Written answers

Thursday, 17 February 2022

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure was in (a) nominal and (b) real terms on NHS primary dental services in England (i) gross and (ii) net of...

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library a copy of the email reported to have been sent from the Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Corporate...

      Coronavirus: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to confirm when proof of recovery from covid-19 will be available for 12 to 15 year olds via the NHS Covid Pass for the purpose of...

      NHS: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 69197, if he will list those NHS organisations whose annual reports include a breakdown...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing military expenditure following recent aggression from Russia and China.

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding Operation Orbital in the context of recent aggression from Russia.

      Veterans: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the Government is providing to unemployed veterans in Newport West constituency.

      Dassault: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether components of the two Dassault Falcon 900LX that his Department plans to purchase were manufactured in the UK.

      Military Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies competed to replace the RAF's BAE 146 fleet.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to identify potential funding opportunities for water companies to maximise co-funding and green...

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people crossing the Channel in small boats had existing family members in the UK in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting a temporary patent waiver for covid-19 vaccines to ensure developing...

    • Department for International Trade: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, 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...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Public Service Broadcasting: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that under-represented communities in the West Midlands are involved in the work...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Bicycles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which passenger train operators have prohibited the carriage of e-bikes; when such prohibitions came into effect; and for what reasons.

    • Electric Vehicles: Accidents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) regulations, (2) protocols, or (3) engineering standards, require all the batteries of (a) an electric, or (b) a hybrid, vehicle in the UK to be...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • KPMG: Silentnight

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales to retain the fine money levied on KPMG and one of...

    • UK Endorsement Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Guardian article ‘Standards board “looks like a cabal”’, published on 7 February, which person in the Financial Reporting...

      Financial Reporting Council: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 22 May 2018 (HL7589), what assessment they have made of the appointment of David Willis to the board of the...

      Advanced Research and Invention Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members will compose the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

      Advanced Research and Invention Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the anticipated vesting day of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency.

      UK Endorsement Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to prevent individuals associated with auditing firms fined by the Financial Reporting Council from sitting on the UK Endorsement Board.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total prison population in England and Wales.

    • Sexual Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) rapes, and (2) serious sexual assaults, for which charges are unable to be brought due to the one year time limit...

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether compensation has been paid to victims of (1) exploitation, and (2) abuse, following recent convictions connected with modern slavery; and if so, whether...

      Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent involvement as a spectator at sporting events is considered an appropriate part of the rehabilitation process for ex-offenders.

      Prisoners: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance, if any, is provided by the Parole Board on the importance of prisoners with disabilities attending live sporting events as part of the...

      Prisoners: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what records are kept by the Parole Board in respect of prisoners’ disabilities when they are attending open hearings.

      Prisoners and Probation: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many disabled people are (1) in prison, and (2) on probation, in England and Wales broken down by type of disability.

      International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not yet submitted the UK state party’s report to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as part of the seventh periodic...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ireland/Northern Ireland Specialised Committee

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who they are sending as delegates to the meeting of the Joint Committee on the Northern Ireland Protocol on 21 February.

    • Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce sanctions on Burmese companies involved in the supply of aviation fuel to the military in Myanmar.

      Myanmar: Association of Southeast Asian Nations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) about the case for not inviting Myanmar to participate to...

      Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what cross-border aid they are providing to vulnerable populations in Myanmar.

      Latin America: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why relations with Latin America is not listed on the printed list of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ministerial responsibilities; and why relations...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Shipbuilding

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 18 November 2021 (HL3743) in which she said that the Refresh to the National Shipbuilding...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Batteries: Recycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the reasons why permits for battery recycling facilities, including the Fenix plant in Willenhall, were not authorised by the Environment Agency.

    • Water Companies: Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with Ofwat about the powers it has to take action against individual water company executives in the event of illegal sewage...

      Otters: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of threats to the otter population in the UK; and what steps, if any, they are proposing to address any such threats.

  • Home Office

    • Military Attachés: Myanmar

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any risk to the Myanmar community in the UK presented by any Myanmar military attaché in the UK.

    • Hikvision

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 1 September (HL2328) and 21 September 2021 (HL2472) where she stated that she would “be...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of knife crime in (1) urban areas, and (2) rural areas; and what steps they will take as a result of that assessment.

      Fires: Safety Measures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the outcomes of their consultation on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans, which ran from 8 June 2021 to 19 July 2021.

      Rwanda: Asylum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish offshore asylum processing centres in Rwanda.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Public Lavatories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to their consultation on toilet provision for men and women, which ran from 31 October 2020 to 26 February 2021.

    • Regional Planning and Development: Ethnic Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, when preparing the White Paper Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February, what assessment they made of the impact of ethnicity in determining...

      Electoral Register: Visual Impairment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s conclusion that the Elections Bill will make it more difficult for blind and...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Census

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the data from the 2021 Census will be published.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Catering

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what steps the House of Lords catering services are taking to support British farmers and growers by buying British produce.

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