Written answers

Friday, 25 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local transport authorities meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 in relation to bus services.

    • Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 120746, on Roads: Safety, on what date his Department received the report on road safety...

      East Coast Main Line: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment he plans to make in the east coast main line to (a) improve capacity and (b) enable more frequent services between the North of...

      Public Transport: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to have robust policies on sexual misconduct in (a) its own policies on rail franchising...

      Public Transport: Wi-Fi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to block pornography through public WiFi on public transport and prohibit this activity...

      Aviation: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to (a) British Airways and (b) other airlines to help recruit more cabin crew staff.

      Northwich Station: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the need to introduce step free access between the platforms at Northwich station.

      Railways: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 53 of the Williams-Shapps Plan for rail, when in 2022 the Department plans to publish its comprehensive environment plan for...

      Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in implementing the first recommendation of the Rail Accident Report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch...

      Highway Code: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the potential impact of the changes to the Highway Code on single track road users in rural communities...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in (i) Coventry North East...

    • Research: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much and what proportion of its research and development budget did his Department spend in each region of the UK...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 116928, on Innovation and Research: Regional Planning and...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects to reach agreement on participation in Horizon Europe; what estimate he has made of the number of...

      Rosyth Dockyard: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of the provision free accommodation to (a) British and (b) non-British...

      Space Technology: Solar Events

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what measures in the Government's National Space Strategy will take account of the increased prevalence of coronal mass...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether consumers are able to opt out of receiving the £200 upfront discount on energy bills.

      Biofuels: Vegetable Oils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons customers that use hydrotreated vegetable oil for heating and hot water in rural, off-grid homes are...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of installing BioLPG boilers in off-grid homes in relation to (a) the...

      Carbon Budgets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to review carbon budgets 3, 4 and 5 following the adoption of a 1.5°C target.

      Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the reduction of CO2 emissions in tonnes as a result of Drax being in receipt...

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many off gas grid homes that applied to join the electrification of heat demonstration project heat pump trial were...

      Electricity: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure electricity tariffs for pre-payment meters are no more costly than tariffs on...

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Government policy on the roll out of heat pumps will not be finalised until the trials of the electrification...

      Offshore Industry: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, 9 February 2022,...

      Natural Gas and Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including nuclear and gas as taxonomy aligned endeavours in the...

      District Heating: Rebates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether district heating customers will be included in the £200 discount available to households.

      Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of removing the renewables tariff...

      Minerals: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to protect and improve the UK's rare-earth supply chains.

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a UK-wide citizens’ assembly to propose...

      Offshore Industry: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy on 9 February 2022, Official Report, col 962, if he...

      Small Modular Reactors: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the building of small modular reactors in Scotland.

      Rosyth Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the provision free accommodation to (a) British and (b) non-British nationals employed...

  • Attorney General

    • Homicide: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with attempted murder in each of the last three years by age group.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to bring forward its proposed consultation on nutritional information labelling for alcoholic drinks.

    • Surgical Mesh Implants: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implication for his polices of the decision of Boston Scientific to cease marketing urogynecological...

      Health Education England: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what budget his Department has allocated to Health Education England for workforce growth and medical education in the financial year 2022-23.

      Hepatitis: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential role of antenatal screening in eliminating Hepatitis C.

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of (a) hospital capacity limits as of 22 February 2022 and (b) how often hospitals exceed full capacity.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the limited provision of free covid-19 testing will be paid for by his Department’s existing budget after 1 April 2022.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report on Drugs Policy: Medicinal...

      Sickle Cell Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations on sickle cell disease care made by the sickle cell all-party Parliamentary...

      Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness across the UK of the five major symptoms of cancer.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it the Government's policy to spend £1.6 billion on dementia research over the next ten years, as mentioned in the...

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Communication Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that supporting children’s spoken language development is part of the forthcoming schools White Paper.

    • Education: Communication Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of whether children are behind with their speaking and understanding of language as a result of the covid-19...

      Literacy: World Book Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of World Book Day on literacy rates.

      Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's guidance is on Ofsted inspections for schools that have recently undergone a change of head teacher; and whether those schools...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to protect school funding from the rise in electricity and gas prices.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to allocate additional funding to cover the costs of (a) sickness cover for teachers and (b) sanitation in schools...

      Secondary Education: Bradford East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 120797 on Secondary Education: Regional Planning and Development, what estimate he has made of...

      Education: Communication Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to children with difficulties in speaking and understanding as part of the roll out of the £1.8 billion...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many ventilation units have been distributed to schools in the Bradford district as of 18 February 2022.

      Finance: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the financial literacy of school children in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle.

      GCE A-level: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will ensure that any announcement on the future funding of the provisional list of level 3 qualifications is made to Parliament first.

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he intends to update the dataset entitled Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (a)...

      Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) make and (b) model are of the air filtration devices which his Department has (a) supplied and (b) plans to supply directly to schools...

      Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of unused lateral flow test kits currently in (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) other educational contexts;...

      Coronavirus Workforce Fund for Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will stop funding (a) universities and (b) colleges through the Coronavirus Workforce Fund; and if he will make a statement.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Marriage: Humanism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the equity of the administrative costs for humanist marriages; and if he will make a statement.

    • Parole: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on the root and branch review of the parole system.

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the finding of HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on women’s prisons that...

      Sexual Offences: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the justice system is more accessible for victims of sexual assault.

      Prison Officers: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to strengthen measures to support the safety of on duty prison officers.

      Prisoners: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in prison as a place of safety in the (a) women’s and (b) male prison estate.

      Prisons: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult safeguarding concerns were recorded in HMP and HMP/YOI prison establishments in England and Wales, in each establishment, in (a) 2017 and...

      Family Courts: Witnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will conduct a review of the use of expert psychological witnesses in the family courts for the purposes of ensuring credibility, standards and...

      Contact Orders: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to record centrally the number of cases in child contact arrangements where (a) allegations of parental alienation have been reported,...

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposal by Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison on providing funding for a bespoke pathway...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 10 December 2021 from the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South requesting a meeting with a...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Gulf Co-operation Council: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department plans to publish the 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 ongoing negotiations with the Gulf Co-operation council.

      Iron and Steel: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further steps she will take to increase exports of UK steel.

      Trade Promotion: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to extend an invitation to Mongolian trade representatives to attend trade exhibitions at which UK exports are...

      Exports: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the current value is of exports from the UK to Mongolia.

      Overseas Trade: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support her Department has provided to its trade representative in Mongolia.

      Exports: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential for increasing UK exports to Mongolia; and what discussions she has had with UK trade bodies...

      Exports: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what financial support the Government provides to UK companies who wish to export to Mongolia.

      UK Export Finance: Mongolia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of applications for loans from UKEF to support exports to Mongolia are successful; and what interest rate is applied to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to send observers to attend the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear...

    • Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 117029, what information her Department has on potential...

      Russia: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she travelled to Russia on 10 February 2022 on a commercial flight.

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119771, what steps her Department is taking to help...

      Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 117029, if she will publish the number of UK nationals her...

      Channel Islands: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to commemorate the deportation of British nationals...

      Horn of Africa: Droughts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa following the severe recent...

      Uganda: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the appointment of Major General Abel Kandiho as chief of joint...

      Middle East: International Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Amnesty International citing human rights abuses against Palestinian civilians, published 1...

      Myanmar: Civil Society

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support her Department is providing to civil society organisations in Myanmar who are collecting...

      Diarrhoea: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to data published by UNICEF in April 2021 reporting that diarrhoeal diseases cause 18 per cent of...

      Africa: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Neglected Disease Research and Development: New Perspectives, published by Policy Cures Research...

      Sudan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of whether live ammunition was used against protesters in Sudan (a) on 7...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to DR Congo: The Forgotten Bianga Indigenous Massacre, published by Human Rights Watch on 9...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Conflict Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 117760, how much the UK has spent to support efforts to tackle...

      Palestinians: Personal Names

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the latest Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Palestinian Authority (PA),...

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her (a) American, (b) Canadian and (c) other international...

      Myanmar: Military Attachés

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of potential risks to the Burmese diaspora community in the UK of the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timeframe is for the planned warfighting division to meet (a) initial and (b) full operating capability.

    • Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many programmes have been (a) written off, (b) cancelled or (c) merged with others as a result of the Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper;...

      Military Aircraft: Ministers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual flights have been undertaken by Government ministers and their staff on RAF planes in each of the last three calendar years, and on...

      Dstl

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 116930, on Dstl: Newcastle upon Tyne, what the budget of the Science and Technology...

      War Widows: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in relation to war widows pensions since the Minister of State at his Department stated on 10 December 2020 that...

      Armed Forces: Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish the statistics on the levels of musculoskeletal injuries experienced by (a) male and (b) female members of the British...

      Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £6.6 billion committed to research, development and experimentation over the next four years in the Defence...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £1.5 billion investment in improving single living accommodation committed to in the Defence Command Paper of...

      Black Sea: HMS Trent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are deployed on HMS Trent during its voyage to the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea region.

      Estonia: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which additional regiments will be situated in Estonia as a result of the Government's commitment to double the number of UK armed forces personnel in...

      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, when his Department last conducted a procurement exercise for...

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £800 million committed to a new automated mobile fires platform over the next ten years in the Defence Command...

      Queen's Guards: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that none of the bearskins used to make the ceremonial caps worn by the Queen’s Guard come from bears shot by...

      Nato

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's priorities are for NATO's 2022 strategic concept.

      Royal Fleet Auxiliary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the conversion bay class support ship committed to in the Defence Command Paper of 2021 will be delivered.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new claims for universal credit were processed and paid by her Department within (a) five weeks, (b) six weeks, (c) seven weeks, (d)...

    • Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the potential effect of not uprating benefits in line with current rates of inflation on levels of child...

      Social Security Benefits: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 14 April 2021 to Question 174995, what level of compensation is paid as a result of errors made by her Department.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 119686 on Social Security Benefits, what recent assessment she has made of the impact...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will place a copy of her Department’s evidence-based review of foodbank use in the House of Commons Library.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department collects data on the number of claims reviewed by the Risk Review Team that have been closed as a result of fraudulent...

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims have been closed by the Risk Review Team as a result of fraudulent activity as of 18 February 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process the Risk Review team has put in place to work with local authorities who are assisting individuals who have had their benefits...

      Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claims that were initially found to have failed the habitual residence test had those decisions overturned...

      Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of households in the private rented sector in receipt of universal credit with the housing...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there has been an increase in the uptake of Pension Credit in each year since 2010.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on promotion campaigns to encourage the take up of Pension Credit in each year since 2010.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single claims for universal credit were suspended while a new joint claim was processed and paid in the most recent 12 months for...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Arfon...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of (a)...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of (a)...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the last submission of evidence to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's investigation into the communication of changes to...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121901 on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, for what reasons her Department...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of universal credit claimants who use online and phone-based services.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made on the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Swansea West constituency.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has carried out research on demand for universal credit app-based services.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Marine Environment: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what remedial steps his Department has taken on the North Sea coast since the algal bloom affecting crabs, shellfish, and...

    • Export Health Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Export Health Certificates (a) have been issues in each of the last five years and (b) his Department has estimated...

      Fishing Catches: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Bycatch Mitigation Initiative referenced as a policy to meet the Fisheries Act objectives under...

      Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department made an assessment of the economic impact of a horticulture peat ban on the UK horticulture industry...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badger culling licences his Department has issued since the announcement by the Government of the phased end of...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department makes of how many (a) badgers and (b) cattle have been vaccinated against Bovine TB since the...

      Furs: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the recent consultation on the fur market in the UK.

      Furs: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on Fur market in Great Britain, which closed on 28 June 2021.

      Pet Travel Scheme: Ferrets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many ferrets were imported through the Pet Travel Scheme in each year from 2012 to 2021.

      Pet Travel Scheme: Cats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were imported through the Pet Travel Scheme in each year from 2012 to 2021.

  • Home Office

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for imposing fines on people for breaches of covid-19 regulations;...

    • Hate Crime: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to classify misogyny as a hate crime.

      Drugs: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people with a county lines flag in the National Referral Mechanism system (a) go on to commit a serious...

      Drugs: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 22 of From Harm to Hope: a 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, published in December 2021, how many and...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for her assessment that 70 per cent of those crossing the channel in small boats are economic migrants.

      Mitie: Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the implications for her Department's policy of Mitie’s response to allegations of racist,...

      Slavery: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average waiting period is for a conclusive grounds judgment through the National Referral Mechanism.

      Drugs: Driving Under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) extent of delays in lab testing blood samples as a means of evidencing drug driving offences and (b)...

      Stalking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that all police forces in England are adequately able to (a) identify the need for and (b) appropriately...

      Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help improve safeguarding within faith communities.

      Fire and Rescue Services: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the Fire and Rescue Service precept for North Yorkshire.

      Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answers of 6 December 2021 to Question 76580 and 28 October 2021 to Question 59749, whether any ingredients used solely for...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 2020 statistics on scientific procedures on living animals, what the purpose was of the (a) 46,918 uses of sheep, ( b)...

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle misogyny in society, and (b) implement measures to tackle domestic and intimate partner...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had any discussions with the Metropolitan Police in relation to Operation Hillman.

      Hemp: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many current licences there are for growing Hemp in the UK.

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist decision-making units are operational in her Department; how many decisions they have made since their introduction; and...

      Offensive Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring into force the offence of threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place as provided for by section 52...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are taken to assess whether someone is fit to hold a firearms licence.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun certificates have been issued and are active for pump action (a) shotguns and (b) rifles in England as of 18 February 2022.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken a recent assessment of the (a) impact of amnesty bins on helping to prevent knife crime and (b)...

      Crime: CCTV and Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) street lighting and (b) CCTV cameras in areas with a high level of crime.

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police has shared any information with her Department regarding Operation Hillman.

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were recorded in 2020, and how many of those cases resulted in, within one year of recording, a (a) reference...

      Security: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Security Industry Authority (SIA) on the recent implementation of mandatory training and the (a)...

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were recorded in the first three quarters of the financial year 2020-21; and how many of those cases resulted...

      Metropolitan Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met any representatives of the Metropolitan Police to discuss the finding of the Independent Office for Police Conduct in...

      Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to deploy civil nuclear constabulary officers on British cross-Channel ferries.

      Dogs: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to (a) reduce and (b) eliminate the need to breed dogs for veterinary medical experimentation in the UK.

      Drugs: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the illegal supply of drugs purchased on (a) the darkweb and (b) elsewhere on the internet.

      Personation: Telecommunications and Utilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of incidents of identity theft relating to telecommunications and utility bills recorded by...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Shared Prosperity Fund people and skills investment priority has been delayed until 2024-25 in...

    • Levelling Up Fund: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121697, on Levelling Up Fund: Devolution, in the context of...

      Regional Planning and Development: Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Minister in his Department will be responsible for the Islands Forum scheme.

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much levelling up funding he plans to allocate to projects in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern...

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will commit to publishing a regular update on the allocation of levelling up funding.

      Standard of Living: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that York does not regress economically and socially in the context of (a) the impact of...

      Levelling Up Fund: Bolton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason Bolton's Levelling Up Fund bid for the redevelopment of the Crompton Place was unsuccessful; and what...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of devolving specific powers or funds to county councils outside of...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to (a) assess and (b) take account of the level of need in local communities when determining the...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting (a) Levelling Up Essex and (b) other local levelling...

      European Social Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to consult (a) organisations which deliver European Social Fund programmes, and (ii) other organisations...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date his Department intends to publish the criteria and timescale for the second round of applications to the...

      EU Grants and Loans and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will set out the allocation (a) that each nation would have received through European Structural Funds in the event...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to fulfil the commitment set out in the Shared Prosperity Fund pre-launch guidance to maintain...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to ensure there is a supply of qualified builders and engineers to undertake cladding...

      Buildings: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support leaseholders to ensure that buildings conform with new building standards.

      Renters' Reform Bill (Draft)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will commit to introducing the Renters' Reform Bill to Parliament in 2022.

      Private Rented Housing: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which groups representing private renters has he had discussions with ahead of the publication of the White Paper on...

      Leasehold: Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to protect leaseholders against sharp rises in costs from management companies running their...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is proposing to bring existing leasehold and ground rent contracts into line with his current leasehold...

      Veterans: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding available for specialist supported housing for veterans...

      Veterans: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans with complex needs to find supported housing.

      Veterans: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what cross-boundary housing support is available for veterans in local authorities with low numbers of veterans.

      Homelessness: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities that take into account the needs of veterans in...

      Housing: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities that take into account the needs of veterans in...

      Sleeping Rough: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of removing the local connection test for the Armed Forces community...

      Sleeping Rough: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the advice outlined in Improving access to social housing for...

      Pensioners: Council Tax Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to promote access to support with council tax by claiming pension credit.

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings from the Community Security Trust that...

      Elections: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that partially sighted and blind people are able to easily participate in...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will set out a future framework for the roles and responsibilities of local authorities.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will undertake a comprehensive review of the adequacy of the (a) current and (b) future levels of local authority...

      Building Regulations: Emergency Exits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current building regulations on the height at which buildings require more...

      Social Rented Housing: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Regulator of Social Housing will introduce specific standards for dealing with complaints of racism in social housing.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the responsibilities of the National House Building Council for UK building safety.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans the Government has to improve the quality of building safety checks nationally.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce annual targets for local authorities on the delivery of new social housing in...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish details on the eligibility of Buy to Let landlords to the Building Safety Fund for buildings both over...

      Social Rented Housing: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many veterans have been allocated social housing in each year since 2010.

      Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will include buy-to-let landlords who are leaseholders within the scope of the package announced on 10 January 2022...

      Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Leasehold Advisory Service is taking to support residents affected by cladding...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Coronavirus: Surveys

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are participating in the ONS covid-19 Infection Survey; and what the rate of attrition in participation in that survey is.

    • Prime Minister: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2022 to Question 121769, on Prime Minister: Coronavirus, what guidance...

      Prime Minister: Permanent Secretaries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what role (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chief of Staff will have in the permanent appointment of a...

      Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the infected blood compensation framework report by Sir Robert Francis QC by 14 March 2022...

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 120805, on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, for each phase of the Scheme, how many and what...

    • Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to alcohol duty on the diversity, choice and quality of wines available...

      Housing: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding he plans to allocate to decarbonise homes.

      Spirits: Imports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide data on UK import of spirits from (a) the USA, (b) France, (c) Germany and (d) other EU member states for each year between 2016 and 2021.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support pre-payment meter customers who do not live in council properties Band A-D will receive when the cost of energy increases in April 2022.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households his Department expects will receive funding from the £155 million announced by the Government on 3 February 2022 to support...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of allowing households to opt-out of the £200 Energy Bills Rebate planned for October 2022 and redirecting those funds to...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people will be exempt from repaying loans under the energy bill discount scheme as a result of their financial circumstances.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all customers will be liable to pay back £40 a year to the Government from October 2022 regardless of whether they were in receipt of the...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made provisions for people who are using old-style prepayment meters for payment of energy bills in relation to the £200...

      Red Diesel: Agriculture

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reconsider the Government's changes to the entitlement for farmers' use of red diesel, so that farmers are not required to...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the £9 billion energy bills rebate scheme the Welsh Government will receive; and how much of that will be new funding.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his timetable is for publishing details on the qualification requirements for vulnerable households to be able to access the £144 million of...

      National Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 120805, on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, what recent estimate he has made of change in the (a)...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps he plans to take to support people in receipt of Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants who are facing difficulties in paying...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the eligibility for the £150 rebate for (a) renters who are not liable for the council tax for their...

      Pensioners: Council Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that pensioners who do not pay council tax are not excluded from the energy council tax support scheme.

      Financial Services: Internet

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in Transparency International UK's December 2021 report that 40 per cent of...

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of increasing levels of sovereign debt repayments on extreme poverty in developing countries.

      Banks: Newport West

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local bank branches in Newport West constituency remain open to enable vulnerable people to have access to cash.

      Money Laundering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the extent of money laundering checks conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority on its regulated...

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) tackle economic crime and (b) prevent fraudulent companies from accessing public funds.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the value of the York and North Yorkshire creative industry; and what estimate she has...

    • Digital Technology: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the current value of the digital creative industry in York and North Yorkshire; and what...

      Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the rollout of the mobile phone Shared Rural Network will be fully delivered by 2025.

      Radio Frequencies: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the viability of the allocation of radio spectrum to the energy network operators...

      Broadband: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking in response to the application by Openreach in January 2021 on behalf of 42 households in...

      Gambling: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will ensure that the single customer view mechanism is (a) undertaken and (b) implemented independently of the gambling...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her timetable is for the introduction of the Online Safety Bill to Parliament.

      Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason there is a five year service qualifying criteria for public servants working in frontline emergency service...

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse each month of gambling related harm.

      Gambling Act 2005 Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to progress the publication of the forthcoming Gambling Review White Paper.

      Greyhound Racing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) help protect Greyhound racing.

      National Lottery: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a breakdown of income derived from the National Lottery income in each nation.

      Football: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with UEFA on changing the location of 2022 UEFA Champions League Final in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation: Storms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety of passenger flights landing in the UK during Storm Eunice.

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