Written answers

Thursday, 3 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Motor Vehicle Type Approval: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures for improved vehicle safety he plans to prioritise for UK type approval.

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average processing time for applications for (a) provisional and (b) full driving licences in (i) 2021-22 to date,...

      Buses: Driving Licences and Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the waiting period is for (a) a PCV theory test and (b) the granting of a PCV licence.

      Car Sharing: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to help encourage the use of community car (a) clubs and (b) sharing as a means of tackling carbon emissions.

      High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the potential impact on cost, schedule and benefits of decisions made during parliamentary scrutiny of...

      Bus Services: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 110357 on Bus Services: Travel Information, when real time data from Newcastle was first...

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Whole Industry Strategic Plan call for evidence, if his Department has a target for the balance of fare/fee and Government...

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Whole Industry Strategic Plan call for evidence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a)...

      Airspace: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide financial support for communities impacted by the airspace modernisation programme.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Whole Industry Strategic Plan call for evidence, what assessment his Department has made of the wider economic benefits of rail...

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what processes he used to develop and prioritise the five strategic objectives for the Whole Industry Strategic Plan.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Job Creation: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support job creation schemes in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b)...

    • Business: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Scope 3 emissions reporting mandatory, rather than...

      Heating: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the potential viability of using hydrogen for home heating.

      Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of CO2 that is produced per Megawatt-hour by the Drax power station through the...

      Energy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to incentivise and provide financial support to energy providers with low carbon emissions.

      New Businesses: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the National Disability Strategy, published on 28 July 2021, when his Department plans to publish...

      Agency Workers: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve protections for workers paid through umbrella payroll companies and...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the role of HMRC reference numbers was in the delivery of coronavirus Bounce Back Loans.

      Electric Vehicles: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 on people...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on energy efficiency over the next 10 years of electricity produced...

      Drax Power Station: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to move from burning 25 million trees per year at Drax to shorter rotation bioenergy; and...

      Drax Power Station: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) number of meetings between officials in his Department and Drax Group at which the issue of...

      Power Stations: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) each household of renewable subsidies...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help protect leaseholders of shared ownership properties who face high energy price increases...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he is having with representatives from the North Sea oil and gas industry on that industry supporting...

      Natural Gas and Oil: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which oil and gas companies attended the dinner he held on 16 November 2021.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to help ensure that rising energy prices will not negatively impact the Government's green...

      Research: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January to Question 110349, what proportion of private sector leverage is considered...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to increase the proportion of public and private UK research and development spend outside...

      Innovation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with local authorities and regional mayors on the devolution of innovation funding or other...

      Research: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) the proportion of private sector investment which is outside of the Golden Triangle...

      Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with which (a) local authorities and (b) devolved administrations his Department has discussed Innovation Deals.

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and...

      Research: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much private R&D investment is estimated to be crowded in for each pound of public R&D spend; how that...

      Disability Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published on 28 July 2021, what steps his Department...

      Weather: Forecasts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of the 96 weather stations reporting to the Met Office recorded or forecasted 7 day average temperatures of...

  • Attorney General

    • Offenders: Mental Illness

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the CPS in handling cases where the defendant has a mental health condition or disorder.

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Apprentices

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by the CPS to offer apprenticeship opportunities to young people.

      Government Legal Department

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government Legal Department.

      Proceeds of Crime

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office in recovering the proceeds of crime.

      Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire East

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the performance of the CPS in Cheshire East constituency.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 97125 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, how much of the total cost for items of...

    • Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any risk assessments carried out by SAGE and the UK Health Security or any other bodies on the potential impact of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the written correspondence from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston of 9 November 2021 on access to...

      Social Services: Disability and Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to support councils to deliver social care services for older and disabled people.

      NHS: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS websites are zero rated and so accessible without internet data plans being charged; and which mobile networks that applies to.

      Social Services: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the existing regulatory framework for provision of religious and ethical diets in...

      Home Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the policy of mandatory covid-19 vaccination for health and social care workers on the...

      Bereavement Counselling: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on bereavement services in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands...

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent professional mental health workers belonging to mental health support teams are supporting pupils in schools.

      Coronavirus: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105579 on Coronavirus: Travel, when digital covid-19 recovery certificates will be...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to offer covid-19 booster vaccinations to people who are now immunocompromised but were not immunocompromised at the...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to communicate advice for immunosuppressed people to continue to work from home.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients in hospital with covid-19 are severely immunosuppressed; and if he will provide a breakdown of their conditions.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned research on the potential correlation between infant deaths and race and poverty.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2021 to Question 38143 on Coronavirus: Research, what his timetable is for publication of the...

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the England Infected Blood Support Scheme will accept evidence that Hepatitis C was the cause of death or contributed to the...

      Life Sciences: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the contribution of (a) the use of advanced cultures of human cells and tissues, (b) artificial...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of NHS lateral flow tests in response to Government advice for fully vaccinated...

      Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to provide additional funding to (a) acute, (b) cancer and (c) elective care.

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact the covid-19 outbreak on research into the (a) cause and (b) treatment of Post SSRI...

      Health Services: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average NHS waiting times for people in York in the last 12 months.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the effect on covid-19 transmission of requiring a negative covid-19 lateral flow test for entrance into venues.

      NHS Test and Trace: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 79490 on Coronavirus: Screening, if he will (a) publish the NHS Test and Trace...

      General Practitioners: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the British Medical Association's guidance for GP practices, what steps he has taken to ensure that people who have...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with NHS England to help increase the number of eligible women attending routine breast cancer...

      Dentistry: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the £50 million of funding for dentistry announced on 25 January 2022 will be recurrent funding.

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when an individual or their family can begin an England Infected Blood Support Scheme application for (a) hepatitis C stage 1, (b)...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for reviewing the recommendations on changing the qualifying age for free prescriptions in England to 66 years of age.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will run a public consultation on reinstating the workplace covid-19 testing programme for businesses that have...

      Travel Restrictions: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 88829, with reference to guidance published by the Consulate General of France in...

      Tobacco: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing a polluter pays levy on...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b)...

  • Department for Education

    • Unpaid Work: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what recent steps his Department has to improve supported...

    • Primary Education: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2021 to Question 87719, on Primary Education: Sports, if he will outline his timetable for updating the School...

      Social Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children’s social workers who will have gone through the national assessment and...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have begun an apprenticeship in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West...

      Vocational Education: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on providers of the Department’s proposed timeline of one year for withdrawing funding for...

      Student Unions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish an updated impact assessment including the impact of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill on...

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) financial and (b) other steps he is taking to help support nurseries and early years settings in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii)...

      Student Loans Company: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Student Loan Company’s eQuote portal in (a) securing high quality student support...

      Higher Education: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Afghan nationals with regularised Indefinite Leave to Remain relocated under the (a) Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (b) Afghan...

      Education: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report presented to and debated at the Council of Europe entitled The right to...

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of early years settings that have had to relax staff to children ratios as a result of covid-19 related...

      Literacy and Numeracy: Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commission a professionally-led review of the effectiveness of the (a) phonics screening check in year one, (b) the autumn term phonics...

      Schools: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Centre for Social Justice’s report entitled Lost but not forgotten: the reality of severe absence in schools post-lockdown...

      Nurseries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the formula for calculating Maintained Nursery Schools supplementary funding on discrepancies in that...

      Girls' Day School Trust: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has had discussions with Girls' Day School Trust on planned industrial action by members of the NASUWT and NEU over the Trust's...

      Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of early years education and childcare in (i) Coventry North East...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities who are not in schools that adequately meet...

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibilities nurseries and childcare settings have to inform parents of positive covid-19 cases in those settings.

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to continue support for disabled adults whose EHCPs have ended during the covid-19 outbreak as a result of their age.

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the spread of the Omicron variant of covid-19, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided to SEND schools for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending magistrates' sentencing powers to 12 months on (a) the number of defendants sentenced...

    • Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to stipulate that in cases where a bench may sentence a defendant to a sentence of over six months that there must be three magistrates...

      Magistrates' Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current backlog is in the number of Magistrate's court cases; and how long it currently takes for a case to be heard in a Magistrate's court...

      Judges and Magistrates: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to provide additional training to magistrates and district judges following the extension of sentencing powers.

      Wills: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Law Commission on the date of the publication of that body's report on reforming the laws on wills.

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the meeting held between the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Member for Llanelli on November 20th 2018,...

      Courts: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the accessibility of York's courts.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the number of legal aid providers in Wales.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Legislation

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

    • Trade Agreements: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when the Government plans to open a public consultation on an enhanced bilateral free trade agreement with Israel; and if she will make a...

      Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100569 on Arms Trade: Export Controls, if she will publish a copy of the impact...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact on the UK manufacturing industry of a free trade agreement with India.

      Elbit Systems UK: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the full list of export licences granted to Elbit Systems UK since 2011.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Israel on reports of the firing of tear gas and sound bombs...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been...

      Alexei Navalny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the debate that took place at the Council...

      China: Overseas Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has plans to update risk advisories for businesses operating in the People’s Republic...

      Development Aid: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the impact assessment that was carried out on the decision to reduce Official Development...

      Afghanistan: Nowzad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what Ministerial directions were issues by her Department in relation to the evacuation of animals from...

      Abduljalil al-Singace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to raise the case of Dr Abduljalil Alsingace with Bahraini authorities and to...

      Exports: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on which date her Department most recently reviewed the export of British manufactured equipment to Israeli...

      Trade Agreements: Gulf States

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the ongoing free trade agreement negotiations between the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

      Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she will be attending or (b) the UK will send Observers to the first meeting of states parties to the...

      Bahrain: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the Bahraini legislation entitled Justice law for...

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Human Rights Watch, World Report 2022, published on 13 January 2022, what...

      Somalia: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Humanitarian Response Plan Somalia 2022, published by UNOCHA on 20 December 2021, what...

      Mexico: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Mexican counterpart on the recent murder of several journalists in...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans for a Minister to attend the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference in...

      Hungary: Election Observers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the forthcoming Hungarian parliamentary elections on 3 April 2022, what assessment she has made...

      Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government will announce the latest round of funding for TB Reach.

      Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to help end the global TB epidemic.

      British Embassy Kyiv: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff have been withdrawn from the British Embassy in Kiev as a result of escalating tensions with Russia...

      Cuba: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Cuban counterpart on the arrest of peaceful protestors during the...

      Haiti: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is supporting the work of the Core Group in Haiti.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what new steps she will take to help ensure that the Government of Israel ceases its destruction of family homes...

      Multinational Companies: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international partners to encourage major multinational companies to become more...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January to Written Question 111659 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions, whether the data required to...

    • Afghanistan: Nowzad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Ministerial directions were issued by his Department in relation to the evacuation of animals from Afghanistan from the Nowzad charity.

      Ukraine: Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the anti-tank weapons the UK is supplying to Ukraine; and who is paying for that cost.

      Sky Sabre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sky sabre batteries and launchers have entered service with the British Army.

      National Flagship: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Flagship competition will be open to both steel and aluminium designs.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to include British Embassy Life Support Contractors employed by KBR/TWG estates contractors explicitly in the eligibility...

      Ukraine: Royal Military Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any members of Ukraine’s Centuria group received training at Sandhurst in the last three years.

      USA: Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of implications for (a) his policies and (b) the stationing of intermediate range nuclear warheads in Europe of the...

      Ministry of Defence: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 193 of the MOD's Annual Accounts 2020-21, publish January 2022, which assets were retired early; what the costs were of early...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the percentage of claims that were (a) accepted resulting in reward payment and (b) rejected by the (ii) Armed...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims were (a) registered and (b) cleared by the (i) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (ii) War Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military officers are given specialist training to deal with reported cases of (a) domestic violence and (b) misogyny in the armed forces.

      Army Welfare Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the annual budget of the Army welfare service for each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the average wait time in working days for a claim to be processed by (a) the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme...

      Armed Forces: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of compensation provision through PAX insurance.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of defence procurement on services and equipment was from firms operating or based in Banff and Buchan constituency.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role is of the 30 UK military personnel recently sent to Ukraine.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on tackling benefit fraud in each of the last three financial years.

    • Education: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of universal credit will have access to short courses of between six weeks to a year in areas where there are skills...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) letters and emails the Complaints Team has received and (b) allegations of benefits fraud her Department has received in relation...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is responsible for making the decision to stop the payment of benefits to people who are living overseas; what criteria are used to...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the length of time it takes to deal with Child Maintenance cases that have been referred to the Financial...

      Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce an Adoption Allowance comparable to Maternity Allowance for self-employed people.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on Scotland of the changes to disability payments set out in the health and disability...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has of the cost to her Department of mandatory reconsiderations for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that claimed employment and support allowance in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2021 to Question 92099 on Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses, whether she plans to amend...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the State Pension as a result of the double lock rule in the context of increases to...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of pensioner poverty.

      Pensioners: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help protect older people from increases in the cost of living.

  • Cop26

    • Environment Protection: Finance

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to work with the UNFCCC to help ensure that the money pledged for nature at COP26 is (a) spent (i) effectively and (ii) transparently and...

    • COP26: UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the President of COP26, how many staff in his Department have been assigned to work on the Convention of Biological Diversity; and how many Ministers in his Department plan to attend the...

      Forests

      To ask the President of COP26, if he will make a statement on how the actions identified under the FACT Dialogue will be implemented.

      Natural Resources: Conservation

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to help ensure that signatories of the Glasgow Leader’s Declaration on Forests and Land Use are held accountable; how that declaration...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of applying the residence test rules of those with Calais leave to Afghan nationals relocated under the...

    • Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women and children are in receipt of asylum support under s98, s95 or s4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women and children are waiting for a decision on their asylum claim.

      Borders: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the Digital Services at the Border Programme.

      Fraud: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support provided to local police forces to assist in the investigation of scams conducted...

      Investigatory Powers Commissioner: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on delays in publishing his annual report; and if she will...

      Fraud: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ongoing investigations are underway at the National Crime Agency to recover public money lost to fraud and economic crime from the...

      Forced Labour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Foreign Secretary of 12 January 2021, Official Report, column 162, on strengthening the...

      Police: Stun Guns

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering all police officers training on the use of tasers.

      Drugs: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase funding to support the police in undertaking work on (a) drug prevention and (b) tackling the rate of...

      Demonstrations: Motorways

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle disruption caused by protests on motorways.

      Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were issued for the first time with Leave to Remain in the UK, subject to the No Recourse to Public Funds condition, in each...

      Military Aid: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department submitted a military aid to civilian authorities request to the Ministry of Defence to request military...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to retain current protections afforded to greenbelt areas in future Government planning...

    • Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new homes are planned to be built in Waltham Forest under the First Homes Scheme; which developers are building...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Building Safety Fund revised Grant Funding Agreement will be made available to applicants.

      Derelict Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage local planning authorities to adopt a brownfield first housing policy.

      Housing: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will confirm the provisional allocation of the New Homes Bonus to be awarded to Solihull Metropolitan...

      Local Government: Local Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local authorities can place statutory notices with digital-only news outlets,...

      Supported Housing: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to increase the provision of veteran supported housing.

      Homelessness: Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of homelessness in (a) Leicestershire and (b) Bosworth.

      Homelessness: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what Government funding is available to support local authorities and other agencies in (a) assisting and (b) providing...

      Tobacco: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce tobacco-related health inequalities in the forthcoming levelling up...

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what Government funding is available to support local authorities and other agencies in preventing anti-social behaviour.

      United Kingdom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on strengthening the Union.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Veterans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many veterans applied using the civil service great place to work scheme over the nine month pilot; and...

    • National Security

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the latest revised guidance for holders of national security clearance, published on 31...

      Appreciate Group

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been paid in total out of the public purse to Appreciate Group PLC since it was first...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 31 January 2022, whether the Second Permanent Secretary...

      Civil Servants: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a member of Civil Service staff is expected to return to the workplace in the event that a risk...

  • Treasury

    • Heat Pumps: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of putting zero rating VAT on domestic heat pumps.

    • Whisky: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that the Alcohol Duty Review supports the Scotch whisky sector.

      Whisky: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the contribution the Scotch whisky sector can make in supporting the UK’s hospitability sector to recover from the...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an Equality Impact Assessment was carried out by his Department on the proposals set out in the Alcohol Duty Review.

      Tax Evasion

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount spent by Government on tackling tax evasion in each of the last three financial years.

      Welfare Tax Credits: Self-employed

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions officials in his Department have had with HMRC on ensuring that documentation asked for from self-employed people during Tax Credits...

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on businesses of the increase in the business rates multiplier in England since 1990.

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of the downwards phasing of business rates transitional relief on retail businesses since the last...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: National Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the role of National Insurance numbers was in the delivery of the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to manage the public finances effectively.

      Public Sector

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support public services.

      Humanitarian Aid: Afghanistan

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 2615 to allow UK banks to facilitate humanitarian...

      Cash Dispensing: Public Consultation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timetable is for responding to the Access to Cash Consultation which closed on 1 July 2021.

      Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Tax Simplification's publication of May 2018 entitled Savings income: routes to simplification, whether he has made a...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (a) of 8 December 2021 on coronavirus loan fraud and (b) of 19...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, announced in the Green Finance Roadmap,...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will implement net zero transition plans on a mandatory basis as part of the Green Finance Roadmap.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Derby County Football Club

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance her Department is providing in negotiations between Derby County FC and the English Football League on the...

    • Internet: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published 28 July 2021, what recent steps her Department has...

      National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many national lottery participants there are each year on average; and how much on average is lost by the highest spending...

      National Lottery: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ban the National Lottery from using its brand to promote online instant-win games that may lead to...

      BetIndex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide redress to the people affected by the collapse of BetIndex Limited, the operators of Football Index.

      Football: Non-fungible Tokens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of footballers advertising non-fungible tokens to fans.

      Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of public support for the television licence fee.

      Mass Media: Emergencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the conclusions of the debate entitled Role of the media...

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his Oral Statement of 31 January 2022 on Sue Gray Report, what estimate he has made of the projected full-time equivalent head count of staff to be...

    • Investigation into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises during Covid Restrictions

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Cabinet Office report entitled Investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions - update, published 31...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Cabinet Office report entitled Investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions - update published on 31...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to respond to the letter of 29 June 2021 from the Rt hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne on statements by his official spokesperson.

      Ministers: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the response of the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion during the oral statement of 31 January 2022 on the Investigation into...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Allotments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on including in the Planning Bill...

    • Hunting: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the Hunting Act to reduce the incidence of foxes being...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 111517, how many (a) Government Ministers will join the UK delegation...

      Trapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the use of snares on the populations of non-targeted animals.

      Seed Potatoes: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on securing the ability of the UK to export seed potatoes to the EU.

      Food: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department will take to ensure equivalence of welfare, environmental and traceability standards in current...

      Agriculture: Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support his Department is providing to agricultural colleges to ensure that there is the workforce needed...

      Food: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to place Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 on Global Food Loss...

      Paper: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support and promote the recycling of paper.

      Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the compatibility of Government environmental and planning policies.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made on the appointment of the Equality and Human Rights Commissioner for Wales.

    • Minister for Women and Equalities: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019,...

      Hate Crime: LGBT People

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the report presented to and discussed with the Council of Europe at its meeting between 24 and 29 January 2022 entitled Combating...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to shorten the period for which a care home restricts movements in and out of premises after it experiences a COVID-19 outbreak.

    • Alcoholism: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of alcoholism during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what steps they are taking as a result of any findings made.

      NHS: Translation Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of providing translations of NHS communications, particularly on COVID-19; and what assessment they have made of the impact of providing...

      Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Health and Care Bill to enable the entrenchment of antimicrobial stewardship in the NHS.

      Prisoners: Death

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals sentenced to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) since 2005 died whilst serving their sentence in a secure hospital; and what were the...

  • Treasury

    • Cost of Living: Scotland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comparative cost of living between Scotland and England.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sports Competitors: Freedom of Expression

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to British athletes exercising their freedom of speech while attending the Winter Olympics in China, following...

    • Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans (1) unilaterally, or (2) in conjunction with the government of Azerbaijan, to commemorate or mark on 26 February the 30th anniversary...

      Republika Srpska: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the application of sanctions to political leaders in Republika Srpska by the government of the United Stations of America;...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made with donating safe vaccines to help with the international efforts to vaccinate the world, in line with the Communique of the G7...

      EU Countries: Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 18 January (HL Deb, col 1553) that "issues around friction-free visa travel within the European...

      Land Mines: Bomb Disposal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of UK aid funding for mine action.

      Angola: Land Mines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support Angola to become landmine free under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animals: Electric Shock Equipment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the welfare implications of ther baiting of electrified fences used to keep animals in or out of defined areas.

    • Peat: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposal by The Wildlife Trusts on 18 December 2021 to ban peat imports; and what plans they have, if any, to introduce...

      Neonicotinoids

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of the neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam able to be readily purchased online; and what plans do they have,...

      Public Footpaths: Rights of Way

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 27 July 2021 (HL1956), what progress has been made by officials in reviewing the deferral of the cut-off date...

      Pest Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make illegal the baiting of electric fences with honey and other substances designed to attract wildlife.

  • Home Office

    • Subversion: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford  on 19 January (HL Deb, col 1653) what plans they have to undertake an inquiry into the wider...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Coronavirus: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to help support Northern Ireland's recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Small Businesses: Trade Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises can benefit from Free Trade Agreements.

    • Small Businesses: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion, of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises they have provided support with exports to, in each of the last three months.

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