Written answers

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the long-term impact of the reduced rail timetable currently in place in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hydrogen depots were built for commercial vehicle use in 2021.

      Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: North Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff within the DVSA in North Wales.

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to tackle the rate of Vehicle Excise Duty evasion.

      Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide details of all the strategies his Department is working on; and what the estimated publication date of each of those strategies is.

      Department for Transport: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) directorates within his Department as at 1 December 2021 and (b) staffing levels in terms of (i) full-term equivalent and...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to help mitigate potential delays in processing driving licence applications and renewals, specifically those involving...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on tackling the delays in processing driving licence applications and renewals.

      Coronavirus: Ethiopia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he has plans to alter the vaccine recognition approval status for Ethiopia.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether regulations to require all new HGVs to emit zero emissions by 2040 will recognise hydrogen internal combustion engines as a compliant...

  • Attorney General

    • Public Sector: Misconduct

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, on what date the Solicitor General's decision was communicated to (a) the...

    • Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Questions

      To ask the Attorney General, whether she had discussions with the Prime Minister before his oral answer of 12 January to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd on the content of that answer.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Services: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the suspension of waiting time fines in the NHS in the context of rising covid-19 infection levels.

    • Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who will be waiting for surgical proceedings at the peak of the elective surgical NHS...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of mandatory covid-19 vaccinations with the NHS constitution's principle of healthcare...

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the discharge of patients from hospital during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to maximise NHS capacity and help increase the NHS’s resilience during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 58359 on Prescriptions: Fees and Charges, by what date the Government plans to...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to Question 48263 on Travel: Coronavirus, tabled on 15 September 2021 by the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston.

      Strokes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the additional costs incurred as a result of long term disability caused by stroke during the covid-19...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the on-going need for fallow periods in between patients in dental services to prevent covid-19 transmission.

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial compensation to UK citizens who were required to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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 (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c)...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lateral flow covid-19 tests in (a) Luton South constituency, (b) the East of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish an updated covid-19 vaccine delivery plan.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional covid-19 vaccination sites.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the guidelines in place to ensure that travel PCR test providers meet the timeframes...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand UK-based capacity to produce covid-19 testing kits.

      Air Pollution: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Health Effects Institute’s study, Global Burden of...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on prioritising the improvement of air...

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the local authority public health grant allocations for 2022-23 will be publicly released.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential increase in covid-19 cases of all variants in England over the next month.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance has been published for clinicians regarding covid-19 anti-viral treatment for clinically extremely vulnerable people.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to refund people who have paid for PCR tests but who have not received results from (a) Test n Go and...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of adults were offered a covid-19 booster vaccine by the target date of 31 December 2021.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2021 to Question 90819, on Wales Office: Official Hospitality, how many members of staff were working in the...

    • Wales Office: Consultants

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

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100514 on Schools: Coronavirus, what date officials at his Department first discussed...

    • Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (i) name of each local authority in receipt of monies for the Wellbeing for Education Recovery Grant, (b) amount of money...

      Physical Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on fulfilling the core objectives of the national curriculum physical education...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have started tuition courses through the National Tutoring Partnership, by region.

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of former teachers who responded to the Government's appeal for support on 16 December 2021 had left the profession (a) after 16 June...

      Schools: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of unlicensed schools operating in (a) West Dorset constituency, (b) Dorset and (c) England.

      Unemployment: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are classified as not in education, employment or training in (a) York Central constituency and...

      Numeracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to make the secondary legislation on the multiplication tables check.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications were made to the Coronavirus workforce fund for schools in each month of 2021.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of child sexual exploitation.

    • Judges: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that judges receive training in restorative justice.

      Ministry of Justice: Consultants

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

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to encourage prisons to focus on delivering prisoner rehabilitation.

      Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prioritise the rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade: Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the World Trade Organisation on the level of international tariffs on forest risk products.

    • Shipping: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans the Maritime Capability Campaign Office has to engage with the UK's maritime industry to set priorities and support maritime...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the fire at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar,...

    • Africa: Bain and Company

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential risks to UK influence in (a) South Africa and (b) other African...

      Cost of Living: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of any disproportionality in the impact on women and girls of recent rises in...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Contract Reference 283290/1030331 concerning the use of Heathrow Airport's VIP suites, how many...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in light of the cyber attack on the Ukrainian Government on 14 January 2022, whether he is taking steps to advise the Ukrainian Government on...

    • National Flagship: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are targets for the use of British steel in the construction of the National Flagship.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for preparing the statement of case during a War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal.

      Veterans UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the governance structure is of Veterans UK.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure transparency in the process by which Veterans UK produces a statement of case for War Pensions and Armed...

      Annington Homes: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many empty homes does Annington holds on behalf of his Department.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to point number 50 of his Department's HS&EP Ajax Noise and Vibration Review, which officeholder was responsible for acting on the...

      Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100451on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, who at General Dynamics is responsible for implementing QA...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the report entitled HS&EP Ajax Noise and Vibration Review, Director Health, Safety and Environmental Protection, published...

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

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

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Tribunal process.

      War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the minimum criteria of five years reckonable service for claiming a war pension came into force.

      Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether those who served in the armed forces for less than five years and paid into the Armed Forces Pension Scheme prior to the minimum criteria of...

      Armed Forces: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, what plans his Department has published to bring more disabled people into the civilian...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department has provided to people arriving under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department completed its annual Claimant Service & Experience survey in the 2019-20 financial year.

    • Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart places have been taken up by residents in each parliamentary constituency.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Kickstart scheme as of 14 January 2022; and of those applications how many (a) have been accepted,...

      Universal Credit: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor for creative freelancers...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were part of the Kickstart scheme have (a) remained employed since the start of that scheme and (b) have lost their job at...

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to offer (a) training and (b) apprenticeship opportunities to people classified as not in education, employment or...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of rising energy costs on people who claim (a) universal credit or (b) other legacy benefits.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure local authorities support people out of (a) food and (b) fuel poverty this winter.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are unable to adequately heat their homes as a result of poverty (a) nationally and (b)...

      Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the the number of people in receipt of either (a) food bank or (b) other emergency food supplies.

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, further to her Department's announcement on 8 July 2021 that it would scrap the six-month rule for access to benefits under the Special Rules...

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent people from falling into (a) food and (b) fuel poverty.

      Statutory Sick Pay: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend statutory sick pay to self-employed taxpayers.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Derby South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many constituents in Derby South were affected by the error in ESA payments, following the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman...

      Security: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that employers within the security industry follow health and safety legislation sufficiently.

      Pensioners: Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of energy on people in receipt of their pension.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to inform new mothers of their rights to claim child benefit; and if she will make a statement.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials in his Department have had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials in other Government departments on the level of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Paint: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to paint recycling initiatives to reduce wastage of reusable paints; and what steps he...

    • Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve air quality in (a) Peterborough and (b) the rest of the UK.

      Climate Change: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support research on (a) the effect of climate change on nature and (b) the carbon...

      Forests: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research on the implications for his policies of...

      Pigs: Livestock Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, DEFRA Press Release, Package of measures announced to support pig sector, published on 15 October 2021, what assessment his...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total agricultural subsidy in each year of the next seven years; and what his timetable is...

      Agriculture Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including public access to the countryside in the definition public...

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to identify the support that is required by farmers during the transition from direct...

      Meat: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of using the four existing labour providers operating within the...

      Slaughterhouses: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on which meat processing companies applied for one or more of the 800 six-month...

      Forests: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that forest risk products entering the UK come from sustainable sources.

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence for the reasons given by his Department for introducing new principles for including...

      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

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department will assist people referred by hon. Members' offices to apply to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme or (b)...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement by the Minister for Afghan Resettlement on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, 6 January 2022, Official...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Warm Welcome initiative continues for refugees who remain in bridging hotels.

      Catalytic Converters: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with (a) SMMT and (b) other major motor manufacturers on the issue of catalytic converter theft.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the her Department is taking to identify new asylum applications from Afghan nationals that meet the criteria for the Afghan...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing free PCR tests for Afghan nationals who qualify for (a) Afghan Relocations...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill help to integrate refugees into UK society.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has powers to impose sanctions on developers for providing unfinished or poor quality homes to...

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to help protect leaseholders from paying the costs of non-cladding related fire safety defects, such as...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that property developers are responsible for covering the remedial costs of fire...

      Housing: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the broad market rental area (BMRA) on (a) York and (b) other areas...

      Housing: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what real time data his Department collects on the average cost of (a) social rent, (b) private rent and (c) house prices...

      Local Government: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing councils to hold meetings remotely.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the criteria for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund will be published.

  • Scotland Office

    • INTERREG Programme: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 100496, if his Department will publish a list of all independent Managing Authorities responsible...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Business: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of business deaths that have occurred during the last...

    • Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Postal Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Parliamentary Health & Services Ombudsman has made of the extent of the technical...

      Ministers: Leave

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2021 to Question 68322, on Ministers: Leave, and with reference to the...

      Government Departments: Civil Servants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make a statement on the socio-economic diversity of civil servants in the (a) Treasury and (b)...

      10 Downing Street: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any repairs were carried out at Number 10 Downing Street estate between 17 and 24 April 2021.

  • Treasury

    • Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Serious Fraud Office's recommendation on making failure to prevent economic crime a...

    • Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support households with the cost of living.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes were made to the Child Benefit Claim Form (CH2) in April 2021; and for what reason those changes were made.

      Bounty Joy: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when Bounty Joy Ltd secured the contract to give out child benefit forms to women in maternity wards; how long that contract lasts for; and how much Bounty...

      Bounty Joy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department first became aware that Bounty Joy Ltd were not providing information to women they were contacting who had recently given birth on the...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department informs new mothers of their rights to claim child benefit; and if he will make a statement.

      DMB Solutions: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 94314, on DMB Solutions: VAT, what proportion of the VAT element of the HMRC liquidation claim for...

      Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on domestic energy in response to rising fuel costs.

      Bounty Joy: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many women who have given birth have also provided personal data to Bounty Joy Ltd in each year of the Bounty Joy Ltd contract with his Department; and...

      Environment Protection: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to remove environmental levies on domestic energy in response to increasing energy costs.

      Plastics: Packaging

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenue generated from the tax on plastic packaging will be used to fund the UK’s recycling and collection infrastructure in order to...

      Environment Protection: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of local climate bonds in funding local environment projects.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to reduce energy prices.

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with soft drinks producers on the impact of VAT rules on the roll out of the Deposit Return Scheme.

      Bounty Joy: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps (a) his Department and (b) other Government bodies are taking to monitor the contract with Bounty Joy Ltd; and if he will make a statement.

      Deposit Return Schemes: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to exempt deposits collected as part of the Deposit Return Scheme from VAT.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to undertake a child impact assessment on the Online Safety Bill.

    • Arts: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the announcement of 23 December 2021 on £1.5million of additional funding for arts freelancers in...

      Swimming: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of places in swimming lessons for (a) adults and (b) children in (i)...

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of current funding levels for youth services; and what steps is she...

      Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide accessible youth services which are open every day of the week.

      Social Media: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will hold discussions with social media firms to help ensure that they conduct investigations into...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Employment

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what provisions there are in House of Commons employment contracts to protect the confidentiality of work done...

    • 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 as part of employment severance agreements.

  • Cop26

    • Cop26

      To ask the President of COP26, what priorities he has for his COP26 Presidency year.

    • COP26: Staff

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to ensure that the reduction of staff in the COP26 unit does not affect the delivery of COP26 commitments.

      Hydrogen: Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps the Government is taking to meet commitments made on hydrogen as part of the Glasgow Breakthroughs launched at COP26.

      Business: Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the role of businesses in implementing the Glasgow Climate Pact.

  • Prime Minister

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he first learned about the parties in Downing Street that took place on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip.

  • Department for Transport

    • Penrith (North Lakes) Station: Buildings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 21 December (HL4992), what plans they have to (1) dispose of, or (2)  otherwise get value...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Mathematics: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support research into mathematics that is not defined as affecting the physical and material universe.

    • Heat Pumps: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many annual extra heat pump installations the introduction of the Future Homes Standard from 2025 will incentivise.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to protect the (1) primary, and (2) secondary, immunodeficiency community against COVID-19 this winter.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for giving the COVID-19 booster vaccination to housebound patients; and what is their mechanism for delivery if their GPs have opted out of the...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it remains their policy, set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, that funding for mental health services should annually grow as a share of overall NHS revenue...

      Prisoners: Mental Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women in prison aged (1) 18–24, or (2) 25 years or older, have been (a) in receipt of mental health care, or (b) referred to mental health support,...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they made of the number of PCR tests for travel that would be required between the date of the announcement of their reintroduction of the...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any (1) person, or (2) organisation, will be censured for defaults involving the 47 VIP public contracts for facemasks and surgical gowns; and what steps...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the 47 VIP public contracts involving facemasks and surgical gowns have led to defaults that are now in dispute; what estimate they have made of...

      Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that irreversible electroporation for the treatment of prostate cancer is made available more widely in the NHS, following the pilot...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those not registered with a GP are able to access COVID-19 vaccinations.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those who arrived as (1) refugees, and (2) migrants, in the UK in the past year are receiving priority for COVID-19 vaccinations.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the COVID-19 vaccination programme to all 5 to 11 year olds.

      Flour: Folic Acid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the Written Statement by Lord Kamall on 11 October (HLWS298), what progress is being made in introducing mandatory fortification of flour with...

      Immunotherapy: Shortages

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes they have made to the commissioning eligibility criteria for immunoglobulin use since the identification of a shortage of immunoglobulin; and (1)...

      Medical Equipment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) objectives, and (2) timeline, of the strategy being developed by the MedTech Directorate in relation to innovation, resilience, effectiveness and...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Lord Kamall on 29 November (HL Deb, col 1223), what discussions they have held to ensure that countries are not...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of hidden homelessness among women leaving prison; and how, if at all, this is recorded in accommodation outcomes.

    • Prisoners: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adjudications were received by women in prison aged (1) 18–24, or (2) 25 years or older, for each of the last 10 years.

      Prisoners: Restraint Techniques

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women in prison aged (1) 18–24, or (2) 25 years or older, experienced physical restraint by one or more members of staff in each of the last 10 years.

      Prerogative of Mercy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many royal pardons were granted to people with terrorism-related convictions between 1991 and 2003.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 30 November (HL Deb, col 1265), what new solutions to support citizens who use its services the Department...

    • Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the overall figure for benefit fraud to reduce back to the levels seen prior to March 2020.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Livestock: Waste Disposal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the CO2 emissions resulting from the mandatory incineration of fallen livestock; and what plans, if any, they have to allow...

    • Pheasants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard captive-reared pheasants released into the environment as livestock or wildlife.

      Northern Ireland Protocol: Packaging

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 24 December 2021 (HL4865), whether, under the law currently in force, goods from...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority: Human Trafficking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 13 December 2021 (HL4899), what assessment they have made of how the creation of an...

    • British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when information relating to the use of deprivation of citizenship orders under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, and (3)...

      British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were deprived of their citizenship under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 for each year from 2010 to 2018, broken down by (1) the...

      British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals against deprivation of citizenship orders under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 have been made in each of the last five years;...

      British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people in each of the last five years who would have been deprived of their citizenship if there had been no...

      British Nationality: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office on 27 January 2021 (UIN 139991), what assessment they have made of the...

      Euro 2020: Arrests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 20 December 2021 (HL4820), how many arrests were made of people identified using CCTV...

      College of Policing: Hate Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Court of Appeal ruling that the College of Policing guidance on non-crime hate incidents was unlawful, what plans they have to suspend any guidance...

      Qualifications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce standard tests for safeguarding for organisations in order to provide evidence of nationally recognised levels of...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish their plans to implement the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

      Refugees: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what responsibility the devolved administrations have for supervising the allocation of temporary homes for refugees within their respective nation.

      Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many e-scooters have been seized for illegal use, and (2) how many fines have been imposed, in each of the last three months in England.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bottles of wine were purchased for hospitality, entertainment, and related purposes, for consumption at No 10 Downing Street for the period from March...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality Act 2010

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enact section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.

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