Written answers

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Travel: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) the two new Violence Against Women and Girls Transport Champions who were announced in July 2021 have produced independent recommendations...

    • Package Holidays: Repayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, *if he will take steps ensure that passengers can access refunds for their package holidays, in the event that the travel company they booked with no...

      Aviation: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the British Airline Pilots’ Association on the future of pilot and engineer licences following the UK's...

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the ability of the airline sector to meet summer season demand in the context of post-Brexit restrictions.

      Heathrow Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of flights arriving at Heathrow airport carrying freight but with less than 20 per cent passenger capacity in...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to assess the recovery of the travel sector from the covid-19 outbreak.

      Motorways: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to reinstate the hard shoulder on SMART motorways while an investigation into the accidents that have occurred on SMART...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the value for money to the public purse of (a) protecting existing levels of bus provision and (b) rebuilding bus...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the impact of the cessation of the Bus Recovery...

      Bridleways: Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bridleways have been incorporated into safe cycling routes to date.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail connectivity for passengers...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cessation of the Bus Recovery Grant in April 2022 on the ability of bus services to maintain levels...

      Taxis: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a taxi operator licensed under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 is required to enter into a contractual obligation...

      Department for Transport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department manage ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or (b) as part of their role.

      Department for Transport: Energy Supply

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

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will review the Blue Badge renewal process.

      Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allowing people with a temporary disability to apply for a Blue Badge.

      Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest timetable is for the fitting of tactile paving on all railway platforms.

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have faced enforcement action for failing to pay the £0 cost of car tax for electric or low emission vehicles in the past five years.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) deaths have resulted from individuals driving cars purchased while not holding a valid driving licence...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Events Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of specialist event haulage vehicles, as defined in his Department's recent...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Events Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of specialist event haulage vehicles, as defined in his Department's recent consultation on...

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for agreeing the first passenger service contracts with train operating companies.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to help strengthen public confidence in international travel during 2022.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which body will regulate Great British Railways.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers the Secretary of State for Transport has to direct the work of Great British Railways.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) organisational structure and (b) workstreams of Great British Railways will be.

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to transfer responsibility for negotiating passenger service contracts from his Department to Great British Railways.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Pre-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has had made of the number of prepay meter users who may not be able to afford to top up their...

    • Small Businesses: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small business growth in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b)...

      Solar Power: Bassetlaw

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what flood risk assessment will be made for a proposed Nationally Significant Infrastructure solar farm site between...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to introduce industry standardised smart meters for gas and electricity consumption; and...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department (a) is taking steps and (b) plans to take steps to help reduce weekly road fuel prices for...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 117837 on Energy: Billing, what steps he is taking in response...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply

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

      Warehouses: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to provide funding for the fitting of solar panelling on all new warehouses.

      Energy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small businesses to help meet increased energy costs.

      Energy Supply: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds data on the number of households potentially self-disconnecting from power supplies...

      Solar Power: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to minimise the impact on the countryside and environment of the development of (a) large solar...

      Geothermal Power: District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the development of geothermal based district heating solutions.

      Energy Performance Certificates: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of homes in the private rented sector which are not...

      Solar Power: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the solar plant proposed by West Burton Solar between the villages of...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February to Question 120606 on Carbon Emissions, what verification arrangements are in...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fracking for (a) oil and (b) natural gas in the UK in response...

      Fracking: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to prevent the implementation of the Oil and Gas Authority's order to concrete shale gas wells at...

      Fossil Fuelled Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there are (a) mothballed coal and (b) mothballed oil-fuelled power stations in the UK that could be brought...

      Fish: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the predictions of industry...

      Employment: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 106778 on Employment: Bullying and Harassment, what steps a...

      Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds data on the number of RP06 forms submitted to Companies House in 2021.

      Research: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper’s commitment to fund Research and Development Hot Spots across the...

      Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support investment in science research at universities in (a) Coventry, (b) the...

      Science: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119560 on Science: Regional Planning and Development, what plans...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants employed at Grade 7, or equivalent, and above in each Department identify as BAME.

    • Places for Growth Programme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has made on (a) delivering on the aims of the Places for Growth Programme and (b)...

      Public Sector: Debt Collection

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on Fairness in government debt management.

      Local Government Services: Older People

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the elderly can access Government services that (a) have been and (b) are due to become digitalised.

      Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cost has been incurred to the public purse in respect of not allowing the public release of the...

      Prime Minister: Civil Servants and Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are managed by the interim Permanent Secretary and Chief...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to promote ways to strengthen the UK’s cyber resilience.

      Cobra: Storms

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Government held COBRA meetings in respect of Storm Arwen.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to issue specific guidance for people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed on how to manage their risk to...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to end requirements for mandatory covid-19 vaccination for care workers and NHS staff.

      Home Care Services: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising energy costs on (a) kidney patients receiving dialysis treatment and (b)...

      North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will confirm the statement made by the Minister for Health in his correspondence with the Member for Stockton North on the 25...

      Flour: Folic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for implementing the decision to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of its Living Safely with Covid strategy on the Panoramic study.

      Health Services: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence (AI) in the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 21 to Question 86034 on Coronavirus: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, what steps his department is...

      Health Services: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT providers of video-conferencing services have met the NHS's Digital Technology Assessment Criteria since they were launched;...

      Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on the rollout of the Patient and Carers Race Equalities Framework for mental health services; and what...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long term support his Department offers for (a) people with and (b) carers of persons suffering from dementia.

      Maternity Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that pregnant women receive equitable care during (a) pregnancy and (b) childbirth.

      Vaccine Data Resolution Service: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many outstanding cases there are within the vaccine data resolution service; and what the current average wait time for a response.

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119402, on Special Educational Needs: Ophthalmic Services, how many day special...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 15 November and 20 December 2021 on behalf of...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of dementia research funding.

      North Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of NHS North Tyneside CCG in reducing waiting times for treatment; and if he...

      Aortic Dissection: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase research funding into aortic dissection.

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England’s Admitted Commissioner Statistics, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the...

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to isolate covid-19 patients from patients without covid-19 in hospitals.

      Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals in the UK have had shoulder surgery in each of the last three years by (a) age and (b) gender.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the oversight framework for 2021-22 for the National Outpatient Transformation Programme.

      Hospitals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for St Mary’s on the Isle of Wight and other Unavoidably Small Hospitals;...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support will be provided to NHS trusts who are disproportionally impacted by NHS staff shortages as a result of compulsory covid-19...

      NHS: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make additional funding available for recruitment to tackle the shortfall in staff in the NHS in Greater Manchester.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require the NHS to publish its contingency plans to maintain safe staffing levels in the context of the enforcement of...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the details of the ministerial direction he has issued regarding the New Covid Surge Deal With the Independent Health...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for High Peak of 24 November 2021, reference RL30340.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 November 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL30686.

      NHS Foundation Trusts: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent nurses are employed by all NHS Foundation Trusts in England in each year since 2009-10.

      NHS: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he is making on improving air extraction, air filtration and UV cleaning in NHS properties.

      Royal Shrewsbury Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on outpatient waiting times at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital of the (a) time taken...

      Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support the adults and children harmed by sodium valproate in pregnancy and who suffer from health...

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of accessibility to financial and rehabilitative support for long Covid; and if he will make...

      Foetal Death: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on fulfilling section 3 of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc) Act 2019 regarding a...

      Perinatal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many stillbirths have taken place in hospitals in England in each of the last 10 years.

      Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial provision he has made to support the health needs of those affected by Sodium Valproate.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what dedicated (a) capital and (b) other financial support has been allocated to primary care NHS dental services in England to support...

      Maternity Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS guidance, Supporting pregnant women using maternity services during the coronavirus pandemic: Actions for NHS...

      Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2021 to Question 81051 on Mechanical Thrombectomy, how many of the 24 centres offering thrombectomy...

      Dental Services: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total expenditure was in (a) nominal and (b) real terms on NHS orthodontic services in England in each year since 2010-11.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the prevalence of long covid.

      Foetal Tissue: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what pain relief guidelines are in place regarding the performance of surgeries by the NHS on fetuses.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of increase in public health funding needed by local authorities to clear the backlog in demand...

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times (a) he and (b) his Ministers met with health visitors, aside from those employed by his Department and its agencies,...

      Podiatry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support podiatrists within primary care to respond to increasing trends foot ulceration and amputation and to...

      Health Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 110502, how many times (a) he and (b) his Ministers met with health visitors, aside...

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the withdrawal of ear syringing procedures by GPs on patient wellbeing.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of established brain tumour centres are funded by (a) Governmental bodies and (b) the third sector.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement that £50 million is to be made available as non-recurrent funding for urgent dental care and...

      Ear Wax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of NHS provision of ear syringing in England.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the statement by the Task and Finish Group on Brain...

  • Leader of the House

    • All Party Groups

      To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the (a) operation and (b) governance of All Party Parliamentary Groups.

  • Department for Education

    • Family Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the relationship is between the Family Hubs Local Transformation Fund and the Family Hubs Network.

    • Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children have been placed with family members overseas in each of the last five years.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocated from the high needs budget to young people aged 16-25 years when compared with...

      Education: Children: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £30 million programme of SAFE taskforces will be allocated to be spent on (a) looked after children and (b) all other children.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 100944 on Free School Meals, whether his Department has made a more recent assessment of the...

      Alternative Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the £15 million from the Treasury’s shared outcomes fund to support a two year programme to keep pupils in...

      Universities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish guidance for universities on refunding students whose face-to-face teaching contact was reduced during the covid-19 restrictions.

      Special Educational Needs: Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure high levels of staff vacancy in specialist further education colleges do not jeopardise the quality...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the attendance rate has been for the tuition partner pillar of the National Tutoring Partnership in each academic year that the scheme has been...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s contract with Randstad for the National Tutoring Programme, what steps his Department is taking to procure a...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Universities of 15 July 2021, Official Report, column 646, that the Government will provide an...

      Care Homes: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to address the high level of staff vacancy in residential specialist colleges that...

      Institutes of Technology: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to establish an Institute of Technology in the London Borough of Havering.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to prevent headteachers from requiring children to wear masks in schools following the end of compulsory indoor mask mandates.

      GCE A-level: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average proportion of A-Level grades that are changed following an appeal (a) nationally and (b) in the London Borough of Havering.

      Department for Education: Energy Supply

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

      Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the levels of pupil absence from schools in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the UK; and what...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review imprisonment for public protection sentences.

    • Ministry of Justice: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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.

      Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences of six months or less have been handed down by courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

      Dartmoor Prison: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to allocate funding for facilities at HMP Dartmoor.

      Family Courts: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on piloting (a) integrated domestic abuse courts and (b) other new types of family courts.

      Reoffenders: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of breaking down the reoffending rates of former prisoners by gender.

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was in 2021 of employing Independent Domestic Violence Advocates, District Judges, Lay Magistrates, and other...

      Housing: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's definition is of a satisfactory accommodation outcome for women released from prison.

      Ministry of Justice: Energy Supply

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

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 109322 on Prisoners' Release: Females, whether he has a targets to reduce the proportion of women...

      Reoffenders: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) economic and (b) social effects of reoffending in each year since 2018.

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been released from prison in each of the last three years for which records are available; how many of those prisoners were released...

      Parental Responsibility: Grandparents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) legal and (b) financial challenges faced by grandparents in gaining care rights of their grandchildren in...

  • Treasury

    • Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all analysis carried out by the (a) Treasury or (b) HMRC to apply the Family Test to the Health and Social Care Levy.

    • Bank Services: Charities and Clubs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to banks on the opening of bank accounts by charitable organisations and clubs.

      Treasury: Social Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on ministerial social media accounts since January 2020.

      Railways: Passengers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a reduction in the Air Passenger Duty for domestic flights on trends in the level of the number of...

      Investment Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies that received support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme that issued dividends...

      Alcoholic Drinks: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lowered VAT on (a) beer, (b) cider and (c) other alcoholic beverages will have on rates...

      Gift Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish updated statistics for the amount of Gift Aid that is unclaimed each year.

      Agriculture: Red Diesel

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether businesses that support and are associated with the agricultural industry will be permitted to use red diesel in their machinery from 1 April 2022;...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125215 on Export Controls, if he will list the countries where the items for export were exported...

      Deposit Return Schemes: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wither VAT be charged on the 20p deposit on drinks containers under the deposit return scheme.

      Charities: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide financial support to charitable and faith groups for increasing energy costs.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the £200 energy bill rebate on young people moving out of their homes in the next...

      Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been re-claimed by contractors since the introduction of IR35 rules in April 2021.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Multilateral Aid: Forced Labour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK taxpayer funding provided to the International Finance...

    • Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with (a) NATO and (b) EU member states on the potential merits of introducing...

      Tanzania: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the political situation in Tanzania.

      Madagascar: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to supplement humanitarian support provided in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Batsirai following...

      Malawi: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the health and humanitarian situation...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of support by the UK and partners for peacekeeping operations in...

      Russia: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on engagement with the coup authorities in Sudan...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help secure continuous routes for food and medical supplies into Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to prepare support for the passage of potential refugees fleeing conflict in...

      Ukraine: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect the democratic rights and self-determination of people living in Donetsk and...

      UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance was distributed to the UNHCR in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.

      North Korea: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Korea Future's 2021 report, Persecuting Faith: Documenting religious freedom violations in North...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Development Assistance Committee chair of the OECD's statement of 15 February 2022, what...

      Iran: International Military Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) progress she has made on reaching an agreement with Iran on the repayment of the IMS debt and (b)...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of removing Russia from the SWIFT international banking system.

      India: Muslims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of alleged reports of (a) violence and (b) discrimination targeted at Muslim women in...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to use OECD Development Assistance Committee markers to measure disability.

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will publish an annual progress report in relation to their disability inclusion strategy.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military accommodation buildings with combustible cladding will be rectified by 31 December 2022.

    • Ministry of Defence: Energy Supply

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

      Electric Vehicles: Plymouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for installation of electric vehicle charging points at (a) Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth, (b) Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport...

      Stonehouse Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he has allocated to maintenance and upgrades at Stonehouse Barracks in Plymouth in each year until its planned closure in 2028.

      Royal Marines: Plymouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to determine long-term basing arrangements for the Royal Marines in Plymouth.

      Stonehouse Barracks: Globe Theatre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the future of the Globe Theatre at Stonehouse...

      Air Force: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF bases in the UK his Department has disposed of since 2000; how much each site was sold for; and to whom or what entity each was sold.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has asked for assistance from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to help ensure that capital budgets within Top Level Budgets are not...

      Nuclear Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 22 June 2021 to Question 20362, whether the Strategic Outline Case for the Government's Replacement Warhead Project has...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people identified for relocation during Operation Pitting are currently in Afghanistan; and within what time period does he plan to relocate...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were having deductions taken from them in the most recent month for which data are available, in each...

    • 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, what recent assessment she has made of...

      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, what recent assessment she has made of...

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 122797 on Jobcentres: Staff, whether representatives of PCS Union were consulted on her...

      Unemployed People: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the 20 February 2022 statement of the British Psychological Society...

      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, if she will publish details of the...

      Employment: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to (a) level up and (b) ensure appropriate job opportunities are available and accessible to young people in Romford...

      Redundancy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help people made redundant during the Covid-19 outbreak return to work.

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a minute was taken of the meetings held by the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work on (a) 13 July 2021 with (i) Sense, (ii)...

      Workplace Pensions: Part-time Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the increase in tax relief for part-time workers that would result from auto enrolment being...

      Workplace Pensions: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the increase in tax relief for people aged 18-21 that would result from auto-enrolment of...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims for which the local housing allowance did not cover rent were subject to deductions for (a) universal credit...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what communications strategy her Department has to help ensure that pensioners who are eligible for but not in receipt of Pension Credit are...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time is for a new state pension claim; how many unprocessed claims for new state pensions her Department holds;...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit claimants there are by (a) constituency and (b) region as at 22 February 2022.

      Pension Credit: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on requiring GPs who see eligible patients to inquire...

      Employment Schemes: Dyspraxia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much financial support her Department has provided to job seekers with dyspraxia in each year of the last ten years.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

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

      Department for Work and Pensions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to mandate individual risk assessments for all employees in her Department before they return to the workplace...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the letter sent by email from the hon. Member for Glasgow East on 10 January 2022 and 7 February 2022,...

      Cold Weather Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a one-off payment to all those eligible for Cold Weather Payments for individuals...

      Money and Pensions Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the serving board members at the Money and Pensions Advice Service have been notified that their appointments will not be renewed;...

      Money and Pensions Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many serving board members at the Money and Pensions Advice Service have not had their appointments renewed in each of the last two years;...

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle pensioner poverty.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure maximum take up of pension credit to assist those struggling to afford energy bills.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve the health assessments process for people with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other relapsing and...

      Personal Independence Payment: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payments where chronic pain is the primary health condition are (a) refused at the...

      Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish a response to the consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of delay for Access to Work grant applications currently awaiting a decision; what proportion of those applications...

      Universal Credit: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims remain suspended under the Risk Review Process as of February 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department requests photo evidence of conditions when claiming disabilities benefits.

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any support in addition to the energy bill rebate will be made available to disabled universal credit claimants.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants are currently awaiting a decision.

      Offshore Industry: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of Storms (a) Dudley, (b) Eunice and (c) Franklin on the safety of workers on North Sea oil and gas...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Access to Work grants have been decided in each of the last four weeks.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Ivory: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2022 to Question 120825 on Ivory: Imports, what assessment he has made of reasons for...

    • Bats: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of bat boxes near new developments to help...

      Insurance: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the insurance industry recognises flood resilience measures in its premiums.

      Trees: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of trees lost as a result of storm activity in England, since 2020.

      Forests and Wildlife: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) a timetable and (b) plans for taking forward the recommendations from the United Nations Office on...

      Ivory: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2022 to Question 120825 on Ivory: Imports, what steps he is taking to end the...

      Local Government: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help protect (a) private and (b) local government properties from the effects of...

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 21 Feb 2022 to Question 122805 on Land Drainage, how the advisory group is constituted and how...

      Bats: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect bats.

      Ivory: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2022 to Question 120825 on Ivory: Imports, what assessment he has made of the impact...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy Supply

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

      Allotments: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of allotment gardens in the Greater London area.

      Cats: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the provisions in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals)...

      Cats: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of cat smuggling; and what steps his Department is taking to...

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department will introduce equivalent protections to cats as those proposed for dogs in the Kept Animals Bill to...

      Fishing Vessels: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether those fishers who invested in the now withdrawn IVMS product will face enforcement action if they put to sea without...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to move more civil servants out of London.

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of withdrawing section 58 of the Deregulation Act 2015 to enable...

      Cats: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential harm and risks caused by breeding exotic cat species with domestic cat breeds...

      Social Media: Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to tackle social media influencers promoting the sale of (a) exotic and (b) hybrid animals online.

      Furs: Imports and Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to ban the sale and import of fur.

      Animal Breeding: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policies his Department has in place to prevent the breeding of animals with Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome.

      Furs: Imports and Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) publish the Government's response to the recent consultation on the fur market in the UK and (b) bring...

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with regard to the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes, what his Department's policy...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to bring forward its Animals Abroad Bill; and whether that proposed legislation will include a ban...

      Natural Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential benefits of options for sustainable alternatives to...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Energy Supply

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

    • Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme in each year since 2016.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to respond to the case raised in HC debate 25 January, vol 707, col 832, on Iranian refugees, and the correspondence of 25...

      Visas: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Russian nationals hold Tier 1 investor visas.

      Home Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on ministerial social media accounts since January 2020.

      Crime: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the police at tackling crime in the London Borough of Havering.

      Overseas Visitors: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she plans to offer to Ukranian nationals who are in the UK and who cannot return to Ukraine during the ongoing conflict.

      Diesel Fuel: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposals to restrict the use of red diesel on levels of theft of...

      Undocumented Migrants: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of providing accommodation for migrants who illegal crossed the English Channel to the UK since 2019.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-time applications for the EU Settlement Scheme were outstanding as at 21 February 2022.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of offences which involved a knife or sharp instrument in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 23 November 2021 from the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire regarding...

      Fraud: Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of fraudulent phone calls in each of the last three years; what recent assessment...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 Feb 2022 to Question 119880 on Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Prices, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that British companies found to have supply chains that involve modern slavery receive...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119446, on Animal and Plant Health Agency: Border Force, what assessment her...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle fraudsters who send fake messages that urge people to purchase covid-19 testing kits; and if she will...

      Home Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many positions have been recruited under the transformation and business improvement initiatives at the Home Office.

      Economic Crime: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations the National Crime Agency has conducted into criminal financial sanctions breaches for each year in the last three years.

      Police: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle low morale as a result of pay within the police.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants successfully crossed the English Channel in each year since 2019.

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 111653, on British Nationality, whether her Department plans to consult relevant...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Energy Supply

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

    • Storms: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to provide financial support for communities affected by storm Franklin.

      Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that the energy bill rebate benefits tenants instead of landlords.

      Empty Property and Second Homes: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many houses are recorded as (a) empty or (b) second homes for the purposes of council tax in (i) Romford constituency,...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the safety and security of independent council candidates in the context of the...

      Housing: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that everyone of pensionable age is in secure housing and not exposed to the risks of...

      Housing: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to launch the First Homes Scheme in the Tees Valley.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to make Clinical Commissioning Groups statutory consultees for development applications for...

      Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his letter to the Residential Property Developer Industry dated 10 January 2022, if he will issue a...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 2449, on Building Safety Fund, on what date he plans to publish the...

      Freehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2020 to Question 68411, on Freehold: Service Charges, when he plans to bring forward...

      Private Rented Housing: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ending section 21 evictions for people of pensionable age.

      Private Rented Housing: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact of residential development on the (a) rental prices of residential properties...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Energy Supply

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

    • Veterans: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make the wellbeing of veterans in Northern Ireland living with PTSD a priority of his during discussions on historical prosecution...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Gulf States

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with countries in the Persian Gulf.

    • Overseas Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with Israel.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Services: Barnsley Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of not including Barnsley as a priority left behind area for the Youth Investment...

    • Sports: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with international sporting bodies to help ensure that no major events take place in...

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential causal relationship between gambling advertising and harm caused by gambling.

      Sports: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering sporting bodies sports betting rights, where gambling...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on producing social media videos and graphics for use on Ministerial social media accounts...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department are managing Ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or...

      Football: Abuse and Hooliganism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) disruption and (b) abuse at professional football matches.

      Telecommunications: Emergency Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the upgrading of the telephone network, what steps she is taking to ensure resilience in telephone access to...

      Telecommunications: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the upgrading of the telephone network, what steps she is taking to ensure that the provision of voice...

      Gambling Act 2005 Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to publish the Gambling Review White Paper before summer recess 2022.

      Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release, New UK initiative to shape global standards for Artificial Intelligence,...

      Facebook: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to (a) regulate Facebook Metaverse, (b) counter potential misinformation and abuse and (c) help...

      Data Protection: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the misuse of (a) personal details or (b) corporate...

      Gambling: Video Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to publish its response to the Loot Boxes in Video Games consultation.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the implications for (a) public health and (b) disinformation of the...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what critical infrastructure her Department is responsible for that is reliant on private wire networks for power supply.

      Entertainers: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with which EU member states the Government has conducted formal negotiations on reducing barriers to cultural touring since...

      Entertainers: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has undertaken (a) assessments, (b) projections, (c) estimates and (d) modelling of the effect of the...

      World Book Day

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the 25th anniversary of World Book Day.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gender Recognition: Schools

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what information she holds on the process that was used for the production of planned EHRC guidance for schools on how to support trans children over...

  • Attorney General

    • Economic Crime: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for criminal financial sanctions breaches the Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted in each of the last three years.

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Public Consultation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the findings of their consultation on Key Route Networks, which ran from 30 July 2021 to 24 September 2021.

    • Trains: Diesel Engines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 February (HL5871), whether the existing diesel rail fleet will be replaced with new diesel trains...

  • Home Office

    • British Nationality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 October 2020 (HL8400), how many orders have been made under section 40(4A) of the British...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the long term security implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine; and what amendments they assess are required to the UK's...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Healthwatch England report What people have told us about NHS dentistry, published on 20 December; what assessment they...

    • Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bethell on 8 June 2021 (HL Deb, col 1319–20), what improvements they have made to the process for patients opting out of their...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing Tomosynthesis to digital mammography in order to improve the accuracy of breast screening.

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of using breast density measurement software to identify women with dense breast tissue, in order to prioritise...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 23 February (HL6197), why they do not centrally hold information on the number of dental practices...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of excluding NHS staff who have acquired natural immunity following COVID-19 infection from mandatory vaccination requirements.

      Hospitals: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require hospitals to implement special redirection units by their entrances to reroute patients who might not need urgent treatment.

      Protective Clothing: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a modern slavery statement covering their procurement of personal protective equipment since January 2020.

      Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to appoint a Commissioner for Older People for England; and if so, when such plans will be published.

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