Written answers

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of economic development that investing in maritime decarbonisation may provide to the UK’s...

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to decarbonise the UK’s maritime sector.

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of economic development that investing in maritime decarbonisation may provide to the UK’s coastal...

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic contribution to coastal communities of investment in maritime decarbonisation.

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the upcoming Spending Review of Maritime UK’s proposal for investment in maritime...

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to help decarbonise the UK’s maritime sector.

      Ports: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to increase the number of shore power installations and charge point facilities at UK ports.

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to allocate further funding to maritime decarbonisation following the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

      Railways: Diesel Fuel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of diesel that is used by the railway network and train companies each year.

      Railways: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what steps his Department is taking to review the...

      Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what assessment his Department has made of the future...

      Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the number of private cars per 10,000 of the population is in (a) Glasgow, (b) Newcastle, (c) Liverpool, (d) Manchester, (e) Bradford and (f)...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a timetable for publication of the Government's consultation on pavement parking.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to include trade unions in discussions on supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of HGV drivers.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HGV driver recruitment letters the Government has sent to serving (a) firefighters, (b) paramedics and (c) other emergency service personnel.

      Roads: Snow and Ice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 58329 on Roads: Snow and Ice, what the level of salt in the emergency salt reserve was on 1...

      Taxis: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to data published by his Department which shows a reduction of 15.9 per cent in the total number of licensed taxi and private hire...

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog of driving licence renewal applications.

      South Eastern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he is having with the Serious Fraud Office in the context of the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s...

      South Eastern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of the Government’s decision to end SouthEastern Railway’s franchise, what investigations are being progressed by his...

      South Eastern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated from the public purse that will be repaid in response to the Government’s decision...

      Civil Aviation Authority: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an update on the progress made on establishing the Civil Aviation Authority environmental panel.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote more rail freight during a period of shortage of HGV drivers.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that increasing energy costs do not discourage freight operators from sending freight by rail instead of reverting...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51857 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, if he will make a statement on the planned timetable for...

      Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to proceed with trials of on-road lorry platooning.

      Local authorities: Renewable Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department will offer support to local authorities replacing conventional diesel with HVO fuel to run their vehicle fleet.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle chargepoints have been delivered via the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme in Stockport constituency as at 18 October...

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published on 14 July 2021, when he plans to announce further rail electrification schemes.

      M49

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with National Highways and Delta on a completion date for the two-bridge Central Park-Avonmouth junction on the M49.

      Cycling: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a cycle scheme whereby people of pension age can obtain commuter bikes and cycling...

      Railways: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restoring the twice-hourly train service between Castleton and Manchester following the lifting...

      Railways: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve passenger safety on the rail network as a result of unpredictable weather patterns due to the climate emergency.

      Travel Restrictions: Colombia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason Colombia is on the covid-19 red list for international travel.

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the DVLA on the backlog in reviewing driving licences.

      Passenger Ships: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of covid-19 guidance applying to cruise ships in response to the reported MSC Virtuosa...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much power HS2 trains will need to run across each of the phases.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Employment and Support Allowance: Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department excludes contribution-based employment and support allowance as a qualifying benefit for...

    • Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has been made on securing private investment to help take over the Wylfa Nuclear Power...

      Wylfa Power Station: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of both Government and private investment at the Wylfa Nuclear...

      Buildings: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that (a) have been or (b) will be created as a result of (i) UK...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Capital Investment

      To ask the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of investing in carbon, capture,...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Capital Investment

      To ask the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential financial benefits of investing in carbon, capture, utilization and storage technology.

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be (a) created and (b) supported in (i) Scotland and (ii) the...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department will take to monitor delivery against the economic benefits proposed by carbon capture, usage...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Home Grant Scheme vouchers have been issued in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency; and what...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the difficulties Green Home Grant Scheme Voucher holders have...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what powers his Department has to ensure that carbon capture, usage and storage clusters selected onto track 1 in the...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the delivery of the target of 50 per cent local UK content in the North...

      Energy: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of increased energy costs on households in the UK.

      Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Wylfa Nuclear Power site in North Wales to the...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) promote the availability and (b) provide investment for non-animal...

      Smart Data Communications Company: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of service delivery SmartDCC met of the UK network; and what plans his...

      Private Sector: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote inclusive recruitment practices in the private sector.

      Toys and Games: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to regulate the (a) listing and (b) sale of unsafe toys on online marketplaces.

      Trading Standards Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support Trading Standards Scotland after the UK's departure from the EU.

      Trading Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the enforcement of trading standards following the...

      Trading Standards: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will provide additional funding to (a) National Trading Standards and (b) Trading Standards Scotland.

      Toys and Games: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with (a) National Trading Standards and (b) Trading Standards Scotland on tackling...

      Property: Ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on implementing a register of beneficial owners of UK...

      Serum Institute of India: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine manufactured at the Serum Institute of India the Government...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish weekly data on how many covid-19 vaccine doses are delivered to (a) the UK, (b) countries with low...

      Wylfa Power Station: Ynys Mon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential economic merits of proceeding with the Wylfa Nuclear Power plant project...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what role the development of nuclear power stations will have in the Government’s levelling up agenda; and...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the value of exports from (a) Scotland and (b) the UK of the...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of household insulation in the context of rising energy prices...

      Heating: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on further policy designs for the Clean Heat Grant.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of households in England that will experience fuel...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is Government policy to proceed unilaterally with its current timetable for achieving net zero emissions in...

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing support to SMEs to help them...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Warm Home Discount Scheme.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to extend the Green Homes Grant to static caravans.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the need to finance local climate solutions; and if he will make an assessment of the...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will calculate what the level of the Warm Home Discount Scheme would be in the event that it had been uprated in...

      Geothermal Power: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many projects to deliver geothermal heat from minewater are in receipt of Government support as at 18 October 2021.

      Geothermal Power: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what targets exist for the delivery of geothermal heat projects in order to help meet the UK's net zero emissions target.

      Nuclear Power Stations: Somerton and Frome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the businesses in Somerton and Frome constituency that have benefited...

      Cars: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are able to access fuel for their cars.

      Hydrogen: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be (a) created and (b) supported in (i) Scotland and (ii) the...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the UK's floating wind...

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small- and medium-sized enterprises to transition to net zero.

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small- and medium-sized enterprises to transition to net zero.

      Climate Change: Scholarships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to match funding for COP26 scholarships recently announced by universities.

      Wylfa Power Station: Ynys Mon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the Wylfa site on Anglesey for redevelopment as a new, large-scale...

      Hitachi: Wylfa Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to secure the development of the Wylfa nuclear site on a sustainable basis, in the context of...

      Nuclear Power: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that future participants in the UK’s nuclear energy sector do not pose a threat...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of Green Home Grant Scheme vouchers have been redeemed as of August 2021.

      Fuel Oil: Vegetable Oils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using hydrated vegetable oil to decarbonise off-grid residential...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to return to a centrally-funded Green Home Grant Scheme.

      Fuel Oil: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the use of residential heating oil are in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c)...

      Heating: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with industry stakeholders on funding for an equitable and affordable switch to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Taxation: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the tax revenues raised in Scotland were from (a) tax on dividends, (b) corporation tax and (c) capital...

    • National Income: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Gross Domestic Product on a per capita basis for the population of (a) Scotland, (b) Wales,...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that victims of medical negligence are able to seek redress for (a) damage, (b) suffering and (c)...

    • Ambulance Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of London Ambulance Service proposals to replace 68 ambulance stations...

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce cancer death rates and (b) increase life expectancy.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 13 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, regarding water fluoridation,...

      Coronavirus: Vitamin D

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restarting the scheme to provide free vitamin D supplements for people at high...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the current WHO guidelines on the interpretation of Article 5.3 of the Framework...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide further powers for local Directors of Public Health to undertake contact tracing in respect of covid-19.

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle digital exclusion among patients undertaking kidney function tests who do not have smart phones.

      World Health Organization

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's influence within the WHO compared with other countries.

      Kidney Diseases: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to support clinically extremely vulnerable kidney patients to follow advanced precautions since the...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that forthcoming white papers on social care reform and integration are informed and co-produced by...

      Home Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to improve the processes for licensing domiciliary care companies; and whether the licensing process includes...

      Motor Neurone Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase research funding for motor neurone disease.

      Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of complaints to Yorkshire Ambulance Service were resolved within eight weeks in the most recent year for which figures...

      NHS and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of discount schemes on helping to (a) recognise, (b) recruit and (c) retain workers...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made to encourage more high quality applications for funding into brain tumour research.

      Trodelvy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2021 to Question 2141, on Trodelvy, what recent progress his Department has made on making...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in England have been removed from NHS dental lists in the last year as a result of (a) not having attended regular...

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 44360, on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, if he will provide the data requested in...

      Global FOP Awareness Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support International fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) Awareness Day on 23 April; and if he will...

      Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) among healthcare professionals (a) in...

      Infant Mortality: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish an inquiry on the stillbirth and neonatal deaths of black and Asian babies.

      Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve international collaboration on research into (a) slowing the symptoms of and (b) finding a cure for...

      Cancer: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve public awareness of sarcoma cancer.

      Parkinson's Disease: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £1 billion covid-19 backlog funding announced on 6 September 2021 will be allocated to...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 28 July 2021, reference RL25124.

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to avoid a winter crisis in hospitals given the associated additional risks of a potential rise in...

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish further details of the steps and budgets he is introducing to reduce waiting lists for treatment in the NHS.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 12 August and 14 September 2021 on behalf of Avon LMC...

      Rare Cancers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the education of medical students on rare and less common cancers.

      Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take under the Elective Recovery Plan to ensure that new funding for tackling the backlog will reduce waiting times...

      Shoulder Replacements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had shoulder repair surgery by NHS appointments in the last three years.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to hospitals that have backlogs of patients awaiting emergency operations.

      NHS: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 9 December 2020 to Question 120078, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of...

      Heart Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the British Heart Foundation’s modelling which predicts that...

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated for mental health support teams in schools and colleges in each year between 2018-19 and 2023-24; and...

      Hospices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the funding available to hospices where charitable donations have...

      Social Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting minimum national pay and conditions for staff working in social care.

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on adequately funding disabled children’s health and care...

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce free comprehensive adult social care.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) offices and (b) other Government departments officials working on dementia in his Department engage with as part of their roles.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) service users there has been to CAMHS clinical staff in (a)...

      Counselling: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that counselling services are in place for young people in order to stop the rise in the...

      Self-harm and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Online Safety Bill being amended to compel all user-to-user...

      Urology: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 7914 on Kidney Cancer, what steps he is taking to involve the urology clinical nurse...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable access to clinics supporting patients with long covid.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the percentage of NHS patients starting treatment within 62 days after GP Urgent Suspected Cancer Referral to rise above...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the Adult Community Eating Disorder Waiting Times Pilots; and what his timetable is for the...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of children referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) received a routine assessment...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services.

      Autism and Learning Disability: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to then Minister for Care's oral contribution of 10 June 2021, Official Report, Column 491WH, when his Department will...

      Carers: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2021 to Question 29882, and the Answer of 13 September 2021 to Question 41177, what estimate he has...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of waiting times for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service referrals (a) as at...

      Gynaecology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on 16 August 2021, what plans he has to bring...

      Terminal Illnesses: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care is affordable for people with a terminal illness; and what recent estimate his...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact that the covid-19 outbreak has had on waiting lists for mental health services.

      Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the imbalance between chemotherapy and radiotherapy spending.

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the impact on families and individuals of the number of out-of-areas placements given to adults and...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reform the social care system through (a) staffing and (b) quality of care.

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of assessing (a) social care and (b) nursing care through NHS Continuing Healthcare...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in his Department is responsible for (a) child health and (b) special educational needs and disabilities.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to people with a pathological fear of needles in order to support those people to get the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to progress (a) the validation of non-UK vaccines for UK residents requiring the NHS COVID Pass, and (b)...

      Dental Services: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter dated 20 July 2021 from his Department, NHS England, the Chief Dental Officer and Healthwatch to NHS Dental...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to recognise covid-19 vaccines administered to UK nationals who are living or resident overseas; and if he...

      Public Health: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the public health grant allocated to Leeds City Council in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last 10 years.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of new restrictions on the online advertising of products...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs there are in England.

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of unmet need for sexual health services in England.

      Tonsils: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce tonsillectomy waiting lists in England.

      NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure that (a) the Health and Care Bill and (b) other legislative proposals supports the NHS’s aim to...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 28 July 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding the government's expenditure...

      Elective Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Elective Recovery Fund on health inequality for Trusts in receipt of that funding.

      Hospitals: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the affordability of the Hospitals Transformation Programme was included in the plans to improve hospital services in Shropshire.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the commitment by the Prime Minister in October 2020 to make 70 per cent of PPE in the UK, how much and what proportion...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the health effects of removing covid-19 contract tracing for schools.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department supplies ordinary face masks to front line NHS and care staff as opposed to FFP3 and FFP2/N95 masks.

  • Department for Education

    • National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many tutors have been on-boarded by the National Tutoring Programme in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

    • Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of unexplained pupil absence in England from (a) 16 September 2021 and (b) 14 October 2021.

      Education: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2021 to Question 10325 on Education: Gender, what additional steps his Department is planning to take to help improve...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the rate of school exclusions has been in (a) local authority maintained schools and (b) academies in each of the last five years.

      Family Hubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for (a) Family Hubs and (b) and other such partner organisations.

      Post-18 Education and Funding Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2021 to Question 49129, on Students: Loans, when his Department plans to publish the conclusion to the Post-18...

      Children: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report entitled The Gap Widens, published in October 2021, which found...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, excluding pupils absent for covid-related reasons, how many pupils (a) with an Education, Health and Care Plan, (b) who had a social worker and (c)...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining the student loan repayment threshold at its current level in England.

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress the Government has made on providing a sharia-compliant alternative student finance system.

      School Leaving: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy on additional incentives for employers...

      Education: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources are available for education institutions to engage with local businesses and employers in their community.

      Apprentices and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) apprenticeships and (b) traineeships were started in each month of 2021 in the (a) HGV driver, (b) nursing, (c) home and other types of...

      National Tutoring Programme: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the financial allocation from the National Tutoring Programme to schools in Stockport constituency was in the academic year 2020-21.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's report on terrorism in prisons.

    • Bronzefield Prison: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those women known to be pregnant in HMP Bronzefield from March 2019 to September 2020 were under Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork...

      Remote Hearings: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the participation by child defendants in virtual proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak, what steps his Department has taken to...

      Prisoners: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population in England and Wales was for the most recent date for which information is available; and how many of those prisoners were...

      Prisoners: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report Motherhood Challenged: Exploring the persisting impact of maternal...

      Prisoners Transfers: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wakefield, published on 13 October 2021, what recent discussions he has had...

      Stoke Heath Prison: Education and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Stoke Heath, published on 13 October 2021, what assessment he has made of...

      Wealstun Prison: Food Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wealstun, published on 14 October 2021, what recent assessment he has made of...

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Prison Security Investment Programme: X-ray Body Scanners Ad Hoc Management Information, published on 14 October 2021, what assessment...

      Wakefield Prison: Psychiatry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wakefield, published on 13 October 2021, what assessment he has made of the...

      Prisoners' Transfers: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/YOI Stoke Heath, published on 13 October 2021, what recent progress he has...

      Prisoners: Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in (a) obesity and (b) people being overweight among prisoners in England and Wales since the covid-19...

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Offenders to pay back society more visibly under £90 million plan, published on 5 October 2021, what organisations working with...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons individuals who are detained under certain circumstances of section 37 of the Mental Health Act are detained without a tariff or plan...

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2021 to Question 49080, on Reoffenders, what proportion of single justice procedure convictions are recordable.

      Sexual Offences: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve conviction rates for rape and sexual assault offences.

      Prisoners: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) referrals, (b) prosecutions and (c) successful prosecutions relating to crimes allegedly committed by prisoners have taken place in each of...

      Low Newton Prison: Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the areas of development set out on page 6 of the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board for HMP/YOI Low Newton for...

      Prisoners: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners for all or part of their custodial sentence have been pregnant in each of the last five years; how many of those prisoners have given...

  • Treasury

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 20 August 2021, reference RL26254.

    • UK Internal Trade

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish guidance on the requirement of logistics businesses delivering goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland to provide statistical...

      Inheritance Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average HMRC takes to make decisions in inheritance tax cases.

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 123106 on Defibrillators: VAT, what plans his Department has to review legislation on VAT on...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 56619 on Universal Credit, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential...

      Public Houses: Fiscal Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including fiscal easing measures for pubs in the Autumn 2021 Budget.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 12 August 2021, reference RL25105.

      Beer: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to provide to small breweries to deal with additional costs from the proposed changes to Small Brewers Relief.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC raised in duties on vaping products in each of the last three years.

      Petroleum Revenue Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax revenues raised from the Petroleum Revenue Tax in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.

  • Church Commissioners

    • Churches

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations he has received from (a) lay parish members and (b) clergy on the Mission from (i) from...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aid: Scottish Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of deploying of military personnel to assist the Scottish Health and Scottish Ambulance Service during the...

    • Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear test veterans have (a) submitted claims under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme since the announcement of 26 August 2020, and (b)...

      Veterans: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to provide a priority service for nuclear test veterans since his Department’s announcement of such a scheme...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have successfully moved into secure employment after taking part in the Restart scheme as of 21 October 2021.

    • Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been referred to Restart scheme providers in each of the Restart scheme contract package areas since July 2021.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish data on the size of deductions being made from claimants' universal credit entitlements as a result of debts to the public...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are facing deductions to their universal credit award as a result of debts owed to the public purse as of 21 October 2021.

      Universal Credit: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received on the impact of using the universal credit online journal on people with mental health conditions .

      Vocational Guidance: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage young people to take up careers in the hospitality sector.

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the number of people not in (a) employment, or (b) training across (i) the constituency of...

      Job Centres: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have been closed due to occurrences of covid-19 infections since the outset of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to utilise the twelve month discretion to delay a determination of gainful self-employment until 31 July 2022, as contained...

      Kickstart Scheme: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Kickstart scheme in the hospitality sector.

      Private Sector: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote inclusive recruitment practices in the private sector.

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many of the current Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay cases has payment been delayed; and in how many cases has the delay...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of current Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay cases are has (a) all money due been paid, (b) no money due been...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken was for Collect & Pay case arrears to be cleared from April 2019 to April 2021.

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was between the Child Maintenance Service’s decision to take an enforcement measure and it being...

      State Retirement Pensions: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people and what proportion of the total population of Scotland are in receipt of a state pension; and what the total value was of...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay cases have had their arrears cleared to £0 in the last 24 months; and what...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases was money recovered under the Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay service from April 2019 to April 2021; and what...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the 2020-21 Child Maintenance Service statistics release, for what reason there are 7,100 unassigned arrangements for the...

      Child Maintenance Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £60.9 million of child maintenance due and paid through Collect & Pay in 2020-21 is (a) arrears repayments and...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending legislation on workplace occupational pensions for the purposes of...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Yemen: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people in Yemen were provided with food aid funded by UK Official Development Assistance in (a) 2019 and...

    • Yemen: Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people at risk of starvation in Yemen.

      AUKUS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the obligations of the countries participating in the AUKUS agreement towards one another;...

      Somalia: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has provided financial assistance to the Somalian police's Goodir Unit.

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the killing of 3,240 Christians in Nigeria...

      Abduljalil Abdulla al-Singace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has made representations to the Government of Bahrain on the hunger strike being carried by...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to respond to the correspondence addressed to her predecessor dated 25 August 2021 from the Hon....

      Syria: Interpol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the implications for her policy of the decision by...

      Afghanistan: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that aid is reaching safehouses and gender based violence services for (a)...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to offer a place of sanctuary to people fleeing the violence in Afghanistan by...

      Colombia: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to prevent companies that are domiciled or listed in the UK from threatening...

      Developing Countries: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to help countries implement the UNAIDS political declaration of July 2021.

      Colombia: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help protect environmental defenders in Colombia who potentially face...

      Question

      What support she is providing to marine habitat restoration projects in the developing world.

      Question

      When she plans to announce her strategy for the Nutrition for Growth Summit taking place in Tokyo in December 2021.

      Racial Discrimination: UN Resolutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK voted against the UN Resolution A/RES/75/237 calling for action for the total elimination...

      Developing Countries: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to third world countries to tackle climate change.

      Question

      What recent diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help promote international co-operation on tackling climate change.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact on funding for existing...

      Kashmir: Human Rights

      What recent assessment she has made of the human rights situation in Kashmir.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      What steps her Department has taken to safely reopen international travel to facilitate trade and tourism.

      School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the UK becoming a signatory member of the School Meals...

      Education: Females

      What steps her Department is taking to help ensure that girls throughout the world receive a high-quality education.

      Afghanistan: Taliban

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions the Prime Minister’s special envoy has had with members of the Taliban government in...

      Conferences: United Nations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether representatives of the Government attend UN Conferences of the Parties on subjects of domestic policy to...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect tropical forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

      Livestock: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to include the environmental impact of livestock farming on the agenda for COP26.

      Developing Countries: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2021 to Question 180543 on Overseas Aid, how much of the £5.8 billion in...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the use of Special Drawing Rights to...

      Armed Conflict: Civilians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the steps taken by the Government to meet the commitments...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Tree Felling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a moratorium on new...

  • Home Office

    • Prevent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) status and (b) likelihood of on-time delivery of the independent review of Prevent.

    • Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent abuse of the Interpol red notices system for political reasons by states abusing the human rights of (a)...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the reasons for which 22,000 fraud cases were dropped by police last year; and what steps he plans to take to...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a person who has recently married a UK national is eligible to apply for the Spouse Visa while their Marriage Visitor Visa is still...

      Carers: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to treat disabled people who employ live-in carers as approved employers for the purposes of visa...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she made of the number of outstanding applications to the EU Settlement scheme.

      Crimes of Violence: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an expert-led public awareness campaign on male violence against women...

      UK Border Force: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of additional Border Force officers required to process entrants from the EU, following the...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will update the EU Settlement Scheme to ensure that people with pre-settled status do not have that status automatically removed from...

      Asylum: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the delays in processing asylum applications; and what steps she is taking to tackle the backlog of applications in...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Integrated Risk Management Plans put forward by individual fire and rescue authorities have included the planned use of aircraft...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing firearm licence procedures following the shooting in Plymouth on 12...

      Sexual Offences: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to reports by Channel 4 News, published on 12 October 2021, that reported cases of indecent exposure recorded by police...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme will open to applicants.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will prioritise the safe passage to the UK for Afghanistan’s junior female football team.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expedite biometric residence permit applications for Afghans evacuated under Operation Pitting and who have been...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she next plans to provide an update on the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghan citizens whose cases have already been raised with her Department by hon. Members will automatically be considered for the...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the role of local...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what consultation he has undertaken with local government representatives from across the political spectrum since his...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the revised timetable is for the Fair Funding Review.

      Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what statistics his Department holds of the financial impact of the covid-19 outbreak on local authorities after June 2021.

      Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to provide additional resources to local authorities with high rates of covid-19 transmission.

      Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group’s...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the call for evidence on whether local authorities and parish...

      Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what policy objective his Department seeks to achieve by removing a prescribed device to enable blind and partially...

      Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with bodies representing communities with Latin American heritage.

      Temporary Accommodation: Bethnal Green and Bow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a statement on the steps taken by his Department following notification by Clarion Housing Group of its...

      Property: Auctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of whether buyers should be warned of fees likely to be incurred when purchasing real property...

      Local Government: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's review of the Planning for the Future White Paper, if he will make it his policy to...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make available in the Library a copy of schedule 9 of the Funding Agreement of the Building Safety Fund.

      Listed Buildings: Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many listed buildings have been granted an exemption from obtaining an Energy Performance Certificate; and what...

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of homes for social rent that will not be built over the next five years as a...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to work with local authorities to increase the rate of building affordable social homes.

      Housing First

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with the Treasury on funding the Housing First places needed in England to end...

      Rented Housing: Pets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing pet deposits or pet damage insurance for...

      Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish details on what funding the Government is providing to local authorities to build community support to...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether freeholders will receive compensation for the loss of marriage value under the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill.

      Housing: Ilford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support the Government is giving to local authorities to urgently house the most vulnerable, in the context of the...

      Building Safety Fund: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings have (a) applied to and (b) secured funding from the Building Safety Fund in (i) Birmingham Ladywood...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has held with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on citizens of Northern Ireland temporarily residing in...

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to announce proposals on how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be used to strengthen the Union.

      British Pregnancy Advisory Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of British Pregnancy Advisory Service provision in meeting the requirement for the...

      Northern Ireland Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to improve his Department's response times to correspondence from members of the public.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's spend control data for January 2021 to June 2021, published on 21 October 2021, for what reasons her...

    • Mubadala

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which representatives of the Mubadala Investment Company she met on 19 April 2021; and whether she discussed with those representatives...

      Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's spend control data for January 2021 to June 2021, published on 21 October 2021, if she will publish a...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the (a) Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group’s...

    • Channel Four Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of the intellectual property and exports generated for independent...

      Channel Four Television: Privatisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to maintain Channel 4’s 50 per cent commissioning spend outside of London in the event...

      Broadband: Banff and Buchan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many premises in Banff and Buchan constituency are not connected to superfast broadband.

      Broadband: Banff and Buchan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the geographical coverage of (a) 4G and (b) 5G mobile data in Banff and Buchan...

      Exercise and Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Sport England’s Active Lives Survey November...

      Football: World Cup

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy that a successful UK and Republic of Ireland bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup would include...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish a copy of the recent audit report by the EU Commission on the...

    • Textiles: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to introduce an Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for textiles.

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department has removed catch limits for fly-shooters targeting non-quota species for 2021.

      Shellfish: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect crustaceans and ensure that their use in seafood is ethical.

      Chelsea Flower Show: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Royal Horticultural Society on the environmental impact of the Chelsea Flower Show in...

      Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) length and (b) power is of the fishing vessels that have used fly shooting equipment in the (i) southern North...

      Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many existing fishing vessel licences issued by the UK Single Issuing Authority entitle the vessels to use fly shooting...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which companies have supplied Union Jack flags to his Department since 2019.

      Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will ban pelagic trawlers over 55 metres and fly-shooters from the English Channel and Southern North Sea.

      Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government's evaluation of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme, produced in 2019, will be published; and what recent...

      Farms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to (a) promote collaboration between land managers with stakeholders from the (i) private...

      Environment Protection: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that (a) have been or (b) will be created as a result of (i) UK private,...

      Washing Machines: Microplastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the appliance industry on introducing microfibre catching filters in washing...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to announce a water demand target.

      Sewage: Water Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that water company employees are safeguarded from being ascribed fault for...

      Forestry: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has paid the Woodland Trust for delivering tree-planting and forestry projects in each of the last...

      River Wye: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) level of pollution in the river Wye and (b) impact of that pollution on...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there is better separation of recyclable materials at source to...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure air pollution levels near (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) GP surgeries do not...

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of economic development that investing in maritime decarbonisation will provide to the UK’s coastal communities.

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest further in maritime decarbonisation, following on from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.

      Great British Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their timetable for introducing legislation to establish Great British Railways; when they expect the organisation will be operational; and whether they...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the shortage of HGV drivers on the gritting of roads during the forthcoming winter.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential shortage of gritter drivers in winter 2021–22; and what plans they have to address any such shortage.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to create a comprehensive UK-wide electric vehicle charging network by 2028.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many HGV licences are currently suspended pending a decision by the relevant Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency medical board.

      Railway Stations: Cambridge

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of the planned Cambridge South railway station and the projected demand, given the developments in the area.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Natural Gas: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Russia concerning gas supplies.

    • Antisocial Behaviour: Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 21 September (HL2514) regarding anti-loitering devices known as Mosquito devices, what requirements must be...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospital Wards: Gender

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 29 September (HL2490), whether organisations that work on men's violence against women and girls will be consulted...

    • Hospital Wards: Gender

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 29 September (HL2490), whether they plan to consult gender critical organisations in the review of mixed sex...

      Health Services: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the NHS refers to "women" whenever appropriate in its publications and clinical guidance.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all dentists are eligible for free influenza vaccinations.

      NHS: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund permanent surge capacity in the NHS to manage significant increases in demand.

      Disability: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Disabled Children’s Partnership The Gap Widens, published on 14 October, which found that the funding gap...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each year from 2014, how many people used deferred payment schemes that enable older people to avoid selling their houses to pay for care.

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the NHS refers to "women" when sending out invitations for cervical screening, as proposed by the Secretary of State for...

      Health Services: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that debates in the NHS over transgender rights are conducted with "compassion and sensitivity", as proposed by the Secretary...

      Health Services: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when NHS England's Unified Information Standard on Protected Characteristics report will be published; and what engagement with stakeholders will take place before...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to make the flu vaccination programme permanent for the over 50s age group.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide a date for when mandatory PCR tests for foreign travel will be stopped.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that (1) PCR, and (2) other COVID-19 test providers listed on the gov.uk website, provide accurate information regarding...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of school days missed in England since the start of the school year as a result of COVID-19 absence; and what steps...

    • Secondary Education: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce COVID-19 safety measures in secondary schools in light of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in younger people.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Agriculture: Trade Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a framework for national food and farming standards against which any proposed Free Trade Deal could be measured, as proposed by...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made with General Dynamics to recover taxpayer money from that company if the Ajax programme is terminated.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the estimated 500,000 job vacancies across the food and drink sector.

    • Food: Public Sector

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that public sector food procurement policies give priority to locally sourced food.

      National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations Brexit Balance...

      Environment Protection: Public Consultation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) when they will publish their response to the consultation on the environmental principles draft policy statement, and (2) why their response to that...

      Waste Disposal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prosecutions, and (2) convictions, have been obtained in each of the last five years for discharging (a) general garbage, (b) plastic materials, and...

      Livestock: Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will end the use of cages for animals reared on British farms.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme is scheduled to open.

    • Afghanistan: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take in response to reports that unaccompanied minors with family links to the UK were recently evacuated from Afghanistan and are...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will start operating the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme; whether they will establish a working group for its implementation; and if so,...

      Asylum: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) number, and (2) proportion, of asylum claims made before August had been awaiting an interview for more than (a) 6 months, (b) a year, and (c) two years.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve building safety.

    • Social Rented Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new homes were provided for social rent by (1) councils, and (2) housing associations, in each of the last three financial years.

      Planning Permission: Public Participation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support public participation in the planning process.

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the supply of affordable housing.

      Derelict Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the total number of Brownfield sites available for use in England.

      Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relative importance of (1) improving health and education, and (2) increasing GDP per capita, in reducing poverty in the UK.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 29 September (HL2635), what period the agreed full cost support for local authorities to implement the...

      Constitutions and Devolution: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who has replaced Chloe Smith MP as the Minister in the Cabinet Office responsible for the Constitution and Devolution; and in particular, for the work on Common...

      Fracking: Planning Permission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have blocked planning permission for new oil drilling extraction sites in the UK over the past five years; and if so, (1) how many permissions they...

      Tenants: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to establish interest free, government-guaranteed hardship loans to support housing tenants with debts incurred as a result of the...

  • Treasury

    • Workplace Pensions: Public Sector

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what rate of interest is applied to refunds of public sector workers’ partner pension contributions if the pension holder retires without a partner, and...

    • Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how much money has been invested in individual savings accounts (ISAs) in total, (2) how much money has been invested in ISAs by different age groups, (3)...

      Care Homes: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce savings incentives to help people pay for elderly care.

What is this?

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