Thursday, 3 February 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures for improved vehicle safety he plans to prioritise for UK type approval.
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,...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide financial support for communities impacted by the airspace modernisation programme.
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...
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.
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)...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government Legal Department.
To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office in recovering the proceeds of crime.
To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the performance of the CPS in Cheshire East constituency.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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)...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the accessibility of York's courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the number of legal aid providers in Wales.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sky sabre batteries and launchers have entered service with the British Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Flagship competition will be open to both steel and aluminium designs.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of compensation provision through PAX insurance.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role is of the 30 UK military personnel recently sent to Ukraine.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of pensioner poverty.
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.
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...
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...
To ask the President of COP26, if he will make a statement on how the actions identified under the FACT Dialogue will be implemented.
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women and children are waiting for a decision on their asylum claim.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the Digital Services at the Border Programme.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle disruption caused by protests on motorways.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to increase the provision of veteran supported housing.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that the Alcohol Duty Review supports the Scotch whisky sector.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the role of National Insurance numbers was in the delivery of the Coronavirus Job Retention scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to manage the public finances effectively.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support public services.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comparative cost of living between Scotland and England.
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of UK aid funding for mine action.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support Angola to become landmine free under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
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.
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to help support Northern Ireland's recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak.
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.
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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