Written answers

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to encourage local authorities to expand low traffic zones in their neighbourhoods.

    • Trams: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to progress the feasibility study for the Bolton-Bury tramline.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Overseas Aid: UK Research and Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact assessment he has undertaken on the reduction in Official Development Assistance on funding for UKRI.

    • TrustMark

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has held with Trust Mark about implementing additional consumer protections within the...

      Bus Services: Restart Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities to exclude coach tour operators from the Restart...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether weddings will be restricted to places of worship, public buildings and outdoor settings that are already open...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency on his proposals for Net Zero Plus.

      Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that everyone is able to access their post safely, including those...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the preparation of Contracts for Difference Auction Round 4; what changes he is planning...

      Water Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to support the development of the onshore supply chain for tidal and wave technologies; and...

      Water Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out a target for wave and tidal stream energy from 2030 onwards.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many and (b) which countries are being assisted by the UK to procure covid-19 vaccines.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Early Years Healthy Development Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's planned timeframe is for the publication of the Early Years Healthy Development Review.

    • Carcinogens: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 22 February to Question 156628, what role can devolved institutions play in the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department (a) collects and (b) reports for patients who are already being treated by the NHS for cancer and who experience...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government and (b) other devolved Administrations on ensuring there is parity of support...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the process is for arranging a covid-19 vaccination for carers employed directly by their client rather than by the NHS, a local...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the elderly who receive regular daily at home care are prioritised for covid-19 vaccinations in...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will update https://www.gov.uk/get-workplace-coronavirus-tests to enable employers who are sole traders to register via that...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is mandatory for a person to get a covid-19 test in the event that they are found to have broken national lockdown restrictions.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the guidance from NHS England and NHS Improvement to chief executives on 2 March 2020 stating that staff should receive full pay...

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has made of the number of musculoskeletal issues arising from home-working arrangements during the covid-19 outbreak; and...

      NHS Test and Trace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money in total has been awarded by the Government to companies for NHS Test and Trace contracts.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a system by which a negative PCR test for covid-19 can overrule a...

      Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the differences in coverage of (a) countries and (b) services are between the European Health Insurance Card scheme and the UK...

  • Department for Education

    • Health Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department will allocate to support schools to deliver Relationships and sex education and health education in the financial year...

    • Health Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have accessed training as part of the £6 million in funding allocated to implementation support for Relationships and sex...

      Pupils: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March 2021 to Question 168885 on Pupils: Hearing Impairment, what specific guidance and advice has been issued to (a)...

      Secondary Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of masks on levels of (a) learning and (b) development in secondary school students.

      Health Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make Relationships Education, Sex and Relationships Education and Health Education available as a free teacher subject specialism training...

      Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future provision of funding for Music Education Hubs.

      Sex and Relationship Education: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the reopening of the Home Office consultation on Violence Against Women and Girls call for evidence, what discussions he has had...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of higher education students in England in the academic year 2020-21 have had applications for a full maintenance loan declined as a...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation on the renewal of Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021, how many responses supported...

      Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission Ofsted to undertake a subject review of Relationship Education, Health Education, Sex and Relationship Education; and if he will...

      Pupils: Hearing Impairment and Lipreading

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the effect of new guidance on mask wearing in schools during the covid-19 outbreak on (a) pupils who are deaf and (b)...

      Further Education and Higher Education: Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) higher and (b) further education establishments have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Judiciary: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure diversity in appointments to the judiciary.

    • Prisoners: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wakefield for reporting year 1 May 2019 – 30 April 2020, published...

      Judiciary: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of male-only membership clubs on opportunities for women in the judiciary.

  • Department for International Trade

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of reductions to the Overseas Development Assistance budget on the...

    • Sri Lanka: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Magnitsky sanctions are imposed on perpetrators of war crimes in Sri...

      Brightway Holdings: Malaysia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 18 March 2021, what assessment he...

      India: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 133032, what assessment he has made of whether the Indian...

      Jonathan Taylor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent support his Department and the UK consulate in Croatia have provided to whistleblower Jonathan Taylor.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in the foreign aid budget on (a) the Voluntary...

      Jonathan Taylor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the (a) French and (b) Monegasque Governments about the extradition of...

      Mozambique: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Mozambican counterpart on the ongoing violence in that country.

      Jerusalem: Internally Displaced People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2021 to Question 164342, what assessment he has made of whether the forcible...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • National Security: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to determine good faith security research, as outlined in his Department’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy.

    • Military Aircraft: Satellite Communications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure RAF operations based overseas are protected from hostile attempts to interrupt satellite communications to and...

      Roll-on Roll-off Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the publication of the Integrated Review on 16 March 2021, what steps he taking to procure strategic roll-on roll-off ferry services...

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the plans in the Integrated Review to increase the overall nuclear warhead stockpile ceiling from 180 to no more than 260, what...

      Trident Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the increase in nuclear warheads announced in the Integrated Review on 16 March 2021, (a) how many extra Trident Missiles will be required,...

      Inappropriate Behaviours in the Armed Forces Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Wigston Review.

      Armed Forces: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 35 recommendations made by the Service Complaints Ombudsman in Annual Reports 2016 – 2019 have been implemented.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claimants offered an increased benefits award by her Department in 2020, after...

    • Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of carer's allowance.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she had with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received support from the Personal Support Package announced in the Improving Lives: the future of work, health and...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on the commitments set out in the Improving Lives: the Work, Health, Disability Green Paper.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times (a) she and (b) the Minister for Disabled People has attended the Reasonable Adjustment Forum over the last 12 months.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Reasonable Adjustment Forum has met over the last 12 months.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Rural Areas: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support local police forces in tackling (a) fly-tipping and (b) other rural crime; and how many...

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 25 February to Question 156629, what steps he is taking to consult (a) non-governmental organisations...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency on his proposals for Net Zero Plus.

      Tree Planting: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including fast-growing Sequoia and Giant Redwood trees in...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban new licences for badger culling in England.

      Fisheries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the £100 million fund for fishing industry upgrades, whether his Department plans to make allocations...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the continued enforcement of restrictions on chickens and other birds in response to avian...

      Agricultural Machinery: Auctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to allow farm machinery auctions to resume as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Pesticides: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the export of pesticides not allowed in the UK or the EU to (a) India and (b) other...

  • Home Office

    • Educational Visits: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to allow German School parties on short term visits to the UK to use identity cards as accepted travel documents at...

    • Radicalism: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle extremist propaganda online.

      Belarus: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of political asylums granted by UK to citizens of Belarus was in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.

      Home Office: Stoke on Trent

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deliver civil service jobs in her Department to Stoke-on-Trent.

      Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to enable paramedic advanced practitioners working in hospital settings to prescribe...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with religious leaders on supporting uptake of the covid-19 vaccine among followers of...

    • Affordable Housing: Bolton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built in Bolton in each year since 2010.

      Levelling Up Fund and Towns Fund: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the (a) Towns Fund and (b) Levelling Up Fund.

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to extend the ability of local authorities to hold meetings remotely through (a) primary...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish Government commissioned research into public attitudes to its levelling up agenda by external...

      Free Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the requirement that freeport operators maintain current obligations under the Money Laundering,...

      Free Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made, for each of the port operators involved in the eight successful Freeport bids, in view of...

      Free Zones: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of approved bids for Freeport bids were (a) led by and (b) involved companies...

      Recreation Spaces: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) staffing, (b) toilets and (c) other facilities are provided...

      Parks: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure sufficient funding is provided to maintain parks to the Government...

      Recreation Spaces: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what direct financial support his Department is providing to local authority parks and green spaces.

      Non-domestic Rates: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to publish advice to local authorities on delaying billing of business rates until after...

      Hospitality Industry: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance will be provided to hospitality businesses on how to access full business rates relief under the...

      Local Growth Deals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the reason is for the difference between the £9 billion in total investment through local growth deals and...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) the other devolved administrations on...

    • Civil Servants: Stoke on Trent

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to deliver civil service jobs in Stoke-on-Trent.

      Civil Servants: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process of notification is to hon. Members on the loss of civil service jobs in their constituency.

  • Treasury

    • Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plan to take during the G7 Presidency to work with international partners to ensure that private creditors participate in...

    • Alarms: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what income the exchequer receives from VAT on personal safety alarms.

      Alarms: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the barriers to making personal safety alarms zero-rated for VAT.

      National Skills Academies: Shipbuilding

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in his Department have had with stakeholder groups on the approval of the Shared Outcome Fund bid for the creation of a National...

      Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March 2020 to 31 May 2020, (b) 1 June 2020 to 31 August 2020, (c)...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending covid-19-related financial support to include businesses which were set up in...

      Child Care Vouchers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) employers and (b) HMRC on refunding childcare voucher payments to families who have not been able to use them as a...

      Child Care Vouchers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of total parental contributions to childcare vouchers in the 2020-21 financial year.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Holiday Accommodation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason isolated apartments used for holiday accommodation with a shared lobby area not permitted to open on 12 April.

    • Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plan to take to encourage visits to museums as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Parliament Square: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of flying the flags of the Commonwealth countries in...

      Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the £1 billion budget for the Shared Rural Network will be invested during stage one.

      Misinformation and Suicide: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to block websites which (a) promote misinformation on and (b) encourage suicide.

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Oral Statement of 16 March 2021, Official Report, column 175 on Integrated Review, what legislative...

      Technology: Entertainments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the scale of the contribution to the UK economy from the technical support industry to the...

      Football: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the effect of covid-19 restrictions on (a) lower league and (b) amateur football.

      Football Index

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Gambling Commission on the gambling platform Football Index.

  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

  • Women and Equalities

    • Disadvantaged: Education

      What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on educational inequalities.

    • Equal Pay: Cambridgeshire

      What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling gender-pay disparities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

      Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

      What progress the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities has made on its report on ethnic disparities and inequality.

      Females: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on female employment.

      Clubs: Discrimination

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s policy is on membership clubs that exclude women.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Heathrow Airport

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce the process for securing a private sector development partner for the Southern Railway Link to Heathrow Airport.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fuel Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 26 January (HL12049), how they define the word 'ensure' in the context of their stated commitment "to...

    • Small Businesses: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the British Business Bank Small Business Finance Markets Report 2021, published on 10 March.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Devolution: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implementation of devolution in Northern Ireland.

    • Northern Ireland Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the position set out in the Joint Declaration 1993, that they have “no selfish strategic or economic interest in Northern Ireland”, is their...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Care Quality Commission (CQC) (1) holds, and (2) publishes, data identifying those nursing homes where residents have died from COVID-19 during the...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they made of the (1) safety, and (2) effectiveness, of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide surplus COVID-19 vaccines to athletes from Commonwealth countries to ensure that they are vaccinated in time for the Tokyo Olympic...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of adults that need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order for the UK to achieve herd immunity.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter by the Medical Director for Primary Care and the Director of Primary Care at NHS England and NHS Improvement to Primary Care Network...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans were agreed, (2) how many EHC appeals took place, and (3) of those appeals, how many were successful, in each...

    • Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to include artificial intelligence awareness in the education curriculum.

      Educational Institutions: Cybercrime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support educational institutions in protecting themselves from cyber threats.

      National Tutoring Programme: Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the payment rate for tutors delivering the National Tutoring Programme.

      Pupils: Food

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of state schools providing (1) breakfast clubs, (2) food banks, and (3) food and other parcels, to the families...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Body Searches

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar on 9 March (HL13570), what consideration they have given to the views of women prisoners regarding the...

  • Treasury

    • Halifax Bank of Scotland and Royal Bank of Scotland: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any department has given directions to the Financial Conduct Authority in connection with its investigation of the alleged frauds identified in the 2013...

    • Monetary Policy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Bank of England’s actions to insulate public funding to interest rate increases by issuing debt with larger maturities;...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ethiopia: Genocide

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of mass killings of civilians in the Oromia region of Ethiopia; and what steps they are taking in response.

    • Turkey: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Turkey's expulsion of 60 Protestant and Evangelical Christians resident in Turkey, on security grounds.

      Commonwealth: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will prioritise the sending of surplus COVID-19 vaccines to Commonwealth countries following the conclusion of the UK vaccination programme; and...

      Turkey: Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, since March 2016, what estimate they have made of how many British citizens have been expelled by the government of Turkey because of their religious belief,...

      Falkland Islands: Marine Protected Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL13597), (1) whether, and (2) if so, why, the Falkland Islands have been excluded from the...

      Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been (1) received, and (2) accepted, by the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs for a meeting with a...

      Human Rights: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older Persons; and what assessments they have made of the potential risks...

      China: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China about its reported refusal to share the raw data on the first 174 COVID-19 cases to be identified in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Buildings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the national availability of warehouse space; what steps they are taking in response; and what assessment the Ministry of...

    • Ministry of Defence: Civil Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many investigations into (1) current, or (2) former personnel, have been launched following the pursuit of civil claims against the Ministry of Defence by (a)...

      Armed Forces: Families

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the new UK Armed Forces Families Strategy.

      Napier Barracks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, when Napier Barracks was last used continuously to house military personnel.

      Napier Barracks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, on how many occasions Napier Barracks was used for short-term training purposes in each year since 2016.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 50 PLUS Champions are currently employed in Jobcentres.

    • Unemployment: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many meetings the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions held with the Business Champion for Older Workers in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.

      Unemployment: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many meetings the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Employment) held with the Business Champion for Older Workers in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to prevent, and (2) to monitor, fisheries bycatch to protect  (1) porpoises, (2) dolphins, (3) whales, (4) seabirds, and (5) other...

    • Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of bycatch on populations of (1) harbour porpoises, (2) common dolphins, (3) humpback whales, and (4) other species...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Military Bases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers have contracted COVID-19 while staying at (1) Napier Barracks, and (2) Penally military training camp.

    • UN Climate Conference 2021: Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that visa applications from COP26 attendees are dealt with efficiently.

      Fire Safety Bill

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 9 March (HL13562), what changes, if any, they made to the Fire Safety Bill after discussions with the...

      Home Office: Sanitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of the works to make the toilets in the Home Office unisex; what assessment they have made of staff satisfaction with...

      Peers: Correspondence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to respond to the letter from Lord Pearson of Rannoch to Baroness Williams of Trafford, sent on 19 February; and if so, when.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Church of England: Land Use

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the report by the Commission of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on Housing, Church and Community Coming...

    • Housing: Disability and Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to meet the housing needs of (1) older, and (2) disabled, people.

      Levelling Up Fund: Cornwall

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they used to allocate Cornwall to tier 2 for assistance from the Levelling Up Fund; and what plans they have, if any, to transfer Cornwall to tier 1.

      Coal: Cumbria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Cumbria County Council decision to approve the opening of a new coal mine in Cumbria was mentioned in communications between ministerial private...

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of (1) exports from the UK to the EU, and (2) imports from the EU to the UK, since 1 January.

    • Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been (1) received, and (2) accepted, by the Prime Minister for a meeting with another head of government in each of the past 12 months; from...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been (1) received, and (2) accepted, by the Secretary of State for International Trade for a meeting with a trade minister from another...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Pornography: Internet

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of current age verification tools in protecting children from seeing adult content online; and what plans...

    • Pornography: Internet

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which commercial pornography companies will be in scope of the Online Safety Bill; and whether commercial pornography websites which (1) do not host...

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