Written answers

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of where the £75.8 million EU...

    • Cycling: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle cyclists riding dangerously on (a) footpaths and (b) pavements.

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce an online emissions standard system for drivers to check the euro emissions standard of their vehicle; and if he will...

      Electric Vehicles: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the plug-in car grant to 2020.

      Train Operating Companies: Emergencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the emergency procedures used by train operating companies.

      Network Rail: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money delivered by Network Rail’s Framework Contract approach to procurement; and if he will make a...

      Network Rail: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money delivered by Network Rail’s signalling framework contract approach to procurement taking into...

      Department for Transport: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has met with representatives of the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica.

      Department for Transport: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have had contracts with (a) SCL Group, (b) Cambridge Analytica.

      Department for Transport: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133023 on Department for Transport: Assets and with reference to the Answers of 21 March 2018 to...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many properties in the UK are owned by companies registered in (a) British Overseas Territories and (b) Crown...

    • Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of properties in the UK which are owned by companies registered in...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of...

      Intellectual Property: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will ensure that the same level of rights under the EU unregistered designs regime is maintained in...

      Furs: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations his Department has made to the European Commission on the effectiveness of fur labelling...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has met representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories and (c) Cambridge...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Yemen: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the new UN Special Envoy to Yemen on the conflict in that country.

    • Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions has he had with the Secretary of State Designate in the United States on the war in Yemen.

      Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe.

      Coal: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, if the Government will include imports of coal from Russia in the list of sanctions against that country; and if he will...

      Ahed Tamimi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has held with officials in the Israeli Government on the case of Ahed Tamimi since her court...

      Nuclear Disarmament

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2018 to Question 131239, on Nuclear Disarmament, what the outcome was of the last P5 meeting...

      Syria: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian deaths in Afrin resulting from Turkish military operations.

      Syria: International Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether there have been any recent potential breaches of international humanitarian law in...

      Syria: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any British-supplied weapons have been used in the Turkish military operations in Afrin.

      Hong Kong: Rule of Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the erosion of the rule of law in Hong Kong and the potential effect of that on British...

      *No heading*

      What steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.

      Wildlife: Smuggling

      What steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Facebook

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US administration on the role of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b)...

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Facebook

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the (a) minutes and (b) notes of meetings his Department has held with Facebook on the data on...

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Global Science Research and (c) Strategic Communication Laboratories have obtained the...

      World War II: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the merits of Polish claims for war reparations from Germany.

      World War II: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will consider seeking reparations from Germany in respect of damage caused to UK cities during World War II.

      Gaza: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the security situation in Gaza.

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has met with representatives of the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica; and if he will make a statement.

      1 Carlton Gardens: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on repairs and maintenance of No 1 Carlton Gardens fin each of the last 10 years.

      Africa: Cambridge Analytica

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the Kenyan Government...

      Burma: International Development Select Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Government of Burma on its decision not to provide visas to members of the...

      Malta: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in Malta on ensuring that the Maltese Government complies with its...

      Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on continued foreign policy co-operation after the UK has left...

      USA: Politics and Government

      Whether his Department plans to publish a position paper on political and diplomatic co-operation with the US after the UK leaves the EU.

      Cyprus: Armed Conflict

      What recent diplomatic steps he has taken to support a negotiated solution to the conflict in Cyprus.

      Climate Change Convention

      What diplomatic steps his Department has taken to support the implementation of the Paris agreement on climate change.

      Developing Countries: Rural Areas

      What steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of the advice available to mountaineers and explorers visiting remote areas overseas.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce the average waiting time for treatment for an eating disorder.

    • Diabetes: Chiropody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding will be made available for multidisciplinary foot care teams through the Diabetes Transformation Fund in each of the next...

      Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on negotiating a new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme.

      Analgesics: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have been admitted to hospital as a result of overdosing on (a) paracetamol and (b) ibuprofenin in...

      Infant Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle the increase in infant mortality identified by the Office for National Statistics from 2.6...

      Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the recommendations of the Nuffield Trust report...

      Health Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department plans to make of the effect of the Healthy Start scheme on the nutrition of pregnant women and young...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will remove the necessity for mothers to contact the Healthy Start Unit to inform them of the birth of their baby in order to...

      Dental Services: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of dental practices in Bradford achieved 96 percent or more of their contracted units of dental activity in (a) 2015-16...

      Mental Illness: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State of Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2018 to Question 130638, whether his Department will trial integrated money advice in primary mental...

      Lymphoedema

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of availability of lymphodema services in England.

      Lymphoedema

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a plan to introduce NICE guidance for lymphedema treatment.

      Orkambi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward the scheduled review of the Cystic Fibrosis drug Orkambi.

      Orkambi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions has his Department had with Cystic Fibrosis sufferers on the provision of the drug Orkambi by the NHS.

      Care Quality Commission: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recommendations directed towards the Care Quality Commission arising from the Cabinet Office's...

      Orkambi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential reduction in hospital admissions for people with cystic fibrosis were...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential savings to the public purse from the health service encouraging the uptake of e-cigarettes...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage smokers to give up by promoting the use of e-cigarettes.

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of people with Type 1 diabetes who self-fund a real-time continuous glucose...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been released in each year since 2010.

      Health Services: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities receive healthcare that is responsive to their needs.

      Learning Disability: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of learning disability nurses working in the NHS.

      Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure (a) the availability of inpatient beds in acute psychiatric hospitals and (b) that sectioning under...

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to tier 4 obesity services.

      Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the advertising of products high in fat, sugar and salt on children's health.

      Sexually Transmitted Infections: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page nine of Tackling chlamydia: Local government’s new public health role, published by the Local Government...

      Cancer: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to the parents of children who are receiving cancer treatment in hospital.

      Care Homes: Dagenham and Rainham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve the quality of residential care in Dagenham and Rainham.

      Social Services: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of sleep-in back liability for providers in Bedfordshire.

      Clinical Commissioning Groups: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated from the public purse to each clinical commissioning group area in London per head of population in each...

      Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff working for the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust have been (a) non-UK EU citizens and (b) citizens of countries...

      Clinical Trials: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on alignment with the EU Clinical Trials Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

      South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason hospital handover delays in the East Dorset operational sector of the South Western Ambulance Service were (a) 38 hours...

      Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number (a) hospitals in each region and (b) the number of hospitals in each region which have...

      Inflammatory Bowel Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 132917, on Inflammatory Bowel Disease, if his Department will take further steps to ensure...

      Headaches: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to open a fast-track one-stop clinic for cluster headache patients...

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications to study nursing were received in each year since 2010.

      Nurses: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing students there were in each year since 2010.

      Obesity: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to evaluate the provision of weight management services for (a) children and young people and (b) adults in...

      Mental Health Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many in-patient mental health beds have been available to patients in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry in each year since 2010.

      Addictions: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to addiction services in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has met with representatives of the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica; and if he will make a statement.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Green Paper on adult social care will look at short-term and long-term social care reforms for people with dementia.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Maintaining momentum: driving improvements in mental health care, published by the Parliamentary and Health Service...

      Mental Health: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to address the mental health needs of refugees.

      General Practitioners: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of GP’s satisfaction levels with GP clinical IT systems.

      General Practitioners: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost per patient of the NHS migrating IT clinical systems to a new supplier.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the NHS budget is projected to be spent on General Practice in 2018-19; and how much and what proportion...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was from diagnosis to referral for treatment for mental health illnesses in each of the last seven years in...

      Postnatal Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialist treatment is available for mothers suffering post-natal depression in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) England.

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the (a) overall funding available for adult eating disorder services and (b) per-bed funding for adult...

      Postnatal Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent on post-natal mental health services in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) England in each of the...

      Patients: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average amount spent on each patient was for catering services in each region in each year since 2010.

      Hospitals: Food Poisoning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have fallen ill due to food in hospitals in each region and in each year since 2010.

  • Department for International Development

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to projects facilitating peaceful coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis.

    • Syria: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has his Department has made of the feasability of conducting airdrops of humanitarian aid in Syria.

      Syria: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of using unarmed drones to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria.

      Syria: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to help alleviate the humanitarian situation in Afrin; and if she will make a...

      Department for International Development: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has met representatives of the SCL group or Cambridge Analytica.

      Department for International Development: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department or its agencies has entered into contracts with SCL group or Cambridge Analytica; and if she will make a statement.

      Developing Countries: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January to Question 124954 on Colombia and Lesotho: Taxation, what discussions officials in her...

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people undertaking paid apprenticeships in Leeds North West constituency.

    • Pupil Referral Units: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of (a) support and (b) funding for staff employed at Pupil Referral Units.

      Free School Meals: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary school children were eligible for free schools meals in (a) 2009-2010, (b) 2013-2014 and (c) 2017-2018.

      Pre-school Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Early Years Workforce Strategy published in March 2017,whether his Department has completed a feasibility study into a programme...

      Pre-school Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the article in Nursery World, Colleges cause confusion by stating need for GCSEs, published on 19 March 2018, if he will publish the...

      Pre-school Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s publication, Guidance for Young People 2017 to 2018 reflects...

      Arts: English Baccalaureate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the English Baccalaureate on access to creative subjects.

      Primary Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on giving summer-born and premature children the right to start reception at the age of five.

      Primary Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of giving summer-born and premature children the right to start reception at the...

      Pre-school Education: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received from Early Years providers on the effect of the level of business rates on the financial viability of...

      Schools: Southampton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio, including teaching assistants, is in schools in Southampton.

      Special Educational Needs: Vocational Guidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) careers advice and (a) guidance his Department has made available for pupils with SEND.

      Vocational Guidance: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Careers Strategy: making the most of everyone’s skills and talents, published in December 2017, what plans his Department...

      Schools: Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the removal of asbestos from the school estate in (a) the West Midlands and (b)...

      Primary Education: Literacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children starting primary school had literacy skills below the expected school-ready level in each year since 2010.

      Pre-school Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its proposals on increasing the number of early years teachers in disadvantaged areas.

      Pre-school Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many training places have been (a) available and (b) unfilled for early years teachers in each year since 2014; and if he will make a statement.

      Children's Centres: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 132134, on Children's Centres: Standards, whether he has made any additional resources available...

      Nurseries: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of nurseries which have employed (a) one and (b) more than one Early Years Teacher in each year...

      Open University

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the future of the Open University; and what recent assessment he has made of its effect on levels of adult education.

      Children and Young People: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure teachers in schools are able to identify (a) eating disorders, (b) anxiety, and (c) depression in children and young...

      Students: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of university tuition fees on the financial viability of students attending university.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131183, if he will provide a breakdown of the advisory and transaction costs in the sale of the...

      Secondary Education: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary school children have been off-rolled by their school in (a) the London Borough of Southwark, (b) London and (c) England in each of...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to oral evidence provided by the Under-Secretary of State to the Education Select Committee on 14 March 2018, whether the review of 30...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people his Department has employed as contingent labour in each year since 2010.

    • Ministry of Justice: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly rate paid by his Department is for an agency worker in each category of role for which his Department uses agency workers.

      Dame Glenys Stacey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 131630 on Dame Glenys Stacey, what date did was the secondment of the HM Chief Inspector of...

      Offenders: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders there are in UK prisons.

      Vehicle Number Plates: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought for the use of illegal car registration plates in each year since 2010.

      Custodial Treatment: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female offenders received an immediate custodial sentence of (a) less than six months and (b) more than six months in each police force area in...

      Prisons: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131180, how much commercial income there was from (a) prison shops, (b) industries and (c) farms in...

  • Treasury

    • Taxation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will ensure that safeguards are in place so that tax rulings are properly scrutinised before coming into force and subject to monitoring...

    • Taxation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff employed by HMRC are involved in creating and approving each individual tax ruling.

      Tax Evasion: Criminal Investigation

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many high net worth individuals have been placed under criminal investigation for tax affairs in each year since 2009.

      Income Tax

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax was paid by people who fall under the jurisdiction of HMRC’s high net worth unit in each year since 2014-15.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties HMRC issued to high net worth individuals in each year since 2009; and what was the total value of these penalties.

      Revenue and Customs: ICT

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse of HMRC’s connect programme was; and what the value of revenue raised through the programme was in each of the last...

      Revenue and Customs: Finance

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement, how much of the £155 million in resources and technology for HMRC has already been invested; and how much has...

      Red Diesel

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department scrutinises the operation of red diesel relief.

      Tax Allowances

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report published by the NAO in April 2014, entitled the exchequer departments - tax relief, whether his Department has increased the...

      Bank Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of overdraft charges on the finances of vulnerable people.

      Money Laundering

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that all Trust and Company Service Providers setting up companies in the UK are overseen by an anti-money...

      Money Laundering

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent UK-registered companies being used in money laundering schemes.

      Public Sector: Child Care Vouchers

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 133041, on Children: Day Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a public consultation on public...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Questions 124596 and 124597, on children: day care, for what reasons he did not answer the substantive...

      Excise Duties

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to implement local variations to national licensing schemes for excisable industries.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department provides to parents who experience technical difficulties when seeking to claim tax-free childcare online.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, from which Departmental funding stream will the £50 million integration fund outlined by the Secretary of State...

    • Domestic Violence: Refuges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated by Government Departments to domestic violence refuges in...

      Local Government Finance: Redbridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding is Department allocated to London Borough of Redbridge in each year since May 2010.

      Private Rented Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in London have (a) applied for his consent to introduce selective licensing schemes for...

      Local Government Finance: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much public funding was allocated to local authorities to support the retention of community (a) sports halls, (b)...

      Local Government: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on which date his Department gave advice to local councils in Dorset that a 20-year period for harmonisation and...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has met representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories and (c) Cambridge...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which wards based in rural districts are in the worst 10 per cent of wards for child poverty according to...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what projection his Department has made of the number of retirement homes which will be built between March 2018 and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for the publication of the Defence Modernisation Programme.

    • Army Foundation College: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next Ofsted inspection of AFC Harrogate is due to take place.

      Army Foundation College: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether AFC Harrogate conducts internal inspections of its own education, welfare and duty of care standards.

      Army Foundation College: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what inspection framework Ofsted uses to inspect AFC Harrogate.

      Defence: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans for the Modernising Defence Programme to assess the (a) safety, (b) affordability and (c) strategic relevance of the...

      Defence: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans for the Modernising Defence Programme to assess the global threat of nuclear proliferation and its effect on UK security.

      Defence: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans for the Modernising Defence Programme to consider defence diversification and its relevance for the UK defence industry.

      Defence: Modernisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans for the Modernising Defence Programme to specify how the Dreadnought Programme is to be funded.

      Ministry of Defence: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates he met with representatives of (a) SCL Group and (b) Cambridge Analytica.

      Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle programme to date.

      Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many exercises 47 Regiment Royal Artillery has carried out with Watchkeeper in the last two years.

      Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional costs his Department has incurred as a result the Army's Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle missing its Full Operating Capability 1...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crashes or losses of the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle have occurred; and what the reasons were for each such crash or loss.

      Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessed capability gaps have been created as a result of the Army's Watchkeeper programme failing to achieve its Full Operating Capability 1 milestone.

      Ministry of Defence: SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if will take steps to guarantee that a claimant in receipt of a higher rate of daily living or mobility components of personal independence...

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether personal independence payment claimants are able to choose to undergo a face-to-face reassessment.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Motor Neurone Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will permit employment and support allowance claimants with motor neurone disease to have their diagnosis confirmed by medical...

      Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability-specific training is provided to personal independence payment assessors to enable them to assess blind and partially sighted...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to evaluate the effectiveness of the Disability Confident scheme.

      Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the outcome of the Credit Union Expansion Project.

      Credit Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to publish the accounts of the Credit Union Expansion Project.

      Universal Credit: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the Universal Credit IT system automatically links to a prior employment...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of universal credit claimants who have received two pay packets in one assessment period and none in...

      Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) make the personal independence payment application process more accessible for people with hearing loss and...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) assess the efficacy of universal support.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of levels of satisfaction of claimants at the mandatory reconsideration stage of personal independence payment...

      Guardianship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK have (a) corporate appointeeship and (b) corporate deputy.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of access to work users who will be affected by the new cap of £57,000 per year.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects new guidelines on mental illness and personal independence payments (PIP) to be issued to PIP assessors.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which mental health conditions will be included in the new Personal Independence Payment guidelines.

      Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training personal independence payment assessors receive on mental illness and the disabilities that result from them.

      HSBC: Occupational Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place all reports she received on the practice of HSBC Bank plc in deducting state deduction claw-back from its pensioners in the...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department estimates will be saved to the public purse as a result of the £57,000 cap on individual awards under Access to Work.

      Support for Mortgage Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the financial effect on people who move from the Support for Mortgage Interest benefit to the...

      Immigration: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have indefinite leave to remain and have reached the end of their eligibility for asylum support are waiting to receive a...

      Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will take steps to ensure that claimants need not undergo personal independent payment assessments when they have a Certificate of...

      Grandparents: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of grandparents in Scotland who (a) who are eligible for adult specified childcare credit...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of families which have claimed the upper limit of the childcare entitlement element of...

  • Home Office

    • Unexplained Wealth Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of the assets seized under Unexplained Wealth Orders in 2017-18.

    • Home Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if she will publish a list of where the £395...

      Unexplained Wealth Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unexplained wealth orders have been approved since 31 January.

      Facebook: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the US administration on the role of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic...

      Facebook: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place the minutes and notes of any meetings held between her Department and representatives of Facebook on the potential...

      Home Office: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories and (c) Cambridge Analytica.

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of Immigration Enforcement Officers on preventing human trafficking.

      Passports: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Minister for the Northern Powerhouse on the new contract for producing British passports.

      Home Office: SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) any of her Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each...

  • Wales Office

    • Apprentices: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 122821, on Apprentices: Wales, whether his Department plans to have consulted with the Welsh...

    • Brexit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 118400, on Brexit: Wales, what the issues are that have been brought to his attention; and what...

  • Scotland Office

    • Glasgow Airport: Ryanair

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the decision by Ryanair to scrap their hub at Glasgow Airport on flight availability and passenger numbers.

    • Scotland Office: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 13226, on Scotland Office: Buildings, what the annual cost of renting those buildings is.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Elections: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the work of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic Communications Laboratories and (c) Global Science...

    • Admiralty House: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent on repairs and maintenance of the Admiralty House flats in each of the last 10 years.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department plans to evaluate the voter ID pilot; what indicators will be used to measure the success of that pilot; what methods will be used...

  • Department for Exiting the European Union

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information he holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in his Department.

    • Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of where the £74...

      European Free Trade Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the UK's potential future trading relationship with EFTA countries; and if he will make a statement.

      Import Duties: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information he has received from the US Administration on the criteria by which requests for exemptions from the tariffs on steel and...

      Import Duties: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in EU Member States on the potential merits of introducing safeguarding tariffs against...

      UK Trade With EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that legal mechanisms are in place to ensure that third countries, with whom the UK has a...

      Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has plans to publish proposed trade deals in draft to ensure Parliamentary scrutiny of those deals.

      Trade Barriers: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of retaliatory tariffs being imposed on the US causing a trade war; and what discussions...

      Trade Barriers: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking with his counterparts in other EU countries to impose re-balancing measures to offset the effects of the US tariffs.

      Department for International Trade: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies and public bodies have held contracts with (i) SCL Group and (ii) Cambridge...

      Import Duties: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he made to the US administration on the process for UK manufacturers securing an exemption from steel tariffs in the...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Audio-visual Industry: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to replace the provisions of the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 to ensure...

    • World Poetry Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps were taken by his Department to mark World Poetry Day on 21 March 2018.

      Tickets: Touting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to make ticket touting an offence for theatre and musical performances that receive funding from...

      Facebook: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in his Department had with Baroness Fields on Facebook's data collection practices when (a) she was...

      Facebook: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Special Representative on Internet Crime and Harms was made aware of the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data breach.

      4G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of premises which do not have access to 4G coverage from at least one...

  • Department for Transport

    • Ports: Wales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional resources needed at Welsh ports following Brexit.

    • Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in assembling the information required for their 2016 report Evaluation of Concessionary Bus Travel, whether any monetary value was attributed to the...

      Bus Service Operators Grant

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the money transferred to local authorities from the Bus Service Operators Grant has been used (1) for sustaining bus services, and (2) to support other...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Company Accounts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 5 March (HL5591), whether the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) intended to publish (1) the Opinion of Mr Moore...

    • Company Accounts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 5 March (HL5591), whether the statement on accounting standards by the Minister for Employment Relations and...

      Sunday Trading: Remembrance Day

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to extend the restrictions applied to retail trade on Easter Sunday to Sunday 11 November to mark the...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a smart meter fitted in domestic premises will be replaced free of charge if a householder switches energy supplier to one whose systems are not compatible...

      Iron and Steel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much steel was produced in the UK in 2017.

      Working Hours: EU Law

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to abolish all EU-derived working time regulations after Brexit.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what investment they are making in the research and development of small modular nuclear plants; and how many small modular nuclear plants will be operational when...

      Space Technology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value to the UK economy of the space industry.

      Groceries Code Adjudicator

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the extension of the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover (1) indirect supply chains including those for dairy...

      West of England Local Enterprise Partnership

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the democratic accountability of the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership.

      Research: EU Grants and Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to renew the UK's membership of the EU framework programme for research and development after Brexit.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Iraq: Minority Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iraq about reports of (1) the killing of a Christian doctor and two members of his family in a home invasion,...

    • Iraq: Minority Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent statement by the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq that “Iraq needs all its...

      Burma: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking, if any, to promote the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

      Libya: Freezing of Assets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that €10 billion in frozen Libyan government assets disappeared from Euroclear Bank in Belgium between 2013 and 2017.

      Libya: Freezing of Assets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with EU institutions and other member states regarding the reported disappearance of Libyan government assets frozen in Belgium.

      Iraq: Aviation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the government of Iraq and the regional government of Kurdistan regarding the resumption of international flights to Erbil.

      Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they discussed a review of the heavy prison sentences imposed on eleven members of the Saudi Association for Political and Civil Rights in August 2017 with...

      Syria: Chemical Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the statement by France and the United States that they are prepared to use military force to maintain red lines preventing the use of...

      Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK maintains its influence on the global stage.

      Israel Defense Forces: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens are currently serving in the Israel Defence Force.

      Hebron: Israel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the status of Palestinians living in the part of Hebron City, known as H2, which is directly...

      Hebron: Israel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about why Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills are being prevented from accessing and working their land.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with which professional bodies and third sector bodies they had discussions in developing the green paper Transforming children and young people's mental health...

    • Psychiatry: Greater Manchester

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional child and adolescent psychiatrists have been recruited by the NHS in Greater Manchester in each of the last two years.

  • Department for International Development

    • Yemen: Cholera

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Yemen; and what assistance they are providing to the more than one million people...

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) the findings of the report by the International Rescue Committee A Silent Crisis in Congo: The Bantu and the Twa in...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to act on the proposal made by David Cameron, in his role as chairman of the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, that...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which of the countries cited by David Cameron, in his role as chairman of the Commission on State Fragility, Growth and Development, as "poorer than they were 40...

      Iraq: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what dialogue they are holding with the governments of (1) Jordan, (2) Lebanon, and (3) Turkey, to ascertain the number of Iraqi refugees hosted by those countries...

      Iraq: Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the level of UK aid to the Republic of Iraq was last increased.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Labour Turnover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the public sector pay cap on the recruitment and retention of staff in schools.

    • Special Educational Needs: Inspections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Department for Education has had with the Department of Health and Social Care about the findings of the Ofsted and CQC report Local area...

      Education: Social Mobility

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with which professional bodies and third sector bodies they had discussions in developing their plan for improving social mobility through education Unlocking...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proposed composition of the national leadership board for children and young people with high needs set out in the green paper Transforming Children...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Chemical Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to instate a prohibition of the export from the UK of any chemical component that can be used to make poison gas.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Marketing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in developing a strong brand image to symbolise food which has been grown and...

    • Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of agricultural support in the UK comes from EU funds.

  • Home Office

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 28 June 2017 (HL Deb, col 429), when the Migration Advisory Committee will report on the long-term needs...

    • British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons sought British citizenship while resident in Northern Ireland in (1) 2014 to 2015, and (2) 2016 to 2017.

      Passports: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances a person born in the Republic of Ireland after 1949, but living in Northern Ireland, can apply for a British passport; and what criteria...

  • Treasury

    • Freezing of Assets: Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current monetary value of Libyan government assets frozen in the UK.

    • Freezing of Assets: Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards are in place to prevent the misappropriation of Libyan government assets frozen in the UK.

      Child Tax Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the percentage change in Child Tax Credit, and its predecessor Family Tax Credit, between (1) 1987 and 1991, (2) 1992 and 1997, (3) 1998 and 2003, and (4)...

      Child Benefit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the percentage change in Child Benefit for (1) the first child, and (2) each subsequent child, between (a) 1987 and 1991, (b) 1992 and 1997, (c) 1998 and...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on child poverty of the freeze in Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits and Jobseeker's Allowance between 2015 and 2017.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact on government borrowing of a free trade agreement with the EU compared to membership of the Single Market in each year...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 16 February (HL5444), what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the UK's commitment to spend 0.79 per...

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