Written answers

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport for London: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by police forces on enforcing mandatory mask wearing on TFL services since the end of Plan B covid-19 restrictions.

    • Great British Railways: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the monthly cost to the public purse is of consultants supporting or contracted by the Great British Railways Transition Team.

      High Speed 2 Line: Woore

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what risk assessments were carried out in relation to pedestrian safety when determining the route of HGV traffic for the HS2 construction project...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Pay: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether the policies on delivering higher wages in poorer communities...

    • Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of...

      Company Liquidations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of insolvency company charges on the payment of...

      Hospitality Industry: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) careers in hospitality and (b) career development pathways in the hospitality...

      Hospitality Industry: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to work with industry representatives to tackle labour shortages in the hospitality sector.

      Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the UK’s manufacturing sector.

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken on the delivery of the Life Sciences Vision including enabling cancer immune therapies.

      Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to develop the Research and Development Roadmap into a Research and Development Plan.

      Spaceflight: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement, Boost for space clusters across the UK, whether the funding for the Open University...

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to box 3.6 on page 172 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what the £20 million of UK Government and...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, if he will make it his policy to undertake a Government consultation...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether he plans to make changes to the Research Evaluation Framework.

      Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Box 3.6 on page 172 of the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, how much of the £210...

      Research: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of how the model of global collaborative funding for covid-19 research can be used in...

  • Attorney General

    • Children: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of successful prosecutions for cases involving child abuse.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of antiviral drugs in protecting people who are immunocompromised from covid-19.

    • Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process for removing businesses from the list of PCR test providers for travel on the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people with asthma and other respiratory problems, who received their first and...

      Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on the long-term effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines for blood cancer patients.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he will take to tackle the backlog of applications which have been submitted to the Coronavirus Test Device Approval...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on plans to streamline the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into (a) second and (b) third generation covid-19 vaccines.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 47056, what assessment he has made of the number of UK residents, who have received...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency measures are in place in the event of significantly increased levels of demand for covid-19 lateral flow tests.

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Tier 3 Weight Management Services in tackling rising levels of childhood...

      NHS Test and Trace: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on (a) contractors and (b) temporary staff for NHS Track and Trace.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing and Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the amount (a) spent in 2020-21 and (b) of projected spend in 2021-2022 is on the purchase of (a) PCR tests, (b) lateral flow tests,...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting for NHS Tier 3 and Tier 4 Weight Management Services; and what the average wait time is for those services.

      Dermatology: Steroid Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent topical steroid withdrawal reactions while tackling the severe reactions that can result from long...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage an increase in GP referrals to medical weight loss clinics.

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to fund new Tier 3 Weight Management Clinics for (a) adults and (b) children.

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the National Obesity Audit will be published; and what assessment the Audit will make of the effectiveness of Tier 3 weight...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing and Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent by his Department on (a) laboratory capacity to process PCR tests and (b) contact tracing including contact centres in...

      NHS Test and Trace: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) has been spent in 2020-21 and (b) is projected to be spent in 2021-22 on consultancy fees for NHS Track and Trace.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals to end the requirement to self-isolate by spring 2022 on...

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's current target is for dental appointment waiting times.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on how people can access dental care in circumstances where NHS dental treatment is not available.

      Donor Conceived Truth Campaign

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet representatives of the Donor Conceived Truth Campaign to discuss the legal rights of donor conceived people.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that all children receive at least an annual dental check in the context of NHS dental appointment shortages.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating dentists to work for a proportion of their time in the NHS.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent funding has been made available for research into brain tumours.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the collection of...

      Autism: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of post-diagnosis support services for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled: Covid-19: management of staff and exposed patients or residents in health and social care...

      Hepatitis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering the hepatitis A and B vaccinations as routine vaccinations rather than...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated annual increase is in funding for local government for social care as a result of the introduction of the new social...

      Yellow Fever: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the yellow fever vaccine available on the NHS.

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who present with tic type behaviour (a) as at February 2022 and (b) prior...

      Emetophobia: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who present with emetophobia (a) as at February 2022 and (b) prior to the...

      Care Homes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current annual total budget is for public sector contributions to residential social care covering central and local government.

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to implement policies and interventions to reduce gambling-related harms in England.

      Autism: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of post-diagnosis support services for young people aged 17+ with Autistic Spectrum Disorder;...

      NHS: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the results were of the consultation on having a national uniform policy for the NHS.

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people (a) over 18 and (b) under 18 diagnosed with long covid.

      Drugs: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the assessment rate is for UK national drug licences by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency as at 12 November...

      Abortion: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent sex selective abortion.

      Social Services: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the experience of inequalities in adult social care need by ethnicity; and what plans his...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle delays in the publication of the Mental Health Services monthly statistics.

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support student households in response to the rise of the energy price cap.

    • Graduates: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data has in the formulation of policy at his Department.

      Student Opportunity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he is having with relevant stakeholders on changes to the Student Opportunities Fund.

      Universities Superannuation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government provides a crown guarantee to the Universities Superannuation Scheme via the Office for Students.

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Participation of Local Areas metric for improving access and participation in higher education.

      Higher Education: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to regulate alternative higher education providers.

      Higher Education: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role he will have in the decisions of the Office for Students to fine institutions if they fall below the threshold for continuation, progression...

      Office for Students: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role he had in the appointment of the interim chief executive of the Office for Students.

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the timescale of student maintenance payments on the financial security of students.

      Higher Education: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to relax the Office for Students’ registration requirements.

      Department for Education: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued any non-disclosure agreements to third-party contractors since February 2020.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the legal ombudsman in the system of complaint procedure.

    • Prisons: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of first aid and medical cover provision across the prison estate.

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the (a) nature and (b) impact on victims of crime of restorative justice in the context of the...

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason restorative justice is not included in the Victims Bill consultation.

      Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect, including any retrospective effect, of proposed reforms to sections 3 and 6 of the Human...

      Prison Officers: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department made of the role of a prison officer prior to raising the retirement age to 68.

      Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent from the public purse on criminal legal aid in each of the last 10 years.

  • Treasury

    • Energy: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether energy companies which are granted future oil and gas and licences will be eligible for tax reliefs for (a) exploration and production and (b)...

    • Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much a single household of two people will receive from the Energy Bill Discount Scheme in 2022-23; and if that household...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is for how the proposals to reform alcohol taxation will support improved public health, in the context of the comparative number...

      Treasury: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September...

      Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to provide further details of the energy bill rebate; whether energy customers will be able to opt out of taking the rebate;...

      Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the energy rebate announced on 3 February 2022, what steps he plans to take to enable customers to reject the rebate prior to payment or...

      Air Passenger Duty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing Air Passenger Duty as a way to support the aviation industry following...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to help fund a package of support for households struggling...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing beer duty and alcohol duty to help support pubs.

      Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a reformed business rate for pubs that is equitable to other small businesses.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to put in place for people who are (a) experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the rise in energy bills and (b) residing...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is making an assessment of the potential merits of equalising the duty between spirits and other alcohol categories.

      Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that the Energy Bills Rebate will be repaid by people who did not receive the rebate; and if he will make a statement.

      Leisure: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to those in the events, leisure, hospitality and sports sector who have been impacted by the omicron variant but do not qualify...

      Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to extend eligibility for the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant to allow unclaimed funds to be claimed by affected...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a breakdown of the £4.3 billion in fraudulent claims to coronavirus support schemes, by type of support scheme.

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to recoup monies lost to fraud in the coronavirus grant schemes.

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the names and businesses of all claims to coronavirus support schemes which have proven to be fraudulent.

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the need for legislation to make holders of lower-income country sovereign debt governed by English law participate in debt...

      Sudan: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on Sudan of Sudanese national debt; and what steps he is taking to provide debt relief to that country.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Jerusalem: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 107537 on Jerusalem: Palestinians; what response she...

    • Myanmar: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department (a) have had and (b) plan to have with relevant stakeholders on the...

      France: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on discussions with her French counterpart on stopping illegal crossings of the...

      Chechnya: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of LGBT rights in Chechnya.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine; and what recent steps she has taken...

      Pakistan: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of Pakistan's progress in meeting goal 16.2 of the UN's Sustainable...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to never recognise Russian sovereignty over Crimea.

      Russia: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of LGBT rights in Russia.

      Pakistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the steps being taking by the Government of...

      Pakistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the APPG for Pakistani Minorities Inquiry Report, published on 25 November 2021, what assessment...

      Afghanistan: Nowzad

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

      Egypt: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of political prisoners being held in Egypt.

      Namibia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the economic ties between Namibia and the UK.

      Ghana: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the strength of economic relations between Ghana and the UK.

      Trans-Dniestr

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of tensions in the Republic of Moldova between the Moldovan government and...

      Somalia: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Somalia.

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent unrest in Kazakhstan.

      Uganda: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of steps taken towards (a) accountability for and (b) justice for the victims...

      Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of allegations of torture against Kakwenza Rukirabashaija in Uganda.

      Uganda: Human Rights and Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people (a) known to be in detention in Uganda for acts of...

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the tensions between Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

      Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Government of Uganda in relation to repeated restrictions on the...

      Madagascar: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to provide support for people in Madagascar affected by Tropical Cyclone Batsirai...

      Somalia: Climate Change and Famine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) urgently scale up and prevent mass starvation and death in Somalia and...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to engage the grassroots resistance committees in Sudan that are drafting a charter for a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans she has to allow Afghan refugees given Indefinite Leave to Remain under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, to join the armed...

    • Submarines: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 107718 on Submarines: Decommissioning, which of the decommissioned Royal Navy submarines that are...

      Defence: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 176 of the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps his Department is taking to welcome Regional Defence and...

      Ministry of Defence: Chief Scientific Advisers

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

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the fall in pension credit uptake.

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish the most recent figures on pension credit uptake.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of pension credit uptake on levels of pensioner poverty.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure all eligible pensioners are in receipt of pension credit.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of households in receipt of housing benefit who were affected by the benefit cap in 2020-21 were in receipt of...

      Poverty: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned uprating to benefits in April 2022 on levels of absolute poverty in...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 (c)...

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of changes since 2010 in the relative value of the standard weekly rate of Maternity Allowance...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are in (a) absolute and (b) relative poverty in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in the most recent period for...

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to reintroduce the pension triple-lock for the 2023-24 financial year.

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise support for pensioners in poverty.

      Pensioners: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the resources needed to support pensioners in Newport West constituency...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government intends to end the practice of operator self-monitoring for water companies; which agency will take over...

    • Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a business case for a Silk Stream Flood Alleviation...

      Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has made available in total for the Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation project.

      Textiles: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of textile waste produced by the UK in each of the last five years.

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many responses there have been to the call for evidence on commonly littered and problematic plastic items to date.

      Plastics: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much single-use plastic has been used in Government buildings in 2021.

      Clothing: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a one pence per garment levy to support...

      Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the fashion industry to encourage major fashion outlets to take part in...

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the export of plastic waste from the UK.

      Water: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government’s strategic priorities for Ofwat, 2 February 2022, when the review of the Security...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department (a) will take to support Afghan nationals after their six months leave to remain in the UK ends and (b) is taking...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places remain to be allocated under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; and how many of those given protection under the...

      Emergency Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a fair funding review of (a) fire services and (b) police services,...

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent girls being groomed in (a) Romania and (b) elsewhere and trafficked to the UK for the...

      Civil Nuclear Constabulary

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that firearms officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary will be deployed on British ferries; and what assessment...

      Asylum: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allow people seeking asylum the right to work in the UK.

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to remove British Citizenship fees for children under the age of 18.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days on average it took to process claims from unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for settled status from EU students are pending decision.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how can a person who requires asylum support and who is unable to register their asylum claim due to delays in the asylum system can access...

      Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which local authority areas the asylum seekers placed in Napier Barracks are being dispersed to.

      Asylum: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding in the report entitled We want to be strong, by the British...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from Greater Manchester child and migrant rights organisations on children seeking asylum in the UK...

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is from when a person contacts the National Asylum Intake Unit to register an asylum claim to when...

      Electric Scooters: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring her Department has undertaken of fires caused by e-scooters in (a) single owned properties, (b) privately owned properties...

      Electric Scooters: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department is providing to local authorities and housing associations on the safe storage of e-scooters, in response to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government Finance: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether he plans to increase funding for the provision of services by...

    • Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, if his Department will reverse the real term reductions in local...

      Ahmadiyya: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to promote freedom of religion or belief for Ahmadiyya Muslims in (a) Newport West...

      Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance he is giving to local authorities on the distribution to student households of funding from the £144...

      Housing: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason he has included new build student accommodation in the target numbers for development plans.

      Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to (a) prioritise brown field development over the use of green field sites and (b)...

      Social Rented Housing: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that social housing providers are accountable to local authorities and residents.

      Housing: Bath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of purpose-built student housing on house prices in Bath.

      Secondary Education: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason there is not a target to raise the performance of secondary school children in the Levelling Up White...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to help safeguard tenants in the private rented sector from the risk of homelessness by...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the new task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up White Paper will hold its first meeting.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31...

      Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what obligations managing agents have to refund the collection of service charges to which they are not entitled under the...

      Housing: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether he plans to work with and strengthen tenancy unions to help meet...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in his Department have developed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as a...

    • Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government procurement is from SMEs.

      Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the responsibilities of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency are.

      Cabinet Office: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants in his Department have received counselling as a result of workplace bullying or...

      Cabinet Office: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of his Department's process for handling allegations of...

      Cabinet Office: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has amended its outsourcing policies in response to the decision in Mr D Antwi and...

      Manufacturing Industries: Newport West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues to use public procurement to help support the growth of...

      Cabinet Office: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1...

      Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill (HL)

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Bill on future...

      Forced Labour: Xinjiang

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that due diligence procedures for government procurement are adequate to...

      ATA IMS Berhad

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether products from the Malaysian company, ATA, are in the UK's public procurement supply chain.

      Cabinet Office: Inquiries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Cabinet Secretary and (b) any officials working on the Cabinet Secretary's Inquiry into...

      Ministers: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his new Chief of Staff will receive remuneration for that role in addition to his Ministerial salary.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to UK trade: November 2021, published 14 January 2021, that showed total export of goods, including precious metals,...

    • Overseas Trade: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of international trade on (a) Romford constituency and (b) the outer London boroughs.

      Trade Agreements: Greenland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to consult UK Fisheries on the interests of the UK far fishing fleet as part of the trade negotiations with Greenland.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Birmingham City Football Club

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 108456, on Football: Accountability, whether the Government has made an...

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Chief Scientific Adviser

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 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...

      Second Homes: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's announcement for a consultation on a register for holiday lets, whether she plans for a...

      Internet: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ban the use of website cookies.

      Broadband and Mobile Phones: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the impact on consumers of recent and planned above inflation prices rises in mobile and...

      Television Licences: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote access to a free TV licence by claiming pension credit.

      Muriel McKay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the National Archive received a request from Clive Stafford-Smith, in the interests of Krishna Maharaj and Rupert Burgess...

  • Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the monthly operating costs are of the Restoration and Renewal Programme, (a) in total...

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Right hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the latest estimate is that the Delivery Authority has submitted to the Parliamentary...

  • Women and Equalities

  • Department for Transport

    • London-Portsmouth Railway Line

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the holders of the South Western Railway franchise regarding the operation of the London to Portsmouth line; and when they...

    • Railways: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect (1) long-distance, and (2) commuter, train services into London mainline stations to reach the levels they were at prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Cabotage: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the EU about an exemption from cabotage rules for UK-based performing arts organisations touring in the EU; and whether the...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Select Committee Reports: Debates

      To ask the Leader of the House what assessment she has made of the delay in scheduling debates for Select Committee reports in the House of Lords; and what plans she has to provide for the...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide a grant for homeowners to upgrade their gas boilers to heat pumps.

    • Egnos

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the Space Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing Programme to identify a replacement for the EGNOS navigation system; and when...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to mitigate against fuel poverty.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in the UK are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed and classified as (1) severely clinically extremely vulnerable, and (2) clinically extremely...

    • IVF: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how the incidence of serious incidents disclosed to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, including where samples are mixed up or patient records are...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many courses of (1) antiviral, and (2) monoclonal, antibody treatments for COVID-19 are (a) currently held by NHS England, and (b) secured via new contracts.

      National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to achieve its core purpose of improving health...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs' Protection of Civilians Report of 11–24 January, what representations...

    • Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current strength of UK forces in Mali; and what changes, if any, they will make to their military activities in Mali following the announcement by the...

      Burkina Faso: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Burkina Faso, following the military coup which ousted President Kaboré in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Russian Language

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British nationals who are Russian speakers were employed in each of the last five years by the Armed Forces.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sick Leave

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to restore sick note procedure to seven days rather than allowing workers to stay off work for 28 days without a sick note from their General...

  • Home Office

    • Firearms: Licensing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) delays in processing applications for the granting or renewal of shotgun and firearms licences and certificates in each...

    • Social Media: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require social media companies to reimburse users who are victims of online fraud.

      Money Laundering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the National Crime Agency's seizure of millions of pounds derived from the Azerbaijan laundromat on 31 January, what steps they intend to take, if...

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of migration to the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme for people from Hong Kong.

      Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the rates of fraud relating to the demonstration of proof of funds in international student visa applications, and (2)...

      Horn of Africa: EU Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what contributions they have made to the Khartoum Process (EU/Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative) in North Africa in each year since 2014; and what...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 October 2021 (HL2952), how many unaccompanied Afghan minors with family links to the UK...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce financial incentives to make proposals for new housing care and support schemes more attractive to potential (1) developers,...

    • Local Government: Haringey

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they plan to take to ask Haringey London Borough Council to conform with the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity in the...

      Derelict Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to complement the £1.5 billion Brownfield Fund with planning policies to support the creation of (1) homes, (2) jobs, (3)...

      Flats: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards achieving the voluntary contributions of £4 billion for the remediation of cladding from developers of blocks of flats...

      Flats: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk that developments of blocks of flats between 11 and 18 metres in height that used (1) special purpose vehicles, or (2)...

      Supported Housing: Departmental Coordination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to set up a task force to improve co-ordination between different departments on housing care and support policy.

      Social Rented Housing: Insulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether registered social housing providers are eligible for grants from the Building Safety Fund towards the (1) removal, and (2) replacement, of flammable cladding.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Commonwealth Games 2022: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Commonwealth countries sending competitors to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games have asked for assistance with vaccinating their (1) competitors,...

    • Football: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Derby County Football Club and other football clubs, and (2) whether the...

      Television Licences: Fees and Charges

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 31 January (HL5527), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, further to the...

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