Written answers

Thursday, 10 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Northern Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to ensure that Northern trains can restore the currently suspended direct service from Meadowhall station to York.

    • Great British Railways: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultants are contracted by the Great British Railways Transition Team as of 7 February 2022.

      Taxis: Assistance Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to ensure that assistance dog owners are not unlawfully refused entry to taxis and mini cabs.

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of empty or almost empty flights that have left the UK by airport in each month since March 2020.

      Motor Vehicles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to extend the legislative powers of local authorities to enable them to use cameras for the purposes of enforcement of noise...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to tackle the delays in the DVLA's handling of driving licence renewals and applications.

      Bypasses: Shipley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the feasibility study for the Shipley Eastern Bypass.

      Electric Vehicles: Mechanical Engineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to support training opportunities for young people who wish to pursue careers as...

      Highway Code: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason there is no depiction of non-abled bodied individuals, such as those who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters, as pedestrians in the...

      Clean Air Zones: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the payment system of Birmingham's Clean Air Zone which does not alert drivers when they have entered...

  • Department for Education

    • Sign Language: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving native British Sign Language users training and full accreditation as British Sign...

    • Primary Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the recent communication of the Minister of State for School Standards to all primary school heads on assessments taking place in...

      Schools: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to ban the use of surveillance cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua in schools in the UK.

      Pre-school Education: Communication Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have signed up to the Nuffield Early Language Intervention programme; and what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of that...

      Home Education: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce an attendance code to specifically authorise home learning whilst children in risk groups, as defined in table 4 of the Green...

      Lifelong Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Government is introducing a Lifelong Loan Entitlement for modules and full years of study at levels 4-6 but not at level 3 and below.

      Students: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools regarding students diagnosed with long covid.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the additional pressures being placed on schools with high levels of covid-19 related staff absence of the resumption...

      Turing Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Capita published an exit plan within two months of the Turing Scheme service contract award date.

      Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of families who are in work but unable to access the 30-hour early education entitlement for...

      Disability and Special Educational Needs: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of progress in improvement to special educational needs and disability provisions in Birmingham since the introduction of...

      Adoption: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made adequacy of access to financial support for self-employed adoptive parents after a child has been placed with them.

      Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have not had an Ofsted inspection within the last (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the publication on 19 November 2021 of statutory guidance on the cost of school uniforms, what assessment he has made of the ability...

      Adoption Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for (a) extension of, (b) the size of and (c) changes to the operation of the Adoption Support Fund following the end of...

      Pupils: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of children’s ability to catch up with learning missed during the outbreak of...

      Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average income is of families with at least one parent in work who are (a) eligible and (b) ineligible for the 30-hour early education...

      Children: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made on the impact of covid-19 lockdowns and school closures on children’s mental health.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on whether any covid-related grants and loans were given to companies with links...

    • Business: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help businesses facing high inflation.

      Employment Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the introduction of the Employment Bill.

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 170 of the Levelling Up White Paper, whether his Department plans to increase research and...

      UK Relations with EU: Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if we will negotiate a supplementary agreement with the EU on conformity assessment and the markings of industrial,...

      Ordnance Survey: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many place names in the Ordnance Survey's National Geographic Database have been changed from Welsh into English in...

      Ordnance Survey: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of (a) spelling and (b) location of Welsh place names in the Ordnance...

      Hydrogen: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to buy and promote products from UK industries for the production of green hydrogen.

      British Gas: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many complaints Ofgem has received from British Gas customers on the bereavement services provided by that supplier...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people on low incomes are able to afford the rising costs of...

      Ammonia: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting of green ammonia to help promote the Green agenda.

      Solar Power: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the proposed solar plant at Mallard Pass in Rutland and (b) other...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has had discussions with British Gas regarding (a) their closure of applications for the Warm...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to fine energy suppliers for not installing smart meters.

      Directors: Money Laundering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure strict anti-money laundering and identity checks for directors are in...

      Self-employed: Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for statutory adoption pay to the...

      Paternity Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new fathers eligible to take Shared Parental Leave in each year...

      Additional Restrictions Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to section 28 of the Additional Restrictions Grant guidance for local authorities, whether businesses...

      Parental Leave and Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with HMRC about developing a payment mechanism for the introduction of neonatal leave and...

      Employment: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government last reviewed the recommendations of (a) the Equal Opportunities Commission’s 2006 report,...

      Competition and Trade: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken steps to review the corpus of retained EU law and other UK regulations for the purposes of (a)...

      Post Offices: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of Post Office branch closures in Stockport.

      Business: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 105543, on Business: Closures, what steps he taking to reduce the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Randox Laboratories: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons for specified minutes, notes, and correspondence relating to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) young people showing indication for depression that would identify...

    • Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support the Government plans to provide to assist NHS trusts in England to reduce waiting times for urgent appointments.

      Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations outlined in the all-party...

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Mental Health Support Teams model for delivery in SEN schools.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to (a) increase and (b) tailor the provision of mental health services for children in response to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of covid-19 lateral flow tests (a) ordered through the gov.uk website and (b) collected...

      NHS: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of NHS staffing levels in Barking, Havering and Redbridge.

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of community diagnostic hubs offering blood testing to support the diagnosis of...

      Newham Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Report to the Trust Board: 19 January 2022, published by Barts Health NHS Trust on 19 January 2022, if he will make an...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for people that cannot take a nasal covid-19 test; and whether his Department plans to approve a non-nasal...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the UK National Screening Committee on the potential merits of lowering the breast cancer screening age.

      Dental Services: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the funding announced on the NHS England website on 25 January 2022 on securing additional dental appointments for...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the suitability of the unit of dental activity system for dentistry.

      Visual Impairment: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made made of the potential merits of providing microchip implants through the NHS for patients with visual impairments.

      Hospitals: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to UKSHA data showing increasing hospitalisations among children with covid-19, if he will urgently publish (a) data on...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people who are waiting for elective surgeries and are without access to the...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on end of life patients of NICE’s proposed severity modifier being introduced...

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle variation in access to IVF treatment throughout the country.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason covid-19 restrictions have been eased in the context of high infection rates of covid-19.

  • Leader of the House

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Photographs

      To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost to the public purse is of the No. 10 Downing Street photographer.

    • 10 Downing Street: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the official receptions held at 10 Downing Street in the financial years (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

      Vladimir Putin

      To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason the telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 31 January 2022 was cancelled.

      Prime Minister: Powers

      To ask the Prime Minister, what powers the proposed Office of the Prime Minister will have.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts and Tribunals: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the courts and tribunals that his Department has closed in England and Wales since 2010.

    • Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to increase judicial capacity, to meet the Government’s policy of unlimited judicial sitting days.

      Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to conduct an evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of the expansion of powers under s28 Youth Justice and Criminal...

      Custody: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the accommodation needs of women on remand who may not have access to housing support under the probation service.

      Criminal Proceedings: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the funding required to make the structural improvements to data infrastructure and management across the...

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to completion for cases of (i) violence against the person, (ii) robbery and (iii) theft offences...

      Criminal Proceedings: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 3.18 of the National Audit Office Report, Reducing the backlog in the criminal courts, what steps his Department has taken...

      Employment: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal cases related to alleged discrimination against new and expectant mothers were lodged in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Asylum: Legal Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2021.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of support provided through the legal aid system for victims of domestic abuse in Newport West...

      Criminal Proceedings: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to increase public confidence in the criminal justice system in Newport West constituency.

      Coronavirus: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were fined for breaching laws related to the covid-19 pandemic in England in each month from March 2020 to February 2022.

      Motor Vehicles: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the awarding of compensation to victims of vehicle crime by criminal courts.

  • Treasury

    • Agency Workers: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of increased National Insurance Contributions on people who are employed under umbrella companies.

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the cost to businesses in the UK of leaving the EU VAT area.

      Customs: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis been conducted into the increased administrative cost of new customs checks for exporters and importers since 1 January 2022; what data the...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total revenue generated by the Loan Charge during its lifespan.

      Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to address the delays in HMRC responding to correspondence from small businesses and accountants.

      Beer and Public Houses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional financial support for the pub and brewery sector; and whether he has made a recent assessment of...

      Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish representations made by the plastics industry on the appropriate definition of sufficient evidence of recycled content for the purposes...

      Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the energy bill discount scheme prohibits consumers from switching suppliers.

      Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy for HMRC to regard feedstocks which are the output of (a) pyrolysis or (b) gasification as recycled for the purpose of the plastic...

      National Grid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection his Department has made of the number of households on the electricity grid in Great Britain in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24, (c) 2024-25, (d)...

      Business: Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage businesses to invest.

      Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his definition is of the word discount in the context of his announcement on 4 February 2022 of a £200 repayable sum to be deducted from domestic...

      Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount that a household of two people would receive from the energy bill discount scheme in 2022-23; what estimate he has...

      Service Industries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

      Revenue and Customs: Portsmouth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for further economic regional development in Portsmouth following his Department’s announcement of 25 January 2022 that Portsmouth...

      Chocolate and Sparkling Wines: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has done an assessment on the impact the 5.4 per cent rise in inflation crisis on the price of (a) chocolates, (b), flowers, (c) champagne and...

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in G7 countries on (a) strengthening and (b) extending the eligibility criteria for the Common Framework...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the cost to businesses of the new trade checks which have been introduced as a result of the UK-EU Trade and...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support low-income countries following the end of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the economic impact of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on businesses in the UK.

      Financial Services: Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle age discrimination experienced by customers in their dealings with the financial services industry.

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households that will receive support via the £144 million of discretionary funding for people...

      Public Sector

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

      Public Expenditure

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

      Energy: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase funding to help households who have outstanding energy and electric debt.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to households with prepayment meters in response to the energy price cap increase announced on 3 February 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113250 on Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad, by what means...

    • British Indian Ocean Territory: Natural Disasters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of residents of the Chagos Islands from natural disasters.

      Kashmir: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Indian government on press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir.

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Bangladeshi counterpart on (a) fires, (b) the murder of refugee leader Mr...

      Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to publish her International Development Strategy.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many surplus vaccine doses the UK has shared with countries in need to date.

      China: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of renewed Chinese-Russian partnerships on (a) stability in the...

      Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the effectiveness of her Department’s Accelerating the...

      Land Mines: Bomb Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she has made on reviewing future funding for mine action.

      Terrorism: Weapons of Mass Destruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Written Question 116031, whether the Government has a strategy to...

      Guinea-Bissau: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support (a) security sector reform, (b) inclusive governance and (c) security...

      Tropical Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support research into prevention, diagnostics, treatment and care of...

      Leprosy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK funding allocated to research on ending leprosy;...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £286 million committed by the Government for humanitarian assistance and support has been...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department has a gender balance in its staffing.

      Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent UK nationals remaining in Afghanistan after the end of Operation Pitting from...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his responses to Questions 116019 on Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad and 113243 on British...

    • Vietnam: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he visited the historic battlefield of Dien Bien Phu during his visit to Vietnam from 21-23 July 2021.

      USA: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 114676, whether the amount of £23,651.51 published in his declaration of ministerial travel...

      Armed Forces: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether service personnel living on base will be able to access financial relief equivalent to the £150 council tax rebate for band A-D properties...

      Armed Forces: Furs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of replacing ceremonial caps made from the skins of bears with ceremonial caps made using...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 193 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, what the £3.581 million MAB Asset Under Construction Write-off...

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the AUKUS agreement, whether the submarines will be armed with (a) nuclear capable and (b) non-nuclear capable missiles.

      Government Departments: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve his Department's guidance on the use and installation of Hikvision cameras to reduce their use by other government bodies.

      Ministry of Defence: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department uses security cameras provided by (a) Hikvision, (b) Dahua, (c) Uniview or (d) Kedacom across any part of the defence estate.

      Syria and Turkey: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military equipment supplied by the UK has been used by Turkey in Syria.

      Veterans: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to remove visa fees for non-UK veterans living in Newport West constituency.

      Ukraine: Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 114942, what the market value was of the weapons given to Ukraine.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 108579, on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions, what assessment he has made of the...

      War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the target clearance time for the War Pension scheme was set at 127 days.

      Afghanistan: Nowzad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the evacuation of Nowzad cost the Government in expenditure of time and money.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit official error overpayments were made in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those overpayments were not...

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been made available for the Household Support Fund (a) nationally and (b) in Kingston upon Hull.

      Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering people eligible for winter fuel payments the option of...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many eligible people are not currently claiming their pension credit (a) in York and (b) nationally in each of the last 2 years.

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on securing reciprocal agreements with countries outside of the EU to facilitate the uprating of state...

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all claimants for whom a DS1500 form has been submitted now have their claims fast-tracked; and if she will make a statement.

      Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Education on the steps they are taking to issue guidance...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Leeds Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people in the Leeds Central constituency who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits...

      Vacancies: Eastbourne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the latest reported vacancy figures are for Eastbourne constituency; and if she will make a statement.

      Employment and Training: Disability and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the number of employment and training opportunities available to (a) young people and (b) disabled people.

      Employment

      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.

      Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has her department made of the implications for her policies of the number of job vacancies in the labour market as of 2...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase the carers allowance cap to reflect the rise in minimum wage so that part-time workers do not have...

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Plan For Jobs in supporting people into work.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the progress of the Kickstart Scheme.

      Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to promote the use of British Sign Language.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to provide alternative job opportunities to all of the 12,000 work coaches that are being re-interviewed.

      Education: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many weeks of work-focused study a universal credit recipient can undertake without losing their entitlement; what criteria were used to...

      New Enterprise Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the closure of the New Enterprise Allowance on the number of start-ups in the UK.

      Horticulture: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to test the effectiveness of the Find a job website in recruiting local people into seasonal worker roles...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proactive steps Jobcentre Plus is taking to ensure claimants are in receipt of their full entitlement.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has for a small scale pilot to test yellow card warning systems in place of immediate benefit sanctions.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 113112, on Employment, on what basis her Department has calculated that there were more...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) scale of the backlog of child maintenance cases and (b) likely timeframe for clearing...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, what the average length of time applicants for (a) personal independence payment,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what date all personal independence payment applicants will have the automatic choice of having their assessment audio-recorded.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received...

    • Research: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 175 of the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, what proportion of the £24 million for...

      Competition and Trade: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has taken steps to review the corpus of retained EU law and other UK regulations for the purposes of (a)...

      Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a veterinary or SPS agreement with the EU in order to (a) reduce the...

      Eels: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect sandeel populations in the North Sea in advance of the 2022 sea bird breeding season.

      Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of (a) pyrolysis or (b) gasification as a means of processing thin plastic...

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Border Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes to the Service Level Agreement have been made between Border Force and the Animal and Plant Health Agency since...

      Land Drainage and Sewage: Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring offsite infrastructure investment to be secured...

      UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his priorities are for the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to commence Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 for England.

      Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce bylaws following the consultation on four of England’s Marine Protected Areas,...

      Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether determinations under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been completed at known polychlorinated...

      Roads: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the Environment Agency prevents further sewage overflows from manhole number...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 30 November from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on behalf of...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings she had with her Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement scheme have yet to be allocated; and how many people who have been given protection...

      Internet: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of online scams resulting in (a) a full investigation and (b) the prosecution...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people who are eligible for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), who already hold valid limited leave to remain in the...

      Daniel Morgan Independent Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in implementing the recommendations of the Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Border Force guidance is for handling detained vehicles which are suspected to be involved in the illegal puppy smuggling industry.

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will launch a public inquiry into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of potential breaches of covid-19 regulations...

      Educational Visits: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people have travelled to the UK on collective passports issued by EU Member States who have ratified the relevant 1961...

      Intimate Image Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to tackle the unconsented sharing of intimate and sexual images.

      Educational Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help facilitate educational travel to the UK by people who hold national ID cards but not passports.

      Overseas Students: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of EU citizens not on Tier 5 visas who are studying in the UK not being permitted to...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add violence against women and girls to the strategic policing requirement.

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to Afghans with UK visas in travelling to the UK.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of days taken to process claims for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK is; and how many days her...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assist the Children's Commissioner for England in (a) locating school pupils who have long-term...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of travellers who have been unable to complete the passenger locator form for a return journey to...

      Police: Steroid Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been disciplined for (a) possessing and (b) failing a drugs test for anabolic steroids by police force in each...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK’s asylum system takes into account gender or trauma related needs.

      Terrorism: Weapons of Mass Destruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 116031, what discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Foreign,...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in the letter dated 1 February 2022 from her Department's MP Account Management Team to the hon. Member for...

      Asylum: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to lift the ban on people seeking asylum having the right to work.

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department of 22 November 2021, Official...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Ombudsman Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps people can take to escalate a complaint where the Housing Ombudsman has (a) acknowledged but not provided...

    • Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the ground rents payable by existing leaseholders.

      Luton Airport: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February to Question 110600, and with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26...

      Housing: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has he made of the potential effect of the (a) availability and (b) quality of housing on levels of inequality.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure the Levelling Up agenda delivers housing to meet community need.

      Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the proposed Bill on planning.

      Property Development: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that new developments in Essex (a) protect the local environment and (b) are in-keeping...

      Housing: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on inequality in communities of a prevalence of low wages in...

      Local Government Finance: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of reduced local government funding for Cheshire West and Chester Council on the...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to whom the council tax rebate will be paid in cases where tenants pay rent with all bills included, including council...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether additional administrative costs incurred by local authorities in the implementation of the £150 council tax...

      Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to make funding available to local authorities to arrange civic celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee in 2022.

      Opportunity and Integration Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to implement the recommendations of the 2016 Casey Review.

      Regional Planning and Development: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to consult with stakeholders in York on levelling up before publishing the levelling up White Paper.

      Regional Planning and Development: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures announced in his Department's Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper will specifically benefit West Dorset.

      Disadvantaged: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to prioritise investment for communities with areas of severe deprivation.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take with Cabinet colleagues to deliver proposals set out in the levelling up White Paper; and whether...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how frequently he plans to report to Parliament on the progress made on proposals in the Levelling Up White Paper.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how he plans to measure the success of the delivery of proposals in the Government's Levelling Up White Paper.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a more detailed regional levelling up plan.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data is he using to determine which areas receive investment through his levelling up proposals.

      Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle inequality within areas as part of the Levelling Up agenda.

      Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken with local communities to organise celebrations for the Queen’s Platinum...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the timeline is for his Department to release further plans for levelling up areas not referred to in the Levelling...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Trade Unions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the union density is in his Department.

    • Investigation into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises During Covid Restrictions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister received (a) legal advice or (b) representations on the investigation into alleged...

      Prime Minister: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral answers of the Paymaster General on 7 February 2022, on his appointment as Chief of...

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on whether the Deputy Chief of Staff at Downing Street is a designated...

      Prime Minister: Civil Servants and Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral answers of the Paymaster General on 7 February 2022, whether he will have authority in...

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral answers of the Paymaster General on 7 February 2022, who will be responsible for...

      Islam: Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the terms of reference are of his Department's investigation into allegations of Islamophobia within...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a)...

    • Overseas Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of trade in services between the UK and Israel in the past ten years.

      Trade Agreements: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will seek membership of the Digital Economy Partnership agreement; and if she will make a statement.

      Overseas Trade: Cameroon

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what export licences have been granted for the sale of equipment to (a) Cameroon government security forces and (b) the Battalion...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Written Statement of 31 January 2022, HCWS570, on Trade Update, what discussions she has had with her Indian...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Ofcom: Telecommunications

      With reference to the Penrose review, published in February 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation in that review that Ofcom should promote...

    • Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help enable UK citizens to control their own data.

      Charities and Community Development: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to Black-led charities and/or Black-led community organisations in each year from 2015 to 2021.

      Tourism: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the UK's coastal tourism industry.

      Swimming Pools: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact on accessibility to swimming pools for low income families' access to swimming...

      National Lottery Community Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department received representations in support of Mohamed Amersi's application to be chair of the National Lottery...

      Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to improve access to swimming pools.

  • Department for Transport

    • Pedicabs: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation in the next parliamentary session to regulate pedicabs in London.

    • High Speed 2 Line: Wendover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 31 January (HL5657), whether they will publish (1) the cost/benefit analysis, and (2) the...

      High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 31 January (HL5594), on what date Leeds City Council (1) councillors, or (2) officials, were...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for better coordination across rail networks of (1) rail ticket types, (2) ticket restrictions, and (3) ticket...

      Lifeboats

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the lifeboat accident on the research ship Sir David Attenborough, whether they plan to review legislation relating to (1) hook release problems, and...

      Bus Services: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the effect of the Bus Services Act 2017 in improving bus services.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 January (HL Deb, col 21) where he stated that "three out of the seven main lenders account for 87 per...

    • Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cases will be pursued (1) in parallel, or (2) sequentially, in the Post Office Horizon Alternative Dispute Resolution.

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Post Office will be permitted to demand confidentiality in the Post Office Horizon Alternative Dispute Resolution.

      Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the size of the compensation cost connected to the Post Office Horizon scandal, and (2) the extent to which the Post Office...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 January (HL Deb, col 21) where he stated that "at the beginning of Covid, BEIS had the grand total of...

      Business: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 January (HL Deb, col 21) where he stated that "three out of the seven main lenders account for 87...

      Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the extent to which insulation can be a source of indoor air pollutants, (2) the impact of any such pollutants on occupant...

      Insulation: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2050 Net Zero target, whether they have assessed the amount of (1) energy required for, and (2) the global warming potential of, the manufacture of...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have considered research published by the Environmental Technologies & Resource Efficiency Support Service (EnTRESS), at the University...

      Post Boxes: : Theft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following instances of thefts of Georgian and Victorian post boxes in East Anglia, (1) how many post boxes have been stolen across the UK in the last 12 months,...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quantity of insulation material needed to insulate the entirety of the UK’s building stock in time to meet the 2050 Net...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether breathable nature-based insulation is more appropriate for insulating older homes in the existing housing stock than...

      Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2050 Net Zero target, whether they have assessed the levels of embodied carbon contained in (1) synthetic, and (2) nature-based, insulation materials.

      Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the potential for carbon storing nature-based insulation products to decarbonise the built environment, and (2) the impact...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Inivos: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall of 26 January (HL5352), what is the outcome of the technical review of Inivos gowns, which are currently under...

    • NHS England: Databases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a list of (1) organisations, and (2) project titles, that in 2021 had any access to data via NHS England's National Commissioning Data...

  • Department for Education

    • Alternative Education: Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many alternative education schools are registered.

    • Universities: Complaints

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have registered complaints about their university with the Office for Students; and how many complaints were upheld in the 2021 academic year.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the freeze on the student loan repayment threshold will only stay in place for one year.

      Overseas Students: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sectoral breakdown of employment of international students who have stayed in the UK post-study in each of the last 10...

      Universities: Codes of Practice

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which requiring the Office for Students (1) to publish a code of practice governing universities’ use of...

      Overseas Students: Average Earnings and Economic Growth

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the average (1) earnings, and (2) economic contribution, of international students who have stayed in the UK post-study in each...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Mental Capacity: Payments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many responses were received to the Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme consultation, which ran from 16 November 2021 to 12 January 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Australia: Visits Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the accounting officer’s assessment of the value for money of the choice of transport for the Foreign Secretary’s recent...

    • India

      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 India was last conducted; and...

      Afghanistan

      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 Afghanistan was last...

      Myanmar

      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 Myanmar was last...

      China

      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 China was last conducted; and what...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 26 January (HL5599), whether the first Type 26 (1) passed Main Gate in 2015, (2) was ordered July 2017, (3)...

    • Egypt: War Graves

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in identifying the graves of more than 10,000 Egyptians who died in the service of the British Empire during World War One,...

  • Home Office

    • Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Home Office is taking to close safeguarding loopholes where a name is changed in relation to a change of gender.

    • Crimes of Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) risks, and (2) potential legal consequences, for individuals who intervene to try to stop an assault or similar...

  • Treasury

    • Electricity: VAT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the discrepancy between the public charging VAT rate of 20 per cent for electric vehicles and the five per cent domestic VAT rate...

    • Wealth

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the increase in billionaires resident in the UK by (1) number, and (2) percentage, between (a) 2019–20, and (b)...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to repay the rebate announced to help alleviate household energy bills; and what assessment they have made of the impact on households as...

      Food and Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) energy, and (2) food, prices in (a) the financial years from 2016 to 2021, and (b) from the period covering 1 April 2021 to...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what long-term arrangements they will put in place to assist (1) low-income households, and (2) pensioners on fixed incomes, to alleviate their domestic energy costs.

      Sailing Boats: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Sky News on 8 November 2021 that found an increase in the sale of super yachts between 2019 and 2021; and what...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Television: Advertising

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the number of television advertising slots there have been on UK free to view television in the most recent year for...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Peers' Interests: Lobbying

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 23 November (HL4170), what plans, if any, the Conduct Committee has to review the rules about...

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