Written answers

Friday, 26 February 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Infrastructure: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the proposed Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects relating to his Department that the Planning Inspectorate's Examining...

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) recent progress he has made on and (b) future plans he has to electrify rail networks in the north of England.

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for requiring audio-visual announcements to be available on all bus services.

      Driving: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to toilets for taxi, bus, van delivery, lorry and other professional drivers.

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of drivers who are driving under the section 88 provision of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Swansea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle the covid-19 outbreak at the DVLA office in Swansea.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the adequacy of education for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

    • Ellen Townsend

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have had with Professor Ellen Townsend in each of the last 12 months.

      NHS: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce an NHS apprenticeship fund to ensure that unused apprenticeship levy funds are retained in NHS budgets; and if he will...

      Students: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure university students who are required to extend finishing their studies to autumn 2021 as a result of the covid-19...

      Universities: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government protects (a) higher education in London (b) Teaching Grant in London and (c) London weighting...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Space Technology: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support innovation in small satellite propulsion technologies in the context of...

    • Space Technology: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) commercial opportunities arising from the proposal to...

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is providing to Local Enterprise Partnerships in order to stimulate industry growth in the...

      Satellites: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote innovation within the small satellite manufacturing sector; and if he...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to (a) conduct and (b) provide funding for external organisations to conduct research...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2020 to Question 130729 on Research: Finance, what estimate his Department has...

      Click and Collect Services and Retail Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has had made of the difference in covid-19 transmission rates for in-store shopping and...

      Click and Collect Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will (a) list the types of business that are eligible to operate a click-and-collect delivery policy during the...

      Retail Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what scientific evidence on the transmission of covid-19 was used to determine that essential retail should remain open...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether hair salons are permitted to open during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 for the sole purpose...

      Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to extend the range of roles that are eligible for the right to reasonable time off work to carry...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been lent to firms in Northern Ireland under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS);...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many firms who received a Bounce Back Loan since the introduction of that scheme, have filed for insolvency.

      Clothing: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will meet with representatives of (a) garment manufacturers, (b) fashion creatives, (c) retailers, (d) and brands...

      Clothing: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK fashion industry on the effect on that industry of...

      Electric Vehicles: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made in the development of UK supply chains for large scale production of electric...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 116678 on Astra Zeneca: Oxford University, and the Answer of 3...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in holding discussions with the wedding sector to respond to its needs during the covid-19...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to develop a road map to support the wedding sector to open up in a safe and controlled manner...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place for the gradual and safe reopening of the wedding industry to help the people who work in...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 6 November 2020 and 15 January 2021 on behalf...

    • Department for Health and Social Care: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have had with (i) Professor Robert Dingwall, (ii) Professor Carl...

      Whipps Cross University Hospital: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a proposed reduction in bed capacity at the new Whipps Cross Hospital...

      In Vitro Fertilisation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who have returned to the UK after starting IVF treatment overseas can continue to access...

      Wheelchairs: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the waiting period for disabled children to access electric powered wheelchairs; and what assessment he has...

      Pressure Sores: Wheelchairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) children and (b) adults have suffered from pressure sores over the last 12 months as a result of ill-fitting wheelchairs.

      Barts Health NHS Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS England A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions 2020-21 data for January 2021, what assessment he has made...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he plans to publish guidance on the vaccination of unpaid carers against covid-19.

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much has funding allocated to mental health budgets been reduced over the last 10 years.

      Coronavirus: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the request of 1 October 2012 from Liverpool City Region MPs and leaders in a joint statement for the Government to...

      Coronavirus: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's announcement of 18 December 2020 on the introduction of long covid clinics, what plans NHS England has to...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed restrictions on (a) advertising and (b) promotion of on foods high in...

      Food: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of restrictions on the promotion of foods that are high in fat, salt or sugar on...

      China: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the WHO investigation into the origin of the covid-19 virus in Wuhan.

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research on the treatment of long covid.

      Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a formal application was made for funding awarded by the Government to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the covid-19...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timetable for the vaccination of all care home (a) residents and (b) staff in England.

      Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a formal application was made for funding awarded by the Government to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the covid-19...

      Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what formal process the Government used to award funding to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the covid-19 response.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Crime and Justice Task Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets the Crime and Justice Task Force has set for his Department.

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has (a) completed and (b) planned on the use of new technologies as part of the cervical cancer screening...

      Coronavirus: Speech and Language Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on people’s communication, voice and swallowing.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are exempt from wearing face masks do not receive abuse or intimidation...

      Euthanasia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Office for National Statistics to collect data on assisted dying.

      DNACPR Decisions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Care Quality Commission's review of the application without consent of do not apply cardio-pulmonary resuscitation notices...

      Nurses: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the provision of the £10, 000 payment incentive intended to support the 2018-19 cohort of...

      Coronavirus: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 28 September 2020 to Question 86107 and 30 November 2020 to Question 99041 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, if...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to recruit increased numbers of specialist staff to provide (a) bladder and bowel continence and (b)...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide indemnity insurance to local authorities for costs incurred as a result of false negative results from mass...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made on the adequacy of covid-19 testing available to NHS and care workers.

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the effects of covid-19 are (a) non-permanent or reversible, (b) non-progressive and (c) any disability temporary.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department has provided to local authorities to carry out surge covid-19 testing in areas where the South African...

      DNACPR Decisions: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been issued by NHS England on the application without consent of do not apply cardio-pulmonary resuscitation notices to...

      Test and Trace Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding to enable local authorities to continue to provide...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Transplant Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve lung transplantation for people with cystic fibrosis during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Nurses: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the persistent shortages of Registered Nurses in Birmingham’s hospitals as identified by the...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes in England (a) have started and (b) are waiting to begin regular covid-19 testing.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether physiotherapists and other healthcare staff providing patient-facing services in (a) charitable hospices, (b) care homes and (c)...

      Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the resumption of local...

      Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on reducing the number of people with a learning disability and autism in inpatient settings.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were employed as (a) bladder and bowel continence nurses, (b) urology nurses, (c) stoma nurses and (d) pelvic floor...

      Health Services and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further support he plans to make available to the health and social care workforce during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timetable for the re-introduction of close contact care home visits in England.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS staffing data published on 11 February 2021 stating that there are 41,175 covid-19 related absences of staff, what...

      Care Homes: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of bureaucracy required for care providers to access the (a) Infection Control Fund, (b)...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to collect data on carers’ assessments and carers’ respite provision at a national level; and if he will...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) support available to and (b) capacity of the breast imaging and diagnostic workforce.

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) names and (b) qualifications of the members of the executive committee of the NHS Test and Trace programme are; whether...

      DNACPR Decisions: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of do not resuscitate notices being given to patients with...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care homes that have not been given free supplies of covid-19 testing kits can acquire sufficient...

      Food: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposed ban on advertising online food and drink high in salt, fat and sugar, whether products designated as high...

      DNACPR Decisions: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the practice of giving Do Not Resuscitate orders to people living with learning...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason it is his policy to exempt people from wearing face coverings without the need to provide medical proof.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to raise public awareness of exemptions from the requirement to wear coverings in public places during the...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of aesthetic practitioners administering (a) Botulinum toxin and (b) dermal fillers during...

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people with a recorded infection of covid-19 make a full recovery following successful hospital treatment.

      Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how may patients are on the NHS England waiting list for time critical heart surgery.

      Mental Health: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental wellbeing of people who have been shielding during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that both adults' and under 18s' eating disorders services have adequate resources to...

      Cancer: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local contracts are in place with independent hospitals to ensure the provision of Priority 2 cancer surgery operations in England.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Question 139985 on IQVIA: Redundancy, tabled on 19 January 2021 by the hon Member for North Durham, when he plans to provide...

      Hospitals: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) issue guidance on and (b) undertake modifications to hospitals in respect of reducing the risk...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase funding for mental health support (a) immediately, (b) over the next six months, (c) over the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to extend the power to allow Councils to continue meeting remotely, such as in (a) licensing and (b)...

    • Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to extend beyond 7 May 2021 the provisions to allow local authorities to hold all...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals...

      Wigan Council: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cumulative total is of covid-19 related funding allocated to Wigan Council.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 126087 and the Answer of 22 January 2021 to Question 137988,...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of August 27 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on alley...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to further extend planning permission beyond 1 May 2021 for those permissions which lapsed between 23...

  • Treasury

    • Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's timescale is for responding to the scope of qualifying expenditures for R&D Tax Credits consultation that closed on 13 October 2020.

    • Financial Markets: Computer Software

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update regulations on the trading of financial instruments and assets through...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is is taking to support people who have been unable to access the Government's covid-19 financial support schemes to date.

      Sanitary Protection: Vat Zero Rating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the zero-rate of value-added tax for period products is not applied to reusable menstrual underwear that has been specifically designed for...

      Debts: Advisory Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households who (a) will need debt advice in 2021-22 and (b) needed debt advice in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.

      Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a zero-rating of VAT can be applied on face masks that do not meet Public Health England's PPE standards if they are held out for sale for young...

      Advertising: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an advertising tax credit as part of the longer-term covid-19 economic...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 18 March 2020 and email of 6 October 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on VAT and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Developing Countries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish a health systems strengthening position paper.

    • Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of Official Development Assistance spending was allocated to nutrition in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and...

      Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding commitment his Department plans to make at the 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit.

      Developing Countries: Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on levels of wasting, stunting and other...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not endorsed the World Health Organisation's Solidarity Call To Action.

      Vaccination: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance is spent annually by the Government on advancing vaccine manufacturing...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral aid is disbursed (i)...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further plans he has to consult on the WHO COVID-19 Technology Access Pool with (a) the pharmaceutical...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to use its representation on the Boards of (a) Gavi, the Vaccines Alliance and...

      Cyprus: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on Cyprus and the UK's continuing commitment to UN Resolutions 789 and 550.

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2021 on Question HL12460, what recent steps he has taken to support...

      Overseas Aid: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the Global Partnership for Education’s 2021-2025 replenishment...

      Israel: Judiciary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international counterparts on (a) judicial independence and (b) judicial...

      Palestinians: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2020 to Question 128695, what response his Department has received from the...

      Israel: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the UK Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to accelerate vaccination programmes for personnel involved with Carrier Strike Group deployment to ensure that deployment...

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with the recent escalation of Taliban activity, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the size of the UK's military presence in Afghanistan...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Funeral Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will increase the capped portion of the social fund funeral expenses payment.

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that people in receipt of personal independence payments (PIP) as a result of permanent disability,...

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2021 to Question 147867, on Employment: Coronavirus, whether the effects of covid-19 are non-permanent or...

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2021 to Question 147867, on Employment: Coronavirus, whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of personal independence payments (PIP) have been migrated to the 10 yearly light touch review process; what...

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the conclusion of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' report,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances a diagnosis of active epilepsy is a criterion for an individual to be placed on the PIP Light Touch Review.

      Universal Credit: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether renters that receive income for payment of rent from (a) Income Protection and (b) other insurance policies have that income amount...

      National Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2020 to Question 86679, on National Insurance, what progress her Department has made on implementing a...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Crime and Justice Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets the Crime and Justice Task Force has set for her Department.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to question 150714 answered on 12 February 2020, on Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment, if he will make an...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals on preventing people from keeping an animal in the event that a...

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and...

      Zoo Animals Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the combined effect of the zoo animals fund, furlough, VAT deferral, business rates relief,...

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help ensure that water companies take responsibility for drainage in order to prevent flooding.

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will impose on water companies that allow sewage to enter drainage systems additional penalties that are spent on...

      Peat Bogs: Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect peatlands.

      Bees: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) imported packages of and (b) colonies of bees in the context of (i)...

      Sanitary Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of use of reusable menstrual products; and whether his Department has set...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences were issued for (a) breeding dogs, (b) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats, (c)...

      Animal Welfare: Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require local authorities to employ an Animal...

      Waste Management: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding and resources the Government will make available to local authorities to support the requirement for weekly...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) licences and (b) consents have been issued for (a) game bird release, (b) outdoor sports and (c) leisure and...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his preferred option for the interim licensing regime of game bird release on protected sites remains general licences.

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of reviewing gamebird releasing on European protected sites compared with the...

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided modelling on recent trends in food consumption to support the development of (a) the...

  • Home Office

    • Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers from red-list countries will be denied entry to the UK in accordance with the new travel regulations announced by the...

    • Windrush Generation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for urgent and exceptional support have been made under the Windrush Compensation Scheme; and how many of those...

      Windrush Generation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding claims there are under the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

      Windrush Generation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of claimants under the Windrush Compensation Scheme that had legal representation; and...

      Airguns: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fatalities have occurred due to a person between the ages of 14 and 17 using an airgun within the law unsupervised on private land...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the protections afforded to Gypsies and Travellers under the Public Sector Equality Duty are...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of August 12 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on the accountability and...

      Crime: Harlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect on levels of crime in Harlow of the recent uplift in funding for the police.

      Home Office: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes her Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations in...

      Police: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to take into account the outcome of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for Constabulary and Fire Services...

      Personation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce identity theft.

      Drugs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity by weight of (a) cannabis, (b) heroin, (c) morphine, (d) cocaine (including crack), (e) benzodiazepines, (f) synthetic...

      Offences against Children: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to obtain accurate data on the ethnicity of people convicted of group-based child sexual exploitation.

      Visas: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications were processed at her Department's visa centre in Beijing in the last year for which records are available.

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister is responsible for (a) overseeing the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa and (b) ensuring the welcome and integration of BN(O) passport...

      Visas: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK visa centres are operated by Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign Service Company.

      VFS Global

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK VFS Global managed visa centres are operated through sub-contracts with local companies.

      VFS Global

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value of Government contract with VFS Global is.

      VFS Global

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts the Government holds with VFS Global to run its visa centres.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon Member for Warley dated 21 December 2020 regarding Mr Almarasha.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether UK trade agreements with Albania, Canada, Jordan and Mexico are planned to take effect within the first half of 2021.

    • Trade: G7

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on trade priorities for the UK’s G7 presidency.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Events Industry: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential (a) economic and (b) cultural merits of introducing a Government-backed...

    • Events Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that large scale events can take place safely once covid-19 lockdown...

      Music: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether recording studios are eligible for Government support for businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

      Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is planning to take in response to the findings of the Consultation on decriminalising TV licence...

      Cinemas and Entertainments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to provide targeted support to (a) cinemas and (b) entertainment venues while they remain...

      Rugby: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support the Government plans to provide to rugby league clubs to ensure the safe return of local sport...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and...

      Gaming: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of classifying adult gaming centres as non-essential retail during the...

      Social Media: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the content labelling provisions on sites hosting user-generated content such as...

      Video on Demand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether Netflix’s best practice adoption of trusted BBFC ratings has...

      Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to respond to Ofcom's recommendations in its Review of prominence for public service broadcasting,...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Sexuality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans her Department has to update the Equality Act 2010 to include asexuality as a protected characteristic.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Telecommunications Systems

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to communicate with (1) the public, (2) businesses, and (3) charities, about the forthcoming switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone...

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