Written answers

Monday, 21 February 2022

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of international travellers, taking into account any exemptions, have not had their day 2 covid-19 PCR test result...

    • Dentistry: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were operating in the Brighton and Hove CCG area in each of the last five years; what steps he is taking to (a) recruit...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of (a) whether and (b) by what date the NHS will meet cancer treatment targets.

      IVF: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commit to ensuring parity of access to IVF for same-sex couples.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reform the NHS dental contract to improve access to NHS dentistry.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that personal data, including DNA, that has been received through covid-19 tests, particularly laboratory-based PCR...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to undertake long-term immunity monitoring of people who have contracted the omicron covid-19 variant.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a covid recovery pass can be obtained following registration of a positive lateral flow test.

      Health Foods: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory...

      NHS and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will urgently review the requirement for NHS and social care staff to require a covid-19 vaccine as a condition of employment.

      Hospitals: Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to promote access to support for the cost of travel to hospital by claiming pension credit.

      Nurses: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of nurses in Cumbria.

      Midwives: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of midwives in Cumbria.

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all Departmental documents, evidence and research in relation to the Government's mandatory covid-19 vaccination...

      Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Care, with reference to Let Us Learn Too and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s SEND Money Survey, published on 7 February 2022, what...

      Dementia: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the diagnosis rate of people suffering with dementia in Newcastle upon Tyne.

      Macular Degeneration: Stem Cells

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether trials are occurring to test stem cells as a treatment for macular degeneration.

      Meller Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and Meller Designs...

      Protective Clothing: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pieces of personal protective equipment were procured from China since January 2020.

      Hysteroscopy: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has to update Quality Standard 2 in QS47 on Heavy...

      Health Services: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the level of funding available to Birmingham as part of the Health Infrastructure Programme.

      IVF: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of IVF treatment on the NHS for same-sex couples.

      Dental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rise has been in dental caries in children over each of the last five years.

      Dental Health and Malnutrition: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the impact of poor oral healthcare and (b) levels of malnutrition in older people.

      Lymphoedema

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with lymphoedema in the UK in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating dental services within ICS footprints or at a more local level from 2023.

      Health Services: European Economic Area and Switzerland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what total amount of public funds was spent by his Department reimbursing countries within the European Economic Area and Switzerland for...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of needs of women and children when deciding the short list for beneficiaries of the New Hospital Programme.

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of medical school places in England.

      Cancer and HIV infection: Pembrolizumab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of pembrolizumab in the treatment of HIV and cancer.

      Macular Degeneration: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for individuals suffering from macular degeneration.

      Ivf

      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, what recent estimate he has made...

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on plans to reform the dental contract.

      Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the £2.3 billion of funding for diagnostic services provided in the most recent Spending Review will be used to improve the...

      Cancer: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the backlog of cases of people requiring diagnosis and treatment of cancer in Cumbria.

      General Practitioners: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of GPs in Cumbria.

      Protective Clothing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the value of the personal protective equipment (PPE) supplied by (a) Ayanda and (b) Pestfix was included within the estimated...

      Dentistry: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dentists (a) retiring and (b) leaving the profession in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeline is for the dental backlog to be cleared sufficiently to allow capacity for people to have an annual NHS dental check up.

      NHS: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to maintain the suspension of the NHS pension abatement rules under the Coronavirus Act 2020 after 25 March...

      Dementia and Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servant posts there were in his Department working on (a) dementia, (b) heart disease and (c) cancer in (i) 2010, (ii)...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing England in line with the rest of the UK by removing prescription...

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure equal access to IVF treatment in England.

      Oral Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ next annual review of vaping and tobacco harm reduction in...

      Dental Services: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were removed from NHS dentists lists as a result of non-attendance during the covid-19 outbreak in (a) the Brighton and...

      Retail Trade: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of what will constitute a meal deal for the purposes of the high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS)...

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to help raise awareness of cancer on World Cancer Day 2022.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of blood donation in each of the last two years.

      Health Services: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent (a) locum and (b) agency staff have been paid by NHS England in each of the last five years.

      Lung Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of when his Department will receive the report and recommendations of the UK National Screening Committee on...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect immunosuppressed people from covid-19 and (b) ensure that they have access to quick...

      Advisory Committee On Borderline Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of application processing delays by the Advisory Committee on Borderline...

      Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people can visit relatives in hospitals in England.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Table 2.2 on page 131 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what proportion of the 380 Department for Health and Social care...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating a significant part of the funding for managing the waiting lists for...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to respond to the enquiry of 5 November 2021, referenced RL15264, from the hon Member for High Peak.

      Dental Services: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of people across Yorkshire to access NHS dental services; and what steps his Department is...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 21 December 2021 from the Hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL30497.

      Advisory Committee On Borderline Substances: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is an appeals process in place for applicants whose products are rejected by the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of funding available for research into (a) treatments and (b) diagnostic...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people over the age of 12 have received a second covid-19 booster vaccination in each local authority.

      IVF: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce regional ​disparities in access to IVF treatment for same-sex couples.

      Retail Trade: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) regulations, when his Department plans to update and publish the nutrient profile...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received a second covid-19 booster vaccination in each local authority.

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of training places that will be offered for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health...

      Health Professions: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS has modelled the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientists leaving the NHS...

      Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the net change has been in the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientists working for the...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff per 100 people his Department plans to allocate to support people waiting for elective surgeries, excluding through the...

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the high far, salt and sugar products regulations, how the online promotion rules will interplay with the (a) new...

      Retail Trade: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) regulations, whether seating areas are planned to count towards relevant floor...

      Retail Trade: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to regulations on high fat, salt and sugar products, what the definition of a specialist retailer is.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants work specifically on dementia within his Department; and what the grades of those civil servants are.

      Lung Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of NHS England’s 2022-23 priorities and operational planning guidance, whether NHS England plans to...

      PPE Medpro

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117796, for what reason PPE Medpro was not given a red, amber or green rating in...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to obtain additional resources to build capacity so that the NHS can tackle the cancer backlog.

      Autism: Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has provided through the Disabled Facilities Grants for children with autism in each of the last five years.

      NHS: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what obligations NHS organisations and organisations delivering NHS services currently have to document and report on complaints of...

  • Prime Minister

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has received legal representation funded from the public purse in relation to either (a) the investigation led by the Second Permanent Secretary to the...

    • Owen Paterson

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2021 to Question 80323, whether he met Owen Paterson in 10 Downing Street in (a) November and (b) October 2021.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has for the Household Support Fund beyond March 2022.

    • Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the benefit cap on levels of poverty.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117878 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, who was responsible for the...

      Employment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to help ensure that appropriate job opportunities are available and accessible to young people in their local areas.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made made for the implications of her policies of the Public and Commercial Services Union press notice, entitled PCS...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117880 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, if she will list the international...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 117034, if she will review her Department's condition that a claimant normally be...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117879 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, if her Department will undertake...

      Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to extend measures on Statutory Sick Pay implemented as part of the response to the covid-19 pandemic beyond 23...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single universal credit claims have been closed following a claimant moving in with their partner and submitting a new joint claim in...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the existing legislative powers available to the Child Maintenance Service to assist in...

      Social Security Benefits: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which aspects of European social security law her Department is currently reviewing in the context of (a) proposals to amend or remove...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what research her Department has conducted into public perceptions of, or trust in, her Department.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting people from sanctions if there is evidence of severe mental health or...

      Lone Parents: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the benefit cap on women who are lone parents.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help avoid a gap in income for households whose single universal credit claims have been closed due to a change of...

      Social Security Benefits: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people claiming disability benefits or universal credit who are experiencing...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to personal independence payment claimants who cannot afford the fees they are being asked to pay by GPs for medical...

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse was of challenging appeals against her Department's decisions on personal independence payment which...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's response of December 2021 to further recommendations made by the UNCRPD in 2016 on the UK's implementation...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women going through the menopause in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry,...

      Centre for Social Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 113819 on the Centre for Social Justice, whether the meeting was minuted.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase pension credit take-up in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West...

      Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will lift the benefit cap in the context of the rise of the cost of living.

      Universal Credit: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the discontinuation of the £20 per week uplift to universal credit on levels of...

  • Home Office

    • Travel Requirements

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the time set out in her Department's service standards is for processing a travel document.

    • Travel Requirements

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to speed up the time taken by her Department to process travel documents.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on approving licences for the use of live animals for the routine production of antibodies; and how many animals were...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation in Westminster Hall of 25 October 2021, Official...

      Refugees: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98220 on English language support for refugees, whether the Operation Warm Welcome...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places remain to be allocated on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; and how many and what proportion of the people given...

      Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 1 February to Question 11694 and Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 28755, what (a) internal management information...

      Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inmates across the prison estate have been detained at the end of their sentence awaiting a Home Office decision on an authority to...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation of 25 October 2021, Official Report, column...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability of alternatives to live animals for antibody production; and what steps she is taking to...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department keeps official records (a) the average number of days it takes to process claims for unaccompanied children seeking...

      Daniel Morgan Independent Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to implement the recommendations in The Report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.

      Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115830 on Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients, if she will (a) request that the...

      Asylum: Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were in immigration detention at the end of 2021.

      Biometric Residence Permits: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Biometric Residence Permit cards have been issued to individuals who have been granted leave to remain in the UK under the Afghan...

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive asylum interviews were conducted (a) via video technology and (b) in total in 2021.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the further chasing letter to the Minister for Future Borders and Immigration from the hon. Member for Harrow...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations from Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit on their concerns that children seeking asylum in the...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations from Greater Manchester child and migrant rights organisation on concerns that children seeking...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average duration of the asylum procedure at first instance is in the UK.

      Asylum: Employment

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

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to implement an exemption to the residency requirement for UK citizenship in regards to EU nationals who have...

      Immigration: Afghanistan

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

      Immigration: Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for UK asylum while in immigration detention in 2021.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of outstanding applications for (a) UK citizenship and (b) indefinite leave to remain.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support people relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...

    • Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on reviewing her Department's condition that...

      Parking: Arfon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of private parking fines issued in Arfon in each year since 2018.

      Levelling Up Fund: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what proportion of first round allocations of the UK Levelling Up Fund went to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern...

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle the rise in anti-semitic crimes and incidents.

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to introduce rent controls in areas of...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 105741 on High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention, what progress he has...

      Building Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the National House Building Council’s role in overseeing building regulations.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that local authorities acquire or build new social housing to meet rising demand in...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Building Safety Fund has agreed to pay for the replacement of zinc cladding on wooden battens on the...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the new taskforce on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up White Paper will (a) involve...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much each department in the Northern Ireland Executive has returned to the Treasury since 2016; and what discussions he has had with (a)...

  • Treasury

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of applications to the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme,...

    • Banks: Hong Kong

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) NatWest and (b) other UK based banks that recently cast votes in the patriots only...

      Import Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have applied to his Department to use the simplified declaration for imports since 1 Jan 2022; how many of those applications were...

      Agency Workers: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is being made available to support people employed under umbrella companies with the increase in National Insurance Contributions...

      Whisky: USA

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the level of imports of bourbon whiskey from the United States to the UK for each year between 2016 to 2021.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Chinese owned companies have benefited from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to revisit its policy on the Loan Charge; and if he will make a statement.

      Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the number of penalties issued for non compliance with IR35 regulations.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of payments made under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme HMRC have not yet been recorded against a valid National Insurance...

      Agency Workers: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to equalise National Insurance contributions of agency employers and employees with PAYE employers and employees.

      Pensioners: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to protect pensioners at risk of financial hardship as a result of increases in the cost of energy.

      Red Diesel: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of duty lost because of the fraudulent use of red diesel in (a) Wales and (b) the UK.

      Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his proposed energy bills rebate on households with prepayment energy meters.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support the Scotch whisky industry through proposals to reform alcohol taxation.

      Council Tax and Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to allow households to opt out of the (a) energy bills and (b) council tax rebate.

      Energy: Park Homes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the recent announcement of an upfront delayed payment of £200 on energy bills will apply to those living in park homes who purchase their...

      Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt first-time buyers from energy loan repayments, where they buy their property after the £200 loan is applied to...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.

      Energy: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce an opt-out for people who do not want to receive his proposed £200 energy bill rebate.

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reconsider the decision to suspend the pension triple lock in the context of rising costs of living.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) Scotch Whisky distilleries and (b) reforms to alcohol taxation that widens the differential between...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the impact of the proposed alcohol duty...

      Tonnage Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) qualifying company groups and (b) merchant ships there were in the Tonnage Tax scheme in each year from 2000-01 to 2021-22.

      Economic Cooperation: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he received commitments from the Chinese government on upholding the Sino-British Joint Declaration ahead of the restart of the UK-China Financial...

      Climate Change: Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 116890, on Climate Change: Developing Countries, what support will be available for debt-vulnerable...

      Climate Change: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 116890, on Climate Change: Developing Countries, how many of the 73 low income countries eligible for...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Swimming Pools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the Swim England report, published...

    • National Lottery: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the names of the members of the Advisory Assessment Panel for the appointment of the Chair of the National...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Manufacturing Industries: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many manufacturing investment bids his Department supported in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 and (d) to date in 2022.

    • Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assurances his Department can give to companies involved in the supply chain of the Energy Company Obligation...

      Post Office: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timetable is for announcing the next funding settlement between the Government and the Post Office.

      Companies House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with Companies House on strengthening the process of...

      Business: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on business subsidies in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) January 2022.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the difference in unit cost is for households using (a) energy prepayment meters and (b) paying for energy by...

      Carbon Budgets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including emissions embedded in imports in the UK’s carbon...

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement the Contracts for Difference auction and allocation on an annual basis.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans are in place to ensure commercial continuity of the Energy Company Obligation scheme (ECO), as it makes the...

      Fuel Poverty: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the level of fuel debt accumulated on prepayment meters due to the build-up of...

      Carbon Emissions: Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will develop and promote an international kite mark scheme to show products manufactured using low-carbon...

      Critical Minerals Expert Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 113821, whether representatives from civil society (a) will be or...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Chief Scientific Advisers

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

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether liaison officials from the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office are currently permanently present in...

    • Eastern Europe: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport and representatives of International Civil...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to her Department's Consular Crisis Centre (a) as of 9 February...

      Afghanistan: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason Ministers have not yet met with Afghan government leaders to discuss the humanitarian situation in...

      Eastern Europe: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last discussed with (a) the Home Secretary and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence the coordination of...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Ministry of Defence on the availability of (a) RAF Voyager and (b) other...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

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

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking via the National Cyber Security Centre to advise on and ensure the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to reply to the letter dated 22 December 2021 from the hon. Member for East Londonderry on the...

      Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119771, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in the her Department's Consular Crisis Centre speak (a) Ukrainian, (b) Russian and (c) Polish.

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussion with the Department of Transport on the availability of commercial scheduled or...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to (a) UN agencies, (b) NGOs and (c) humanitarian agencies to...

      Cameroon: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings officials in his Department have had with people from Southern Cameroons residing in the UK on the...

      Cameroon: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support an organised referendum for the people of former British Southern Cameroons on...

      Bahrain: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 114769, if she will make an assessment of the compatibility...

      Honduras: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Honduran counterpart on the guilty verdict findings against six...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to publish an annual progress report on her Department's disability inclusion strategy.

      Asia-Pacific Region: British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the comprehensive spending review on the ability of the British...

      Maira Shahbaz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the case of Christian Pakistani girl Maira Shahbaz and her family,...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the humanitarian response to the crisis in Afghanistan is...

      Afghanistan: World Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will allocate funding to meet 10 per cent of the cost for the World Food Programme's response to...

      Development Aid: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on (a) water, (b) sanitation and (c) hygiene in healthcare facilities in each of the...

      Malaria: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the findings of the...

      Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to enshrine the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into law.

      Development Aid: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the disability inclusion strategy across its programming and...

      Global Disability Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contribution her Department has made to the Global Disability Summit in February 2022.

      Government Departments: Wines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 113822, on which date the Bi-Annual Report on the Government...

      Global Disability Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a ministerial delegation will participate in the Global Disability Summit on 16 to 17 February 2022.

      Asia-Pacific Region: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support trade unions and workers rights in the Asia Pacific region.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117894, what representations the UK has made during...

      Gulf States: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 112655, what human rights topics were discussed, and whether...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Saudi Arabia: Bombs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 114946, whether RAF or BAE personnel are indirectly or directly involved in the storing or issuing...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 8 February 2022 Statutory Report of the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for...

      Afghanistan: British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 15 November 2021, Official Report, column 301, when he will organise a tri-departmental meeting to discuss...

      Defence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help support defence jobs across the UK.

      Afghanistan: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help relocate vulnerable Afghans and British nationals from third countries to the UK.

      Queen's Guards: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2021 to Question 85327 on Queen's Guards: Uniforms, how much his Department has spent in total on (a) procuring the...

      USA: Sentinel Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money was returned to the public purse through the sale of the RAF's Sentinel fleet to the US.

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the equipment plan.

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a statutory requirement on the Government to publish the equipment plan.

      Ministry of Defence: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s performance in delivering value from the defence estate.

      Defence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help support defence jobs across the UK.

      Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps is he taking to ensure (a) the effectiveness and (b) value for money from his Department's expenditure.

      Queen's Guards: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to develop a suitable replacement for the real bear fur currently used to make the Queen’s Guards ceremonial caps.

      Australia: Defence and Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to strengthen security and defence cooperation with Australia.

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect the UK from cyber attack by (a) Russia and (b) other parties.

      NATO: Eastern Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support NATO allies in Eastern Europe.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS608 on Ukraine Update, made on 10 February 2022, when he expects shipments of body armour, helmets...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS608 on Ukraine Update, made on 10 February 2022, how many items of (a) body armour, (b) helmets, and...

      Humanitarian Aid: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will develop a humanitarian unit, within the armed forces. to specifically focus on providing assistance to humanitarian disasters.

      Kenya: Explosions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the possibility of UK military equipment being involved in the explosion that killed Ldisiwa Lekesier in Laikipia...

      Nato

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 116852 on NATO, how many staff in his Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...

      Defence Business Services: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to make a decision on the Defence Business Services' workplace programme for the North West.

      Army Reserve

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) recruiting and (b) retention of the Army Reserve officer corps.

  • Cop26

    • COP26: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the President of COP26, 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 to 30...

    • Coal

      To ask the President of COP26, what progress he has made since the COP26 conference on ending the use of coal.

      Climate Change: Development Aid

      To ask the President of COP26, what progress he has made on securing additional funding for climate change initiatives in developing countries ahead of COP27.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 November 2021, DIT removes 20% more trade barriers to unlock major markets for...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning the Law Commission to consider draft proposals to change the criminal law...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies he plans to introduce to (a) tackle the potential dangers caused by e-scooter use and (b) prevent their illegal use.

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of publishing vehicle type data as part of detailed crash data currently published by...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s Road Policing Review: call for evidence in July 2020, what assessment he has made of the implications for his...

      Cycling and Walking: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to make York a centre of excellence for walking and cycling in response to the Government's announcement that Active Travel...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for announcements following the Active Travel tranche 3 bids submitted in 2021.

      Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to improve provisions for cyclists.

      Driving Under Influence: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review trends in the of levels of prosecution of drug driving.

      Drugs: Driving Under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report, Drug driving: the tip of the iceberg, published by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, if he will...

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 16 September 2020 to Question 88859 on Railways: Repairs and Maintenance, for what reason the Rail Network...

      Cycling: Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115826 on Cycling: Highway Code, whether the advice to cyclists to ride in the centre of the...

      Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to provide free rail passes to all people who reach state pension age in the UK.

      Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 110499, in what form his Department holds the data on the number of flights with no or very few...

      Aviation: Hounslow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the number of flights with little or no passengers, which fly over airspace in the London Borough of Hounslow.

      Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with officials at Heathrow airport on the number of flights arriving at Heathrow airport with few or no passengers...

      Manchester Metrolink: Bolton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the feasibility study into the connection of Bolton to the Greater Manchester Metrolink network will be (a) completed and (b) published.

      Blue Badge Scheme: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend eligibility for disabled parking badges to people with short-term disabilities.

      Low Emission Zones: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will add Blue Badge holders to the list of exemptions from the restrictions of the ULEZ as a precondition to any further funding for TFL.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to maintaining and repairing public electric car charging points to date.

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of UK Ratings who were trained on tonnage tax qualifying vessels in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105490, on what date his Department expects to receive the report on road safety targets...

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Officer Cadets entered training on Tonnage Tax qualifying ships in each year from 2000-01 to 2021-22.

      Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the statement in the letter dated 2 November 2021 from the Minister of State for Transport to the Transport Select Committee that...

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the total number of Officer Cadets that had completed training on Tonnage Tax qualifying ships since the scheme was...

      Trailers: Driving Instruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department (a) is offering and (b) plans to offer financial support to driving instructors following changes to the BE driving licence.

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) extent and (b) nature of children’s behavioural, social, and emotional recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.

    • Special Educational Needs: Mental Health Services

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

      Special Educational Needs: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish by ethnicity the number of children in England who attended Alternative Provision in (a) 2018-2019, (b) 2019-2020 and (c) 2020-21.

      Special Educational Needs: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Let Us Learn Too and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s SEND Money Survey, published on 7 February 2022, what steps...

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 November 2021, HCWS421 on Update on Early Years Funding, what the total funding allocated for the early...

      Primary Education: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the proportion of primary schools in England which excluded five or more children from state school in the years (a) 2018-2019, (b)...

      Department for Education: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of his Department's budget is spent on energy bills.

      Department for Education: Chief Scientific Advisers

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

      Platinum Jubilee 2022: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the estimated total cost to the public purse of publishing and distributing a commemorative book to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Wales.

      Special Educational Needs: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the attendance rate was for children attending alternative provision in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle inequalities in education outcomes in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of state (a) primary and (b) secondary school permanent exclusions by (i) type of school, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) age...

      Private Education: GCE A-level

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether the administration of A-level assessment in private schools in England in summer 2021 was conducted in a manner...

      Coronavirus Workforce Fund for Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what communications his Department sent out publicising the Coronavirus Workforce Fund to (a) schools and (b) trusts; and what the cost to the public...

      Coronavirus Workforce Fund for Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117900 on the Coronavirus Workforce Fund, what his Department's planned timetable is for...

      Education and Social Services: Climate Change and Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will undertake a full consultation on its draft Sustainability and Climate Change strategy for the education and children’s...

  • Leader of the House

    • Parliamentary Estate: Security

      To ask the Leader of the House, what steps the Government will take to safeguard (a) hon. Members of both Houses from being impeded from entering and leaving the Parliamentary estate and (b)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations of the all-party...

    • Wildlife: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve sanitation and animal welfare practises in the sale of live-caught wild mammals to reduce...

      Veterinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the Veterinary Medicines Regulations for the purposes of (a)...

      Livestock: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the range of vaccinations available to livestock in the UK...

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Animal and Plant Health Agency is prepared to conduct physical checks...

      Water Supply: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department first knew about high levels of toxic chemicals found in a Cambridgeshire water supply.

      Pets: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of excluding cats and kittens from the proposed new protections to...

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 117035 on Land Drainage, whether the Government has plans for its review...

      Flood Control: River Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 117038 on Flood Control: River Humber, whether he has made an...

  • Attorney General

    • Government Legal Department: Edenred

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to transaction 232566 in the transparency data Complete transaction records 2021- 2022 25k and over November 2021, published on 9 February 2022, for...

    • Attorney General: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to publish her Department's transparency data for July, August, September and October 2021 which covers (a) complete transaction records for spends of...

  • Wales Office

    • Government Departments: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on Government Departments procuring more products that are made in (a) Newport West...

    • Energy: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle the impact of rising energy costs on industry and businesses in Newport West constituency.

      Crime: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of police funding for Wales on crime levels in Newport West constituency.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department plans to provide for the purpose of giving prisoners access to laptops.

    • Prisoners: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) functionality and (b) software is included on laptops available to prisoners.

      Prisoners: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners across the prison estate have access to in-cell laptops.

      Prisoners: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths have occurred in custody in each prison in Wales in each year since 2019.

      Offenders: Personality Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the National evaluation of the offender personality disorder pathway.

      Prisoners: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of prisons with Separation Centres for the containment of terrorist prisoners; how long each of those centres has been...

      Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential risks associated with extending magistrates' sentencing powers; and what indicators he plans to...

      Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 114731 on Magistrates: Sentencing, for what reasons his Department do not anticipate that...

      Magistrates: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's impact assessment of the effect of increasing magistrates' sentencing powers on (a) sentence lengths and (b) prison...

      Remand in Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been held on remand for longer than (a) six months, (b) one year and (c) two years by offence type.

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish previous versions of the Legal Aid Agency Directory of Providers as at (a) 9 December 2014, (b) 30 October 2015, (c) 16...

      Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts buildings closed have subsequently been sold since 2010.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms held a (a) criminal and (b) civil legal aid contract in each region of England and Wales for each of the last 10 years.

      Fraud: Convictions and Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reported cases of fraud resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 2010.

      Courts: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on each existing Nightingale court.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for a case to be heard at an Employment and Support Allowance tribunal is in (a) England, (b) Tees Valley Combined...

      Courts: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long each existing Nightingale court is contracted to stay open.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish any covid-19 risk assessment undertaken before any parties that took place on Government...

    • 10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the potential use by Ministers and civil servants of legal advice from...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any (a) special advisers and (b) officials working in the Prime Minister's Office have received legal...

      Prime Minister: Permanent Secretaries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when Samantha Jones will begin her term as interim Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer for Downing...

      Prime Minister: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117798, what business units within the Prime Minister's...

      Prime Minister: Information Officers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the current Downing Street Director of Communications received Enhanced Developed Vetting and...

      Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the comments of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency published in...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Investigation into alleged gatherings on government premises during Covid restrictions has cost...

      Investigation into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises during Covid Restrictions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to secure a copy of the full version of the Sue Gray report and publish that report in...

      Employment: Long Covid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect on households of people being unable to work...

      Unemployment: Long Covid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken research into the number of people who have become economically inactive...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Government covid-19 contracts have been awarded without following a...

      Veterans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Veterans' Strategy Action Plan: 2022 to 2024.

      Dissolution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to update the Dissolution Principles when the Dissolution and Calling of...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there was a cost to the public purse from expenditure on (a) alcohol, (b) food, (c) suitcases and (d)...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance applied to (a) covid-safe meeting or events and (b) the admission of guests to Downing Street...

      Guto Harri

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of a potential conflict of interest arising from the 10 Downing Street...

      Social Security: EU Law

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which aspects of European social security law the Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government...

      Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Members: Coronavirus

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members tested positive for covid-19 (a) in the week commencing 7 February 2022 and (b) since 5...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Help to Grow Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the threshold in the Help to Grow: Management scheme from five employees to one to enable more businesses to participate.

    • Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of households that will receive the £200 energy bill rebate but repay the sum in future bills; and what estimate...

      Sanjeev Gupta

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what communications ministers from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had with Sanjeev Gupta between January 2019 and December 2021.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Professions: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 20 December 2021 (HL4956), whether they will publish the details of the Government to Government agreements...

    • NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS has different standards for surgical gown sterility to those used by the World Health Organisation; and to provide details of any contracts for...

  • Attorney General

    • Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to increase the number of prosecutions for offences relating to violence against women and girls.

    • Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the (1) effectiveness, and (2) efficiency, of the (a) Serious Fraud Office, and (b) Crown Prosecution Service, in tackling...

      Crown Prosecution Service: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in ensuring access to justice for victims of crime.

      Rule of Law

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that they act in accordance with the rule of law.

  • Wales Office

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the First Minister of Wales regarding the Shared Prosperity Fund.

  • Department for Education

    • Private Education: GCE A-level

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish an inquiry into the manner in which A-level grades in independent schools were assessed in 2021.

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sait Erdal Dinçer

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the government of Turkey regarding (1) the United Nations' Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, and (2)...

    • Crimes against Humanity: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to seek to impose sanctions on armed groups or others who are identified as having committed or participated in crimes against...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to deliver aid to those in need in Afghanistan.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Amnesty International Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians, published on 1 February; and what discussions...

      Hebron: Shops

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Israel concerning the closure of Palestinian shops in the Israeli controlled area of Hebron,...

      Developing Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the new Strategy for International Development between 20 March and 8 April.

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Muslim charities who are able to reach those in need in Afghanistan about the provision of aid.

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Israeli settler structures have been built near Khirbet Humsa Al Fouqa on privately-owned Palestinian land; that the...

      Palestinians: Recognition of States

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise Palestine as an independent state.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Middle East and North Africa on 3 February (HC114612) which refers to the need for “strong and thriving...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Kickstart Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of (1) the Kickstart programme, or (2) its successor scheme.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees they have deported from Afghanistan due to failed UK asylum applications.

    • 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 progress they have made in implementing the...

      Home Office: Expenditure

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide a breakdown of how the additional funding allocated to the Home Office in the Spending Review for fighting economic crime will...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Private Rented Housing: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a registration scheme requiring people letting properties to notify the local authority.

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of a drinking culture in No 10 Downing Street; and what records they have, if any, of ministers or staff being...

    • Procurement: Xinjiang

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether safeguards around government procurement prevent goods produced by slave labour in Xinjiang from entering UK supply chains.

      Public Sector: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the national security implications of government departments using Chinese-made surveillance cameras and technology; and...

      Regency Act 1937

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the Regency Act 1937.

  • Treasury

    • Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the number of promoters of disguised remuneration schemes who have been prosecuted; and the outcomes of such prosecutions.

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make the facilitation of tax avoidance a crime.

      Emigration: EU Nationals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the loss to the Treasury of (1) tax, and (2) National Insurance, from individuals from Europe who have returned to the EU since...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the increase in the energy price cap will have on the (1) Retail Price Index, and (2) Consumer Price Index.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Broadcasting: Scots Gaelic Language

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with (1) the BBC, and (2) the Scottish government, about provisions for the (a) protection and (b) enhancement, of Gaelic...

    • Children: Reading

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the Summer Reading Challenge in 2022 to ensure that children have access to reading materials over the summer holidays; and, in...

      Loneliness: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commit further funding to address loneliness during winter this year.

  • Women and Equalities

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