Written answers

Friday, 5 February 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Instruction: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of providing compensation to learner drivers whose theory test certificate has expired before...

    • Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the DVLA's policy is on advising people whether they can participate in driving theory tests.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support he is offering to businesses that have been allowed to remain open but suffered a significant loss in...

    • Retail Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the evidence base informing the decision to allow click and collect services to continue during the...

      Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to open a second tranche of applications for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund.

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on independent retailers of the repayment of bounce back loans...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to hairdressers during the covid-19...

      Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Royal Mail are pursuing a policy of prioritising the delivery of premium products.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support long term studies into covid-19 immunity.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new SARS-CoV-2 variants.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new covid-19 variants.

      Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department’s plans are to increase the UK’s vaccine manufacturing capacity to meet future demand.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the capacity of AstraZeneca to deliver sufficient quantities of its covid-19 vaccine to...

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much revenue the Insolvency Service has collected in bankruptcy fees from leaseholders in high-rise private...

      Companies: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to review the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 with reference to provisions...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England,...

      Met Office: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of employment and investment in the South West of the Met Office...

      Met Office: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the Met Office on its plan to locate part of its new super-computer abroad.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the net zero strategy will be published; and whether it will include the emissions reductions required to meet the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the prospects of the UK's negotiations with the EU on the UK’s future association...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for the UK’s future association with the Horizon Europe programme.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for the UK’s future association with the Horizon Europe programme.

      Fossil Fuels: Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister’s announcement of 12 December 2020 that the Government was ending all UKEF...

      Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to replace the non-domestic renewal heat incentive scheme; and when he will publish those...

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of geothermal energy to contribute to the UK's net zero target.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Iron and Steel: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to his Answer to Question 100 at the Oral Evidence session of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee of 20 January, whether...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many yellow card notifications have been recorded by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority for each of the...

    • Ophthalmic Services: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in ophthalmology services on the NHSX commitment to ensure that shared care records will be fully rolled out...

      Conditions of Employment: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the family of Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong to discuss working conditions of pregnant women during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information (a) NHS England and (b) his Department holds on the cost to the NHS for late diagnosis of Crohn’s disease or...

      Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data (a) NHS England and (b) his Department holds on how many delays or cancellations of procedures and investigations there has...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.

      Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 80 years and over did the NHS have recorded as living in each NHS region in England as of 1 January 2021.

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to assess the mental wellbeing of people living alone who have been furloughed.

      Midwives: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwifery-led units there were in Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the roll-out of the covid-19 vaccine does not have a negative effect on clinical trials for...

      Coronavirus: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the letter of 13 November 2020 from the Leader of Kingston upon Hull City Council, Stephen Brady OBE, on the levels of...

      Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 102801 on Disease Control: Newcastle upon Tyne, where the data for confirmed cases...

      Birth Rate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) reasons for and (b) implications for his policies of the recent decline in the annual birth rate.

      Coronavirus: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced in January 2021, what the maximum distance is that people are permitted to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the help available on the gov.uk website for people having difficulty...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allow people without covid-19 symptoms to get a rapid covid-19 lateral flow test in the run up to Christmas 2020.

      Home Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making regular repeat covid-19 tests available to domiciliary care users.

      Respiratory System: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients with respiratory conditions are prioritised for covid-19 testing.

      Coronavirus: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure key workers in Suffolk receive same day testing for covid-19.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses methods other than HSA4 forms for collecting data on abortions involving the home use of both sets of...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Members' Constituency Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase capacity within the contact tracing policy team responsible for answering enquiries from hon. Members; and...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made in the Cambridge University and AstraZ lighthouse Laboratory PCR testing.

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people contacted through the NHS Test and Trace service have been asked to self-isolate to a date that has already passed from...

      Health Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to elderly residents in (a) West Bromwich East constituency and (b) the wider West Midlands who...

      Health Professions: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland’s survey...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) allowing self-isolating individuals to visit family members in care homes who...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 93648, whether any of the 29 companies sub-contracted by Serco to deliver contact...

      NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 140829 on NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020, how many of...

      Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the healthcare needs of disabled people and their families in Dudley North constituency during the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2020 to Question 106468 on Coronavirus: Screening, if he will issue advice to people unable to...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what average length of time is for a care home to receive the results of their covid-19 tests, after they have been received by the courier.

      NHS Test and Trace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 December 2020 to Question 100550 on Coronavirus: Contact Tracing, in what format his Department holds...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to stop the appearance of incorrect or phantom notifications from the NHS covid-19 app.

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the covid-19 mobile testing unit for Oaks Park High School in the Ilford North constituency did not arrive on Sunday 13...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the established contact tracing expertise in (a) sexual health services, (b)TB clinics and (c) environmental health services is...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 test results from testing facilities being set up and run by universities can be entered on the Government track and...

      NHS Test and Trace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT problems have resulted in the NHS Test and Trace service being unable to carry out contact tracing since that system was...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of research into low-grade gliomas in each of the last five years.

      Coronavirus: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of tests in the Liverpool mass covid-19 testing programme have returned positive results; and how that rate compares with...

      Coronavirus: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the four covid-19 mobile testing units operating in the Humber, how many members of staff working in those units have...

      Dentistry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) private general dental practitioners, (b) general dental practitioners offering a mix of NHS and private treatment, (c) NHS...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to protect covid-19 testing site workers on outsourced contracts carrying out aerosol generating...

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the effect of new research into the range and frequency of covid-19 symptoms on the adequacy of his...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Innova lateral flow studies conducted in Liverpool, how many participants were double tested at the site with Innova...

      Coronavirus Self-isolation Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of shortfall in funding to local councils to meet demand for discretionary self isolation...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that blood (a) tests and (b) donations remain safe from the transmission of covid-19.

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there is a delay in data being inputted onto the national covid-19 contact tracing database.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Government's operational plans for the roll-out of mass testing throughout areas that are placed into Tier 3...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2020 to Question 119973 on Coronavirus: Screening, what the (a) total number and (b) proportion of...

      Coronavirus: Lone Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to expand eligibility for the Test and Trace Support Payment to working single parents who do not have...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to release an updated version of the Impact of false-positives and false-negatives in the UK’s...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when laboratory covid-19 testing capacity will be able to meet demand.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in the Cambridge University and AstraZ lighthouse Laboratory PCR testing on the proportion of (a) false...

  • Wales Office

    • Hydrogen: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on a strategy to boost exports of Welsh hydrogen technology.

    • Hydrogen: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the Government plans to set a target for hydrogen production in Wales.

      Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the role hydrogen passenger vehicles can play in supporting the growth of the...

      Hydrogen: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to grow the hydrogen economy in Wales.

      Hydrogen: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the Government plans to set a target for the deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure in Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Older Workers: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the digital skills of older workers.

    • Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding is available to support the mental health of pupils and staff at (a) school and (b) home for the duration of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Extended Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to provide financial support to the wraparound and holiday childcare sector during the period of national restrictions...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021.

      Languages: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of qualified modern foreign language teachers in England who took part in the Erasmus scheme.

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have a sibling who attends the same school in England and Wales.

      Remote Education: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many electronic devices to support remote learning have been distributed to each educational institution in Darlington during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many lateral flow tests bought for schools are left over as a result of the change in the school testing strategy.

      Childminding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend the use of covid-19 home testing kits to childminders.

      Apprentices: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what method were people making apprenticeship starts between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021 recruited.

      Supply Teachers: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to compensate education supply staff in England and Wales through the Flexible Furlough Scheme in line with supply staff in Scotland...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to review the criteria for critical workers in order to reduce the number of children attending school during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Assessments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to ensure examinations for pupils who are currently in Years 10 and 12 will be able to go ahead in 2022.

      Further Education: Remote Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2021 to Question 137964 on Further Education: Computers, by which date further education providers will have (a)...

      Department for Education: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv)...

      Non-teaching Staff: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has published on support staff attending schools during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.

      Higher Education: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to offset the additional cost of educational delivery in Greater London and ensure that London university and college students...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of the Industrial Strategy in...

    • Remand in Custody: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the effects of lack of access to (a) support, (b) education and training, and(c) visits during stage 4 covid-19...

      Styal Prison: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how (a) many and (b) what ethnicity of women were known to be pregnant while (i) on remand or (ii) serving a sentence in HMP Styal on (A) 31 March and...

      Ministry of Justice: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv)...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what targets he has...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what estimate he has...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what assessment he has...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, which areas have a...

  • Church Commissioners

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to develop a viable infantry fighting vehicle capability that meets the Army’s requirements to allow soldiers safely to...

    • Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on armed forces personnel who served in Northern Ireland.

      Veterans: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ongoing investigations there are involving former serving personnel who served in Northern Ireland.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter placed in the Library from the hon. Member for Plymouth, Moor View and the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 133121,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission a review on processes relating to winter fuel payments to ensure that all qualifying recipients are paid (a) accurately...

    • Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in the payment of the winter fuel payment.

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the winter fuel payment were paid (a) prior to 31 December 2020 and (b) from 1 January to 1 February 2021; and how many...

      Unemployment: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment amongst 25 to 30 year olds and (b) steps her Department is...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart work placements have been created by industry since that scheme was introduced.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 132962 on Epilepsy, how many of the 47 staff members that have declared having epilepsy...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of cases transferred from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service where the debt...

      Social Security Benefits: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the average waiting time at welfare assessment centres in the most recent period for which figures...

      Contracts: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of holding external contractors liable for costs incurred when appeals against...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 141547 on Social Security Benefits: Disability, what comparison her Department has made...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled workers have had their Access to Work application delayed; and for what reasons those applications were delayed.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been received by the Access to Work programme in each year since its launch.

      Kickstart Scheme: Third Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) charities and (b) social enterprises have offered placements under the Kickstart scheme.

      Universal Credit: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of armed forces veterans who have been subject to universal credit sanctions since the rollout of the...

      Pensions: Canada

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to UK pensioners living in Canada, if she will make it her policy to agree to the formal request made by the Canadian...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to reduce the taper rate of universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak to help alleviate staff shortages.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of the Industrial...

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are considering changing careers as a result of the covid-19.

      Sick Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the rate of Statutory Sick Pay on the level of compliance with self-isolation rules during the...

      Kickstart Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 133802 on Kickstart Scheme: Disability, what plans she has to record the main disability...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 133801 on Disability Employment Advisors, how many disability employment advisors were...

      Ventilation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) formal written advice notices and (b) enforcement notices issued by HSE in each month since March 2020...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new job placements are being funded by the Kickstart programme.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work placements have been created under the Kickstart scheme as of January 2021.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) jobs created by, (b) placement started at and (c) applications made to the Kickstart scheme.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Cheese: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the ability of cheesemakers based...

    • Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s answer to oral question 911441 on 27 January 2021, what the timetable is for...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of natural systems in (a) the UK and (b) globally to deliver the...

      Ivory Act 2018

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to implement the Ivory Act 2018.

      Plastics: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research into new methods to recycle plastics.

      Food Supply: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Food and Other Essential Supplies to the Vulnerable Ministerial Task Force has been disbanded.

      Horse Riding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support (a) riding schools and (b) livery yards during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of...

      Veterinary Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of regulating veterinary services to (a) strengthen animal...

      Animal Welfare: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the link between those who commit domestic abuse offences as well as animal welfare...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii)...

      Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of natural, plant-based pesticides instead of chemical-based products.

      Food: Origin Marking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to further expand and market the UK's Geographical Indications Scheme, which came into...

      Supermarkets: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department can make available to vulnerable individuals who are unable to afford minimum spending...

      Coronavirus: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require crews of foreign fishing boats landing their catches in English ports to show negative covid-19...

      Fishing Vessels: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many inspections his Department conducted on (a) British fishing boats and (b) overseas fishing boats in (i) each month...

      Fisheries: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the economic viability...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the suicide rate amongst police officers.

    • Financial Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports were filed with regulators in (a) the UK and (b) other countries by UK based financial institutions in...

      Airguns: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of the law have occurred as a result of a person between the ages of 14 and 17 using an airgun unsupervised on private...

      Drugs: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Police Scotland and (b) the British Transport Police on county lines.

      Police: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the economic effect on police officers of their pay freeze.

      Immigration: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for leave to remain her Department has received from Commonwealth service personnel in each of the last five years.

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how applicants taking the Life in the UK citizenship test are able to find out the (a) number of incorrect answers and (b) correct answers...

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure Life in the UK citizenship test centres (a) correctly inform applicants of their results and (b) receive...

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Life in the UK citizenship tests taken have been passed by nationality annually since 2010 in (a) English,...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • India: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the Indian Government's legislative reforms to farming on...

    • British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provision is being made for UK citizens who are residing overseas and in priority categories for covid-19 vaccination.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii)...

      China: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has had discussions with the Chinese Ambassador on sanctioning trade with (a) China and (b)...

      China: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Ambassador on the Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang Province of China.

      China: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional steps the (a) UK Government and (b) UN are planning to take in response to the human rights abuses...

      BBC World Service: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reducing ODA and non-ODA funding in 2021 on the...

      Turks and Caicos Islands: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the UK Government is providing for the protection of (a) biodiversity and (b) aquatic biodiversity in...

      Palestinians: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received a copy of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency Curriculum Framework in the West Bank...

      Palestinians: Remote Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Canadian and (b) Australian counterpart on the investigations those...

      Palestinians: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has allocated all of the People for Peaceful Change budget to date.

      Iran: Nuclear Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2021 to Question 136502 on Iran: Nuclear Reactors, what recent discussions he...

      Western Sahara: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 26 January to Question 139168 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, is Morocco listed...

      Western Sahara: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 26 January to Question 139167 on Western Sahara: Trade Agreements, were the Saharawi people...

      Iraq: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s technical support to the Peshmerga...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Written Statement of 26 January on Development Update, how he plans to allocate the £8...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Official Development Assistance spend was in 2019 for (a) climate and biodiversity, (b) covid and global...

      Kashmir: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps to support the International People's Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Marketing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii)...

    • Parish Councils: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the cost to parish councils of dealing with freedom of information...

      Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current response time is for the Parliamentary Ombudsman to respond to correspondence and questions...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland,...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Community Development and Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the average increase in demand for the services of voluntary and community organisations has been since the start of the...

    • Community Development and Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding for voluntary and community organisations lost since the start of the...

      BBC: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on access to BBC services of the decision by the BBC to stop supporting their output...

      Gift Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of proposals to temporarily increase...

      Charities: Shops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the support available...

      Voluntary Work: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of volunteering in the voluntary and community sector since the start of...

      Charities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to provide an additional funding support package for charities during the covid-19 outbreak in the first...

      Community Development and Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many jobs have been lost in the voluntary and community sectors since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish its online Media Literacy Strategy.

      Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the threat to UK public life from (a) professionalised and organised bot...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the use of (a) size and (b) risk as contributing factors in the categorisation of...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in their Department were dedicated to their Department's responsibilities associated with the delivery of...

      Disinformation: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) AI-powered misinformation and (b) political deepfakes.

      Advertising: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing an advertising tax...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Musicians: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of precedents for reciprocal arrangements for touring musicians in existing trade agreements, and in the EU–Canada...

    • Musicians: Work Permits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Barran on 19 January (HL Deb, col 1085), on what date their proposals for enabling musicians to travel and perform in the EU...

      Musicians: Work Permits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Barran on 19 January (HL Deb, col 1085), whether their proposals for enabling musicians to travel and perform in the EU without...

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Radio Frequencies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 15 January (HL11793), what assessment they have made of the resilience of UK merchant ships’...

    • Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they used to determine which countries should be placed on the list of countries from which they have banned travel as a result of the COVID-19...

      Customs: Kent

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide facilities for drivers delayed awaiting customs proceedings in Kent.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether police officers will be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccinations.

    • Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021; and what plans they have to...

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 19 January (HL12090), how many drivers in vehicles with non-UK number plates were identified as...

      Borders: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they did not close the UK’s borders in March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic; and what assessment they have made of the impact of not closing the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Aircraft Carriers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 25 January (HL12034), how many aircraft carriers they plan to deploy in cases of a national...

    • Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are required to give a 15 day period of advance notice of their intention to move armed forces personnel and military equipment from Great Britain to...

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