Written answers

Friday, 18 February 2022

  • Attorney General

    • Knives: Crime

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people illegally carrying knives have been charged for manslaughter in the last five years.

  • Wales Office

    • National Insurance Contributions: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the National Insurance contribution rise on (a) households and (b) employers...

    • Wales Office: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of civil servants working in his Department's offices at Sanctuary Buildings have returned to work in-person.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of benefit claims made when controls were suspended during the covid-19 outbreak have subsequently been reviewed...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to help increase the self-sufficiency of communities through community growing projects.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was to the public purse of the independent legal advice provided to the investigation into...

  • Department for Education

    • Universities: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage university accommodation providers to introduce race awareness training for students and staff.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iraq and Syria: Internally Displaced People and Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of bombings carried out on 1 February in (1) Iraq, and (2) Northern Syria, which targeted refugee and Internally...

    • Myanmar: Midwives and Nurses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide (1) financial assistance, and (2) other support, to nurses and midwives in Myanmar.

      Turkey: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what communications the Prime Minister had with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey after the Prime Minister’s visit to Kyiv on 1 February and before...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Russian Language

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employees have some level of Russian language ability; how many of those have reached C1 Operational level as...

      Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to investigate means of providing (1) in-country, and (2) cross-border, humanitarian assistance to Myanmar's border states.

      Jerusalem: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the spokespersons of the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain on 19 January, which urged the...

      Myanmar: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to supply COVID-19 vaccines into Myanmar through civil society organisations based near the borders of that country.

      China: Saudi Arabia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of China is providing assistance to the government of Saudi Arabia in building a ballistic missile...

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Countryside: Conduct

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Countryside Code.

    • Plastics: Waste

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to deal with the problems caused by waste plastic silage wrap.

      Pigmeat

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on pig production of the shortage of butchers; what assessment they have made of the implications of the shortage on...

      Pheasants: Import Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what extra controls they have placed on the (1) import, and (2) release, of pheasants in light of the high levels of avian flu in Europe; and what assessment they...

      Recycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the speed with which the Environment Agency considers permits for recycling plants, and (2) the extent to which the...

      Batteries: Recycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the reasons for the delay in the assessment by the Environment Agency of the Fenix alkaline battery recycling plant waste permit application at Willenhall.

  • Home Office

    • Hate Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the most recent statistics available for hate crime, broken down by category; and what were the statistics for the previous three periods for which...

    • Slavery: Convictions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) brothels, (2) nail bars, (3) car washes, and (4) cannabis farms, closed following (a) arrests, and (b) convictions, arising from modern slavery in...

      Independent Office for Police Conduct

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 2 February (HL Deb col 898), what actions the Independent Office for Police Conduct have taken in...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Cultural Heritage: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to introduce a commissioner to "enhance and develop the language, arts and literature associated with the Ulster...

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