Written answers

Friday, 14 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to make a statement in the House of Commons on the recent changes to the Highway Code.

    • Cycling: Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to amend rule 66 of the Highway Code.

      Bus Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral contribution of 16 December 2021, Official Report, column 1138, when he plans to return to the House to provide additional...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of bus users that earned under £25,000 per year in each year from 2017 to 2022 as of 11...

      Buses: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of fuel to bus operators in each year from 2010 to 2022 as of 11 January 2022.

      Transport for London: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 87625, on Transport for London: Property Transfer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...

      Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a detailed strategy on the establishment of a cycling network in England.

      Driving Under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if (a) he or (b) another Minister in his Department will meet with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and her constituent to discuss...

      A1: Stibbington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the A1 near Stibbington and south of Wansford (a) was last inspected for potholes and (b) is next scheduled for re-surfacing.

      Bicycles: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support for bicycle recycling centres in every local community.

      Department for Transport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) directorates within his Department (i) as at 1 December from 2015 to 2021 and (ii) as of 11 January 2022 and (b) staffing...

      Department for Transport: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's announcement of 15 March 2021 on the creation of 650 roles in a second headquarters in Birmingham and Leeds, how...

      Department for Transport: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the (a) studies, (b) reports, and (c) research currently being conducted by his Department and the estimated date of publication of each.

      Department for Transport: Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's internal anti-bribery policy was (a) first introduced and (b) last revised.

      Department for Transport: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department's internal anti-bullying policy was (a) first introduced and (b) last revised.

      Department for Transport: Buildings

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

      High Speed 2 Line: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of the work conducted by his Department on the Eastern leg of HS2 was; and what the full-time equivalent headcount was of people...

      Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a car scrappage scheme to replace cars with (a) bikes, (b) e-bikes and (c) other forms of...

      Bus Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on bus users of the expiration of emergency covid-19 funding for bus services.

      Transport for London: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 87625, on Transport for London: Property Transfer, what criteria he plans to apply for his...

      Transport for London: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 87625, on Transport for London: Property Transfer, if he will place in the Library the...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • France: Aquind

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last discussed national security matters relating to the proposed electricity interconnector and data cabling...

    • Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) the implications for his policies of rising UK import dependence in energy and (b)...

      Carbon Emissions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish information on how much individual policies announced in the Net Zero Strategy...

      Heating: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the disparity in the proportion of the weekly budget a household in...

      Geothermal Power: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of projects to create district heating networks using geothermal energy...

      Energy: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle the growing cost of energy consumption.

      Carbon Capture and Storage: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for Direct Air Capture to contribute to the UK's (a) 2050 net...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support the commercialisation of Direct Air Capture technology in the UK.

      Power Failures: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost was of restoring power lost as a result of Storm Arwen; and how that cost was met.

      Energy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to his Department's joint consultation with Ofgem on proposals for a Future System Operator;...

      Construction: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government maintains a database of firms operating within the repair, maintenance and improvement sector in...

      Energy Supply: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that energy companies are offering affordable and flexible energy...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out what support and resources are provided to a local authority in the event that a nuclear power...

      Power Failures: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time that people were without power as a result of Storm Arwen in...

      Electricity: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money his Department has spent on electricity infrastructure in each of the last 10 years.

      Energy Supply and Infrastructure: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department made of the resilience of energy networks and infrastructure prior to Storm Arwen in the...

      Energy Supply: Public Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his response to his Department's joint consultation with Ofgem on proposals for a Future...

      Buildings: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Heat and Buildings Strategy, what assessment he has made of the role of building standards and...

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will require the disclosure of the emission results for wood burning stoves, including efficiency, oxides of...

      Housing: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support local authorities to help deliver the net zero transition and implement...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to improve the energy efficiency of owner occupier homes.

      Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government plans to provide to industry to train and retrain the workers required to retrofit the...

      Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will make it his policy to extend the deadline for projects that have been initiated under the Domestic...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the smart meter programme in reducing fuel poverty.

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress he has made on delivering the commitments of the UK hydrogen strategy.

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create a public beneficial ownership register of overseas...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of research and development spending in his Department was channelled through UKRI or the research...

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral Answer of 11 January 2022, Official Report, column 413, that the life science sector has grown, in...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94366 on Dementia: Research, if he will publish all available...

      Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the aims of the R&D Inter-Ministerial Group.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total floor area of his departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which other Government departments will participate in the R&D Inter-Ministerial Group; and what the aims are of...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total floor area of his Office estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

    • Castlereagh Foundation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide an update on the work of the Castlereagh Foundation.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for people to access lateral flow tests when (a) they have tried to access lateral flow tests at their local...

    • Coronavirus: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lateral flow tests in County Durham.

      PPE Medpro: Baroness Mone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 80941, on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, whether Baroness Mone declared any...

      West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the West Yorkshire integrated care system.

      South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the South Yorkshire integrated care system.

      North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the North East and North Cumbria integrated care system.

      Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the agreed salary for the chief executive of the Humber Coast and Vale integrated care system.

      Motor Neurone Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £50 million for targeted motor neurone disease research can be accessed.

      Ovarian Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the importance of a shortened referral pathway for ovarian cancer where a CA125 blood test...

      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 8 October 2021, referenced RL21517.

      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 29 September 2021, referenced RL27501.

      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, referenced RL29959.

      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 16 November 2021, referenced RL30693.

      Dementia and Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been a relative increase in the numbers of people diagnosed with (a) dementia and (b) heart disease over the last 18 months.

      Ambulance Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide additional support to the ambulance service amid (a) staff shortages and (b) high demand during the...

      NHS and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit and retain NHS and social care workers, (b) tackle the staffing shortage in the NHS and social...

      Hospital Beds: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the capacity is for covid-19 patients in hospitals in England.

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for conclusion of the pilot of the closed loop technology to continually monitor blood glucose and adjust insulin...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total floor area of his departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what extra assistance the Government plans to provide to NHS trusts in England that have hospital bed waiting times over double the...

      Ovarian Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all women diagnosed with ovarian cancer are able to access the best possible...

      Coroners: Perinatal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the findings of the consultation on amending the Coroners Act 2009 to permit coroners to investigate stillbirths...

      Maternity Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional support to NHS maternity wards in England during winter 2021-22.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to lateral flow tests in the (a) Wakefield district and (b) West Yorkshire region...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2021 to Question 56604, what progress his Department has made towards the provision of a vaccination...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospitalised covid-19 patients are unvaccinated.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what calculation he has made of the last date that a person working for the NHS, who is covered by the Government's Vaccination as a...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance the Government plans to provide to NHS trusts in England that have average A&E waiting times almost double the...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the current number of schools that fail to meet legal standards is.

    • Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the additional funding required by schools to cover the costs of hiring agency workers as a result of teachers...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many air purifiers are currently installed in school classrooms in the Wansbeck constituency; and how many air purifiers are planned to be fitted...

      Department for Education: Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92905 on the date of introduction of the Department's anti-bribery policy, what anti-bribery...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he informed schools that five consecutive days of carbon dioxide monitor readings from a particular classroom would be needed, or be likely to be...

      National Curriculum Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has been made of the potential merits of suspending SATs in May 2022 for Year 6 pupils due to continuing high absence rates and...

      Gambling: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to require schools to provide education on the harms of gambling.

      Pupils: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children and young people in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been confirmed with covid-19 in Wansbeck constituency since September...

      Teachers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers working in schools in Wansbeck constituency have been confirmed with covid-19 since September 2021.

      Teachers: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to offer teachers any recognition or rewards for their work during the covid-19 outbreak in order to help retain teaching...

      Pre-school Education: Carbon Dioxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of (a) nursery and early years settings and (b) rooms in those settings which have a CO2 monitor.

      Department for Education: Buildings

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

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in women’s prisons have tested positive for covid-19 each month from March 2020 to December 2021.

    • Prisoners: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transwomen are currently held in (a) female prisons and (b) all prisons; and how many of those offenders have previous convictions for sexual...

      Catalytic Converters: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of convictions for theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles.

      Courts: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts with secure docks for holding defendants have been closed in England and Wales since 2012.

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases were heard in each (a) magistrates' court and (b) crown court in England and Wales in each year between 2016 and 2021.

      Public Statues: Vandalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Attorney General on the implications of the acquittal of four people charged with criminal damage to a...

      Telelvision Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people in total and (b) women were sent to prison for the non-payment of a magistrates’ court fine arising from a conviction for...

      Ministry of Justice: Buildings

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

      Demonstrations: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the law following the acquittal of the four people accused of causing criminal damage...

      Administration of Justice: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on international libel litigation in the UK courts; and what steps he is taking to help ensure freedom of speech in the justice system.

      Youth Custody: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of BAME children in youth custody in the UK.

      Prisons: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many random drug tests in prisons in England and Wales returned positive results in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Prisons: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have (a) provision for and (b) operational in-cell devices provided by (i) Coracle and (ii) other providers, broken down by prison.

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to prevent people released from prison from re-offending within 14 days of their release.

      Criminal Proceedings: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the debate of 10 March 2021, Official report, col 144WH, what discussions his Department has had on the recent work of the Criminal...

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs: Cybercrime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cyber attacks against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been recorded in each of the last three years.

    • Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the £150,000 threshold to the VAT Flat Rate Scheme in the context of...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 January 2022, Official Report, column 283, what consequential funding will be made available to the Welsh...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to restore the £20 universal credit uplift.

      Unemployment: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on unemployment levels.

      Infrastructure: Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the analysis by the Institution of Civil Engineers that improving strategic...

      Treasury: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total floor area of his departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Economic Situation: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the state of the economy in respect to the environmental impact of businesses and individuals.

      Hospitality Industry: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the hospitality sector on economic support in response to the effect of covid-19 and staff shortages on that sector.

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to support an extension of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative and cancelling debts with the aim of enabling countries to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iran: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of Iran’s ballistic missile programme.

    • Mehran Raoof

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Iranian counterpart on the imprisonment of Mehran Raoof.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total floor area of her departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      British Overseas Territories: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last made an assessment of (a) the legal rights and status of LGBT+ people in the UK Overseas Territories...

      Myanmar: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Minister for Asia's visit to Cambodia in January 2022, whether the Minister made...

      Developing Countries: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Safe To Be Me conference will provide opportunities to platform UK Government funded aid mechanisms,...

      India: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of reports of extrajudicial killings in India where persons falsely...

      Khurram Parvez

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the welfare of Khurram Parvez, the Kashmiri human rights activist, who was...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to continue to work with the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in the...

      Philippines: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) children and (b) adults affected by Typhoon Rai/Odette in the Philippines...

      Marfrig Global Foods: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) UK Official Development Assistance or (b) other public funds have been used in connection with the...

      India: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her visit to India in October 2021; and what the costs were of the (a)...

      Chevening: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting Baltic Foreign Ministers at Chevening in October 2021; and what...

      Iraq: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on humanitarian access to north-east Syria of the closure of the border...

      Tigray: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to engage with the (a) Government of Saudi Arabia and (b) United Nations High Commissioner...

      Iran: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on Iran’s support for regional terror groups.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting G7 Foreign Ministers in Liverpool in December 2021; and what the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting Western Balkans Ministers in London in December 2021; and what...

      Spain: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her visit to Madrid in December 2021; and what the costs were of the (a)...

      North America: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of her visit to the US and Mexico in September 2021; and what the...

      South East Asia: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in November 2021; and what...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of hosting Gulf Foreign Ministers in London in December 2021; and what...

      Gulf States: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse was of her visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar in October 2021; and what the...

      Colombia: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what training the UK has provided to the (a) Colombian police force in general and (b) the Mobile Anti-Disturbance...

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the Answer of 21 December 2021 to Question 91892 on Africa: Coronavirus, (a) how much funding the UK...

      Sweden: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her visit to Sweden in December 2021; and what the costs were of the (a)...

      Latvia: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her visit to Latvia in December 2021; and what the costs were of the (a)...

      Royal Institute of International Affairs: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of her speech at Chatham House in London in December 2021; and what the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of hosting the Ukrainian Foreign Minister in London in December 2021; and...

      Yemen: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for a ceasefire and peace talks in Yemen.

      Armenia: Prisoners of War

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with international counterparts to help (a) secure protections under...

      Venezuela: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recommendations the Government is making to the UN Human Rights Council in regard to its Universal Periodic...

      Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that people who have arrived in the UK through the Hong Kong British National...

      Venezuela: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recommendations the Government is making to the International Criminal Court to assist with its investigation...

      Brazil: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Brazilian counterpart on the Brazilian government's response to the covid-19...

      International Assistance: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is her policy to recognise the importance of loss and damage finance as a pillar of wider climate...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what do the (a) M, (b) R and (c) ATAE reference codes indicate on an Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy application.

    • National Cyber Force: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the projected £5 billion for the new National Cyber Force headquarters broken down by (a) CDEL and (b) RDEL.

      Arctic: Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Defence Arctic Strategy as announced on 30 September 2018.

      National Flagship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Committee for the National Flagship is expected to begin the formal process of assessing submitted designs for the National Flagship;...

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 96794, on Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement, who those primary support partners are; and if he...

      Ministry of Defence: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93717, on Ministry of Defence: Annual Reports, which statutory provision provides that his...

      Kinnegar Logistics Base

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for disposal of Kinnegar Barracks in County Down; and whether plans have changed for the scale of the disposal.

      Ministry of Defence: Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 96770 on Kickstart Scheme: Defence, how many kickstart positions were (a) advertised and (b)...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the evidence behind the decision to use Pakistan as the main Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy third-country route; and if he...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on providing safe routes to the UK...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Conditions of Employment: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support available in the workplace; and what steps her Department...

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total floor area of her departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the number of complaints made about her Department accepted by the Independent Case Examiner has increased over the last 12...

      Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to increase health and safety enforcement in response to the omicron variant of covid-19.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of the Blue Angel certification standard in Germany, which aims...

    • Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of Denmark’s best practices for the controlling of emissions from wood burning stoves as...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeline is for the public consultation on the Government's new PM2.5 targets.

      Ammonia: Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the Government’s response to the consultation on reducing ammonia emissions from solid urea...

      Plastics: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the separation of recyclable materials at source to minimise the...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people (a) living with asthma and lung disease and (b) who are most...

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the Annual Danish Informative Inventory...

      Firewood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeframe is for the research and measurement study being carried out to improve emission estimates for domestic...

      Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on (a) testing and (b) certification of wood burning stoves...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure that the trees lost as a result of Storm Arwen are replaced.

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department sets targets for the number of trees planted in the UK each year.

      Public Footpaths

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many new footpaths his Department has created in England in each of the last five years.

      Forests: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the extent of damage to forest and wooded areas as a result of Storm Arwen in (a)...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) mitigate the impact of increasing costs of food for consumers and (b) ensure that...

  • Home Office

    • Offences against Children: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation.

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for asylum claims.

      Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to attract international workers with science, technology, maths, and engineering qualifications to the UK.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme.

      Immigration: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 57193 of 25 October 2021, when her Department’s revised policy on entry clearance fee waivers will be published.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have applied to the EU Settlement Scheme via the Relevant Person of Northern Ireland route.

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to to answer Questions 98228, 98229, 98230, 98231 and 98232 tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 5...

      Investigatory Powers Commissioner: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the length of time between the submission of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s annual report to...

      Alpha Men Assemble

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department or its agencies are aware of and are monitoring the activities of anti-vax group Alpha Men Assemble and Mr Danny Glass who...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK as at 5 January 2022 will be resettled through the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has been made on moving Afghan refugees out of bridging accommodation; and what assessment her Department has...

      Home Office: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total floor area of her departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Asylum: Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she had made a recent assessment of the adequacy of protection and support available for migrant victims of domestic abuse in...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 1 September 2021, referenced RL26044.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the roll out of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

      Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 20 December to Question 93082, (a) why her Department does not collect data on the number of police holding cells in...

      Tools: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle theft of tradespeoples' tools from vehicles.

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the provisions of the Nationality and Borders Bill in respect of powers to remove British citizenship from people that the...

      Interpol: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the recent appointment Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi as President of Interpol in the context of the...

      Theft: Catalytic Converters

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of arrests on suspicion of theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles in each of the last...

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67180 and the oral contribution from the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he had with the Welsh Government in the last month prior to his statement on Building Safety on 10...

    • Regional Planning and Development: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on delivering levelling up outcomes in (a) the Isle of Wight and (b) other isolated communities.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 January 2022, HCWS525 on Protecting the Integrity of our...

      Parish Councils: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing parish council meetings to be conducted...

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to encourage UK media organisations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to enable leaseholders to install energy saving measures in their homes which require...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to protect leaseholders from excessive commission...

      Buildings and Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it a requirement that all new homes and buildings should have solar panels as default, except in defined...

      Commonhold and Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what funded training the Government is considering to ensure that lay directors of Right to Manage Companies, Residential...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the total floor area of his departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding available through the Building Safety Fund to meet (a) current and...

      Trees: Biodiversity and Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the (a) The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England)...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to prevent applicants from deliberately carrying out works prior to then seeking retrospective...

      Supported Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to support the expansion in supported housing for older people, including...

      Housing: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what effect the UK leaving the EU has had on the residential housing market.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to evaluate the (a) effectiveness and (b) cost efficiency of the Building Safety Manager role.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of commissioning the British Standards Institution...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his announcement of 10 January 2022 that leaseholders will not be held liable for fire safety defect...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Housing to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South of 16 June 2021, when...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has held (a) any financial or consultancy contracts and (b) meetings with representatives of (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) occupied and (b) owned space of Government bodies’ estates were in each year from...

    • Cabinet Office: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total floor area of his departmental estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total floor area of Government bodies’ estates was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

      Government: ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has competitive suppliers for cloud services; and what the the maximum proportion of...

      Government Departments: Location

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many central Government offices were (a) in London and (b) outside of London in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and...

      Government Departments: Operating Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total annual running cost of Government bodies was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, whether her Department has undertaken an impact...

    • Arms Trade: Arab States

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, what assessment her Department made of the...

      Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449, on Trade Policy Update, whether she received representations from the...

      Energy: Kazakhstan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what data her Department holds on how much funding the UK has invested in Kazakhstan's energy sector in each of the last ten years.

      Arms Trade: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2021, HCWS449 on Trade Policy Update, whether she received representations from...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to prevent gambling companies from targeting vulnerable communities.

    • National Lottery: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the National Lottery has a role in the Government's levelling up agenda; and whether she plans to require Camelot UK...

      Professional Footballers Association: Conduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had sight of the independent QC-led review into the conduct of the Professional Footballer’s...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Consultants

      To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting or (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in...

  • Department for Education

    • Educational Institutions: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to close the loopholes that enable unregistered but de facto full-time educational settings to avoid registration.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nigeria: Military Alliances

      To ask Her Majesty's Government in what ways the UK–Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership protects civilians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, including communities vulnerable to...

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