Written answers

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Govia Thameslink Railway: Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what year the Class 313 trains serving Brighton and Hove and the South East ​Coastway lines were built; what plans he has to replace them;...

    • Great British Railways: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119777 on Great British Railways: Consultants, what the monthly consultancy cost has been for...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Bus Service Recovery Grant will be extended beyond March 2022.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend eligibility for the 50 per cent discount on train travel provided by the 16 to 17 saver rail card to students for the whole of the...

      Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring diesel cars to undergo a particulate filter efficiency test as occurs in The Netherlands.

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of privately owned e-scooters being used on public property; and what steps he is taking to...

      Electric Scooters: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Department for Health and Social Care on trends in the numbers of injuries as a result of e-scooter use.

      Motor Vehicles: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making dashboard cameras mandatory for all vehicles.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve the performance of the DVLA.

      Driving Licences: Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the DVLA on improvements to their website to ensure that people with epilepsy are fully informed of their right to...

      High Speed Two: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by HS2 Ltd to (a) inform, (b) involve and (c) respond to affected communities since the...

      Railways: Huddersfield and Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with rail providers in Yorkshire on providing a regular consumer rail route between Huddersfield and Wakefield.

      Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of car engine idling on the environment.

      Electric Scooters: Middlesbrough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to recommend a further 12 month period of operation for the e-scooter trial scheme being run in Middlesbrough by Ginger, which was...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussion he has had with energy suppliers on the number of customer complaints related to smart meter roll-out...

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on the smart meter roll-out to date.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help energy companies achieve their fixed annual installation targets for smart...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking when an energy supplier does not achieve their fixed annual installation target for...

      Business: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many proposals launched in the 2020 consultation entitled Reforming Regulation Initiative, have been implemented by...

      Fire Industry Association: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Fire Industry Association (FIA) on (a) supply chain disruption and (b)...

      Innovation: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 172 of the Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper, how much and what proportion of the...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment was used as the basis for closing the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Renewable Heat Incentive...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies have (a) successfully undertaken digital training for the new Boiler Upgrade Scheme and (b) been...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure Boiler Upgrade Scheme vouchers will not be hoarded by large companies who have the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff in his Department are managing Ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling the sharing of smart meter data across (a) the energy...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential role of smart meter data, beyond influencing the behaviour of energy...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its four-year policy framework for smart meter...

      Energy: Cooperatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will set out his plans for supporting the community energy sector in the future.

      Postage Stamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he was consulted by Royal Mail on the voiding of existing stamps in 2023 before the decision was taken.

      Carers: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory entitlement to paid leave for carers.

  • Leader of the House

    • Linacre College: Sovico Group

      To ask the Leader of the House, what criteria he will apply when giving advice to the (a) Privy Council and (b) Department for Education on whether an Oxford University college should be given...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Ambulance Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will discuss with Cabinet colleagues improvements to ambulance response times in Northern Ireland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take urgent steps to ensure that the Vaccine Data Resolution Service meets its stated case resolution time of 21...

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to ensure immunocompromised people are safeguarded following the removal of the requirement to...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether financial support is available for employee's taking time off work to look after their children who have contracted covid-19 and...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the AstraZenica covid-19 vaccine have been destroyed in the last three months.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been thrown away since January 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in each month of 2021, how many (a) AstraZeneca and (b) Pfizer doses have reached their expiry dates before being administered in the UK.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to review legislation on no smoking zones to include vaping.

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing and Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the utilisation targets are in respect of (a) laboratory capacity to process covid-19 PCR tests and (b) contact centre capacity; and...

      Migrants: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of covid-19 vaccine take-up rates among migrants living in the UK, including people without formal...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of Healthy Start vouchers (a) in general and (b) for people without...

      Infected Blood Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will supply to the Infected Blood Inquiry all documents which were subject to claims of public interest immunity...

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide financial support to local authorities for the provision of at-home HIV testing in all parts of England.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long his Department plans to continue to provide free lateral flow covid-19 tests to the general public via post and community...

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the outcomes of the (a) SIREN study, (b) Easter6 project and (c) Vivaldi study on the effectiveness of antibodies in...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to NHS long covid treatment across England.

      Coronavirus: Travel Requirements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the records of covid-19 booster vaccinations are provided on covid-19 travel passes.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to mitigate the impact of advertising, promotion and placement restrictions on products that are high in...

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Committee on Toxicity’s review of the toxicological risks associated with oral nicotine pouches was delayed...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the sale of e-cigarette products to minors.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on people with underlying health conditions of the proposals to remove all covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) double and (b) triple vaccinated covid-19 patients were admitted to hospital in each month since March 2021; and what...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent data his Department holds on third covid-19 vaccine dose take-up by ethnicity.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions he has had with the armed forces on assisting with covid-19 vaccine programme in schools.

      Novel Foods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the request from the Woven Network for a transitional arrangement...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a central repository of PCR tests in use in the NHS and publish evidence validating each test's effectiveness.

      Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will include a specific responsibility for immunocompromised and clinically extremely vulnerable people in the...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the legal requirement to isolate after testing positive for covid-19 on...

      Oral Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the British Standard Institution’s Standard 8877 on tobacco-free oral nicotine...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to continue to make covid-19 lateral flow tests freely available to clinically extremely vulnerable people...

      Medwell Medical Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many items of personal protective equipment the Government has procured from Medwell Medical Products since January 2021.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond the letters dated 27 September and 16 December 2021 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on social care costs.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 1 August 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding free NHS services,...

      Opioids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the MHRA's Opioids Expert Working Group will consider the use of opioids solely for pain management or the use of opioids in...

      Hospices: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to encourage hospices to access Apprenticeship Levy funding.

      Carers: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the exemption of people in receipt of carer’s allowance from NHS prescription charges.

      Doctors: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Professional and Linguistics Assessment Board test does not have a waiting list.

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce delays to NHS urgent appointments.

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of local authority provision of availability of at home HIV testing all year round; and what...

      Protective Clothing: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) number and (b) proportion of PPE items purchased or procured by the Government are that have been manufactured by UK based...

      HIV Action Plan Implementation Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the first meeting of the HIV Action Plan Implementation Group will take place.

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason accessibility to NHS-funded IVF is determined by local clinical commissioning groups as opposed to being a standardised...

      Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department have roles with a specific focus on rural health.

      Mental Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to increase funding for research into mental health.

      Motor Neurone Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will confirm that the recently announced £50m for targeted motor neurone disease (MND) research will be awarded in full to the...

      Protective Clothing: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many active court cases his Department is defending itself against regarding the high priority lane for personal protective equipment.

      Dentistry: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to amend the five-year time limit for the General Dental Council’s (GDC) overseas registration exam in...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme for covid-19 vaccinations will prioritise the processing of claims where the claimant’s...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 11 October 2021, case number MP71917 on the loss...

      Social Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with local authorities regarding the additional cost of increased numbers of individual assessments for adult...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the impact of the changes to social care funding on provision of social care across different...

  • Attorney General

    • Serious Fraud Office

      To ask the Attorney General, on what dates each new investigation was opened by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021; and whether each of those investigations (a) was...

    • Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions have been suspended once charges have been made as a result of a victim (a) not providing evidence or (b) withdrawing in...

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of covid-19 lockdowns on the ability of local authorities and partner organisations and...

    • Children in Care: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care aged 16 and 17 died while they were living in (a) semi-independent or (b) independent accommodation in each of the last five...

      Universities: Gifts and Endowments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the acceptance of large donations by University colleges from foreign billionaires closely linked with regimes with poor human...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to universities that they are not to require (a) healthcare students, (b) social care students and (c) any other students to...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the abolition of the national assessment and accreditation system for children’s social workers, whether his Department plans...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of social service departments in each region of England have been rated (a) inadequate or (b) requires improvement by Ofsted.

      Children in Care: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to review the deaths of 22 children in care aged 16 and 17 while they were living in (a) semi-independent or (b) independent...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of Frontline on (a) retention and (b) vacancy rates in children’s social work.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the adequacy of children’s social care services in England.

      National School Breakfast Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have been reached with a free breakfast as part of the National School Breakfast Programme so far in the academic year 2021-22.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of levels of vaccine hesitancy among parents of children aged (a) five to 11 and (b) 12 to 15.

      Primary Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119780 on Primary Education: Assessments, how will data from the national statistics be...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the School Aged Immunisation Service will be involved in the vaccination of five to 11 year olds against covid-19; and what additional...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of lifting covid-19 restrictions on sickness rates in school among pupils and teachers.

      Teachers: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the event that independent schools and private...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his estimated projections for the number of prisoners expected to be housed by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service in each of...

    • Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how insecure and temporary accommodation for women leaving prison is accounted for in his Department's data of accommodation outcomes for former female...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to widen access to justice for people applying for settlement under the Immigration Rules.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Arms Trade: Kazakhstan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has revised its licensing of military goods for export to Kazakhstan in the context of protests in Kazakhstan in...

    • Trade Agreements: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on how people in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester can benefit from trade...

      Gulf Co-operation Council: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many responses her Department received in response to its consultation, Trade with the Gulf Co-operation Council: call for input.

      Department for International Trade: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on the negotiations on the application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement...

      Arms Trade: Yemen

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Government’s Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, whether she has conducted a review of relevant licences...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: East Kilbride

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the staff in the Department for International Development who left their posts...

    • Iran: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reports that Iran may have enough material to acquire...

      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, what obligations her Department has to UK nationals...

      Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ratify Protocol V of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; and...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cost her Department will assign to excess donated vaccines, in the context of the absence of agreement in...

      Afghanistan: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Qatari counterpart on the evacuation of eligible personnel from Afghanistan...

      Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the assassination attempt on Libyan prime minister, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah.

      Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have received humanitarian and social protection support...

      Development Aid: Water

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

      Sovico Group: Linacre College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what advice her Department has given to representatives of (a) Linacre College and (b) Oxford University on the...

      Development Aid: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that small-scale farmers in developing countries receive funding from the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the absence of OECD DAC agreement on the pricing of surplus vaccine dose donations, and the...

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) fund projects following the launch of the £65...

      Brazil: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that more than 1,000 square km of the...

      Lindsay de Feliz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has provided support to the government of the Dominican Republic for the investigation into...

      Development Aid: Tropical Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the evidence submission by the World Health Organisation to the International Development...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy ships and (b) admirals there are as of 18 February 2022.

    • Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 80335, whether a timetable for delivery of the update on Veteran ID cards has been agreed.

      Armed Forces: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an army recruit aged under 18 has a statutory right of discharge (a) during the first six weeks of training and (b) after that point; and...

      Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £4.3 billion in funding for the Defence Estates Optimisation...

      Defence: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how many new highly skilled jobs were created by the UK combat air industry in 2021.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published in March 2021, how much of the £1.5 billion of funding for improving single living...

      Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £6.6 billion allocated for research, development, and...

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper, published March 2021, how much of the £2 billion in funding for strategic investment in the Future...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve universal credit service delivery.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) response time by work coaches to people who have submitted entries on their online universal...

      Work and Health Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on the Work and Health Programme in each year since 2017-18 inclusive.

      Personal Independence Payment: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to assess the suitability of the personal independence payment assessment criteria for people with chronic pain.

      Identity Cards: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing an identity scheme for people with hidden disabilities.

      Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact the covid-19 pandemic on levels of day one access to Statutory Sick Pay.

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2021 to Question 42053 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to Table 7 of the quarterly Maternity...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in receipt of carers allowance receive the full amount.

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason UK pensioners who have (a) fully contributed throughout their working lives and (b) moved abroad after retirement have their...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing carers allowance.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fly-tipping: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will revise sentencing for fly-tipping to include a community service element to all sentences in addition to fines.

    • National Parks: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Natural England has invited the Dorset National Park team to be involved in the further assessment of the Dorset...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the month by month figures of Afghan refugees residing in bridging hotels, from 1 August 2021.

    • Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Afghan nationals after the end of their six 6 months leave to remain in the UK; and what...

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what economic impact assessment her Department has undertaken in respect of the Nationality and Borders Bill.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to simplify immigration law for (a) practitioners and (b) the public.

      Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of alleged incidents of crime reported to the police resulted in (a) a police charge, (b) an out of court...

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 106891, what steps she has taken to progress her department's review and evaluation of...

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 112 of the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, how much and what proportion of the total £100...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 102809, on Afghanistan: Refugees, what her Department's timeframe is for contacting...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) urgently move families evacuated from Afghanistan in August 2021 out of hotel accommodation and...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the policy of pursuing constrained Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy...

      Emergency Services Network: Rhandirmwyn

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and (b) mobile communication companies on...

      Action Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual reports of suspected fraud were made to Action Fraud in each quarter since Action Fraud was established.

      Buildings: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether an evacuation manager should be appointed at Magellan House, Leeds, as proposed by the West...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make changes to the Immigration Rules to permit certain persons to apply for a visa to come to the UK for the purpose of making...

      Animal Welfare: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Ministerial directions were issues by her Department in relation to the evacuation of animals from Afghanistan from the Nowzad charity.

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for notifying her Department of people who are at risk of political persecution in Afghanistan and who are seeking...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans for a process for hon Members to forward cases for consideration under the third referral pathway of the Afghan...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2021 to Question 73839 on Afghanistan: Refugees, whether there is an (a) online form, (b) email...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether referrals by hon. Members is a valid referral route for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to provide information to hon. Members on whether the cases they have referred to her Department will be considered for...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Supported Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of strengthening the regulation of exempt accommodation.

    • Multiple Occupation: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending section nine of the Management of Houses in...

      Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the process is by which land that has been removed from the green belt can be returned to the green belt.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will introduce a mechanism for the Police to advise planning committees where there are concerns that a planning...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what role local authority building control departments have in helping to tackle unsafe cladding.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what financial support is available for residential blocks under 11 metres whose building owners or property managers are...

      Freeports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Secretary...

      Freeports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 115885 on Thames Freeport, if he will list all businesses directly...

      Freeports: Subsidiary Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 115885 on Thames Freeport, if he will list the criteria used to...

      Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what sanctions are available against people in local government who break rules on standards; and whether those sanctions...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what critical infrastructure his Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what opportunities from the UK's withdrawal from the EU the Minister for Brexit Opportunities has identified...

    • Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the ministerial responsibilities of the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister.

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any employees of the Conservative Party will report to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in his...

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster will be responsible for in his role as Downing Street...

      Prime Minister

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of an hon. Member as Downing Street Chief of Staff is (a) a political appointment...

      Prime Minister

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the appointment of an hon. Member as Head of the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit is (a) a political...

  • Treasury

    • Farms: Reservoirs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether contractors using heavy machinery to build reservoirs on farms as part of work related to agriculture and food production can continue to use red...

    • Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the energy bill discount scheme will be mandatory for all who qualify.

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers and officials in his Department held with stakeholders on the £4.3 million lost to fraudulent covid-19 claims; and who was in...

      Charging Points and Parking: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the potential merit of equalising the VAT regime for (a) residential off-street parking and (b) public charging for electric...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have received a rebate under the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme since 26 May 2020.

      Arms Trade: Fines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the exporters who were fined between March and November 2021 by HMRC for the unlicensed export of (a) military and (b) dual use goods.

      Export Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the items that exporters were fined by HMRC for unlicensed export of under the Export Control Order 2008 from March to November 2021.

      Remote Working: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the tax allowance for home working.

      Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an impact assessment on the potential economic effect of ending the reduced rate of VAT for (a) hospitality and (b) tourism businesses...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) providing a rebate to people who paid tax on grant funding from the Self-Employment Income...

      Child Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to change the rules on child tax credit to allow it to be split across couples who share custody jointly.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of service provided on the Childcare Service phonelines.

      Energy Bill Discount Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 119778 on the Energy Bill Discount Scheme, for what reason that Answer did not provide a definition...

      Consumer Goods: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the increase in household goods prices on families on a low income.

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the proportion of the £150 rebate to people in category A to D council tax bands that will be lost by...

      Private Rented Housing: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahead of the Spring Statement, what assessment he has made of the contribution of private rental costs to the current increases in the cost of living; and...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the payment of the £150 council tax rebate to people who do not pay their council tax...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the financial support provided to local authorities to assist with the administration of the...

      Business

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of redrawing the Withdrawal Agreement to provide better support to UK businesses.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of time it takes for the appeals process to be completed when persons have had their applications...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of applications for thirty hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds that were found...

      Freeports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals on the designation and enablement of freeports.

      Police: Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) overnight allowance for police officers working away from home overnight and (b) additional hardship allowance for those without proper...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Cycling: World Cup

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in the context of the recent success of UK cyclists at the 2022 UCI Cycli-cross World Championships, whether her Department...

    • Motor Sports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support her Department has given to motorcycle speedway since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Football: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the participation of BAME young people in grassroots football.

      Olympic Games: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the reasons for International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach's intervention in the...

      Arts and Culture: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Joint Council for Qualifications' findings that (a) between 2010 to 2021 in England there was a serious...

      Gambling: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which companies have been served by the Gambling Commission with fines in excess of £100,000 since April 2018.

  • Cop26

    • UN Climate Conference 2021: Geothermal Power

      To ask the President of COP26, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2021 to Question 73823 on UN Climate Conference 2021: Aviation, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2,500,000 kWh thermal...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Question

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of BAME Further Education (a) students and (b) college leaders.

    • Question

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure the Online Safety Bill improves protections for women and girls.

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to ban conversion therapy in all circumstances.

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to begin a new levelling up assessment of the Integrated Rail Plan with Transport for the North.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Horizon Europe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date they expect British universities to have a definitive answer as to whether the UK has succeeded in formally associating with the Horizon Europe...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination programme for children in order to prevent school absences.

    • Integrated Care Systems: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether NHS England, in its guidance to the NHS on the appointment of members to Integrated Care Boards, will ask for a rerun of local authority appointments so...

      Dental Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) NHS dentists, and (2) NHS dental practices, for each of the last five years.

      Cheltenham General Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reinstate a 24-hour accident and emergency department at Cheltenham General Hospital.

  • Department for Education

    • Free School Meals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the eligibility criteria for free school meals to all children whose parents are on universal credit.

    • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Instruction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HGV drivers who have independently acquired a provisional HGV licence and passed the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence modules one and two are...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the levels of student absenteeism in secondary schools in England for each week in the current academic year.

      Education: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 21 October (HL Deb col 381), what progress they have made on the education sector certification scheme.

      History: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to adopt the Council of Europe's recommendation to "include the history of Roma and Travellers in school curricula and teaching...

      Pupils: Identification

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when admitted to mainstream schools, pupils receive a Unique Pupil Number; and if so, how this number is used to track the educational journey of a child.

      Education: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 55 Education Investment Areas have surplus school places.

      Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Directors

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the Board of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education have themselves undertaken an apprenticeship.

      Languages: Secondary Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which state secondary schools have been selected to take part in the Department for Education pilot scheme to extend the teaching of Latin.

      School Leaving

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what statistics they keep of the outcomes for pupils after they leave school; and who is responsible for maintaining these records.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by St Martin in the Fields, London Prisons Mission and Prison Reform Trust Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison,...

    • Courts: Fines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people who received a court fine in England and Wales were unemployed at the time of being fined for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when responses to the consultation on modernising lasting powers of attorney will be published.

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish annual totals from the information collected by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service in the MC100 Statements of assets and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Bahrain: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Bahrain regarding the reported detention of six children without clear justification or allowing their...

    • Bahrain: Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of claims in the Politics Home article, ‘Bahrain-Linked “Think Tank” Accused Of Trying To "Silence" MPs and Peers...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the booklet by the Balfour Project Israel/Palestine: in search of the rule of law, published in May 2021; and what...

      Middle East: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current threats, if any, to the Christian presence in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

      Abduljalil al-Singace

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by (1) Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 23 November 2021 (HL3907), (2) the Minister for Europe on 19 November 2021 (UIN72473), and (3)...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence has made any use of (1) Dahua Technology, and (2) Hikvision, cameras.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensioners: Cost of Living

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the increase in the energy price cap will have on individuals in receipt of the state pension.

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 8 February (HL Deb cols 1553-1554), why the figures on the number of migrants crossing the English...

    • Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, for each of the six months from August 2021, how many fines or penalties have been issued for inappropriate use of (1) rental e-scooters, and (2) privately owned...

      Asylum: Islamic State

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many victims of Daesh have been granted asylum in the UK since 2014; and how many of these belonged to religious minorities in the countries they left.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

  • Treasury

    • Red Diesel: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 8 February (HL5672), whether HMRC intends to start recording the fraudulent use of red diesel in the UK as...

    • NatWest

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the statement published by the US Department of Justice on 21 December 2021 after the guilty plea by NatWest for various fraud schemes in the markets...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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