Written answers

Friday, 26 November 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Heathrow Airport: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities in West London and neighbouring Heathrow airport on Southern rail access to Heathrow.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence have (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department received from the Rt Hon. Member for Epsom and...

      Ports: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support decarbonisation of British ports.

      Department for Transport: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department have had with the Rt Hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell since...

      Trailers: Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on trailer driving tests.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Future Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for the Future Fund were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in each region of the UK, and what...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what date he plans to donate his Department’s order of 20 million Janssen covid-19 vaccine doses to the Covax...

      Coronavirus: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 73936, on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what the average cost to the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Philip Davies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department have had with the hon....

  • Cabinet Office

    • Devolution: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers over the UK...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people acquired covid-19 in hospital in each of the last four weeks; and what steps is his Department is taking to prevent...

    • Hospitals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding to existing hospitals that require facilities upgrades following the Autumn Budget and Spending...

      Social Services: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the requirement for DBS or criminal record checks for people who work as private,...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to Question 35525 tabled on 19 July 2021 on the outcome of discussions with the Thalidomide Trust regarding...

      Mumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the increase in cases of mumps.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that cancer patients have access to dental services.

      Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of the Social Care Levy on (a) private and (b) voluntary sector employers in...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of new GPs needed to fill NHS shortages in that profession.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the No One's Listening report published...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average waiting time for a (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone GP appointments in the UK.

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the average waiting time to speak to a receptionist at a GP surgery in the UK.

      General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of retention of female GPs.

      Mental Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase funding for mental health research.

      General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

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

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the recruitment and training of more GPs.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of GP surgery appointments available to the public.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Cancer Patient Experience Survey takes equal account of the experience of cancer patients...

      Maternity Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that funding for maternity services is adequate to (a) safeguard the health of mothers and babies...

      Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the minimum and maximum prevalent rate of provision of home dialysis is across renal centres in England; and what assessment he has...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the number of people unable to attend NHS breast screening in (a)...

      Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what level of funding his Department is providing for research into (a) slowing the symptoms of and (b) finding a cure for fibrodysplasia...

      NHS and Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that provisions in the Health and Care Bill tackle staff shortages in the NHS and social care sector.

      NHS: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Health and Care Bill that enable reorganisation of the NHS...

      General Practitioners: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reform of the tax rules related to GPs’ pensions.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding Sickle Cell Anaemia to the NHS prescription charge exemption list.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants referred Worldlink Resource to the high priority lane for the supply of...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will provide details of his Department’s process for recording and retaining minutes from all meetings in respect of Government business.

    • Muslim Council of Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met representatives of the Muslim Council of Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Non-teaching Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) teaching assistants and (b) other educational focused support staff employed in schools in...

    • Non-teaching Staff: Schools and Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned a study or review of the capacity and effectiveness of (a) school based and (b) local authority...

      Children: Exploitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children known to children’s services teams in England and Wales have had child criminal exploitation noted as a risk factor in each of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Judicial Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in reforming the law of judicial review.

    • Young Offenders: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of young people in secure training centres have (a) hearing loss and (b) are registered as deaf.

      Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were known to youth offending services and have had (a) gangs or (b) child criminal exploitation noted as an issue in each of the last...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the proportion of people in prisons in England and Wales who have been placed into custody as a place of...

      Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the implications for Government policy of a potential...

      Reoffenders: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to A joint thematic inspection of the criminal justice journey for individuals with mental health needs and disorders, published on 17...

      Offenders: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to A joint thematic inspection of the criminal justice journey for individuals with mental health needs and disorders, published on 17...

      Prisons: Restraint Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Altcourse, published on 11 November 2021, whether it is HM Prison and...

      Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, published on 16 November 2021, what steps he is taking to help ensure that...

      Belmarsh Prison: Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Belmarsh, published on 10 November 2021, whether the Prison Service plans...

      Homicide: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to punish those guilty of murder of desecrating or...

      Human Rights Act 1998: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to progress reform of the Human Rights Act.

      Immigration: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 2020-21 budget is for providing legal aid to people appealing migration decisions.

      Children: Exploitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been of offences under the Modern Slavery Act in connection with child criminal exploitation...

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls made to the HMRC self-assessment helpline were not answered at all, in each of the last 36 months.

    • Employment Allowance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the Employment Allowance in order to support small employers to offer (a) more roles and...

      Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made of the financial impact of the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions on (a) the employment rate and (b)...

      Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research he has commissioned within his Department on the impact of the rise in Employer National Contributions on (a) the employment rate and (b) wages.

      Customs: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent changes to customs import and export legislation on the ability of small businesses to import...

      VAT: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the length time taken to transfer data in respect of the Postponed VAT Accounting system on small businesses.

      Inheritance Tax: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the rate of inheritance tax.

      Carbon Emissions: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Department has made of the potential costs to households during the transition to net zero.

      Treasury: Meetings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Department have had with the hon. Member for Shipley since 29 April 2021.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of bank branch closures in Wales since July 2019.

      BCC Blake Bidco

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of Companies House on who the beneficial owners of BCC Blake Bidco Limited are; and if he will make a...

      National Debt: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much interest was paid in servicing the National Debt in (a) October 2020 and (b) October 2021.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to negotiate a new agreement with China to limit the proliferation of hypersonic missile...

    • Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) how many UK missions overseas are located in premises owned by the UK Government and (b) a...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2021 to Question 75966, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...

      Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2021 Question 75963 on Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations:...

      Diplomatic Service: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK ambassadors are (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic and (b) to which countries they are ambassadors to.

      Diplomatic Service: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, (a) how many UK ambassadors are women and (b) to which countries are they ambassadors.

      Rainforests: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department made of the amount of deforestation in Brazil in the (a) last and (b) next decade.

      Rainforests: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential effect of Brazil’s Amacro sustainable development zone on the...

      India: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met with the High Commissioner of India to the UK.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Clyde Naval Base: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) company or (b) sub-contractors are providing workers to HMNB Clyde during the industrial action at that naval base; and which (a) official or...

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 76573 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many Afghans with confirmed eligibility for relocation to the...

      Saudi Arabia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to increase the number of UK service personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia.

      Saudi Arabia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are stationed in Saudi Arabia as at 22 November 2021.

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces service leavers have received their veterans ID card.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Birds: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to halt and reverse population declines in (a) skylarks and (b) other farmland birds.

    • Birds: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to migratory birds, what steps are the Government taking (a) nationally and (b) internationally to mitigate...

      Reservoirs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of existing water reservoirs to meet future demand; what plans he has to...

      Rights of Way

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of representations to delay or cancel the 1 January 2026...

      Zane Gbangbola

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions he has discussed the death of Zane Gbangbola with the Environment Agency.

      Anaerobic Digestion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the proposed new policy requirements relating to the diversion of...

      Food and Hospitality Industry: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the efficiency of supply chains for UK food, drink and hospitality businesses...

      Fertilisers: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the stability and security of the agricultural fertiliser supply chain;...

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were imported using the Pet Travel Scheme in (a) August, (b) September and (c) October 2021.

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that access to accurate air quality monitoring data is provided across...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to communicate to the public the (a) dangers of air pollution in rural and urban areas from indoor and...

  • Home Office

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding HGV drivers to the Home Office Shortage Occupation List on a temporary...

    • Public Spaces Protection Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Public Space Protection Orders have been issued by local authorities in response to covid-19 anti-vaccination protests outside...

      Crime Prevention: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department is making available in Feltham and Heston constituency to support programmes working with children and young...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the political priority given by the Government to accelerating the replacement of...

      Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) undertake a review of the monitoring process in place for adherence to licenses issued under the Animals (Scientific...

      Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill on the operation of Article 11 of...

      Fraud: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle online fraud.

      Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court ruling of 16 November 2021 that Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk was jointly liable for the killing of WPC Yvonne...

      Slavery: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child victims of modern slavery offences involving child criminal exploitation have been flagged on the police national computer in...

      Exploitation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of local safeguarding partnerships that have a child criminal exploitation strategy.

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on every (a) company or (b) employer found to be engaged in modern slavery offences in the UK,...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance on who is eligible to apply for the (a) ARAP, (b) ACRP and (c) other Afghanistan resettlement schemes.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 22 September 2021 from the hon. Member for Lewisham, Deptford, regarding a constituent who was...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timeframe is for bringing forward the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme; and if she will make a statement.

      Migrant Workers: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 73790 on Migrant Workers: Employment, whether her Department collects data on the...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has provided to people who have applied for a biometric resident card before 31 December 2020 but who have not...

      Rohingya: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance her Department is providing to Rohingya families who are settled in Bradford from the UN Gateway Protection Programme to...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Home Secretary on 27 October 2021 to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee,...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Members' Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to pages 51-2 of the Committee on Standards in Public Life July 2018 report, MPs' Outside Interests, what...

    • Business Premises: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to require property landlords to accommodate local businesses in empty premises at affordable rates.

      Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made in implementing the parking code of practice.

      Parking: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to allow appeals of parking charges under the parking code of practice, once introduced, to...

      Regional Planning and Development: Walsall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of the Government's levelling up funding will be allocated to (a) Walsall South constituency...

      UK Community Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 30362 on Community Renewal Fund, what recent assessment he has made of...

      UK Community Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2021 to Question 30362 on Community Renewal Fund, whether funding will be withdrawn from...

      UK Community Renewal Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the criteria by which scores were awarded in respect of the Community Renewal Fund for Northern Ireland.

      UK Community Renewal Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Community Renewal Fund awards.

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applicants waited (a) 1 month or less, (b) between 2 and 6 months, (c) between 7 and 9 months, (d) between 10 and...

      Property Development: Limited Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of property developers who form limited companies and avoid ongoing...

      Empty Property: Change of Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what further steps he will take to ensure that void properties are brought into use.

      Housing: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that City of York Council progress house building to meet local need.

      Mary Anning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing assistance to Dorset local planning authority in to...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability of labour in maintenance roles and (b) potential effect of that...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Shipping: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of container shipping prices on UK trade; and if she will make a statement.

    • Freight: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of handling fees by freight companies following the UK's departure from the EU on small businesses.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many senior civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March...

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers in...

      Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner’s Office on the draft direct marketing code of...

      Gambling: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to include consideration in the Gambling Act review of the introduction of testing for new...

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to tighten restrictions on gambling advertising in the UK.

      Sports: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support the disability sports sector.

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2021 to Question 16064, Holiday Accommodation, when the Government plans to publish the...

      Telecommunications: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will commit to publishing her Department’s response to the consultation on potential reform of the Electronic...

      Telecommunications Systems: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of properties connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network that do...

      Credit Reference Agencies: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with his Irish counterpart to help facilitate a reciprocal data sharing arrangement for Credit...

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the change in problem gambling rates between 2015 and 2020 among those aged between...

  • Prime Minister

    • Summit Resorts & Developments

      To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings have taken place between (a) Ministers and/or civil servants and (b) officials from Summit Resorts and Developments Limited (formerly David Lloyd...

    • Owen Paterson

      To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met Mr Owen Paterson, the former Rt Hon. Member for North Shropshire.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the Government's consultation on Banning conversion therapy, published on 29 October 2021, and the consultation document which...

    • Conversion Therapy: Crime

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has plans to introduce a new criminal offence for people aiding and abetting the removal of a person from the UK for the...

  • Department for Education

    • Humanities: Degrees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Higher Education Policy Institute report The Humanities in Modern Britain: Challenges and Opportunities, published...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ethiopia: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of drones in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

    • Ethiopia: Aid Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that UN workers providing humanitarian aid are being detained by the Ethiopian authorities.

      Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Catheters

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the management of urinary catheters in (1) NHS hospitals, and (2) community care facilities.

    • Prostate Cancer: Tomography

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restore levels of access to multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging scans for patients with suspected prostate cancer to...

      Ambulance Services: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that staff working in ambulances who are not paramedics have to be (1) registered, or (2) regulated.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the College of Paramedics to the BBC on 11 November about waiting times for ambulances.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current average ambulance waiting time across all NHS ambulance trusts in England; which NHS ambulance trusts in England have the longest waiting...

      Coronavirus: Ivermectin

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 patients; and what bodies were involved in any such assessment.

      100,000 Genomes Project

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 100,000 Genomes Project.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all patients in NHS facilities are entitled to ask if those treating them are vaccinated against COVID-19.

  • Treasury

    • Coal: Mining

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist on 16 November (HL3703), how much expenditure was projected in the 2021 Spending Review...

    • Employee Ownership: Sharing Economy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they have given to creating a new category of tax advantaged share scheme, analogous to the existing employee share ownership...

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