Written answers

Thursday, 10 June 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the response to the consultation on amending the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation will be published.

    • Public Transport: Disability and Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what long term investment he is making in community transport infrastructure to support the mobility of elderly and disabled people across the West...

      Driving Tests: Stirling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the timeliness of the next available date for a practical driving test for a (a) car, (b) HGV, (c) motorcycle and (d)...

      Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue was received in tolls for travelling over the Dartford Crossing in each of the last five years.

      Roads: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the Road Investment Strategy pipeline 3 projects; and whether he plans projects additional to the 32 projects already...

      Airports: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of reduced airline passenger numbers during the covid-19 outbreak on airport-based vehicle rental businesses...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the shortage of HGV drivers in the UK.

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to tackle inappropriate use of e-scooters.

      Road Traffic Control: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the proportionality of the level of fines issued to people driving in low traffic neighbourhoods.

      Railways: Livestock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 2401, how many incursions by livestock onto the rail network have occurred in each of the last five...

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual relationships his Department has entered into with (a) KPMG, (b) EY and (c) other external consultants to develop the proposals in...

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of additional staff required to administer a national system of concessionary rail contracts.

      Railways: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the timeline for procurement by Great British Railways.

      Trains: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the levels of emissions generated from trains travelling between Glasgow and London using (a) the aggregate national...

      Railways: Livestock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 2401 on Railways: Livestock, what estimate he has made of the cost to Network Rail of preventing...

      Network Rail: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May to Question 4639, which (a) sites the housing units relate to and (b) local authority areas the sites are located in.

      East Coast Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Transport Scotland on improvements on the East Coast Main Line.

      Motorways: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on casualty (a) removal from crash scenes and (b) prospects of survival, of the inability of...

      East Coast Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to upgrade the East Coast Main Line between York and Edinburgh.

      East Coast Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to upgrade the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh and Newcastle.

      Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle carbon emissions from transport in the South East.

      Cycling: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on people with epilepsy of flashing lights on pedal cycles.

      Department for Transport: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people his Department has employed who previously worked at Heathrow Airport from 2011 to 2021.

      Department for Transport: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees have left his Department to work at Heathrow Airport in each of the last three years.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of financial support available to travel companies during the...

      Rolling Stock: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) value for money for the public purse of rolling stock procured since 2015 and (b) trajectory of leasing costs...

      Train Operating Companies: Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail update, if he will publish the tougher performance targets for operators...

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his Department's policy to publish new National Rail Contracts.

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse the Government has committed for the electrification of rail transport in England since the Spending Review 2020 .

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the timetable for the next comprehensive review of countries under the covid-19 traffic light system for international travel.

      Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include whole life carbon data across transport modes in his Department's transport and environment statistics as recommended in the HM...

      Buses: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of making specific financial support available for coach operators during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Speed Limits: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for a default 20mph motor vehicle speed limit for...

  • Department for Education

    • National Tutoring Programme: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value is of each bid received for the National Tutoring Programme contract for academic year 2021-22; and how many pupils are projected to...

    • Schools: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SAGE Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group SPI-M-O: Consensus Statement on COVID-19, 21 April...

      Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend the 15 hours a week free early education for three and four year olds to children once they turn three years old as opposed to when...

      National Tutoring Programme: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to the City of York for the National Tutoring Programme; and how much of that funding has been spent to date.

      Pupils: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 537, how the figures provided in that Answer compare to the average per pupil funding for (a)...

      Extracurricular Activities: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school-aged children have access to affordable extra-curricular sports activities.

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase teacher recruitment.

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on consultancy services to support the work of former Education Recovery Commissioner Sir Kevan Collins.

      Pupils: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of pupils' mental health and wellbeing during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Electric Vehicles: Vans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 3795 on Electric Vehicles: Vans, what steps his Department is taking...

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is planning to take to help the British steel sector to decarbonise.

      Infrastructure: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much UK-produced steel reinforcing bar was procured for Government-funded infrastructure projects in each of the...

      Animal Free Research UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to engage with the work of Animal Free Research UK on reducing the use of animals...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which there are regional variations in access to mental health support for...

    • Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he is making on providing Global Health Insurance Cards to residents in Northern Ireland without the Union Flag on them.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his policy was that immunocompromised people should receive their second covid-19 vaccination at 12 weeks after receipt...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the Vaccine Damage Payment’s severe disablement eligibility criteria...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received (a) one dose and (b) two doses of the covid-19 vaccination in Bromsgrove District according to the latest...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Professor Van-Tam's comments at a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday 19 May, whether his Department plans to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reach a decision on covid-19 booster vaccinations; by what date guidance on that matter will be issued to NHS delivery...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has of made (a) the delays in administering the second doses of the Pfizer BioNTech and (b) the current status of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of prioritising clinically extremely vulnerable children for a covid-19 vaccine if licensed for...

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the mental health of disabled children and their families.

      Abortion: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research on abortion at home that has not been co-authored by people...

      Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) carers are able to secure adequate respite and (b) residential and non-residential respite...

      Surgery: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate surgical care practitioners.

      Respite Care: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that unpaid carers have been able to take a break from their caring role during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled children recover progress in physically managing their conditions during the covid-19...

      Inflammatory Bowel Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that more people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease can access dietetic support.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support pharmacies to play a greater role in primary care provision.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 30 March 2021 to Question 164679 on Abortion: Drugs, with which partner organisations his Department is...

      Respite Care: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of he number of carers able to access breaks from their caring responsibilities since the start of the...

      NHS and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2021 to Question 153166 on NHS and Social Services: Staff, what his Department's workforce...

      Home Births

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recent court ruling regarding the use of “proportional force” by healthcare workers...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for accessing NHS mental health services in March (a) 2021 and (b) 2020.

      Perinatal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the disparities of race and ethnicity enclosed in the latest still birth data published by...

      Early Years Healthy Development Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 25 May 2021 to Question 1148 on Early Years Healthy Development Review: Finance, whether the recommendations...

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6270 on NHS: Protective Clothing, if he will provide details of the companies that use...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he has allocated to the dental sector to increase capacity for (a) routine patient appointments and (b) urgent...

      Carbohydrates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring inclusion of carbohydrate content on food menus to help people with...

      Coronavirus: Madeira

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk to UK travellers of the covid-19 infection rate on Madeira compared to mainland Portugal.

      Dental Services: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting for (a) routine and (b) urgent dental care across the St Helens Clinical...

      Doctors' List of Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps GP practices can take to maintain GP registers in the event that patients leave the country and do not inform their GP.

      Coronavirus: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using trained covid detection dogs to identify covid-19 infections;...

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of contracts with Ansell Ltd for the supply of personal protective equipment to the NHS, including (a) when...

      Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the likelihood of alcohol and tobacco being misused, (b) the risk of alcohol and tobacco misuse...

      Euthanasia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals on assisted dying to include exemptions for people with terminal...

      Chickenpox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation plans to complete its review into the inclusion of the varicella (chicken pox)...

      Dental Services: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure carers are prioritised for NHS dental care.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for publishing the findings of the second phase of independent review into drug misuse by Professor Dame Carol...

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to reduce NHS orthodontic waiting times.

      Vaccination: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons he has learned from the covid-19 vaccine deployment that can be applied to the routine childhood immunisation programme.

      Food: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of novel foods that have been approved since the UK's departure from the EU; and what...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the UK delegation to the Ninth Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference in November 2021 takes the...

      Primary Health Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of demand compared to supply on primary care services in (a) Brighton and Hove and...

      Coronavirus: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the data on the country of origin of inbound passengers testing positive for covid-19 up to 10 days after arrival in...

      Sickle Cell Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to help improve the (a) availability of and (b) access to innovative treatments for sickle cell disease.

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing free at-home HIV testing that is available nationwide all...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce dental health inequalities within and between regions of the UK.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the backlog for cancer treatment is prioritised in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to provide funding to increase resources and training to strengthen the workforce of local pharmacies.

      Sickle Cell Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) availability of and (b) access to innovative treatments for sickle cell disease...

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives from (a) NICE and (b) NHS England on the proposed...

      Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Pancreatic Cancer UK's finding that half of people with pancreatic cancer in England are prescribed pancreatic enzyme...

      Omalizumab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the NHS on whether Omalizumab will be made available for the treatment of nasal polyp disease.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement of the UK’s Ambassador to the UN Geneva, Launch of Rohingya Joint Response...

    • Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether on his recent visit to Saudi Arabia he raised the case of Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish who is facing the...

      Females: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the upcoming G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, what steps the...

      Middle East: Peace and Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the potential effect of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on regional...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions has he had with his international counterparts on the de-cluttering of satellites in space.

      War Crimes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the new conflict centre announced in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and...

      Middle East and North Africa: Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its effect on...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 7 May 2021 from the Rt. hon. Member for Chipping Barnet on whether the...

      Females: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) increase awareness of (i) child marriage, (ii) sexual exploitation, (iii) child...

      UN World Conference against Racism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to boycott the UN Durban IV Conference on racism.

      Trinidad and Tobago: Coronvirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is offering to Trinidad and Tobago to manage the outbreak of covid-19 in that country.

      France: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with their French counterparts on the decision to impose mandatory...

      Overseas Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the value of in-kind donations by the UK of (a) covid-19 vaccines, (b) ventilators, (c) oxygen-generating...

      South America: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support South American countries to tackle their high rates of covid-19...

      Females: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 summit being held in Cornwall between 11 and 13 June 2021, whether he will make an...

      Press Freedom: Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the detention of Roman Protasevich on journalistic...

      Lithuania: Airspace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Lithuanian counterpart on what steps (a) the UK Government and (b) NATO can...

      Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent comments by the President of Estonia,...

      Tigray: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many victims of sexual violence in Tigray have been provided with support by the UK government to date; and if...

      Somaliland: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recent Parliamentary and Local Government elections in...

      Africa: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the local, regional and international security threats posed by extremist terrorist...

      Tigray: Internet and Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of telecommunications and internet access to (a) civilians,...

      Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Malian counterpart on the Malian military capturing Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane.

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions to British Overseas Development...

      Passenger Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the cruise industry as required by paragraph 38 of the...

      Passenger Ships: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing Recommendation seven of the Global Travel Taskforce report, published on...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7262 on Democratic Republic of Congo: Overseas Aid, what...

      Emergency Travel Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that applications for Emergency Travel Documents are processed in line with her...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding the Government has allocated to legal aid in England and Wales in each financial year since 2010.

    • Probate: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is for a probate grant to be issued; what plans he has to reduce that time taken; what progress he has made in reducing the...

      Solicitors: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage solicitors to practice in the North East of England.

  • Treasury

    • VAT: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the reduction in VAT to 5 per cent for tourism to amusement arcades.

    • English Language: Education

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting English language schools business rates relief.

      Taxation: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with British Overseas Territories on a minimum global tax rate.

      Unpaid Taxes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to cancel the tax debt of people who have become unemployed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT from the price of covid-19 PCR tests.

      Revenue and Customs: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC employees were located in Scotland (a) in March 2011 and (b) at the most recent date on which his Department has collated that information.

      Sixth Form Colleges: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt Catholic sixth form colleges from paying VAT; and if he will make a statement.

      Non-domestic Rates: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending Business Rates Relief to the end of the 2021-22 financial year.

      Children: Disability

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on allocating funding to specific covid-19 recovery policies for disabled...

      Dormant Assets Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates his Department has made of the revenue impact of expanding the scope of dormant assets scheme in the Dormant Assets Bill.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessments of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime ISA threshold for people living in London.

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the detailed calculations, including intermediary steps, used in determining payments under the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.

      Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to protect (a) long-term retail and (b) amateur investors in crypto-currencies; and what steps his Department plans to take in the...

      Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to establish an independent quality assurance review of RBS Global Restructuring Group's treatment of SMEs.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on...

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for introducing the Building Safety Bill as announced in the Queen’s Speech 2021.

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average fee level for managing agents is for grants under the Building Safety Fund.

      Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when a Minister will be appointed to consider the Westferry Printworks development, PA/18/01877/A1 in Tower Hamlets.

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to take enforcement action in cases where high rise residential buildings with dangerous...

      Waking Watch Relief Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how long he estimates recently introduced waking watch services will be in operation before they can be replaced with...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken ahead of the Building Safety Fund application deadline to ensure that applications...

      Housing: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the EWS1 process for residential buildings.

      Urban Areas: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing for cities to become inclusive cities.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the resumption of the Fair Funding Review.

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether English language centres are eligible for expanded retail discount.

      Retail Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support the re-opening of high-streets as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is planning to provide additional financial support to local authorities in England after June 2021.

      Religious Hatred: Hinduism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to tackle Hinduphobia in the UK.

      Hate Crime and Racial Discrimination: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the use of the term Indian variant to refer to a variant of...

      Religious Hatred: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds data on how many and what proportion of local authorities in England have adopted the...

      Landlords: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6305 on Landlords: Licensing, what the average time taken by his...

      Landlords: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6305 on Landlords: Licensing, how many local authorities have...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aircraft: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the number of sorties by RAF (a) Typhoons, (b) Voyager, (c) Sentinel, (d) Rivet Joint and (e) E-3 Sentry in each month between...

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the contractual Recast was between his Department and General Dynamics; when that Recast took place; and what that Recast did to change the...

      Morocco and Western Sahara: Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the joint military manoeuvres with the USA, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Tunisia, Morocco and Senegal will take place in (a) Morocco...

      Oman: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) the Chief of the Defence Staff and (b) other UK military personnel have been in contact with the Omani authorities on the recent protests in...

      Sri Lanka: Human Rights and Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to The Government's Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human Rights Guidance, if he will publish the record of assessments made of...

      Navy: Gulf of Guinea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Royal Navy vessels are currently deployed as part of the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Co-operation Centre in the Gulf of Guinea.

      Special Forces: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment has he made of the safety and security of personnel in the UK Special Forces after the reported leak of details of 1,182 British...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Ajax programme will reach full operating capability.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what impact the delay in the Ajax programme will have on the British Army’s capabilities over the next decade.

      Apache AH-64 Helicopters: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Hellfire missiles were procured for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter as part of the initial procurement of that programme; and how many...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7747 on Fleet Solid Support Ships, to which Cabinet Office guidelines is he referring.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential effect of the reduced 20mph speed limit for the Ajax armoured vehicles to travel safely on the (a)...

      RAF Lossiemouth: Maritime Patrol Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7751 on RAF Lossiemouth: Maritime Patrol Aircraft, on what date that Post-Flight Rinse Facility was...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the repercussions are for contracts that do not fulfil social value requirements under the terms of the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she holds on the number of households in (a) in Bristol West constituency and (b) the UK who used a (i) food bank, (ii) food...

    • Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which principal factors her Department has identified as causing the shortage of (a) UK and (b) EU workers for reopening UK businesses, with...

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of housing benefit claimants living in supported exempt accommodation who were (a)...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies are signed up to the Disability Confident scheme; and what estimate she has made of the impact that scheme has had on the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 812 on Social Security Benefits: Disability and with reference to her predecessor's speech...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal claimant feedback entitled 54. I - Paper BTL02 – UC Claimants: In Their Own Words reviewed by the Universal...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government plans to take in response to Trussell Trust’s findings on the use of food banks by people who (a) met the...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Universal Credit Programme Board was provided with any further direct claimant feedback to review at its meeting on 21 March 2019...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to universal claimant feedback entitled 54. I - Paper BTL02 – UC Claimants: In Their Own Words reviewed by the Universal...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) claimants subject to the under-occupancy penalty are in employment and (b) households subject to the...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) claimants subject to the under-occupancy penalty are sick or disabled and (b) households subject to the...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that companies that are signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme are supporting their disabled employees.

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of housing benefit spent on supported exempt accommodation in England in 2020.

      Equal Pay: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory requirement on companies to report their disability pay gap.

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of housing benefit claimants who were living in supported exempt accommodation by (a)...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled employees during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit claims for people living in supported exempt accommodation in England were made (a) as at 31 March 2021 and (b) in...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households subject to the under-occupancy penalty contain at least one child.

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the £20 uplift in universal credit on levels of child poverty in (a) England and (b)...

      State Retirement Pensions : Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the HMRC data errors that created incorrect pension information on the check your state pension online service in 2019 have now been...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the level of child poverty in (a) England and (b) Enfield North constituency.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new claims for universal credit were paid in full and on time in each of the most recent 12 months for which...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to give all applicants the automatic right to have their assessment for sickness or disability benefits recorded;...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on claimants of universal credit and employment support allowance requiring face-to-face health and...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil service jobs her Department and its agencies had in Scotland in (a) March 2011 and (b) the most recent period for which data...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of when the backlog created by the suspension of face-to-face health assessments for universal credit and...

      Offices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of covid-19 have been reported among staff in offices where the Indian variant of that virus is present in the community; and...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the carers' allowance.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Dunstable

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his department will provide information his Department on the 2020 bias adjustment factor for the Dunstable air quality...

    • Weedkillers: Crops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of Aminopyralid residues on (a) crop production (b) people who rely on home-grown...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a deposit return scheme in England.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government intends to revisit its plans to lift covid-19 lockdown restrictions on June 21 2021 in light...

    • Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May to Question 2854 on the Mountbatten archive, what the terms were of the...

      Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Powers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's powers...

      Influenza: Death

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) list the calendar month for each year from 2004 to 2019 in which the most deaths attributed to...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her planned timetable is for negotiating revised trade agreements with (a) Liechtenstein, (b) Switzerland, (c) Canada, (d) Singapore,...

    • Trade Agreements: Iceland and Norway

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the new trade agreement reached in principle with Norway and Iceland on 4 June 2021 removes the prohibition clause on drawback of,...

      Trade Agreements: Liechtenstein and Switzerland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether points two and three of Article 1.4 of the new trade agreement reached in principle with Liechtenstein on 4 June 2021 means that the...

      Overseas Trade: Central America

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department has taken to help increase the volume of trade between the UK and Central America.

      Overseas Trade: Canada

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department have taken to increase the volume of trade between the UK and Canada.

      Question

      What assessment she has made of the potential benefits of international trade for the North West.

      Overseas Trade: Animal Welfare

      What recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of her Department’s trade policies on the protection of animal welfare.

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      What steps she is taking to support UK farmers during negotiations on a future trade deal with Australia.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      What progress she has made towards a free trade agreement with the US.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      What progress has she made towards a free trade agreement with the US.

      Food: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on the environment of food imports resulting from the trade deal between the...

      Electric Vehicles: Import Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 8561 on Electric Vehicles: Import Duties, how many of the UK’s existing trade...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of excluding the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism from the...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions the Government is having with other governments on the creation of international rules to ensure that online...

    • Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of problem gambling in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England.

      Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will allocate resources to the undertaking of practical proofs of value and pilots in assured data technology on a joint...

      National Lottery: Rugby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement that the National Lottery will form a commercial partnership with the Rugby Football...

      Social Media: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to hold (a) Instagram and (b) other social media platforms to account for (a) racist and...

      Sports: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the financial effect to professional sports of extending covid-19...

      Tourism: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his timescale is for publication of the Tourism Recovery Plan; and if he will include measures to develop rather than...

      Nuisance Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department and associated regulatory authorities are taking to reduce nuisance automated marketing calls.

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Electoral Commission: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission has made of...

    • Elections

      To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure that the guidance and...

      Electoral Systems

      To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to maintain public trust and confidence...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters: Accidents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many accidents involving e-scooters that required medical treatment have been reported since July 2020.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Overseas Workers: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are planning to hold, if any, with the EU on mobility issues affecting UK industries undertaking activities in the EU; whether these...

    • Professional Qualifications Bill (HL)

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why higher education institutions and other providers of training for professional qualifications are not listed as stakeholders affected in the impact assessment...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Neurology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of the NHS neurological workforce to meet the care needs of those living with neurological conditions.

    • Universities: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of sustaining PCR testing and sequencing at scale in universities as a means of identifying and understanding new...

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to investigate the origins of COVID-19, and (2) to call for a stronger multilateral investigation on the topic, following the announcement...

      Carers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming Health and Social Care Bill will make provision relating to unpaid carers.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether visitors to care homes will need to be tested for COVID-19 after 21 June 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what scientific evidence they have on the effectiveness of the (1) Pfizer, and (2) Astra Zeneca, vaccines in reducing (a) hospitalisations, and (b) symptomatic...

      Domestic Abuse: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS England Domestic Abuse Action Plan will advise clinicians that they can request that previous NHS waiting times are taken into consideration when...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to study the effect of COVID-19 booster vaccines on immunocompromised groups.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how the participant requirements for the COV-BOOST trial were decided; and why the exclusion criteria for the COV-BOOST trial includes immunosuppressed people.

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Citizenship

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many teachers specialising in citizenship education completed their training in (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, (5) 2020, and (6) 2021.

    • Paramedical Staff: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why (1) paramedic science degrees are excluded from the Equivalent or Lower Qualifications exemption list, and (2) paramedic science students with previous degrees...

      Music: Higher Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) gross amount, and (2) the amount per student, which will be paid by the Office for Students to universities for students studying music courses...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Peers: Training

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Members of the House of Lords have so far completed the Valuing Everyone training sessions; how many of these Members submitted feedback on the...

    • Peers: Training

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost to the taxpayer of producing the film made for use in the Valuing Everyone training sessions for Members of the House of Lords.

      Palace of Westminster: Business

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many private businesses operating using facilities within the Palace of Westminster have been granted COVID-19 business support; and given that support...

      Parliamentary Archives: Location

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how much additional accommodation or other facility space will become free once the parliamentary archives are removed from Victoria Tower; and on what date the...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research by Katharine Quarmby 'Systemic Racism within a Rigged System', published in Byline Times on 24 May, on the...

    • Antisemitism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many anti-Semitic attacks were reported during May in (1) England, and (2) London; and what steps they are taking to address such abuse.

      Freehold: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claims by some large freeholders and hedge funds that the abolition of (1) ground rents, and (2) marriage value, will...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Poverty: Families

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Institute for Public Policy Research No Longer Managing, published on 26 May; and what steps they are...

    • Universal Credit: Carers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the commitment made in their response to the report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill, published on 16 July 2019 (CP 137), what...

      Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand Universal Credit accessibility for those who are ineligible due to (1) their partner's earnings, (2) savings, or (3) migration...

      Lone Parents: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Gingerbread Caring without Sharing, published in May; and what steps they are taking to provide financial support...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the sustainability of their position in support of a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and (2) the...

    • Global Partnership for Education: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain their position as the top bilateral donor to the Global Partnership for Education.

      Eritrea: Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of religious freedom in Eritrea; and what representations have they made to the government of Eritrea about the ongoing house arrest...

      Azerbaijan: Gender Based Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan about (1) fulfilling its obligations under international law to prevent, investigate and...

      Azerbaijan: Gender Based Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Amnesty International Azerbaijan: Gender-Based Reprisals Against Women Must Stop, published on 12 May.

      Overseas Aid: Drugs and Surgery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Our open letter on the UK cuts: A tragic blow for...

      Overseas Aid: Malaria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether cuts in Overseas Development Assistance will compromise their ability to support the eradication of malaria.

      Zimbabwe: Political Prisoners

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Zimbabwe about the (1) arrest, and (2) alleged abuse, of Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai...

  • Home Office

    • Overseas Students: Remote Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the current arrangements which enable universities to sponsor overseas students to study remotely into the next academic...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Futures Foundation: Reclaim Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the application by the Youth Futures Foundation to the Reclaim Fund specified the geographical regions in which any money it was allocated would be spent.

    • Football: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of COVID-19 on junior football leagues; and in particular, the refusal of some local authorities to allow pitches to...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture and Food: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on labour shortages in the agricultural and food processing...

    • Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 12 April (HL14638), when they intend to publish the Review of the Evidence for Sentience in...

      Air Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the coroner’s reports relating to the death of Ella Kissi-Debrah and the prevention of future deaths, published on 20 April, whether they...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in prison (1) enrolled, and (2) completed, an offending behaviour course in each year since 2000.

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