Written answers

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Aircraft: Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with aviation leaders on ensuring that pitot tubes and other pressure sensitive instruments are of the highest quality...

    • Aircraft: Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that pitot tubes and other pressure sensitive instruments in aviation are of the highest quality to ensure passenger...

      Aircraft: Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent failures of pitot-static systems within the aviation sector.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people who own electric cars but do not have access to off-street parking will be able to charge their...

      Railways: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has signed off on the Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy.

      Motorcycles: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his Department’s anti-tampering proposals for motorcycles preventing activities such as...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects to publish the outcome of the Managing pavement parking consultation, which closed on 30 August 2020.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make it easier for people in receipt of benefits to train as HGV drivers.

      Railways: Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total amount of public money spent on (a) consulting on and (b) planning the Western Rail Link to Heathrow.

      Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require taxi and minicab drivers to complete disability equality training.

      Ports: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021 and the £1 million made available to improve the...

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to clarify legislation for the rest of the UK following the judgement in Uber London Limited v Transport for London...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what work his Department has carried out to date with consumer...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is the Government taking to help resolve delays to licensing applications at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure local authorities have the (a) finances and (b) infrastructure to support high-quality bus services.

      Bus Services: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published on 28 July 2021, how much funding was awarded to help the smallest bus...

      Merseyrail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of Merseyrail’s decision on passengers to reduce its timetable and increase fares on 4 January...

      Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support black cab drivers.

      Travel Requirements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 84419 on Mexico: Coronavirus, what recent discussions he has had with his Mexican...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the...

    • Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for bringing forward the Employment Bill, proposed in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Employment Bill.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what consultation his Department has conducted with (a) relevant stakeholders and (b) other Government Departments on...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials are working on the Employment Bill.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made on drafting the Employment Bill.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the final design for the Energy Company Obligation ECO4: 2022-2026.

      Zoo Animals Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105377 on Northern Powergrid: Storms, how many compensation...

      Postal Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what arrangements have been made for regular delivery of letters in the NW10 area in response to Royal Mail delivery delays.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing conditions so that retrofitting the existing...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to not amend the Energy Company Obligation Scheme (ECO) as energy prices rise.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of impacts to the wider supply chain and delivery of fuel poverty measures if proposals to...

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will conduct a review into the operation of the coal miners' pension scheme and the transfer of surpluses from...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data is available on the smart meter installation rate in Scotland.

      Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of trends in electricity demand in the UK up to 2030.

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) support and (b) guidance his Department is providing small businesses to help reduce carbon emissions in their...

      Hospitality Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a list of the support and guidance documents and memoranda that his Department has provided to...

      Business: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the levels of business investment in Q3...

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2021 to Question 68469 on Property: Ownership, and with reference to Written...

      New Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to provide support to people seeking to start a new business.

      Offshore Industry: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to grant permits to allow companies to develop new gas and oil fields that have investment plans and...

      Coal Fired Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that the coal power stations currently used when there is little wind will be kept available until...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make up for the reduction in energy derived from nuclear power in this decade as the current fleet...

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 32423, on Parental Leave, when he plans to publish the report of his...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Climate Change Committee’s UK Health...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to mitigate the effect of rising energy prices on the cost of living.

      Natural Gas: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of harnessing the UK's domestic energy potential for gas on levels of...

      Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of a national retrofit strategy on the level of...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of the rise in the cost of fuel on consumers.

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the estimated additional cost is to consumer bills of the financial commitments aligned with the Contracts for...

      Utilities: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure full checks are carried out to corroborate applicants are the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Platinum Jubilee 2022: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the trade of saplings oak trees between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in preparation...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Oxford Nanopore Technologies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and Nanopore...

    • Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed salary is of the chief executive of the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership.

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England have been waiting for more...

      Integrated Care Systems: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the integration of funding from the NHS, local government and other strategic partners through...

      Hospitals: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of need for a new hospital in the city of York.

      Dentistry: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of York having a dentistry school.

      NHS: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a pension scheme for higher paid NHS staff that is similar to the Judicial...

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage women to carry out regular self examination of their breasts to identify lumps.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) supplies of lateral flow tests and (b) PCR tests remain freely available.

      Surgery: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of elective surgical cases that will be delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 905095 on Care Homes: Visits, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of new doctors who choose to specialise as community GPs.

      Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 905095 on Care Homes: Visits, whether he plans to issue further guidance to NHS...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new parents affected by the decision not to allow claimants of legacy benefits...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure new parents are not negatively impacted by not being eligible for the Healthy Start scheme.

      Health Professions: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vacant (a) nurse, (b) doctor and (c) GP positions there are in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

      Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate...

      Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local integrated care systems can determine whether they carry out thrombectomy for stroke patients.

      Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate...

      NHS: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on delivering the Life Sciences Vision commitment of empowering the NHS to take up and embed innovative...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of staff that may require redeployment as a result of the enforcement of covid-19...

      NHS Trusts: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has provided to NHS Trusts on enforcement of vaccination as a condition of deployment.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Question 98471 tabled on 5 January 2022 on Members: Correspondence, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon....

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 12 November 2021, reference RL30126.

      Coronavirus: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the recyclability of (a) covid-19 testing equipment and (b) used personal protective equipment.

      Eating Disorders: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of unmet demand for specialist beds for young people with eating disorders in (a) the South West...

      NHS: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing flexible working conditions to improve NHS staff retention.

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of average waiting times for people diagnosed with mental health problems to...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS and (b) other staff covered by the regulations on mandatory covid-19 vaccination have taken up their first vaccine since...

      Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a reform trust class of hospitals.

      Health Services and Social Services: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, whether his Department has made training on autism...

      Social Services: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking top steps to refresh infection, prevention and control guidance in the care sector.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when care home restrictions will be lifted.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether residents in Northern Ireland will participate in the PANORAMIC study of antiviral and antibody treatments for covid-19 announced...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the recommended covid-19 guidance will be for clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable patients after Plan B...

  • Department for Education

    • Home Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are home-schooled in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.

    • Schools and Universities: Confucius Institutes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department monitors the activities of Confucius Institutes in English schools and universities.

      Department for Education: Diaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish in full the Ministerial diary of the former Secretary of State for Education for 20 May 2020.

      Special Educational Needs: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of current regulations for private special educational needs providers in ensuring that...

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to recruit more private applied behaviour analysis tutors nationally.

      Teachers: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired were working in schools in England in each of the last five years.

      Special Educational Needs: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for SEN support in schools for the purposes of ensuring that autistic children who do not have...

      Disability and Special Educational Needs: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to encourage effective cross-department working to help ensure that children and young people with special educational...

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) autistic children and young people and (b) other pupils in Lewisham Deptford that have yet to...

      Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department taking to ensure that provision for exams will be made for the summer 2022.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made over the number of women at risk of unemployment due to (a) lack of available childcare spaces and (c)...

      Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to actively engage children and young people with a vision impairment in the upcoming SEND Review.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school (a) children and (b) teachers and staff have been diagnosed with covid-19 in each month in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021.

      Vocational Education: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on improving the provision of technical...

      Special Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100627, on Special Schools: Ventilation, how many CO2 monitors were offered to special schools.

      Education: English Language and STEM Subjects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching hours per week, on average, are spent on (a) Maths, (b) English and (c) Sciences for children in Key Stage (i) one, (ii) two and...

      Education: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of autistic children and young people that have yet to return to full-time education following the...

      Schools: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent guidance he has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) academy trusts on using non-disclosure agreements for school staff.

      Social Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to improve provision of social services to protect vulnerable children.

      Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that universities return to face-to-face teaching and in person learning.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of the figures from Scotland on the reduction of transmission of covid-19...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January to Question 98444 on Schools: Finance, how many schools have contacted the Educational Skills and Funding Agency...

      Education: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Dyson Pure Cool Formaldehyde – TP09 and (b) Camfil City M air cleaning units have been purchased by (i) education and (ii)...

      Education: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) criteria and (b) data were used to determine the destinations of the 7,000 air purifier units announced on 2 January 2022.

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data gathered from the 350,000 carbon dioxide monitors distributed to schools across England from September 2021.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Officers: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legislating to make to Body-Worn Cameras accessible to all officers on the frontline, including...

    • Ministry of Justice: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what steps his Department has taken to progress the development...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Diaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish her predecessor's Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.

    • Trade Remedies: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many letters her Department has received for hon. Members regarding trade remedies and the assembly of bicycles; and if she will make a...

      Trade Remedies Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when the Trade Remedies Authority plans to report to Parliament on its work; and if she will make a statement.

      Department for International Trade: Trade Remedies Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of her departmental staff are employed to work directly for the Trade Remedies Authority.

      Trade Remedies

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the trade remedies which are no longer applicable since the UK's departure from the EU; and if she will make a statement.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on discrimination faced by Palestinians.

    • China: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterparts in China on the continued attack on the human rights of...

      Egypt and Sudan: River Nile

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of taking steps to support the members of the Nile...

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held recent discussions with her counterparts in Oman in order to seek their best endeavours in...

      Yemen: Aviation and Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has held with her counterparts in (a) the Government of Saudi Arabia and (b) the...

      Uyghur Tribunal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish a response to the judgement of the Uyghur Tribunal published on 9 December...

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Iran on negotiations to restore...

      South East Asia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) the Minister for Asia have had with their Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

      Summit for Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to request that the role of citizens assemblies be placed on the agenda for the...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to aid Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis during the winter months.

      Afghanistan: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the situation for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sledge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the full contract specification issued by her Department for video production services under...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sledge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to contracts 282362/1023256 and 200894/796293, for what reason her Department’s average...

      Afghanistan: Intelligence Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK delivered training to the National Directorate of Security under the Conflict, Stability and...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 98335 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many of those 3,400...

      Sri Lanka: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the sanctions imposed by the US on General...

      Tonga: Tsunami

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has discussed the recent tsunami in Tonga with her New Zealand counterpart.

      Australia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she has taken to help strengthen the UK’s economic and security relationship with...

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international partners to increase vaccination rates in developing...

      Tonga: Volcanoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) provide emergency assistance to those affected by the damage of the volcanic...

      Tonga: Volcanoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her latest assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Tonga.

      Hong Kong: Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of state interference in Hong Kong's judicial system.

      Tonga: Volcanoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what emergency (a) aid and (b) support her Department is sending to Tonga following the eruption of the Hunga...

      Kenya: Al Shabaab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to the Government of Kenya to (a) maintain security in areas threatened by an...

      Somaliland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Government recognising Somaliland as a...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with (a) NATO and (b) her European counterparts on Russia’s continued...

      British Overseas Territories: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on delivering covid-19 booster vaccines to the Pitcairn islands, Tristan de Cunha and...

      Khaleda Zia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Bangladeshi counterpart on the deteriorating health of former...

      Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine of the...

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterpart in Kazakhstan on reported unlawful killings and excessive use...

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of recent events in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their geopolitical...

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the recent violent unrest against protestors in Kazakhstan.

      USA: Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the ongoing negotiations regarding the Northern Ireland...

      Pakistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make her Department's humanitarian programmes in Pakistan conditional on the...

      Mozambique: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has held with counterparts in Mozambique on the political and security situation...

      Eastern Europe: Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help support democracies in Eastern Europe.

      Hong Kong: Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of potential state interference in the Hong Kong judicial system.

      China: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications of China's comprehensive strategic partnership...

      Peng Shuai

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the case of Peng Shuai.

      China: Olympic Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department will take to help ensure that British journalists are able to report freely during the...

      China: Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the influence of China on the Syrian economy.

      China: Uyghurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the UK's work at the UN on imposing sanctions and a range of...

      Myanmar: Politics and Government

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

      Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Intelligence and Security Committee's Report on Russia published on 21 July 2020, whether...

      Russia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make a statement on the UK’s involvement in (a) NATO-Russia Council talks on 12 January 2022 and...

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98897 on Africa: Coronavirus, whether £7,000 is the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to answer Question 100467 from the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for payments under the (a) War Pensions and (b) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme were made in each year from 2010.

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications for payments under the (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme are declined at the (i)...

      Ministry of Defence: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests made under the Freedom of Information Act have been declined under the grounds set out in section 26 of that Act in each of the last...

      Armed Forces: Firearms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the replacement for the SA80 assault rifle will be manufactured in the UK.

      LE TacCIS Programme: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) TDEL and (b) whole life costs of the Morpheus programme.

      Boxer Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British Army infantry battalion is due to be the first to receive the Boxer AFV.

      European Fighter Aircraft: Radar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the TDEL costs of the AESA radar upgrade.

      Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship that will replace HMS Scott will (a) be ordered and (b) enter service.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Navy ships will be used to transport migrants from the English channel to (a) the UK, (b) France or (c) an offshore process centre.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the level of pollution caused by a F-35 fighter jet (a) taking off and (b) landing; and what powers he has to regulate...

      Norway: Maritime Patrol Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK currently has an agreement with the Royal Norwegian Air Force to share facilities to maintain their respective P-8 fleets.

      Navy: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to adopt hydrogen propulsion for the Royal Navy’s small vessel fleet to reduce carbon emissions.

      Boxer Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the anticipated date is of first deliveries of the Boxer AFV to the first unit.

      Armed Forces: Firearms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the SA80 assault rifle go out of service in 2025; and whether he is planning to extend its service life.

      RAF College Cranwell: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93929, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the restoration of the heating at RAF...

      Armed Forces: Firearms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to announce the replacement for the SA80 assault rifle.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Question 100453, for what reason the whole life costs of the P-8 programme has fallen.

      UK Border Force: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has control, ownership and management of Border Force vessels as part of its operational control of the Royal Navy’s cross...

      Military Aid: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy/Marines, (b) British Army, and (c) RAF personnel are officially held on short notice to move periods in support of the NHS.

      Maritime Patrol Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flight hours has each P-8 aircraft flown since being delivered.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what tactics will the Royal Navy plans to use to deter migrants from crossing the Channel illegally.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the 617 Squadron F-35Bs flew on the Carrier Strike Group 21 operation.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any additional funding will be provided to the Navy for taking primacy of deterring illegal Channel crossings.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Navy will be given additional powers in order to assist in their role of primacy in preventing illegal Channel corssings.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Navy will have (a) command and (b) control powers over the (i) Border Force and (ii) UK coastguard vessels in its role of preventing illegal...

      Military Aid: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost has been of holding armed forces personnel in readiness to support the NHS since March 2020.

      Ukraine: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on NATO's pledge to deploy troops to Ukraine if that country is invaded by Russia; and if he will make a statement.

      Armed Forces: Cadets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support cadet units in (a) state schools and (b) wider community settings.

      Ukraine: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential strategic coordination between China and Russia on the future and security of Ukraine.

      Armed Forces: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the deployment of UK forces overseas.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of total cost to the Navy of taking primacy for deterring illegal Channel crossings.

      Veterans UK: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105352 on Veterans UK: Telephone Services, how many emails asking for support Veterans UK has...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications for payments under the (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme have resulted in (i) a...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications for payments under the (a) War Pensions and (b) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme have resulted in the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Government decided to give the Royal Navy primacy in tackling illegal Channel crossings; and which Minister took that decision.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on defence and security cooperation between the UK and France of his decision to give the Navy...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he discussed his proposals for the Navy to take primacy for tackling illegal Channel crossings with his French counterpart.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Navy ships will be deployed in the Channel to tackle illegal migrant crossings.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department calculates the total DEL cost for a defence programme.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of civil servants in his Department have completed (a) initial and (b) annual refresher training for information security, by grade.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2021 to Question 52414, how many and what proportion of his Department's staff have received their refresher...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Disability

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

    • Disability: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, when the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work...

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the two-child policy limit on (a) current and (b) future levels of...

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the backlog in work capability assessments.

      Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is the government taking to ensure that reassessments for sufferers of chronic conditions are as unobtrusive and infrequent as possible.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105509, what her timeframe is for providing the number of people affected by the...

      Disability Unit

      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, (a) whether the Disability Unit completed its review...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle child poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and...

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the six week wait for new universal credit payments on (a) current and...

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the benefit cap on (a) current and (b) future levels of poverty in (i)...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates to meet future housing costs in (a) Wales, (b)...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 97000 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, what the average time taken by the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 97000 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, how many claims have been reviewed...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what stage claimants who have had their benefits suspended or closed under the Risk Review Process are provided with the reasons for that...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 97000 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, what steps are taken by the Risk...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons a claim may be suspected of fraud and therefore subject to the Risk Review Process.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department's Risk Review Team does not capture demographic data on any claims they suspend.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what further evidence may be requested from claimants who have had their benefits suspended under the Risk Review Process.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 97000 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, how many claims remain suspended by...

      Employment Schemes: 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 progress her Department has made towards...

      Social Security Benefits: Strokes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department had made of the physical and mental health pressures that medical reassessments for welfare support place on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Businesses and Litter: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to consumers of including business and litter collection costs within the...

    • Pigs: Livestock Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on a compensation package for the English pig farmers in...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect native species and wildlife in England.

      Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to safeguard England’s protected landscapes.

      Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to create new woodlands.

      Green Recovery Challenge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to open the next round of the Green Recovery Challenge Fund for applications.

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle fly-tipping.

      Territorial Waters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-establishing the three mile limit.

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make it its policy to ensure access to the countryside as part of the Environmental Land Management...

      Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK retailers are transparent in their accounting of how they spend revenue raised...

      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...

      Air Pollution

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

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing an animal welfare commissioner to produce an annual...

      Shellfish: Inshore Fishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason nearshore clam dredging and trawling is permitted; and what assessment he has made of the impact of those...

  • Home Office

    • Joint Fraud Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 98228 on Joint Fraud Taskforce, when her Department will publish the Fraud Action Plan.

    • Refugees: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reuniting unaccompanied Afghan child refugees in Qatar with relatives in the UK; and what...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will review the impact of the closure of English language testing hubs in Afghanistan for spouses of people already granted...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Warley of 19 July 2021 on Mr. M Nayeri.

      Asylum: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding and (b) services her Department provides to asylum seekers requiring immediately treatment for (i) mental health issues and...

      Visas: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of relaxing visa conditions for health workers from abroad to help support...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications to the EU Settlement Scheme via the Relevant Person of Northern Ireland route are successful; and what...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Warley of 28 September 2021 on Mr. F B Tavalaei.

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to allow applicants to complete tuberculosis screening and biometric appointments post application decision in...

      Care Workers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will place Care Workers and Home Carers on the Shortage Occupation List, as recommended in the Migration Advisory...

      Home Office: Diaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish in full her Ministerial diary for 20 May 2020.

      Home Office: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of animals used in animal experimentation in each of the last three years, by type of animal.

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to extend section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on transparency and supply chains to improve its effectiveness...

      Criminal Investigation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the use of release under investigation for minors; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of...

      Public Spaces Protection Orders: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the number of local authorities in England and Wales that have introduced Public Space Protection...

      Asylum: Middle East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for asylum from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Yemen and (c) Syria have been told by her Department, in refusing their asylum...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Warley of 14 October 2021 on Mr. H A Bucul.

      Deportation: Leicester East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents of Leicester East constituency have been deported since January 2020.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of households in England that are affected by at least category...

    • Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for additional...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101844 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, notwithstanding the commitment...

      High Rise Flats: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on how the remediation of non-cladding items which pose dangers to life will be funded in a block...

      Telecommunications: Permitted Development Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish his response to the technical consultation on changes to permitted development rights for electronic...

      Property Development: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish revised guidance for planning authorities on requiring onsite carbon neutral energy generation in...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether building management firms applying to Building Safety Fund can include their time spent making an application and...

      Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of York's NAPpads for homeless people; and if he would consider...

      Housing: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable people are not housed in areas which is likely to negatively impact on...

      Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing data on anti-social behaviour for the purpose of...

      Listed Buildings: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to help improve the energy efficiency of grade II listed homes.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities carry out a safety and risk assessment before a family or person...

      Coastal Areas: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support coastal communities.

      Local Government Finance: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to provide funding to Cornwall Council to compensate for the loss of EU funding; and...

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the next round of submissions for Levelling up funding will be opened.

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what benefits will arise for (a) Shropshire and (b) other counties from County Deals.

      Local Enterprise Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has for the future of Local Enterprise Partnerships.

      Regional Planning and Development: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government’s Levelling Up agenda is implemented across all parts of the...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government’s Levelling Up agenda is meeting its targets.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the end of EU funding on less developed regions in the UK;...

      Regional Planning and Development: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to incorporate the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals into the Levelling Up agenda.

      Local Enterprise Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the future arrangements are for (a) Shropshire and (b) other counties to receive capital funding previously allocated...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Duchy of Lancaster: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government receives financial information from the Duchy of Lancaster beyond that published in...

    • Life Expectancy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in life expectancy in (a) Coventry North East, (b) Coventry, (c) the...

      Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2021 to Question 90430 on Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row and with...

      10 Downing Street: 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 Downing Street staff to make purchases with a value lower...

  • Treasury

    • Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2021 to Question 87844 on Child Benefit: Taxation, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of eligible...

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has been made of the number of covid-19 support scheme overpayments due to fraud involving values of (a) more than £1...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £4.3 billion fraudulently claimed through covid-19 support payments which is yet to be recovered...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Females

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) review his policy on payments made under the Self Employment Income Support Scheme in order to discount average trading profits in the...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase resources to HMRC's Taxpayer Protection Taskforce to recover more of the monies in covid-19 support claimed in...

      Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England who do not...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made on the impact of the proposed alcohol duty system on (a) health inequalities and (b) wider inequality.

      Business: Loans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his plans are for the future of Government-guaranteed loan schemes.

      Bus Services: North of England

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the Bus Recovery Grant beyond March 2022 to help support the recovery of bus transport in the North of England.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what impact the freezing of the licence fee will have on funding for the BBC World Service.

    • National Lottery: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a comparative estimate of the (a) contribution of Camelot to the North and (b) amount spent by people in...

      Public Sector: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that public sector workers who have to work over the extended Jubilee Bank Holiday will be in receipt of...

      Sports: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help support grassroots sports initiatives in (a) Coventry...

      Tourism: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of public funding for tourism in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in...

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken steps to prevent BT from exclusively using Openreach fibre infrastructure following the legal...

      Television Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many black and white TV licences have been paid for in each of the last five years.

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what incentives BT has to utilise independent fibre networks to provide BT retail customers with broadband where no Openreach...

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of encouraging all communications providers to offer services...

  • Cop26

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy: France

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recently enacted legislation to ban sexual orientation and gender identity...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they will adopt to allocate the funds available for the Bus Service Improvement Plans, as outlined in the report by the National Bus Strategy for...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 July 2021 (HL2253), whether OneWeb is still using the Soyuz launcher at Vostochny in Russia for heavy...

    • Regional Planning and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their plan to spread research and development funding across all nations and regions of the UK; whether that plan will seek to address...

      Climate Change: Polar Regions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their assessment of rising sea levels is based on a rise in average global temperatures, or includes modelling of Arctic and Antarctic ice melt taking into...

      Climate Change: Arctic

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their projections for additional greenhouse gas emissions from the thawing of the Arctic permafrost are based on a global rise in temperatures or...

      Post Codes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the current postcode system in Britain.

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will implement a public register of beneficial owners of overseas entities that (1) buy, or (2) sell, property.

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make a portion of a redress fund overseen by Ofgem available for microbusinesses in trouble due to high energy costs.

      Innovation: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 6 August 2020 (HL7418), (1) whether they are on track to increase public spending on research and...

      Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of national gas storage capacity as a percentage of annual national domestic demand; whether they consider current capacty to be...

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what provision they will make for oversight, independent of the Post Office and Government, of the Alternative Dispute Resolutions in the Horizon compensation cases.

      Postal Services: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any delays in Royal Mail postal services caused and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the effects of such...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many additional people have been recruited by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to staff the monitoring unit following the...

      Climate Change: Arctic

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their projections for additional greenhouse gas emissions arising from the thawing of the Arctic permafrost between now and 2100; and whether these...

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 29 July (HL2255), whether the Space Board Positioning Navigation and Timing programme has now reported on...

      Satellites: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 July 2021 (HL2254), what progress they have made, if any, to manufacture satellites in the UK.

      Lockheed Martin and Virgin Orbit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 28 July 2021 (HL2257), what is the investment to date in (1) Spaceport Cornwall, and (2) Saxa Vord in...

      OneWeb: Government Shareholding

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their golden share in OneWeb enables them to influence policy decisions, or whether they are limited to preventing disposals of shares; what percentage of...

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Police

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the number of police referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service.

    • Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the prosecution rate for rape.

  • Department for Education

    • Out-of-school Education: Islam

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Barran on 18 January (HL5056 and HL5057), what steps they take to ensure that radical Islamism is not...

    • Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many trained mental health first aiders there are in secondary schools in England.

      Interpreters: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) whether they intend to establish university scholarships for former interpreters, and the families of these interpreters, from Afghanistan who are resident in...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Jerusalem: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to concerns expressed by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem that "radical fringe groups" are trying to drive Christians out of Jerusalem, what...

    • Afghanistan: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase assistance for women and girls in Afghanistan.

      Libya: Corruption

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (HL13254 and HL13255) on 24 February 2021, what discussions they have had with the government of...

      Business: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen UK legislation on supply chain impacts on human rights, given their commitment to implementing the UN Guiding Principles...

      Developing Countries: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish a process to discuss finance for loss and damage due to climate change in developing countries.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the options beyond the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons to address concerns about lethal autonomous weapons systems.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women who were receiving less state pension than they were entitled to have (1) had their payments corrected, and (2) received back payments.

    • State Retirement Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address the issue of new state pension claimants waiting weeks or months for their pension payments to start; and whether everyone...

      Pensioners: Fuel Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what new measures they have put in place, or plan to introduce, to ensure elderly pensioners who are facing sharply rising fuel bills are able to afford to keep...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Rivers: Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the targets for each of the coming five years for reducing (1) nitrogen, (2) phosphate, and (3) sediment pollutants, entering UK watercourses.

    • Water: Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the Environment Agency to inspect all reports of water pollution to ascertain the seriousness of the incident.

      Food: Production

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a target to retain the current levels of food grown and processed in the UK.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have been made with implementing Operation Warm Welcome.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will grant refugee status to Afghans who have fled the Taliban and are seeking refuge in the UK.

      Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of trends in the levels of antisocial behaviour.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to tackle knife crime.

      Internet: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of trends in levels of online fraud.

      Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to give (1) former interpreters, and (2) the families of these interpreters, from Afghanistan indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK; and if so, when.

      Spiking: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the prevalence of drug spiking.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why EU citizens with pre-settled status have to re-apply at the end of the five year period to obtain settled status; and what are the consequences of a failure to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Bain and Company

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord True on 10 January (HL5119) and 18 January (HL5234, HL5235, HL5236 and HL5360), whether they will now answer the questions...

    • Hereditary Peers: By-elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ask the House of Lords Appointments Commission to vet the candidates who stand in the hereditary peer by-election to be held on 8 February.

      Cabinet Office: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they became aware of the farewell gathering for Kate Josephs in the Cabinet Office on 17 December 2020.

  • Treasury

    • Home Shopping: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered the introduction of an online sales tax for the purpose of levelling the playing field between high street and online retailers,...

    • Key Workers: Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claim by the Trades Union Congress that thousands of key workers are earning less in real terms than they were a decade earlier.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to support relief for households struggling with their energy bills.

      Fuels: VAT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from industry and consumer groups to end or suspend VAT on fuel bills; and what steps they intend to take on this matter.

      Freezing of Assets: Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any (1) capital,(2) interest, or (3) dividend revenues arising from frozen Libyan assets held in the UK have been distributed since the invocation of...

      Imports: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the cost to business of applying VAT on imports from EU states.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill (Session 2021–22, HL Paper 129), what plans they have to adopt recommendations...

    • Internet: Pornography

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect children from the harms of online pornography prior to the introduction of the Online Safety Bill.

      Internet: Pornography

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) Age Appropriate Design Code to apply to providers of online pornography; and, if...

      Youth Evidence Review

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the Youth Evidence Review, published in December 2021, when they expect to publish their final summary report outlining the...

      Broadband

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether broadband street cabinets are provided with batteries to be used in case of interruptions in electricity supply; and if not, what is their assessment of...

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