Written answers

Friday, 9 July 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Cycleways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to encourage the installation of more cycle paths across the UK.

    • Transport and Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made recent representations to Ministerial colleagues in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to identify...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the opportunities to create new, highly skilled jobs through the...

    • Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the opportunities for hydrogen-based steelmaking projects to help level up...

      Iron and Steel: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of how much and what proportion of all steel used in the UK in each of the next...

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has met with representatives from industry and campaigners to discuss hydrogen-based steel production.

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) the number of global trials trialling hydrogen-based steelmaking and (b) the...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Hydrogen Strategy will be published; and if it will include measures to use hydrogen to decarbonise the UK...

      Ammonia: Trade Competitiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the combined potential effect of (a) UK Emission Trading Scheme costs and (b) industrial...

      Boilers: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take in response to the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee's 2021 Progress Report to...

      Heating: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take in response to the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee's 2021 Progress Report to...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Hydrogen Strategy; and (b) and whether that strategy will be backed by funding to launch...

      Industry: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the future abilities of hydrogen projects such as HyNet in the North West to help...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain...

      Furniture: Fire Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Independent Experts Committee on the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988,...

      Furniture: Fire Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the presentation by the Office for Product Safety and Standards on The New Approach to the Furniture...

      Furniture: Fire Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to recommendation 8 of the Environmental Audit Committee's Twentieth Report of Session 2017-19 on Toxic...

      Furniture: Fire Resistant Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to reduce flame retardants in UK furniture; and what reductions have been achieved...

      Furniture: Fire Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the presentation by the Office for Product Safety and Standards on The New Approach to the Furniture...

      Furniture: Decabromodiphenyl Ether

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the number of sofas and mattresses in UK homes that contain the...

      Renewable Energy: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the transition to renewable heating systems will have on (a)...

      Renewable Energy: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out his plans (a) to accelerate the uptake in heat and ground pumps and (b) for the roll out other...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that have started repayments on the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme,...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have defaulted payments on the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme, (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money has been written off in total from businesses using the (a) Bounce Back Loan Scheme, (b) Coronavirus...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of businesses that have borrowed from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme have utilised the Pay as...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Bounce Back Loan Scheme borrowers have taken a repayment holiday for up to six months as part of the Pay as...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Bounce Back Loan Scheme borrowers have requested an extension of their loan term from six to 10 years; and how...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Bounce Back Loan Scheme borrowers have reduced their monthly repayments for six months by paying interest only.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and...

      Aviation and Shipping: Carbon Budgets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 187192 on Aviation and Shipping: Carbon Budgets, whether his...

      Landlords: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of covid-19 business support grants that has been allocated by the Government...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will...

      Local Enterprise Partnerships: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships in the Plan for Growth.

      Overseas Companies: Xinjiang

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what advice his Department has given British companies operating supply chains in Xinjiang in response to President...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of setting a target for onshore wind ahead of COP26.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Royal Cornwall Hospital: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 15 people in Royal Cornwall Hospital with covid-19 on 30 June 2021 (a) were unvaccinated, (b) had received one dose of...

    • Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities get timely access to the data they need to deal with localised outbreaks of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Government data that show in the seven days to 23 June 2021 there were 1604 people admitted to hospital with covid-19,...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new variants of covid-19 in the UK are identified as quickly as possible.

      NHS Test and Trace: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to reduce the number of consultants involved in NHS Test and Trace; how much his Department has spent on...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will work with the I Am Billy Campaign to (a) gather evidence and (b) provide additional financial support to families...

      Cancer: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland; and whether he has plans to publish a...

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of people with sarcoma who are diagnosed at stages three and four.

      Gender Recognition: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that all trans people have access to necessary healthcare and (b) reduce waiting times for gender...

      Gay Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ban sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices that take place in healthcare...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with respect to people with mental health issues as part of the roll out of the covid-19 vaccination programme.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations he has received on (a) the efficacy of the Novavax vaccine following its trial and (b) whether volunteers who...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether AstraZeneca plans to apply to European Medicines Agency for approval of the covid-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with EU counterparts to help ensure that UK citizens who received an Indian-made AstraZeneca vaccine...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 vaccines that are (a) recognised by the WHO and (b) not available in the UK will be recognised as part of a proposed...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the medical needs of recipients of solid organ donations within the covid 19 booster...

      Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) membership and (b) minutes of the meetings of the Maternity Inequalities Oversight Forum.

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate additional funding to mental health services in the 2022-23 financial year.

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the transition to a midwifery-led continuity of care model is accessible to women...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the transition to a midwifery-led Continuity of Carer model is properly resourced and...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the transition to a midwifery-led continuity of carer model of care is adequately (a)...

      Mental Health: First Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Transforming Mental Health Provision Green Paper, what his plans are to deliver mental health first aid training to...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the financial costs incurred by the NHS as a result of (a) increased severity of illness, (b)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to prioritise people with (a) asthma and (b) other respiratory conditions for the covid-19 booster...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made use of the free flu jab list to identify patients who need to be prioritised for the covid-19 booster vaccinations.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the vaccine take up rate in areas where it is lower than the national average.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the prevalence of the Delta variant of covid-19 within schools; and what steps he is taking to stop further...

    • Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department is having with local authorities on flexible school admissions for summerborn children.

      Pupils: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the rule which requires school children in a bubble to isolate for 10 days in the event that one child in that bubble tests positive...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on student absenteeism, by (a) primary school, (b) secondary school and (c) local authority in each of the last...

      Social Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is planning to take over summer 2021 to help young people in receipt of statutory services to re-engage with those services as covid-19...

      Overseas Students: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with his Hong Kong counterparts on international school students from Hong Kong who are unable to return to their families...

      Children and Young People: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age his Department estimates are outside of the mainstream education system.

      Children and Young People: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help re-engage children and young people in their education as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Social Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children and young people who are outside of the mainstream education system and are in receipt of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Employment Support Allowance: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment support allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 that were cleared without a hearing...

    • Tenants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to review the effectiveness of Form A restrictions in protecting third party interests for a tenancy in common.

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2021 to Question 20609, on Marriage: Humanism, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits...

      Ministry of Justice: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all land owned by the Ministry of Justice in the South East of England.

      Ministry of Justice: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.

      Ministry of Justice: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Election Offences: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for in-person electoral fraud since 2010.

      Ministry of Justice: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain Ministerial private offices; and...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the presence of contractors for the building of the (a) Five Wells and (b) Glen Parva sites on the...

      Prisons: Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of the increased cost of £116 million in the build for the new prison at Glen Parva is as a result of (a) inflation...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mitigation funding the Government has made available for the (a) Five Wells and (b) Glen Parva sites; and what has this money been spent on.

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many apprenticeships have been created for local residents living within a 25 mile radius of the (a) Five Wells site and (b) Glen Parva site; how...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time jobs have been created for local residents living within a 25 mile radius of (a) Five Wells site and (b) Glen Parva site; how long...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contractors have been on site per week at the (a) Five Wells site and (b) Glen Parva site from the beginning of construction to date.

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) car and (b) light vehicle movements per week there have been at the (i) Five Wells site and (ii) Glen Parva site from the beginning of...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many HGV movements there have been at the (a) Five Wells site and (b) Glen Parvaper site from the beginning of construction to date.

      Prisons: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a definition of the catchment area within the South East from which his Department has collected statistics that prove an anticipated...

      Prisons: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the map referred to in Buckinghamshire Council’s summary note of the meeting with Ministry of Justice officials dated 8 October...

      Prisons: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish copies of the (a) Heritage Advisory Report of September 2020, (b) Ecological Assessment by Tyler Grange dated Feb 2019 and (c) Atkins...

      Prisons: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to determine the life carbon footprint of the (a) Five Wells and (b) Glen Parva prisons; how that footprint will be...

      Prisons: Buckinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the evidential basis for his Department's assessment that a 10 per cent net gain in biodiversity will be achieved by the development...

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason VAT is payable on PCR tests; and if he will make a statement.

    • Self-employed Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to include self-employed company directors...

      Economic Situation: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Yorkshire and (b) York are allocated adequate funding to tackle economic inequalities.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Morley and Outwood

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have received support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in Morley and Outwood constituency to date.

      Revenue and Customs: Re-employment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 15260 on Civil Service Agencies: Standards, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that fire and...

      NHS England and NHS Improvement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with the NHS Chief People Officer on value-for-money in (a) the administration of Our NHS...

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits for lower-paid public sector workers of (a) introducing a real time payment model for salaries...

      Urban Areas: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a cities fund to capitalise on the opportunities of cities and improve their local economies.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing recommendation 6 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

    • Myanmar: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to spend more than £58.4 million on aid to Myanmar as set out on his...

      Jerusalem: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that international law is upheld in relation to the eviction of...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing recommendation 2 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reduction in the overall aid budget, what steps he is taking to help ensure that...

      Nepal: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will increase the number of covid-19 vaccinations supplied to Nepal.

      Nepal: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to assist the 1.4 million people in Nepal who require AstraZeneca vaccines in the next seven...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of recommendation one of the Truro Review in...

      Brazil: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help protect the rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil.

      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 progress the implementation of recommendation 3 of the Truro Review in accordance with...

      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 progress the implementation of recommendation four of the Truro Review in accordance...

      Sri Lanka: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to spend more than the £800,000 on aid to Sri Lanka as set out on his...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing recommendation 5 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementing recommendation 7 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing recommendation 8 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

      Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on implementing recommendation 9 of the Truro Review in accordance with the...

      Nepal: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is planning to spend more than £55.3 million on aid in Nepal as set out on his...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Foreign: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020...

      Education: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential links between universal access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and...

      Gender: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the Gender Equality Forum 2021.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Nuclear Weapons: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on legal fees in relation to British nuclear test litigation to date.

    • Ministry of Defence: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what private companies are currently contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain Ministerial private...

      Royal Yacht: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the procurement process he has launched for the (a) design and (b) construction of the UK’s national flagship is covered by the warships...

      Navy: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of need for a surface to surface guided weapon system for the Royal Navy.

      Ministry of Defence: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the items stolen from his Department's sites with a value over £500 in the last 12 months.

      Nimrod Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of the Nimrod MRA4 programme prior to its cancellation.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which platform his Department plans to use for the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been to the public purse to date of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon programme.

      Ministry of Defence: Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals of each species in the service of his Department were euthanised in the last 12 months.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the development of the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned service date for the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of applicants to (a) the British Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force were rejected in each of the last five years.

      Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timeframe is for the publication of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.

      Cobham: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the sale of assets previously held by Cobham to US businesses on employment in the UK defence...

      Advent International: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department received notice from Advent on the sale of (a) Axell Wireless, (b) Cobham Aerospace Connectivity and (c) Cobham Mission Systems...

      Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Defence Procurement Minister of 28 June 2021, Official Report, column 21, when will the investigation...

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to introduce the Veterans ID card.

      Military Alliances: Atlantic Ocean

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the Joint Expeditionary Force assists in improving stability and security in the (a) North Atlantic,...

      Scottish Police College: Official Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the News release of 1 July 2021 by Police Scotland entitled Royal College of Defence Studies makes visit to SPC Tulliallan, which 22...

      Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2021 to Question 24336 on Saudi Arabia: Military Aid, how many UK personnel are deployed to Saudi Arabia with those air...

      Ministry of Defence: Official Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cars there are in his Department's fleet; and how many of those cars are (a) electric and (b) hybrid vehicles.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

    • Plants: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the ornamental horticulture industry on the effect of...

      Pigeon Racing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the cross-Channel free movement of racing pigeons between the UK and EU member states.

      Domestic Waste: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local councils for the purposes of...

      Compost: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the England Peat Action Plan, published on 18 May 2021, when he plans to announce the launch of the...

      Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned timetable is for publication of the 7th Quinquennial Review of Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside...

      Floods: Morley and Outwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homes at risk of flooding in Morley and Outwood constituency.

      Waste: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a complete waste export ban to help...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the efficiency of recycling processes in the UK and (b) the extent to which...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a...

  • Home Office

    • UK Border Force: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendations of the Global Travel Taskforce report, publish in April 2021, whether the Government plans to increase...

    • Visas: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for exceptional assurance due to covid-19 travel restrictions have been (a) submitted and (b) decided by UK Visas and...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendations of the Global Travel Taskforce report, published in April 2021, what progress has been made on rolling...

      Home Office: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on her Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.

      Home Office: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

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

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Gazumping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the...

    • Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the findings were of the Midlands Pilot of the Voluntary Right to Buy Scheme; and whether there is a timeline for...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on ensuring that new build homes are built according to the...

      Retirement: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will establish a ministerial taskforce to support the long-term viability of all types of housing and tenures in...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Raising accessibility standards for new homes consultation, published on 8 September 2020,...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and...

      Planning: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to enable Yorkshire and the Humber to collaborate economic, infrastructure and special planning...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Social Security: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement published on 24 December 2020, how many...

    • 11 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the renovations and refurbishment of the Downing Street flat, what have the annual public...

      Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) in Government Review

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which recommendations of the Boardman Review are yet to be implemented.

      Prime Minister: Recycling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products in 10 Downing Street; and...

      Civil Service: Leeds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of civil service jobs based in the South Leeds region.

      Politicians: Safety

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the safety of political campaigners when out campaigning.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has conducted an equalities impact assessment of Voter ID proposals for LGBTQ+ people...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of central government procurement that is spent...

  • Department for International Trade

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Digital Technology: Disability and Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish an assessment of the effectiveness of the Digital Lifeline project in respect of (a) older people and (b)...

    • National Citizen Service Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the NCS Trust Annual Business Plan 2021-2022, published on 27 May 2021, and the announcement by the...

      National Citizen Service Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the NCS Trust Annual Business Plan 2021-2022, published on 27 May 2021, what target the Government has set...

      National Citizen Service Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the NCS Trust Annual Business Plan 2021-2022, published on 27 May 2021, whether the range of NCS experiences...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a...

      Church Services and Music: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to publish updated covid-19 guidance on the (a) number of people allowed to attend memorial services and...

      Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what further steps he will take to ensure that banks and other financial lenders are meeting their obligations when responding...

      Culture Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of funds from Round 1 of the Culture Recovery Fund have been dispersed.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gay Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the comments of the Prime Minister reported in an article entitled Boris Johnson pledges ban on gay conversion therapy, published...

    • Gay Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Canada and Australian on the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to monitor employers’ behaviour to ensure that they are meeting their public sector equality duties in respect of teachers with a...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Overseas Aid: Global Challenges Research Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending, whether they will restore to its previous level the contribution to the Global...

    • Overseas Aid: Environmental Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending for environmental research on the achievement of...

      Overseas Aid: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether programmes supporting women and girls will be disproportionately impacted by the aid cuts; and if so, what plans they have to mitigate that impact.

      Libya: IRA

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in seeking compensation from the government of Libya for the victims of Libyan-supplied semtex used by the IRA.

      Libya: Freezing of Assets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the government of Libya has complied with UN Security Council Resolutions pertaining to the freezing of...

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of freedom of (1) religion, and (2) belief, in Pakistan; and what is their strategy for supporting those freedoms in...

      Overseas Aid: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a gendered assessment took place before the cuts to Official Development Assistance this year; and if so, (1) when this was carried out, and (2) how...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cuts to Official Development Assistance have fallen equally across the (1) multi-lateral projects, (2) Non-Governmental Organisations, and (3)...

      Overseas Aid: Unemployment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of jobs being put at risk due to the cuts in Official Development Assistance.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK-based armed forces personnel are currently infected with COVID-19.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 30 June (HL1403), what is the value of the current contract awarded to Capita Business Services...

    • Children: Food Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are (1) monitoring, and (2) addressing, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child food poverty.

      Children: Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the levels of child poverty in England.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Bees: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the transmission of disease through (1) imported, or (2) internally traded, bumblebees and bumblebee hives.

    • Insects: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether the rate of loss of flying insects due to artificial light at night is increasing or decreasing.

      Waste Disposal: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many metric tonnes of carbon emissions were released by shipping containers exporting waste from the UK in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, and (3) 2020.

  • Home Office

    • Musicians: Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Frost on 24 June (HL Deb, col 389), what are their reasons for considering that the music industry's proposal for a visa...

    • Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether passport scans at UK airports will reveal the vaccinated status of UK citizens; and if so, (1) how this information has been obtained, and (2) how the...

      Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK nationals will have parity with non-UK nationals regarding in person right to work checks from September.

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will meet with the family of Collette Gallacher to discuss changing the law to ensure that those convicted of committing violent sexual offences...

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials in each relevant year for Northern Ireland from expenditure on (1) Levelling Up, (2) UK Shared Prosperity, and (3) Community...

    • Cash Dispensing: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that vulnerable elderly individuals continue to have access to cash.

      UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the UK's economic performance.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Broadband: Low Incomes and Social Security Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that broadband internet access is affordable for people in receipt of low incomes and benefits.

    • Telecoms Diversification Task Force

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Telecoms Diversification Taskforce Report on 20 April, whether the taskforce now been disbanded; and if not, what role and...

      Channel Four Television: Privatisation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the board of Channel 4 about the desirability of privatisation before announcing a review into private ownership of the channel.

      Channel Four Television

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how Channel 4’s current (1) ownership model, and (2) commissioning strategy, is affecting its performance as a public...

      Gambling Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to strip the Gambling Commission of its power to impose affordability checks on vulnerable consumers.

      Gambling: Video Games

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Dr James Close and Dr Joanne Lloyd Lifting the Lid on Loot-Boxes, published by GambleAware in April; and what...

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