Written answers

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • National Highways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what National Highways' funding allocation was in (a) total, (b) regional amounts, (c) combined authority amounts and (d) local authority amounts for...

    • Transport for London: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Written Statement on Transport for London funding extension, dated 5 January 2022, if he will publish the letter setting out the...

      Transport for London: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 12937 on Transport for London: KPMG, what progress he has made on monitoring the public interest...

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with airline carriers on failures to refund passengers who have had their flights cancelled due to the covid-19...

      Airlines: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the impact on the airline sector of the introduction of a mandatory alternative dispute resolution scheme in that sector.

      Aviation: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will open the Aviation Consumer Policy consultation as part of the Government’s aviation strategy; and whether changes are...

      Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of total journeys were completed in cars, vans or taxis in each year from 2015 to date.

      Bus Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has held discussions with Transport for London on the Mayor of London's commitment to roll out a fully electric bus fleet by 2034.

      A1

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review on the A1.

      East Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review on the East Coast Main Line.

      Cycling: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve cycling infrastructure (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in other isolated and island communities.

      Quad Bikes: Helmets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating the compulsory use of helmets for motorists using a quad bike.

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline will next be updated.

      Electric Vehicles: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Air Quality Expert Group's report on Non-Exhaust Emissions from Road Traffic, what assessment he has made of the implications...

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that historic vehicles are protected from changes to (a) fuel standards and (b) other regulations.

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in reference to the rising use of electrical vehicles on roads, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the use...

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92818, for what reason the DVLA is confident that it can trace 92.1 per cent of vehicles from its...

      Litter: Motorways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to tackle littering on motorways and to ensure more regular litter picking on the network.

      A5: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recent fatality at the Shrawardine Turn of the A5 near Shrewsbury, what (a) assessments have been made of the safety of the...

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of private hire drivers being licensed by the local authority in which they pick up passengers.

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to review the adequacy taxi licensing and improve standards in the private hire trade.

      Regional Planning and Development: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on plans for a future city region settlement in...

      Cycling: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage cyclists to use (a) high visibility clothing in the dark, (b) cycle helmets, (c) bicycle bells and (d) other...

      Train Operating Companies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the publication of information relating to his Department’s payments to passenger rail operators under emergency agreements...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Liquefied Natural Gas: Carbon Dioxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much additional carbon dioxide is generated by importing and burning LNG compared to using more natural gas...

    • Urenco: Investment Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what dividends have been received by the Government as a result of its shareholding in Urenco in each of the last five...

      Heating: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to provide a definition of hard-to-treat properties that are not suitable for conversion to low...

      Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on minimum levels of UK natural gas stocks.

      Origin Marking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of mandating country of origin information on goods sold in...

      Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation entitled Making flexible working the default.

      Minimum Wage: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's press notice of 9 December 2021 entitled National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, how...

      Unfair Dismissal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on reducing the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal.

      Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on changes to the Working Time Regulations.

      Compassionate Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 27196 on Compassionate Leave, what plans the Government has to...

      Procurement: Environment Protection and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement for UK businesses...

      Procurement: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to hold companies...

      Coronavirus: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to give businesses and workers the maximum possible amount of notice ahead of any...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to give businesses and workers the maximum possible notice ahead of any introduction of further...

      Energy Supply: Fife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with energy companies on the levels of debt accrued by customers in Glenrothes and Central...

      Renewable Energy: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to adopt a retrofitting policy that includes a broader range of alternative renewable...

      Heating: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of infrared heating to support its policy to decarbonise homes.

      Electrical Goods: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department has provided to businesses to implement the Ecodesign regulation which came into force on 1...

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help small and medium businesses reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

      Business: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of a recent survey by YouGov and Veolia which found...

      Power Failures: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compensation available for homes that experience power cuts...

      Energy Supply: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to mitigate the impact of rising energy costs on families in Newport West constituency.

      Heat Pumps: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of DELTA-EE’s whitepaper,...

      Oil: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the required minimum level of oil stocks for national resilience.

      Electrical Goods: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to publish guidance on ecodesign following the implementation of the Ecodesign Regulations in...

      Tidal Power: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting initiatives to increase opportunities for tidal...

      Heat Pumps: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what analysis he has undertaken, including with the heat pump industry, on whether heat pumps can reach cost parity...

      Natural Gas: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing retail controls to restrict the (a) sale...

      Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of compensation awarded by employment tribunals but not received by employees...

      Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to review the effectiveness of the issuing of covid-19 support funding by local authorities to (a)...

      Postal Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that service levels within postal services are maintained at a high level throughout...

      Fireworks: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on (a) residential communities and (b) the environment of 120-decibel...

      Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 inquiry UK 2021 follow-up report...

      Local Enterprise Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in completing the review of Local Economic Partnerships.

      Toys and Games: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase safety of toys being sold online; and whether he plans to bring forward a strategy...

      Fuel Poverty: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households at risk of fuel poverty following the increase in the...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to mitigate any potential increase in fuel poverty when a new energy price cap is announced in...

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that only the cleanest wood burning stoves will be available for sale from 2022 under...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there will be an appeal system in the Alternative Disputes Resolution process for the Post Office Horizon...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Post Office Horizon scandal, how those conducting the Alternative Dispute Resolution process will...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether friends, family and employees of subpostmasters will be permitted to take part in the Alternative Dispute...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether consequential losses will be included in the Alternative Disputes Resolution process for the Post Office...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps will be taken to ensure consistency is maintained in the processing of disputes in response to the Post...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Post Office Horizon scandal has altered the valuation of the Government's shareholder position in Post Office.

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the proposed Alternative Dispute Resolution process is intended to reduce the need for malicious prosecution...

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who will determine the parameters for the disputes to be referred to the Alternative Dispute Resolution process...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on developing a new covid-19 vaccine which is more effective against new variants.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the Valneva covid-19 vaccine; and what steps he is taking to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans there are to manipulate the covid-19 vaccine to sensitise it to the omicron and other variants; and when he...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether foetal cells were used in the development of covid-19 vaccines.

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new Ecodesign regulations on improving the efficiency of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 80914, tabled on 24 November 2021.

    • Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Delayed Transfers of Care were recorded in the NHS in England in (a) January 2016, (b) July 2016, (c) January 2017, (d) July...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimates his Department has made of the number of NHS and social care staff who may lose their employment as a result of the...

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for a national real time suicide surveillance system being operational in England.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has a timetable for the HIV drug which combines the antiretroviral drugs cabotegravir and rilpivirine as a bi-monthly...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether private healthcare facilities will be able to hire staff from the NHS who have not been vaccinated against covid-19 and who have...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing permanent Medical Exemption Certificates to those with verified lifelong...

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using emergency powers available to the Government to take control of private...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on staff numbers of making covid-19 vaccines compulsory for NHS staff.

      Midwives: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a medical history involving an episode or episodes of myocarditis in a midwife will be sufficient condition for exemption from...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that frontline medical staff are able to get a vaccine exemption recorded on their NHS covid pass in...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 78453 tabled on 19 November 2021 by the hon. Member for Midlothian.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to accelerate the covid-19 vaccination programme in schools.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure there are a sufficient number of venues available to deliver the covid-19 booster campaign safely.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been invited to receive a booster vaccination for covid-19 in (a) Bexley Borough, (b) Greater London and (c) England...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that vaccination data is accurate for people who have had covid-19 vaccines at different sites.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received covid-19 vaccinations at walk-in and pop up clinics; how many of those people (a) did not have a NHS number...

      Air Pollution: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Chief Medical Officer is taking to (a) address public health problems associated with air pollution and (b) promote...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement measures to ensure that people who are still testing positive for covid-19 despite completing the self-isolation...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the number of housebound people in (a) Bath and (b) England who have yet to be offered their covid-19 booster...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions to the NHS with covid-19 were (a) fully vaccinated, (b) partially vaccinated and (c) unvaccinated in each of the last...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether North East London Health and Care Partnership has a list of (a) immunosuppressed patients and (b) other patients eligible for a...

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess whether travel restrictions to a particular country are necessary to help prevent the...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on updating the Government's guidance on covid-19 symptoms in the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of vaccinating children aged five to 11 against covid-19 who (a) have...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect children who (a) have complex respiratory and neurological conditions and (b) other...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress of the covid-19 booster programme in ensuring that people who are housebound receive their...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests for home delivery.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure that housebound people are able to access the covid-19 booster vaccine.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of the covid-19 booster vaccination for people who are housebound.

      Coronavirus: Vitamin C

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of Vitamin C as a treatment for covid-19.

  • Leader of the House

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the spread of the omicron variant of covid-19, what (a) assessment he has made of trends in the levels of staff sickness in special...

    • Schools: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what modelling his Department has done on projected staff absences in schools as a result of the omicron variant.

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of guidance on ventilation in schools on air pollution in classrooms.

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage applications by schools to buy air cleaning units through its online marketplace to help reduce covid-19 transmission.

      Teachers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many retired teachers his Department has asked to return to school in order to ease covid-19 pressures; and how many of those teachers are aged...

      Education: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the rise of omicron covid-19 variant cases, what additional support he has made available to education providers in (a) St Helens...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the unauthorised absence rate is in schools in England.

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contribution the Soft Drinks Levy made to the Sport Premium in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.

      Schools: Governing Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department records how many school governors are from a Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority background.

      Teachers; Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to announce any pay rises for school teaching staff by April 2022 to allow schools to include those rises in their...

      Out-of-school Education: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities, Ofsted and safeguarding bodies have the necessary powers to investigate, seize...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 25 October and 23 November 2021 on behalf of his...

    • Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been brought under The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021 to date; and what sentences were imposed.

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average waiting times are for the (a) first hearing date in an employment tribunal claim and (b) publication of the judgment.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Iron and Steel: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the EU’s steel tariff deal with the US on the UK’s steel industry.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to collaborate with countries neighbouring Afghanistan to (a) keep those countries'...

    • Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to British nationals in Afghanistan in need of urgent medical treatment.

      Yvonne Fletcher

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Libyan counterpart on obtaining support for UK authorities'...

      Abduljalil AlSingace and Hasan Mushaima

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Bahrain Government on the treatment and imprisonment of the leader of...

      Myanmar: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to engage with the Rohingya community as part of the UK’s relations with...

      Coronavirus: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Women and Girls Left Behind: Glaring Gaps in...

      Sahel: Internally Displaced People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support people displaced within the Central Sahel region as a result of increased...

      Nagorno Karabakh: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential occurrence of war crimes and serious human rights...

      Transcaucasus: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will monitor the potential prevalence of anti-Armenian hate speech and disinformation in the...

      Sudan: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has of the freedom (a) of the press, (b) of expression and (c) of association in Sudan since...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the essay by President of Russia...

      Paraguay: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Paraguayan counterpart on the protection of the Ayoreo people following the...

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help prevent human rights infringements against protestors in Kazakhstan;...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the political situation in Sudan following the resignation of Prime Minister...

      Republic of Ireland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date she last spoke to Simon Coveney TD.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Crowsnest system completed all the tests it was scheduled to complete whilst on Carrier Strike Group 21.

    • Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Weapon System Operators have been trained on Crowsnest.

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the flying cost per hour was of the Merlin Crowsnest system on Carrier Strike Group 21.

      Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the changes to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy published on 14 December 2021, whether UK development programmes and...

      Armed Forces: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 7,100 Armed Forces personnel on standby for resilience tasks have received their covid-19 booster jab.

      Military Aid: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel who have been deployed to help the NHS (a) alleviate winter pressures and (b) support covid-19 vaccine programme have...

      Military Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make military (a) medics and (b) transportation available to health trusts throughout the UK to help combat the staff shortages caused by...

      Artillery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of when the UK's AS90 will be removed from service.

      Ministry of Defence: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total floor area of his Department’s estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is the Government's policy to support a legally binding instrument on lethal autonomous weapons; and what assessment he has made of the...

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which manufacturer supplies the torpedoes deployed on the UK's P-8 aircraft.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Torpedoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Stingray torpedo is qualified for use on the UK's P-8 aircraft.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93719, whether ODIN will also contain a 7-day period whereby operational and technical data will be...

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the Senior Responsible Owner was that approved the Crowsnest platform for Initial Operating Capability.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) UK torpedoes and (b) UK sonobuoys will be cleared for use for the P-8.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which manufacturer supplies the sonobuoys currently deployed by the UK's P-8 aircraft.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are ITAR constraints in place that would preclude the UK from operating P-8.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims suspended under the Risk Review process have been reinstated as of 24 December 2021.

    • Health and Safety Executive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual (a) staffing and (b) resource level was in the HSE Energy Division in each year since 2016 to date.

      Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time for answering personal independence payment new claims calls was in each month from December 2020 to November 2021.

      Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2021 to Question 80980 on Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf, what the percentage increase was in the...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of increasing statutory...

      Disability: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 on support for disabled people in Newport West...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2021 to Question 84427 on Social Security Benefit: Disqualification and with reference to the 149,057...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claims were suspended under the Risk Review process as of 24 December 2021.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child limit from universal credit as recommended by the Social...

      Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2021 to Question 80980 on Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf, if she will publish the types of...

      Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were issued with a negative decision on the grounds that the claimant failed the habitual resident test, as a...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available to claimants whose benefits have been suspended under the Risk Review process.

      Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a feature on calls relating to (a) universal credit and (b)...

      Job Centres: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the risk to job centre staff of covid-19 transmission as a result of continuing face-to-face services...

      Access to Work Programme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is taking to increase participation in the Access to Work programme amongst disabled people in Wales.

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote awareness of (a) winter fuel payments and (b) associated welfare provision.

      Housing: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of financial support available to people who operate and require the use of medical...

      Personal Independence Payment: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with stakeholders on merging personal independence payments into universal credit.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2021 to Question 84427 on Social Security Benefit: Disqualification, how many of the 149,057 cases that...

      Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2021 to Question 80980 on Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf, if she will provide the duty holders...

      Industrial Health and Safety: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to update health and safety guidance for employers to (a) reflect recent case law and (b) clarify that...

      Industrial Health and Safety: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for advice from workers and employers on health and safety for new and expectant mothers were made to the Health and Safety...

  • Cop26

    • Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) local authorities and (b) combined authorities support the delivery of COP26 outcomes and other initiatives on tackling...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the President of COP26, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 28 September and 4 November 2021 on behalf of his constituent, Mr...

  • Home Office

    • Joint Fraud Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) qualitative and (b) quantitative targets the Joint Fraud Taskforce, re-launched by her Department on 28 October 2021, is using to...

    • Joint Fraud Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) structure, (b) goals, (c) strategy and (d) remit of the Joint Fraud Taskforce re-launched by her Department on...

      Proceeds of Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by each police force in England and Wales in each year from 2010.

      Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was received under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme by each police force in England and Wales in each year from 2010.

      West Yorkshire Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by West Yorkshire Police on (a) 31 March 2010, (b) 31 March 2015 and (c) 31 March 2021.

      Refugees: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of standardising the English for Speakers of...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken address delays in the processing of applications to the EU Settlement Scheme.

      Home Country Nationals: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential vulnerability of people who supported British aims in Afghanistan to criminal smugglers and...

      Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make public sexual harassment a specific criminal offence.

      Antisocial Behaviour: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement powers local authorities have to tackle anti-social behaviour on a travellers' site, when the site has been acquired by the...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reasonable adjustments have been made in accordance with sections 20 and 29 of the Equality Act 2010, to accommodate incapacitated and...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Levelling Up Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants working in the Levelling Up Taskforce are based in (a) London, (b) the South East of England and...

    • Homelessness: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding will be allocated from the Domestic Abuse Act (new burdens) Fund to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council...

      Homelessness: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much Homelessness Prevention Grant funding has been allocated to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the...

      Housing: Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of residential developments taking place on green belt land.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the costs to building safety managers of establishing a golden thread of information.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what Government body will determine (a) which buildings are most at risk due to dangerous cladding and (b) a matrix of...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to support councils in delivering the levelling up agenda during current levels of material,...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the call for evidence on whether local authorities and parish...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Housing: Cats and Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to establish a professional regulatory body for the catteries and kennels industry.

    • Walley's Quarry Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he last personally raised the issue of toxic air at Walley’s Quarry with the Prime Minister.

      Dogs: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the current review into the regulations on dog microchipping and the related microchipping database systems will be...

      Air Pollution: Uxbridge and South Ruislip

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many children aged 18 and under in Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency (a) live in and (b) go to school in areas...

      Air Pollution: Dumfries and Galloway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many children aged 18 and under in Dumfries and Galloway constituency (a) live in and (b) go to school in areas with...

      Air Pollution: Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many children aged 18 and under in Carmathen West and South Pembrokeshire constituency (a) live in and (b) go to school...

      Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning all non-essential single-use plastic in the UK.

      Whales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of a revival of the whale population on (a) the...

      Agriculture: Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the (i) level of supply and (ii) cost of agricultural fertiliser and (b)...

      Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to reintroduce an extension of the Seasonal Workers Pilot to include poultry workers.

  • Scotland Office

    • Seed Potatoes: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the imposition of trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK as a result...

  • Cabinet Office

    • NHS

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a role in (a) ensuring that the NHS is training enough doctors and nurses and (b)...

    • 10 Downing Street: Meetings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the investigation led by Sue Gray into allegations of breaches of covid-19 regulations will include...

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent employees were employed by Government bodies in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Cabinet Office: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many consultancy and professional services contracts of or over £500,000 in value or at least 9...

      Civil Service: Surveys

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department will publish the results of the Annual Civil Service People Survey for 2021.

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to consult relevant stakeholders on the criteria for the Terms of Reference for the...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Fast Stream: recruitment data 2019, 2020 and 2021, what assessment he has...

      Emergencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the National Resilience Strategy will be published.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Government departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) other arm’s length bodies have...

  • Treasury

    • Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2021 to Question 40978 on Off-Payroll Working, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of...

    • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential reintroduction of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in...

      London Stock Exchange

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Republika Srpska raising £350 million on the London Stock Exchange, what steps the Government has taken to prevent entities...

      Non-domestic Rates: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will implement the Business Rates Relief Fund before Christmas 2021 to allow local authorities to help businesses impacted by omicron covid-19 as...

      Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the number of higher rate tax payers in each constituency in each of the last five years.

      Cost of Living: Newport West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential disproportionate effect of an increased cost of living on groups in Newport West constituency with...

      Child Benefit: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers are liable to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge in the 2021-22 tax year.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable and who work in (a)...

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department's response to its consultation entitled R&D Tax Reliefs.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Great Exhibition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on a potential Great Exhibition project; and if he will make a statement.

    • Culture Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the additional £30 million allocated to the Cultural Recovery Fund will be accessible to freelance creatives and...

      Internet: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help increase internet connectivity in the West Midlands.

      Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the protection of vulnerable people and others in (a)...

      Internet: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to allocate funding for internet connection in rural community businesses throughout the UK.

      Devolution: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has received from the Scottish Government on the potential merits of additional devolution...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Big Ben: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of the set-up, trials and tests of the temporary bell striking mechanism in the Elizabeth Tower.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality: Females

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to improve equality for women through the UK’s recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to reduce inequality beyond the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010.

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress her Department has made on its extended consultation on banning conversion therapy.

      Surgery: Females

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of findings on the disparity in mortality rates of women following operations...

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Qualifications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Category (1) C, and (2) C+E, HGV drivers held a Driver’s Certificate of Professional Competence during the week commencing 3 January; and what...

    • Cycleways: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 20 December 2021 (HL5014), whether they will now (1) answer the questions put, and (2) publish...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupil Exclusions: Alternative Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions they have given to Regional Schools Commissioners to ensure that all schools within multi-academy trusts track the outcomes of their permanently...

    • Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) efficacy, and (2) urgency, of installing air filters in schools over the Christmas period while school pupils are on holiday.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nigeria: Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 22 March 2021 (HL13954), what plans they have (1) to allocate Official Development...

    • Russia: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Russia to lessen the risk of miscalculation leading to use of nuclear weapons.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Australia: Nuclear Submarines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a senior UK official attached to the US Submarine Advisory Committee; and what relationship the Advisory Committee has to US Defence's...

    • National Flagship

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the new national flagship (1) will be crewed by Royal Naval personnel, and (2) will fly the White Ensign.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to set out a timetable to address legacy issues in relation to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which legacy-related matters were discussed at the meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference on 2 December 2021.

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