Written answers

Monday, 28 February 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Govia Thameslink Railway: Franchises

      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...

    • Southeastern: Finance

      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...

      Southeastern: Finance

      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.

      Southeastern: Finance

      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...

      Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise

      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.

      Southeastern: Finance

      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.

      Southeastern: Finance

      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.

      Railways: Franchises

      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,...

      Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise

      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...

      Railways: Electrification

      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.

      A1079: East Riding

      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.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      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...

      A15: Lincolnshire

      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...

      Railway Stations: Disability

      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...

      Trains: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing hydrogen-powered trains.

      Railways: Huddersfield and Wakefield

      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.

      Transport for London: Finance

      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...

      Calder Valley Line

      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.

      Buses: Highway Code

      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...

      Driving Tests: Jarrow

      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...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

      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...

      Shipping: Liquefied Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support he is providing to increase the number of ships fuelled by LNG.

      Helicopters: Storms

      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)...

      London Underground: Industrial Disputes

      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)...

      Transport for London: Finance

      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....

      Low Emission Zones and Tolls: Greater London

      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...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      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...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points have been installed in the last five years.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

      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.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charging points will be installed in the next five years.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      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.

      Bus Services: Ashfield

      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.

      Railways: Bradford and Leeds

      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.

      Great British Railways

      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...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Prices

      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...

    • Hydrogen: Boilers

      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...

      Heat Pumps

      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...

      Offshore Industry: Storms

      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...

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      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...

      Listed Buildings: Energy

      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...

      Hydrogen: North West

      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...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the launch date is for the builder upgrade scheme.

      Natural Gas: Energy Supply

      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)...

      Energy: Prices

      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...

      Electricity Interconnectors: EU Countries

      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.

      Industry: Electrification

      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...

      Housing: Energy

      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,...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      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...

      Renewable Energy: Heating

      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...

      Renewable Energy: Heating

      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...

      Electricity: Exports and Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity the UK (a) imported and (b) exported in 2021.

      Electricity: Exports and Imports

      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.

      Hydrogen: Liverpool City Region

      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...

      Hydrogen: North West

      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...

      Ofgem: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what selection criteria are used for appointing the board members of OFGEM.

      Package Holidays: Coronavirus

      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...

      Solar Power: Space Technology

      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.

      Measurement

      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...

      Employment Tribunals Service: Data Protection

      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...

      Valneva: Coronavirus

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

      Energy: Costs

      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.

      Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs

      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.

      British Gas: 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...

      Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices

      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...

      Renewable Energy: Smart Export Guarantee

      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...

      Energy: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      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...

      Electricity Interconnectors

      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...

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme

      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...

      Parental Leave: Pay

      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.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      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...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      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...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Repayments

      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.

      Energy: Meters

      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.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Media

      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...

      Power Failures

      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...

      Visas: EU Countries

      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.

      Park Homes: Energy Supply

      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...

      Zero Hours Contracts: Females

      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...

      Ofgem: Public Appointments

      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...

      Ofgem: Scotland

      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.

      Energy: Standing Charges

      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.

      Fuel Poverty

      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.

      Energy: Prices

      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.

      Energy: Hospitality Industry

      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...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      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...

      Environmental Stewardship Scheme

      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...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: Costs

      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.

    • Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry

      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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Lung Cancer: Screening

      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.

    • Cancer: Screening

      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.

      Gender Recognition: Health Services

      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...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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.

      NHS: Dental Services

      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...

      Gender Recognition: Health Services

      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...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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,...

      Abortion

      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)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

      Food: Advertising

      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.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      Coronavirus: Schools

      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...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      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.

      Dyspraxia: Health Services

      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...

      Coronavirus: Wales

      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.

      Noise: Pollution

      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...

      Abortion: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the permission allowing telemedical abortion services permanent.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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.

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      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.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of removing prescription charges.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      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)...

      Nutrition: Obesity

      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...

      Obesity: Children

      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...

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      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...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

      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...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      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...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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.

      Coronavirus: Underground Railways

      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...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      Protective Clothing: Xinjiang

      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.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      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...

      Unispace Global: Protective Clothing

      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.

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      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...

      Coronavirus: Plymouth

      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...

      Coronavirus: South West Devon

      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...

      Advisory Committee On Borderline Substances: Annual Reports

      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.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      Coronavirus Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government intends to repeal the Coronavirus Act 2020 in its entirety.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

      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.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      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.

      Coronavirus: Ivermectin

      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...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional GPs have been recruited since January 2020.

      General Practitioners

      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.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      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.

      Health Services: LGBT People

      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;...

      Health Services: LGBT People

      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.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Energy Supply

      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.

    • Veterans: Wales

      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.

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: National Police Chiefs' Council

      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...

    • Special Educational Needs

      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...

      Children in Care: Safety

      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...

      Department for Education: Social Media

      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.

      Department for Education: Social Media

      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.

      Students: Muslims

      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...

      Remote Education

      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.

      Children: Disability

      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.

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      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...

      Apprentices: Standards

      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...

      British Constitution: Education

      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.

      BTEC Qualifications: Finance

      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...

      Children in Care: Disabled

      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...

      Children in Care

      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.

      Children: Disability

      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...

      Skilled Workers: Video Games

      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...

      Science and Technology: Vocational Education

      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.

      National School Breakfast Programme

      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...

      British Nationals Abroad: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all eligible minors evacuated under Operation Pitting are currently attending UK schools.

      Adoption: Communication

      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.

      Sign Language: GCSE

      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...

      National School Breakfast Programme

      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.

      Children: Social Services

      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.

      Pre-School Education: Speech and Language Disorders

      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...

      Pre-School Education: Speech and Language Disorders

      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...

      Children: Social Services

      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...

      Children: Carers

      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...

      Children: Social Services

      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.

      Special Educational Needs

      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.

      Children: Disability

      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.

      Schools: Restraint Techniques

      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...

      Social Services: Children

      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...

      National Tutoring Programme: North East

      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)...

      National Tutoring Programme

      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...

      National Tutoring Programme

      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...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Sexual Harassment: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to make cyber flashing a criminal offence.

    • Alternatives to Prison: Females

      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...

      Prison Sentences

      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.

      Reoffenders: Gender

      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.

      Open Prisons: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 500 new prison places for women will be open provision.

      Prison Accommodation: Females

      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...

      Criminal Proceedings: Females

      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...

      Administration of Justice and Human Rights: Saudi Arabia

      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...

      Courts: Digital Technology

      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...

      Courts: Digital Technology

      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.

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      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...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding single claims are currently awaiting an employment tribunal.

      Judges: Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

      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...

      Prisoners' Release: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist prison leavers to make applications to universal credit.

      Marriage: Paganism

      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.

      Powers of Attorney: Modernisation

      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.

      Wayland Prison: Solar Power

      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.

      Ministry of Justice: Accidents

      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.

      Courts: Rural Areas

      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.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Elbit Systems UK: Standard Individual Export Licences

      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)...

    • RCV Engines: Export Controls

      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;...

      Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

      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...

      Hospitality Industry

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • British Overseas Territories: Cultural Relations

      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...

    • Baltic States: Russia

      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...

      Amal Nakhleh

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

      Israel: Bedouin

      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...

      Myanmar: Crimes against Humanity

      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)...

      China: Olympic Games

      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...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      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...

      Disease Control: International Cooperation

      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...

      Development Aid: Water

      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...

      Australia: Visits Abroad

      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...

      Israel and Pakistan: Nuclear Weapons

      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.

      Development Aid: Water

      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...

      Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

      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...

      Saudi Arabia: Criminal Proceedings

      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...

      Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

      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)...

      Saudi Arabia: Administration of Justice

      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...

      Russia: Ukraine

      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...

      Development Aid: Basic Skills

      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...

      Multilateral Aid: Forced Labour

      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...

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      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...

      Israel: Palestinians

      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...

      Freedom of Religion or Belief Summit

      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...

      India: Oxfam

      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...

      Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle persecution of religious minorities.

      Development Aid: Agriculture

      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...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      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...

      Kenya: Coronavirus

      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...

      China: Russia

      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...

      Turkey: Human Rights and Torture

      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...

      Gulf Strategy Fund

      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...

      Zimbabwe: Human Rights

      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...

      Somalia: Development Aid

      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...

      Burkina Faso: Politics and Government

      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.

      Africa: Coronavirus

      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.

      Development Aid: Forests

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Food

      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.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he will measure improvements in armed forces accommodation in the next decade.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timeline is for the full implementation of the Defence Accommodation Strategy.

      European Fighter Aircraft: Contracts

      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.

      Chinook Helicopters

      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.

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish a defence artificial intelligence strategy.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      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...

      Armed Forces: Discharges

      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.

      Ministry of Defence: Buildings

      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.

      Navy: Pay

      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.

      UK Space Command: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is allocated for pay and reward for personnel to establish the Space Command.

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of reference are for the comprehensive review into military pay.

      Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      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...

      War Pensions

      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...

      War Pensions

      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.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      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...

      Defence Serious Crime Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Defence Serious Crime Unit is fully operational.

      Queen's Guards: Furs

      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...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the Land Industrial Base Strategy.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      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.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the original delivery date was for the Morpheus Battlefield Management Application.

      Guided Weapons: Electronic Warfare

      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.

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Battlefield Management Application for the Morpheus programme has been successfully delivered to his Department.

      Ministry of Defence: Coronavirus

      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...

      Nuclear Weapons: Testing

      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...

      Challenger Tanks

      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...

      Estonia: Challenger Tanks and Warrior Armoured Vehicle

      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.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      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...

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      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...

      Vocational Guidance

      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.

      Coronavirus Self-isolation Payment Scheme and Sick Pay

      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...

      Sick Pay

      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...

      Industrial Health and Safety: Females

      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...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      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.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions

      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...

      Personal Independence Payment: Pain

      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...

      Children: Maintenance

      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...

      Social Security Benefits: National Insurance

      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...

      Funeral Payments

      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...

      Funeral Payments

      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.

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve awareness of the bereavement support payment.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      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...

      Funeral Payments

      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.

      Funeral Payments: West Midlands

      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.

      Universal Credit

      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)...

      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 inflation on levels of child poverty in Liverpool...

      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: Disqualification

      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...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      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...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Noise: Railways and Roads

      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.

    • Furs: Sales

      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.

      Engineering and Flood Control

      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...

      Flood Control: Bury North

      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.

      Nature Conservation: Urban Areas

      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...

      Pigmeat: Supply Chains

      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...

      Hunting

      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.

      Landscape Recovery Scheme

      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...

      Hunting: Regulation

      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.

      Plants: Export Controls

      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.

      Water Charges: Ashfield

      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...

      Biodiversity: Romford

      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.

      Local Nature Recovery Scheme

      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...

      Horticulture: Regional Planning and Development

      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...

      Plants: Export Controls

      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,...

      Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006

      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...

      Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015

      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...

      Fires: Air Pollution

      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...

      Plants: UK Trade With EU

      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.

      Cats: Animal Welfare

      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...

      Horticulture: Government Assistance

      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...

      Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ban e-collars.

      Food: Supply Chains

      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...

      Crops

      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...

      Deposit Return Schemes: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      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...

      Noise: Roads

      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...

      Noise

      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.

      Paint: Recycling and Waste Disposal

      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)...

      Electronic Training Aids

      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...

      Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs

      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.

  • Home Office

    • Electric Scooters: Fires

      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...

    • Electric Scooters: Storage

      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...

      Asylum: Applications

      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.

      Children in Care: Migrants

      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.

      Members: Correspondence

      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...

      Asylum: Interviews

      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.

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      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.

      Asylum and Migrants: Healthy Start 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...

      EU Nationals: Immigration

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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.

      Asylum: Housing

      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...

      Asylum: Children

      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...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      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...

      Migrants: Travel Requirements

      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.

      Visas: Domestic Service

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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...

      Visas

      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.

      Asylum: Nationality

      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...

      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.

      Travel Requirements

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing time is for a travel document from her Department.

      Asylum: Afghanistan

      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...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the level of knife crime.

      Offences against Children

      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.

      Metropolitan Police: Stop and Search

      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.

      Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing levels of burglary and robbery.

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of crime committed online.

      Cybercrime and Fraud

      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.

      Public Spaces Protection Orders

      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...

      Undocumented Migrants

      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...

      Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Telephone Services

      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...

      Asylum: Applications

      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.

      Asylum

      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.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Planning Permission: Public Consultation

      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...

    • Housing: Insulation

      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...

      Gazumping

      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.

      Luton Airport: Planning Permission

      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...

      Party Wall etc Act 1996

      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.

      Sewage: Rivers and Seas and Oceans

      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...

      Buildings: Insulation

      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...

      Housing: Construction

      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...

      Housing: Noise

      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...

      Housing: Noise

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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.

      Housing: Migrants

      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.

      Housing: Older People

      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...

      Buildings: Greater London

      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...

      Bus Services: Birmingham

      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.

      Faith New Deal Pilot Fund

      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.

      Leasehold: Repairs and Maintenance

      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.

      Private Rented Housing: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward a rental reform white paper.

      Housing: Natural Gas

      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...

      Private Rented Housing: Reform

      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.

      Tenants

      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...

      Generation Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Generation Rent.

      Tenants

      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...

  • Scotland Office

    • Social Security Benefits: Scotland

      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...

  • Attorney General

    • Serious Fraud Office

      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)...

    • Serious Fraud Office

      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.

      Fraud: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office

      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.

    • Air Pollution: Death

      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)...

      Prime Minister: Photographs

      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...

      Prime Minister: Correspondence

      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...

      Prime Minister

      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.

      Places for Growth Programme: Equality

      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...

      Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      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...

      Cabinet Office: Energy Supply

      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...

      Prime Minister: Newspaper Press

      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...

      Community Assets: Civil Society

      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...

      Corruption and Fraud

      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...

  • Treasury

    • Sole Traders: VAT

      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...

    • Energy: VAT

      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.

      Lifts and Wheelchairs: Spare Parts

      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...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      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...

      Sports: EU Countries

      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...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      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.

      Cost of Living: Medical Treatments

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      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.

      Video Games: Tax Allowances

      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...

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of waiving VAT on defibrillators.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      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...

      Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees have re-claimed tax through the introduction of IR35 rules since April 2021.

      Mortgages

      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.

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      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...

      Financial Services Compensation Scheme

      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...

      Economic Situation: Coronavirus

      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.

      Rented Housing: Deposits

      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...

      Bank Services: Internet

      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...

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      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...

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of homeowners on lifetime mortgage plans in the UK.

      Credit: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to regulate buy now, pay later products.

      National Insurance Contributions

      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...

      Social Services: Finance

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance is available to local authorities on the £150 Council Tax rebate.

      Car Allowances

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      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...

      Cost of Living: Medical Treatments

      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...

      Council Tax: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people exempt from paying council tax will qualify for the council tax rebate.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Video Games: Investment

      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...

    • Digital Radio and Audio Review

      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...

      Dormant Assets Scheme: Public Consultation

      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.

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department will publish its Gambling White Paper.

      National Lottery: Tickets

      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.

      Coronavirus: Disinformation

      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...

  • Prime Minister

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single track kilometres of main line railway were opened to traffic in 2021.

    • Driving Licences: Applications

      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...

      Roads: Finance

      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...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Genetics: Health Services

      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)...

    • Medical Treatments: Innovation

      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...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      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...

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      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...

      Evusheld

      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.

      Genetics: Health Services

      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.

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      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...

      Disability: Health Services

      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...

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      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...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      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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