Written answers

Thursday, 28 October 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed Two: Corporate Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on hosting hospitality events and receptions in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

    • High Speed Two: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on gender neutral toilets at HS2 offices in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Bats: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent to date on bat protection and mitigation.

      High Speed Two: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amount overpaid to staff of HS2 Ltd in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Travel Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on railcards for staff in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Art Works

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish details of expenditure by HS2 Ltd on artworks in (a) 2019 (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 by (a) cost, (b) name and (c) description of each item.

      High Speed Two: Plants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on real or artificial plants for use in HS2 offices in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Photographs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on portraits, such as a painting, drawing or engraving of a photographic portrait, or headshots of a person such as a...

      High Speed Two: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on alcoholic drinks in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by HS2 Ltd on advertising and media relation agencies in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the amount spent by HS2 Ltd on enabling staff to work from home in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.

      High Speed Two: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish details of expenditure by HS2 Ltd on domestic and overseas trips for employees in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021, by destination.

      High Speed Two: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has HS2 Ltd spent on (a) rail, (b) air and (c) road travel since 2019.

      High Speed Two: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by HS2 Ltd for private security at each HS2 office and site since 2019.

      High Speed Two: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) amount spent by HS2 Ltd on helpline call centres in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 and (b) number of calls dealt with...

      High Speed Two: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the total (a) amount of Job Retention Scheme disbursements paid to HS2 Ltd and (b) number of HS2 Ltd staff furloughed during the...

      Transport: St Helens North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport projects in St Helens North constituency are set to receive funding as part of the £710 million planned for the Liverpool City Region.

      Public Transport: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is offering for (a) integrated transport, (b) integrated ticketing and (c) subsidised bus fares in Newcastle; and how that support...

      Electric Vehicles: Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 59787, Electric Vehicles: Buses, how many electric buses are in service in Newcastle as a result...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of IR35 changes on the number of drivers available to the haulage industry.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of time is an applicant for a new HGV or PSV licence must wait to receive the licence; and if he will make a statement.

      Driving Licences: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to decide whether UK citizens returning to the UK can exchange their non-British driving licence for a British licence.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has collected evidence on the potential impact of 38.4 tonne volumetric concrete mobile plants on the UK's roads.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to produce an environmental impact assessment on the potential additional lorry miles that may occur as a result of the weight...

      Railways: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make an announcement relating to the Restoring Your Railways fund bid for the line between Ashton-under-Lyne and Stockport, serving...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the two-monthly report on the status of the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 published on 21 July 2021, what...

    • Chuldren: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the level of childhood immunisation services provided by local authorities in England.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities on protecting children from alcohol marketing to...

      Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Integrated Care Systems support renal centres to meet the recommendation set out...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government with regard to the international travel implications for British citizens who have...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the risk assessment of the Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test as announced by the Medicines and...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if face coverings should be worn in Parliament.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to vaccinate home schooled children between the ages of 12 and 17 against covid-19.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to begin granting Health Start vouchers to families subject to no recourse to public funds.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the efficacy level has been of the flu vaccine since 1 January 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received their third dose of a covid-19 vaccine; and if he will include that data in the Coronavirus Dashboard on...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will develop a separate Healthy Start Scheme application form for newly eligible families subject to no recourse to...

      Smoking: Norway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of how Norway has halved its rate of smoking from 2 per cent to 1 per cent in 2020 among 18-24...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Healthy Start voucher scheme applications will be made available in languages other than English.

      Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the evidence to support newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has (a) for inclusive stakeholder engagement in advance of the Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to a report by ASH entitled Use of e-cigarettes, vapes, among adults in Great Britain, published in June 2021, what steps...

      Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what planning his Department has undertaken to reduce flu transmissions in the community in winter 2021-22.

      Pregnancy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of covid-19 on pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on pregnancy and the...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps he is taking to help ensure the reduction of flu transmission following the reduced flu vaccine uptake for this...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport about the potential merits of wearing face coverings on (a) buses...

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people with long covid; and what assessment he has made of the level of demand among...

      Long Covid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of long covid in children; and what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) GPs per capita and (b) GP working hours per capita for each hospital Trust in England.

      General Practitioners: Blackpool North and Cleveleys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average list size of patients is per full-time equivalent GP in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency in each of the last...

      Hyperactivity: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure equitable access to ADHD (a) support, (b) assessments and (c) diagnosis for children and adults...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence dated 9 August 2021 from the Hon. Member for Enfield North on the Coronavirus notification...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of palliative care.

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ask Integrated Care Systems (ICS) to include chronic kidney disease in their ICS plans; and if he will...

      Mental Health Services: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health nurses are currently in training.

      Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Defence on increasing the availability of eye movement...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 10549, on Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services, when he plans to set a target on...

      Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS hospital beds per capita for each hospital Trust in England.

      Mental Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for research into mental health.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to a letter dated 13 August 2021 from the Honourable Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57374 regarding a COVID...

      Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 June 2021 from the hon. Member...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.

      Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adequate resources go to research into endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.

      Hospitals: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals offer food to parents in hospital with their child.

      Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place in NHS hospitals in England for the (a) retention or (b) reissue of prescribed medications for inpatients on...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether tax paid into the UK is a consideration when awarding Government contracts.

      Fampridine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has made of the potential merits of using fampridine for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

      Endometriosis: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department is providing to research into endometriosis diagnosis and treatment in (a) 2021-22 and (b) each of the...

      Gina Coladangelo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role former non-executive director Gina Colangelo played in the G7 Health Minister's meeting in June 2021.

      Lung Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of (a) research and (b) trials in respect of pulmonary fibrosis.

      Wheelchairs: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of wheelchairs made available to NHS patients in the last 12 months were manufactured in the UK.

      Fampridine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential cost savings for (a) social care and (b) welfare of making fampridine (fampyra)...

      Elective Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of Trusts to meet the Elective Recovery Fund thresholds in areas where covid-19 prevalence has...

      Medical Treatments: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 July 2021 to Question 33177, on Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, whether a decision has...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when publication of NHS statistics on Delayed Transfers of Care will resume.

      Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for research into (a) endometriosis and (b) polycystic...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply in detail to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 17 June and 18 May case number MP69421 on...

      Prescription Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the wastage of prescribed tablets and other medication.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 21 May 2021 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on the legality of discharging an elderly...

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's process is for developing interim access arrangements for oncology drugs licensed through Project Orbis.

      Midwives: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pre-registration student midwives (a) have started their training and (b) were at any stage of their training in each of the...

      Urology: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following publication of Diagnostics: Recovery and Renewal: Report by the Independent Review of Diagnostic Services for NHS England, what...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals to align prescription charges with the State Pension age on people who...

      Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish regular data on hospital admissions for all commutable infections for the purposes of increasing awareness of...

      Hereditary Angioedema

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of hereditary angioedema on affected people's time away from (a) work and (b) education.

      Hereditary Angioedema: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps (a) NICE and (b) NHS England are taking to help ensure that the treatment and care of people living in the UK with hereditary...

      Stem Cells: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to create a unified stem cell donor recruitment policy across Anthony Nolan, NHS British Bone Marrow...

      IVF and Maternity Services: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on ensuring equal access to IVF and maternity services for lesbian and bi women.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GPs reduce the backlog of patient appointments.

      NHS: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of abuse experienced by (a) GPs and their staff, (b) staff in hospitals and (c)...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether treatments for long covid will be exempt from the NHS Charging Regulations; how many people considered not ordinarily resident...

      General Practitioners: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that GP pension rules are not a barrier to GPs working additional hours to provide out of...

      NHS 111: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that NHS 111 call handlers who are employed by private contractors receive a comparable...

      Health Professions: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent (a) GPs, (b) nurses and (c) other direct patient care staff have left the NHS and not been replaced since...

      Genetic Engineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many gene and cell therapies have been appraised by NICE through a Single Technology Appraisal; and what category of recommendation...

      Department of Health and Social Care: BGI

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department or Public Health England has a working relationship, including on contractual or commercial terms, with the...

      Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department is considering other than vaccination to help mitigate a winter flu outbreak in winter 2021-22.

      Life Expectancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to meet the Government's target to provide five extra years of healthy life for UK citizens by 2035; and if he...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to enable people who have received the Sinovac covid-19 vaccine to be recognised as fully vaccinated.

      Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a rise in (a) community acquired pneumonia and (b) hospital acquired infections this winter.

      Psychiatric Hospitals: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what inspection regime is planned of sites where patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 are housed where they are not...

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of new covid-19 infections identified since 1 September 2021 did NHS Test and Trace attribute to a school...

      Smoking: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in smoking among young people in England; and what steps he is taking to reduce smoking...

      Diabetes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether definitions used for clinically extremely vulnerable people or others asked to shield initially during the covid-19 outbreak...

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he is taking to encourage better (a) ventilation, (b) hygiene (c) social distancing and (d) face covering compliance...

      Speech and Language Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England has plans to update the conditions section of its website to include developmental language disorder as a specific...

      Social Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help with recruitment to the adult social care sector.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has any plans to introduce a waiting list target for CAMHS referral and assessment.

      Terminal Illnesses: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce pressure on respite care for people with terminal illnesses.

      Health Services: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Injustice? Towards a better understanding of health care access challenges for prisoners, published...

      Health Services: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Injustice? Towards a better understanding of health care access challenges for prisoners, published...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to allocating additional funding to NHS eating disorder services in 2022-23.

      Carers: Discounts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a carer verification system to help identify paid and unpaid...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP's return to face-to-face appointments with patients.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps a British national who received the covid-19 vaccination overseas must undertake to add their inoculation records to the NHS App.

      Sterilisation: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of women who suffer from post tubal ligation syndrome; and whether he plans to ask the NHS to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make the covid-19 vaccine available to (a) children under the age of 12 and (b) children under the age of 12 who...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of needle aspiration when administering covid-19 vaccinations.

      Vaccination: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to administer covid-19 vaccine booster doses alongside flu vaccines to those eligible in prisons in England.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the spread of misinformation on GP surgeries refusing to see patients.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the longevity of the (a) AstraZenica and (b) Pfizer covid-19 vaccines; and whether that...

      WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the positions the Government will advance at Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework...

      General Practitioners: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to incentivise new and existing GPs to locate in areas of high deprivation with the lowest numbers of GPs...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of when the effects of the covid-19 booster vaccination program will be seen in a decrease in the...

  • Wales Office

    • Prisoners: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving the support available to pregnant female prisoners in Welsh prisons.

    • Wales Office: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's ministers have been exempted from quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK from a covid-19 red list country to which...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many CO2 monitors were distributed to schools by the end of the autumn 2021 term (a) nationally, (b) regionally and (c) by local authority.

    • All Saints School York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that pupils at All Saints school in York can learn in safe and appropriate school buildings.

      Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria proposals for new capital building projects will be required to meet; and what steps he will take to determine the priority for new...

      Educational Institutions and Student Unions: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy (a) that the costs of any court action against (i) educational establishments and (ii) student unions which are found to...

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to (a) support colleges to organise industry placements for T- Level students in England and (b) guarantee that all T-Level...

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) art and design, (b) sport and (c) music and performing arts will be offered as T-Level courses for students in England.

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether T-Level students in England can resit (a) a component or (b) components of their course; and how those resits will be funded for each student.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Coroners' Courts Support Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to provide long-term core funding for the Coroners' Courts Support Service; and if he will make a statement.

    • Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has plans to award the Platinum Jubilee medal to people who have served in the prison service.

      Prisoners: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will include the provision of support services for families of prisoners, including where there is no contact because of the nature of the...

      Homicide: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of homicides were committed by people on (a) parole and (b) a life licence in England and Wales in each of the last three years.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Agriculture: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the cumulative impact on Welsh agriculture of trade deals agreed since the UK's withdrawal from the EU .

    • Diplomatic Relations: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason her attendance at a dinner on 13 June 2021 at the residence of the Australian High Commissioner, also attended by Mr Lynton...

      Industrial Relations: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of the labour chapter of the proposed UK-Australia and UK-New Zealand trade...

      Renewable Energy: Overseas Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the human rights impact of support for clean energy projects overseas...

      Agriculture: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase global export opportunities for farmers in (a) Windsor and Berkshire and (b) the UK.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Palestinians: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the UK Government is providing for security in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to (a) UNRWA and...

    • Iraq: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the implications for her policies of the recent parliamentary elections...

      Mali: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist Mali in their relations with Russia.

      Iraq: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her counterparts in the (a) Kurdistan Regional Government and (b)...

      Business: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's commitment to implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Sudan.

      Armed Conflict: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 56589, on Armed Forces: Children, what specific diplomatic...

      Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) political, (b) economic, (c) social and (d) security situation in...

      South Sudan: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of reports that children in Warrap state in South Sudan were executed...

      Sudan: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support the Sudanese people in response to the attempted coup in that country in...

      Sudan: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage trade links between the UK and Sudan.

      Afghanistan: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the economic situation in Afghanistan.

      Afghanistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of women and girls in Afghanistan.

      Palestinians: Third Sector

      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 designation of six Palestinian civil...

      Palestinians: Non-governmental Organisations

      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 order made by the Israeli Defence...

      Asia: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Japanese counterpart on the development of hypersonic missile technology in Asia.

      Land Mines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the Government (a) spent on mine action and mine clearance in each of the last three financial years and...

      Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to facilitate discussions with other nuclear armed states on a new international...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

      Palestinians: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the UK Government is providing for education in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to (a) UNRWA and...

      EU Countries: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in EU members on the treatment of asylum seekers on Europe's...

      Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the safe evacuation of the Afghan Chevening Scholars Alumni group.

      Oman: Riot Control Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will assess whether (a) UK-made tear gas or (b) any other UK-made defence equipment has been used against...

      Palestinians: Third Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to continue providing funding and support to Palestinian civil society organisations;...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the covid-19 vaccines donated to low income countries to date, how many and what proportion were...

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British Embassy staff in Beijing have been instructed not to attend (a) events promoting the Winter...

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the resolution of the House on Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Government Sanctions,...

      Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of reinstating funding for international nutrition...

      Ukraine: Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe is able...

      Eastern Europe: Rule of Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the challenges to the rule of law in parts of Eastern Europe; and what discussions...

      Haiti: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) technical, (b) humanitarian and (c) medical assistance the...

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 58973 on Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus, whether she is...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on when the Afghanistan Resettlement Scheme will be operational.

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to challenge human rights violations in Ethiopia.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme process for veterans.

    • Iraq and Syria: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian casualties as a result of British airstrikes against ISIS as part of the US-led Coalition in Iraq...

      Armed Forces: Financial Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans require the Armed Forces to offer training on financial resilience, including (a) planning for retirement and (b) building savings; and...

      Army: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 59966 on Army: Scotland, if he will define what is meant by domestic audiences in that answer.

      Navy: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the greenhouse gas emissions of the UK's Carrier Strike Group 21 during Operation Fortis.

      HMS Queen Elizabeth: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the fuel consumption per nautical mile is for HMS Queen Elizabeth; and what distance that vessel sailed on Operation Fortis.

      HMS Queen Elizabeth: Diesel Fuel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many litres of diesel have been consumed by (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Queen Elizabeth's air wing since leaving Portsmouth on 22 May 2021.

      Oman: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he made of the implications for his policies of new allegations that members of the Shihuh tribe in Musandam were among those detainees...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including injuries sustained after a service member has left the armed forces, if...

      Armed Forces: Prostitution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current code of conduct is with respect to serving military personnel engaging in the sexual exploitation of prostituted women and men in the...

      Agnes Wanjiru

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to establish an inquiry into the potential involvement of British soldiers in the death of Agnes Wanjiru in Kenya in 2012; and if he...

      Warships: Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56828 on Military Aircraft, whether it is necessary for that operation to be certified by the...

      Warships: Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56827 on Warships: Logistics, what comparative analysis he has undertaken of the effectiveness of...

      Yemen: Gulf Cooperation Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Gulf Cooperation Council on the security situation in Yemen.

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the conflict in Yemen on the security of the UK's interests in that region.

      Oman: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops have been stationed in Oman in each year from 2015.

      Gulf of Aden: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to increase the security for UK civilian shipping in the Gulf of Aden.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Equal Pay: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the disability pay gap.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants who are paid every four weeks and who may on occasion receive a...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to protect people who are victims of identity theft and have had fraudulent benefit claims made in their name.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has a policy of compensating claimants for emotional distress in cases where allegations of fraud, which have resulted...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between a claimant's benefits being (a) stopped and (b) reinstated was following allegations of fraud by her Department...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Black History Month

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how her Department marked Black History Month 2021.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have made additional National Insurance contributions to qualify for a full State...

      State Retirement Pensions: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have experienced a delay in receipt of their State Pension payment beyond what should have been their first payment date in...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have experienced a delay in receipt of their first payment of State Pension in each of the last three years.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average length of time after retirement and entitlement to state pension by which the first payment was made to recipients in (a)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Zoos: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many visits to zoos have Ministers in his Department with responsibility for that area conducted in each the last three...

    • Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and related breed specific and dog control...

      Sewage: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' oral contribution on...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to speed up the transition from culling badgers to vaccinating cattle to reduce the spread of bovine...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department holds on the levels of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water;...

      Environment Protection: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2021 to Question 54035 on Environment Protection: Finance, what proportion of the 130...

      Flood Control: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of Lincolnshire County Council’s Homeowner Property Flood...

      Fertilisers: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of potential shortages of fertiliser products over winter 2021-22, and what discussions...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Ministerial responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in his Department,...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what type of heating system is the primary source of heating in each building occupied by his Department and its agencies;...

      Pollinators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are in place to assess the long term effects of pesticides on wild bees and other pollinators.

      Wetlands: Carbon Emissions

      What steps he is taking to help ensure that coastal wetland habitat creation and other nature-based solutions form part of the Government's plans to reach net zero.

      Litter

      What steps he is taking to reduce the amount of litter in the environment.

      Agriculture: Vacancies

      What assessment his Department has made of the effect of labour shortages on the harvesting of crops in autumn 2021.

      Food: Exports

      What steps he is taking to support food and drink exporters.

  • Home Office

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the spiking of women and girls' drinks' with illegal substances in nightclubs.

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat Channel crossings.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of illegal small boat Channel crossings.

      Home Office: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what type of heating system is the primary source of heating in each building occupied by her Department and its agencies; and what fuel is...

      Metropolitan Police: Boats

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Metropolitan Police Service has been permitted an exemption from the IMO's Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships...

      Police: Harlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are serving in Harlow compared with 2018-19.

      Animal Experiments: Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the reasons for her Department’s decision to align its approach to regulatory chemical testing with the Board of...

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a response to the open letter from Cruelty Free International and eighty cosmetics industry organisations dated 19...

      Animal Experiments: Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional number of animal tests that will be required to be carried out in the UK as a result of the...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by police forces on security and policing costs at each HS2 site since 2019.

      Police: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a strategy to tackle incel culture in Police forces in England.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many section 4(2) medical declaration forms have been sent to asylum seekers who (a) have had their claim for asylum rejected and (b)...

      Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 53853, on Social Services: Vacancies, if she will add all social care workers to the...

      Social Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior care worker roles have been recruited through the skilled worker route in the latest period for which figures are available.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to provide a substantive response to the correspondence sent by the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton on 1 September 2021...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Afghan refugees and (b) families who have arrived in the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme (i)...

      Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding entry level social care staff to the shortage occupation list.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people evacuated from Afghanistan are currently housed in bridging hotels.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what eligibility criteria women and girls at risk in Afghanistan will be assessed to receive help through the Afghan Citizen's...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which cities Afghan refugees are being resettled to in the UK.

      Refugees: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional financial support her Department is making available to (a) Liverpool and (b) other cities that are accommodating asylum...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Associations: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what budget (a) his Department or (b) the Homes and Communities Agency holds for contingency funding to provide financial...

    • Land: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Questions 58403, 58404, 58405 and 58406, what the average value is per hectare (a)...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether data is being collected from applications to the Building Safety Fund to identify the names of developers...

      Building Safety Fund: Brighton and Hove

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Building Safety Fund registration statistics, how many and what proportion of...

      Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Clarion Housing Group’s decision to urgently decant tenants and leaseholders from Clare House, if...

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of trends in the number of civil servants working on the Building Safety Programme since the...

      River Wye: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of pollution in the River Wye for (a) local housing, (b) the local...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2021 to Question 13917, when he plans to announce further details of the long-term,...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that applications to the Building Safety Fund are not prevented from progressing as...

      Local Government: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Homes England on working with local councils to help them meet their environmental...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans the Government has to build high quality and environmentally friendly affordable homes.

      Buildings: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice he can give to leaseholders in buildings below 18 metres in height, where mortgage lenders are refusing to...

      Buildings: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what requirements are in place for EWS1 forms for apartment buildings which are (a) below 18 metres in height and (b) in...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the number of formal breaches of planning permission recorded by each local authority in 2019.

      Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to publish a strategy on his Department's role in the delivery of net zero by 2050, including the role of...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether a Minister in his Department has been assigned as the lead on his Department's role in helping to deliver net zero.

      Landlords: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish his Department's decision on the Liverpool Landlord Licensing scheme.

      Homelessness: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to review the Everybody In scheme; and what lessons his Department have learned for future homelessness...

      Homelessness: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit and...

      Homelessness: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking (a) in response to the recent rise in youth homelessness and (b) in preparation to support...

      Private Rented Housing: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward a Renters Reform Bill that includes a landlord register and scrapping no-fault Section...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what type of heating system is the primary source of heating in each building occupied by his Department and its agencies;...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of housing for people with disabilities.

      Holiday Accommodation: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Tax Policies and Consultations published on 23 March 2021, when he plans to bring forward...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of returning to in-person council meetings on (a) the conduct of council...

      Levelling Up Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many bids have been submitted to the first round of the Levelling Up Fund from Northern Ireland by constituency.

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56314 on Towns Fund, if he will publish the heads of terms for each...

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56314 on Towns Fund, how much of the referenced funding has been...

      Regional Planning and Development: Unemployment

      SUGGESTED REDRAFT: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what weight his Department gives to the level of unemployment in an area when considering a bid to the...

      Restoring Your Railway Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what input he has into the allocation of Restoring Your Railways funding as part of the wider levelling-up agenda; and...

      Regional Planning and Development: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to make an announcement relating to the Levelling-up fund bid for a start-up business and employment hub at...

      Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on recommencing the Great British High Street initiative.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many of his Department's ministers have been exempted from quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK from a covid-19 red list country to...

    • Tidal Power: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues in (a) the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) HM Treasury on...

      Scotland Office: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Visits Abroad: Portugal

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of the Minister of State, Lord Frost’s visit to Portugal in October 2021.

    • Honours Forfeiture Committee

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date he last convened the Honours Forfeiture Committee.

      Access to Work Programme: Sign Language

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prompt Payment Policy applies to payments due from Government departments to (a) sign-language...

      EU Law: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) factors, (b) tests and (c) decision-making frameworks will be used by the Cabinet Office in the...

  • Treasury

    • Beer: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support small independent breweries in Scotland.

    • Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Chapter 10 Part 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 on the obligations of employment...

      Import Duties: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of further extending the allowable time frames for Returned Goods Relief in response to the...

      Property Development: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the revenues from the proposed Residential Property Developer Tax will be (a) made available to pay for fire safety remediation work in addition to...

      Deposit Return Schemes: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the potential merits of exempting the Scottish deposit return scheme for drinks bottles and cans from...

      Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the financial effect of Income Tax reductions on the average person in work since 2010.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a further review of the Loan Charge.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people seeking refunds as a result of the changes made by the Morse Review have been refused that refund by HMRC.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the public sector pay freeze on the Government's ability to achieve a high-wage economy.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to introduce a salary increase in line with inflation for (a) teachers and (b) other public sector workers.

      Freeports: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which elements of freeport customs benefits might trigger the application of the OECD Code of Conduct for Clean Free Trade Zones and for what reason in UK...

      Climate Change: Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term economic costs of future climate change; and what steps he has taken to prepare for the effects of...

      Taxation: Fracking

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review all tax policy to ensure it does not incentivise oil and gas extraction.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure all payment service providers publish the total costs they charge, including sending and receiving fees, costs charged by any...

      Money and Pensions Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bids were received by the Money and Pensions Service during their recent tendering process for regional debt advice services.

      Debts: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to support people experiencing problem debt.

      Financial Ombudsman Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Ombudsman Service on streamlining their complaints procedure to reduce the time taken for customer cases to...

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in his Department are having with their counterparts in G7 countries on expanding the scope of the G20's Common Framework to...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Historic Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking ahead of COP26 to promote the importance of traditional craft and building skills to help (a) adapt...

    • Property: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating full fibre broadband in newbuild properties.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's ministers have been exempted from quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK from a covid-19...

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 13 September (HL Deb, col. 1213), who are the “third parties” referred to.

    • Transport: National Policy Statements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the review of the National policy statement for national networks will not be completed until Spring 2023; how many road schemes are expected to commence...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 18 October (HCWS311), what are the “25 proactive actions” that are being...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Lung Diseases: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support and funding they are providing for research into respiratory diseases.

    • Housing: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an insulate homes scheme to help deliver their commitment to cutting carbon emissions.

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal can consider the treatment of 555 sub-postmasters who are now excluded from...

      UK Endorsement Board: Legal Opinion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place copies of the tender documentation of the UK Endorsement Board for the procurement of legal advice and legal opinions in the Library...

      UK Endorsement Board: Accountancy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK Endorsement Board has sought the advice of Martin Moore QC in the course of seeking endorsement of for its accounting standards either (1) directly,...

      UK Endorsement Board: Legal Opinion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the UK Endorsement Board is not using in-house counsel to instruct barristers for public interest legal advice; and why they are instead using Katherine...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Records: Databases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the benefits of (1) a centralised web-based system to support the sharing of local health and social care records, and...

    • General Practitioners: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to lift social distancing regulations to allow an increase in face to face appointments at GP surgeries.

      Hives

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve GP education on the topics of diagnosis, management, and treatment of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria.

      General Practitioners: Working Hours

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have given advice and direction to GPs on their mandatory working hours; and what assessment they have made of whether GPs working their mandatory...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Lord Speaker: Staff

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many staff are employed in support of the Lord Speaker; their costs in each of the last three years; the budget for staff employed to support the Lord Speaker...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Azerbaijan: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to further strengthen bilateral co-operation with Azerbaijan.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Palm Oil: Production

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 12 October (HL2433), how they assess the impact on global climate of converting existing...

  • Home Office

    • UK Border Agency: ICT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the problems affecting the Border Force's IT systems, and (2) what steps they are taking to reduce the impact of such...

    • Afghanistan: Taliban

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Taliban-issued passports will be accepted as valid.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Coastal Areas: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to the UK’s coastal communities.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Martin Galvin

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many ministers have met Martin Galvin in the USA in the past month.

  • Cop26

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