Monday, 28 February 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department will finish its review into the conduct of Go-Ahead and Keolis before making a decision on whether to award a franchising...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received evidence of (a) profit share disputes or (b) malpractice by London and South Eastern Railway in addition to those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take any steps on allegations of fraud at London and South Eastern Railway; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) terms, (b) members and (c) scope of the recent owning group investigation into alleged fraud within London and South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a cost benefit analysis has been conducted of the Operator of Last Resort running Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount owed to his Department by London and South Eastern Railway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties he is considering for Go-Ahead and Keolis in light of the alleged seven-year fraud by their subsidiary London and South Eastern Railway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the terms and scope are for the Government Internal Audit Agency review of the controls and assurance procedures around rail contracts,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Operator of Last Resort to run Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern services in the event that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of electrifying all railway lines in (a) the North East and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new proposals he has to improve (a) safety and (b) traffic flows on the A1079 in East Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations made in the Tenth Report of the Transport Select Committee, Session 2017–19, entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) local highway authorities and (b) other stakeholders on allocating Major Road Network (MRN) funding to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 105660 on Railway Stations: Disability, what further progress has been made towards finalising a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing hydrogen-powered trains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with rail provides on ensuring a regular rail service between Huddersfield and Wakefield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) hours of staff time and (b) cost to his Department of the negotiating rounds with Transport for London in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional trains are planned to run from Bradford rail stations to Manchester rail stations each weekday under the Integrated Rail Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of section 223 of the Highway Code that road users must give priority to buses pulling out into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet with the hon Member for Jarrow to discuss the reported planned permanent closure of the South Shields Driving Test Centre on the Bede...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to speed up the HGV driver testing process to reduce the time period between a person seeking work as a HGV driver...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to increase the number of ships fuelled by LNG.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many commercial helicopter flights to offshore oil and gas installations on the UK Continental Shelf were cancelled due to storms (a) Dudley, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to mitigate the impact of forthcoming London Underground strikes on (a) the London Borough of Havering, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the extension letter to Transport for London which he referred to in his letter of 17 December 2021 to hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of the cost of the (a) Ultra Low Emission Zone and (b) Congestion Charge on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on supporting (a) public electric vehicle charging infrastructure and (b) off-street EV charging infrastructure in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish his Department's conclusions on proposed reforms to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points will be installed in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of on-street electric vehicle charging points using (a) lampposts and (b) under pavement wires.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support Trent Barton bus services continue their regular operation schedule across Ashfield and Eastwood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional trains will run from Bradford to Leeds each day under the Integrated Rail Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish (a) an estimated timeline for the creation of Great British Railways and (b) a date by when that organisation is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support people who are not covered by the energy price cap because they live in buildings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish a consultation on the introduction of hydrogen-ready domestic boilers, as committed to in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many heat pumps were installed in the UK in 2021; what proportion of those pumps were manufactured in the UK; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of storms (a) Dudley, (b) Eunice and (c) Franklin on working patterns in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on the methodology or assessment used in their decision to increase the daily...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assist homeowners in (a) grade two listed and (b) other protected properties to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on investment in the north west of a commitment to develop a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the launch date is for the builder upgrade scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the quantity of gas the UK (a) used, (b) imported and (c) extracted (i) onshore and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in energy prices on residents who are on a communal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how his Department is working with European Member States to develop pathfinder projects for multi-purpose interconnectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to provide details of the steps it plans to take to support the uptake of electrification by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a long-term energy efficiency scheme, open to all,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total capacity is of offshore wind projects in UK waters that are (a) in operation and (b) in construction as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the cost and quality of servicing renewable heating systems remain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure there are enough engineers being trained to service renewable heating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity the UK (a) imported and (b) exported in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) value was of exports of electricity and (b) cost was of imported electricity in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to take into account the Mayor of Liverpool City Region's 2021 manifesto commitment to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the north west can benefit from a live...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what selection criteria are used for appointing the board members of OFGEM.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with travel companies on failures to refund passengers who have had their package...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of space based solar power; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 116010, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Employment Tribunal decisions database protects the data privacy rights of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government cancelled its contract with Valneva for their covid-19 vaccine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what conditions were placed upon (a) Pfizer, (b) Moderna and (c) other covid-19 vaccination providers in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs for consumers across the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether feed-in-tariff payments for solar panels will increase in alignment with the increase in energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will hold discussions with representatives of British Gas on the effect of the increase in energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing support for domestic users of liquified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to increase the export tariff for renewable energy under the SEG scheme at the same...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the energy provisions in the Trade and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to create a coordination group to facilitate the development of pathfinder projects for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to consult on aligning the UK Emissions Trading Scheme with a net zero consistent trajectory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the introduction of paid neonatal leave before the end of this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with representatives from energy suppliers to ensure eligible customers are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many eligible customers (a) have and (b) have not been able to access the warm home discount after being moved to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of small businesses to repay Bounce Back Loans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with OFGEM on ensuring customer satisfaction with smart meter installations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on Ministerial social media...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the location and frequency of power cuts in England; and whether that information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with EU representatives on the 90 in 180 day rule on UK citizens working in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the exclusion of the energy reseller arrangements from the energy price...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the causes of women of colour being more likely than white men and women to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department holds with the devolved (a) legislatures and (b) Administrations relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether one of the board members of OFGEM has dedicated responsibility for regulatory matters relating to Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to (a) reduce or (b) abolish standing charges on household power bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wat steps he will take to help tackle mortality caused by fuel poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a social energy tariff on household energy bills.
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 hospitality businesses in (i) Coventry North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has assessed the merits of mandating large asset managers sign up the FRC’s New Stewardship Code as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of the Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday; and if he will provide a breakdown of the costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) meetings, (b) discussions, (c) correspondence and (d) other communications took place between Baron Saville of Newdigate and former...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date will the lung screening pilots in England recommence following their suspension in March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate supply of radiation material for cancer scans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish all the data it holds on (a) waiting (i) lists and (ii) times for gender identity services in England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to help prevent people from contracting long covid when asymptomatic testing for covid-19 is no longer available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices have agreed to substitute up to 10 per cent of their regular NHS contract value in order to undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing training for registered medical practitioners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 17 November 2021 for specified minutes, notes,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) resilience of abortion services and (b) timely access to care in the event that (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca vaccination against (a) catching (b) cases of severe...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make covid-19 vaccinations available for children under the age of 12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department is giving to Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group to ensure sufficient covid-19 vaccine centres are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a ban on the promotion of unhealthy food and junk food advertising (a) in shops, (b) online and (c) on TV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing free covid-19 testing for people who are (a) elderly, (b) clinically...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on provision of free covid-19 testing for teachers and support staff working with children with underlying health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to protect (a) people and (b) employers if levels of covid-19 (a) infection and (b) mortality rise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in West Yorkshire were referred by their GP for a dyspraxia assessment in each of the last ten years; how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on changes to self-isolation requirements for individuals testing positive for covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of any change in the proportion of the population exposed to road, rail and air transport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the permission allowing telemedical abortion services permanent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the guidance is on receiving the covid-19 booster for people who have received one or both doses of the covid-19 vaccine abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing new community diagnostic centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of removing prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of unused personal protective equipment procured by his Department from (a) Worldlink Resources Ltd and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether products which are a source of protein will be subject to the upcoming restrictions on products that are high in fat, sugar and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding in the National Child Measurement Programme for England in the 2020-21 school year that children living in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 112640 on Tobacco: Mortality Rates, for what reason he has made no formal assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the recommendation from the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA) to regulate the branding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on diabetics and other clinically vulnerable people of all age groups of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Novavax covid-19 vaccine will start to be rolled out in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department incurred financial cost in obtaining the SAGE report, Academics: Modelling the factors that influence exposure to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of ending free of charge covid-19 lateral flow tests on the position of people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that PCR test results for covid-19 are only given in a clinical context to take into account a patient's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any suppliers of PPE items procured by the Government use factories based in Xinjiang as part of their supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what covid-19 testing provision and other measures his Department is keeping in place to protect clinically vulnerable people as part of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department paid £600 million to Unispace Global Ltd for the purchase of personal protective equipment in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to compensate care workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the Government policy on mandatory vaccinations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of covid-19 rapid lateral flow tests that have been issued in the Plymouth City Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rapid lateral flow covid-19 tests have been issued in (a) Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport constituency, (b) Plymouth Moor View...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances' 2021 annual report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make his policy to guarantee access to free covid-19 tests as part of the Government's proposals to remove all covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government intends to repeal the Coronavirus Act 2020 in its entirety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has confirmed the proposed themes for cardiac networks in England; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many online applications to the Healthy Start scheme have been rejected; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the MHRA has not yet decided whether to approve Ivermectin as a treatment for covid-19; and whether the approval process...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional GPs have been recruited since January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to increase the number of in-person GP appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of each quality-adjusted life year added to 5 to 11 year old children as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wait time is for an in-person GP appointment in (a) Newcastle and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the selection process was for the NHS England National Adviser for LGBT Health; how long the post holder has been appointed for;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the National Advisor for LGBT Health for NHS England's priorities are; and how those priorities contribute to the work of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what critical infrastructure his Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether former Merchant Navy personnel will be included in the remit of the new Veterans Commissioner for Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with what regularity staff in his Department meet with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Child Protection; and if he will publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, what criteria his Department will use to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of children in local authority care; and if his Department will take steps to ensure the safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on Ministerial social media accounts since January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in his Department are managing Ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or (b) as part of their role.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to provide an alternative student finance product for Muslim students who are unable to access student loans owing to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance was issued to schools on the discharge of child safeguarding responsibilities at a time of remote learning in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the relevant stakeholders on supporting disabled children and families to recover from the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 114851 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprentices are not affected by the transition to the provision by Ofqual of external quality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that schools teach young people about the history of the British constitutional system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of concerns highlighted by The Independent Game Developers’ Association on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for (a) parents and (b) guardians of people with disabilities to specialist advice on section 20...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for families to (a) preventative services and (b) support before children enter the care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the Green Paper on special educational needs proposes reforms to the way health and care services work for families...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the accreditation system introduced by The Independent Game Developers’ Association in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake of science and technology subjects to students in vocational education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on monitoring student uptake of free breakfast provision as part of the National School...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all eligible minors evacuated under Operation Pitting are currently attending UK schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, following the publication of the Adoption strategy, what steps his Department has taken to improve the Letterbox contact system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish proposals for the GCSE in British Sign Language; and what his timetable is for including that subject in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have signed-up to receive support from the National School Breakfast Programme in the 2021-22 academic year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to ensure referrals from schools to children’s social care services are responded to (a) appropriately and (b) promptly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to early years staff to help them understand, identify and support children with difficulties in speaking and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of whether children who are eligible for help with their speaking and understanding language are receiving targeted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) legal advice and (b) independent specialist advice after a non-emergency child protection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the suitability of guidance for (a) education, (b) healthcare and (c) other public services on the needs of kinships...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to help enable access to family group conferences at an earlier stage in decision making on the future of a child.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to engage with families with disabled children following the publication of the Green Paper on special educational needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to tackle backlogs in disabled children’s health and care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report entitled How...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ofsted on (a) the adequacy of the performance of children's social care services in England and (b) steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121732 on the National Tutoring Programme, what increase in the number of (a) tutors and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Tutoring Programme contract with Randstad, whether the current breakdown of tutoring packages reflects the minimum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will exercise the right set out in the National Tutoring Programme contract with Randstad to require additional granularity in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to make cyber flashing a criminal offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the NAO's finding in the report, Improving outcomes for women in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the use of short custodial prison sentences on people's ability to maintain tenancies and housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recording the reoffending rates of former prisoners by gender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 500 new prison places for women will be open provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women’s prison cells will be brought back into use through the £21 million in funding allocated to refurbishing the women’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its one-year on report on the national concordat on women in contact, or at risk of contact with the criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which issues, cases and concerns in connection with human rights and judicial reform were raised and discussed during his meeting with the Justice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the introduction of the Common Platform tool on the number of cases processed per day in courts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all feedback received by his Department from early adopter courts on the experiences of those courts with the Common Platform tool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Focus on women’s prisons, A briefing paper from HM Inspectorate of Prisons, published in February 2022, what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding single claims are currently awaiting an employment tribunal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sum the UK Supreme Court received in fees from the Hong Kong authorities for the service of UK judges sitting on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist prison leavers to make applications to universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of affording pagan marriages legal status; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish a response to the consultation on Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 109339 on Wayland Prison: Solar Power, what the total value was of that contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation has been paid out by his Department following accidents that have taken place on premises controlled by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to help clear the backlog of cases in rural courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value of the SIEL export licence granted to Elbit Systems was for (a) components for military communications equipment, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when a decision will be given on the licence application to The Export Control Joint Unit dated 8 November 2021 from RCV Engines Limited;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the environmental impact of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade agreements; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to (a) profile and (b) promote the UK hospitality sector as part of Government initiatives to encourage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department has made an assessment of the benefits of establishing cultural exchange programs with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to promote the de-escalation of Russian military presence on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Israel on the detention Amal Nakhleh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the remaining surplus of covid-19 vaccine doses to be donated to countries in need by June 2022 will be in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Israel on the clashes between Israeli police and Bedouin...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court for (a) atrocity crimes, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the International Olympic Committee regarding the upholding of Article 50...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria in achieving the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she (a) has had and (b) plans to have with relevant stakeholders on ensuring the prioritisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department plans to use the Ending Preventable Deaths and Health System Strengthening Approach Papers to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cost benefit analysis her Department conducted before the making decision to charter a private jet to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of (a) Pakistan's and (b) Israel's nuclear arsenal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what opportunities for global leadership her Department has identified in 2022 to promote the importance of clean...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which conditions attached to the release of political...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of Saudi Arabian use of a Specialised...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the extent to which Saudi Arabian legislation on (a) counter-terrorism, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of proposals for judicial reform in Saudi Arabia...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen its atrocity prevention capabilities as Russia deploys troops in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2021 to Question 85319, in addition to the EQUIP-T programme, which other UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding from the public purse provided to the International Finance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made towards delivering the annual climate funding worth $100 billion for people in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to assess the validity of reports from Amnesty International and others...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries have been invited to attend the international conference to promote freedom of religion or belief...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to discuss with her Indian counterpart the government of India's decision not to renew Oxfam's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle persecution of religious minorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that small-scale farmers in low-income countries have access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 101688, by what date (a) Chevening alumni and (b) British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) help increase the manufacturing of covid-19 vaccines and (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the development of the relationship between Russia and China on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in reports of torture and human rights abuses of citizens by Turkish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Cyber ambassador programme delivered under the Gulf Strategy Fund (GSF), whether that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent trends of human rights abuses by Zimbabwean security forces; and what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support people's livelihoods in Somalia, including supporting local markets...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the people of Burkina Faso following the recent coup d'etat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is providing to African countries to scale up manufacturing capacity for covid-19 vaccines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the commitments made at COP26, what recent progress has been made on providing extra funding for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether changes to the nutritional content of ration packs provided to the armed forces are required.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he will measure improvements in armed forces accommodation in the next decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timeline is for the full implementation of the Defence Accommodation Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total value of savings from the TyTEN Typhoon support contract since its commencement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 114659 on Ministry of Defence: Assets, what his timescale is for retiring the Chinook M4 capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish a defence artificial intelligence strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2021 to Question 80202 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many Afghans with confirmed eligibility for relocation to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel have left the (a) army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) navy between 1 October 2021 and 1 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the quality of defence housing on armed forces personnel morale; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £40million the Royal Navy has allocated for the Future Commando Force will be spent on pay and reward for personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is allocated for pay and reward for personnel to establish the Space Command.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of reference are for the comprehensive review into military pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of French troops' withdrawal from Mali on British forces deployed there; and what additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 117806, what steps the Department is taking to ensure that all those who may be eligible to make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time to process a war pension is as of 18 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans for the UK to provide (a) defensive electronic warfare capabilities, (b) anti-aircraft missiles together with associated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Serious Crime Unit is fully operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of real bear-skin hats for the Queen’s Guard and replacing them with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the Land Industrial Base Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the £1.5 million in the Defence Command Paper for improvements in Single Living Accommodation (SLA) has been designated for use to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original delivery date was for the Morpheus Battlefield Management Application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding plans to develop an electronic warfare variant of the SPEAR 3 missile.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Battlefield Management Application for the Morpheus programme has been successfully delivered to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to mandate individual risk assessments for all employees in his Department before they return to the workplace following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the report to Prime Minister Churchill’s Cabinet, and minutes thereof, on the result of the British atomic test at Monte Bello in 1952, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he held discussions with the NATO Secretary General before announcing plans to reduce Challenger tank numbers by a third in the Defence Command...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Challenger 2s and (b) Warrior armoured vehicles are deployed in Estonia as of 23 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2021, for what reason the issue with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119672, on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, in which months the proof of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many career coaches his Department has recruited; what assessment he has made of their effectiveness; and how their effectiveness is measured.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to extend Coronavirus regulations containing measures on Statutory Sick Pay and self-isolation payments beyond...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister's remarks during the press conference of 21 February 2022 that the UK could learn from an established...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work is being done by the Health and Safety Executive towards improving protections for women workers against endocrine-disrupting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on resolving universal credit overpayments in the event that the overpayment is due to an error by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether charities, local authorities and other third parties are permitted to contact the Risk Review Team on behalf of the claimant who has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department took to ensure that people who were not able to claim their deferred pension as a one-off lump sum, those who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department are working on the State Pension underpayment correction exercise; and if she will recruit additional staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to revise the guidance for personal independence payment assessments relating to chronic pain following the updated guidance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 119710 on Children: Maintenance, what steps her Department is taking to revise the step...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department records instances of a person's National Insurance Number being used as a payment reference on benefits statements as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Funeral Expenses Payment eligibility criteria to include low-income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of financial support available for families with funeral costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve awareness of the bereavement support payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on levels of child poverty in Stretford...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Funeral Expenses Payment were (a) made and (b) successful in each month since February 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for applicants to the Funeral Expenses Payment is in the West Midlands since September 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has her department made on the cumulative impact on the living standards of households in receipt of universal credit of (a)...
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 inflation on levels of child poverty in Liverpool...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2021, for what reasons her Department has not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Benefit sanctions statistics to October 2021, for what reasons her Department has not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made with the BSI to develop a standard for the calculation of road and railway noise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the amount of fur sold in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood protection schemes or engineering works are (a) under construction and (b) at the planning or other stage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided for the improvement flood defences in Bury North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the benefits to biodiversity of wildlife corridors; and what steps he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food's oral contribution to the Food and farming in Devon and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of trail hunting on privately-owned land; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Landscape Recovery scheme pilot will also include blocks of land that are hydrologically connected, rather than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to end trail hunting on government-owned land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure free movement of cultivated plant biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for Severn Trent water rate costs for consumers increasing by 7 per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the loss of biodiversity in the Romford area in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environmental Land Management Local Nature Recovery scheme will support (a) floodplain restoration and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential role of horticulture, including national plant collections, parks and gardens...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the proportionality of the plant health regulatory regime for the import of seeds,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) level of local government or (b) public body or bodies are responsible for the enforcement of the Welfare of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) level of local government or (b) public body or bodies are responsible for the enforcement of the Welfare at Time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies on air pollution of the finding of the study, The...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a plant health agreement with the EU for the export of seeds, plants and trees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to provide the equivalent levels of protection for cats following the publication of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support companies in the horticultural sector to (a) expand, (b) develop skills and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ban e-collars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of food and drink demand (a) currently and (b) in April 2022; and what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Question 137274 on Hemp, what progress he has made on the project on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the report by Reconomy Group, Valpak on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will provide details of its work with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on issuing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to update the Department’s 2019 Noise mapping action plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to (a) reduce the quantity of unused paint being sent to landfill or for incineration and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, whether he plans to undertake a further consultation on potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were imported through the Pet Travel Scheme in each year from 2012 to 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken monitoring of fires caused by e-scooters in (a) single owned properties, (b) privately owned...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department plans to issue to housing associations and local authorities on the safe storage of e-scooters in the context...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for an individual's asylum claim in January (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible children in the care system who have not yet been granted settled status.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 1 November 2021, case number MP72287 on delays in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many digital asylum interviews have taken place; and what process is in place to assess the adequacy of the digital interview format.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to make available the additional 10,000 visas under the seasonal worker visa scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) that EU Settled Status applications are efficiently processed and (b) that applicants are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for Warley of 19 November 2021 regarding Enri Qoraj.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy or guidance is on the number of bags of belongings that people housed in asylum accommodation may keep with them when being...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many hotels and (b) in what locations does her Department currently have agreements with to provide accommodation for unaccompanied...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an impact assessment has been undertaken by her Department on its decision to stop providing Afghan refugees staying in hotels with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of migrants arriving in the UK since 2019 have arrived without travel documents.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reviewing the Overseas Domestic Worker visa; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 26 October 2021, case number MP72139 on delays...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the review into Tier 1 Investor visas, announced on 26 March 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what the five most common nationalities of asylum applicants making fresh claims to the UK in 2021 were and (b) how many fresh asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new asylum applications were submitted by individuals who had previously been refused asylum in the UK in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing time is for a travel document from her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case reference NC24802, what recent steps her Department has taken to make support available to British citizens to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the level of knife crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's policies on tackling child sexual abuse include sibling sexual abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of Metropolitan Police stop and search practices on Black and ethnic minority communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing levels of burglary and robbery.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of crime committed online.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of crimes of fraud and computer misuse on UK businesses and consumers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum consultation period length is for a Public Space Protection Order for the prevention of repetitive nuisance and disorder...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the legal implications of escorting illegal migrant ships to their previous country in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending registration of deaths by telephone following the expiration of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual asylum claims her Department has (a) processed and (b) approved in each month of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual asylum claims her Department received in each month of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Planning for the Future White Paper, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Mendip...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to prevent developers and freeholders from passing on cladding remediation costs to residents...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on developing and promoting the use of voluntary reservation agreements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 117077 on Luton Airport: Planning Permission, for what purposes his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 in protecting home-owner's rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the nutrient neutrality policies of the local planning authorities around the Solent assist Southern Water in its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance has been issued to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors on the need for external wall surveys on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures are in place to deter new-build housing developers from preventing potential buyers from choosing their own...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will ensure that Ministers and officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department's review of the National Planning Policy Framework will require applicants for (a) new developments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to answer the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 17 December and 18 January on LEP reviews.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact on individual house prices in 2021 of net international migration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up White Paper will include a focus on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take in response to data published by the London Fire Brigade that 1,149 buildings in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much of the levelling up fund is specifically earmarked for improving Birmingham’s bus network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to inform applicants to the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund of the result of their application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to prevent leasehold homeowners from being overcharged for the maintenance of their property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward a rental reform white paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 120801 on Housing: Regional Planning and Development, whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, by what date his Department plans to publish its white paper on proposals for reform of the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 120801 on Housing: Regional Planning and Development, how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Generation Rent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 120801 on Housing: Regional Planning and Development, what plans he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the process for the Scottish Government to exercise their power to top up reserved benefits; and whether he has had...
To ask the Attorney General, on what dates each new prosecution was brought forward by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021; and for each of those prosecutions (a)...
To ask the Attorney General, on what date each new Deferred Prosecution Agreement was signed by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021.
To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the business units of his Department and in which office each is based.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death records listed air pollution as a cause of death in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many photographers are employed by the Office of the Prime Minister and No. 10 Downing Street; and on what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many outstanding (a) emails and (b) letters he has from the public as of 23 February 2022; and what criteria he uses to determine which enquiries...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse is of (a) his new Chief of Staff and (b) his new Director of Communications.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has taken steps to maintain a central equality impact assessment on the move of posts...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 122798 on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what critical infrastructure his Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the article accredited to the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, published in the Sun newspaper on 10 February...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a community asset focus for disposable...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for fraud and corruption following the resignation of Lord...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sole traders have experienced delays in repayment of VAT following an HMRC VAT Refund software upgrade in 2021; and what steps his Department is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential increase in the tax take through VAT on household energy bills will be by October 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what actions her Department is taking to ensure that essential items and repair parts for (a) wheelchairs and (b) lifts are not subject to customs delays...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to allow recipients of income through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to alter the rate of income tax paid on that income...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Government support is available to assist with the completion of paperwork for amateur sports clubs that wish to transport equipment to compete at...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were excluded or rejected from the (a) Self Employment Income Support Scheme and (b) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising funds through a windfall tax on oil and gas companies for allocation to (a) kidney patients...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of the energy bills rebate on customers with pre-payment energy meters.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on Ireland's competitiveness of its higher rate of video games tax relief at 32 per cent; and whether he has...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving VAT on defibrillators.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the rate VAT on the energy used whilst charging electric vehicles batteries at...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees have re-claimed tax through the introduction of IR35 rules since April 2021.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of lifetime mortgage customers who have switched to plans with lower interest rates since 2015.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual budget was for Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) for each of the last three years; and how many financial investigators...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Financial Conduct Authority on its 2021 consultation on proposals to ban claim management companies...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department had made of the cost per day of covid-19 lockdowns to the economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will explore initiatives with mortgage lenders to enable the removal of the requirement for substantial deposits for people and families...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that people who do not possess a smart mobile phone capable of identity verification are not discriminated against when...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many referrals of suspected criminal sanctions breaches the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation has referred to the National Crime Agency in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of homeowners on lifetime mortgage plans in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to regulate buy now, pay later products.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the population will pay more as a result of the National Insurance Contribution rise in April 2022 than they will receive through the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the proposed National Insurance contribution increase will be distributed to local authorities to provide additional support for adult...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is available to local authorities on the £150 Council Tax rebate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current rate of the car mileage allowance; and if he will make it his policy to increase that allowance...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of the element of the energy bill discount scheme, announced on 3 February 2022, relating to the council tax rebate...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will introduce (a) capped tariffs and (b) regular reimbursement payments for people with disproportionate cost of living increases due to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people exempt from paying council tax will qualify for the council tax rebate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal by The Independent Game Developers’ Association to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of including the recommendations of the digital radio and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's time frame is for the dormant assets consultation period following Royal Assent of the Dormant Assets Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department will publish its Gambling White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any consideration is taken in the distribution of lottery funds of the level of ticket sales in areas of the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the penalties for people found guilty of deliberately...
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119829, if he will list the party political receptions that were held at 10 Downing Street from October to...
To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Cabinet Office paper, Investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions: Update, published 31 January 2022,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single track kilometres of main line railway were opened to traffic in 2021.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of delays by the DVLA in processing paper licence applications, what guidance they are providing to drivers who need to obtain their UK driving...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the budgets allocated for (1) building new roads, and (2) improving existing highways, have been underspent in the current financial year; and if so, to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much HM Treasury has paid out to Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBL) lending banks under the state guarantee up to 31 January 2022; and what percentage of this...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to deliver (1) training, and (2) education, to the NHS clinical workforce to support the use of (a) genomic medicines, and (b)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the decision by NICE to change the way medicines and other health technologies are evaluated for use in the NHS, what steps they will take to develop a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue to provide free lateral flow tests to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable so that this group can benefit from COVID-19...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recent decision by NICE to change the way medicines and other health technologies are evaluated for use in the NHS, how "sufficient evidence" will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Evusheld monoclonal antibody treatment they have secured; and when this treatment will be available to the clinically vulnerable in the UK.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the variations in turnaround times and tissue sample requirements across the seven Genomic Laboratory Hubs in England.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recent decision by NICE to change the way medicines and other health technologies are evaluated for use in the NHS, how they will ensure...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help disabled children and their families to access (1) therapies, (2) assessments, (3) medical interventions and (4) specialist...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Type 1 diabetics who would benefit from insulin pumps and glucose monitoring devices have access to these through...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have allocated to support the expansion of the free seasonal flu vaccination among 50–64 year olds that are not in a clinical risk...
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