Written answers

Thursday, 2 December 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 21 November 2021, that all new homes must include electric vehicle charging points, if he will...

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 21 November 2021 that all new homes must include electric charging points, if he will ask the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Maritime and Coastguard Agency received a call for help from any person aboard the boat carrying migrants that sank in the English Channel...

      Cycling: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cyclist deaths per annum.

      Transport: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department spent on assessing the feasibility of constructing a fixed transport link between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that rural and remote areas, including farms and on-street locations, will be included in plans to extend electric...

      Trams: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2021 to Question 172052, on Trams: Greater Manchester, what steps he has taken to progress the feasibility...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 21 November 2021 that all new homes must include electric charging points, what steps he will...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 21 November 2021 that all new homes must include electric charging points, whether that policy...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Prime Minister's announcement of 21 November 2021 that all new homes must include electric charging points, whether that policy...

      Bridges and Tunnels: Northern Ireland and Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been to the public purse of the Union Connectivity Review and Fixed Link Feasibility Study into the potential merits of a bridge or...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of deaths on the roads of under 16 year olds in (a) England and (b) the...

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the zero emission buses announced by the Prime Minister in February 2020 have been delivered (a) nationally and (b) in...

      Driving Tests: Hemel Hempstead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to reopen the driving test centre in Hemel Hempstead; and will he make a statement.

      Railways: Sheffield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact on Sheffield of his proposals for connectivity to that city as part of the Integrated...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the costs associated with Bulb Energy Limited being taken into the special administration regime will be (a)...

    • Business: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the final report on the innovation loans pilot programme; and with reference to...

      Counterfeit Manufacturing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to work with private industry to raise people's awareness of the risks associated...

      Future Fund and Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the National Science and Technology Council's letter to the Prime Minister dated 23 September 2021,...

      Business: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of businesses using company AGMs to consult with wider stakeholders...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 1 November 2021 from the Chair of JFSA.

      Fossil Fuels: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Answers of 10 November to Questions 69042 to 69061, if he will publish the evidence base for the...

      Energy Supply: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to recent bankruptcies of energy companies, if his Department will review the current framework of...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding each local authority received for the Local Authority Delivery element of the green homes grant scheme.

      Fossil Fuels: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answers of 3 November to Questions 69042 to 69061, whether his Department's assessment of all...

      Babcock International: CHC Helicopter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Competition and Markets Authority plans to reach a decision on whether to launch a phase two investigation of...

      Shipping: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased shipping costs on (a) supply chains for UK manufacturers and (b)...

      Utilities: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the (a) Supplier of Last Resort or...

      Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether costs associated with Bulb Energy Ltd entering the special administration regime will be passed on to billpayers.

      Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the options are for exiting the Special Administration Regime undertaken with Bulb Energy Ltd.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Warm Homes Discount scheme to a...

      Trading Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) adequacy of the (i) structure, (ii) powers and (iii) resources of...

      Electronic Commerce: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that online marketplaces take greater...

      Class Actions: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will enable collective redress in consumer cases in line with competition cases.

      Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to extend dispute resolution to sectors other than second hand car sales and servicing...

      Energy: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle rising energy costs for households.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Summit Resorts & Developments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish all details of meetings between Ministers and officials from his Department and representatives of...

  • Attorney General

    • Prosecutions: Gambling

      To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of criminal prosecutions in which gambling is a relevant factor.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pneumococcal Diseases: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming vaccination strategy will set a target of 75 per cent for adult pneumococcal vaccination coverage, in line with...

    • Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming vaccination strategy will provide plans to enhance the UK’s vaccination infrastructure and human resource...

      Social Security: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of how many current service users of working age are expected to reach the social care cap.

      Social Security: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities operate charging policies that leave people with the amounts set out in his Department's Circular entitled...

      Disability: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to create more spaces in respite centres for adults with disabilities in the North West; and what...

      Social Security: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) the social care cap or (b) raising capital thresholds on working age...

      Social Services: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) help improve recruitment to social care jobs and (b) protect retention levels for...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made against the Government's commitments to deliver (a) 6,000 more doctors in general practice by...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Integrated Care Systems are required to review the 20 per cent of GPs with the lowest level of face-to-face patient...

      Health Services and Social Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate number of placements in health and social care for children and young people...

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic impact of the social care cost cap on pensioners in Barnsley...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how the £2.3 billion funding announced for diagnostic services will be...

      Loneliness: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of loneliness and social isolation amongst (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people in (i)...

      Social Services: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the social care needs of working-age disabled adults in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency and...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the risks of prescribing (a) medicinal cannabis and (b) treatments for drug addiction...

      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 75821 tabled by the hon. Member for Halton on 16 November 2021.

      Learning Disability and Mental Health Services: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) mental health nurses and (b) learning disability nurses are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council; and how many...

      Odevixibat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Odevixibat for treating processive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 16 September 2021 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, reference GJ13377.

      Alfred Bean Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) develop and (b) improve the services available at the Alfred Bean Hospital in Driffield.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure better representation of community pharmacy within Integrated Care Systems and at the primary care level.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to scale down capacity for testing for covid-19.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rapid lateral flow kits have been dispatched to addresses in Northern Ireland since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Coronavirus: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans for the UK Health Security Agency to take forward the public health approach to covid-19 management.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of local authorities continuing with (a) administering (i) lateral flow and (ii) PCR...

      Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the future delivery of health protection measures.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the CTDA approval process for Lateral Flow Tests will be concluded.

      MSC Virtuosa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positive covid-19 cases have been linked to the MSC Virtuosa outbreak.

      Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether vaccines approved and administered by the medical authorities in Barbados be recognised by the NHS COVID pass.

      Coronavirus: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that local directors of public health are able to determine the local management of covid-19 in 2022.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that people without access to online services can prove their covid-19 vaccination status.

      Opiates: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of opioid-related deaths in the North East in each of the last five years.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available for prescription medication for people addicted to drugs who wish to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people who have received their first and second doses of the covid-19 vaccine in...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the covid-19 passports of (a) students and (b) other people who have had their first and second...

      Drugs: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of pilot drug consumption rooms as part of his drugs strategy.

  • Department for Education

    • Cryptocurrencies: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to educate young people on crypto currencies.

    • Children in Care: Foster Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were cared for in a family and friends foster placement, broken down by local authority, as of 31 March 2021.

      Children and Young People: Mental Capacity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with local authorities to ensure that children and young people under deprivation of liberty safeguards are found appropriate...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has provided additional funding to schools to help implement covid-19-safe environments.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to tackle delays to education and health plans.

      Breakfast Clubs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on (a) the reach of additional funding for breakfast clubs announced in July 2021 as of 24...

      Schools: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of defibrillators at school sites.

      Higher Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to protect clinically vulnerable students from covid-19 in higher education.

      Turing Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are on placements on the Turing Scheme for year 2021-2; and how much his Department will spend on that Scheme in 2021-2.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Marriage: Humanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timeline is for responding to the Law Commission marriage review following its publication.

    • Marriage: Humanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the judgment in R (Harrison and others) v Secretary of State for Justice 2020, what plans he has to bring forward legislative...

      Civil Partnerships: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the consultation on outdoors civil marriages.

      Burial and Cremation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential effect of implementing similar legislation to the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 in...

      Chelmsford Prison: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Report on an unannounced inspection of HMP & YOI Chelmsford by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, published on 24 November 2021, if he...

      Prison Officers: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with (a) officials in his Department and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the eligibility of prison officers who have worked in...

      Administration of Justice: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of relations between trade unions and (a) HMPPS and (b) HMCTS.

      Ministry of Justice: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

      Ministry of Justice: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what records relating to staff working times are kept by his Department under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those...

      Ministry of Justice: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received in relation to the Single Justice Procedure Notice in the last two years.

  • Treasury

    • Bellwin Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities on the fitness for purpose of the Bellwin scheme...

    • Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Genuine Progress Indicator as a method of measuring economic and...

      Civil Service: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact on members trust in the Civil Service Pension Scheme of defining the remedy costs to the 2016...

      Debit Cards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 77446 on Debit Cards, what rights consumers have to be informed of the amount of recurring payments...

      Treasury: Darlington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cubic metres of space were being heated each day, on average, in the week commencing 22 November 2021 at the Darlington Economic campus.

      Companies: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Net Zero Strategy published in October 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking companies to report on...

      Treasury: Darlington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days and on what dates in the last month he has been working from the Darlington Economic Campus.

      Treasury: Darlington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the logo for the Darlington Economic Campus was designed by staff in his Department or commissioned from an external source.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) make a statement on his assessment of the impact of the loan charge on families and (b) make an assessment of the potential merits of...

      Film: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the grounds on which HMRC determines which Film Partnership investors were (a) genuine and (b) engaged in exploitation of tax reliefs for...

      Property Development: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether BTR developments will be affected by the Residential Property Developer Tax in the event that such developments are transferred or sold within a...

      National Insurance: Employers' Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has commissioned research within his Department on the potential effect of the rise in Employer National Insurance Contributions on (a) the...

      Treasury: Working Hours

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records relating to staff working times are kept by his Department under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long those records...

      Treasury: Working Hours

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £286 million allocated in aid to Afghanistan in 2021 has been dispersed as of 27 November...

    • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to her Iranian counterpart on the continued detention of Nazanin...

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Iranian counterpart on the return to the UK of the detained...

      Eritrea: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is coordinating with the US, and other key strategic partners, on the use of Magnitsky...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines the UK Government has distributed to other countries, by country of receipt.

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian assistance the UK Government is providing to Ethiopia.

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether officials from the diplomatic service, including ambassadors and civil servants, were present at the...

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made personally to her Indian counterpart on the four-year incarceration of...

      Eritrea: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether officials in her Department have had discussion with their US counterparts on entities and individuals...

      British Nationals Abroad: Arrests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 72465 on British Nationals Abroad: Arrests, what criteria...

      Preventing Sexual Violence against Women Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she will confirm the (a) dates of and 9b) the application process for delegates and observers to the...

      Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

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

      CDC

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the CDC Group are not consulting with (a) civil society and (b) the public on its Code of...

      Israel: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the new Trade and Defence Pact she signed with Israel on 29 November 2021 will permit manufacturers in UK freeports...

      Israel: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the provisions on trade in the new Trade and Defence Pact she signed with Israel on 29 November 2021 will remove or...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Bases: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of armed forces bases in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland that will close in the next 24 months.

    • Army: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the army restructure will result in the closure of any British armed forces bases overseas.

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 12 of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Annual Report on Major Projects 2020-21 and its grading of the Crowsnest...

      Glencorse Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Disposal database: House of Commons report, for what reason his Department plans to dispose of seven garages and a playpark at...

      Army: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Defence of 25 November 2021, Official Report, column 487, what assessment he has...

      Veterans: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the current contract with Risk Management Ltd for running the Career Transition Partnership ends; and whether he plans to extend that...

      Army: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of his Department's £6.6 billion research and development budget will be spent on the army.

      Army: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the army restructure on the number of personnel in the infantry.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the 12 month limit for back-payments to those couples affected by the underpayment of their state pension...

    • Food Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps she is taking to reduce child food poverty.

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the guidance issued to local authorities in England on 11 November 2021 on the use of the Household Support Fund emphasises...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of excluding (a) Lifetime ISA's, and (b) private pension savings mechanisms...

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting in the backlog of applicants who need to attend a Work Capability Assessment.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the current average length of time an individual must wait to attend a Personal Independence Payment assessment.

      Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently receiving support from the Restart scheme.

      Job Entry Targeted Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who were receiving support from the Job Entry Support Scheme have been subsequently referred to the...

      Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have successfully moved into employment after a referral to the Restart scheme.

      Child Maintenance Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current level of staffing of the Child Maintenance Service.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) fairness and (b) sustainability of the Child Maintenance scheme in calculating payments from...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records relating to staff working times are kept by her Department under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how long...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the compliance of her Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are waiting to attend a Personal Independence Payment assessment.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to have discussions with (a) campaigning groups and (b) the APPG on State Pension Inequality for Women on the recent...

      Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to negotiate new reciprocal social security agreements with (a) Australia, (b) Canada and (c) other...

      Post Office Card Account

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to allocate funding for the replacement of the Post Office card account.

      Post Office Card Account

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) information and (b) support his Department plans to provide to people who use the Post Office card account in the context of the...

      State Retirement Pensions: Weaver Vale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensionable age people in Weaver Vale constituency who are still awaiting payment of...

      Post Office Card Account

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to migrate customers from the Post Office card account.

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the appropriateness of exclusively using an American company to process payments of the state pension to...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recent Thanksgiving holiday in the United States on the ability of pensioners...

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of people eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment in 2020 did not receive payment as a result of a computer upgrade.

      Older People: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support to pensioners in Newport West constituency for winter 2021-22.

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the consultation undertaken by her Department in advance of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Equality Impact Assessment carried out by her Department in 2020 on the uprating of Local Housing Allowance rates to the...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of carer’s allowance for unpaid carers.

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is that a person must wait to attend a Work Capability Assessment.

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the current average length of time an individual must wait to receive the outcome of their Work Capability Assessment.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is that a person must wait to receive the outcome of their Personal Independence Payment assessment.

      Sanitary Protection: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her timeframe is for updating the Workplace (Health and Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 to accommodate the provision of suitable...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of redundancies proposed by the PBS consortium on the contract with TotalEnergies on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of dolphin and other sensitive species bycatch; and whether he has plans to...

    • River Wye: Phosphates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Nutrient Taskforce on phosphate pollution in the river Wye.

      Biodiversity Target Advisory Group: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the minutes from the Biodiversity Target Advisory Group meetings that have taken place since 26...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce food waste throughout the country.

      Veterinary Medicine: Recruitment and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new vets have been trained and recruited to help process animal health export certificates prior to consignment...

      Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for soil health of banning the use of ammonium nitrate and urea...

      Controlled Burning: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a review at the conclusion of the burning season of the new licensing system for heather burning in the...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of stakeholder support for the introduction of the single social tariff scheme...

      Water Charges: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make (a) an assessment of the role of the Landlord TAP scheme in helping water companies to identify financially...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide a substantive response to the letter dated 13 June 2021 from the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet on the...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme with Ministers of the Welsh Government.

    • Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been supported by Independent Child Trafficking Direct Workers in each year since that service came into existence.

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of individuals who were identified as being victims of modern slavery, who had been...

      Home Office: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records relating to staff working times are kept by her Department under Regulation 9 of the Working Time Regulations 1998; and how...

      Home Office: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compliance of her Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her statement of 22 November 2021 on Channel crossings in small boats, what plans she has for the role of the military in...

      Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults made against retail workers were recorded in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England in each year from 2015 to 2021.

      Rescue Services: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) HM Coastguard, (b) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (c) the Royal National Lifeboat...

      Emergency Services: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of the fire service supporting the ambulance service in moving and handling people safely.

      Police: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of police in Newport West constituency.

      Antisocial Behaviour: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what steps she is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour and (b) whether she plans to increase funding to (i) Enfield and Haringey...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people eligible for the Windrush Compensation Scheme have died before being compensated as of 24 November 2021.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed the Windrush Compensation Scheme with the Welsh Government.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of eligible claimants have applied to the Windrush compensation scheme.

      Counterfeit Manufacturing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with HMRC on encouraging the sharing of real time information on counterfeit seizures with private companies...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have (a) arrived in the UK, (b) are currently in temporary accommodation; (c) are currently in holiday camp...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan Refugee Scheme will open for applications, and when the first refugees under this scheme is expected to arrive in the UK.

      Domestic Abuse: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what steps she is taking to tackle domestic abuse and (b) whether she plans to increase funding to (i) Enfield and Haringey Metropolitan...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the pilot led by Devon and Cornwall police on tackling drink spiking.

      Slavery: Enfield North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what steps she is taking to tackle modern slavery offences and (b) whether she plans to increase funding to (i) Enfield and Haringey...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she provide EU citizens with Settled Status a physical copy of their immigration status.

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to airlines on ensuring that they follow the correct procedures when processing inbound individuals with...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people applying for asylum in the UK for whom the UK was the first safe country of arrival, in...

      Refugees: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have (a) offered and (b) refused to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in each of the last three years.

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has held with maritime organisations on the Nationality and Borders Bill and its potential effect on maritime workers...

      Gender Based Violence and Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to partnerships of the police with other agencies to tackle misogyny and violence against women...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rents: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of households in England that have rent arrears as a result of the...

    • Landlords: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 56975 on Landlords: Licensing, how many days on average it takes to...

      Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of abolishing no fault evictions on frequency of rent increases...

      Local Housing Allowance: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the Local Housing...

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish a strategy on ending rough sleeping by 2024.

      Rented Housing: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish a white paper for the Renters' Reform Bill as announced in the Queen's Speech in May 2021.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the number of social homes being sold and demolished does not exceed the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he intends to respond to a letter dated 06 October 2021 from the hon. member for West Lancashire reference ZA57872...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 22 September 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding surprise...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the response to his Department's consultation on local authority remote meetings.

      Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to provide extra funds to local authorities which commit to rehousing and offering support to...

      UK Community Renewal Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2021 to Question 80317 on UK Community Renewal Fund, what assessment he has made of...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average household income is of owners of homes purchased through the Affordable Homes Programme.

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Housing Ombudsman’s adjudication on Complaint 202015630 about Clarion Housing Group’s...

      High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 25 October 2021 to Question 57038 on Social Rented Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow and 57041 on...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of locating his Department in York.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Attorney General: Supply Chains

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure supply chain resilience...

    • Coronavirus: 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 covid-19 deaths in children in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 to date.

      Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the publication of the timetable for the covid-19 inquiry.

      Travel: Civil Servants and Ministers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2121 to Question 75043 on Travel: Civil Servants and Ministers, if he...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of the 787 market access barriers reported to the Government’s Digital Market Access Service between 1 April 2020 and 31...

    • Trade Agreements: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the number of UK jobs created each time the UK signs a new free trade agreement.

      Shipping: Trade Fairs

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans her Department has to provide SMEs in the maritime sector with grants to support their attendance at international trade shows.

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) level of greenhouse gas emissions that will be generated and (b) impact on the UK’s...

      Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on securing free trade agreements with countries around the world.

      India: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on increasing bilateral trade and strengthening economic ties.

      Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason the figure of 1,238 published in her Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20 on 16 July 2020 for the number of...

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the estimated breakeven price is for gas from the Mozambique LNG project, supported by UK Export Finance.

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what temperature goal scenario was used in the climate assessment for UK Export Finance support of the Mozambique LNG.

      Teesside Freeport: Mexico

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if manufacturers in the Teesside Freeport making tariff-free imports of raw materials can utilise the tariff reductions agreed in the...

      Teesside Freeport: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether manufacturers in the Teesside Freeport making tariff-free imports of raw materials can utilise the tariff reductions agreed in the...

      Teesside Freeport: Singapore

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if manufacturers in the Teesside Freeport making tariff-free imports of raw materials can utilise the tariff reductions agreed in the...

      Teesside Freeport: Canada

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if manufacturers in the Teesside Freeport making tariff-free imports of raw materials can utilise the tariff reductions agreed in the...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Parkrun: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria her Department plans to use to assess whether Parkrun events would be able to continue in the event that further...

    • Telecommunications: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 79366, what the (a) budget and (b) FTE staffing is of the UK US Tech...

      Museums and Galleries: Art Works

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is Government policy that (a) works of art held in the national collections, including the British Museum, should...

      Football Governance Fan-led Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to establish an independent regulator for English football as recommended in the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they are taking to recruit HGV drivers to meet (1) the current shortfall, and (2) the predicted demand given the increase in online retail and...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Property: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 2 November (HL3659), whether they can provide a breakdown of the 60 titles within Greater London where...

  • Department for Education

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prerogative of Mercy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Pardons have been issued to those convicted of terrorism in the last 30 years.

    • Asylum: Appeals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, asylum appeals were successful due to the absence of a Home Office legal representative at the appeals tribunal.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nigeria: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the findings of the British High Commission's recent visit to Benue State in Nigeria; and what steps they are taking in response.

    • Developing Countries: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic do not reduce children's global access to (1) health, (2) education, and (3)...

      Nigeria: Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the US State Department's decision to remove Nigeria from its list of Violators of Religious Freedom.

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Peace Negotiations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to impose sanctions on those undermining the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

      Turkey: Kurds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to send an observer to attend the trial in Turkey of 108 Kurdish politicians over the 2014 Kobani protests.

      Selahattin Demirtaş

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Turkey to secure the immediate release of Selahattin Dermitas.

      Africa: Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their strategy for (1) development, and (2) the provision of official overseas aid, in Africa.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Winter Fuel Payments: Cohabitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to prevent two separate Winter Fuel Allowances being offered to a cohabiting couple who own two properties.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers have spent at least six months awaiting a decision on their asylum claim in the UK.

    • Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals holding an expired British passport.

      Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 18–19 year olds, (2) 20–29 year olds, (3) 30–39 year olds, (4) 40–49 year olds, (5) 50–59 year olds, (6) 60–69...

      Asylum: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of offering the right to work to asylum seekers who have spent six months awaiting a decision on their...

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why there has been a decrease in the number of foreign national offenders deported from the UK since 2016; and what plans, if any, they have to reverse this trend.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Ira

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the government of the Republic of Ireland the reported remarks made by Senator Michael McDowell about the decision not to...

  • Treasury

    • Banks: Forgery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in (1) investigating, and (2) prosecuting, allegations of banks forging customers’ signatures.

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