Written answers

Thursday, 16 December 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Seating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure that rail services have enough seating capacity for all expected passengers.

    • Ports: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) any UK ports use China's LOGINK system and (b) his Department has made an assessment of (i) LOGINK and (ii) China's role in port logistics...

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2021 to Question 84353, on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, whether it is his policy to make collective bargaining...

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 76827 on Aviation: Fuels, what progress his Department has made on assessing the potential...

      Clean Maritime Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2021 to Question 84354, on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, if he will list the members of the Clean Maritime Council...

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2021 to Question 84351, on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, if he will ensure that representatives of maritime trade...

      Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2021 to Question 88776 on Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen, what grants are available for the purchase of hydrogen...

      Electric Vehicles: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the safety of (a) electric vehicles and (b) electric vehicle...

      Taxis: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking together with local authorities to help ensure that carbon emissions from taxis are reduced substantially by 2030.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve the efficiency of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 28 October 2021 to Question 62817on Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete, whether he plans to publish the impact assessment.

      Railways: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the economic benefits for the Midlands from the roll-out of smart ticketing as outlined in the Integrated Rail Plan.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has been made of the adequacy of bus services in (a) rural and (b) coastal communities; what assessment he has made of the...

      Ambulance Services: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on mitigating levels of carbon emission from ambulances.

      Railway Stations: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that no additional funding provided to Transport for London is used to fund projects to build over station car parks.

      Public Transport: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) inform people about and (b) encourage people to comply with the requirement to wear a face covering when...

      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 the costs of...

      Abbey Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a determination will be made on whether the application for funding for improvements to the Abbey Line to the Restoring Your Railway Fund will...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer on 28 October 2021 to Question 62817 on Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete, for what reason no additional environmental impact...

      Blue Badge Scheme: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the time within which a photo for a blue badge qualifies as recent to...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of new covid-19 restrictions on businesses in the (a)...

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the introduction of Plan B covid-19...

      Flight Reclaim: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Insolvency Service regarding the status of its investigation into Flight...

      Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to upgrade energy infrastructure to meet increased electricity demands as a result of the transition...

      Springfields: Nuclear Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2021 to Question 85170, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that...

      Mobile Phones: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase network resiliency in response to Storm Arwen.

      Electricity: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved Administrations on electricity network infrastructure in...

      Diesel and Petrol: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with UK fuel retailers on the adequacy of consumer prices for fuel.

      Energy Supply: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) frequency of power surges when Distribution Network Operators erroneously supply...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support people affected by improperly fitted cavity wall insulation as a result...

      Green Deal Scheme: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal Scheme appeal cases have been waiting for a final decision for (a) six to 11 months and (b) 12...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Colombia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding (a) categorised as Official Development Assistance and (b) not categorised as Official Development...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any social events took place between three or more people within his Departmental buildings between (a) 5...

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing all credible hydrogen production projects under Track-1...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to bring forward its planned consultation on the implementation of a net-zero-consistent cap...

      Boilers: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to launch a consultation on mandating hydrogen-ready boilers.

      Natural Gas: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that a decision on blending 20 per cent hydrogen into the gas grid is delivered...

      Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the outcome of the consultation on designing a UK low carbon hydrogen standard.

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to finalise the development of comprehensive regulatory frameworks for hydrogen.

      Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government is selling the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre.

      Toys and Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings Ministers have held with representatives of the toys industry in the last year; and what steps his...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: BGI

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department or its Arm's Length Bodies has a working relationship, including on contractual or commercial...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether any social events took place between three or more people within his Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1 December...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure supply of covid-19 lateral flow tests prior to the publication of his Department's...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes are in place to ensure that the National Booking system 119 gives out the correct advice, so that all children who have...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to discharge for child neurodevelopment services was in (a) Norfolk and (b) England in each...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans received support from Op Courage between (a) April-July and (b) August-November 2021.

      Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 53847 on Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability, what assessment...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of third primary covid-19 vaccine doses administered to immunocompromised and...

      Carers: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of unpaid carers.

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes between an individual making initial contact with Op Courage to that...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor care homes' compliance with Government guidance on facilitating visits during the covid-19...

      G7: Oxford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the overall cost was of (a) travel and (b) subsistence for the UK Delegation when attending the G7 Health Ministers summit in July 2021.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff providing medical and personal care to ME and long covid patients are aware...

      Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 53847 on Mental Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability, what his...

      Carers: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of live-in carers for disabled people who have left the United Kingdom since the UK left the...

      Social Services: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2021 to Question 29882, how many and what proportion of the roles in adult social care do not have...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the fracture liaison service in (a) fracture diagnosis and (b) early intervention...

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 vaccine mandate for social care workers, what assessment the Government has made of the extent of...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that appropriate community mental health facilities are available to support people with low to...

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the implications for its policies of the finding of ARCO's November 2021 report, Putting the...

      Women's Estate Perinatal Pathway Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 56264, on Pregnancy: Prisoners, on which dates the Women’s Estate Perinatal...

      Eating Disorders: Mental 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 £44 billion increased spending on...

      Mental Health Services: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to take into account the needs of men when developing mental health support policies.

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of how his Department is giving organisations the opportunity to influence the development of the White Paper...

      Tafamidis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to make Tafamadis, the only treatment for the terminal illness hereditary cardiac Amyloidosis,...

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop workforce requirements for mental health services as of his workforce plan.

      Ichthyosis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with the skin condition ichthyosis can access the cream Udrate to treat that condition via...

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure an adequate skills mix in the delivery of holistic mental health services in the community.

      Dietary Supplements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard adult ready-to-drink oral nutritional supplements will...

      Mental Health Services: Ilford North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of people on the waiting list for NHS talking therapies in Ilford North...

      Clinical Trials: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the MHRA offering training to researchers on how to introduce flexibility into the...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of a health budget that commissioners should spend on (a) adult mental health services and...

      Female Genital Mutilation: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist FGM clinics (a) have closed over the last ten years or (b) are in the process of closing.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 88622 of 10 December 2021, when the NHS Business Services Authority review of the Vaccine Damage...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeframe is for the allocation of funding to brain tumour research.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps his Department is taking to ensure that care home (a) staff and (b) residents are protected from covid-19 infection...

      Social Services: Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the proportion of funding allocated to the social care...

      Female Genital Mutilation: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of specialist NHS provision for survivors of FGM in (a) Slough and (b) Milton Keynes compared...

      Brain: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the UK Government has made of the concept of brain health in encouraging people to reduce their dementia risk.

      Brain: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government has spent on research into (a) dementia prevention and (b) brain health in each of the last three years; and what...

      Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of stroke patients receive a thrombectomy in each region in England as of 8 December 2021.

      Integrated Care Boards: Business Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2021 to Question 80412 on Integrated Care Boards: Conflict of Interests, if he will take steps to...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether someone who has a genuine fear of having a vaccine will be able to keep their job in the NHS or social care following the...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS has a fully costed workforce plan to meet projected future population demands.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make up for the shortfall of NHS staff who may leave the NHS after refusing to take the covid-19 vaccine.

      Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in the last 3 years.

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national register of defibrillators.

      Medical Treatments: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will establish permanent arrangements to gather testimony from members of the public with adverse experience of implanted...

      Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of stroke patients have been provided with mechanical thrombectomy services by region in England in the last...

      Primary Health Care: Allied Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure Allied Health Professions workforce reconfiguration within primary care settings is sustainable.

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent by (a) NHS providers and (b) NHS England Group on the purchase of healthcare from non-NHS bodies in financial year 2020-21.

      Dietary Supplements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources he has allocated to reviewing the responses to the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances consultation on standard...

      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 57363, tabled by the hon. Member for St. Albans on 15 October 2021.

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what urgent steps his Department is taking to reschedule planned surgeries that were cancelled during October and November 2021 as a...

      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 70280 tabled by the hon. Member for Bristol West.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 27 October 2021, reference RL29885.

      Ambulance Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of (a) the average cost per emergency response and (b) the number of successful treatments of cardiac arrest...

      Blood Tests: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he will provide to NHS trusts on blood testing services.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement measures to ensure that convalescent covid-19 positive travellers are not disadvantaged by the Government's covid-19...

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicines failed human clinical trials that had previously passed an animal clinical trial in 2020 .

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delayed hospital discharges.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the (a) roll out of Al pathologist technology by Betsi Cadwaladr...

  • Attorney General

    • Slavery: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of prosecutions of offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each of the last five years.

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to oversee the Government Legal Department in their assistance of the inquiry into the events in Downing Street on 18 December 2020 announced on 8...

  • Department for Education

    • Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statistical release, Children looked after in England including adoptions, for the financial year 2020-21, how many of the...

    • Department for Education: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the highest performing schools are for apprenticeship starts for level 3 qualified 18 year olds from the latest available data held by his...

      Apprentices: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he made of the proportion of his Department's overall spending on apprenticeships that supports people aged 18 to 25.

      Local Skills Improvement Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to evaluate the effectiveness of Local Skills Improvement Plans trailblazers and Development Fund pilot areas in advance of...

      Local Skills Improvement Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that bodies responsible for the local skills improvement plans have received guidance on how to prepare those plans.

      Local Skills Improvement Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that bodies responsible for local skills improvement plans have access to local data on youth unemployment at a...

      University Technical Colleges: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which university technical colleges have been visited by Ministers of his Department since 1 January 2020; and what plans he and his Ministers have to...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on discussions with the (a) Department of Health and Social Care, and (b) Department for Digital, Culture, Media...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Tuition Partners pillar of the National Tutoring Programme, what the regional breakdown is of the pupils enrolled as of 8...

      Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will publish his National Plan for Music Education.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to (a) the answers to Questions 100 and 104 of the Justice Select Committee, Oral evidence: The work of the Ministry of Justice, HC 869,...

    • HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve industrial relations at HM Courts and Tribunal Service in the context of reported planned industrial action by court...

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) cost-benefit analysis, (b) organisational risk assessment, and (c) equality impact assessment for users has been made in relation to the Common...

      Ministry of Justice: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to ensure that nobody in receipt of treatment for substance misuse is...

      Prisoners: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to begin recording data on prisoners' family circumstances and caring responsibilities as set out in the Prisons Strategy...

  • Treasury

    • Economic Situation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish forecasts of the economic impact of the covid-19 restrictions announced on 8 December 2021.

    • Citizens' Advice Bureaux: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the funding available to Citizens Advice Bureaus in Oxfordshire in the latest period for which figures are available; and if...

      Small Businesses: Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of rising levels of inflation on small businesses.

      Coronavirus: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to local authorities to assist (a) people who have to isolate and (b) business during the new covid-19...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible families with children under five (a) have an open Tax Free Childcare account and (b) used their Tax Free...

      Culture Recovery Fund: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the consequential funding for Wales resulting from the £300 million uplift to the Culture Recovery Fund the Welsh...

      Treasury: Theft

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide financial support for businesses affected by covid-19 restrictions announced by Government on 8 December 2021.

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Scottish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on HMRC’s request that...

      UK Trade with EU: Import Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the time it will take the typical import consignment or other relevant unit to clear the UK border from 1 January 2022.

      Goods Vehicle Movement Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many registrations to the goods vehicle movement service for imports have taken place as of 9 December 2021.

      Corporation Tax: British Petroleum and Shell

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Government fiscal policy in the context of the level of corporation tax paid by (a) Shell and (b) BP...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the levels of tax avoidance and the increase of people employed by umbrella companies following the...

      Cheques

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with UK Finance on the future of the cheque; and if he will make a statement.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Democratic Republic of Congo: Dams

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the Sombwe Dam...

    • Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Iran's nuclear programme and its continuing...

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent wastage of covid-19 vaccines donated to (a) Nigeria, (b) Malawi, (c) South...

      Sudan: Military Coups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps she has taken to help prevent a potential further military coup in Sudan.

      Overseas Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Building the Network of Liberty speech, published on 8 December 2021, what assessment her...

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the terms of the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any UK (a) officials and (b) diplomats will be attending the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

      Aung San Suu Kyi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the legality of the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi...

      Xinjiang: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to evidence in the Xinjiang Papers submitted to the Uyghur Tribunal, what assessment she has been...

      Brunei: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific issues in relation to LGBT rights in Brunei were raised between the Minister of State and the...

      Spain: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of Spain’s change in vaccination status requirements for incoming travellers of 1 December...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her comments in the question and answer session following her speech entitled Building the...

      Tigray: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on 17 December 2021, if she will...

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the United Nations Human Rights Council on 17 December 2021, if she will take steps to discuss...

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to raise issues of humanitarian access to (a) Tigray and (b) other areas of Ethiopia at the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that covid-19 vaccines donated by the UK which are then destroyed rather than...

      Belarus: Poland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure migrants on the Poland-Belarus border are able to access...

      Myanmar: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she made representations on ending Ukrainian supply of arms to the Myanmar military in her meeting with...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government supports the OECD proposal to value donations of excess covid-19 vaccine doses in Official...

      Developing Countries: Poliomyelitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

      Somalia: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) partner donor countries to the African Union...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any social events took place between three or more people within her Departmental buildings between (a) 5...

      Pakistan: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress her Department has made in promoting animal welfare in Pakistan (a) in general and (b) in relation...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Indo-pacific Region: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of maintaining the seven month deployment of the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific to date.

    • Indo-pacific Region: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with what countries the carrier strike group has had (a) engagements and (b) military exercises to date; and what those engagements and military...

      Iran: Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) counter the threat posed to UK national security by proxy terror groups funded by Iran and (b) prepare for...

      Military Aid: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Oral contribution of 2 November 2020, Official Report, column 5, if he will reinstate his practice of placing in the Library of...

      Ministry of Defence: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last...

      Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the length is of the defined return of service period by role in the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy.

      Armed Forces: Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Immigration Costs for Armed Forces Personnel Consultation, what evidence his Department used to decide the 12-year threshold for...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan nationals deemed eligible for relocation to the UK were successfully evacuated before 28 August 2021; and what proportion (a) received...

      Merlin Helicopters: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2021 to Question 76577, on Merlin Helicopters: Expenditure, whether the incorrect recording of Merlin component...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicle boxes have been delivered by GD from Spain to the factory in Wales.

      Navy: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the context of his Department's decision to buy up to 61 new intercept vessels, which vessels they will be replacing; when the Department will tender...

      Air Force: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates meetings have taken place as part of the Global Air Chiefs Climate Change Initiative since its launch by the Chief of the Air Staff.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disability and Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report entitled The Uses of Health and...

    • Invalid Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had discussions with people who are (a) receiving personal independence payments and (b) over the age of 65 on the provision...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each...

      Child Maintenance Service: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to respond effectively to atypical cases and resolve errors.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

      Industrial Health and Safety: Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to bring forward amendments to the gas management safety regulations to facilitate blending of hydrogen in the gas network by...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to review the drainage system to ensure it is sufficiently resilient to manage extreme weather...

    • Shellfish: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Cefas and (b) the Environment Agency on investigating the cause of the deaths of crabs,...

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reduce the scope for flexibility in appliance emissions testing procedures for particulate matter...

      Pigs: Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the number of (a) negative or (b) inconclusive Bovine Tuberculosis first culture tests on pigs that have...

      Bees: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of neonicotinoid Cruiser SB on bee health.

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) call a meeting of representatives of the pig sector supply chain for the purposes of investigating the take...

      Fisheries: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications have been made for compensation for lost sales under the Seafood Disruption Support Scheme; what...

      Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Environment Act 2021 on use of neonicotinoid Cruiser SB.

      Shellfish: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of compensation required to support fishermen on the Tees Valley coast...

      Pigs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will call a meeting of representatives of the pig sector supply chain to investigate the take up of measures announced...

      Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to rapidly protect communities that experience flooding in winter 2021-22.

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating the use of SuDs where recommended in planning.

      Floods: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with Flood Re on extending the scheme to homes built after 2009 that are not protected by...

      River Tees: Dredging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will publish the risk assessments and relevant documents relating to the dredging on the River Tees in...

      Sewage: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the Environment Agency to require water providers...

      Shellfish: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department has given to fishermen and coastal communities affected by the mass deaths of crustacea on the...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment was conducted prior to the creation of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority; and whether an...

    • UK Border Force: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the vulnerability of Border Force personnel to viral infection from direct contact with large numbers...

      Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessment her Department has undertaken on the creation of the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority; and what assessment...

      Police: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase women's confidence in the Police.

      Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are accommodated in Napier Barracks who indicated in their asylum screening interview or ASF1 form that they are either a...

      Ministry of Defence: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she is having with the Secretary of State for Defence on the release of his estate's housing at Linton-on-Ouse for refugee...

      Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in total have been accommodated in Napier Barracks since April 2021.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s draft statutory guidance on Unauthorised Encampments, what constitutes significant damage,...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the draft statutory guidance on Unauthorised Encampments on gypsy, Romani and...

      Metropolitan Police: Labour Turnover and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the recruitment, training and retention of police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of resettling any of the Afghan women who were evacuated by the International Bar...

      Domestic Abuse: Pets

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the use of pets as coercive control in domestic abuse.

      Domestic Abuse: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help accommodate domestic abuse survivors with dogs access refuges and accommodation easily.

      Julian Assange

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will stop extradition procedures against Julian Assange following the comments of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on 12 December...

      Julian Assange

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the detention of Julian Assange on media freedom in the UK.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will extend the entry clearance period for family member visa applications for Afghan nationals to allow for the complexities of...

      Asylum: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have signed up to the voluntary dispersal scheme for asylum seekers as of July 2022.

      Immigration: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of waiving visa fees for non-UK (a) service personnel, (b) veterans and (c) their...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travellers are currently arriving in the UK each day on average.

      Passports: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been delivered since TNT became the delivery provider; and how many complaints have been received regarding their...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for Biometric Residence Permits.

      Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she (a) has received and (b) is taking steps in response to advice from Public Health England on the (i) ongoing use of Napier...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the administrative cost is of each (a) Indefinite Leave to Remain and (b) naturalisation application in financial year 2021-22.

      Visas: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the numbers of visas (a) applied for and (b) granted for (i) HGV and (ii) poultry workers given that the application...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Warley dated 18 August 2021 regarding Mr Vieira.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Sleeping Rough: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to support rough sleepers in the Hendon constituency during winter 2021-22.

    • Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on raising accessible housing standards for new...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November to Question 73974, if he will make it his policy to compensate local authorities for...

      Local Government: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities undertake equality impact assessments on their policies.

      Homelessness: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how his Department plans to help protect homeless people from contracting the omicron covid-19 variant; and whether his...

      Disability: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled people living in social housing to obtain the home adaptations...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost...

  • Scotland Office

    • Seed Potatoes: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 73993 on Seed Potatoes: Scotland, what new markets his Department has identified for Scottish...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: Suicide

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on its review of veteran deaths through suicide in the last ten years.

    • 10 Downing Street: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times hybrid meeting technology was used by staff in 10 Downing Street on 15 December 2020.

      Prime Minister: Theft

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Prime Minister's office (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external...

      Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic will include the Government's...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the 10 Downing Street Quiz held on 15 December 2020, who attended that event physically; and...

      Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Cabinet Secretary intends to answer the letter of 2 December 2021 from the hon Member for Ashton...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of knife crime in Burton in each of the last five years.

      Small Businesses: Import Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government has taken to inform small and medium sized enterprises of the new import processes...

      UK-EU Civil Society Forum and Domestic Advisory Group

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide a list of stakeholders who requested an extension to the application membership deadline...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to reply to the letter from Lord Pickles, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to include provisions relating to climate change, green technology and the protection of the environment...

    • Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to tackle disruptions in UK supply chains.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her (a) South African and (b) Indian counterpart on the Government’s position on the time...

      Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any social events took place between three or more people within her Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or...

    • Broadband: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with OFCOM on the (a) affordability of current broadband contract prices and (b) the ease...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any social events took place between three or more people within her Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November...

      Football Index: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her Department's White Paper on the future of the Gambling Act; and whether that White Paper will...

      Vaccination: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many posts have been reported to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for anti-vaccine disinformation by the...

      Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date was the most recent meeting of the Government’s counter disinformation forum.

  • Prime Minister

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Hinkley Point C Power Station: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 30 June (HL1218), what assessment they have made of the risks of issues at the Taishan nuclean power...

    • Iron and Steel: Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support trials of manufacturing steel with hydrogen.

      Clean Steel Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward the Clean Steel Fund, which is due to begin in 2023.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Patient Safety Commissioner: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to use consultants in the process of appointing the new Patient Safety Commissioner; and whether they will make any such involvement public.

    • Embryos

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL3662), how performance of pronuclear transfer in mice might remain a reliable predictor of its...

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the largest clinical negligence claim that has been paid in England.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to update Table A in their COVID-19 guidance 'Personal protective equipment (PPE) made in the UK as at 1 December 2020', published on 9 March,...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Admissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Crowding and its Consequences, published on 18 November, which found...

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the costs of clinical negligence.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to purchase UK-made biodegradable PPE products as opposed to single use plastic products.

      Immunotherapy: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not yet appointed a supplier of immunoglobulin products; and when they expect to have completed the tender process.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 16 November (HL Deb, cols. 158–160), whether they expect to meet their target to increase the number of GPs by...

      Children: Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 17 November (HL3974), how many unborn children have been placed on the Child Protection Information sharing system...

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the commitments made in People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper, published on 1 December, what plans they have to set out...

      Social Services: Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to boost care worker pay in the short term amid existing staff shortages due to COVID-19.

      Social Services: Catering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of people receiving social care who follow a non-meat diet; and what steps they are taking to ensure that such...

      Electric Scooters: Injuries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of increases in the number of patients needing surgery following incidents involving e-scooters.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward the date for requiring all NHS staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19; and, in particular, to dismiss any staff who have had...

      Hospital Wards: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 19 October 2021 (HL2901 and HL2902), what plans they have to issue instructions to NHS trusts that...

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their response to the Forty-Second report of the Public Accounts Committee 2019–21 on 28 April, what steps they will take to incentivise the NHS...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure non-frontline NHS staff who are not subject to mandatory vaccination requirements do not present a COVID-19 infection risk in areas...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of NHS staff having COVID-19 vaccinations; and what steps are they taking in response.

      West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the re-development of the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s plans for improvements at (1) Watford, (2) Hemel Hempstead, and (3) St Albans,...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why all new starters to the NHS do not have to meet the same vaccination conditions as in the social care sector.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce pre-departure COVID-19 tests for those travelling to the UK.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of testing the antibody levels of immunosuppressed or immunocompromised individuals given the spread of the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to monitor (1) immunocompromised patients' antibody levels, and (2) their variation over time, in response to the rollout of the third primary...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to set a maximum retail price for PCR COVID-19 tests, in addition to the standards for such tests.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects on public health of levels of face coverings worn on public transport.

      Immunotherapy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many challenges have been made to the sub-regional immunoglobulin assessment panels in the last year concerning access to immunoglobulin therapy; and how many...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include information from their online guidance Myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination: guidance for healthcare...

      Strokes: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of cerebral haemorrhage in UK women (1) below 60, and (2) 60 and above, and their link to the (a) Astra Zeneca...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the NHS app will (1) record the date a COVID-19 booster vaccine has been administered, and (2) specify the type of COVID-19 vaccine used, with equal...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many suppliers of COVID-19 PCR tests for travel are listed on gov.uk.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make COVID-19 PCR tests free in order to ease the travel expense burden on families.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 15 November (HL3205), how many companies have had their application to be listed as approved providers of...

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available to British residents returning to the UK who face a requirement which had not been in place when they left the UK to quarantine in a...

      Oral Tobacco

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence that they have, if any, which identifies the health risks posed to smokers who switch to snus products.

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence that they have, if any, which identifies the health risks posed to smokers who switch to snus products.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Economic Situation: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the policies of (1) Brazil, (2) France, (3) Denmark, and (4) Bolivia, towards reducing economic inequalities; and what steps they...

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Russia regarding the UK's and NATO's response to the Russian military build-up near Ukraine's borders and to...

      Mikheil Saakashvili

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Georgia regarding the continued imprisonment of the former President of that country, Mikheil Saakashvili.

      Egypt: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of freedom of religion and belief for Coptic Christians in Egypt; and whether they have discussed the situation with the government...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many countries have committed to acquiring the Type 31 frigate; how many frigates has each country ordered; whether the expected level of acquisitions has led...

    • Submarines: Iron and Steel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK last had the steel production capability to supply all the types of steel necessary for the deterrent submarine programme; and what steps they...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Plants: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the horticulture sector to ensure that the delayed introduction of the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System...

    • Plants: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delays to the introduction of the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed system (IPAFFS) for plant import...

  • Home Office

  • Cabinet Office

    • Marriage: Religion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 30 November (HL4074), what estimate they have made of the number of British citizens currently united in...

  • Treasury

    • Capital Gains Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the letter on behalf of the Chancellor to the Office of Tax Simplification on 30 November, what plans they have, if any (1) to increase capital...

    • Ferries: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much taxation revenue was collected from each of the three cross-Solent ferry operators in each of the last five years.

      Banks: Inquiries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the European Commission’s €344 million fine on UBS, Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Credit Suisse on 2 December for operating a foreign exchange...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of rising levels of debt in low income countries; and what steps they are taking to help low income countries manage their foreign debt.

      Vacancies: Productivity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the relationship between labour shortages in the UK and levels of economic productivity.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Olympic Games: Beijing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Team GB about reconsidering participation in the 2022 Winter Olympic games in Beijing.

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