Written answers

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Parking: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing parking concessions for home carers.

    • Motorcycles: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the motorcycle industry on encouraging the use of protective equipment to reduce the...

      Railways: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to require rail operators to have CCTV on all (a) train carriages and (b) station platforms.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on the potential merits of increasing payments...

      Ferries: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ferry movements there have been between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland in each month of the last three year.

      Ports: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on competition policy of the major ports on the Clyde and Forth being owned by the operators of...

      Electric Vehicles: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of weighting plug-in vehicle grants towards rural postcodes.

      Department for Transport: Stonewall

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

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Toys: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen consumers’ rights to enable consumers to bring private law...

    • Ports: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has been made of the effect on competition policy of port operators in Scotland being subsidiaries...

      Toys and Games: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide consumers with clearly defined routes of redress for harm...

      Toys and Games: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent unregulated third-party toy sellers who are based overseas from...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 61054 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:...

      Mathematics: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the press release of 27 January 2020, if he will publish details of (a) the actual expenditure of the...

      Research: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data he has collected on the impact of covid-19 on the UK’s research workforce; and what assessment he has...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £43,379,999 for the sharing of 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccines with countries in...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to support Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme lenders to provide...

      Parents: Compassionate Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) women and (b) men receive adequate support from their workplace when...

      Tidal Power: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding has his Department allocated to the development of tidal stream technology in each year since 2010.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Wound Dressings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the specifications used to procure wound care products are devised; who is responsible for devising those specifications; and how...

    • Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients with Long Covid have waited longer than 18 weeks for referral to the Post Covid Assessment Service in (a) England, (b)...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the waiting time for treatment for people diagnosed with Long Covid in (a) England, (b) each region and (c)...

      National Institute for Health Research: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the £1 billion a year granted by the National Institute for Health Research for research is spent...

      Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to progress the delivery of HPV vaccination, following the Minister's response to HC Deb, 25 March 2021, who...

      Ophthalmology: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support Scotland to become a leader in eye health research.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reviewing the dental contract.

      Ophthalmic Services: National Clinical Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to work with NHS England to appoint a National Clinical Director for Eye Care, and formulate the responsibilities held...

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for hospices.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 171711 on Dementia: Research, when the Government plans to bring forward...

      Styal Prison: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pregnant women tested positive for covid-19 at HMP Styal in the last two years.

      Mental Health Services: Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of funding raised through the Health and Social Care Levy that will be allocated...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health drop-in-support is available on a self-referral basis for people aged 11 to 25 in England who do not meet the...

      Medical Equipment: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the funding available under the Medtech Funding Mandate to ensure that all innovative, cost saving NICE...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 16 September 2021, reference RL22986.

      Radiology: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the radiology and oncology workforce.

      Bone Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to (a) developing a national bone denisity and osteoporosis screening service and (b) assessing the potential merits of...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help GP surgeries meet demand for appointments.

      Long Covid: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Long Covid clinics that are operating in England.

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people with Long Covid in England.

      Physician Associates: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate physician associates; and if he will make a statement.

      Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is his assessment of the impact of the covid-19 (a) outbreak and (b) vaccine rollout on the delivery of HPV vaccines in schools for...

  • Wales Office

    • Nuclear Power: Wales

      What assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing energy generation through nuclear power in Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teachers and (b) other school staff have been absent from working in schools in each month since January 2020.

    • Special Educational Needs: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Spending Review 2021, what steps his Department is taking to measure how effective the Government's spending plans are in...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on the potential effect of (a) tuition fees and (b)...

      Department for Education: Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 56778 on Local Government Finance, if he will publish details of only those funds that his...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the financial viability of extending the allocation of 30 hours free childcare beyond the children of working parents...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) quantitative and (b) qualitative research his Department has commissioned on the reasons for lower levels of average educational attainment...

      Primary Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) steps his Department is taking and (b) incentives his Department is offering to help increase the proportion of male teachers in primary...

      Financial Services: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of financial education at a primary level; and if he will make a statement on...

      Supply Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) national total and (b) average per school cost was of using supply teachers in the financial years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20, (iii) 2020-21...

      Educational Institutions: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the additional energy costs that educational establishments are facing this winter; and what additional funding his...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Remand in Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men have been placed in prisons for their own protection under the Bail Act 1976 in each of the last three years.

    • Ministry of Justice: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been paid by his Department to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and to what projects those funds were allocated.

  • Department for International Trade

    • UK Export Finance: Legal Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the full specification for the General Aerospace Legal Panel tender notice.

    • Protective Clothing: Malaysia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the letter from British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Charles Hay MVO, to her Department of 17 June 2020 regarding...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Human Rights and Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what processes her Department has in place to ensure that freedom of religion or belief abuses are being monitored...

    • Malaysia: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had on workers' rights and forced labour during her November 2021 visit to Malaysia.

      Palestinians: Non-governmental Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 62640 on Palestinians: Non-governmental Organisations,...

      Developing Countries: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support farming cooperatives in the global south to tackle the climate crisis...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of population displacement and humanitarian need in the Ituri region of the...

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have had with the government of Pakistan on...

      Ethiopia: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent reports of the detention of UN staff...

      Guatemala: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support and protect human rights defenders, including those defending...

      Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help ensure freedom of religion or belief in Afghanistan and (b)...

      Nigeria: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last spoke to her Nigerian counterpart to discuss bilateral relations.

      Central African Republic: 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 the Central African Republic; and what...

      Sahel: Terrorism

      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 cross border operations of extremist...

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to secure the release of UK citizens arbitrarily detained in Iran.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with the (a) Secretary of State for Defence and (b) Home Secretary to expedite the...

      Carpets: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to review current restrictions on the export of carpets from countries currently...

      Ukraine: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to support the independence of the press in Ukraine following the recent...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 67045 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2021 to Question 69688, whether the vaccine doses sent directly by AZ to...

      Travel: Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of recognising Covid-19 Vaccine Certificates from...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the British Army of employing an infantry soldier; and what estimate he has made of that cost in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a substantive response to be sent following an enquiry being made to her Department's MP Account...

    • Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the overall impact of the (a) Autumn Budget and (b) Spending Review 2021 on levels of child poverty.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support benefit claimants in meeting increased living costs.

      Social Security Benefits: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating the payment of rent arrears directly from benefits.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Universal Credit deductions on the risk of poverty among benefit claimants.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report published by Z2K in June 2018, entitled Access...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her timetable is for clearing the backlog of new State Pension claims where applicants have submitted all necessary documentation.

      Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Answer of 3 November 2021 to Question 904085, whether arrangements are in place to ensure that EU citizens who are in receipt...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of the supply of water to households and businesses and (b)...

    • Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposals made by Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published 12...

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of fly-tipping to local authorities in (a) Coventry, (b) the West...

      Polar Bears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences he has issued for the import of hunting trophies of polar bears in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Crops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of cost pressures on the English fruit and vegetable sector.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how can Afghan nationals who have settled in the UK under the (a) Ex-Gratia Scheme and (b) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Angus of 26 August 2021 regarding support for individuals in...

      Asylum: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants claiming asylum on the basis of LGBT+ status were (a) accepted, (b) rejected, (c) detained and (d) deported in each of...

      Visas: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether biometric cards issued before 30 June 2020 are valid to allow people with an EU Settlement Scheme spousal visa to enter the UK.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to efficiently provide conclusions to asylum cases in response to submissions of further evidence.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle delays to applications for the EU Settlement Scheme.

      Home Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a substantive response to be sent following an enquiry being made to her Department's MP Account...

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which clauses of the Nationality and Borders Bill she plans to seek legislative consent for from devolved legislatures.

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish the full results of her Department’s public consultation on the Nationality and Borders Bill.

      Offensive Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to include butter knives in the exemptions in...

      Stop and Search

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not yet published statistics on the use of stop and search powers in 2020-21.

      Migrant Workers: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for the completion of an Employer Checking Service check in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Asylum: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on the economy of granting asylum seekers the right to work.

      Asylum: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to make sure each individual applying for asylum in the UK has access to adequate translation services to support...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of new homes built in each of the last five years that were fitted with (a) gas...

    • Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the long term savings as a result of the Everyone In policy.

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Minister in his Department is responsible for the Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) welcome programme.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans with housing needs.

    • Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on (a) appointing a chair and (b) defining the terms of reference...

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October to Question 61147, by what date in 2022 the Treasury will have completed the implementation of smarter working.

    • Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to Question 61147 on Treasury: Staff, what information he (a) has collected, (b) is collecting and (c) plans to...

      Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs his Department has moved from his Department's premises in central London to Treasury North in Darlington as of 3 November 2021.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the savings induced by his reforms to alcohol duty will be passed to consumers.

      Central Bank Digital Currencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that any central bank digital currency will not be used to direct, control or hold under surveillance the spending of holders...

      Budgets: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67134 on Budgets: Disclosure of Information, with what regularity all staff are reminded of the...

      Off-payroll Working: Reform

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for the (a) completion and (b) publication of the independent research commissioned by the Government into the short-term...

      Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of the termination of the 12 year programme to increase assets in the Exchange Equalisation Account, whether the financing provided via the...

      Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a transfer of excess reserves from the Exchange Equalisation Account to the National Loans Fund on...

      Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether the assets of the Exchange Equalisation Account are in excess of what is required after the issue of IMF Special...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Personal Records: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which of the collations of service records maintained by the National Archives covers personnel from (a) officer ranks and (b)...

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what precedents, if any, there are for capital cost awards of over £25 million for publicly-funded transport operations.

    • Bridges: Barcombe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Amco Giffen have been contracted to infill Barcombe Bridge on 12 August; and if so, what is the value of the contract.

      Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their integrated rail plan.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 4 November (HL3335), how many deep piles from buildings on the line of HS2 tunnels between...

      Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 4 November (HL3335), whether a grade separation design on the Euston approaches is still...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 4 November (HL3335), whether the total number of trains planned for HS2 at Euston has changed...

      Railways: Freight

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in the last six months to use trains to transport freight (1) to compensate for the shortage of HGV drivers, and (2) to reduce the...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for more charging points for electric vehicles in rural parts of the country; and what steps they are taking in response...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of electric car charging points in rural parts of England.

      Electric Scooters: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the interim report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety The safety of e-scooters,...

      Shipping: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which the UK's maritime legislation relies on other countries implementing international convention on marine...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they are providing to businesses about applications to the relief funds announced in March 2020.

    • Help to Grow Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the Help to Grow scheme to allow businesses with fewer than five employees to participate.

      Nuclear Power: Wales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restart generating nuclear power at the former sites at (1) Trawsfynydd, and (2) Wylfa.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Doctors and Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of extra (1) doctors, and (2) nurses, that will be needed to clear backlogs in the NHS.

    • Children: Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include pregnant women whose children are likely to need a care plan from birth in the Child Protection – Information Sharing Project.

      Chest Binding

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practice of chest binding; and whether there are any restrictions on the advertising of chest binders.

      Doctors: Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of pension rules on the (1) reduction in clinical hours, and (2) early retirement, of senior doctors.

      Endoscopy: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £2.3 billion announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to transform diagnostic services will be used to implement the recommendations...

      Anaesthetics: Labour Turnover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report published by the Royal College of Anaesthetists Working together to improve retention in anaesthesia, published...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much additional funding announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review they are committing to build a bigger and better NHS workforce.

      Anaesthetics: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund additional higher anaesthetic training places as part of this year’s Spending Review; and what assessment they have made of (1)...

      Lung Diseases: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to tackle the backlogs in (1) respiratory care, (2) respiratory diagnosis, and (3) referrals for urgent care for people with lung conditions.

      Lung Diseases: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to tackle the backlogs in (1) respiratory care, (2) respiratory diagnosis, and (3) referrals for urgent care, for those with lung conditions.

      Nurses: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of nurses recruited from (1) Ghana, (2) Nigeria, and (3) other Commonwealth countries in the last three years...

  • Department for Education

    • Faith Schools: Admissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of schools practising religiously selective admissions; what proportion of school places are subject to such...

    • Arts: Secondary Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that their £90 million support-funding pledge for the arts and creative development in secondary schools is met.

      Free School Meals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria for children to qualify for free school meals.

      Teachers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) teaching unions, and (2) the devolved administrations, regarding making teaching a more attractive profession in all four...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the safety of women in prison.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Forced Marriage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of young Afghan girls being sold into marriage.

    • Afghanistan: Forced Marriage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to respond to reports of young Afghan girls being sold into marriage.

      Armenia: Genocide

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to fulfil their treaty obligations to the 1948 Genocide Convention (1) to prevent, and (2) to protect, the Armenian people from genocide.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan regarding that government’s incursions in the Armenian provinces of (1) Syunik, and (2)...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Sudan  regarding the detention of civilians working for the previous transitional...

      USA: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of the United States of America regarding its review of its nuclear arms policy.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Harrassment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to eliminate (1) sexual harassment, (2) physical assault, and (3) bullying, suffered by female members of the armed forces.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Coastal Areas: Sea Level

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have allocated to protect maritime communities in (1) England, (2) Scotland, (3) Wales, and (4) Northern Ireland, from the effects of rising...

    • Nature Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply from Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 21 June 2021 (HL Deb, col 116), what progress they have made in identifying how they will...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many HGV drivers have been recruited under the new visa scheme announced at the end of September; and how many of those recruited are fuel tank drivers.

      Compost: Peat

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ban the sale of peat based compost in the horticulture sector; and if so, when.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the definition of an accommodation centre applied by the Home Office; and what are the reasons Napier Barracks is not classified as such.

    • PKK

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ruling by Belgium's Court of Cassation that the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is not a terrorist organisation; and what...

      Interpol: UK Delegations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the head of the UK delegation to the General Assembly of INTERPOL.

      Interpol: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK citizens are employed by the General Secretariat of INTERPOL; and how many of these are serving police officers.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Solar Power

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require all new (1) homes, and (2) industrial and commercial buildings, to have sufficient solar panels to meet the energy demands of that...

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of creating a custom and self-build housing delivery unit within Homes England.

      Buildings: Land Drainage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all new (1) residential, and (2) commercial, developments have Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in their designs.

      Vagrancy Act 1824

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish their review of the Vagrancy Act 1824.

      Education: Holocaust

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission Report, published on 27 January 2015, what steps they are taking towards implementing its recommendations.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Equal Pay: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the amount by which the gender pay gap has been narrowed by the inclusion of biological men who identify as women in the...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Money Laundering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times gambling companies have paid compensation for failing to prevent money laundering when an individual criminally convicted of theft used stolen funds...

    • Gambling: Twitter

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Bristol University What are the odds? The appeal of gambling adverts to children and young persons on twitter,...

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