Written answers

Thursday, 11 April 2019

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the merits of extending the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to cover all electric motorcycles.

    • Department for Transport: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232553 on Department for Transport: Trade Unions, how many induction meetings for new entrants were...

      Department for Transport: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 233002 on Government Departments: Trade Unions, what assessment he has made of the effect of...

      Department for Transport: Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232554 on Department for Transport: Overtime, on what dates (a) trades unions wrote to the Department,...

      Department for Transport: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his...

      Department for Transport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in his Department started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i)...

      Motorways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of motorway have been converted to a smart motorway; and what the (a) mileage and (b) cost was for each conversion in each of the last...

      Transport: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure the continuation of (a) aviation and (b) ferry travel to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without...

      A12: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support road improvements to the A12 between Ipswich and Lowestoft.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April to Question 238613 on Railways, how many sleepers have been stockpiled by Network Rail to meet demand in the period...

      M6: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air quality monitoring stations there are on the M6 between junction 7, Great Barr and junction 9, Wednesbury; and if he will place in the...

      Railways: Bescot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department, Network Rail and RAIL.ONE in relation to the proposed sleeper...

      Railways: Bescot

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how Network Rail has calculated the Gross Value Added to the local economy of a new sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard during the (a) temporary...

      South Eastern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the successful bidder for the South Eastern Franchise.

      Bus Services: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of extending Oyster and contactless payments to bus services across Hertfordshire.

      Govia Thameslink Railway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with GTR on the feasibility of 4 trains per hour stopping at every station along the Moorgate to Welwyn Garden...

      Roads: South Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of 31 March 2019 of a £201 million road re-pair fund to be given to councils across the country, what...

      Railways: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the start of improvements on Cheltenham and Gloucester to London rail services; and if he will make a statement.

      Ports: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) discussions, (b) correspondence and (c) meetings his Department has had with French ports since January 2018.

      Ports: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methodology his Department has used to assess the capacity of French ports as part of its preparations for the possibility of there being no deal...

      Portsmouth International Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the document entitled, EU Exit No Deal Planning: Portsmouth Port Analysis.

      Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which ports his Department has conducted individual analysis to assess the risks and contingencies required for there being no deal in respect of...

      Channel Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the volume of additional capacity was in cross channel ferry routes invoked in relation to contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU without...

      Department for Transport: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to tackle late payments to freelancers.

    • Science and Technology: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate early stage patient capital funding of emerging...

      Technology: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to provide early stage patient capital support to develop deep tech in relation to (a) medical...

      Regional Assistance: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant on the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 238659, what the date was of the meeting with the Secretary of State...

      Living Wage and Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of jobs in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) St Helens borough are paid the (i) National Living...

      Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Office for Product Safety and Standards received evidence of any instances of Whirlpool’s tumble...

      Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Office for Product Safety and Standards has required Whirlpool to take to raise awareness of at-risk...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will...

      Company Accounts: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring companies to publish reports on on their R&D...

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to ensure that EDF contribute to infrastructure improvements in East Suffolk prior to the building of...

      Living Wage and Minimum Wage: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of jobs in a) the North West b) Merseyside and (c) Wallasey constituency are paid the (i)...

      Innovate UK: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April to Question 237126 on Innovate UK: Grants, what proportion of Innovate UK grant...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Syria: Islamic State

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department have requested the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross to repatriate children of UK...

    • India: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK detainees are awaiting trial in India; and how many have been in detention for (a) longer than six months (b)...

      Burma: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle incidences of hate speech directed against Muslim minorities in Myanmar.

      Brunei: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Government Departments and agencies have commercial contracts in Brunei; what the total value is of those contracts;...

      Brunei: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent guidance his Department has provided to UK Government departments and agencies on the status of (a) commercial and...

      Antarctic Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the UK Government makes to the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty.

      Antarctic Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK’s obligations are under the Antarctic Treaty.

      Antarctic: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the use of bases belonging to the Peoples Republic of China in the Antarctic.

      Antarctic: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether bases in the Antarctic belonging to the People's Republic of China have been inspected under the provisions of the...

      Antarctic: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether military activities have been detected in the bases belonging to the People’s Republic of China in the Antarctic;...

  • Attorney General

    • Victims

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that victims of serious crime receive regular updates on police and CPS progress on those crimes.

    • Criminal Proceedings: Evidence

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to tackles failures in the disclosure of evidence through encouraging early engagement between prosecution and defence teams in criminal cases.

      Knives: Crime

      What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving prosecution rates for knife crime.

      Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions

      What steps the CPS is taking to improve the rate of prosecution of people responsible for female genital mutilation.

      Terrorism: Prosecutions

      How many returning jihadist fighters have been prosecuted (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully in the last five years.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Community Health Services: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the tender process to move adult community services in West Hertfordshire...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of the hon. Member for Lincoln of 23 January 2019 on the Health Surgery in Bracebridge Heath...

      Social Services: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Care Quality Commissions processes applications for registration from SMEs in the...

      Autism: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has put in place to mark world autism awareness week between 1 and 7 April 2019; and what steps the Government...

      Maternity Services: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2019 to Question 233538 on Maternity Services: Proof of Identity, what information his Department...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from initial assessment to the provision of mental health services was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support people with mental health issues as a result of the UK leaving the EU.

      Embryos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the medical conditions are for which interspecies nuclear transfer has provided the first effective treatments; and how many admixed...

      Embryos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many embryos produced without the direct intention of establishing pregnancies were transferred to uteri between 1 August 1991 and 31...

      Diabetes: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Diabetes Specialist Nurses have (a) sufficient time to take part in Continuing...

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department of the implications for his policies of France's National Agency for Medicines and Health Products'...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with community (a) pharmacies and (b) pharmacy organisations in Scotland on the implementation of the Human...

      Mental Health Services: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the recruitment of (a) core psychiatry trainees and (b) specialist mental health trainee doctors in the east...

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to prevent poorly performing NHS managers from being re-employed in the NHS.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to close the pay gap in the NHS which affects outsourced staff.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government’s Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the implementation of legislative...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on the stockpiling of drugs in preparation for...

      Health: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential role youth work can play in building positive physical and mental health...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NICE guidance on prescribing cannabis-based products for medical use will be published.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis issued in each month since 1 November 2018.

      Universal Credit: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many recipients of universal credit have had penalty notices issued for falsely claiming free prescriptions that were subsequently...

      Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on how existing reciprocal healthcare...

      Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are registered for repeat prescriptions.

      Social Services: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care providers have the capacity to pay their staff the national minimum wage...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has allocated to services used by patients with ME in the North West in each year for which information...

  • Department for International Development

    • Developing Countries: Cocoa

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) farmers and (b) workers in the cocoa industry receive a living income.

    • Developing Countries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to the promotion of universal health coverage in each of the last five years.

      Developing Countries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that countries invest in their health care systems.

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to allocate additional funding at the 6th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis...

      HIV Infection and Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the global prevalence of TB, HIV and AIDS.

      Iran: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Iran since the recent floods in that country; and what steps her...

      Libya: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Libya since the upsurge in violence in that country and the...

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money has been reclaimed by employers through the apprenticeship levy in each month since it was introduced.

    • Schools: Cost-effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the school resource management advisers trial (a) since its inception, (b) in the last...

      Schools: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to schools has been of the Apprenticeship Levy; and how many apprentices have been trained in schools since the levy was introduced.

      Further Education: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education providers are operating in the West Midlands; and how such providers there were in each year since 2010.

      Further Education: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education colleges in the West Midlands region have closed due to insolvency in each year since 2010.

      Primary Education: Nurseries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new primary schools have included a nursery since June 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of the public purse of that policy.

      Teachers: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sickness absence taken by teachers in state-funded schools as a result of mental ill health in each...

      Students: Plagiarism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to prevent essay mills businesses from targeting university students.

      Schools: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided to schools in (a) Wallasey, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West from the Condition Improvement Fund in each of the...

      Schools: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fires have occurred in school buildings in England; and what the cost to each school was of those fires in each year since 2010.

      Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 231539 on Schools: Fire Extinguishers, how many of the 673 new schools created by his Department...

      Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2019 to Question 240009, what the longest period is that one of the 93 academy schools in the process of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2019 to Question 235313 on Courts: Telephone Services, what assessment he has made of the implications for his...

    • Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Buzzed article entitled The Ministry Of Justice Has Been Accused Of Sitting On Evidence That Undermines Its Drive To Close Courts,...

      Justice and Security Act 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2018 to Question 152051, and with reference to the fifth annual Report to Parliament on the use of closed material...

      Courts: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that witnesses and victims have separate entrances and waiting areas from the accused in criminal and family courts.

      Coroners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inquests were resumed after an adjournment where the cause of death was murder in each of the last three years; and how many of those inquests...

      Ministry of Justice: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his...

      Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional case funding for legal aid for cases of refugee family reunion were made in 2018; how many of those applications...

      Community Rehabilitation Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action he has taken against the Community Rehabilitation Companies that have failed to deliver a quality service; and whether such companies will...

      Probation: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the costs associated with reunification of the probation service into the public sector in comparison to re-letting...

      South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Inspectorate of Probation report of 29 March 2019 on the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company, what steps his...

      Burglary: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of people convicted of burglary offences for the first time that were handed down custodial...

  • Department for Exiting the European Union

    • Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he will take to ensure parliamentary scrutiny of any proposals on dynamic alignment on rights and protections with the EU.

    • Department for Exiting the European Union: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the building industry of the recent revisions made to Approved Document B.

    • Community Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve social cohesion.

      Local Government: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's document entitled Land value estimates for policy appraisal, what the average value...

      Community Development: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of youth in promoting community cohesion and...

      Regeneration: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide to the regeneration project in Palmer Lane in Coventry.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2019 to Question 239242, whether paragraph 12.7 of Approved Document Part B Volume 2...

      Buildings: Insulation

      o ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 235314 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the testing has commended;...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the attendee lists for shared prosperity fund stakeholder engagement events were chosen by (a) Ministers in...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to publish more of the analysis that has informed the Fair Funding review proposals.

      Recreation Spaces: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of trends in the level of funding for (a) parks and (b) green spaces.

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to ensure cold-weather emergency accommodation is available for every rough sleeper.

      Housing: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of housing in Slough.

      Leasehold: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an inquiry into leasehold misselling.

      Travellers: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing legal encampments for members of the Gypsy, Roma...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-powered submarines have been dismantled under the Submarine Dismantling Project.

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's contracts since the publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 that are of a value equal to or greater than...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK's capacity to manufacture the specialised cabling required under his Department's contracts.

      Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK (a) contracted companies and (b) military personnel have fused munitions in support of the Saudi Royal Air Force since 2015.

      Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) BAE Systems employees and (b) seconded RAF personnel working in Saudi Arabia under government-to-government arrangements have (i) worked...

      Military Decorations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to introduce a decoration to recognise the service of nuclear test veterans; and if he will make a statement.

      Torpedoes: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has agreed a torpedo development road-map.

      Torpedoes: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weighting his Department will apply to the national security objective 3 on UK prosperity in future torpedo procurement decisions.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Torpedoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the integration of Sting Ray onto the Boeing Poseidon P-8A.

      Defence: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce, refine and replace the use of animals for warfare experiments in Porton Down and other facilities which engage in...

      Ministry of Defence: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts his Department has awarded to Healthcare Resource Group in each of the last five years.

      MOD Boscombe Down

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Boscombe Down Airfield emergency cover tender is a classified as matter of national defence.

      MOD Boscombe Down

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Joint Forces Command review into the Boscombe Down Airfield emergency cover tender.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review the eligibility criteria for personal independence payment to enable all claimants living through terminal illness...

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department (a) allocated funding for the PACE medical trial; and has not allocated funding for other medical trials since...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government have taken to establish a hardship fund in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to conduct an equality impact assessment in relation to the child maintenance service arrears strategy, and...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments have been made all universal credit claimants for the months (a) March 2017 (b) March 2018 and (c) March 2019.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the monthly entitlement of universal credit is estimated for the purposes of calculating an advance payment.

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238363 on Food Banks, what her timescale is for publication of the final report.

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that claimants that no longer receive the severe disability premium after migrating to universal...

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of tenants that will experience a financial shortfall as a result of 2019-20 being a 53-week rent...

      Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential role youth work can play in tackling youth unemployment.

      Universal Credit: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Child Poverty Action Group's recent report on universal credit, published on 6 April 2019, what assessment she has made of...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants lost their enhanced mobility rate in the last two years after previously receiving indefinite...

      Universal Credit: Croydon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she had made of the effect of the roll out of universal credit on levels of foodbank use in the London borough of Croydon.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the number of race horses that have (a) died during races and (b) died due to...

    • Non-native Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what governance and enforcement structures his Department plans to introduce with respect to invasive non-native species...

      Non-native Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the threat of...

      Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the research his Department has commissioned in collaboration with Middlesex University will assess the...

      Plastics: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of marine plastic pollution.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on food supplies of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and what...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to support farmers who rely on EU subsidy payments after the UK leaves the EU.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefit of further formalising (a) environmental performance...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Statutory Instruments on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU his Department has prepared but not yet laid.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Statutory Instruments not yet laid by his Department will be required in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

      Sites of Special Scientific Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average number of Sites of Special Scientific Interest allocated to each responsible officer in Natural England has...

      Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make soil quality a public good for the purposes of public subsidy; and if he will make a statement.

      Special Protection Areas: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled, the Status of UK SPAs in the 2000s: the Third Network Review, published by the Joint...

      Floods: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many homes in England have been deemed to be at risk of flooding in each of the last five years.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arms Length Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 240639 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arm's...

      Animal Welfare: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 233614, whether his Department has drafted primary legislation to...

      Pets: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230935, whether his Department has drafted the primary legislation...

      Pets: Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230930, whether his Department has drafted the primary legislation...

  • Home Office

    • Migrant Workers: Clergy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales about their ability to host for indefinite periods...

    • British Nationality: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money received by the Government from applications for citizenship for children in...

      Refugees: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of refugee family reunion on the integration of refugees in the UK.

      Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the preparedness of police services for civil disorder in the event that the UK leaves the EU...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to guarantee the (a) residency and (b) other associated rights to public services of EU nationals in the event...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money West Midlands Police has spent on gun licence applications in each year since 2010.

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications his Department has received from Afghan interpreters since the Government's commitment to grant 50 such visas ten...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237682 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, for what reason that Answer did not set out (a) the...

      Radicalism: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Prevent nominals classed as extreme right-wing ideology are military veterans.

      Overseas Students: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his oral contribution of 1 April, Official Report, Column 799, when he plans to announce his final decisions in relation to the...

      Visas: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Innovator Visa applicants were granted endorsements by official endorsing bodies since the introduction of the Innovator Visa.

      Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported in the last 12 months (a) had previously been a student in the UK, (b) were in the UK on a work visas and (c) were...

      Refugees: Kuwait

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of Kuwaiti political refugees in the UK.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 236270 on Immigration: EU Nationals, at what locations applicants for the EU Settlement...

  • Scotland Office

    • Migrant Workers: Clergy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland about their ability to host for indefinite periods seconded clergy from (a)...

  • Cabinet Office

    • European Parliament: Elections

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the UK participating in elections to the European Parliament in 2019.

    • Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in levels of domestic abuse in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK.

      Government Departments: Facebook

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the Government's guidelines on the content that is advertised on Facebook by the Government; and who is responsible for enforcing...

      Rendition and Torture: Inquiries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 191312 on Rendition and Torture: Inquiries, when he plans to announce whether to launch an...

      European Parliament: Elections

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to hold European Union elections in the event of an extension of Article 50 until 30 June 2018.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Migrant Workers: Clergy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions she has had with the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Ireland about its ability to host for indefinite periods seconded clergy from...

    • Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing provisions in local government electoral legislation that prevents people...

  • Treasury

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised through the apprenticeship levy in each month since its introduction.

    • Unpaid Taxes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was collected in unpaid tax by HMRC as a result of successful tribunal cases in the last 12 months.

      Treasury: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department...

      Government Departments: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to Government Departments in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

      Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received in tariffs for goods imported into the UK from non-EU sources in the last year for which figures are available; and how much of that...

      Tobacco: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) cigarettes and (b) pouches of tobacco smoked in the UK that have had full tax paid on them; and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure technology manufacturers are differentiated from social media companies in the online harms...

    • Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural broadband.

      Thai Boxing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the International Olympic Committee on the introduction of kickboxing into the Olympics.

      Thai Boxing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he provide an estimate of the number of people who participated in kickboxing in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.

      Boxing: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of women participating in female boxing since that sport was introduced...

      Internet: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has published on internet parental controls.

      Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support tourism action zones.

      Gaming Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that bookmakers comply with the £2 maximum unit stake on B2 gaming machines.

      Youth Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the positive effect of youth work in supporting (a) young LGBT people, (b) young people...

      Youth Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential role of youth work in supplementing and augmenting formal...

      Lotteries: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timeframe is for the announcement of plans to reform the regulation of society lotteries.

      Sports: Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for DCMS what guidance his Department has issued to sports organisations in the event that they successfully apply for Erasmus funding and are expected to...

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2019, published in April 2019, what steps his Department is taking to...

      5G: Railways

      What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on enabling the provision of 5G along the train line in Devon and Cornwall.

      Cultural Heritage: Finance

      What assessment he has made of the potential economic effect of the Cultural Development Fund on local areas.

      Music: Licensed Premises

      What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the financial sustainability of music venues of extending business rates relief to those venues.

  • Prime Minister

    • Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Prime Minister, what the outcomes were of her discussions with the German Chancellor on Tuesday 9th April 2019 on the situation in Yemen.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Carers: Children

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to ensure that non-working women are able to afford to raise their children at home.

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the latest estimated costs of the HS2 project; and when the line is expected to open.

    • Airlines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit on demand in the UK airline sector.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Manufacturing Industries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by the Office for National Statistics, Manufacturing Sector Performance, UK: 2008–2018, published on 2...

  • Department for Education

    • Universities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 3 April (HL14848), whether they will provide in the text of their response to this...

    • Universities: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following Office for National Statistics changes to the recording of student loans in the national accounts, what guidance has been provided to...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords Library: Magazine Press

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the total cost of the production of Issue 1 of the House of Lords Library magazine The Library, published in April; and what estimate he has made of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Submarines: Decommissioning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the report by the National Audit Office Investigation into submarine defueling and dismantling, published on 3 April, and...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Welfare: Sentencing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Sentencing for animal cruelty in England and Wales, published in 2017, what plans they have to...

    • Thames Tideway Tunnel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel is (1) on time, and (2) on budget.

      Air Pollution: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Unicef Healthy air for every child: A call for national action, published on 5 February; and what steps, if any,...

  • Home Office

    • Thames House: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they gave to pedestrian safety when deciding to block off the pavement outside 12 Millbank.

    • Thames House: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with whom they consulted before deciding to block off the pavement outside 12 Millbank; and whether they conducted an equality impact assessment on that blockage.

      Thames House: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Security Service is liable for any (1) deaths of, and (2) injuries to, pedestrians as a result of their decision to block the pavement outside 12 Millbank.

  • Cabinet Office

    • General Elections: Candidates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK parliamentary candidates are permitted to sign a pledge to another nation.

    • Electoral Register

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many electors were removed from the electoral registers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in each year since the EU referendum in 2016; and what...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess the likely level of personation that could occur at polling stations in the May 2019 local elections; and whether...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football: Sportsgrounds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 25 March (HL14535), on what date they intend to release the final report of their review into safe...

    • Video Games: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help continue trade growth in the UK gaming industry after Brexit.

      Young People: Rural Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 29 March (HL14672) and to the report by Rural England State of Rural Services 2018, published in...

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