Written answers

Friday, 28 January 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Liverpool Airport: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been carried out on the potential effect of increased pollution, noise and emissions from Liverpool's proposed airport expansion...

    • Motorways: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the use of variable speed limits when long stretches of roadworks are taking...

      Highway Code: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to convene a stakeholder group to develop a public education and awareness campaign in relation to the new Highway Code; and if he will...

      Travel: Gender Based Violence and Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of compulsory training on sexual harassment and gender-based violence for workers in...

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ease international travel restrictions on UK nationals.

      Mid-Cheshire Line: Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of upgrading the rolling stock on the Mid-Cheshire railway line.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral contribution of 16 December 2021, Official Report, Column 1137, if he will place in the Library a copy of his...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will commit to protecting the Energy Company Obligation (ECO).

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many paediatric doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been ordered as 25 January 2022.

      Tuberculosis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the £20 billion in funding for research and development announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending...

      Royal Mail: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to help protect jobs in the Royal Mail.

      Higher Education: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Government research funding was provided to each higher education institution in (a) Coventry, (b) the West...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will extend the Warm Home Discount scheme for the financial year 2022-23.

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's press release of 25 January 2022 entitled £60 million boost for floating...

      Pfizer: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government's contract for covid-19 vaccines with Pfizer includes an investor state dispute settlement clause.

      Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the shortage of LPG cylinders and (b) ensure that off-grid domestic...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Public Appointments

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

    • Northern Ireland Office: Legislation

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

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) support and (b) resources the Government plans to make available to tackle the backlog in cancer diagnosis and treatment.

    • Early Years Healthy Development Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Prime Minister or other Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of the appointment of a...

      Dentistry: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to attract high quality dental professionals into NHS dentistry across the (a) South West and (b) UK.

      NHS: Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists that have left the NHS in the last twelve months.

      Parkinson's Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government announcement on investment into neurodegenerative disease research of 14 November 2021, what (a)...

      Early Years Healthy Development Review: Andrea Leadsom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the length is of Dame Andrea Leadsom's appointment as the Government’s Early Years Healthy Development Adviser.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of local authority funding deficits on regional public health outcomes.

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to encourage the installation of more defibrillators in public places.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to resume referrals from GPs to (a) Kings College Hospital Trust and (b) Guy’s & St...

      Dentistry: Bath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS dentists in Bath.

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Disabled Children’s Partnership polling released January 2022, what recent progress he has made on tackling...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for his Department to issue clear guidance on the prioritisation and coordination of covid-19 booster doses for...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are the Government taking to ensure a steady and sustainable supply of lateral flow tests manufactured in the UK.

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, what engagement he has had with representatives of...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have applied for a Vaccine Damage Payment; how many people have received payments from that scheme; and what the average...

      Health Services: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the public merits of establishing public health hubs in areas of greatest deprivation.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department has on the number of people waiting to access NHS Dental Services in (a) Somerton and Frome, (b) Somerset, (c)...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients are able to access NHS dentists; and what progress has been made on ensuring a...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of daily covid-19 cases that are reinfections.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Public Appointments

      To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

    • Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

      To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought against individuals or groups of individuals for charges of fraud involving the coronavirus bounce back loan scheme since the...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, what...

    • Department for Education: Public Appointments

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

      Higher Education: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made representations to universities in the UK that have (a) awarded honorary doctorates and (b) otherwise honoured members...

      Universities: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of British children born before the UK's departure from the EU and currently living in an EU country who will...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons of ineligibility he has turned down applications from schools for air purification units; how many schools and other contexts in...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, whether...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, what (a)...

      Literacy: Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of schools moving to validated systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programmes.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education settings have had their requests for Government-funded air cleaning units (a) approved and (b) rejected, by parliamentary constituency.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 99046 on Schools: Air Conditioning, how many of the additional 7,000 air purifiers to increase...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of CO2 monitors in schools in Stockport.

      Schools: Condition Improvement Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools applied for and (a) received and (b) did not receive Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) financial support since 2017, by parliamentary...

      Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's data published on 18 November 2021, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the declining number of...

      Children in Care: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of residential places available to support children and young people in need of statutory provision (a)...

      Children in Care: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that every local authority has its own residential provision for children and young adults in care.

      Equality: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what due diligence was carried out on (a) Diversity Role Models and (b) Equaliteach, prior to those organisations receiving funding from his Department.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department collects on the number of schools that directly employ their own mental health counsellors.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's portal to purchase air filtration units for education and childcare settings, if he will define the suitable...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Succession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protections are in place to prevent a convicted domestic abuser inheriting from the death of their spousal victim in the absence of an individual will.

    • Judiciary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) court judges, (b) tribunal judges and (c) magistrates there are in England and Wales as at 25 January 2022.

      Recorders: Part-time Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many part-time Recorders have been sitting each year from 2015 to 2021; and for how many days each part-time Recorder sat.

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of fraud involving the Bounce Back Loan Scheme have been heard in courts in England and Wales since the launch of that scheme.

      Unexplained Wealth Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unexplained wealth orders have been obtained in each year since their inception.

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how findings on the police and CPS response to prosecuting rape offences from the first phase of Project Soteria, which was announced in the...

  • Treasury

    • Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with HMRC to ensure that methods for the public to contact HMRC are (a) clear and (b) accessible.

    • Housing: Building Alterations

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 103583 on Housing: Building Alterations, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to...

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local bank branches remain open to enable vulnerable people to have access to cash.

      Foreign Companies: Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of foreign-owned financial services companies involved in money laundering operating in the UK.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of bank branch closures in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for Government policies on alcohol duty and reducing consumption of the findings of the research, The...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 23 December 2021 from the hon. Member for East Londonderry on...

    • Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the government of Saudi Arabia on strengthening the (a) monitoring and...

      Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional measures her Department is implementing to ensure that UK arms are not licensed or exported to...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has requested an investigation into the recent attack on water reservoirs in Sa'ada city in Yemen to...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on how many occasions she has held discussions with the Israeli government on that government's designation of six...

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that parties to the conflict in Yemen that are responsible for the killing and...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the (a) dates and (b) outbound destinations for each occasion when (i) she or (ii) her...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January to Question 100467 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Heathrow...

      Politics and Government: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging deliberative democracy to strengthen citizens...

      Ansar Allah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of recent terrorist attacks in the UAE, whether she plans to take steps to encourage international...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the situation along the border between the Tigray and Afar regions of...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department have been assigned to work on the Convention of Biological Diversity; and how...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on sharing 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccinations by June 2022 as part...

      Development Aid: Tuberculosis

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

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 107528 on Africa: Coronavirus, what steps the Unilever...

      Peace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a Peace Institute associated with the work of...

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take as penholder for Yemen on the UN Security Council in response to the...

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had on the reported Houthi offer of direct talks in Sanna with representatives of Saudi...

      European Union

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken steps to contribute to review of the EU through the Future of Europe process.

      Ukraine: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's capacity to...

      Trans-Dniestr: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the political and military situations in Transnistria with regards...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Russian officials on whether they have considered releasing Ukrainian...

      Ukraine: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help secure justice for the victims of flight MH17, including John Alder and...

      Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support freedom of religion or belief for Jehovah's Witnesses imprisoned in...

      Balkans: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of any potential Russian invasion of Ukraine on...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK nationals are in Ukraine.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the proportion of Afghans who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are still in Afghanistan.

    • Military Aid: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2021 to Question 91832, on Military Aid: Armed Forces, when he plans to publish MACA updates in the Library...

      Shipping: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which company has been awarded the Special Purpose Vessel contract.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average passage of time is between the submission of an application for a payment under War Pensions or Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and...

      Government: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria there are in the Government's procurement policy on providing social value.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that, in the process of a veteran making a claim under the War Pension Scheme or Armed Forces Compensation...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 102709, on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions, whether caseworkers from the...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 108581 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions, in what format his Department...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101733 on Afghanistan: Refugees, whether the R reference code confirms eligibility to relocate to...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason records on Channel crossings by migrants will be published on a three month basis as opposed to daily records once responsibility is...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy have been relocated to the UK in each month since August 2021.

      Joint Exercises: Artificial intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the systems and technologies that utilised autonomy and/or machine learning during the Contested Urban Environment (CUE)...

      Autonomous Weapons: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the UK to bring forward global measures to tackle the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems in response to the December...

      York: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to revisit the commitments of the Government prior to the 2015 election on the future of York as a long term home for the...

      York: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what impact the closure of the barracks in York will have on the role of Royal Saluting based in York; and what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Rifles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the gross inventory of serviceable SA80 rifles of A2 and A3 variants is in his Department.

      Handguns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the gross inventory of serviceable Glock 17 pistols and holsters is within his Department.

      HMS Montrose: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date HMS Montrose will be decommissioned.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of people who have been overpaid and (b) the amount that has been overpaid, in error by her...

    • Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the average length of time between the incurring of debts by claimants through overpayment of benefits as a...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that any fox or wild animal killed in trail hunting be...

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been assigned to work on the Convention of Biological Diversity; and how many...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animal trophies from hunting have entered the UK in the last year for which records are available.

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dwellings have secured home insurance through the Flood Re scheme in Belfast East constituency in each year since...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of food price rises on household budgets in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Environmental Land Management schemes will reward farmers and land managers for steps they take to improve access to...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent price rises of food in supermarkets on progress towards...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of recent food price rises on the ability of lower-income households to eat...

      UK Trade with EU: Animal Products and Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a timetable for finalising an EU-UK SPS agreement under the Trade Specialised Committee of the Trade and...

      Environmental Land Management Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Environmental Land Management schemes will reward farmers and land managers for the creation of new paths to improve...

      Veterinary Medicine: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help increase access to veterinary care for animal owners on low incomes in (a) Coventry North East...

      Cattle: Parasitic Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with dog owners to highlight the risks of neospora to cattle.

      Circuses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of animals that have been used in a circus in the last year for which records are...

      Plastics: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many submissions her Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) stakeholders in response to its...

      Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he briefed Conservative hon. Members from Greater Manchester on the clean air zone on 19 January 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for High Peak of 23 November 2021, reference RL30138.

      Coastal Areas: Economic Situation and Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) economic and (b) environmental sustainability of coastal communities.

  • Home Office

    • Proscribed Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the context of recent terrorist attacks in the UAE, whether she has plans to proscribe the Houthi’s as a terrorist organisation.

    • Visas: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ECAA visa renewal cases are waiting to be processed.

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Skilled Worker Tier 2 category visas were granted within each employment industry sector, as listed in the Office for National...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101714 on British Nationality, whether a person can be deprived of their British...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley dated 1 December 2021, case reference LH15356;...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of correspondence from hon. Members is answered by the Home Office MP Account Management Team (a) within the 20 working day...

      Immigration: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for an applicant who has been successful on an immigration appeal to receive their visa.

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish information providing the average time taken from the date of an asylum claim to the date of a substantive...

      Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when Chevening Scholars who arrived in the UK via Operation Pitting on six-month visas which expire in...

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support is available for victims of domestic abuse after their abuser has been put into custody in cases where they hold...

      Domestic Abuse and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data the Government collects on the relationship between domestic abuse and death by suicide.

      Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess gaps in the existing legal framework regarding making public sexual harassment a specific criminal offence.

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when findings on the police and CPS response to prosecuting rape offences from the first phase of Project Soteria, which was announced in...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 107452 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what type of request her Department...

      Refugees: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of prolonged stays in bridging accommodation on the ability of refugees to settle in other parts...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Safety Fund: West Ham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103515 on Building Safety Fund: Newham, for the 43 Building Safety...

    • Building Safety Fund: West Ham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103515 on Building Safety Fund: Newham, for what reason each of the...

      Urban Areas: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support town centres and high streets.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he last had discussions with Northern Ireland government departments on the Shared Prosperity Fund.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who will be responsible for administering the Shared Prosperity Fund in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d)...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund will be allocated to Northern Ireland in 2022-23.

      Elections: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100668 on Elections: Fraud, if he will publish the number of cases...

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that funding for local government enables councils to have adequate resources to...

      Local Government Finance: Wirral

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the reduction of local government financial support over the last 10 years on...

      High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 January 2022, Official Report column 283, what rights leaseholders who...

      Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the £27 million in extra funding for ending waking watches announced in Parliament on 10 January 2022 will...

      Landlords: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many entries have been made on the rogue landlord database in England since that database was established (a) in total...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Public Appointments

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

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in his Department are working on matters to do with (a) the EU and (b) the EU-UK Trade...

    • Cabinet Office: UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have been assigned to work on the Convention of Biological Diversity; and how...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a civil servant rather than a judge is carrying out the inquiry into gatherings at 10 Downing...

      10 Downing Street: Taxis

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

      10 Downing Street: Take-away Food

      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 order deliveries of pizza with a...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Forced Labour: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that no products imported into the UK have been manufactured from forced labour, either from Uyghur...

    • Department for International Trade: Aviation

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

      Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to promote and encourage domestic tourism in 2022.

    • Football: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans ​she has to help ensure greater accountability to football fans in relation to decisions made by the English...

      Football: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) discuss with the Premier League and the Football Association the experience of Newcastle United fans at Elland...

  • Prime Minister

    • Inequalities in Health Alliance: Correspondence

      To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to respond to the letter dated 15 September 2021 from the Inequalities in Health Alliance on a cross-Government strategy to tackle health inequality.

    • Ukraine

      To ask the Prime Minister, when he last held a bilateral call with President Biden on the situation in Ukraine.

  • Department for Transport

    • Aircraft: 5G

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in respect of the concerns raised by the aviation industry about the potentially dangerous effects of 5G networks on certain categories...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on the (1) upgrading, and (2) improvement, of (a) primary, and (b) secondary, state school buildings for the years (i) 2015, and (ii) 2000.

    • Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) primary, and (2) secondary, academy schools there are at present.

      Schools: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are giving to the Children's Commissioner's inquiry to track down the thousands of children who have gone missing from school during the COVID-19...

      Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effects of reducing the school week from five days to four; whether they are aware of any schools in England...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made concerning reports of conditions in the blockaded hospital in Mekelle, Tigray; what discussions they have had with the government of...

    • Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Ethiopian air force strikes on the Mai Aini refugee camp have killed three Eritrean refugees and injured four.

      Slovenia: British Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of the British Council's presence in Slovenia; and what have been the principal successes of its work in that country.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to signing up to the “Peace Dividend Campaign”.

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