea; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made any representations to the recent International Symposium on Nuclear Weapons at the Vatican.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to the UN High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in May 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made by the Government to the EU during the drafting of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation (EU)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice and support his Department is providing to people from the UK, including missionaries and humanitarian workers, who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) number of staff involved in the independent review on the salaries of members of the Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to fund disaster risk reduction measures; and to which countries funding on such measures is allocated.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people in her Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the employee turnover rate for social workers in (a) Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, (b) the North East and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of looked-after children being placed 20 miles or more outside the boundary of their local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities provide adequate pastoral support for social workers; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to add political education to the national curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children who are at risk of experiencing hunger during the school Christmas holidays in 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will continue to fund the Autism Education Trust to help ensure that teachers in England can access training in autism as part of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Greater Manchester Combined Authority's bid for funding from the Children's Social Care Innovation Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will promote active travel schemes as part of the PE and Sport Premium available to schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children were placed 20 miles or more outside the boundary of their local authority in (a) Redcar and Cleveland, (b) the North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities in England of using independent fostering agencies in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of hours taken as long-term sickness leave by social workers in (a) Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the levels of sexual harassment in schools in North West Durham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of teacher and other school professionals' experience of referring children and young people to the Child and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the UK plans to seek formal participation in or membership of the European Training Foundation after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the feedback on the transfer of Wakefield City Academy Trust schools to Outwood Grange Academy Trust collected during the listening period will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 106318 on witnesses: video recordings, what the timetable is for the roll-out of section 28 of...
To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings she has had with (a) hon. Members and (b) external experts on (i) hormone pregnancy tests and (ii) the Expert Working Group on hormone pregnancy tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the costs of the Government's planned nuclear infrastructure projects at Faslane and Coulport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 111545, on European fighter aircraft: exports, what representations he has received from (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111413, on military aircraft: procurement, what representations he has received from business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the extent and nature of British military presence in Syria is; and for how long he plans to continue military operations in that region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will develop scientific training in autism for work coaches in Jobcentre Plus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111677, on social security benefits: North West Durham, what the (a) sample size and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from (a) the Trussell Trust and (b) other UK food bank providers over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were charged with benefit fraud in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims of the assessment rate of employment and support allowance have been processed (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made in the criteria for assessment of the mobility component of personal independence payment for those with mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what proportion of personal independence payment appeals his Department is represented by barristers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been waiting over (a) 3 months, (b) 6 months, (c) 9 months and (d) 12 months from the date of submission for an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department monitors waiting times for employment and support allowance claimants from their initial submission to the decision on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce to prevalence of giant hogweed in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Ragwort Control Act 2003 in limiting the spread of ragwort; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in eliminating Japanese knotweed in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote in-ovo gender identification techniques in the poultry industry in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include specific consideration of the need for further protection of service dogs in his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with FIFA and UEFA on Holocaust education in football clubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Police Now cohort came from BAME backgrounds before it became an independent organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in her Department with responsibility for social media are employed on a (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of businesses that are compliant with the provisions of the Modern Day Slavery Act 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of introducing minimum unit pricing on alcoholic drinks sold in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's criteria are for the granting of a greater than 0.2 per cent THC cannabis growing licence; and what her Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were barred from working with (a) children and (b) vulnerable adults in each year since 2010 to the last full year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the per head spending from the public purse was in 2016-17 on islands around (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will award increased funding to the NHS in Shropshire in the forthcoming Budget and in particular to the Shropshire and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the cyber-security of both public and private sector organisations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve levels of confidence in the electoral process.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on bringing forward proposals to end the one per cent cap on pay rises for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with representatives of the devolved governments on maintaining the union after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to review the value of redundancy payments to civil servants.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the voting age to sixteen.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the cost to the public purse has been of the analyses undertaken to assess the potential effect on different sectors of the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which stakeholders the Government has consulted with as part of the Government's impact assessment relating to the effect of the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on exports from farms in North West Durham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many meetings his Department has had with Ministers and officials in the Scottish Government since the triggering of Article 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 110584, on Trade Agreements: Arbitration, what estimate he has made of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers from her Department and their counterparts in the devolved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of average broadband speeds in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what statistics her Department holds on average broadband speeds on a constituency basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to seek third country participation with the European Union Agency for Network and Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK plans to seek observer status at the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications after the UK has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of fixed-odds betting terminals on gambling addiction rates in North West Durham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Article 49 of EU Regulation No 178/2002, whether the UK plans to seek participation with the European Food Standards Agency after the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2017 to Question 67522, on pharmacy: disadvantaged, if he will provide the most up to date version of the data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate support for the families of people with asthma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on payments being (a) requested and (b) made for the submission to a doctor, GP or consultant of a death...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask (a) the local clinical commissioning groups and (b) University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to publish the reasons for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to coordinate with the devolved authorities the learning and development of best practice in helping people stop smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the HSC Business Services Organisation on ensuring effective provision of financial support for people in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that access to dental services for the prevention of decay is not subject to significant regional or national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether the conditions it attaches to National Institute for Health Research and National Health Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the fee chargeable by NHS general practices for providing medical information to patients for the purposes of other public authorities was last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been given to NHS general practices on the circumstances under which volunteers are permitted to carry out non-confidential medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on palliative care in each of the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in funding of community pharmacies on access to healthcare for people in rural areas who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Article 13 of EU Council Regulation No 302/93, whether the UK plans to seek formal cooperation with the European Monitoring Centre for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human eggs were frozen in each of the last five years by centres registered by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority by (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department provides to carers for people who are undergoing end-of-life care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people identified as having a terminal illness have had referrals for treatment delayed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age is of women who have submitted their oocytes for freezing in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have submitted their oocytes for freezing (a) as a result of medical treatment affecting their fertility and (b) for other reasons, in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that unnatural deaths in mental health settings are investigated by an independent body; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of GPs in areas such as new towns where the population is rapidly expanding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional support his Department plans to provide to Oxford University Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust during winter 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the capability of the UK's 12 Notified Bodies to continue operating after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications were received for the new position of Joint Accountable Officer for the six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department (a) re-opened wards at Bradwell community hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme, (b) recommissioned facilities at Brighton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) redundancies and (b) the decommissioning of facilities following the closure in March 2017 of wards at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications to National Institute or Health Research for pancreatic cancer have been (a) made and (b) accepted in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's guidelines are for follow-up post-discharge support for patients who are diagnosed at accident and emergency departments with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients diagnosed at accident and emergency departments with a mental health condition and with problems associated with substance or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111080, when his Department plans to begin to collect data on (a) mental health, (b) substance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department still plans to publish a Carers' Strategy; and whether young carers will be included in that strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Group has been in each year since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to train to become specialist (a) mental health and (b) learning disability nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many subsidiary companies have been set up by NHS trusts; and what the purpose is of those companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 110509, on health services: Greater Manchester, if he will place a copy of the minutes of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with external experts on hormone pregnancy tests in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government's Green Paper on social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111046, what discussions NHS England has had with the six clinical commissioning groups in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 10 November 2017 to Questions 111038 and 111043, if he will instruct (a) his Department, (b) NHS England, (c) NHS Improvement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111044, on University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, for what reasons (a) his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 8 November 2017 to Questions 111039 and 111045, on NHS: reorganisation, what the final funding gap was for social care in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111042, on Better Care Fund: Stoke-on-Trent, whether the Regional Assurance Panel has made a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111051, on Haywood Hospital, what discussions the new Accountable Officer for the six clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111051, on Haywood Hospital, what the remuneration is of the (a) new Chair of the Health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2017 to Question 111041, on Haywood Hospital, when his Department received the Independent reconfiguration Panel's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has invested in talking therapies in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) Stoke-on-Trent City Council and (b) the Care Quality Commission on the review of the local health and social care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing the 10-year statutory time limit for the storage of frozen eggs and semen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on how many community pharmacies run by Celesio UK in Garston and Halewood constituency will be closed as part of the company's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the UK plans to seek to participate in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community pharmacies in Garston and Halewood constituency are owned by Celesio UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many telephone calls the service Talk to FRANK received in the most recent year for which data is available.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the extent of disability discrimination against those with (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes; and what steps are...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Article 8 of EU Regulation No 1922/2006, whether the UK plans to seek formal cooperation with the European Institute for Gender...
To ask the Leader of the House whether she has plans to ensure that Government departments (1) abide by their undertaking to provide responses to the reports of select committees within two...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will fulfil their commitment to make posthumous pardons available to former army personnel convicted of crimes involving homosexual conduct under laws...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their response to the report by the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, The use of Lariam for military personnel (4th Report, Session...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the medical histories of all military personnel are accurate and complete and that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of neurotoxicity resulting from the administration of mefloquine to military personnel; and what steps they have taken to ensure...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire regarding (1) the investigation by Wiltshire Police into the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the provisions of the Data Protection Bill on migrants who wish to exercise their right to know (1) what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 10 October (HL Deb, col 105), what assessment they have made of the impact...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 November (HL2164), what criteria they will use to assess the success of the Special Grant...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 November (HL2645 and HL2646), whether they will now answer those questions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the number of assaults on firefighters; and whether they intend to review the legal framework to offer additional...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 November (HL2645 and HL2646), which terrorist threats have been addressed since 2011;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of those detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre are victims of rape, broken down into (1) women, and (2) men; and what is the average...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations are in place relating to private medical insurance.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a Brexit impact study on the Welsh economy; and if so, when.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for appointing the new network of Trade Commissioners, as described on page 29 of the Department for International Trade’s October...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their objectives for the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference, taking place in December; and who will be the UK participants.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies have received (1) 1, (2) 2, (3), 3, (4) 4, (5) 5, (6) 6, (7) 7, (8) 8, (9) 9, (10) 10, (11) 11, and (12) 12, grants from the Tradeshow Access...
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