Written answers

Thursday, 27 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Trailers: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the potential risk to road safety prior to the decision in September 2021 to cease the requirement to take the...

    • Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of municipal ownership of buses to improve bus service provision especially for night...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the development of electric vehicle smart charging regulations.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the cost of rail tickets relative to average incomes in each region of the UK; and what steps he is...

      M69: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the northern bound carriageway of the M69 motorway (a) was last inspected for imperfections and (b) is next scheduled for repair and resurfacing.

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights with no or very few passengers have operated in the UK to ensure that landing slots are retained by airlines in (a) 2020, (b) 2021...

      World Expo: Dubai

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated (a) funding and (b) staff to the Government’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.

      Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of size of the backlog by test class of (a) theory and (b) practical driving tests in (i) Scotland and (ii) Great...

      Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government provides guidance for staff on the risks of exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions to Highways England.

      Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on mandating disability awareness training for all private hire vehicle drivers.

      Great British Railways: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to launch the competition for Great British Railways; and what the scope is of the consultation.

      Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the waiting time for learner motorists wishing to take their tests.

      Bus Services: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) access to and (b) use of open data for real time bus times in (i) London and (ii) the...

      Railways: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his press release of 21 January 2022 on reducing train announcements, whether British Transport Police announcements with...

      Network Rail: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the opportunities to develop Network Rail engineering support services and related expertise in York.

      Bus Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what equality impact assessment his Department has made of the end of emergency covid-19 funding in March 2022 on bus service users.

      Community Transport: Recruitment

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

      Railways: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 102756 on Railways: Merseyside, if he will publish a list of the benefits referenced in his answer.

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that environmental impact assessments are conducted and published on works programmes to existing...

      Railways: Travel Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on the promotional film and other promotional activities regarding his announcement on 21 January 2022 on abolishing...

      Taxis: Guide Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that guide dog owners are not illegally turned away by taxis.

      Taxis: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that partially-sighted and blind people are not discriminated against when trying to access private...

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason applicants with a PIP score of 10 out of 12 for planning and following a journey are automatically eligible for a Blue Badge while...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

    • Defence: Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the National Space Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on...

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for a joint, multi-year national space portfolio between his Department and the Ministry of Defence...

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to publish a detailed implementation plan for the National Space Strategy.

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of wood pellets being sourced from Estonia and burnt at the Drax power station, what his policy is on...

      Drax Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of megawatt-hours of power produced by Drax power station from burning wood...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Park Retail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 104330 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 104330 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

      Research: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage more private, self-funded research and development.

      Life Sciences: Task Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 34 of the Life Sciences Vision published on 6 July 2021, (a) what recent progress he has made on...

      Coronavirus: Uganda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the expiry date was for the shipment of 299,520 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine donated by the UK to Covax scheduled...

      Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme...

      Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to expand UK gas storage capacity.

      Carbon Dioxide: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to prepare contingency measures to prioritise users of CO2 in the event that there...

      Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to reform the law on fire and rehire practices.

      Competition: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the consultation on a new pro-competition regime for...

      Fireworks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to review legislation in place on fireworks.

      Urban Areas: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth and sustainability of independent shops, cafes, and...

      Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason (a) travel agencies (b) hairdressers and personal care providers and (c) gyms are not included in the...

      Termination of Employment: Commuters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department holds data on the number of commuters whose employment was terminated as a result of those...

      Competition Law: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government will publish its official response to the Penrose Review that it commissioned into the UK’s...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cataracts: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the October 2021 survey by the Private Healthcare Information Network of a 30 per cent increase in the...

    • Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish an update on progress made in implementing the National Outpatient Transformation Programme, with specific...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92129, on Coronavirus: Screening, and in the context of that Answer which states...

      Respiratory System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve diagnosis rates for patients with respiratory illnesses other than covid-19.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Enfield North of 31 August 2021 on supply of breathing...

      Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of nurses in NHS hospitals in England are registered nurses.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon. member for Basildon and Billericay dated (a) 10 September, (b) 11 October and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters dated 4 October 2021 and 3 November 2021 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare in relation...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 26 August 2021, reference RL25229.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead dated 12 August 2021, case number MP 71131 on NHS...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their predecessor...

      NHS: Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage and (b) make it simpler for people to return to practice in the NHS.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the mandatory covid-19 vaccination programme on staffing levels in the dental industry.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and (ii)...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

      Clandeboye Agencies: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 106717 on Clandeboye Agencies: Protective Clothing, what steps he has taken to...

      Coronavirus: Barnsley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the availability of Lateral Flow Tests in Barnsley Central constituency.

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the increase in domestic cases of TB.

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons why people who were not born in the UK face a higher risk of contracting TB in the UK compared...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include vaccination status among the daily covid-19 statistics available on the gov.uk website for hospital admissions.

      Coronavirus: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on (a) the causes of increasing rates of hospitalisations among children with covid-19 and (b) the number of...

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of TB between 2019 and 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he estimates all eligible (a) 12 to 15 year olds and (b) 16 to 17 year olds will have received at least one dose of a...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many appointments have been arranged to date for people who have received covid-19 vaccines abroad to register their inoculations;...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that his response to the covid-19 outbreak takes account of regional variations of infection rates and...

      Coronavirus: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for re-infections being added to the covid-19 dashboard.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering antibody tests to people who are immunocompromised and...

      NHS Test and Trace: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average call duration, (b) average waiting time and (c) total number of calls were to the NHS covid-19 testing help number...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of threat from the Omicron variant of covid-19 for people who are clinically...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of uptake of the covid-19 booster vaccination in (a) Southport and (b) North West England.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates sexual health services will return to pre-pandemic levels of service.

      Coronavirus: Vitamin D

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the potential merits of the use of Vitamin D as a protection against covid-19 and (b) the...

      Home Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide further support for (a) domiciliary care providers and (b) domiciliary care staff.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the policy of mandatory covid-19 vaccination to healthcare workers in private hospitals.

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact to date of covid-19 vaccination as a condition of employment within the social care sector.

      Home Care Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £1.4 billion fund to help local authorities offer a fairer cost of care to providers will go to those providing...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) charities and (b) other organisations were consulted as part of (i) the redrafting of the care home visitor guidance released...

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the amount of time that individuals wait for mental health support.

      Tuberculosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in treatment for people diagnosed with TB.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support care homes that risk losing losing staff due to the proposed mandatory covid-19...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take-up rate for breast cancer screening was in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to maintain the covid-19 testing regime in place on 19 January 2022 until infection rates are significantly...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 100678 on Coronavirus: Screening, how many lateral flow test results have been...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which of the recommendations made by the Competition and Markets Authority to improve the PCR testing market for consumers have been...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to protect vulnerable people, who are not confident in coming out of their homes, once covid-19 public health...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure covid-19 vaccines are available for children, whose parents make a request for such vaccinations.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making covid-19 vaccinations available to primary school children.

      Abortion: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of NHS Trusts to continue providing Early Medical Abortion care if the permission allowing...

      Autism and Learning Disability: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the covid-19 booster vaccine rollout among people with learning disabilities and...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities that identify contact tracing as the optimum way to manage covid-19 beyond March...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to close full-time unregistered schools; and if he will give Ofsted greater powers to seize evidence, search...

    • Conversion Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will include safeguarding children from sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy in the proposed Keeping Children Safe in...

      Apprentices: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships are currently being undertaken in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency, by level of apprenticeship.

      Apprentices: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship placements are currently available in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that an adequate number of HEPA filters are available in schools in Newcastle.

      School Leaving: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school leavers take up an apprenticeship (a) nationally, (b) in Yorkshire, (c) in York and (d) in York Central constituency.

      Russell Scott Primary School: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on urgent improvements to Russell Scott Primary School in Denton and Reddish constituency; and whether officials...

      Out-of-school Education: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take to measure the effectiveness of its voluntary code of practice on out-of-school settings.

      Communist Party of China: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to protect universities from influence through donations from people connected to the Communist Party of China.

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2021 to Question 76723 on Skilled Workers, how many of the 36 Skills Advisory Panels have been set up.

      Africa: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students from Africa are studying in British universities in the 2021-22 academic year.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Skills Bootcamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications the Government has received for the HGV Skills Bootcamp.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 9 November 2020 entitled Child protection at the heart of courts review, when he plans to publish...

    • Courts: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of scale of backlog in London courts; and whether he has plans to further increase courtroom use and...

      Courts: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds are allocated by his Department to the nightingale courts at Monument and Aldersgate past March 2022 for the purposes of supporting their...

      Courts: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which nightingale courts in London will receive funding for operation past March 2022; and how long that funding is allocated for.

      Judges: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Magistrates Association and Family Division of the High Court on the potential merits of providing training to...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a target and milestones for reducing the number of women entering the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement.

      Prisoners: Self-harm

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of self-harm was among prisoners in (a) women's prisons and (b) men's prisons in each of the last three years.

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the ability of Independent Domestic Violence Advocates and other specialist staff to be with victims in court during...

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of specialist staff and judges who can deal with domestic violence cases in courts.

      Crime: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of safe spaces at courts for victims of crime to be with their advisor, legal team and family.

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made on the current availability of specialist domestic violence courts.

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of specialist domestic violence courts as part of tackling the backlog of cases in courts.

      Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding (a) rape, (b) sexual abuse, excluding rape and (c) domestic abuse cases had been incomplete for more than a year as of 1 January of...

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding Crown Court criminal cases had been incomplete for more than a year as of 1 January in of each of the last five years.

  • Department for International Trade

    • World Expo: Dubai

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment he has made of whether the cost of the UK’s pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022...

    • World Expo: Dubai

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses operating in the UK (a) shipping and (b) ports industry have exhibited in the UK's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai from 1...

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) level of greenhouse gas emissions that will be generated and (b) impact on the UK’s...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Unmanned Air Vehicles: Tigray

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will investigate the potential use of British components in the construction of drones used in...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of...

      Email: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many reports the National Cyber Security Centre received regarding email scams via report@phishing.gov.uk in...

      Internet: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many reports the National Cyber Security Centre received regarding scam websites in each of the last five years.

      Mobile Phones: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many reports the National Cyber Security Centre received regarding SMS scams via the 7726 number in each of...

      Advertising: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many reports the National Cyber Security Centre received regarding scam adverts in each of the last five years.

      British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92117 on the British Council, what discussions her...

      Jerusalem: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on the eviction and demolition of the home of the...

      Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in response to the risks to religious minorities in Afghanistan.

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with its Saudi counterparts on the recent airstrikes in Yemen.

      Iraq: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to Question 60364 on Iraq: Israel, whether the UK has encouraged the...

      Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether arms sales granted an export licence by the Government have been used by Saudi Arabia and their coalition...

      Afghanistan: Emigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the viability of safe routes out of Afghanistan for people fleeing that country.

      UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) UK's relationship with the EU and (b) UK-EU Trade and Cooperation...

      Yemen: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of seriously ill people who are unable to leave Yemen for treatment...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) impact and (b) value for money of the Government's investments into...

      Development Aid: Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the recent reductions in Official Development...

      Nepal: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Nepal on protecting freedom of religion in that country.

      Development Aid: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on international food insecurity of the cuts to the...

      Summit for Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Ministers participated in the Summit for Democracy 2021 and what contribution did they make.

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of air strikes in in Tigray.

      Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor the (a) number of flights undertaken by the Ethiopian Government to deliver...

      Burkina Faso: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) security of the Government of Burkina Faso and (b) impact of recent...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the (a) African Union peace envoy and (b) US peace envoy on...

      Afghanistan: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risks faced by LGBT+ people in Afghanistan.

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the UN Human Rights Council inquiry into atrocities in Ethiopia.

      Tigray: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking towards the normalisation of relations between the Ethiopian Government and Tigray.

      Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British employees are funded by the UK’s funding to the OSCE’s special monitoring mission in...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of responsibility for the massacre perpetrated against civilians in the...

      Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much annual funding does the Government provide to the OSCE’s special monitoring mission in Ukraine.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military accommodation has been (a) assessed and (b) chosen to house migrants who arrive in the UK following illegal Channel crossings.

    • York: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value for money assessments he has conducted on the closure of his Department's barracks and facilities in York.

      Ministry of Defence: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

      HMS Spey and HMS Tamar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the basing arrangements for HMS Spey and HMS Tamar in the Far East has changed from a base in Singapore to a service contract with BAE...

      Ministry of Defence: Stonewall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 106614 on Ministry of Defence: Stonewall, for what reason his Department did not maintain...

      Armed Forces: Sports Competitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) undertaken a risk assessment on behalf of those members of the Services travelling to Beijing as part of Team GB and (b)...

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veteran ID cards have been issued by his Department as of 24 January 2022.

      Chinook Helicopters: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2021 to Question 10187, on Chinook Helicopters: Procurement, how many jobs are expected to be supported in the wider UK...

      Satellite Communications: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for the Skynet 6 Enduring Capability programme; and when his Department plans to publish a timeline for that programme.

      Defence: Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the Defence Space Strategy.

      Armed Forces: Mefloquine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department continues to apply the criteria introduced following the 2016 publication of the Defence Committee report (HC567) calling for...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the Child Maintenance Service follows Government guidance on the referral of a case to the Financial...

    • Child Maintenance Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staffing levels were in (a) the Child Maintenance Service and (b) Financial Investigation Unit in each year since 2015.

      Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has shared data provided by people who applied for pre-settled status with the Risk Review Team.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 96989, on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, whether the Risk Review Team has...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the level of confidence disabled people have in the equity of the...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department has considered the potential merits of (a) introducing a right to request an assessor with appropriate knowledge of a...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in levels of unpaid child maintenance.

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to ensure that claimants receive the correct benefit award after their assessment, rather than requiring a mandatory...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the finances of personal independence payment and employment support allowance...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to safeguard applicants who are survivors of domestic abuse.

      Child Maintenance Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Maintenance Service funding is allocated to the Financial Investigation Unit.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2021 to Question 91950, on Access to Work Programme, what interim steps her Department is taking to...

      Employment and Support Allowance: South West

      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...

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 63817 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, how many appeals against personal...

      Universal Credit: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2017 to Question 107685 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, when her Department stopped...

      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, when the Disability Unit plans to launch its next...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions people have been declared fit for work and have then been successful in an appeal of that decision against her...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Forests: High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on protecting ancient...

    • Forests: High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the loss of ancient woodland along the route of HS2.

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a public consultation ahead of publishing the Government’s UK Chemicals Strategy; and if he will...

      Pets: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing pet theft.

      Livestock: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2021 to Question 73933 on Livestock: Animal Welfare, what progress his Department has...

      Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support the Government will provide to Greater Manchester Combined Authority to implement the clean air zone...

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Deposit Return Scheme will be introduced in England.

      Agriculture: Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps in response to the Food and Agriculture Organisation's recommendation that the...

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of Cats Protection’s Cats and Their Stats...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the...

      Question

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

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to establish the geographical boundaries for the delivery of local nature recovery plans.

      Nature Conservation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budget has been allocated for the delivery of local nature recovery plans; which agency will have responsibility for...

      Coastal Areas: Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that every bathing water location on the coast achieves excellent status.

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government response to the independent review of flood insurance in Doncaster, what assessment his...

      Water: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve water quality.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in matching families to local authority properties under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...

    • Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Unit: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are currently serving in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Unit.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's policy and guidance on matching and allocating people to local authority properties under the Afghan...

      Skilled Workers: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93748 on Immigration Controls: Shipping, what the status is of deckhands in the (a)...

      Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have been spiked through the use of injection needles in (a) Wales, (b)...

      HSBC: Xinjiang

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 105332 on HSBC: Xinjiang Tianye, what plans she has to investigate the veracity of...

      Tools: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle tool theft and the handling of stolen tools.

      Domestic Abuse: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on providing domestic abuse survivors with mental...

      Crime: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 as (a) unauthorised access with intent to commit or facilitate commission...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of (a) SMS scams, (b) email scams, (c) scam websites, and (d) scam adverts Action Fraud has received in each of the last...

      Rape: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of rape who withdrew their complaint after reporting it to the police in each of the...

      Speed Limits: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average cost per single speed camera of (a) installation, (b) maintenance each year and (c) revenue each year.

      Police: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will define and publish the criteria that will inform her decision on whether to convert the Angiolini Inquiry into a full statutory...

      North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the safe and well programme ran by the North Yorkshire Fire Service.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to devolve powers on drug policy to the Scottish Parliament.

      Metropolitan Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the new recruits for the Metropolitan Police (a) have been and (b) will be allocated to South West London.

      Senior Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is on track to meet its Inclusive by Instinct Strategy’s target of increasing the representation of Black,...

      Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason a public consultation on extending the use of Napier Barracks as asylum accommodation for a further five years was not held...

      Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many responses to the public consultation on extending the use of Napier Barracks as asylum accommodation for a further further years...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safe and legal routes to the UK which are available to (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers as of 13 January 2022.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibilities Ministers in her Department hold in respect of the operational control of the Royal Navy’s cross channel...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average attendance rate is in Government-funded ESOL courses for Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy participants is.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to reply to representations made by hon. Members on behalf of constituents stuck in Afghanistan wanting to come...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals relocated to the UK via (a) Operation Pitting and (b) the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are waiting for...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals relocated to the UK via (a) Operation Pitting and (b) the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have their...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) consular services, (b) Visa Application Centres and (c) biometric submission capabilities are present (i) in-country (ii)...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to reply to the enquiry from the hon. Member for Warley of 6 October 2021 regarding Todd Tagarira.

      Asylum: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to use its log of individuals at risk in Afghanistan referred to it by hon. Members; and whether that log will...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member from Warley of 22 October on Pishtiwan Ahmed.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for High Peak of 26 November 2021, reference RL29216.

      Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that all fire fighters are equipped with the latest breathing apparatus and location devices.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the...

    • Private Rented Housing: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that tenants with a periodic tenancy who give notice to leave their rental...

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 9 of the Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee...

      Vagrancy Act 1824

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will review the Vagrancy Act 1824.

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ban Section 21 no-fault evictions.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 3.31 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the Parking code enforcement framework, private parking charges and an appeals charter,...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to hold a consultation on the forthcoming (a) White Paper and (b) draft Bill on Levelling-Up.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Barnsley Central of 2 December 2021 on the UK Shared...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72642 on Regional Planning and Development, what information he...

      Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to publish the Government’s response to the technical consultation for the Parking (Code of...

      Levelling Up Fund: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to provide levelling up funds in the form of revenue to counties such as Shropshire.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government's upcoming Levelling Up White Paper will include an assessment of the (a) role of and (b) support...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to announce a three year funding settlement to support the effectiveness of local...

      Local Government Finance: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to amend the current funding mechanism for the local government settlement to ensure that urban...

      Local Government Finance: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to support Shropshire Council in meeting immediate pressures as a result of increased demands on...

      Local Government Finance: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the publication of the provisional settlement in December 2021, if he will take steps to ensure that...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Staff

      To ask the Attorney General, how many staff the CPS employed (a) overall and (b) in the International Justice and Organised Crime Division, (c) in the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of black applicants in the Civil Service Fast Stream.

    • Dyson: Public Bodies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what products Dyson supplies to the UK public sector; and which Departments and services that includes.

      Dover Port: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he will take with his counterparts in the EU to resolve the backlog of road freight at Dover.

      Cabinet Office: 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 staff of his Office to order deliveries of pizza with a...

      Cabinet Office: Taxis

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any vehicles were ordered on his Office's mini-cab account to take Downing Street staff to their homes...

      Electronics Watch: Government Departments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Departments are affiliated to the labour rights monitoring organisation Electronics Watch.

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote diversity in the Civil Service Fast Stream.

      Business Interests

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter of 24 January 2022 from Lord Pickles on behalf of the Advisory Committee on...

  • Treasury

    • Customs: Dover Port

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average length of time it takes for lorries to pass through customs at the Port of Dover.

    • Diesel Fuel and Petrol: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised in VAT on (a) petrol and (b) diesel in each of the past of ten years.

      Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to increase council tax by up to 100 per cent on second homes.

      Treasury: Public Appointments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

      Red Diesel

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals to restrict the use of red diesel from April 2022 on the construction industry.

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide grant support to people working in the hair and beauty industry.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 November 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL30688.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 1 December 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL30875.

      Patents: Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of the Patent Box; and what metrics were used when making that assessment.

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussion officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on (a) the work of...

      Cost of Living: Disability

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional steps he is taking to ensure disabled people are financially supported as energy prices and other costs of living rise.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any ministers, special advisors or other political appointments were involved in setting criteria for areas eligible...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many post legislative reviews (a) their Department or (b) their predecessor Department has undertaken on (i) primary and...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of the (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation sponsored by (i) their Department or (ii) their...

      Government Departments: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to review the list of dates in its Union Flag flying guidance for UK government buildings.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation their Department has sponsored in each of the last 10 years.

      Gambling: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2021 to Question 88799, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the Gambling...

      Broadband: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the communications sectors’ work with low-income families in (a) the UK...

      Radio Wales and S4C: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role the Welsh Government will have in the determination of future funding arrangements of S4C and BBC Radio Cymru, in...

      BBC Monitoring and BBC World Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what safeguards are in place to protect the budgets of BBC (a) World and (b) Monitoring Services in light of the (i) freezing...

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Written Questions

      To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to Question 83228, tabled on 29 November 2021 by the right Hon. Member for East Ham, regarding Inequalities in Health Alliance: Correspondence.

    • Independent Adviser On Ministers' Interests

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 24 January 2021 to Question 107600 on Independent Adviser On Ministers' Interests, whether his plans to change the powers of the Independent...

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to implement the plan they announced on 19 November 2021 to expand the circumstances in which it is illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while...

    • Transport: Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to bring into effect Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 to allow local authorities outside London to enable school street schemes to be...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Petrol: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with petrol retail companies regarding the reported increase in profit margin per litre of petrol; and what assessment they have...

    • Office for Environmental Protection: Disclosure of Information

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to add the Office for Environmental Protection to the list of protected (1) persons, and (2) bodies, for whistleblowers.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to communicate the need for public take-up of the COVID-19 booster vaccination via (1) national, and (2) local, media.

    • NHS: Patients

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create formal roles for patient representation at all levels of NHS decision-making structures, including Integrated Care Boards.

      Integrated Care Systems

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce greater transparency over how Integrated Care Systems will be (1) scrutinised, and (2) held to account, in relation to patient care.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Mental Capacity Small Payments Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many responses the Ministry of Justice have received to their recent consultation on the Mental Capacity Small Payments Scheme.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to provide official channels to support charities sending aid funding to Afghanistan.

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given in collaboration with the United Nations about granting an exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan;...

      Kazakhstan: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Kazakhstan, following the recent protests and violent unrest in the country.

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many human rights and social media activists they believe to have been arrested in Kazakhstan in the last month; what is known about their status and...

      Jerusalem: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) reports that 3,500 new homes for Israeli settlers are planned for construction in East Jerusalem, and (2) the impact that any...

      Afghanistan: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reopen the diplomatic mission in Afghanistan; and what discussions they have had with the government of France concerning a joint mission.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Autonomous Weapons: Treaties

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the International Committee for the Red Cross’s analysis that a new legally-binding instrument, including prohibitions and...

    • Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of increasing autonomy in weapons systems on (1) civilian protection, and (2) compliance with international...

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they maintain the position that the UK does not possess fully autonomous weapon systems and has no intention of developing them.

      Defence: Innovation and Technology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they seek to reconcile a focus on tackling the proliferation of advanced military technologies with prioritising the development and integration of new...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the Artificial Intelligence Defence Strategy; and what consultation, including public consultation, they have carried out to inform the...

  • Home Office

    • Counter-terrorism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to lay before Parliament the report of the Independent Review of the Prevent Programme; and whether the review is still accepting further comments...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees have been evacuated from Afghanistan to the UK since August 2021; how many of those are currently living in temporary accommodation in the UK;...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Coroanvirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have measured the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on (1) creative freelancers, and (2) other creative workers; and if so, by what means.

    • Public Lending Right: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential to support authors by increasing the Public Lending Right Fund.

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