Written answers

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

  • Department for Transport

    • Official Cars: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Government's fleet vehicles are produced; and whether the production of those vehicles uses UK steel.

    • Official Cars: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the Government's fleet vehicles are produced; and whether they are made using UK steel.

      Boats: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the river cruise sector on resumption of their operations as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Roads: Cycling and Pedestrians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have made changes to road layouts to give more space to cyclists and pedestrians since the publication of the Department...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the 7,200 additional on-street electric vehicle charge points announced on 9 May 2020 have been installed.

      Garages and Petrol Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual (a) petrol pumps, (b) diesel pumps and (c) electric vehicle charge points there in each local authority in England.

      Railway Stations: Business Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to permit train operating companies to offer temporary rent reductions to concessions in railway stations in response...

      Railway Stations: Business Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure concessions in railway stations operated by train operating companies are eligible for the same rent...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the environmental sustainability of all aspects of the High Speed Two project.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of High Speed Two construction waste he plans divert from landfill.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Archaeology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) recording and (b) preservation of archaeological finds during the construction of High Speed Two.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the maximum use of rail freight for moving materials during the construction of High Speed Two.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the use of low emission (a) vehicles and (b) machinery during the construction of High Speed Two.

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is negotiating with Bulgaria to establish an air bridge to allow covid-19 quarantine free travel between Bulgaria and the UK.

      Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bicycles have been repaired under the Government’s Voucher Repair Scheme to date.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to include Madeira on the list of countries and territories with no self-isolation on arrival in England during the...

      Net Zero Transport Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he would publish the (a) names and (b) organisations of the members of his Department’s Net Zero Transport Board.

      Net Zero Transport Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) terms of reference, (b) minutes of its first meeting and (c) dates of future meetings of his Department’s Net Zero...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK steel is promoted in the Government’s post-covid-19 rebuild...

    • Hartley Anderson: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department (a) has supplied to the Hartley Anderson Group in the last year and (b) will supply to...

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the Internal Review prepared for the EDF Board in 2015 conducted by Yannick...

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the recently released report on European Pressurised Reactors (EPRs) by the French Court...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybercrime and Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has...

      Iron and Steel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that UK steel is at the heart of the Government’s post-covid-19 outbreak rebuild...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the vouchers for green home improvements announced on 7 July 2020 can be backdated to avoid customers...

      Ofgem: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compliance of Ofgem's RIIO-2 Draft Determinations for Transmission, Gas Distribution...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to enable landlords to claim vouchers under his newly announced Green Homes Grant scheme; and who will...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer entitled Summer Economic Update, Official Report,...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer entitled Summer Economic Update, Official Report,...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the energy efficiency voucher scheme directly assists people affected by fuel...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Salford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to enable (a) private renters, (b) leaseholders and (c) people engaged in part ownership...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Salford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to enable social housing renters in Salford to access the energy efficiency voucher scheme;...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities will be able to access the Government's efficiency voucher...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether housing associations that manage properties subject to overarching PFI arrangements and were previously...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) private and (b) social sector tenants will be able to require their landlord to access the Government's...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a landlord that receives funding from the Government's energy efficiency voucher scheme is prevented from...

      Visual Impairment: Social Distancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance he has issued to (a) businesses and (b) service providers on making social distancing measures accessible...

      Protective Clothing: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to high street shops and supermarkets on...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that funding allocated to the economic recovery supports meeting the...

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assist food and drink wholesalers who had their trade credit limits (a) reduced...

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the hospitality sector of many of their suppliers going out of...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to review his decision on reopening beauty salons to ensure that facial services for women are provided...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the role of energy flexibility in managing local network constraints resulting from...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy White Paper will include an assessment of the role of flexibility in meeting net zero climate targets.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the role of energy flexibility in managing local constraints resulting from increased...

      Redundancy Pay: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether employers should calculate (a) redundancy and (b) notice pay based on (i) employees' salary; and what the...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to enable the beauty industry to resume facial treatments as covid-19 lockdown restrictions...

      Toys and Games: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent unsafe toys being sold by third party sellers on online marketplaces.

      Charities: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to the charity-funded research sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Life Sciences: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has been made of the implications for his policies of the Association of Medical Research...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      What steps his Department is taking to enable (a) beauty salons and (b) other businesses to conduct facial treatments in a covid-secure way.

      Climate Change

      What steps his Department is taking to tackle climate change.

      Sirius Minerals

      What discussions his Department held with the Tees Valley Mayor on Government support for Sirius Minerals before the sale of that company.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Nigeria: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his polices of the statement by the EYN Church National President Reverend...

    • Colombia: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the implementation of the Peace Accord in Colombia; and...

      Turkey: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Turkish government upholds values of secularism, openness, and tolerance.

      Istanbul: Religious Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representation he has made to (a) his Turkish counterpart and (b) UNESCO on the importance of the Hagia Sophia to...

      China: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including Chinese officials who have allegedly committed...

      Human Rights: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the process by which civil society organisations can share evidence of alleged human rights abuses...

      Ukraine: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of white-supremacist violent extremism in Ukraine.

      Eritrea: National Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Eritrea on abolishing indefinite servitude in the form of national...

      British Council: Educational Exchanges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the role of the British Council in providing foreign...

      Hong Kong: British Citizenship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people from Hong Kong who will not be eligible to apply for the Government's...

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports from British-Iranian detainees in Tehran's Evin...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of people identified by the Government as extremely vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak (a) by health...

    • NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many face masks (a) donated and (b) sold by the Government of the People's Republic of China to the UK to help protect NHS staff from...

      Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups and Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect data on the impact of covid-19 on different (a) genders and (b) ethnicities.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of patients to access urgent dental care hubs.

      Dental Services: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that dental staff in York have adequate supplies of of personal protective equipment for...

      Health Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the adequate supply of (a) FFP3 masks and (b) water-repellant gowns for health care...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the covid-19 reproduction R number for each region of the UK.

      Home Care Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people carrying out domiciliary care for local authorities have access to personal protective...

      Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authority areas are trialling the clipper distribution system for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Coronavirus: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Reproductive Value R rating is for (a) Yorkshire (b) North Yorkshire and (c) York.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate (a) funding and (b) resources to help the dentistry sector reopen.

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the despatch of new or replacement bowel cancer screening test kits has been suspended; what steps the Government is...

      Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 53466 on Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups, when he plans to publish the (a) evidence...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 41421 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, whether he has set a deadline for the MAKE...

      Public Health: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value of public health budgets was from 2014-15 to 2019-20, broken down by health authority.

      Protective Clothing: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what equality impact assessment he has made of the suitability of standard size personal protective equipment for women; and if he will...

      School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to assess the merits of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme; and what recent assessment he has made...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department's share of the Official Development Assistance will be reduced in the event of a decrease in GNI.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is signing new funding agreements for projects from the Official Development Assistance budget.

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has put in place to increase radiotherapy capacity to meet the demand generated by additional screening...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the criteria his Department plans to use for prioritising Official Development Assistance spending in the event of a...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices in England have reopened (a) fully and (b) partially since 8 June 2020.

      Pregnancy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the validity of NHS maternity exemption certificates.

      Breast Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on people with incurable secondary breast cancer of the changes to cancer treatment during the...

      Social Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the value of contracts awarded to (a) eBay and (b) Clipper Logistics to develop an online portal to enable primary, social and...

      Meat: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of (a) liver fluke fasciola hepatica, (b) parasitic lung worms, (c) lesions caused by the migration or development of...

      Pharmacy Integration Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what awards have been made under the Pharmacy Integration Fund in each year of its operation.

      Vaccination: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle disinformation about vaccinations.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on developing a vaccine for covid-19.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 free cancer hubs have been established; what (a) procedures and (b) services those hubs provide; and how many of those...

      Dental Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free training in practice management to qualified dentists who are yet...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for permitting opening of service dentistry outside urgent care centres as the covid-19 restrictions are eased;...

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 51867 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, for what reason he did not provide the data...

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 51866 on Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment, for what reason he did not provide the data...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for the Healthy Start consultation which his Department committed to in June 2018 in Chapter 2 of Childhood...

      Pharmacy: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 5 June 2020 stating that all staff in hospitals in England will be provided with...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that there are sufficient stockpiles of personal protective equipment in preparation for a potential...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the guidance on shielding in England and Wales.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on implementing Cancer Research UK's recommendation for an increase in...

      Health Services: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to consult on guidance for commissioning community rehabilitation services in England.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent letters on shielding being sent in error to people who are recently deceased; and what...

      Arthritis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who are clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 also have a diagnosis of arthritis.

      Pharmacy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the effectiveness of the Northern Ireland Drug Tariff.

      Dental Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all urgent dental care hubs receive supplies of personal protective equipment.

      Coronavirus: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on former miners who have underlying health conditions.

      Mesothelioma: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Mesothelioma is not included in the Government’s guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically or...

      Coronavirus: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable are able to successfully register for...

      Coronavirus: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable who have been unable to register for the...

      Coronavirus: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department is providing to employers on whether individuals classed as extremely clinically vulnerable, whilst no longer...

      Coronavirus: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a letter from an NHS Trust or GP advising an individual that they are classed as clinically extremely vulnerable is sufficient...

      Coronavirus: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on that country’s development of a passive vaccine treatment for covid-19...

      Pharmacy: Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the role of distance-selling pharmacies in ensuring patient access to repeat prescriptions is...

      Pharmacy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) reforms to funding mechanisms and (b) other plans...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the threat to the UK of the G4 EA H1N1 virus; and if he will make a statement.

      NHS: Remdesivir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS access to remdesivir; and if he will make a statement.

      Remdesivir: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the decision of the US Administration to purchase...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a date to achieve zero community transmission of covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

      Gambling: Sunderland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the results of the new treatment service for gambling addiction in Sunderland.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will he make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling the backdating of pre-payment prescription claims to more than one month.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NICE guidance on chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis will be updated to remove graded exercise in response to...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources he has made available to primary care settings to help patients with long-term covid-19 related symptoms.

      Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence has plans to update is guidance on Naltrexone and opioid antagonists as a...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the provision of Tier 3 weight management services for people living with obesity; and if he...

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to develop an updated plan to reduce the prevalence of obesity.

      Methadone: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2020 to Question 61461 on Methadone: Prescriptions, what discussion his department has had with Public...

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the public health budget has been in each year since 2010.

      Health Services: Immigrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many migrants have received bills for healthcare treatment in error during the exemption period for charges due to the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Education

    • School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are able to offer free fruit and vegetables for children aged four to six, following the suspension of the School Fruit and Vegetable...

    • Science: Coroanvirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to provide the (a) We the Curious centre in Bristol and (b) other...

      Universities: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a bespoke support package for universities in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Secondary Education: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support Year 12 students who are preparing for A-level examinations in 2021 with (a) educational catch up, (b) the university...

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timeframe is for the restarting of in-person tutoring for people with Special Educational Needs as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Department for Education: Cybercrime and Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) digital skills and (b) cyber skills; and to whom that funding has been allocated.

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish details of the tutoring scheme to help children catch up on lessons missed as a result of the covid-19 lockdown.

      Apprentices: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the reduction in the number of apprentice places in the construction industry.

      Apprentices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to introduce flexibility in the use of Apprenticeship Levy funds to help mitigate the effects of the covid-19 outbreak...

      Universities: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take to ensure academic standards are maintained by UK universities that amend course material to comply with Chinese...

      Children: Academic Year

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support and activities will be available to vulnerable children during the summer holidays in 2020.

      Schools: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of this Department's funding streams will be used to allocate funding to schools for mental wellbeing in September 2020.

      Disabled Students' Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's announcement of 6 July 2020 on (a) changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance and (b)...

      Disabled Students' Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have received funding through the Disabled Students’ Allowance greater than the value of £25,000 in each of the last...

      Disabled Students' Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's announcement of 6 July 2020 on changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance, whether he plans to continue to publish...

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing recommendation 68 of the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic...

      Schools: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools in the Birmingham city local authority area are adequately funded to enable a return to operations five...

      Overseas Students: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what step his Department is taking to encourage the return of international students to UK universities.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing London Metropolitan University's student number control limit.

      Assessments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help support home schooled pupils who were due sit exams in summer 2020 in the event that those pupils are...

      GCE A-level: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average total A-level point score was for (a) White British, (b) Indian, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) Pakistani, (e) Black African, (f) Black...

      GCE A-level: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) White British, (b) Indian, (c) Bangladeshi, (d) Pakistani, (e) Black African, (f) Black Caribbean, (g) mixed...

      Children: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of support for children’s mental health and well-being on levels of academic attainment.

      Educational Visits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has issued guidance to schools that have had residential trips cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak but have been unable to...

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support ESOL teaching that has been disrupted by the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of (a) trained personnel and (b) funding allocated to schools to provide mental health services to BAME...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a strategy for schools setting out his plan for pupils in the event of (a) local and (b) national lockdown to prevent the...

      Kickstart Scheme: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Kickstart Scheme on apprenticeship starts; and if he will publish that modelling.

      Further Education:Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Question 64242 on Covid-19 Education Catch-up Fund, what assessment he has made of the effect of lost...

      GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) GCSE and (b) A-level pupils who were unable to sit exams are not unfairly penalised by not having the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Marriage: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to extend the period of validity for notices of marriage for weddings unable to take place as a result of the covid-19 lockdown...

    • Pets: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of pet theft offences have been awarded a prison sentence in each of the last three years; and what the average length was of...

      Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been of landlords offering accommodation in return for sex under the offence of causing prostitution for gain under...

      Marriage: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) raising the marriage age to 18 and (b) removing parental consent to (i) protect children and...

      Courts: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional criminal court capacity created by reducing the number of jurors from 12 to seven due to the social...

      Courts: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal court rooms have been in use in each criminal court on each day in the last 12 months.

      Prison Officers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the pay award for prison officers following the recommendations made by the Prison Service Pay Review Body.

      Wellingborough Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether minimum staffing levels at the new...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Human Rights: Yemen

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Written Statement of 7 July 2020 on Trade Update, what alleged incidents of violations of International Humanitarian...

    • Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of credible reports of international humanitarian law breaches required to be recorded that would...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has received representations on establishing a scheme for British households to provide...

    • Building Regulations: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to amend building regulations to ensure the reduction of indoor air pollution.

      Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer (b) District Councils’ Network on...

      Empty Dwelling Management Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Empty Dwelling Management Orders in enabling local authorities to...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are required to comply with the Duty to Co-operate to fulfil unmet affordable housing needs.

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a Housing Conversion Fund to support social...

      Supported Housing: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of properties in the exempt accommodation sector that were ineligible...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the funding available for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 will be included in the £12.2...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the starts on site reported in the 2019-20 Homes England Housing Statistics Tables 1 April 2019 – 31...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish a social housing White Paper.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 12 March, 23 April and 25 June from the hon. Member for Basildon and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his answer of 6 July to the oral question from the Hon. Member for Kingston Upon Hull West and Hessle, Official Report, Column 659,...

    • Chinook Helicopters: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the hourly cost is of an RAF Chinook flying on Operation Newcombe; and what the cost of repairing those aircraft has been since July 2018.

      Armed Forces: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel on Operation Newcombe sustained injuries from (a) enemy and (b) friendly action.

      Armed Forces: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF Weapon Systems Operators Rotary Wing personnel and (b) RAF Regiment Gunners are deployed in Mali on Operation Newcombe; and what their...

      Chinook Helicopters: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Chinook aircraft deployed on Operation Newcombe have been hit by ground fire.

      Armed Forces: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK personnel deployed on Operation Newcombe have fired on enemy positions in Mali.

      Chinook Helicopters: Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Chinook helicopters deployed in Mali have transported captured enemy personnel in that country.

      Ministry of Defence: Employers' Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 70308 on Ministry of Defence: Employers' Liability, what the total amount of compensation paid out by...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, how many claims for noise-related hearing loss were settled between 2015 to 2019; and what the...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for post-traumatic stress disorder were settled between 2015 to 2019; and how much...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the highest possible level of compensation is through the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for (a) noise-induced hearing loss and (b) Post...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 68348 on Jobcentres: Staff, if her Department will publish the guidance issued to Work...

    • State Retirement Pensions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people over 64 years old to claim the state pension during the covid-19...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service is currently contacting people who are believed to owe child maintenance payments.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Child Maintenance Service will resume enforcement action against people who owe child maintenance payments.

      Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to relax the qualifying conditions for Statutory Sick Pay to enable people contracted for 16 hours per week on...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department is taking to reach the public sector apprenticeship target.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of roll-on benefits for people in receipt of (a) income support, (b)...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of fees and charges levied on the provision of medical letters on the number of people that bring...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of rolling on existing claims for housing benefit during the five week...

      Child Maintenance Service: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service.

      Kickstart Scheme: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department plans to promote the take-up of the Kickstart Scheme in the private sector.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Kickstart Scheme will be targeted at regions with higher levels of youth unemployment.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commit to a peer-reviewed evaluation of the Kickstart Scheme after its implementation.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her plans are for the personal independence payments assessment centre in Bangor.

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have had a claim under the non-consensual sex exemption to the two child limit have had their claim for (a) child tax...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the appeals process is for rejected claims under the non-consensual sex exemption to the two child limit for (a) child tax credits and...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Official Development Assistance programmes that his Department funds focus on supporting women and girls.

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to ensure it is able to (a) implement legally enforceable (i)...

      Seabed: Bomb Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the existing evidence base for deflagration as an alternative to the high-order...

      Animal Welfare: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have access to a fully trained Animal Welfare Inspector to undertake the enforcement of the Animal...

      Air Pollution: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of air pollution caused by the incineration of recyclable waste during...

      Recreation Spaces: Plants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure a diversity of trees and plants in local parks and green spaces to reduce the incidence of...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of air pollution is to the economy.

      UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of goods consignments from Great Britain to Northern Ireland...

      Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any additional costs will be charged for consignments of agri-food goods entering the Single Epidemiological Unit...

      Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure compliance with the Stockholm Convention by ensuring disposal of furniture containing...

      Welsh Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to replace OFWAT executives for failing to supervise Welsh Water.

      River Wye: Phosphates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to review the management of the Environment Agency in light of phosphate levels in the River Wye.

      Partridges and Pheasants: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pheasant and partridge (a) poults and (b) fertilised eggs were imported into the UK in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and...

      Gun Sports: Lead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to promote the use of steel shot as an alternative to lead shot.

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of catch limits for fish stocks of interest to the UK complied with the scientific advice provided by the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 16 March 2020, 14 April...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding to cover additional costs incurred by local authorities from 2023 as a...

      Special Areas of Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for special areas of conservation in the UK.

      Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of free flowing rivers.

      Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of chemical pesticides.

      Organic Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to increase the amount of land which is organically farmed.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what the...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 42 of The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, what estimate...

      Water Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ensure that the supply of (a) chemicals and (b) materials for the treatment of (i) drinking...

  • Home Office

    • Deportation: West Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 174681, Deportation West Africa, how many of the 60 individuals on board the...

    • Asylum: Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women and girls with an FGM protection order have applied for asylum in the UK as at July 2020.

      Human Trafficking: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government will take to give victims of human trafficking immunity from crimes they were forced to commit whilst under the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the agreement between her Department and her French counterpart on creating a joint intelligence...

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to grant non-British Nationals Overseas Hong Kongers (a) asylum and (b) refugee status on the grounds of...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans she to commissioning a fourth edition of the Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test handbook.

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Life in the UK Test refund (a) and (b) complaint forms her Department has received; and how many refund requests her Department has...

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid out by her Department in refund requests after people submitted a Life in the UK Test: refund request or complaint...

      British Citizenship

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to issue guidance to caseworkers considering applications for British citizenship on not refusing an application in the event...

      Naturalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of implementing recommendation 78 of the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship...

      Pets: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the lack of a specific offence of pet theft on (a) the police's ability to record...

      Overseas Students: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will exempt international students from the mandatory covid-19 quarantine period of two weeks.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department of 13 July 2020 on Covid-19:...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will complete and publish the Safeguarding Framework for its asylum accommodation service and contract.

      Migrant Workers: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the document entitled The UK’s Points-Based Immigration System - Further Details, published 13 July 2020, what steps...

      Immigrants: Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of No Recourse to Public Funds rules on levels of rough sleeping.

      Asylum: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to limit the spread of covid-19 during the process of claiming asylum for asylum seekers in the UK.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department have taken to prevent the spread of covid-19 in asylum seekers' accomodation.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral answer of the The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department of 13 July 2020 on Covid-19:...

      Asylum: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the (a) dates and (b) redacted minutes of the meetings of the Home Office’s Safeguarding Board for the AASC /AIRE...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been classed as (a) having specific needs and (b) at risk under Annex G to Schedule 2 Statement of Requirements and...

      Asylum: Glasgow

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were in full board hotels in the UK on 30 June 2020; how many hotels are being used for that purpose; what the...

      Asylum: Glasgow

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to order a Home office investigation into (a) the circumstances and results of Mears Group’s decision to move 321...

      Asylum: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer on 14 July 2020 to Question 71801, what steps were taken prior to her decision to lift the pause on asylum support...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 July 2019, Official Report, HCWS1803, on Immigration, stating that her Department accepted...

      Social Security Benefits: Glasgow Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in Glasgow Central are designated as having no recourse to public funds.

      Airguns: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February to Question 12342 on Airguns: Regulation, for what reason her Department has not published its...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is provided to potential victims of human trafficking who are also asylum seekers in section 98 accommodation awaiting their...

      Amazon Web Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department made of the effect on security of the four-year contract awarded to Amazon Web Services in December 2019.

  • Department for International Development

    • Eswatini: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her (a) South African and (b) Eswatini counterpart on securing (i) affordable electricity for the...

    • Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to maintain the Government's commitments under the Nutrition for Growth global pledging moment after...

      Palestinians: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the 2019-20 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between her Department and the Palestinian Authority, what assessment...

      Iraq: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will urgently make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of bilateral overseas development...

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the economic recovery of developing countries affected by the covid-19 pandemic.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scots Gaelic Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking to help protect the Gaelic language in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

    • Scots Gaelic Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the number of Gaelic speakers in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much energy from renewable energy sources has been produced from his departmental buildings in each of the last five years.

    • Cabinet Office: Carers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place a copy in the Library of his Department's guidance on the benefits available to staff in his Department who are carers.

      Care Homes: Birmingham

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths occurred in care homes in Birmingham, Hall Green in each month in 2019.

      Census: Coronavirus

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the organisation of the Census.

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Hong Kong British Nationals Overseas who move to the UK will be eligible to vote in (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national elections.

      Civil Servants: Location

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on implementing the Places for Growth programme.

      Cabinet Office: Apprentices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to meet the public sector apprenticeship target.

      Brexit

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his oral statement on 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1271, on what date was that legal advice presented to his Department.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many potential locations for physical customs inspection sites his Department has identified; what consultation his Department has undertaken with...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published 13 July 2020, how much advance notice will be provided...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the policy paper entitled, The Border Operating Model Border, published on 13 July 2020, whether Smart Freight Service would be...

  • Treasury

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing VAT on residential extensions and alterations to support the construction sector.

    • Tourist Attractions: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement of a temporary reduction of VAT to five per cent on admission to certain attractions, if he will provide further...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the furlough scheme for (a) the exhibition and conference sector and (b) other sectors which require long lead-in times to re-establish...

      Redundancy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to introduce a tax and National Insurance holiday for people receiving the notice period of pay after being made redundant.

      Small Businesses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has made an assessment of the effect of VAT regulations on the financial sustainability of small businesses that have been affected by the covid-19...

      Self-employed: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling newly self-employed people who do not qualify for the Self-Employment Income Support...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of backdating the temporary reduction in Stamp Duty Land Tax to 1 July 2020.

      Stamp Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether eligibility for the increase in the stamp duty threshold (a) is extended to UK residents only and (b) includes overseas property investors.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme of supporting beyond October 2020 people (a) who have...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the residence nil-rate band policy for inheritance of property.

      Housing Improvement and Stamp Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) backdate the stamp duty holiday for people who have recently purchased a property and (b) provide financial support to people who...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Arts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to exempt arts institutions that are unable to operate from contributing to the cost of furloughing their staff in August 2020.

      Customs: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have made an assessment of the likelihood of the technology needed for new customs and regulatory processes between Great Britain and Northern...

      Import Duties: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 25 on page 11 of the document entitled, The UK's Approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol, what assessment HMRC has made of...

      Government Securities: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing green gilts.

      Customs Declaration Services Programme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of individual customs declarations the CHIEF system can process in each of the next five years.

      Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the policy paper entitled, The Border Operating Model Border, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate has HMRC made of the number of...

      Customs Declaration Services Programme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of customs declarations currently take place on the Customs Declaration Service.

      Rugby: World Cup

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a commemorative coin for the Rugby League World Cup due to be held in England in 2021.

      Mortgages: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the mortgage lending sector on easing the financial pressures faced by people paying double...

      Gambling: Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the gambling industry on tackling money laundering in that industry; and if he will make a statement.

      Gambling: Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary and (b) Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on tackling money laundering in...

      Gambling: Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on effective data sharing between...

      Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the eligibility criteria for business rates relief.

      Climate Change Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next edition of the Climate Change Levy and Carbon Price Floor bulletin.

      Food: Wholesale Trade

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made (a) for the implications for his policies of recent wholesale food data from the Federation of Wholesale Distributors and the...

      Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to not raise the rates of (a) income tax, (b) National Insurance and (c) VAT during the 2019 Parliament.

      Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to maintain the triple lock on pensions.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to UK businesses of complying with new customs rules required after the end of the transition period.

      Wholesale Trade: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the data collected by the Federation of Wholesale Distributors on the risk to...

      Revenue and Customs: Ealing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of the proposed closure of the HMRC office at International House, Ealing.

      Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of traders who qualify for a Duty Deferment Account.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Border Operating Model, published on 13 July 2020, what estimate he has made of the timescale for applying for a deferment account number.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of traders who will need to obtain GB Economic Operator Registration and Identification numbers.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's oral statement of 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1268, on EU Exit: End of Transition Period,...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition...

      Bank Services: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many accounts in UK financial institutions have been held by non-residents in each country of residence; what the (a) total and (b) median (i) value...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will he extend the furlough scheme to people that are clinically vulnerable to covid-19 and shielding but have not used that scheme and are unable to...

      Revenue and Customs: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current lease arrangements are for HMRC Regional Centres throughout the UK; what the (a) duration and (b) end date is of each those leases; and...

      Revenue and Customs: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of staff throughout HMRC; and whether he plans to recruit additional staff to HMRC as a result of...

      Eat Out to Help Out Scheme: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential for fraudulent claims in relation to the Eat out, help out programme; and if he will make a statement.

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Maternity Leave

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64246 on Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Maternity Leave, whether self-employed women who took...

      Companies: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to enable the provision of financial support equivalent to dividends income for (a) sole directors and (b) sole employees of...

      Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether eat in food business that are restricted to providing take away services due to covid-19 social distancing guidance are eligible for the Eat Out to...

      Digital Technology: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the US suspending talks on a global tech tax framework on the Government's plans for a digital services tax.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to The Border with the European Union: Importing and Exporting Goods, published on 13 July 2020, what comparative assessment assessment he...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Dance: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether dance studios can reopen for educational activities for school children if they adhere to the same covid-19 social...

    • Science: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional financial support to the (a) We, The Curious...

      Bowling: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to allow the re-opening of tenpin bowling centres as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to promote the £200 million available in vouchers to SMEs under the Rural Gigabit...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Infrastructure Projects Authority has marked the (a) Local Full Fibre Networks and (b) Rural Gigabit...

      VJ Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he is putting in place to celebrate VJ day in August 2020.

      Outdoor Recreation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will produce guidance to support (a) festivals and (b) other outdoor events to reopen safely as covid-19 lockdown...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, what plans he has to publish the clear and...

      Football: Sponsorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to ban betting companies from being front of shirt football sponsors.

      Broadband: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the broadband universal service obligation to increase the...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, who will have oversight of removal of Huawei...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 678,...

      Arts and Cultural Heritage: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date his Department plans to open applications for grants and loans as part of the Government's £1.57 billion...

      Concert Halls and Theatres: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) theatres, (b) live music venues, (c) concert halls and (d) arenas on the average capacity...

      Mobile Phones: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what advice the National Cyber Security Centre gave to mobile network operators on precautionary steps for limiting network...

      Culture: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2020 to Question 71842 on Culture: Coronavirus, if he will publish the further detailed...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he had made of the effect on UK telecommunications networks of US sanctions on Huawei before his oral...

      Pornography: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions the Government has received representations from people in other jurisdictions wanting to learn about...

      Pornography: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether online pornography operators will fall within the requirement to provide a duty of care as proposed in the Online...

      Toys and Games: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to include provisions to prevent the sale of unsafe toys by third party sellers on online...

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a backlog of applications for driving licences at the DVLA; if so, what is the size of that backlog; and when they expect any backlog to be cleared.

    • Network Rail: Toilets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require Network Rail to ensure the provision of toilet facilities for the exclusive use of biologically female staff members as well as...

      A27: East Sussex

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what work has been done by Highways England (1) to assess, (2) to quantify, and (3) to monetise, the environmental impacts of the proposed new dual carriageway...

      Belfast City Airport: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with airlines about restoring flights to and from George Best Belfast City Airport.

      Aviation and Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to electrify short-haul flights and short-distance marine travel as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions;...

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to electrify railways as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions; and when they will publish any such plans, including any anticipated...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to install overhead cabling on highways for heavy goods vehicles as part of a roadmap to reach net zero emissions;...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund energy efficiency improvements for (1) rental, (2) council, and (3) other social, housing.

    • Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to support innovation in zero emissions in primary industries and manufacturing, and (2) to de-risk investment in demonstration and...

      Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support innovation in zero emissions in primary industries and manufacturing, including (1) metal recycling and production, (2) ceramics...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for increasing the proportion of electric cars sold by introducing a trading obligation on manufacturers; and what plans...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • China: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the government of China’s proposed draft data security law on UK companies with operations based in China in...

    • Hong Kong: National Security

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the potential for the government of China's national security law to prevent the departure of citizens from Hong...

      Iraq: Internally Displaced People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council in the report Visit to Iraq: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent representations they have made to the government of Israel about the planned annexation of parts of the West Bank.

      Immigrants: Hong Kong

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of holders of British National (Overseas) status in Hong Kong, and (2) their dependants, who are expected to...

  • Department for Education

    • Sex and Relationship Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Berridge on 4 June (HL4788, HL4789 and HL4790), whether parents will have the right to withdraw...

    • Schools: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the issue of children missing from school rolls.

      Arts: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of schools cutting subjects from the curriculum on the need to protect arts subjects.

      Education: Racial Discrimination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with Universities UK about combating racism in medical schools.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether payments for the COVID Summer Food Fund are to continue for Year 11 and 13 pupils after 26 June.

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Industrial Health and Safety: Factories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what health and safety regulations are in place to protect workers' rights in clothing factories; and what assessment they have made of the adherence to those...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Rivers: Swimming

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce designated bathing waters in UK rivers.

    • Recreation Spaces: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to inform and educate the public about their rights of access to land under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 in order to improve...

      Fisheries: Greenland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of Denmark and Greenland about a fisheries agreement with Greenland; and whether they intend to conclude any...

  • Home Office

    • Hong Kong: British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 1 July (HC Deb, col 329) that holders of a British National (Overseas)...

    • Hong Kong: British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government on what legal basis they offered British National (Overseas) passport-holders in Hong Kong a route to British citizenship.

      Asylum: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they use to assess the risk to the lives of LGBT asylum seekers from Russia, and in particular the Chechen Republic.

      Isa Muazu

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce the results of their review into the deportation of Isa Muazu in 2013.

      Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases deportation orders have been suspended because new information has emerged following the Home Office’s decision.

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that asylum seekers deported by the UK have access to appropriate support in their destination countries.

      Asylum: Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they share with the governments of destination countries for asylum seekers deported from the UK.

      Detention Centres: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in UK immigration removal centres.

      Immigrants: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many immigration detention cases they have reviewed since the Home Office committed to review urgently the cases of every person held in immigration detention.

      Detention Centres: Risk Assessment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the findings of the report by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration Annual Inspection of...

      Crime Prevention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish (1) a Green Paper or (2) a White Paper, on crime prevention.

      Police: Public Order

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they use the term "aggravated activism" in government documents relating to policing and public order; and if so, what is their definition of that term.

      Offences against Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their paper on group-based child sexual exploitation due to be published this year will include consideration of any (1) racial, and (2)...

      Female Genital Mutilation: Family Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal challenges they have pursued in relation to the deportation of girls at risk of female genital mutilation in the Family Court in each of...

      Female Genital Mutilation: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 March (HL2071), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, how many reports of...

      Passports: Administrative Delays

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a backlog of applications for passports; if so, what is the size of the backlog; and when they expect this backlog to be cleared.

  • Treasury

    • Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to reduce carbon emissions by introducing a road usage duty, and whether they will publish any such assessment.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Broadcasting: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the decision by Ofcom to uphold the Complaint by Mr Peter Humphrey about China 24 and News Hour, published in the Ofcom Broadcast and On Demand...

    • Sports: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of financial difficulties faced by local football and other sports clubs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, what assessment they have made...

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