Written answers

Thursday, 20 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the UK bus and coach industry.

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle the backlog of enquires at the DVLA and (b) prioritise urgent cases relating to medical issues.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of the bus industry in delivering the levelling-up agenda.

      High Speed 2 Line: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental assessments and estimates were made on the effect of carbon emissions as part of the decision not to proceed with the Eastern Leg...

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which types of media and platforms, advertising campaigns were carried out by or on behalf of his Department raising awareness of the forthcoming...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the report on road safety targets which was commissioned by his Department in conjunction with WSP and Loughborough University.

      Roads: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Highways Maintenance funding allocation was for North Yorkshire County Council in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for local authorities to develop and complete their electric vehicle charging transition strategy.

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is investigating why DVLA applicants are experiencing delays on the return of identification documents.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people who have their driving tests cancelled can re-book an appointment in a timely manner.

      Selby-Hull Railway Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental assessments and estimates were made on the effect of carbon emissions as part of the decision not to proceed with the...

      Leamside Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 96861 on Leamside Line, for what reason the Parliamentary Under-Secretary does not plan to visit...

      Travel Requirements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of recognising covid-19 vaccinations administered in Mexico.

      Travel Requirements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government does not recognise covid-19 vaccinations administered in Mexico.

      Travel Requirements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in allowing citizens of Mexico to have their covid-19 vaccination status recognised by the UK.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide additional support for energy bills to fuel poor and vulnerable households in...

    • Music: Video on Demand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that music makers receive equitable remuneration when contracting their product to...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when guidance will be made available for businesses expected to implement NHS Covid Pass entry for indoor and outdoor...

      Light Goods Vehicles: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of supply shortages in the used light goods vehicle market on inflation; and...

      Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to impose a duty on all companies,...

      Automotive Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether manufacturers of hydrogen internal combustion engines are eligible to receive grants for large scale...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to BEIS transparency data: spending over £500, published on 13 January, to which companies did his...

      Plastics: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of plastics consumed in the UK which are manufactured in the UK.

      Airbnb: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what purposes his Department spent £9121.42 on Airbnb on 20 September 2021.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Orkney and (b) Shetland have had smart meters installed.

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he (a) has had and (b) will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on further support for the...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help improve access to smart meters in areas with low take-up.

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects his Department to (a) conclude considerations and (b) establish a beneficial ownership register of...

      Wood-burning Stoves: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many journalists or media organisations contacted his Department in December 2021 to enquire about the...

      Companies House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to introduce reforms to Companies House.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the prospective removal of the Energy Company Obligation...

      Bounty Joy: Company Accounts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether plans to require Companies House to prosecute Bounty Joy Ltd for not producing publicly available accounts; and...

      Business Innovation Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the membership is of the Business Innovation Forum; and when it will meet.

      Employment Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department is making on the Employment Bill; and when he plans to introduce that legislation.

      Business Innovation Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what powers the Business Innovation Forum will have to scrutinise the implementation of the Innovation Strategy.

      Security: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that wages within the security industry rise above the rate of inflation.

      Business: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of business deaths.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94366 on Dementia: Research, how much the Government spent on...

      Minimum Wage: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the number of prosecutions for non-payment of the national minimum wage by region in Financial Year...

      Heating: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department conducted an impact assessment on vulnerable and protected groups for the Heat and Buildings...

      Company Investigations and Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many workplace (a) inspections and (b) investigations were carried out by the (i) Employment Standards Agency...

      Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made any assessment of the costs, benefits and potential merits of restoring the Rough Storage Complex...

      Central Government: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many front-line enforcement officers there were in the (a) HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team, (b) Health...

      Shipping: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of Innovate UK’s increased budget will be made available to support the maritime sector.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has had with petrol retailers on fuel prices from 25 October 2021 to 17 January 2022.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has held with petrol retailers regarding fuel prices between 25 October 2021 and 6 January 2022.

      Northern Powergrid: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many compensation payments (a) have been and (b) are yet to be processed by Northern Powergrid in relation to Storm...

      Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on battery energy storage systems of the fire at the...

      Small Businesses: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage SMEs to join the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Race for...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to review the levels of remuneration received by those producing electricity in their homes and...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the increases in electricity and gas prices on consumers; and what...

      Hydrogen: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a shared network infrastructure to support a liquid UK hydrogen...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will require all utility companies to provide the Warm Homes Discount to both the (a) core group and (b) broader...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commission a public information campaign to raise awareness of the Warm Homes Discount Scheme.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will standardise the eligibility criteria for the Warm Homes Discount.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will remove the limits on the number of Warm Home Discounts a supplier can issue.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 8 December, Official report, column 372, and the...

    • Senior Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase Black, Asian, and minority ethnic representation in...

      Senior Civil Servants: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what resources the Government has allocated to increasing diversity in senior civil service roles.

      Government Procurement Card

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Government procurement card was used by his staff to make purchases with a value lower than...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101713, what estimate he has made of the cost...

      Government Departments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communication there has been between the Government and the Metropolitan Police, relating to the decision...

      Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will include investigation of alleged breaches of covid-19 regulations by (a) Ministers and...

      Prime Minister: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will make it its policy to publish in full the report of investigation led by Sue Gray into...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • North London Partners in Health and Care: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary for the Chief Executive of the North Central London Partners in healthcare Integrated Care System is.

    • Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary for the Chair of the Humber, Coast and Vale Integrated Care System is.

      North West London Integrated Care System: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary for the Chief Executive of the North West London Integrated Care System is.

      Coronavirus: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of total recorded deaths of UK citizens who died while infected with the Omicron variant of covid-19, died primarily as a...

      Coronavirus: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing covid-19 recovery certificates for UK citizens who desire to travel abroad.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 85353 on Dental Services: Coronavirus, what recent discussions he has had with...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 85353 on Dental Services: Coronavirus, whether he plans to make an assessment of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that covid-19 vaccines are utilised prior to reaching their expiry date.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to understand the retention of antibodies in people who have contracted covid-19.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases have occurred of medical abortion pills being sent for home use to unintended recipients since March 2020.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions his Department has engaged with key regulatory bodies to pursue legal action for a breach of standards and...

      Learning Disabilities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with a learning disability are able to access a covid-19 vaccine booster.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable people are provided adequate information...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many reports of home abortions carried out (a) above 24 weeks and (b) at 28 weeks gestation the Department received between January...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to people with disabilities who are unable to self-administer covid-19 lateral flow tests; and if he...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he taking to help ensure that Directors of Public Health have access to the contact tracing data they require to bring down...

      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 Ellesmere Port and Neston of 30 July 2021 on NHS Dentistry.

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP practices are increasing the availability of face to face appointments with patients.

      Social Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through the Health and Care Bill to ensure Integrated Care Systems secure therapeutic recovery services for...

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made to reduce the backlog in disabled children’s therapies and health services.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 17 September 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA57716.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on retention of NHS staff as a result of the mandatory covid-19 vaccine...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Delayed Transfers of Care were recorded in the NHS in England in each of the last six months.

      Integrated Care Boards: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage Integrated Care Boards to publish board papers and minutes.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the relative benefits of administering covid-19 vaccinations via aspiration compared to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what budget has been allocated for covid-19 testing in 2021-22; and how many self-testing kits are being used each day.

      Autism: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of knowledge within mental health services to offer appropriate support to autistic...

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the number of adults under 65 using social care.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the number of adults requiring care who currently have unmet needs.

      Autism: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address the increase in the number of autistic people in mental health inpatient facilities since 2015.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2021 to Question 76833 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what progress has been made on the expansion of...

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce covid-19 hospital admissions.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plan is for the long term management of covid-19 after the efficacy of the vaccine depletes.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the covid-19 vaccination programme.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccine doses in England were disposed of in each of the last six months due to passing their expiry date.

      Social Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Health and Care Bill delivers the integration and co-location of services used by victims of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on future covid-19 vaccine immunisation programmes; and what...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many travellers have included a day two covid-19 PCR test on a passenger locator form since the introduction of those forms; and of...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce ongoing monitoring of covid-19 variant strains.

      Plastics: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of single-use plastic in lateral flow test kits.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to monitor the long-term immunity of people who have contracted the omicron covid-19 variant.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of potential depletion in covid-19 vaccine efficacy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure ongoing...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the reduction of covid-19 vaccine efficacy over time, what steps the Government plans to take in the medium-term to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to make an announcement on the provision of covid-19 vaccination to children aged five to 11 who are clinically...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include the number of reinfections in the daily update on covid-19 infections.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS app will be updated to register when an immunosuppressed person has had a third primary covid-19 vaccination dose, rather...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the current average time taken for people at high risk from covid-19 to receive a PCR test result.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work with large employers to enable direct access to covid-19 vaccination in the workplace in areas with...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of covid-19 (a) infections, (b) hospitalisations and (c) deaths that would result in...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a second covid-19 booster for people aged over (a) 70 and (b) 80 years old.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his priority will be for managing the covid-19 outbreak once the efficacy of the booster vaccine has reduced.

      Social Services: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many workers have left the social care sector in England in each of the last 6 months.

  • Wales Office

    • Television Licences: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of freezing the BBC licence fee until April 2024 on the people of (a) Newport West...

  • Department for Education

    • Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she made of the impact on (a) children aged five to 11 who are clinically extremely vulnerable or who have a close relative who is...

    • Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional steps he will take to tackle covid-19 infection spread in schools and prevent a return to pre-Christmas levels of infection in school...

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish by (a) region, (b) upper tier local authority, (c) lower tier local authority, and (d) parliamentary constituency the number of...

      Students: Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to support Welsh students who are attending university in England with the costs of renting student accommodation in England.

      Mathematics: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to review the performance of students in mathematics compared to their performance in English and science in schools.

      Pupil Premium: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of pupil premium funding planned to be 2.7 per cent in 2022-23 in light of inflation figures.

      Teachers: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is planning to take to increase the number of foreign-language teachers available in (a) the South West and (b) England.

      Schools: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many government attendance advisors have been appointed as of 17 January 2022; and how many schools are each of those advisers supporting.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who were absent for at least 50 per cent of possible lessons in summer term 2021.

      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, whether Ministers made any request to civil servants...

      Secondary Education: Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils attend secondary schools that offer a grammar stream for high achieving students in England.

      Arts: Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with teaching professionals in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) nationally on the future of RSL vocational...

      Department for Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92909 on Department for Education: Staff, whether he has any plans to restructure staffing...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Fraud: Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) reported instances, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for fraud conducted through phone calls in the...

    • Judges: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges in England and Wales have retired in each of the last five years.

      Prison Sentences: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the imprisonment rate in Wales.

      Prison Sentences: Carers and Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of children annually affected by the imprisonment of a parent or main caregiver; and on what basis that estimate...

      Prisoners: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria is applied to housing prisoners who are transgender (a) with a certificate of gender reassignment and (b) without a certificate of gender...

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) on the number of complaints the PHSO has received on the...

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, what progress his Department has made towards the full rollout by HM Courts and...

  • Treasury

    • Economic Cooperation: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will put on hold the 11th session of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue in the context of the conclusions of the Uyghur Tribunal that the...

    • Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many national minimum wage enforcement staff were employed by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in each region in Financial Year (a) 2019-20 and (b)...

      Revenue and Customs: Working Hours

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2021 to Question 81168, Treasury: Working Hours, what policies are in place to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs...

      Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual revenues that will be raised by the plastic packaging tax from 1 April 2022 onward.

      Financial Services: UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2021 to Question 38132, on Financial Services: EU Action, what progress has been made in the UK and EU on signing the...

      Financial Services Authority

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) correspondence and (b) other information his Department holds on the basis on which the Economic Secretary to the Treasury decided not to take...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Summit for Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the 2021 Summit for Democracy which he addressed online on 9...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: World Uyghur Congress

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

      Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) Government spending on global health research in the financial years (i) 2018-19, (ii)...

      Human Rights: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK’s building of new economic partnerships will not adversely...

      India: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of recent reports of...

      Development Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on meeting its target of donating 100 million covid-19 vaccines by the end...

      Nigeria: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Governments of (a) Nigeria, (b) Niger and (c) other neighbouring states...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published on 28 July 2021, what progress her...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 98300 on Afghanistan: Refugees, if she will publish guidance...

      Tonga: Tsunami

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, (a) what assessment the Government has made of the damage in Tonga caused by the tsunami in that country and (b)...

      Peru: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance the Government is providing to Peru following the severe flooding as a result of the volcanic...

      Somaliland: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98241 on Somaliland: Freedom of Expression, whether the...

      Russia: Cuba and Venezuela

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) Cuban and (b) Venezuelan counterpart on the Russian Government's refusal...

      Development Aid: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what oversight her Department's chief scientific adviser has of research funding allocations from the Overseas...

      Development Aid: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the scale of the global increase in need for nutritional support as a result...

      China: Horn of Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on UK diplomatic engagement in the Horn of Africa region of...

      Commonwealth: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to promote trade across the Commonwealth.

      Ukraine: Electronic Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to respond to the cyber attack on Ukraine what assessment she has made of who is...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the compliance of her Department's staff working from home with the Working Time...

      Russia: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent attempts by Russia to spread disinformation to UK and European traditional...

      Shavendra Silva

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has considered the submission made by International Truth and Justice Project on the...

      Common Travel Area

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits to the UK's foreign policy objectives of writing the Common...

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress the Government has made on negotiating a settlement on the Northern Ireland Protocol with the...

      Baltic States and Poland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last had discussions with her counterparts in (a) Latvia, (b) Lithuania, (c) Estonia and (d) Poland.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last had discussions with her (a) Armenian and (b) Azerbaijani counterparts on the status of people still...

      Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to raise the case of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija with the Government of Uganda.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Korea: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to assist South Korea with tackling North Korea's development of nuclear and missile technology.

    • Military Aid: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are embedded with Yorkshire Ambulance Service since 18 January 2022; and whether that number is set to increase.

      Military Aid: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the embedding of armed forces personnel within Yorkshire Ambulance Service to conclude.

      Armed Forces: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans, of 13 December 2021, Official...

      Veterans UK: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for Veterans UK was in each year between 2010 and 2021.

      Veterans UK: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were working at (a) Veterans UK and (b) its helpline in each year between 2010 and 2021.

      Veterans UK: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls the Veterans UK helpline received in each year between 2010 and 2021.

      Veterans UK: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls the Veterans UK helpline received in each month of 2021.

      Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy will be published.

      Colchester: Firing Ranges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he plans to move of firing operations from Middlewick Ranges to Fingringhoe; what assessment he has made of benefits of the firing range...

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 100453 on Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement, whether the whole life cost figure includes...

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 100455 on Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement, whether the £5.1bn figure relates to the...

      Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the defence AI strategy.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what assessment her Department has made of the average...

    • Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will publish HSE’s initial assessment of substances added to the EU Substances of Very High Concern Candidate List.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the mental and physical pressures that medical reassessments relating to a personal independence...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what recent progress her Department has made on...

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what steps her Department has taken with the...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what recent progress her Department has made on...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what steps her Department has taken to review the...

      Disability: Advocacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, when her Department plans to publish the results of its...

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what progress her Department has made on the...

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, what steps her Department has taken on testing...

      Disability: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, whether her Department's plans to fund a local...

      Disability: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy on 28 July 2021, what progress her Department has made on making an Access to...

      Employment and Support Allowance: South Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity...

      New Enterprise Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on potential entrepreneurs of ending the New Enterprise Allowance.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98884, on Employment, whether it is her policy to include the self-employed in the...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Denton and Reddish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Ammonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the reduction in ammonia emissions in kilotonnes expected to be achieved in each of the...

    • Solid Fuels: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2021 to Question 88607, if he will publish the terms of reference for the £1.6...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold a public consultation on proposals for his Department to communicate air quality information and advice to...

      Fast Food: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a fast-food sales levy to help tackle the...

      Agriculture: Ammonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of financial support through the Countryside Stewardship and Countryside...

      Farmers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to provide financial support to farmers in Shropshire who have seen their total income from farming in...

      Agriculture: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which sectors in the farming industry apply Best Available Techniques developed by the Environment Agency.

      Wood-burning Stoves: Smoke Control Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's work to build consumer understanding of the Ecodesign...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which measures he has implemented from the National Air Pollution Control Programme dated March 2019 and published on 1...

      Firewood: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish all the research studies that the Government has commissioned in the last five years to estimate the...

      Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the report it commissioned from Middlesex University on dog attacks.

      Wood-burning Stoves: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Climate Change Committee’s UK Health Expert Advisory Group’s report entitled Sustainable...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations he has met that are (a) in favour and (b) opposed to the Government’s proposed ban on trophy...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will bring forward legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies into the UK.

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value to the UK economy of the trade of trophy hunting imports in the last (a) 12 months,...

      Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average timeframe for receiving approval for an application for bathing water status.

      Lakes and Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of sewage discharged into rivers and lakes.

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out a cost and benefit analysis of changes to the identification and control of...

  • Home Office

    • Interpol: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has carried out of the ability of Interpol to carry out its functions with independence, impartiality and respect...

    • Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that local authorities have adequate resources to effectively respond to local...

      Disability: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what progress her Department has made towards a review...

      Fixed Penalties: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued penalties or received sanctions for breaching Coronavirus restrictions since April 2020.

      Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the sale of nitrous oxide capsules to prevent their illegal use.

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud conducted (a) through phone calls, (b) by text message and (c) online in (i)...

      Dogs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department made of animal welfare within the operation of large-scale dog farming factories in the UK; and what steps...

      Patrol Craft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to proceed with the procurement of cutters to police UK borders; and whether that responsibility will be moved...

      Visas: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in assessing outstanding Turkish Businessperson visas, for applications made in 2020.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghans evacuated under Operation Pitting are waiting to be granted indefinite leave to remain.

      Armed Forces: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Home Affairs on 5 January 2022, Official Report,...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will she publish details of her proposal to use the Royal Navy to deter asylum seekers from crossing the English Channel illegally.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Development Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Local Authorities have yet to reach an agreement on a housing Local Development Plan with his Department.

    • Batteries: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on building a battery energy storage systems on green belt land.

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide a working definition of who will count as landlords in the context of excluding landlords from the...

      Buildings: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made in...

      Regulation: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a ring-fenced fund for regulatory compliance...

      Elections Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, , what assessment she has made of the potential effect of Clause 16 of the Elections Bill on the (a) prosecution and (b)...

      Proportional Representation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing a proportional representation voting system as part...

      Local Government: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to re-introduce virtual participation in district and parish council meetings to ensure accessibility...

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, what guidance his Department has made available to local...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Climate Change Committee’s UK...

      Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to begin the review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

      Freeports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to roll out the economic development measures within the freeports programme to other UK...

      Freeports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to announce the next group of freeports.

      Regional Planning and Development: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for the levelling-up White Paper of recommendations made in the...

      Transport: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Transport on plans for...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department for International Trade

    • Visits Abroad: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the full day by day itinerary of the Minister of State’s visit to the US in December 2021; and if she will make a...

    • Small Businesses: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that SMEs in Newport West constituency can benefit from free trade agreements.

      Overseas Trade: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Australia.

      Department for International Trade: Consultants

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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to increase the effectiveness of the National Citizen Service through working alongside (a) trust...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish in full his predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.

      Television Licences: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with Capita on collecting non-payment of TV Licence fines from people who are over 75.

      Television Licences: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of demand letters for non-payment of the TV Licence fee that have been sent to people...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the dates and details of any (a) social gatherings for Departmental staff and (b) work gatherings where...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury of 8 December 2021.

  • Prime Minister

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral contribution of 12 January 2021, Official Report, column 562, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the event in the Downing Street...

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral contribution of 12 January 2021, Official Report, column 562, whether he had been aware of plans for the event in the Downing Street garden on 20...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of whether all covid-19 guidance was followed in No. 10 Downing Street from 23 March 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement.

  • Women and Equalities

    • LGBT People: Surveys

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, for what reason the Government Equalities Office published a collection of documents relating to the 2017 National LGBT Survey and 2018 Action Plan...

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change; and what steps they will take to (1) recognise seafarers as key...

    • Railways: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to cut one in four trains from service; and whether a new timetable is being prepared to scale back rail services in response to a...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: France

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any potential impact on electricity supply to the UK of the plans by the government of France to decarbonise that country's...

    • Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide a list of (1) UK offshore wind farms, (2) and UK offshore wind farms which are controlled by entities registered outside the UK.

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the Children not in school consultation, which ran from 2 April 2019 to 24 June 2019; and whether they plan to...

    • Mathematics: Higher Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of health of the (1) study of, and (2) research into, pure mathematics in Higher Education.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Missionaries of Charity: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of India regarding its decision to block overseas funding for the Missionaries of Charity.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Refugees: Cyprus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any refugees are present on the territory of the British sovereign bases in Cyprus; if so, how many; and what plans they have for the resettlement of any...

    • Trident Submarines: Deployment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 12 January (HL Deb, col 1083), whether they have anything further to add about whether one of the UK's...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Tetraethyllead

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they decided not to place tetraethyllead on a list of substances “of very high concern”; on what grounds that decision was taken; whether the...

    • Fly-tipping: Somerset

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects, if any, of the dumping of (1) disused vehicles, and (2) scrap metal, on Sites of Special Scientific Interest within...

      Microplastics: Health Hazards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to investigate the human health impacts of microplastics in (1) food, and (2) the environment.

  • Home Office

    • Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their assessment of section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

    • Immigration: Human Trafficking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to grant leave to remain to all confirmed victims of trafficking.

      Hate Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following reports that the Home Secretary will seek to change how non-crime hate incidents are recorded, what plans they have to compensate people who have been...

      Extradition: USA

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in cases involving the extradition of a UK citizen to the United States where there is an outstanding judgment in the UK High Court, the Home...

  • Treasury

    • Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase Universal Credit payments in the event that energy bills increase.

    • Debts: Households

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of household debt in England.

      Customs: Dover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what green initiatives are being undertaken as part of the Dover Inland Border Facility; and how the initiatives will enable Dover District Council to reach its...

      Customs: Dover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what the findings were of the Environmental Impact Assessment undertaken as part of the Special Development Order establishing the Dover Inland Border Facility.

      Tuna: Import Duties

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 21 December 2021 (HL4995), what was the total amount of import tariffs collected on tuna...

      Customs: Dover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they used the mechanism of a Special Development Order to grant temporary planning permission for the Dover Inland Border Facility; why this development has...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • BBC: Television Licences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the BBC licence fee with a grant where viewers pay a voluntary subscription for entertainment and sport.

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