Written answers

Monday, 17 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on the (a) tender and (b) delivery of pay as you go rail ticketing across the North and Midlands; and if he will publish a...

    • Railways: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to consult the (a) the residents and (b) local leaders in Merseyside on the impact the Integrated Rail Plan will have...

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2021 to Question 28972, on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, when he plans to publish the review of the Clean Maritime Plan.

      Speed Limits: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to amend the criteria for fixed speed cameras in the forthcoming Roads policing review.

      Roads Policing Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to publish the (a) responses to the call for evidence for the Roads policing review and (b) final report for that review.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of effectiveness of the Energy Company Obligation in respect of tackling fuel poverty and...

    • Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commit to taking forward plans to implement the new iteration of the Energy Company Obligation Scheme, ECO4.

      Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what forecast he has made of trends in the cost of gas and electricity in the UK up to the end of 2022.

      Fuel Poverty: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed increase in the rate of National Insurance on...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what forecast he has made of trends in the cost of fuel in the UK up to the end of 2022.

      Wood-burning Stoves: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure consistently high standards in (a) approval processes and (b) testing for individual...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time...

      Admiral Group: Newport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Welsh-based financial services company Admiral closing its Newport...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93068 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, if he will (a) urgently publish guidance and (b)...

    • Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on local authorities of the delay in notifying those bodies of their public health...

      Coronavirus: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of lateral flow covid-19 tests in County Durham.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the definition of real terms protection is in regards to local authority public health funding for 2022-23.

      Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) clinical effect and (b) safety of the increased use of telephone consultations in...

      Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential link between the increased use of telephone consultations in primary care and...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give a legal right to patients to request a face-to-face...

      Eyesight: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a national eye care strategy.

      In-FACT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department has not met with representatives of INFACT to discuss proposals to support children and adults harmed by...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding the Government is making available for the treatment of brain tumours.

      Surgical Mesh Implants: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on access to treatment of the decision by the specialist centre for mesh removal in Bristol to...

      Bowel Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with bowel cancer each year are aged (a) 40 to 44, (b) 45 to 49, (c) 50 to 54, (d) 55 to 59 and (e) 60 and over.

      General Practitioners: Liverpool West Derby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of (a) GP appointments and (b) face to face GP appointments in...

      General Practitioners: Liverpool City Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential effect of pressures resulting from the covid-19 outbreak on GP staff retention...

      Dental Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to increase the supply of NHS dental places and appointments in (a) the Isle of Wight and (b) other...

      Dental Services and Pharmacy: Isle of Wight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase support for the provision of independent pharmacies and dentists on the Isle of Wight.

      Novavax: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on the approval of Novavax for use in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason he is not requiring the clinical coding of long covid.

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the bowel screening faecal immunochemical test (FIT) to people (a) over...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what types of support are being provided to people with long covid; and what assessment he has made of the impact of that support on...

      Long Covid: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK is participating in research into long covid and possible treatments.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of treating a person suffering from long covid.

      NHS Trusts: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trusts have not restarted elective services since March 2020.

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to avoid the cancellation of planned surgery.

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long, on average, someone has symptoms of long covid.

      Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for surgery in the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation.

      Long Covid: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the availability of multi-disciplinary medical treatment for 16 and 17 year old patients with long covid...

      NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of staff vacancies in the NHS on patient mortality rates.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters dated 1 October and 9 November 2021 from the hon. Member for Weston-super- Mare, regarding a...

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of the judgment in Evie Toombes v Dr Philip Mitchell [2021] EWHC 3234 (QB) for the...

      Hospitals: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when a decision will be made on the submitted business case for the Shropshire hospitals transformation programme.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NICE's updated guidance on exercise for sufferers of ME, whether his Department has plans to promote that information...

      Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its vaccine strategy.

      Social Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the current rate of pay and working conditions on the number of vacancies in the social care...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact that current delays to hospital discharge are having on waiting times for NHS services.

      Alzheimer's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support people and families affected by Alzheimer's disease.

      Health: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Women’s Health Strategy consultation, which closed on 13 June 2021.

      Parkinson's Disease: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking alongside local authorities to ensure that there is adequate funding to provide carers of people with...

      Dentistry: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the five-year time limit in the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Exam to take...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether social care staff providing support to individuals in their own homes are required to be vaccinated against covid-19.

      Social Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve pay and conditions in the social care sector.

      Care Workers and Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who stop working in (a) the NHS and (b) social care following the implementation...

      Care Workers and Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the Government's plan for mandatory vaccinations of NHS and care staff in light of evidence that transmission of...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scientific basis is for phasing out symptom free covid-19 testing; and what assessment he has made of the impact of the phasing...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in Weaver Vale constituency to meet the Government's target of offering all adults over the age of 18...

      Coronvirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in what way (a) clinicians, (b) patient groups, (c) hon. Members and (d) others can make representations to the relevant NHS unit about...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2021 to Question 179697, on Abortion, whether his Department has plans to investigate illegal...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were yet to be visited to deliver booster doses of covid-19 vaccinations as of (a) 25 December...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of immunocompromised or immunosuppressed people have received their (a) second and (b) third primary dose of the covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest assessment of the (a) durability and (b) average duration of the booster covid-19 vaccine in holding immunity is.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 patients have been treated with (a) ronapreve, (b) sotrovimab and (c) molnupiravir each week since 1 December 2021.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of letters sent by NHS England to people at high risk from covid-19 to inform them of the process...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve covid-19 vaccine uptake among at-risk groups of people.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken for people at high risk from covid-19 to receive antiviral treatment following...

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people at high risk from covid-19 who are eligible to receive antiviral treatment following a...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish a long-term strategy on living with covid-19.

      Physiotherapy: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he taking to improve waiting times for patient access to NHS physiotherapy.

      Pregnancy: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy will tackle health inequalities, including in maternal health for Black, Asian and...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 94304, on Coronavirus: Screening, what options her Department is actively considering.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS is on track to reach the target of 1.9 million adults accessing IAPT treatment each year by 2023-24 as set out in the NHS...

      Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of mental health services to function effectively in the context of the additional pressure on...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing dedicated facilities to treat children and young people with eating...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make additional funding available for the treatment of eating disorders in young people in response to the data...

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the NHS’s ability to effectively offer care to children with an eating disorder in the...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the implementation of NHS England’s proposed new waiting time standards for mental health care, first...

  • Wales Office

    • Admiral Group: Newport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Welsh-based financial services company Admiral closing its Newport office...

    • Agriculture: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Welsh farming industry on the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on their...

  • Department for Education

    • Day Care and Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria were used in the selection of the Dyson Pure Cool Formaldehyde – TP09 and Camfil City M as air cleaning units for education and...

    • Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support is being given to nurseries and other early year providers to manage increased energy costs in response to the need for...

      Pre-school Education: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92990, on Pre-school Education: Coronavirus, what support his Department is providing to...

      Department for Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff, by (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount, in his Department had a PRINCE2 (i) Foundation and (ii) Practitioner certification at...

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many retired and ex-teachers were recruited back into teaching in (a) December 2021 and (b) January 2022.

      Ofsted: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to suspend Ofsted inspections in schools to minimise disruption during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England have applied for an air purifier unit as part of the Government's commitment to provide 7000 of those units to schools.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support early intervention services in children's social care.

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) other early years providers that have (i) closed or (ii) reduced their...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued new guidance to schools on (a) coding and (b) recording a child's absence from school subsequent to a positive test...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data on the level of absence by children from schools for (a) any reason, (b) any reason of illness, including reasons related to...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, whether Ministers made any request to civil servants overseeing...

      Teachers: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the level of teacher absence (a) for any reason and (b) for reasons related to covid-19 by (i) region, (ii) upper tier local...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Comptroller and Auditor General and the National Audit Office on the...

      Ofsted: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there are measures in place to ensure that the executive board of Ofsted is representative of the demographics of the teaching profession and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98968 on Courts: Repairs and Maintenance, what data HMCTS holds on the effect of (a) planned and...

  • Treasury

    • Shared Outcomes Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the status is of the Shared Outcomes Fund; whether that fund is (a) reserved or (b) devolved; and how much the Welsh Government has received for that...

    • Public Sector: Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of over how many years the £17 billion cost to the public purse will be realised as a result of the remedy contained in...

      Self-employed: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of delivering targeted support for creative freelancers, via grant funding, to include (a) newly...

      National Insurance Contributions: Newport West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed increase in the rate of National Insurance on living standards in Newport West constituency.

      Trader Support Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been of the Trader Support Service to date.

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish further guidance for local authorities on distributing the £1 billion of support to help businesses that have been most...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason businesses in the personal care industry are not included as recipients of financial support grants for businesses affected by the omicron...

      Taxation: Advisory Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions of people providing tax advisory services without being a legal financial advisor were made in the last five years.

      Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions of umbrella companies found to have committed tax avoidance there have been in each of the last five years.

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains his policy to increase the rate of National Insurance in April 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the travel industry on the potential impact of removing VAT from the price of covid-19 PCR tests.

      Tonnage Tax: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any revenue raised by the Tonnage Tax is allocated to Scotland.

      Fuels: Newport West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of fuel in Newport West constituency.

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of trends in food prices in the UK for 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many individual recommendations for Magnitsky style sanctions have been received by her Department or other...

    • Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the additional (a) internally displaced population and (b) need for...

      Kazakhstan: Politics and Government

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

      Philippines: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance her Department is providing to the Philippines following Typhoon Rai.

      Africa: Tropical Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people with (a) lymphatic filariasis, (b) river blindness, (c)...

      Myanmar: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports of the killing of at least 35 people...

      Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department are currently assigned to investigating and, or drafting measures under the...

      Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many individual designations have been made under the Magnitsky sanctions regime in each of the last 12 months.

      Xinjiang: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government has made an assessment under the Genocide Convention of (a) whether genocide is taking...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: World Uyghur Congress

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has met with representatives of the World Uyghur Congress.

      Xinjiang: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the level of potential risk of genocide regarding treatment of...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the level of staffing in her Department on the...

      Kenya: British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will ensure that the conclusions of the British Council investigation into alleged racism in Kenya are made...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last discussed reforms to Tier 1 (Investor) Visas with the Home Secretary in the context of the...

      Uganda: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of freedom of expression in Uganda.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the mental health of veterans of (a) putting in a claim for a War Pension payment, (b) requesting...

    • War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice his Department provides to Veterans UK medical assessors on the (a) validity and (b) importance of Personal Independence Payment assessments...

      Veterans: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether veterans have the right to information on the professional qualifications of Veterans UK medical assessors.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that veterans have access to clear information and relevant resources on the War Pensions and Armed Forces...

      Veterans: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have committed suicide while waiting on a final decision from a War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal.

      Australia: Nuclear Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has held discussions with its Australian counterparts on a new contract for the construction of submarines.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deduction of earning requests made by the Child Maintenance Service have been declined by Defence Business Services in the last five years; and...

      Medals: Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will support the award of the Platinum Jubilee Medal to veterans as well as serving members of the armed forces.

      RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to implement an alternative use for RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what CDEL costs have been budgeted; what RDEL costs have been budgeted for the P-8A ; and when he projects FOC will be achieved for the UK's P-8A aircraft.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the TDEL assigned to the P-8A; and what the current forecast cost is for completion.

      Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) value for money from his Department's projects and (b) that those projects are completed (i) on time...

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the whole life cost of the P-8A programme.

      Queen's Guards: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commit to ending the use of fur from North American bears in Queen's Guards' ceremonial caps.

      Australia and Japan: Military Alliances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on UK national security of the signing of the Reciprocal Access Agreement between Australia and Japan.

      National Flagship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish (a) the criteria of selection for the Committee for the National Flagship and (b) who appoints officials to the committee.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) current and (b) former National Directorate of Security personnel have been granted a relocation offer under the Afghan Relocations and...

      Scotland: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has met its target of stationing 12,500 personnel in Scotland by 2020; and how many of his Department's personnel are stationed...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential for the kickstart scheme to fill vacancies in the haulage sector.

    • Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish opening dates for each of her Department's confirmed temporary job centres.

      Kickstart Scheme: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social care providers have signed up to provide placements as part of the kickstart scheme.

      Admiral Group: Newport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on the employment rate in Newport West constituency of the Welsh-based financial services company...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure people with hidden disabilities are assessed accurately in telephone assessments when making (a) a...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to introduce a secure electronic system that will enable British citizens living overseas to submit...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people placed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme whose income fell below the Lower...

      Sick Pay: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend full statutory sick pay to self-employed people who are required to self-isolate as a result of covid-19.

      Employment: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure equal employment opportunities for disabled people in Newport West constituency.

      Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to ensure people with uncontrolled epilepsy are assessed accurately when making a personal independence payment claim.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on (a) the recent outbreak of bird flu and (b) the welfare and...

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Buildings

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

      Plants: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce red tape for the importing of ornamental plants and trees; and if he will introduce a...

      Wood-burning Stoves: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many journalists or media organisations contacted his Department in December 2021 to enquire about the implementation of...

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that illegal fox hunting does not occur on Government-owned land.

      Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal fox hunts that have taken place on Government land in each the last three...

      Tree Planting: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will provide ring-fenced funding to local authorities for the planting of trees.

      Environment Agency: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the data his Department holds on how staff pay at the Environment Agency compares to the average public...

      Air Pollution: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what air quality monitoring data his Department has received from (a) the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) each...

      Wood-burning Stoves: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the regulations on the purchase and use of wood burning appliances in one place on his Department’s...

      Wood-burning Stoves: Smoke Control Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure consistently high standards in (a) approval processes and (b) testing for appliances or...

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tenant farmers will be able to access Environmental Land Management Schemes.

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to assess whether the Environmental Land Management scheme is contributing towards the...

      Firewood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is for domestic wood burning as a proportion of primary emissions of fine particulate matter,...

      Food: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote innovation in the food system.

      Carbon Dioxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring a resilient CO2 supply.

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Environmental Land Management schemes on (a) land use,...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Working Hours

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

      Proteins

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government is providing to UK producers of plant-based protein to help develop domestic and overseas markets.

      Proteins

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to provide increased support to UK producers of plant-based protein to help develop...

  • Home Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to contact vulnerable Afghans to inform them that they are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether direct relatives of (a) current Chevening scholars and (b) Chevening alumni will be fully eligible for the Afghan Citizens...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to families in the UK with relatives in Afghanistan; and what steps Afghan nationals in Afghanistan, and under...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UNHCR referrals to the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will be available to Afghans currently within Afghanistan or whether...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72441 on Afghanistan: Refugees, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that no...

      Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to implement the recommendations made in Bishop James Jones' review of the Hillsborough families' experiences.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help reduce rural crime.

      Knives: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2021 to Question 18468 on Knives: Sales, if she will introduce a licensing scheme for the possession of...

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place to ensure that drug policy and its enforcement are consistent and uniform across the country; and if she will...

      Antisocial Behaviour

      What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of antisocial behaviour.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Government's immigration policies on acute labour shortages.

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the financial thresholds for family visas.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Government's immigration policies on acute labour shortages.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for pump-action shotguns have been issued in England over the last 12 months.

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve police responses to child sexual exploitation by organised networks.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Government's immigration policies on acute labour shortages.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time...

    • Housing Estates: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to allow owners of freehold properties who pay estate rent charges to be able to challenge these costs;...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of refunding the cost of waking watches to residents...

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish an updated timetable for applications to the Community Ownership Fund.

      Levelling Up Fund: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department applied the Government's rural proofing process when determining recipients of Levelling Up Fund grants.

      Transport: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 96862, when his Department plans to put in place the appropriate...

      Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many overseas electors will be eligible to register to vote in the event that the 15 year rule is removed under the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it his policy to support improved work-life balance as part of public services' recovery from the...

    • Cabinet Office: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii)...

      Public Appointments: Disability

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will introduce a target for the number of public appointments awarded to individuals with a declared...

      Government: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government’s policy on the use of non-disclosure agreements in employment severance agreements is.

      Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's response to Freedom of Information request FOI2021/14245 of 5 July 2021,...

      Cot Deaths

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of cot deaths in the UK in each of the last five years.

      Government: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is his policy to promote improved working conditions through Government procurement policy.

      UK Trade with EU: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions the (a) Cabinet Officer Border and Protocol Delivery Group and (b) other Departments or...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which clauses of the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement require parliamentary approval.

    • Department for International Trade: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff are temporarily employed in her Department (a) in total and (b) in positions within the senior civil service; and if she will...

      Department for International Trade: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish (a) a list of the contracts for consultancy services her Department has issued in each of the last three years, (b) how...

      Trade Promotion: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in her Department are assigned specifically to promote and support exports of UK food and drink manufacturers; and if she...

      Conor Burns: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish (a) details of visits to Canada and (b) other activities conducted by the hon. Member for Bournemouth West whilst he was...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Social Media: Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives of social media platforms on tackling the use of...

    • Mobile Phones: Surcharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish documentation that sets out how proposals to maintain surcharge free mobile roaming were proposed by the...

      Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to bid to host the 2028 UEFA European Football Championships.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Horseracing Bettors Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) she, (b) Ministers or (c) officials in her Department have met with representatives of the Horseracing Bettors...

      Streaming: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that streaming platforms require pin entry where users have elected to use parental controls.

      Voluntary Organisations: Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on the income of (a) sports clubs, (b) community centres and (c) other voluntary...

      Broadband: Kensington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve broadband speeds in specific areas of Kensington where the proportion of...

      EU Countries: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made representations to the Vice President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and...

      Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of including in the forthcoming Broadcasting White Paper statutory...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Hours

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

      Medals: Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the qualifying criteria for the Platinum Jubilee medal requires the full five calendar years of service to be...

      Football Index

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department first received correspondence from the Gambling Commission on its investigation into Football Index.

      National Lottery: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to ensure that the National Lottery License Competition is conducted in accordance with the National...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Dismissal

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on the use of non-disclosure agreements in employment severance agreements by...

    • House of Commons: Dismissal

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House of Commons employment severance agreements included the use of a non-disclosure agreement in...

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Prime Minister, how many allegations of breaches of coronavirus regulations have been made by staff employed in Downing Street.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Supply: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of a potential increase in energy prices in 2022.

    • Tempus Court Developments: Annual Reports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken, if any, against the directors of Tempus Court Developments Limited concerning the accuracy of annual accounts filed at Companies House...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they stopped funding workplace testing for COVID-19; and whether that decision will be kept under review.

    • Social Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the survey by the Association of Directors in Adult Social Services, published on 29 November, and (2) in particular, the...

      Cancer: Magnetic Resonance Imagers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging scans are in use in each Cancer Alliance.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Middle East: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report Defeating Minority Exclusion and Unlocking Potential: Christianity in the Holy Land, published in October 2021.

    • Jerusalem: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 'Statement on the Current Threats to the Christian Presence in the Holy Land by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in...

      Israel: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the socio-economic (1) exclusion, and (2) marginalisation, experienced by Christians in Israel.

      IRA: Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reconsider their decision not to publish The Shawcross Report: Compensation for Victims, completed in May 2020.

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making representations to the government of Iran about (1) Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh, held in Evin Prison and denied parole, and (2) members of...

      Libya: IRA

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of (1) money, (2) explosives, and (3) other weaponry, provided by the government of Libya to the Provisional Irish...

      Developing Countries: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which Minister has responsibility for inclusive societies.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan concerning the protection of Armenian territory during the border delimitation process.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • A400M Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many A400M Atlas aircraft are currently operated by the Ministry of Defence.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a "labour consultative or advisory body, or similar mechanism, for members of the public, including representatives of labour and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Health: Disinformation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in order to guard against misleading health information being made available online.

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