Wednesday, 16 February 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) new and (b) renewal applications for driving licences were delayed within the DVLA by region in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many paper applications await processing for a driving licence for each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review the decision not to go ahead with the Bradford stop of Northern Powerhouse Rail, in response to the commitments in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change to the Welsh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) extending access for 12 to 17 year olds to a second dose of the covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, across the UK, how many unused covid-19 vaccines have reached their expiry date in each of the last nine months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average spending, per head, on mental health services for people (a) in York and (b) nationally...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many areas are funded through the £30 million programme for specialist mental health services for people sleeping rough as of 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to immunocompromised people to protect them against covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to triage patients waiting for elective surgeries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral statement of 8 February 2022 on Elective Treatment, what incentives he plans to introduce for providers to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry dated 10 June 2021, reference RL22925, from the hon. Member for High Peak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to tackle waiting times at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding the Government plans to make available for integrated care systems to manage their elective waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of (a) eating disorders, (b) depression, (c) anxiety, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the decline in MMR vaccine uptake.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote access to support towards the cost of glasses through claiming pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the funding for research into tinnitus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support liver disease patients as the NHS recovers from the covid-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote access to free dental treatment through claiming pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence's guidelines on access criteria for IVF, (a) what recent assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of the First Minister of Northern Ireland's resignation on trade between Wales and Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that students who receive offers for university places can be assured of face-to-face lectures and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what indicators his Department uses to measure children's wellbeing nationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in private schools have a specific learning difficulty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of secondary schools in England who have (a) more than five children and (b) more than 10 children leaving the school...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the use of behaviour hubs by state schools in England on children with Special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will conduct a UK-wide assessment of the financial capability of young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to educate young people on emerging financial trends, including crypto currencies and buy now, pay later schemes.
To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings he had with his Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to track levels of cash acceptance among retailers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the National Audit Office has in holding the Financial Ombudsman Service to account.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has any plans to write off loans made under the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department is having with the Financial Conduct Authority to ensure that the UK benefits from the potential of the digital assets sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Barclays Bank on its bank closure program.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department’s response to the Access to cash consultation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will instruct the Financial Conduct Authority to require Liverpool Victoria to inform its owners of any benefit the (a) LV Chief Executive and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of China's support for Russian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the forthcoming UK Government hosted Cepi replenishment conference will highlight the contributions that The...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the impact on (a) mortality and (b) serious illness rates from covid-19 across...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending HIV, tuberculosis and malaria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government has provided to Kenya to help tackle the impacts of drought in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to The Gobal Fund's Results Report 2021, what assessment she has made of the implications for her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help increase the manufacturing of covid-19 vaccines in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Tunisian counterpart about the dissolution of the judicial council in Tunisia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the economic ties between South Africa and the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the economic ties between Kenya and the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Ethiopia on the safety of the Tigrayan population...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help enable access by independent investigators to the site of the mass grave of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe following the establishment of the Citizens...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid is able pass into Ethiopia and the Tigray State during the current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the rollout of covid-19 vaccination programmes in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 January 2022 to Question 103625, on Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid, what her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings she had with her Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of tabling a resolution at the UN Security Council to set...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 113193 on Disability, if she will publish further details of the agency appointed by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 113195 on Disability: Databases, if she will publish further details of the framework...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) encourage disabled people to consider volunteering opportunities and (b) promote awareness of volunteering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on promoting pension credit uptake in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2016, whether her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a nature-positive and net-zero aligned decarbonisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his comments at the speech to the Oxford farming Conference on 6 January 2022 that hedgerows are probably...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of Countryside Stewardship funding will be allocated towards planting new hedgerows; and what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the effective rollout of the Manchester Clean Air Zone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of ivory that has passed into or through UK borders in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what ecological assessment his Department has made of the impact of reduced hedgerow coverage in the UK.
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, what steps the regulator will need to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of toxic air in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legally binding target which would match or exceed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many EU countries have been granted derogations for the use of thiamethoxam since its ban in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the contribution that horticulture can make in helping to deliver the levelling up agenda...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to ensure that Afghans brought to the UK through the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy are found...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether further resilience measures are planned for the Emergency Services Network following recent storms in the North East of Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of EE on improving the resilience of the Emergency Services Network following Storms...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals have been granted leave to remain in the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she is having with the police on (a) investigating and (b) prosecuting landlords that attempt to offer housing in exchange...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation of the sale and possession of crossbows.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects on the protected characteristics of asylum seekers arriving in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to define complex applications for visa renewals.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials were responsible for examining and making decisions on asylum applications at the end of 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the financial threshold for Tier 1 Investment Visas from...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to incorporate objectives set out in the Green Grids initiative into the Government's negotiations on the UK-India...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that provisions relating to government procurement in the UK-India free trade agreement negotiations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restrictions on charities' marketing spend on the income of charities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of the reduction in youth service funding in Kirklees on youth crime and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote English Tourism Week from 18 to 27 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage private companies to fly the British flag for the Queen’s Platinum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether individuals volunteering as part of the UK vaccination effort will be eligible for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what specific mental health services are offered to young people and children who have witnessed knife crime or who have friends who have died.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have carried out of the (1) distances travelled by, and (2) purpose of travel of, users of e-scooters as part of the pilot projects.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency on the British aerospace industry.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected salary range for the Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow small businesses who took part in the Small Business Leadership programme to participate in the Help to Grow: Management scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to appoint a National Clinical Director for Neurology.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that alcohol labels include the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines on low-risk consumption of alcohol.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their report Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2020–21, published on 31 January, (1) what outcomes they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the appeal of alcohol to children.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the uptake of the MMR vaccine.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for catch-up classes for time missed from school during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what steps will they take to provide this.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of pupils with Permanent Exclusions or Fixed Term Exclusions from School have Special Educational Needs in the most recent period for which figures...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total percentage absentee rate of (1) head teachers, (2) teachers, and (3) teaching assistants, since the beginning of the academic year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require parents to register if they are home educating children.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Lord Sumption following his comments reported in The Times on 2 February that he would be willing to preside over a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reinstate the Nursing Now programme to deliver nursing and midwifery training in developing countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will respond to the Right Reverend James Jones's report on learning from those bereaved through the Hillsborough Disaster The Patronising Disposition of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the process for managing asylum applications in Germany before the conclusion of the passage of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-disclosure agreements were agreed in government departments in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what constraints are imposed on ministers who receive no ministerial salary in relation to their capacity to receive non-Parliamentary income.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what facility has been created to assist any competing country at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games to ensure that their (1) athletes, (2) potential athletes,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of freezing the TV Licence fee until 2024 on the BBC’s educational output.
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