Written answers

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch...

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the waiting time is for people receiving (a) new and (b) renewed driving licences; and what steps he is taking to tackle ongoing delays in the...

      Railways: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the key workers identified by the Prime Minister as needing to test for covid-19 every day from 10 January 2022 work in the rail...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 Question 99009 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, what the total Highways Maintenance funding allocation was...

      Department for Transport: UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to deliver on the declarations made at COP26, including (a) Operation Zero and (b) the Clydebank Declaration.

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support the development of coastal and inland shipping to help decarbonise the transport sector.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to plan for the potential effect on international travel of new variants of covid-19.

      Garages and Petrol Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to expand access to (a) electric charging stations, (b) compressed hydrogen and (c) bio-fuels at fuelling stations...

      Cars and Vans: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether regulations to require all new cars and vans to emit zero emissions by 2035 will recognise hydrogen internal combustion engines as a compliant...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle charge points were installed in 2021 compared to 2020.

      Travel: Night-time Economy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulation and licensing provisions in respect of public transport, taxis and private hire...

      Highway Code: Bosworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with relevant stakeholders in Leicestershire on helping to ensure that proposed changes to The...

      Road Traffic Act 1988

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to review the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 1998.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coal: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Minister for Energy’s statement that coal has no part to play in future power generation...

    • Energy Supply: Fife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 96947, on Energy Supply: Fife, what discussions he has had with...

      Weather: Deaths

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce excess winter deaths in Warwickshire.

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost to install a heat source pump to replace an existing gas...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on supporting the development of effective, low-cost heat pumps.

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative estimate his Department has made of the typical cost of (a) retrofitting eight solar panels to a home...

      Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Answer of 16 March 2021 to Question 167254 on Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for the full delivery of heat pumps; and what estimate he has made of how many homes will receive...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to increase manufacturing capacity for the creation of heat pumps.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of energy price increases on the bills of people living in properties with...

      Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to strengthen the security of the electricity supply in the context of the move from...

      Electrical Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory energy performance labelling for electric heaters.

      Nuclear Reactors: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding is being provided to train and re-train the workforce in the North West needed for the Rolls Royce...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the criteria which determine the level of the energy price...

      Environment Protection: Vans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the correlation between supply and demand in the (a) secondhand van and (b) greener...

      Carillion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made in the investigation into Carillion; and when that investigation is planned to conclude.

      Industry: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) support and (b) increase the number of high wage jobs in British industry.

      Energy Supply: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has discussed the rise in energy costs with the Welsh Government.

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising electricity prices on the sustainability of UK steelmakers.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI...

  • Attorney General

    • Disability: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what progress she has made on forming the Crown Prosecution Service panel to...

    • Serious Fraud Office

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the oral Answer of 6 January 2022, Official Report, column 146, on the Criminal Justice System: Disclosure between Parties, when the independent review on...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentists.

    • Coronavirus: Molnupiravir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to offer molnupiravir to covid-19 patients who are not taking part in clinical trials.

      Surescreen Diagnostics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when approval was sought for the packaging design of covid-19 lateral flow tests by SureScreen Diagnostics; and when that approval was...

      Surescreen Diagnostics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department gave approval to SureScreen Diagnostics for the supply of their covid-19 lateral flow tests.

      Health: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities affecting women.

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the three month agreement between the NHS and private healthcare providers,...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) residents in care homes and (b) patients in hospitals are allowed safe and regular visits from...

      Social Services: Parkinson's Disease and Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure social care staff receive specific (a) Parkinson’s and (b) dementia training.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide a long-term solution to social care.

      Integrated Care Boards: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to assess the effectiveness of Integrated Care Boards in delivering the statutory child safeguarding...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of Health and Care Bill proposals to amalgamate Clinical Commissioning Groups into Integrated...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the uptake of the covid-19 booster in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Barnet.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for a fourth covid-19 vaccine dose.

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the accountable officer for health in multi-agency safeguarding partnerships has the (a) seniority...

      Prescription Drugs: Addictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Public Health England review of dependence forming medicines, what plans he has to commission (a) a 24 hour...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to collect accurate data on covid-19 cases following 11 January 2021 when confirmatory PCR tests for positive...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to roll out a fourth covid-19 vaccine dose to certain age groups.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering the covid-19 vaccination to primary school-aged children.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to allow UK residents who received the Sinopharm covid-19 vaccine overseas to register that...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle covid-19 infection levels.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, whether he plans to publish the full results of the...

      Coronavirus: Paxlovid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS plans to make Paxlovid available for the treatment of covid-19; and under what eligibility criteria.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, what assessment he made, before commencing that...

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, on what date discussions were first held between his...

      Coronavirus: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussion he has had with companies in Wales on providing covid-19 lateral flow tests to meet the increase in demand.

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, how many applications for the tender were received;...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to submit the Sinopharm vaccine to the MHRA and JCVI for consideration as an alternative to currently...

      Protective Clothing: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of personal protective equipment procured from (a) Pestfix and (b) Ayanda during the covid-19 outbreak that has...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of calling former NHS staff back to work, including people who have left...

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his most recent estimate is of when the NHS backlog resulting from the impact of the covid-19 outbreak will be cleared.

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to mandate private healthcare workers to work in NHS services in the response to the Omicron covid-19 variant.

      Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the safety of prescribing medication by (a) telephone and (b) face-to-face...

      Clandeboye Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the surgical gowns procured from Clandeboye Agencies Ltd have been (a) used by the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak and (b)...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will publish the Elective Recovery Plan.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that staffing levels in the NHS do not become critical as a result of the mandatory covid-19 vaccine...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the mandatory covid-19 vaccine programme on (a) dental services and (b) dental nurses.

      World Health Organization: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance the Government has provided to the WHO in connection with its inquiries into the origins of the covid-19 pandemic.

      Care Workers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to recruit and retain social care staff.

      Autism: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that autistic people with mental health needs can access appropriate services in the community, from...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) bring forward legislative proposals to make caring by people under the age of 16 illegal and (b)...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Carers UK report, Carers’ experiences of hospital...

      Mental Health Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Mental Health Bill will be published.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the funding gap in social care.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce the amount of time that young people and children wait for mental health support from a referral to the...

      Social Services: Dementia and Parkinson's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that social care staff receive specific Parkinson’s and dementia training.

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing in NHS mental health services; and what steps his Department is taking to expand...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many CAMHS beds are available in each NHS commissioning area.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he will provide to mental health support teams in response to increased pressures on CAMHS.

      Social Services: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to consult the public as part of the Government’s social care reform process.

      Care Homes: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding from the National Insurance increase will be allocated to care home provision in Cumbria.

      Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve NHS treatment and support for people with (a) ME, (b) chronic fatigue syndrome and (c)...

      Carers: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds regarding the sex of unpaid carers.

      NHS: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to introduce a nationally standardised uniform in the NHS in England.

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on developing surgical hubs across England.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of NHS staffing shortages on NHS waiting times; and what steps he is taking to ensure...

      Cataracts: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many more cataract operations will be performed as a result of the additional £2 billion being allocated to the NHS.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 20 October 2021, 17 November and 17...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require health and care staff who are not vaccinated against covid-19 to wear FFP3 masks at work.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2021 to Question 75897, which of the products supplied by Liaoning Zhongqiao Overseas Exchange Co Ltd...

      Health Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to patients on waiting lists in North Central London CCG; and what assessment his...

      Trodelvy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) provide an update on the discussions between NHS England and Gilead on an interim access arrangement for secondary breast...

      Coronavirus: East Yorkshire

      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 East Yorkshire constituency.

      Social Services: Dementia and Parkinson's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the £500 million funding allocated to supporting and developing the social care workforce...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with severe allergies who are eligible for a covid-19 vaccine exemption pass.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Government health advisers on the need for a second covid-19 booster jab.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide a way of displaying covid-19 vaccination status for people without smartphones.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether vaccination records issued on the NHS Scotland app can be fully transferred to the NHS (England) app.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a mechanism for GPs to update the NIMS database where (a) patient vaccine records have been missed or (b) they have...

  • Wales Office

    • Trade Agreements: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on how people in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales can benefit from trade agreements signed...

    • Common Travel Area: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Wales of writing the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Social Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to embed the learning from the Opportunity Areas projects into its policies and practices; and what targets he has...

    • Education: Social Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes his Department made to (a) guidance for schools, (b) Departmental practice and (c) funding decisions as a result of the independent...

      Schools: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken to deliver face masks to secondary schools in (a) Harrow West constituency and (b) England; what...

      Apprentices and Vocational Education: Swindon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) apprenticeships and (b) vocational educations in (i) Swindon and (b) England.

      Pregnancy: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the pause programme on preventing successive pregnancies in vulnerable women.

      Department for Education: Working Hours

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

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a table showing how many children are receiving tutoring via the National Tutoring Programme tuition partners in each (a) local...

      Sixth Form Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to extend sixth-form education for pupils who have suffered from long covid.

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when in 2022 he expects to reach the target of 252,000 children receiving academic mentoring through the National Tutoring programme.

      Vocational Education: Swindon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of vocational educational opportunities in Swindon.

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of tutors engaged through the National Tutoring Programme are not fully qualified teachers.

      Social Workers: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the training and development of the children's social work workforce.

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of former teachers who have returned to support schools put since 16 December 2021, if he will publish a list of the schools in which...

      Pupil Referral Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January to Question 98353 on Pupil Referral Units, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children and young...

      Further Education and Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are on the waiting list after applying to receive a grant for senior mental health lead training as of 13 January 2022; and what...

      Special Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number special schools that have been forced to (a) close or (b) reduce their opening hours due to...

      Department for Education: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92908 on Department for Education: Visits, on what dates any changes to the departmental...

      Education: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grants for Senior Mental Health Lead Training have been made since April 2021.

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which countries the carbon dioxide monitors issued to schools in the autumn term of 2021 were manufactured.

      Department for Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is provided to staff in his Department on avoiding implicit bias in the workplace.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of covid-19 on schools in Weaver Vale constituency; and what steps his Department is...

      Schools: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the outcomes of the Developer Loans for Schools pilot between 2019-2021; and whether that programme will remain open in 2022.

      National School Breakfast Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the level of pupil uptake of free school breakfasts in schools receiving support from the...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, what steps he took to engage with existing British...

      Department for Education: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of supplying air purifiers to primary schools for use in classrooms; and what steps...

      Department for Education: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92912 on Department for Education: Telephone Services, for what reason there was a more than...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94497, whether the Government plans to ensure large font and easy read formats are available...

    • Legal Aid Scheme: Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the accessibility of legal aid for postmasters.

      Prisoners: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of covid-19 have been recorded among inmates at each prison in Wales in each month since 1 October 2021.

      Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are being (a) built and (b) refurbished as at January 2022.

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the current capacity of the prison system.

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the backlog of employment tribunal claims.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to help increase the number of businesses in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK develop...

    • Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the activities conducted by each trade envoy since their appointment; and if she will make a statement.

      Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish an updated impact assessment of access to the CPTPP; and if she will make a statement.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the (a) dates and (b) outbound destinations for each occasion when (i) she and (ii) her predecessor made use of the VIP...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation, Trade with India: call for input, which concluded on 31 August 2021;...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to convene a UN-backed pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.

    • Overseas Investment: Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports of HSBC allegedly facilitating investment in Xinjiang Tianye Ltd, what plans she has...

      Southern Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Commonwealth Secretariat on its potential role in increasing the covid-19...

      Myanmar: Politics and Government

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

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress her Department has made in promoting joint ventures between covid-19 vaccine manufacturers in the UK...

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to end Africa's dependence on imported covid-19 vaccines.

      Overseas Aid: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's programmes to reduce the global...

      Overseas Aid: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of her international development budget is allocated to environmental restoration projects as of...

      Brazil: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Brazilian government on deforestation in the Amazon.

      South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 94525 on South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation, what...

      Nicaragua: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, (a) what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Government's existing sanctions on Nicaragua; and and...

      Nicaragua: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on sanctions the placed by the US on Nicaragua.

      Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to take steps in the event that the Brazilian Government is found in breach of its...

      Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding has been allocated to indigenous peoples in Brazil through the UK’s International Climate...

      Amazonia: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help (a) protect the survival of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin and...

      Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Brazilian Government on (a) the safety of isolated indigenous...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the use of the US C-Ram defence system in response to a recent drone attack on US troops at the Iraqi airport, what anti-missile...

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 100451 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, which office within DE&S is responsible for ensuring quality...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 100451 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what the reasons were for the two vehicles referred to failed the...

      Merlin Helicopters: Spare Parts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the replacement value is of EH101 transmission spares stored at RNAS Yeovilton and held on Mod Form 731 as unserviceable not for disposal.

      Antiship Missiles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department still plans to bring into service an interim replacement for Harpoon.

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 100451 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what the timeframe if for completing inspection of the remaining...

      Northern Ireland: Armed Forces Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when Northern Ireland will host the main national event for Armed Forces Day in the UK.

      Military Aid: NHS Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100722, on Military Aid: Health Services, what the cost of the support provided to the Welsh NHS was.

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 November to Question 76548, he plans to respond to Question 76548 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, tabled by the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches there are at each job centre in the UK, broken down by job centre.

    • Employment: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support people unable to work as a result of having long covid.

      Industrial Health and Safety: Motor Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has considered making risk assessments, including protective barriers, vehicle run-off zones and noise...

      Restart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish statistics on the number of people who have moved into secure employment as a result of their participation in the...

      Jobcentres: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to protect Job Centre staff's health and wellbeing when (a) conducting face-to-face appointments and (b)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting...

    • Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the removal of the basic payments scheme and transfer to a...

      Hedgerows: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure the preservation of existing hedgerows and (b) encourage the creation of...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed reductions to the number of Seasonal Agricultural Worker visa...

      Agriculture Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to implement the provisions in the Agriculture Act 2020 to deliver public money for public goods.

      Environment Act 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the due diligence clauses in the Environment Act...

      Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) steps the Government has taken and (b) resources have been committed to support jobs and businesses in Greater...

      Plastics: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables in supermarkets.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government’s policy is on the use of cages in respect of (a) pets, (b) poultry farming, (c) livestock farming...

      Air Pollution: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) information his department holds and (b) estimate he has made of levels of air pollution at each motorway junction...

      Greyhounds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many greyhounds were imported (a) commercially and (b) non-respectively from the Republic of Ireland to the UK in each...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of Natural England’s progress in reviewing the consents for the release of gamebirds (a)...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reviews of Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation and the 500m buffer zone around those sites...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional resources (a) his Department has provided to Natural England or (b) have been allocated within that...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Natural England's timeframe is for completing its review of consents relating to Special Protection Areas and Special...

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the change in approach to including Substances of Very High Concern...

  • Home Office

    • Fraud: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle online fraud.

    • Serious Crime Prevention Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to ensure the House of Commons has adequate opportunities to scrutinise serious crime prevention orders.

      Asylum: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on women seeking...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support (a) North Yorkshire and (b) other fire authorities who have very low reserves.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the initial 5,000 places on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be allocated to people already in the UK.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expressly adding musicians to the list of vulnerable Afghans eligible for the Afghan...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement on 6 January 2022 on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), Official Report, col. 185, if she will take...

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of (a) clause 39, (b) part five and (c) other provisions in the Nationality and Borders...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what income the Government received from Spouse Visa Applications from EU Nationals in the 2019-20 financial year.

      Organised Crime: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling county line drugs gangs.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on the recruitment of 20,000 additional police officers by 2023.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce knife crime.

      Knives: Crime

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

      Police: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will support the award of the Platinum Jubilee Medal to former as well as serving members of the police.

      Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the democratic right to protest is maintained through the provisions of the Police, Crime,...

      Safer Streets Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce crime through the Safer Streets Fund.

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress of its Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

      Security: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the quality of services delivered in the security industry meet an adequate standard.

      Security: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that training provided within the security industry is of sufficient quality.

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to reports that HSBC acquired shares in a Chinese chemicals and plastics company Xinjiang Tianyen, what steps she is taking...

      Common Travel Area

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to write the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

      Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the BN(O) visa scheme to enable any persons from Hong Kong who have at...

      Travel Requirements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to provide passenger locator forms in languages other than English.

      Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the full membership of the Scientific Advisory Board for age assessments of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will be made public.

      Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the UK from acting as a safe haven for people accused of crimes against humanity that do not...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deprived of their British citizenships in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020, under Section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981.

      Biometric Residence Permits: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what urgent steps she is taking to issue Biometric Residence Permits to Afghan nationals in the UK with pending job offers.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond substantively to correspondence originally sent by the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth on 28 January...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much money was (a) allocated from the European Regional Development Fund and (b) spent on research and innovation in...

    • Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of a potential reduction in local authority budgets on levels of...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it her policy to introduce greater precept flexibility for all fire authorities.

      Disadvantaged: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to take into account in its policies the impact of the covid-19 outbreak in areas of...

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish the updated prospectus, assessment guidance and application form for the second round...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI...

      Leasehold: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of incidence of property managers taking commission for high building insurance costs which...

      Building Safety Fund: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that decisions on Building Safety Fund applications in respect of...

      Leasehold: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) property managers and (b) their professional bodies on mitigating high insurance...

      Development Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing people who have made representations on development...

      Development Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that communities are involved in development in their area and (b) reduce the length...

      Building Safety Fund: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to the Building Safety Fund he has received for buildings in (a) East Ham constituency and (b)...

      Building Safety Fund: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the letter to him from the hon. Member for East Ham, dated 16 December 2021, what assessment he has made...

      Buildings: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of building owners using permitted development rights to...

      Second Homes: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to implement a register of second homes.

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to empower local authorities to set a cap on the number of holiday lets within their...

  • Scotland Office

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed reductions in the number of Seasonal Agricultural Worker visa routes from 2023 on the fruit...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Senior Civil Servants: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has identified any barriers to employment in senior civil servant roles for applicants...

    • Government Departments: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Freedom of Information Act requests were (a) referred to and (b) decided by a...

      Prime Minister: Coronavirus

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

      Prime Minister: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issued to Prime Minister's Office staff on physical meetings during each covid-19...

      10 Downing Street and Department for Education: Inquiries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials are working on the Cabinet Secretary's investigation into social events in 10 Downing...

      Coronavirus: Death Certificates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that underlying industrial disease is recorded on the death...

  • Treasury

    • Development Aid: Research

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of research spending from the Overseas Development Assistance budget is allocated by (a) her Department, (b) research councils...

    • Beer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the economic impact of covid-19 on the brewing sector.

      Treasury: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed changes to the Alcohol Duty System announced in October 2021 on the prices of (a)...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how revenue from the Soft Drinks Levy was allocated in financial years (a) 2018-19 (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 .

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the changes to rebated diesel and biofuels scheduled for April 2022 on (a) consumers and (b)...

      Housing: Building Alterations

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing all VAT from costs incurred as a result of building works undertaken in...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many queries HMRC has received from UK businesses about the VAT regimes and operation of EU member states.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting...

    • Broadcasting Programmes: Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help encourage broadcasters to run more UK-originated content and programmes on television.

      Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 98971, if he will place a copy of his Department's minute of the meeting...

      Holiday Accommodation: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to begin the planned consultation on the introduction of a Tourist Accommodation Registration scheme.

      BetIndex: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her officials have had with their counterparts at the Treasury on the actions of the Financial Conduct...

      Social Media: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will include provisions in forthcoming online harms bill to prevent anonymity in social media to help tackle the...

      Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to mitigate the financial impact of the reintroduction of roaming charges for UK travellers in the EU.

      O2: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of O2 on their proposal to not reintroduce roaming charges for UK residents...

  • Prime Minister

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 8 December 2021, Official Report, volume 705, column 372, what was the evidential basis for his statement that he had been...

  • Department for Transport

    • Airports: Navigational Aids

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which UK airports that operate scheduled flights have operational instrument landing systems, either using (1) Global Navigation Satellite System, or (2) land...

    • Airfield Advisory Team

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the remit of the Airfield Advisory Team within the Department for Transport; how many staff work as part of that team; and what budget has been allocated...

      Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent (1) civil servants, and (2) consultants, are employed to monitor train usage and estimate future train service patterns.

      Ports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the future viability of England’s regional ports.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many annual extra heat pump installations the introduction of the interim uplift to building energy efficiency requirements...

    • Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the feasibility of the target to install 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that schools in England can remain open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

    • Home Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a register for children who are being home educated.

      Home Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Ofsted Chief Inspector's call for (1) a register of children being home educated, and (2) stronger legislation to enable the...

      Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) teachers, and (2) classroom assistants, are currently employed in local education authority schools in England.

      Out-of-school Education: Islam

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Barran on 15 December (HL Deb col 297), what estimate they have made of (1) the number of madrassas in England, and (2) the...

      Remote Education: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide parents with catch-up vouchers for each day their child is absent from school due to COVID-19 in order to help pay for the...

      Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to alter the definition of what constitutes a school in order to protect children who attend alternative education.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Republic of Congo: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of access to human rights in Congo-Brazzaville; and what representations they have made to the government of that country on...

    • Paulin Makaya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received regarding the circumstances of Mr Paulin Makaya, a dual British-Congolese national, who has been prevented by the...

      France: Travel Restrictions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the government of France to relax the border restrictions on UK arrivals introduced on 18 December 2021; when they last discussed the issue with...

      Brazil: Indigenous Peoples

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Brazil about effective protection of the indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest, in particular in...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their statement on Sudan on 4 January, what steps they will take to “hold those actors impeding the democratic process accountable.”

      South Sudan and Sudan: Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of armed attacks in (1) Yith Pabol Village in Aweil County, South Sudan, and (2) Miodol village, Rumameer County,...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 39,000 Refugee Family Reunion visas issued since 2015 have been used to enable holders to reach the UK.

    • Repossession Orders: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 December 2021 (HL4745), whether they have monitored the progress made by the National...

      Refugees: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they provide to homeowners offering accommodation to refugees.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 31 December 2021 (HL4983), whether they considered reactivating section 78 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 for...

    • Elections Bill 2021-22

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the draft secondary legislation consequent to enactment of the Elections Bill, requested by the House of Commons Public Administration...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministerial Statements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take to ensure that ministerial statements are checked for accuracy.

    • Electronic Warfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of cyber attacks there have been in each of the last three years on UK companies by a hostile state; and what is...

      Government Departments: Bain and Company

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 10 January (HL5119), what contracts were entered into since June 2010 with Bain & Company by (1) the...

  • Treasury

    • Limited Liability: National Insurance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the loss of national insurance contributions in regards to exemptions enjoyed by Limited Liability Partnerships.

    • Small Businesses: VAT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) cashflow difficulties, and (2) compliance costs, faced by (a) small, and (b) medium, sized UK businesses from recent...

      Mortgages: Misrepresentation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of independent information resources for consumers to check that representative annual percentage rates (APRs)...

      Mortgages: Misrepresentation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each of the last six years, (1) how many times the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has asked a firm to outline how it calculates its annual percentage rates...

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