Wednesday, 9 February 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment has been produced regarding the withdrawal of Bus Recovery Grant funding on bus companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the improvements at Menston railway station under the Access For All scheme will be carried out.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to use the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in 2025 to focus on the future skills required in the railway industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria is being used to decide the headquarters of the Great British Railways organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on producing the video announcing the removal of unnecessary train announcements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2021 to Question 19564, if he will make it his policy to make available a flexible season ticket that is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on BA flight cancellations to and from the US in response to safety concerns on 5G rollout near...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that rail services between East Surrey constituency and London are restored to pre-covid-19 outbreak levels as soon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of Bus Recovery Grant funding issued in (a) England, (b) Oxfordshire and (c) each local authority in Oxfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on extending the Bus Recovery Grant to (a) 1 October 2022 and (b) 31 December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage passengers back onto local bus services in Darlington.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of minibuses to the accessibility of transport in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ability of the national minibus fleet to meet national passenger demand for minibus services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department produces a list of the most dangerous roundabouts in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what exemptions exist for historic and classic vehicles with regard to the use of GB national identifier badges mounted on plates integral to a car's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide the latest performance statistics for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency against each of the targets given in sections 1.1 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the results of the government consultation on the availability and accessibility of public electric car charging infrastructure will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the infrastructure needed for the UK’s transition to electric vehicles is accessible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount was of payments made by companies under Contracts for Difference to the Low Carbon Contracts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households which have removed their gas supply.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to align the completion of the transition from fossil fuel heating in off-gas grid settings with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to financially assist those people living in listed and older properties to insulate their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to mitigate the effect of rising energy prices on the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to assess the suitability of the UK’s existing housing stock for heat pump...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum energy efficiency standards for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of three million houses using solar on the UK's ability to reach...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to reopen the Green Homes Grant scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting up a not-for-profit public energy company to offer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether energy customers will have the ability to opt out of the energy bill discount scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has held discussions with the UNK Accreditation Service regarding the provision of accreditation services to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to implement trials of a four-day working week in the UK public sector on similar basis to those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will take steps to support British manufacturers in producing right-hand-drive minibuses for passenger use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact assessment has been undertaken of the numbers of households which will be classed as being in fuel poverty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the National Space Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a detailed implementation plan for the National Space Strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for developing an advisory board for space.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement of the Innovation Clusters Pilot on page 173 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish (a) any assessment undertaken and (b) the methodology of any such assessment on the cost and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of a four-day working week to the Government’s wider...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic value and impact on GDP of reviewing the EU ban on...
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 progress his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance on the right for patients to request being treated by vaccinated staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure equal access to eating disorder treatment across the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities can provide sufficient training and staffing levels to ensure local services can...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS mental health trusts have responded to NHS England and NHS Improvement with the outcomes of their local reviews into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing an annual health check for those people diagnosed with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age range is of (a) men and (b) women who died by suicide in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people with (a) autism, (b) a mental health diagnosis and (c) other diagnoses and who require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February to Question 81967 on Randox Laboratories, when his Department previously released the minutes of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that every local authority and health authority has a local continence pathway in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of capacity challenges in County Durham's accident and emergency departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with a learning disability are currently required to wear restraints in hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is planning to provide to NHS Trusts in relation to the high proportion of patients in hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of ending car parking charges for NHS workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103559 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, whether the personal protective...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the 3.4 billion units of personal protective equipment identified as potential excess stock is being stored at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 99071 on NHS Test and Trace: Telephone Services, when the data will be centrally...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue to fund local covid-19 contact tracing services beyond March 2022; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to continue to provide a payment for qualifying people to self-isolate when infected with covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend powers to require self-isolation in response to covid-19 infection beyond March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the availability of the Pfizer pill for covid-19 on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 84415 on Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards, what the mortality rate is per 100,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Rural Health and Social Care to improve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's consultation on Home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) deaths and (b) adverse reactions have been officially recorded against covid-19 vaccinations; and how many have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the PANORAMIC sub-study investigating the effect of prescribing antivirals to people living with a covid-19 positive patient will begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of under-18s taking up regular use of e-cigarettes; and what steps his Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help improve public awareness of organ donation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure equal access to IVF treatment for LGBTQ+ people and (b) tackle regional disparities in the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG on Endometriosis Inquiry Report 2020, entitled Endometriosis in the UK: time for change, which found that 54...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to issue a new dental contract for the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support dental practices meet Government activity targets in relation to NHS contracts, in areas where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time for gender identity clinics to the target of 18 weeks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the level of MMR vaccination rates (a) nationally and (b) in York as of 1 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make available a hotline for cancer care and diagnosis through the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the covid surge deal with the independent health sector will be financed; and whether covid surge funding is being provided to Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adverse reactions to covid-19 vaccinations are appropriately (a) reported and (b) monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the recently announced £50 million for targeted motor neurone disease (MND) research will be awarded in full to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to work with the Welsh Government to deliver the Veterans Strategy Action Plan 2022-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister of Wales on the Shared Prosperity Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned UK trade deals on Welsh hill farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential relationship between examinations and levels of depression and anxiety among people under 18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the quality of school lunches and levels of eating disorders among...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of broadening the end of year assessment process for 16 and 18 years olds following the high level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support students who have gambling addictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has conducted an assessment into the impact on learning and mental health of mandatory mask policies in schools in (a) Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on requiring schools in Wales to fly the St. David’s flag on St....
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper published on 2 February 2022, if he will publish details of the provisions that will made available for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of provision for out of school provision for disabled children by City of York Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of (a) his Department's total spend on the national assessment and accreditation system for children’s social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for families to receive (a) an EHCP assessment and (b) for support to be put in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support early years and childcare providers to help children catch up with missed learning and development that has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of public funding for nurseries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of salaries of staff working in nurseries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of Maintained Nursery Schools funding on their ability to adequately support SEND children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the details of any contract his Department has entered into with (a) Nuffield or (b) one of Nuffield associated companies that may...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to discourage employers in the independent schools sector from using dismissal and re-engagement to withdraw...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason Devon was not selected as one of the 55 Education Investment Areas despite ranking within the top 55 areas with the lowest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason local authorities with higher attainment outcomes designated as Opportunity Areas were chosen as Education Investment Areas ahead of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to enable children on free school meals to roll over unspent monies on their prepaid cards in the context of the introduction of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has regarding the inclusion of RSL vocational qualifications, specifically at levels 1 and 2, in future school and college...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Ofsted to ensure their forthcoming inspections take into account the disruption that the covid-19 outbreak has had on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the rate of covid-19 infections among Further Education and Higher Education student population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) encourage and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to tackle backlogs in the Crown Court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to help improve conviction rates for rape and sexual assaults.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will develop an app to support women who have experienced sexual harassment or violence to provide advice and navigate them to support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to reduce reoffending rates among youths recently released from custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people there are in prison serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection; and how many of those people have served more than (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant of the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 112567 on Prison Officers: Training, how many prison staff (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding the Government has allocated to the (a) Internationalisation Fund and (b) UK Tradeshow Access Programme in (i) 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support UK small and medium enterprise engineering firms to reach a global market.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) standard individual exports licenses and (b) open individual export licenses her Department has granted for arms exports to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 November 2021 entitled DIT removes 20 per cent more trade barriers to unlock major...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between the UK and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will seek a complete carve out of audio-visual services from the intellectual property chapter of the Comprehensive and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the reported deteriorating health condition of 18-year-old Amal Nakhleh who has been held in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113244 on Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad, what risk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Government of Pakistan on protecting the religious...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support Saudi Arabia in response to the conflict with Houthi rebels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made on plans to increase the number of NATO staff in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to UAE in response to reported attacks from Houthi rebels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to deport the Myanmar military attache loyal to the Burmese military regime from the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential role of (a) the Muslim Brotherhood and (b) other Islamist extremist...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of effect of the use of British and Commonwealth judges in cases relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Government funding is currently provided to Myanmar civil society organisations documenting Human Rights...
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 on Ending enforced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has taken steps in response to the case of the Palestinian Sumarin Family in the East...
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 on Recent challenges to security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113244 on Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3584 on Karim and Maher Younes, what representations the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the American Embassy on the reasons for which it has not reinstated the service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership Inaugural Dialogue Communique, published on 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to (a) the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, (b) local civil society...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) the Government of Guinea-Bissau, (b) ECOWAS and (c) the African Union in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken in response to the political situation in Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the next steps are for the Skynet 6 Enduring Capability programme; and when a timeline for that programme will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans have been employed by the civil service in his Department in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans applied to his Department using the civil service great place to work scheme over the nine month pilot; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money his Department has spent on litigation in respect of failures to upgrade military accommodation and housing in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends on its online social media feeds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Minister for Defence People and Veterans' oral contribution of 2 February 2022, Official Report, column 421, what the total liability of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the exchange of notes that provides for UK jurisdiction and carriage of weapons in the far north of Cameroon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the training facility the UK is currently building in Salak for Cameroon's Battalion d’Intervention Rapide; and who is paying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the origin of the weapons recently deployed by the Houthis against the UAE.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK is building a security training facility near Yaounde in Cameroon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase collection rates of child maintenance payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to young jobseekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress is being made by the work of Armed Forces Champions in jobcentres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support progression out of low pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps work coaches are taking to get people who have been out of work for an extended period back into work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to ensure that the intensive one-on-one support as part of the Way to Work campaign will be tailored to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking help people who lost their jobs during the covid-19 outbreak back into work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of Action for Children’s Coronavirus during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle fraudulent activity by people seeking to exploit the benefits system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of increasing the child element of universal credit on reducing child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of rising inflation and cost of living on low-income families with children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating the cross-departmental Child Poverty Unit, that was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of increasing benefits in line with living costs on levels of child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what formal enforcement action has been taken by the Health and Safety Executive against employers for breaching health and safety regulations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to work with unions and industry groups to prepare example individual risk assessments for pregnant women and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103609 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations, whether a new contract has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls the Health and Safety Executive public advice line has received in relation to new and expectant mothers in the workplace since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether virtual assessments will remain in-place for universal credit applicants who are classified as clinically extremely vulnerable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target clearance time is for personal independence payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to encourage employers to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people who are temporarily unable to work due to delays in treatment caused by the NHS's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the change to conditionality outlined on 27 January 2022 will affect her Department’s proposal to introduce a new approach to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of tribunals and mandatory reconsiderations involving personal independence payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on her consultation on Disability Workforce Reporting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her priorities are for the next six months of the National Disability Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to raise awareness of the Access to Work scheme among (a) employers and (b) employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled people into the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that every jobcentre is equipped with the assistive technology disabled claimants need to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted a carbon lifecycle analysis for glass bottles in the scenario that they are (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the infrastructure in Northumberland has the capacity to handle waste sewage and drainage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of water lost through leaks in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of an Animal Health Certificate; and what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of Animal Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits and feasibility of extending the length of validity of Animal Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the National Food Strategy prioritises the affordability of food and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when eco-modulation fees for Extended Producer Responsibility will be announced to allow industry to invest in the right...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what value of dividends were paid to shareholders in England's private water companies in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of shares in England's privatised water companies are owned by organisations overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to facilitate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring manufacturers to fit microplastic-catching filters to new...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what written assurances her Department has given to international NGOs operating in Gaza that the proscription of Hamas as a terrorist...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the reliability of her Department's chosen courier service and (b) reports from applicants of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason courier tracking numbers for delivery of confidential personal documentation are not routinely provided by her Department to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure more crimes of sexual violence go to trial.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken to publish a new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support will be available to level up rural areas which have been unsuccessful in previous bids to the Levelling Up...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish guidance to require planning applications to consider the carbon footprint of a development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities are permitted to deregister green belt land to make sites available for development; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his letter of 10 January 2022 to Residential Property Developer Industry, on what date the roundtable to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report entitled Regulation of private renting,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recommendation of National Audit Office's report entitled Regulation of the private rented sector,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recommendations of the National Audit Office's report entitled Regulation of private renting,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the recommendation of the National Audit Office's report entitled Regulation of private renting,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman investigate the backlog of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 107502, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 18...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the whistleblowing guidance in place for his Office in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) January 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2021 to Question 107597, on Government Departments: Coronavirus, what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) make an assessment of the disputed interpretation HMRC has placed on the scope of the agreement between HMRC and Roadchef Employee Benefit...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on reducing the level of VAT payable on swimming lessons for children; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide separate additional funding to (a) households with children under the age of 18, (b) households with expectant mothers and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on supporting people to upskill and change career paths.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on supporting young people into high-skilled jobs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Statement of 3 February 2022, Official Report, on the Economic Update, whether all households in council tax bands A to D will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) encourage and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of making a further uplift in the rate of the state pension on the level of pensioner poverty as a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken steps to review the corpus of retained EU law, other UK regulations and potential new financial services regulations, for the purposes...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) statement: update on debt advice commissioning of 17 December 2021, when she plans to make funding...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral Statement of 3 February 2022, Official Report, on the Economic Update, whether the £150 rebate will be paid in full to all...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement of the Governor of the Bank of England of 3 February 2022 on the need to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to primary and secondary schools to cover increased gas and electric costs once the Ofgem energy cap...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report of 3 February 2022, that pay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of OFCOM's recommendation in July 2021 that the...
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 recent Belgian Court ruling that IAB Europe’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to continue the £1 million-a-year of support it provides to the Audio Content Fund as part...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her timetable is for commencing the rollout of gigabit broadband in Rutland and Melton constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to include provisions for when a smart product is recalled within the Product Security and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether smart products sold on online marketplaces will be subject to the provisions of the Product Security and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with disability charities on improving audio description services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has held with charity lottery operators on the positive impacts of the charity lottery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits for greyhound racing of introducing a mandatory levy on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling online scams and fraud in Newport West constituency.
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 2 February 2022, Official Report, col 276, what plans he has for an economic crime bill.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the revised Highway Code will be available in high street outlets; and if so, when.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require rail operators to acquire hydrogen-powered trains to replace diesel trains on routes where electrification is not economic, in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what increase in fare-only income they have assessed will result from the rail fare increase of 3.8 per cent to be implemented on 1 March 2022.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time it takes to renew a driving licence with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 31 January (HL5653), whether there is no comparability between the Jubilee Medal and the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the South Bank Employers Group in relation to convoys of supercharged vehicles with modified exhaust systems driving...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the National Highways website to provide further information to users wishing to find information on the management of trunk roads in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they renamed Highways England to National Highways; and what costs they have incurred to implement the name change.
To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 26 January (HL5538), what assessment they have made of (1) whether, and (2) how, the Written...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to apply a separate climate compatibility checkpoint for future (1) oil, and (2) gas, licensing on the UK mainland; and what role English...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) quantity, and (2) mix, of insulation that will be needed for typical homes to enable the UK to hit its 2050 Net Zero...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) existing UK manufacturing capacity, and (2) associated supply chains, in relation to the capacity required to insulate the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities' investigation into potential breaches of the prohibition of characterising flavours in tobacco...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Kamall on 27 January (HL Deb col 436) regarding the ethical international recruitment of nurses, what ethical provisions were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the priorities for the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities will be published; and what prioritisation will be given to work-related health.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage hospitals to enable friends and family to come in to (1) visit, and (2) give support, to new patients with (a) brain, and (b)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include (1) systems leadership, and (2) antimicrobial stewardship programmes, in Integrated Care Systems, to support management of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the differences between (1) the Education Investment Areas announced in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to add British Sign Language to mainstream curriculum classes for (1) nursery, (2) primary school, and (3) secondary school.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 27 January (HL Deb col 434), what was the breakdown for (1) the 16,500 applicants in 2019–20 for the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to work with the education sector "to enhance the evidence base on international graduate outcomes and to monitor the UK’s...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulatory measures the Office for Students is taking to encourage universities to focus as much on the completion, attainment and progression outcomes of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Higher Education Statistics Agency data published on 25 January showing that their International Education Strategy target to increase the number of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Education Policy Institute report Measuring Pupil Inclusion in School Groups, published on 31 January; and what plans...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the British Educational Research Association High standards, not high stakes: An alternative to SATs that will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by United Learning to reduce the pay of teaching assistants at Salisbury Manor Primary School in Waltham Forest...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the military takeover in Burkina Faso, and (2) the implications for combating Islamist militancy in the Sahel region.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, with regard to the Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability: Guidance Note, published in June 2017, when an assessment on Nigeria was last conducted; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British troops they are preparing to deploy to the countries on NATO's eastern flank, including (1) the Baltic States, (2) Bulgaria, and (3) Romania; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stop using real animal fur in items of military clothing.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking along with (1) farmers, (2) growers, (3) wholesalers, and (4) others in the supply chain, to ensure the largest possible variety of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to appoint a new leader of the cross-government Commission on Access to the Outdoors; and when they expect it to (1) conclude its work, and (2) report.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent another mass cull of healthy pigs in the UK.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the further sale of plants listed in Schedule 9 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what checks are carried out by the Environment Agency to ensure that water companies report all sewage discharges into rivers and waterways.
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) whether, and (2) to what degree, they have quantified what proportion of an entire building’s embodied carbon can be attributed to nature-based...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 25 January (HL5539), in respect of the Cabinet Office’s contract with Bain & Company, reference...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of levels of sovereign debt on lower income countries' ability to invest in climate change (1) mitigation, and (2)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposed new alcohol duty system, which is currently under consultation, on the diversity, choice and quality of wines...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they propose to uplift the maximum property allowance for Lifetime ISAs from the current cap of £450,000, set in April 2017.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on appointing a new Chair of the Wallace Collection.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that remote rural locations in the UK which rely on the 3G mobile phone network will have a guaranteed continuation of service...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace references to harmful ‘content’ in the Online Safety Bill with ‘content and activity’, to cover the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an independent regulator for cricket to oversee the progress the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) makes to tackle racism in...
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