Monday, 7 January 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department has considered for compensating (a) tour operators, (b) airlines and (c) UK travellers for consequential losses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operators, by region, has the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has signed off with Goods Vehicle Operators on the basis of earned recognition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters have been sent in the last three months by WSP Land Services on behalf of HS2 to Chesham and Amersham residents on preparing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the BBC Panorama programme of 17 November 2018, what assessment he has made of the validity of the reports on that programme of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of electronic conspicuity devices on safety in general aviation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library the Government's full plans to facilitate traffic flows (a) into, (b) through and (c) around Welsh ports after 29...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure the maintenance of a skilled workforce in the rail industry after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of drivers that have received fines for not renewing their road tax since the removal of the physical tax disc.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on sending out reminders to drivers to renew their road tax; and for what reason some drivers do not receive reminders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and which rail stations have (a) undertaken work in the last five years and (b) planned work within the next two years to improve access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 21 of the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2018, to what incident or incidents the £111.2 million for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the accounting officer for his Department has requested a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has contacted businesses by letter in the last three months to provide information on (a) the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to publish proposals on ensuring equitable reward for small scale renewable energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned publication date is of the third wave of the Science and Innovation Audits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report entitled, Cost of energy: independent review, published by his Department in August 2017,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate the Government has made of the cost of energy in the steel sectors in the (a) UK, (b) Germany and (c) France.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth of 20 November 2018, Official Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to cover the £65 application fee for the resettlement process for EU Nationals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2018, Public Spending, HCWS 1205, if he will publish the budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which of the nine civil Magnox nuclear power stations were modified to enable the production of military grade plutonium.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Magnox reactors based in the UK have produced military grade plutonium.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Department has made of the potential effect on the number of households choosing to install solar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the audit industry supports the assessment and disclosure of climate-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) suitability of gas operators current rights of entry and (b) effectiveness of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs to be lost as a result of automation in the UK in the next five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on UK residents being treated as non-EU citizens at Barcelona Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to ensure that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has adequate access to medical treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to determine that a UK citizen has been (a) arbitrarily detained and (b) treated in violation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Guardian article entitled Nigeria concerned over Amnesty International's 'damaging' activities, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between Serbia and Kosovo; and what recent discussions he has held with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to recoup (a) rent, (b) service charges and (c) taxes from the unauthorised occupant of One Carlton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Bahraini counterpart on the quashing of the death sentences of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes in cases where British citizens of dual nationality are held in arbitrary detention in their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made any payments to The Bulldog Trust in each financial year since 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has held with representatives of the Iraqi Government on (a) rebuilding and (b) rehabilitation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Rwandan counterpart on that Government's request for the extradition of individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation he has made to his counterpart in the US Administration on its decision to withdraw American troops from Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the potential for a new military offensive by that country...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of changes in the level of activity of ISIS in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political situation in the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions officials in his Department's Europe Unit had with representatives of EU member states and EU institutions prior to 12 July 2018 on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many in-flight files of EU legislation exist that effect the policy areas managed by his Department; and which in-flight files of EU legislation...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse would be of not charging for applications for Settled Status from non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the Government.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 196203 and with reference to the Government's Technology Code of Practice principles Cloud First...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the complaints procedure is for members of the public who have a complaint that a civil servant is in breach of the Civil Service Code; what the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding his Department has allocated to programmes overseas that is not part of Official Development Assistance in each of the last three...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have (i) met or (ii) held discussions with former Prime Minister...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the merits of targets for increased procurement from Commonwealth nations after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2018 to Question 201213 on Cybercrime, if he will publish an exhaustive list of the activities that are supported...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy to prevent an organisation's involvement in UK Critical National Infrastructure unless the Government receives a...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of civil service staff that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than £30,000 in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) diversify public sector supply chains and (b) ensure greater account is given to social value in those...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists plans to publish all documents relating to its concluded investigation into the Institute...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether staff at the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists are instructed to cross-reference information from published ministerial meetings...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2018 to Question 202801, for what reason no reference was made in that Answer to the number of Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which criteria his Department has instructed NHS England to use in workforce planning to support the long-term plan for the NHS in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department’s TDEL budget would need to increase by in each year from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to achieve a 3.6% increase in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS will implement before Christmas 2018 contingency plans covering the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of Public Health England's Screening Quality Assurance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his comments on the BBC's Newsnight on 17 December 2018 on buying refrigerators in which to store stockpiled medicines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 197464 on NHS: Loans, what estimate his Department has made of the levels of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will implement a catch-up programme of HPV vaccination for adolescent boys aged 14 to 18 to ensure that group is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) Public Health England on implementation of the recommendations of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department is providing to patients who will require repeat prescriptions after 29 March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many days’ worth and what value of drugs which cannot be refrigerated his Department (a) has already stockpiled and (b) is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' statement on racism and mental health, published in March 2018...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people that work in the NHS that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's Immigration White Paper on the level of staffing for (a) clinical roles in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the social care green paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England plans to review and update the National Genomic Test Directory to reflect the NICE guidance published December 2018 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NICE guidance, Tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer, published in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2018 to Question 201214 on Rare Diseases: Drugs, on how many occasions NICE has made a conditional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations made by National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the first set of trailblazers for mental health in schools; and whether the associated training in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 117811 and the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 198230 on Hospitals: Admissions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to put NHS-funded counsellors in every school to ensure easy access to mental health services for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of an independent inquiry on the treatment of ex-service personnel with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Breast Screening Review report, published on gov.uk on 13 December 2018, what discussions his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of Sativex as a treatment for and (b) adequacy of access to Savitex on the NHS by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) cost of refrigerators bought for the preservation of medicines as part of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194124 on Blood: Contamination, what plans he has to increase the level of financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what advice his predecessor made the decision to announce a serious incident in the NHS Breast Screening Programme when full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether organisations such as charities and the Advisory Committee for Breast Cancer Screening will have an opportunity to respond...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase support for families who have suffered baby loss.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Royal College of Psychiatrists report Suffering in Silence:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200657, how specifically the EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the December 2017 Green Paper entitled Transforming the Mental Health of Children and Young People, what progress has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the December 2017 Green Paper entitled Transforming the Mental Health of Children and Young People, whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) support and (b) treatment for people detained under the Mental Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) investigate claims about patient safety in the Eye Department of University Hospital Southampton NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for expenditure on contingency planning for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department uses an internal system to classify written parliamentary questions according to their political sensitivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the White Paper, The UK’s future skills-based immigration system, published on 19 December 2018, what discussions his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding it requires to plan for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will place any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether secondary legislation will be required to implement the Key Stage 2 Multiplication tables check assessment framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are currently rated as (a) requires improvement and (b) inadequate in each region of England, and how many children are educated in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data the Government holds on the number of children affected by school phobia and refusal annually.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support children who are affected by school phobia and refusal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria was used to set £6,000 as the amount that a school needs to spend on a child with special educational needs; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that the level of funding allocated to universities is not reduced as a result of the ONS decision on the treatment of student loans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to increase funding allocated to children's services in local authorities in England in the next Comprehensive Spending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether families may withdraw consent for use of a child’s nationality data collected by schools between 2016 and 2018; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 3 and 4 year old children are eligible for the Government's offer of 30 hours free childcare a week in each (a) region and (b) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that all state-funded schools provide pupils with the opportunity to develop specific and age-appropriate knowledge...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed by schools that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the minimum amount that will be granted from the Holiday Activities and Food 2019 fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education; and how many submissions were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what information his Department holds on the demographic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2018 to Question 199283 on Disabled Students Allowances, what steps he is taking to ensure disabled students that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 199285, whether support recommended through student needs assessments for students with visual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) have been transferred, (b) are waiting to be transferred and (c) have not been transferred from a SEND Statement to an EHC plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the tendering of project reference DFERPPU 2018/019 was awarded to; and when the results of the evaluation of the Educational Psychology Workforce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to payments under the specialist equipment allowance, what the (a) minimum, (b) maximum and (c) average amount a student has had to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding here Department has allocated to the Disabled Students Allowances Quality Assurance Group; and what proportion of that funding has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of demand for children’s services provided by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children on Education, Health and Care Plans in Derbyshire do not have extra funding allocated to their schools for their plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school children (a) are there and (b) have an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many educational psychological assessments have been carried out in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people over the age of 18 have used the Staying Put arrangements to stay with foster parents in Gloucestershire since 2014; and how many time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in establishing what reforms to corporate liability for economic crime are necessary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the number of prisoners who leave prison homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the levels of self-harm and suicide in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases involving a conviction on the grounds of joint enterprise have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission since it was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases which will have to be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service to establish if they were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Questions 189756 and 189757 on Prison Sentences: Males, how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for the offence of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 were made by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals there have been involving SEND appeals in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those appeals were successful in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200701 on Prisons: Staff, whether his Department plans to start monitoring the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200698 on Prisons: Staff, if he will place in the Library a copy of the new model for key workers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward a regulatory impact assessment of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) [HL] Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a tribunal (a) has been required to meet to consider amendments, (b) found in favour of the application for amendment and (c) decided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for appeals to the Tribunal against (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance...
To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the implications were for the cost of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre project of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department bid for from the Treasury for EU-exit resources in 2019-20; pursuant to the written statement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require the installation of CO2 alarms in private rental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Christchurch of 9 November 2018 on harmonisation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect social housing tenants from carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 29 November 2018 on Grenfell Update, Official Report HCWS1126, what types of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 198814 on Ministry of Defence: Integrity Initiative and with reference to the (a) invoice of 22...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution, column 665, 18 December 2018 in response to the hon. Member for Colchester, Official Report, how many (a) regular and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made the number of members of the armed forces that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than £30,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Maximising Competition on Defence Procurement Strategy, as set out in the Government response to the Twentieth to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the written statement of 18 December 2018 of on public spending, Official Report HCWS1205, to which programmes his Department will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement of 18 December 2018, Official Report, column 657, on Modernising Defence Programme, if he will publish the details...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce his Department's response to the review of single source procurement legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he or his officials have had with US counterparts on the use of renewable energy in defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's publication, Mobilising, Modernising and Transforming Defence: A Report on the Modernising Defence Programme, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's publication of 18 December 2018, Mobilising, Modernising and Transforming Defence: A report on the Modernising...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's publication, Mobilising, Modernising and Transforming Defence: A Report on the Modernising Defence Programme, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units from the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines will be deployed to Operation Yellowhammer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made any payments to The Bulldog Trust in each financial year since 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 15 November 2018 to Question 190538 on Army: Young People, what estimate he has made of the number of people over 18 years of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what financial advice serving military personnel receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of UK troops deployed in operations to tackle the international drugs trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 198864 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, for what reason that information which was available for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people (a) recruited into and (b) resigned from each infantry regiment in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018; and the extent to which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2018, to what incident or incidents the £88.2 million for detected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to give the Parachute Regiment permissions to accompany (a) the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces and (b) the Kabul Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, which companies that are part...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's report entitled The United Kingdom’s Future Nuclear Deterrent: 2018 Update to Parliament, when he plans to make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many countries the UK is conducting military counterterrorism operations, and in how many of those countries the UK is (a) conducting air and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase (a) universal and (b) other transitional support to help the transition to universal credit under managed migration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours of training is planned to be given to her Department's decision-makers to identify people who may be vulnerable or have complex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide disability benefit claimants with dual recording equipment during their benefit assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the quality of disability benefit assessors' (a) decision making and (b) decision making on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will undertake a review of the quality of disability benefit assessors' decision-making when those decisions are found to have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many PIP mandatory reconsiderations in Denbighshire were (a) upheld and (b) dismissed in each quarter since January 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that when the managed migration of disabled claimants to universal credit commences those people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the completion date for the roll-out of universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of mixed-age couples who have been negatively affected by changes to universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195460, what proportion of RTI earnings data her Department corrects each month using...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Independent Case Examiner has closed (a) after investigation and (b) without investigation; and for what reason those cases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the...
What assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in helping people into work.
What assessment her Department has made of the effect of explicit consent restrictions placed on advice agencies on the ability of people to make a claim for universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hen harrier nests there were on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last six years; how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the cleanliness of drinking water and (b) reduce the low-grade contamination of water...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of policies in the Government's Immigration White Paper on the level of staffing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter of 18 November from the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the evidential basis for the decision that an application for the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Police Scotland have attended an asylum seeker's property at the request of Serco, the asylum accommodation provider...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to award the new asylum accommodation contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how (a) payments or assistance provided under the Windrush Scheme: support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy may be taken into...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from the travel industry on border control in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total annual cost to the public purse has been of compensation paid to people who have been inappropriately held in immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what form the review of the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy will take; how long it will take for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Annex A of the Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional circumstances policy statement, published 17 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Annex A of his Department's policy statement entitled Policy Statement: Windrush Scheme: Support in urgent and exceptional...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential need for enhanced security on the Northern Irish border in the event of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions the Government has held with the Irish Government on the potential need for enhanced security on the Northern Irish...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department’s policy is on the timeframe for decisions to be issued following the consideration of an appeal based solely on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the pension liability for police forces in 2019-20 as a result of the quadrennial revaluation; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings he has held with the National Police Chiefs Council's Brexit implementation team on contingency planning for the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the (a) National Police Chiefs' Council and (b) police forces for contingency planning in the event...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council's Brexit contingency planning team on the potential loss of tools...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in tackling money laundering between the UK and Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many occasions his Department has invited home-country officials to interview asylum seekers; and what the nationality of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made any payments to The Bulldog Trust in each financial year since 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2018 to Question 192832, whether EU citizens with Leave to Land who do not apply for pre-settled or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the immigration health surcharge will be increased from £200 to £400; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of Tier 1 (investor) visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will define a (a) high-skilled, (b) medium-skilled and (c) low-skilled migrant in the context of The UK's future skills-based...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries his Department has identified as a high risk of abuse of the immigration system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which countries his Department has identified as a low risk of abuse of the immigration system.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2018 to Question 200567, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) the separate annual MoUs...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to measure and monitor the standard and quality of the jobs created by UK development assistance.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Report on the work of the Independent Expert Panel on prevention of and response to harassment, including sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to collect disaggregated population data on minority groups in the Middle East region to establish...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect on poverty reduction in sub-Saharan countries of the increasing levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ministerial visits of his Department to discuss the withdrawal agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) he, (b) any ministers in his Department and (c) any staff of minsters or of his Department have (i) met or (ii) held...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the travel industry on the possibility of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make it his policy to seek to secure a ring-fenced agreement with the EU on citizens rights even if no agreement on other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which pieces of retained EU law it has identified as unable to operate effectively after Brexit but it which it does not intend to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many kinship carers who applied for child tax credit were exempt from the two-child limit in 2017-18; and how many of those people were financially...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 201166 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate his Department has made of the level of self-employment to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, how many and what proportion of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount by which the deficit will increase in 2018 as a result of the ONS decision on the treatment of student loans in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) reports of suspicious (i) e-mails, (ii) text messages and (iii) phone calls asking for personal information or threatening a lawsuit were...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2018 on Public Spending, HCWS1205, what the value was of each Department's bid for funding.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to exempt electronic conspicuity devices used in general aviation from VAT.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been allocated to the devolved administrations to help them prepare for the possibility that the UK does not agree a Withdrawal Agreement with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the additional £375 million of funding allocated to HMRC for preparations for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on recruiting HMRC...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the additional £375 million of funding allocated to the HMRC to prepare for the UK leaving the EU will be spent on new technology and IT...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the additional 3,000 HMRC customer service and compliance staff will be recruited at each (a) pay grade and (b) job function in each region.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many providers of tax avoidance schemes paid HMRC a penalty in 2018.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on (a) new technologies and (b) IT systems for customs after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the BACS hash information feed HMRC receives to support RTI data validation is able to identify the date that earnings are credited to each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195470 on PAYE, whether the 95 per cent of RTI submissions reported on time refers to the (a) pay date...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the planned HMRC guidance pack setting out advice for UK businesses on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal, whether...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the planned HMRC guidance pack setting out advice for UK businesses on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal will contain...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) total cost to (i) UK B2C digital services exporters that fall below the turnover threshold for VAT...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the Financial Conduct Authority's ability to enforce their own affordability checks on high-cost credit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the accounting officer for his Department has sought a written ministerial direction for any expenditure on contingency planning for the UK leaving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on levels of social mobility of access to public libraries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with social media companies on preventing data protection infringements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department has entered into in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in her Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Attorney General, what progress his Department has made in ensuring that the UK has adequate corporate criminal liability for economic crime.
To ask the Leader of the House what will be the timetable for consideration of the Trade Bill in this House.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Competition and Markets Authority Statutory audit services market study: Update paper, published on 18 December, what plans they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that new EU regulations on unsafe goods could have on small businesses based in the UK after Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage UK businesses to invest in growth and expansion plans after Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the net saving to energy companies as a result of the decision to end feed-in tariffs; and why they decided to change their policy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement of objections published by the Competition and Markets Authority on 13 December which provisionally found that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes and extent of anti-government demonstrations in Atbara.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken, or plan to take, in response to the arrest in Russia of Edem Bekirov.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about Israa al-Ghomgham who faces execution for charges related to peaceful activism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding support they give to the British American Security Information Council; and for what purposes.
To ask Her Majesty's Government in which countries the NHS is permitted to host patient identifiable health data; and whether this includes the UK.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of all paid for prescriptions are paid for (1) on collection, and (2) by the prescription prepayment certificate.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions have taken place between the NHS and the Department of Health and Social Care about the costed breakdown of proposed cuts to the national...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of NHS registered dental practices in England and Wales in each of the last ten years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reserved mental health funding specifically for survivors of sexual exploitation in Rotherham and their families; and if so, how much.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the results of the review of the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 19 December (HL12113), how many clinical negligence cases resolved in 2017–18 had proceedings issued...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 17 December (HL12096), whether the adoption of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration...
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the progress of works being carried out on Elizabeth Tower, including Big Ben; and when he expects those works to be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total receipt to HM Treasury in (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18 of (a) VAT payable by retail traders and online traders, (b) income tax at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that private bankers are advising clients to consider moving assets out of the UK due to uncertainty arising from Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the requirement for VAT to be paid on the on-site staff labour element of residential property service charges was introduced.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they anticipate the UK will indefinitely remain part of the Common Transit Convention or leave at the end of any transition period.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total paid in business rates in the UK in respect of (1) offices, (2) retail units including shops, stores and warehouses not engaged in wholesale...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of steps taken in other countries requiring home owners to offer only their primary residences as short-term holiday lets and to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 18 December (HL12036), why they have not commenced those parts of the Neighbourhood Planning...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reform residential leasehold and commonhold law.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 5 and 19 December (HL11727 and HL12195), whether they will now answer the question put,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Christmas bonus paid to claimants of certain benefits has been abolished for claimants moving to Universal Credit; and whether they made any announcement...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have undertaken into the accessibility needs of disabled people due to undergo the managed migration process as part of the move to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to engage with (1) disabled people, and (2) organisations representing disabled people about the accessibility needs of those undertaking...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to conduct an impact assessment of the proposed managed migration process to Universal Credit; if so, whether they will publish that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that reasonable adjustments are made for people who are unable to use the online system for Universal Credit application and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to require employers to report annually on actions they, or their agents, have taken to verify that contributions made on behalf of staff to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in reviewing Personal Independence Payment claims following the High Court judgment on 21 December 2017; whether they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people do not incur extra costs, such as obtaining photographic identification, in order to complete Universal Credit...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish further details of the planned test and trial phase of Universal Credit managed migration; and how managed migration will impact...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those currently in receipt of disability related benefits will be regarded as vulnerable claimants for the purpose of the Universal Credit managed...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with a learning disability will be subject to the Universal Credit managed migration process.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 11 December (HL12190), whether UK citizens who have retired to or are planning to retire to Italy will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the universal support scheme to cover Universal Credit managed migration; and if so, what additional funding will be made available to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of National Insurance numbers issued to individuals with dates of birth before (1) 1940, (2) 1950, and (3) 1960 are now inactive.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided in each year since 2012–13 to enable citizens to send the police photo, video and audio evidence of crimes they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what rules are applied to Home Office arms length bodies such as the Disclosure and Barring Service and the Security Industry Authority in relation to how they can...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Security Industry Authority (SIA) paid the Home Office for their services in scrutinising and holding the SIA to account in each of the last three...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so, why, admission to the UK was given to radical clerics who have praised Mumtaz Qadri for killing Salmaan Taseer, the former Governor of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 12 December (HL11886), how many EU member states currently have constitutional or...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Migration Advisory Committee EEA migration in the UK: final report, published in September, whether they intend to introduce changes...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted an evaluation of the Tier 4 visa pilot for masters students; if so, when it was completed; and what changes are now proposed in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Disclosure and Barring Service applications for employment in the adult social care workforce took more than (1) 60 days, and (2) 100 days to complete in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Barran on 18 December (HL Deb, col 1697), whether they will seek specific advice from the College of Policing on appropriate...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to hasten the provision of financial support to survivors of sexual exploitation in Rotherham and their families.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 November (HL11562), what the process to register as a British citizen for Irish citizens...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of ending freedom of movement on UK citizens after Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what contingency arrangements they are putting in place to amend, repeal or revoke the European Union Withdrawal Act 2018 and delegated legislation made under that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to protect the British steel industry from cheap imports of foreign steel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Cairncross Review into the sustainability of the press, announced on 28 June, to be published.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Brexit on (1) UK authors, poets, translators and illustrators, and (2) the wider UK publishing industry, in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total (1) cost of running the County Court Bailiffs service, and (2) receipts from licences and permits for High Court Enforcement Officers in each of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will carry out a consultation on the planned reforms to civil partnerships announced in October; and if so, when.
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