Written answers

Friday, 2 July 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Rolling Stock: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49664, how the rolling stock companies agreed to support the industry and the country during...

    • Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the international competitiveness of UK seafarer training.

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with airline staff to help ensure that covid-19 safety regulations are being (a) followed and (b) enforced.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of 2019 outbound travel passenger flows do destinations on the covid-19 green list represent.

      EU Internal Trade: Holyhead Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with her Welsh counterpart on improving the competitiveness of Holyhead port for EU transit traffic relative to...

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the number of commissioned service contracts in place under the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail be the same as...

      Railways: Season Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ability of passengers to customise their flexible season tickets.

      Rolling Stock: Leasing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the predicted total cost to the public purse of payments to the rolling stock leasing companies for (a) 2020,...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether operator names such as LNER and GWR will be permitted under the establishment of Great British Railways.

      South Western Railway: Railway Signals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of the disruption on the South Western Railway network on 11 June 2021 as a result of multiple signal failures...

      Level Crossings: Doncaster

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received briefing on the collision of a car and an LNER Azuma at Rossington Level Crossing in Doncaster on 13 June 2021.

      Level Crossings: Doncaster

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the incident at Rossington Level Crossing in Doncaster on 13 June 2021, what steps he plans to take to prevent similar incidents at...

      Rolling Stock: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Office of Rail and Road will be tasked with ensuring that costs in the procurement of rolling stock will be controlled; and if he will...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Night-time Economy: Door Supervisors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with colleagues in the Home Office and the Treasury on the...

    • EU Grants and Loans: East Ayrshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the level of EU structural funding allocated to East Ayrshire since 2010.

      Future Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) value of applications for Future Fund convertible loans received by business size.

      Local Enterprise Partnerships: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a statement on the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Plan for Growth.

      Small Businesses: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small business leaders have been trained under the Small Business Leadership Programme.

      Small Businesses: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many business owners have participated in the Peer Networks Programme.

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Bounce Back Loans businesses have taken up, by business size and what the value is of those loans, by business...

      Small Businesses: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the total GVA contributed by majority women-led SMEs to the UK economy in...

      Shipping: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to reports of major bottlenecks in the global container shipping industry, what plans he has to tackle...

      Business: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a list of the companies that have been in receipt of payments from the (a) Coronavirus Business...

      Royal Mail: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of Royal Mail on the Royal Mail's new parcel...

      Small Businesses: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to ensure adequate funding is available to small and medium sized enterprises in Enfield...

      Employment: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) is planning to have with Ministerial colleagues in the (i) Department for...

      Hinkley Point B Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the planned shutdown date for Hinkley Point (B) nuclear power station; what...

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his recent estimate is of the commissioning date for Hinkley Point C (a) Unit 1 and (b) Unit 2.

      Electricity: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, what his timeframe is for bringing forward...

      Heating: Business Premises and Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the number of homes and businesses (a) on and (b) off the gas grid in...

      Heating: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the average cost of fitting a new heating system to a typical UK property to...

      Heating and Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the number of properties that have sufficient space available for the...

      Boilers: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the average number of gas boilers that were replaced in UK domestic...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government’s Net-Zero strategy.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Electoral Register: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the refresh of the electoral register from 1 July 2021, what contingencies are in place to facilitate any elections that may...

    • Northern Ireland Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

      Northern Ireland Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the First Minister of Northern Ireland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the covid-19 vaccines approval process and whether lessons from that process can be...

    • Aducanumab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to help ensure that carers register as carers with their GPs.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that the regulation of clinical trials is not weakened as the UK leaves the European...

      Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 January 2021, Update on the Government’s response to the Independent Medicines and...

      Acute Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the primary diagnosis codes of conditions that patients have who are discharged from acute care under the...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is giving to the NHS to provide care for the increased number of patients in need of urgent treatment for an...

      Eating Disorders: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the increased number of children with eating disorders in the UK; and if he will ensure that those...

      Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) suitable housing, (b) suitable social care providers and (c) robust community...

      Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) pay and (b) terms and conditions of NHS staff will vary in accordance with the Integrated Care System area in which those...

      Care Homes: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Visit out of Care Homes guidance states residents must self-isolate for 14 days rather than the standard 10 days.

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by Hakansson et alia, published in the journal Pediatrics in July 2004, on increases in the number of...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what threshold of evidence on fetal viability would prompt his Department to (a) review and (b) reduce the current upper gestational...

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in each clinical commissioning group have received dialysis treatment in (a) a clinical setting and (b) at home in each...

      Contraceptives: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure immediate postpartum contraception is made available in all maternity settings as part of...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Impact Assessment entitled Mandating calorie labelling of food and drink in out-of-home settings which identifies...

      Gender Recognition: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that gender affirming surgery is available to transgender men.

      Arthritis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that new treatment for arthritis approved in 2021 will be available on the NHS.

      Cancer: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding to ensure all young people diagnosed with cancer can...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence dated 27 April 2021 from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston on the impact of unit...

      Care Homes and Hospices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the guidance for care home visiting differs with that for hospice visiting in respect of covid-19 outbreak restrictions.

  • Department for Education

    • Pupil Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish statistics on the value of pupil premium allocations for (a) mainstream and (b) special schools in 2021-22 in each (i) local...

    • Education: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to target resources at tackling the attainment gap to help ensure that children and young people progress their...

      School Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help schools (a) set up and (b) grow onsite libraries.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when updated guidance will be provided to schools on the safe running of transitional, taster and open days for new pupils in advance of the autumn...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on educational attainment of the need for whole class quarantine where a covid-19 outbreak occurs in school.

      Swimming: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on children's access to school swimming lessons.

      Arts: Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage secondary school students to pursue careers in the creative arts sector.

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the additional discretion available to schools by academisation, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school funds are...

      Arts: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the proportion of students opting to study (a) drama, (b) art, (c) music and (d) performing arts...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies on the effectiveness of whole class covid-19 quarantine.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to include in his Department's guidance on school uniforms a description of the materials used in uniforms that should reduce the...

      Teachers: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will commission research on employers’ behaviour with regards to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled teachers.

      Financial Services: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children and young people develop financial knowledge.

      Teachers: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it meets the additional covid-19-related needs of disabled teachers during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Arts and Design: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the projected number of educators teaching arts and design courses employed in the Higher Education...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Judges: Bullying and Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to tackle reports of discrimination and bullying in relation to the (a) appointment and (b) promotion of judges within the...

    • Civil Partnerships: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the equality impact assessment his Department carried out for enabling outdoor civil marriages.

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has made available for people who (a) want to have a legally recognised humanist marriage and (b) must also have a civil...

      Computers: Common Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review the common law presumption of the reliability of computers.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre will have a system in place to receive overseas maintenance payments through the Reciprocal Enforcement...

      Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the need for (a) private tutors and (b) music tutors to be included in clause 45 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing...

      Deed Poll

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to remove the requirement for the administration of an oath for an application for an enrolled deed poll.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 June 2021 to Question 16273 on Middle East: Peace Negotiations, what...

    • United Nations: Children's Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on child safety of the UN Secretary-General’s exclusion of (a) the...

      Gaza: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that international aid to Gaza via the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism...

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international partners on pursuing a strengthened nuclear deal that...

      Armed Conflict: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) legal, (b) political, (c) diplomatic, (d) financial and (e) material steps he is taking to promote...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the current and future strategies being developed to implement the Integrated Review.

      Ahmad Zahi Ibrahim Bani-Shamsa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) raise with his Israeli counterpart the death of 15-year-old Ahmad Zahi Ibrahim Bani-Shamsa on 16...

      Israel: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will call for Israel to investigate the firing of a missile by an Israeli warplane on 12 May 2021.

      Iran: Uranium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of reports of Iran’s successful enrichment...

      Iran: Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international partners on Iran’s financial and technical support for the...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority on its decision to reject the offer of one million...

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to recommendation 21(a) of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review of FCO Support for...

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to recommendation 21(b) of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review of FCO Support for...

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to recommendation 21(f) of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review of FCO Support for...

      Westminster Foundation for Democracy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Westminster Foundation for Democracy in 2021.

      Overseas Aid: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End...

      LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to work with LGBTI defenders at risk around the world; and if he will incorporate objectives on...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the (a) full methodology and (b) results of the equalities impact assessment that the...

      Sri Lanka: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the water security situation in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

      Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the provision of humanitarian aid in the Tigray region.

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the required independent review of the Truro Review is undertaken in a...

      Holidays Abroad: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of overseas resort destinations imposing...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to offer covid-19 vaccinations to British citizens living abroad.

      United Nations: Children's Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the UN Secretary-General on (a) the importance of holding all perpetrators of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the UK’s contribution will be to the G7 target of vaccinating the world by 2022; and if he will make a...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the calls of the UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on...

      Arctic: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking in response to the advance of Russia into the Arctic Circle.

      Philippines: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to challenge impunity for killings of LGBTI defenders in the Philippines.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • AWE: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to AWE Management Ltd under the Atomic Weapons Establishment management and operation contract in each year since 2000.

    • Military Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association's survey,...

      LE TacCIS Programme: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of contracts awarded for the Joint Common Remote Viewing Terminal.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for the delivery Morpheus Evolve to Open.

      Armed Forces: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to ensure that all armed forces personnel are fully covid-19 vaccinated.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce benefit fraud and deter those seeking to abuse the system.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure...

    • Public Bodies: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any official business has been conducted on private email addresses within the (a) Environment Agency, (b) Rural...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his departmental IT systems routinely allow officials, advisers and ministers to access private email accounts from...

      Rights of Way: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that local public rights of way do not pass through school sites.

      Cats: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will introduce compulsory tick and tapeworm treatments for cats entering the UK non-commercially.

      Cats: Rabies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will introduce a requirement for a (a) rabies blood test for cats before entry into the UK and (b) wait...

      Food: Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing financial penalties against companies who have to recall food...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 29 of April, 2021 to Question 185932 on fishing catches, whether he has sought to quantify...

      Cats and Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to ban the non-commercial importation of pregnant cats as well as pregnant dogs.

      Cats: Animal Welfare and Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the minimum age a kitten can enter the UK non-commercially to six months in order...

      Amazon: Consumer Goods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives of Amazon following reports of large quantities of usable electrical goods...

      Reservoirs: Brent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 155002 on Reservoirs: Brent, on what dates the Priestley Way trash...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department considers reasonable grounds for EU citizens to be accepted for settled or pre settled status in the UK if they miss the...

    • Child Rearing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to include parental alienation in the statutory guidance of the Domestic Abuse Bill.

      Immigration Controls: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase the number of Border Force staff at airports, to tackle queues at immigration and customs checks.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an unemployed EU citizen who misses the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) 30 June 2021 deadline and subsequently makes a late application...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce a mobile application to simplify the process for EU citizens proving their status when travelling into the UK.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme, resident in Northern Ireland have had their applications deferred due to unresolved...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the EU Settlement Scheme submitted by or on behalf of a child resident in Northern Ireland have been deferred due...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether applications to the EU Settlement Scheme are deferred where the resolution of pending criminal proceedings against the applicant...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to confirm that applications to the EU Settlement Scheme made by 31 December 2020, in respect of which consideration of a criminal record or...

      Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Government holds on the number of Hezbollah (a) members and (b) supporters in the UK.

      Fraud: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help provide consumers with the (a) knowledge and (b) tools to protect themselves against scammers.

      Financial Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a centralised reporting function for enhanced data sharing to help...

      Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of fully proscribing Hezbollah in 2019.

      Glass: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability of specialist refractory brick layers in the UK.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Planning: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with representatives of City of York Council on its decision to abolish the post of...

  • Cabinet Office

    • World War II: Channel Islands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK holds classified documents that relate to the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands during the...

    • Arts and Design: Employment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the number of people who are employed to work in the arts and design sector.

      11 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings have taken place on the most recent refurbishment and renovation of the Prime Minister's...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Mobile phone operators on the re-introduction of roaming charges for people in (a)...

    • Surveillance: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Government’s response to the European Parliament’s resolution on the compatibility of the...

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on the rollout of gigabit broadband.

      Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is his policy to require all user generated content on social media that has been filtered or altered to be...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Government Equalities Office: CCTV

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether a risk assessment has been carried out on the secure holding of CCTV footage within her Department.

    • Government Equalities Office: Email

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether any departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fines have been given out in relation to offences involving (1) trial e-scooters, and (2) private e-scooters, since the trials began.

    • High Speed Two: Public Participation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they are having to ensure that HS2 Ltd and any of its sub-contractors meet their commitment to engage fully with the public.

      Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) penalties, and (2) suspension of drivers' licences, have been given to e-scooter riders for misuse in (a) designated trial zones, and (b) all other areas.

      Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the Integrated Rail Plan before the House rises for the summer recess.

      Aviation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their aviation strategy; and whether this strategy will include plans (1) to integrate (a) air, (b) rail, and (c) highway, networks,...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Foreign Companies: Uighurs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the involvement in the UK economy of firms complicit in the surveillance and monitoring of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

    • Astronomy: Tourism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic benefits, if any, of astro-tourism in places awarded International Dark Sky Reserve status.

      Destination Management Organisations: Reviews

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to progress the Destination Management Organisation review.

      Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the decision by EE to impose roaming charges on new UK mobile phone users when using their phones in Europe, what plans they have to negotiate a deal...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many EU citizens are expected to achieve settled status in each calendar year from 2021 to 2026.

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