Written answers

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prioritise the economic and transport needs of the North during the reorganisation of his Department and Transport for the...

    • Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to require the DVLA to return identity documents to applicants via a tracked postal method that allow people to reclaim fees for...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the availability of on-street electric vehicle charging points in line with projected demand and...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the number of jobs that will be created from the nationwide rollout of electric vehicle charging...

      Union Connectivity Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for publication of the final report of the union connectivity review.

      Transport: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve direct transport links into central Manchester from Southport with (a) the rail network and (b) the bus...

      Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will introduce mandatory alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to help consumers resolve disputes in respect of the airline sector in...

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the implementation of the Integrated Rail Plan does not lead to disruption on the Transpennine Route and...

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Transport for the North to ensure that the Integrated Rail Plan does not detract from the plans of Transport for the...

      Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make improvements to rail journeys between York and Sheffield in addition to the proposals set out in the Integrated Rail Plan.

      Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve rail connectivity in Yorkshire in addition to the proposals set out in the Integrated Rail Plan.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Supply: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) regulation of the consumer energy market and (b) performance of...

    • Home Upgrade Grant: Low Incomes and Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many off grid low income and vulnerable households have been helped by the Government’s Home Upgrade Grant in...

      Utilities: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that customers of energy providers that enter administration will...

      Green Gas Support Scheme: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason on-farm solutions, such as biomethane, are not included in the Green Gas Support Scheme.

      Green Gas Support Scheme: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will develop an alternative scheme to support small off-grid biomethane supply on farms following...

      Green Gas Support Scheme: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason farm biogas plants are not included in the Green Gas Support Scheme.

      Agriculture: Methane

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the future role of small-scale biogas plants in mitigating farm methane...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to Question 60360 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points tabled by the hon. Member for East...

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will include provisions in the forthcoming Employment Bill to ensure that neonatal leave and pay is accessible to...

      Future Fund: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 68262 on Future Fund, what assessment he has made of the...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small businesses (a) applied and (b) were awarded loans from the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme...

      Hospitality Industry: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average loan-to-value ratio of hospitality businesses in (a) Birmingham, (b) the West...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s plans to invest £20 billion in Research and Development by 2024-25, what...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a)...

      UN Climate Conference 2021: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1...

      Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost of the public purse in the next (a) 3, (6) and (c) 9 months of his Department's...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households (a) overall and (b) broken down by (i) core and (ii) broader group were eligible for the Warm Homes...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households (a) overall and (b) broken down by (i) core and (ii) broader group received the Warm Homes Discount...

      Utilities: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 69684, on Ofgem: Standards, whether he has plans to request an...

      Heat Batteries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 76544, whether he will list the funding available for heat batteries.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Green Homes Grant scheme, how many homeowner requests for an extension to their voucher beyond...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Landlords

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many green homes grants have been issued to landlords in each region of England.

      Rainforests: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the deforestation situation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest.

      Energy: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support energy efficiency measures at homes in Newport West constituency.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Boilers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications were submitted to the Green Homes Grant scheme for new biomass boilers.

  • Leader of the House

    • Leader of the House of Commons: Meetings

      To ask the Leader of the House, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Topham Guerin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) the minutes of the phone call between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and...

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Boston Consulting Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) the minutes of the phone call between Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation, Lord...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) the minutes of the phone call between Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation, Lord...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Oxford Nanopore Technologies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish (a) the minutes of the phone call between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how much and what proportion of the additional funding for training NHS...

      Department of Health and Social Care: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers in his...

      Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 76637, on Ambulance Services: Standards, whether additional fall prevention work...

      Atrial Fibrillation: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of treating arterial fibrillation with an electric balloon.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to fund research into mitochondria cells and the effect upon them in relation to sufferers of Myalgic...

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the cost to the NHS of the treatment of strokes and heart attacks in people with chronic kidney disease.

      Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his workforce plan is for rolling out thrombectomy procedures; and whether that plan includes radiologists in other fields, other...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 60499 tabled by hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on 21 October 2021.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 19 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57378 regarding surgery...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 20 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on Lymphedema treatment,...

      Hospital Beds: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on purchasing bed capacity in private sector hospitals for each hospital Trust in London in each of the last 18 months.

      Integrated Care Boards: Conflict of Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risk of conflicts of interest arising on Integrated Care Boards.

      Hospitals: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which private sector hospital capacity in London is being used to create extra...

      Integrated Care Boards: Conflict of Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) identify and (b) publish any conflicts of interests on Integrated Care Boards.

      Autism: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for an autism assessment for children in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to set out a timetable for the delivery of dementia moonshot funding.

      Children and Young People: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to help ensure that Government funding allocated to local authorities for children's and young people's...

      Carers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support services available to unpaid carers during covid-19 lockdowns.

      Social Services: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help ensure vacancies in the care sector are filled in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.

      Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2021 to Question 62570, on Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines, when his Department expects all renal...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to make available to the eight pathfinder trusts in the New Hospital Programme to deliver new facilities; and...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy for the pathfinder trusts to start construction in 2023 and be ready to open by 2027 at the latest as part...

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Education

    • School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of (a) one school meal and (b) a year's worth of school meals was in each of the last ten years.

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes to prepare, draft and implement an education, health and care plan in England.

      Academies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's estimate was of the level of cash reserves held by multi-academy trusts as of 25 November 2021.

      Schools: Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the rates of staff turnover are in schools across Wandsworth in the latest period for which figures are available.

      Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools involved in Phase 1 of the School Rebuilding Programme have had construction work formally begin.

      Free Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools have opened since July 2019; and how many of those have been free schools.

      Recruitment and Retention: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with education leaders in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) the North West region on improving the (i)...

      Department for Education: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to move civil servant jobs in (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies and government agencies associated with...

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when alternative finance to student loans will be made available to students.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to support the prosecution of a non-UK citizen or resident in the UK for indirect involvement in human rights abuses.

    • Reoffenders: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Women need women who support them, published by Advance on 22 November 2021, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) re-arrest and...

      Reoffenders: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Women need women who support them report published by Advance on 22 November 2021, what steps he is taking to increase the use of...

      Reoffenders: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Women need women who support them, published by Advance on 22 November 2021, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his...

      Wayland Prison: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wayland, published on 23 November 2021, what steps he is taking to (a)...

      Wayland Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wayland, published on 23 November 2021, whether he plans to undertake...

      Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that (a) victims of serious crimes and (b) their immediate families are provided with effective...

      Ministry of Justice: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020,...

      Ministry of Justice: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating...

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers in his Department travelled to...

    • Treasury: Meetings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to...

      Treasury: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1...

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties is in England; and what proportion of those properties...

      Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in context of Taras Properties being listed as the sole shareholder of Reuben Brothers (Newcastle) Ltd listed with Companies House, what due diligence his...

      UK Trade with EU: Exports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be any change in the frequency of (a) customs, (b) sanitary and phytosanitary and (c) safety and security checks applied at UK ports in...

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) total rateable value and (b) number of (i) warehouse, (ii) industrial and factory, (iii) office, (iv) retail, (v) hospitality, (vi) leisure...

      Islamic Centre of England: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he can recover payments made to the Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale, London, under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as a result of that...

      Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls made to the HMRC VAT helpline were (a) answered and (b) not answered within five minutes in each of the last 36 months.

      Non-domestic Rates: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total rateable value and number of (a) retail, (b) hospitality and (c) leisure properties is in Scotland; and what proportion of those properties...

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 157278, on EU Grants and Loans, what progress has been made on ensuring that UK entities are able...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her German counterpart on the designation of the UK as a high risk travel...

    • UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many...

      Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date she last had discussions with representatives of the African Union Centres for Disease Control.

      Libya: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to further assist refugees situated and indefinitely detained in overcrowded centres in Libya.

      West Bank: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the Israeli High Court's decision on 1 September 2021 relating to the West Bank...

      Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

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

      Iran: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what travel advice her Department offers to UK-Iranian nationals with respect to travel to Iran; and what the...

      Abdalla Hamdok

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential circumstances of duress under which Abdalla...

      Mauritius and Southern Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines the Government has provided via Covax or bilaterally to (a) South Africa, (b) Botswana,...

      Southern Africa: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) UK citizens, (b) dual nationals or (c) people with leave to remain in the UK are estimated to be...

      Land Mines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department (a) has spent in the last ten years and (b) plans to spend in each of the next three years...

      Southern Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is offering to countries in the Southern African Development Community region to...

      South Sudan: Land Mines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department (a) has spent on demining activity in South Sudan in the last ten years and (b) plans to...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to move civil servant jobs in (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies and...

      Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last spoke to her Ethiopian counterpart on the situation in that country.

      Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has requested support from the Ministry of Defence for (a) security purposes and (b) evacuation...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) discussions she had and (b) other steps she took to assess the views of the (i) Forces of Freedom and...

      Iran: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of the UK Government repaying the outstanding...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Iran: International Military Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to lawfully discharge the outstanding debt owed to Iran by International Military Service Ltd incurred on purchases...

    • Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments have recruitment shortages in the British Army.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the F-35B aircraft recently ditched in the Mediterranean Sea was insured.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020,...

      HMS Triumph

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Triumph will start her re-fit program; and what the anticipated date is that she will re-enter service.

      Canada: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to close the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada.

      Merlin Helicopters: Aircraft Carriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often the Crowsnest AEW system was flown during the recent CGS21 deployment.

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Crowsnest AEW system during the recent CG21 deployment.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the pilot who recently ejected from the F-35B aircraft in the Mediterranean Sea was from the Royal Air Force or the Fleet Air Arm.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stores were being carried by the F-35B aircraft that was recently ditched in the Mediterranean Sea.

      Canada: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the purpose that the British Army Training Unit Suffield will serve in the future.

      NATO: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) image analysts, (b) mission planning staff, (c) UAV pilots, (d) maintenance personnel and (e) other RAF personnel have been deployed to (i)...

      HMS Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of when HMS Somerset will (a) commence sea trials and (b) be programmed for re-entry into service.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Utilities: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people in financial hardship with utility bill payments in winter 2021-22.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the actual cost of the implementation of the automated identification process in universal credit compared to estimate of £7.35...

      Jobcentres: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment she has made of the risk of covid-19 transmission of increased face-to-face Jobcentre appointments.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that bringing non-frontline departmental staff back into workplaces in (a) Scotland and (b)...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 75018 on Universal Credit, how many waivers have been rejected in each respective period.

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made of rental prices prior to the decision to maintain the Local Housing Allowance levels.

      Department for Work and Pensions: UN Climate Change Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers in her Department...

      Support for Mortgage Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the success rate is for applications to the Support for Mortgage Interest loan scheme compared to the previous Support for Mortgage...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 July 2020 on Health Transformation Programme update, what assessment her Department has made of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 2019, (b) 1...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to ensure that at least one official from her Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone...

      Kickstart Scheme: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West region have undertaken roles as part of...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by delays in initiating payment of the state pension to those who reach the...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture and Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for farm conversion of agri-food bio-wastes into bioenergy in the UK.

    • Question

      To ask Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce the use of plastics during the remainder of the UK's COP presidency.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 22 September 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57747.

      Sewage: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the recent finding by Surfers Against Sewage that there has been an increase...

      Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's proposals to deregulate gene editing, announced on 29 September 2021, what criteria he...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1...

      Agriculture: Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve soil health on UK farms.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a (a) list of the companies his Department has engaged in the delivery and operation of inland border...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings...

      Soil and Water: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local action by farmer groups to improve soil and water resource management...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan refugees were residing in bridging hotels as at 22 November 2021.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence Secretary on repurposing his Department's housing to accommodate...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan refugees have been resettled in housing from bridging hotels between 1 August 2021 and 22 November 2021.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Afghan Resettlement of 17 November 2021, to the Home Affairs Select Committee on...

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State of 5 July 2021, Official report, column 606, when the...

      Crime Prevention: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to partnership working with agencies to divert people from crime in North Yorkshire.

      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...

      Refugees: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce a humanitarian visa scheme to create safe routes of passage for people seeking refuge in the UK.

      Home Office: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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 2019, (b) 1...

      Animal Experiments: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish specific extracted data for Scotland from the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of animal deaths that occurred at licensed scientific testing facilities in 2020.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the oldest outstanding asylum application was submitted to her Department as at 23 November 2021.

      Undocumented Migrants: Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying the process for undocumented migrants to regularise their immigration...

      Contact Tracing: Travel Requirements

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the ability of travellers without access to the internet to complete the passenger locator form when...

      Asylum: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the support available for asylum seekers since the removal of the six...

      Immigration: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process the backlog of administrative review applications across immigration routes.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the adequacy of local authority...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a)...

      Sanitary Protection: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory obligation to provide sanitary bins in (a)...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Summit Resorts & Developments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish all details of meetings between Ministers and officials from his Department and representatives of...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: British Constitution and Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which teams within his Department work on (a) elections and (b) constitutional policy.

      Planning: Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating the English planning and building inspectorate systems...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter of 8 October 2021 from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on his...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) capping total costs relating to the remediation of fire...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the costs being passed on to leaseholders for (a) remediation works for fire-safety...

      Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation on raising accessible housing standards.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the risk of building new homes in flood prone areas; and what steps he is taking to ensure...

      Urban Areas: Parks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the population density of a town or village would have to be to qualify for an Urban Pocket Park.

      Business: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the £1.5 billion fund announced in March 2021 to support businesses that were not able to benefit...

      UK Community Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the details of all successful and non-successful bids made to the Community Renewal Fund by lead...

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many projects allocated funding under the Towns Fund have been completed.

      Urban Areas: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings in the Local Government Association's...

      Regional Planning and Development: Bolton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many bids were made by Bolton council to the Levelling Up Fund; how many of those bids were successful; and how much...

      UK Community Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish all correspondence with Ministers of State for (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in...

      Motorway Service Areas: Parking Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will designate parking contraventions at motorway service areas as specific use-class contraventions.

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will set out the process for allocating levelling up funds.

      Freeports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on which date each of the freeports announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 (a) came into or (b) is...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Trade Barriers: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the effect of increased non-tariff barriers facing UK imports from the EU on...

    • Infectious Diseases: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish data on the number of deaths of children from (a) flu, not flu and pneumonia, (b) measles,...

      Ports: Infrastructure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the impact of the construction of additional border infrastructure on the...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Oral Answer of the Paymaster General to the Honourable Member for Dulwich and West Norwood of...

      Drownings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have taken their own lives through drowning in each of the last five years.

      Business Interests

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 79397 on Business Interests, whether he plans to...

      House of Lords: Reform

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reduce the number of peers in the House of Lords.

      Infrastructure: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help increase opportunities for businesses in Newport West bidding for...

      Cabinet Office: Summit Resorts & Developments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish all details of meetings between Ministers and officials from his Department and...

      Cabinet Office: Un Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how...

      Prime Minister: Meetings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department’s process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of all meetings relating to...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Shipping: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he Department will take to encourage global investment in the UK's maritime sector.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proposal in respect of a time limited waiver on covid-19 vaccine manufacture the Government plans to support at the forthcoming WTO...

      Department for International Trade: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department takes to ensure that at least one official from her Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone...

      Department for International Trade: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 75126 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Government, how many Ministers in her Department...

      Department for International Trade: Senior Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, 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 2019, (b) 1...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football Governance Fan-led Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has discussed the recommendations contained in the Report of the Independent Fan Led Review of Football Governance...

    • Local Press: Archives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support communities to access local newspaper archives; and whether funding is...

      Football: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps in the forthcoming gambling White Paper to end football club sponsorship by gambling companies which do...

      Qassem Soleimani

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has taken steps in response to the Islamic Centre of England's holding of a vigil in memory of General Qassem...

      Sports: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and promote participation in sport by children and young people with autism.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to move civil servant jobs in (a) her Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies and government...

      Data Protection: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) help improve recruitment to and (b) tackle a skills shortage in cybersecurity.

      Migrant Workers: Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the UK attracts talented workers in the creative industries at all stages of their career...

      National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2021 to Question 71465, on National Lottery, if he will provide a breakdown by region of...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to ensure that at least one official from her Department is present during all (a) meetings...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Palace of Westminster: Waste Disposal

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether there has been an increase since October 2019 in the number of disposal bins in men's toilets across...

  • Cop26

    • Question

      What assessment he has made of the potential effect of agreements made at COP26 on the aviation sector.

    • Question

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to deliver COP26 outcomes during the remainder of the UK’s COP presidency.

  • Prime Minister

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Okehampton

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the successful re-opening of the railway line between Exeter and Okehampton, what plans they have to reinstate the remaining section of the line between...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coal: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of coal tips in England that (1) pose, and (2) potentially pose, a danger to nearby communities; and what is the...

    • Research: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many enterprises owned by the government of China (1) have contracts with Her Majesty's Government, and (2) are in receipt of UK research grants.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide COVID-19 vaccines with a longer expiry date to poorer nations to ensure they can be used.

      Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure effective cross-departmental working towards the decarbonisation of the built environment in the UK.

  • Attorney General

    • Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people arrested in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, are awaiting a determination from the Crown Prosecution Service.

  • Department for Education

    • Family Hubs: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have provided in total for family hubs since 2020; and how much of this has been allocated, broken down by fund.

    • Schools: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons why unregistered and illegal schools continue to operate in England.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in Universal Credit sanctions in June and July 2021; and when they plan to publish their report on the effectiveness...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Immigration Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU to replace the Dublin Agreement on asylum applications.

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have that the majority of migrants crossing the English Channel to gain entry into the UK are part of criminal gangs; and whether they will...

      Older People: Crimes of Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the elderly from being attacked in their own homes.

      Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will apply for the extradition of Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk from Libya, following the High Court ruling on 16 November.

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy for migrants on support for families, including with childcare costs.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to rollout Ronapreve as a prophylactic preventative treatment for COVID-19.

    • Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to evaluate AZD7442 for emergency use as a preventative treatment against COVID-19; and what are the timelines for its approval.

      Abortion: Ambulance Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that ambulance call-outs have risen following home use of medical abortion pills; and what steps they are taking in response.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to secure stocks of AstraZeneca's treatment AZD7442 as a prophylactic preventative therapy against COVID-19 infection.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why patients who are immunocompromised must (1) test positive for COVID-19, (2) have no detectable antibodies for COVID-19, and (3) have been hospitalised...

      Health and Care Bill

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to publish the (1) Wade-Gery, and (2) Goldacre, reviews before the committee stage of the Health and Care Bill in the House of Lords.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality of lateral flow tests.

      Ivf

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 2 November (HL3362), what were the affected genes in the mitochondrial genome and the associated mutations in...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 test device products have been subject to desktop reviews by the UK Health Security Agency.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to test people with immunodeficiencies for their individual responses to COVID-19 vaccinations.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish the Women's Health Strategy; and what plans they have to include commitments on menstrual health conditions in that strategy.

      Prostate Cancer: Tomography

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many suspected prostate cancer patients in each local Cancer Alliance have undergone a multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging scan in England in each year...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) clinical trial data showing the effectiveness of Ivermectin to treat COVID-19, and (2) the urgency of approving new...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Smuggling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to stop the importation of illegal e-cigarette products into the UK.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed have been hospitalised due to COVID-19 in England since 2 September.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of government advisors who have links to, or investments in, Chinese companies; and how many Chinese companies have...

    • Public Bodies: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who they have appointed to (1) arms-length bodies, and (2) other public bodies, since 1 January; and how many of these appointments were (a) women, or (b) people...

      Government Departments: Equal Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the ethnicity pay gap in each government department.

      Government Departments: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many disabled people are employed by each department.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Ofcom: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) why they have convened a new interview panel for the selection of the new chair of Ofcom, (2) why they changed the job specification for this position after...

    • Public Telephones: Rural Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of public telephone boxes in rural areas; and what steps they will take to ensure they are maintained in situ in...

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