Written answers

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of E10 fuel on (a) emissions and (b) fuel consumption.

    • Aeroflot: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with his European counterparts on prohibiting Aeroflot flights from operating in the territory and airspace of...

      Electric Vehicles: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to local authorities in (a) Merseyside and (b) the North West region to (i) encourage public uptake in...

      Electric Vehicles: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in (a) St Helens Metropolitan Borough, (b)...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's policy is on setting up a compensation scheme for the 555 claimants in the group litigation of...

    • Business: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated from the public purse to businesses in (a) Coventry North...

      Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Minister for the Post Office last met with the Justice For Sub-postmasters Alliance.

      Additional Restrictions Grant and Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department allocated to Shropshire Council under the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant; and...

      Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will issue guidance to local councils on the potential impact of the change of use of agricultural land for solar...

      Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make funding available for a green retro-fitting programme in Stockport.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial steps he will take to ensure that energy efficient heat pumps can be installed in all households the UK.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce a national minimum wage to help with the cost of living.

      Electricity: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the findings of the recent study by Aurora Energy Research that 24GW of long-duration electricity...

      Energy: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that energy companies provide timely responses to consumer complaints.

      Tickets: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the implementation on the recommendations of the Competition and Market Authorities'...

      Biofuels: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether preliminary findings have been made from the interdisciplinary research being undertaken in the Perennial...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of the Measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in...

      Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2021 to Question 89572 on Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre, what steps...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100543, how the Government's plans for dementia factor into (a)...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 172 to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether the expectation that at least £7 in every...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the allocations of funding to the Strength in Places Fund of £82 million in 2020-21 and £69...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 172 of the Levelling Up White Paper and the funding to be invested by the Advanced Propulsion...

      Innovate UK: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 172 of the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper which states that there will be a 36...

  • Attorney General

    • Fraud: Convictions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions led by the Serious Fraud Office led to convictions against (a) corporate entities and (b) individuals in each year since 2010.

    • Fraud: Convictions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions led by the Serious Fraud Office led to convictions against (a) corporate entities and (b) individuals between 25 April and 31 December 2013.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategy.

    • Ear Wax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of current provision of ear wax cleaning service by GP surgeries across England and (b)...

      Health Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to meet its target of delivering 26,000 additional primary care staff to support GPs by 2024.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what engagement his Department has had with (a) survivors of domestic abuse, (b) the domestic abuse sector and (c) the wider violence...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for reducing the cost of repeatable hormone replacement therapy prescriptions announced on 29 October 2021.

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the length of waiting lists for mental health services in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

      Mental Health Services: Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of telephone consultations for assessing patients with mental health problems compared to...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that NHS services are able to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities this winter.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of tends in the level of dementia diagnoses in the UK.

      Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2021 to Question 57165, what funding has been made available for local areas to commission services...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on young people's mental and physical health of lack of spaces in specialist...

      Mental Health Services: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of January 5 2022 to Question 90361, on Mental Health Services: Nurses, what steps he is taking to encourage...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he had made of the adequacy of access for (a) children and (b) adults to NHS mental health services.

      Carers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact on earning capacity and wellbeing of being an unpaid carer.

      Carers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that adults with caring responsibilities can access covid-19 vaccination with no additional impact on...

      Mental Health: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the equity of (a) the risk of mental health problems, (b) access to mental health services and (c)...

      Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that Black and Asian women are more likely to die in (a)...

      Veterans: GP Surgeries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made with the roll out of the Royal College of General Practitioners' veteran friendly GP surgeries accreditation...

      Diabetes and Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he has issued to NHS hospital, community and mental health trusts on (a) recognising and (b) managing the risk that...

      Postnatal Depression: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specialist treatment is available for mothers suffering post-natal depression in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Education Mental Health Practitioners working in schools in England as of 20 January 2022.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and adolescent mental health services.

      Allergies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with NHS England on the establishment of a National Clinical Director for Allergy of...

      Allergies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the establishment of a National Clinical Director for Allergies.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on specialist cystic fibrosis services of the rollout of Statutory Integrated Care Systems.

      Care Homes: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the Adult Social Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund has been distributed to residential specialist colleges...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England and NHS Improvement plan to publish their response to the consultation on the introduction of five waiting time...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to remove the requirement for workers in care homes to be vaccinated against covid-19.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average waiting time for CAMHS appointments.

      Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the 14 day covid-19 isolation periods in children’s mental health units on (a) the...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the average time spent on a waiting list for a CAMHS assessment; and whether he plans to support...

      Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the 14 day covid-19 isolation period operating within children’s mental health units.

      Eating Disorders: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 119788, what steps he is taking to tackle to the increase in waiting times for...

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of mental health patients in out of area placements; and how much that practice...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish a national register of eating disorders to capture illness data and death relating to...

      Allergies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision for people with allergies.

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to research by Cardiff University’s Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre, Public attitudes to death and dying...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps has he taken to ensure those who are living with dementia are able to receive a timely medical diagnosis.

      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, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the proposed merger of the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust with...

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to increase capacity in the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that immunosuppressed people, such as those with kidney transplants, can book their...

      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.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what basis the Government had made the decision of requiring a PCR test for those who have had covid-19 in the last 90 days, upon...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the different fee levels for administering individual covid-19 vaccination doses that have been applicable since the programme began...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of lateral flow tests were procured through Government contracts with Innova.

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to procure and roll out (a) AstraZeneca's Evusheld and (b) other preventative treatments, for those in...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who are immunosuppressed have not been offered a second dose of the covid-19 vaccine; and how many of those people have...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of the covid-19 vaccine to people who are housebound in (a) Weaver Vale...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the rate of covid-19 vaccine wastage is; and what assessment he has made of whether that rate will change in the coming months.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 test kits are imported.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had any discussions with Cabinet colleagues on repurposing covid-19 PCR testing sites for other medical tests, once they...

      SureScreen Diagnostics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 lateral flow tests were supplied to NHS Test and Trace by SureScreen Diagnostics in each month between February 2021...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether lateral flow tests carried out at home and reported to the NHS are included in the total daily covid-19 infections statistics;...

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical intervention policies are based on Body Mass Index.

      Coronavirus: Travel Restrictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government's covid-19 travel restrictions on the spread of the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of chemists being unable to supply covid-19 lateral flow tests to people in...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the risk to (a) public health and (b) transmission of covid-19 of the gov.uk stating that...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the UK’s covid-19 testing infrastructure in comparison to other countries.

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on quarantine hotels by travellers entering the UK following the re-introduction of the covid-19 red list in November...

      Coronavirus: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of Welsh companies that supply lateral flow tests on the long-term production of testing...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department carried out an equality impact assessment on the decision to not offer new parents on legacy benefits access to...

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the HIV Action Plan published on 1 December 2021, how sexual health services will be assessed on delivering a 90% HIV...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Devolved Administrations on ending the free provision of covid-19 lateral flow tests..

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of uptake of the covid-19 vaccine booster as of 10 January 2022.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls the Healthy Start voucher scheme helpline has received since its digitisation in December 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average length of time for resolution of complaints with the vaccination data resolution service regarding incorrect covid-19...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether information on the uptake of the Healthy Start scheme by (a) region and (b) local authority will be published online; and when...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of beneficiaries of the Healthy Start scheme (a) before and (b) after the digitisation of that scheme; and...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help protect the most clinically vulnerable from covid-19.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to end the temporary approval allowing home use of both pills for early medical abortion in line with the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on people with caring responsibilities of his decision to end the free provision of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 88623 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, for what reasons it is Government policy that...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories

      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 for specified minutes, notes, and correspondence...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what alternative steps he plans to take to identify and track the progress of new variants of covid-19 in the context of his decision to...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people whose covid-19 vaccination records are incorrect.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will add to the National Booking System covid-19 vaccination centres which have the capacity of 500 vaccinations a week but which...

      Integrated Care Boards: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in light of the removal of the prohibition on elected councillors serving on Integrated Care Boards, whether he plans to rerun the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of complaints logged with the vaccination data resolution service regarding incorrect covid vaccination...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the eligible population in (a) Slough (b) Thames Valley and (c) England who have been...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government does not recommend (a) FFP2 and (b) FFP3 face masks as offering additional protection to the wearer...

      Coronavirus: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) are eligible for and (b) have received a fourth dose of a covid-19 vaccination in (i) Waltham Forest (ii) Walthamstow...

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what initiatives his Department is supporting to establish defences against covid-19 through pharmaceutical interventions.

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential cost to the public purse of training new doctors and nurses in the event...

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to move responsibility for the funding and infrastructure support for covid-19 services in the future to (a) integrated...

      Kidney Diseases: Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to current and projected increases in domestic energy costs, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial...

      Patients: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fuel claim allowances for NHS patients travelling from rural areas to medical...

      Strokes: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of stroke patients being automatically eligible for medical exemption...

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the ability of graduates to meet the new payment of student loans regime in the context of the rise in the cost of living.

    • Department for Education: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which websites that are wholly or partly under the control of his Department or used to deliver services under contract to the Government and are (a)...

      Free Schools: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the oversight of free schools in respect to safeguarding concerns.

      Further Education: Social Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve social mobility in post-16 education for people in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry,...

      Overseas Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to student finance for British National Overseas students.

      Apprentices: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Government has allocated to businesses in Coventry to support the recruitment of apprentices in each of the last three years.

      Department for Education: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken in the last six months to ensure statistical information scheduled to be released by the Department is published on the...

      Children in Care: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure children from Gypsy, Travelling and Roma communities are placed with families from their own communities if...

      Coronavirus Workforce Fund for Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, until what date funding through the Coronavirus Workforce Fund will be available to schools and colleges; and if he will make a statement.

      Department for Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training his Department has provided to its staff on contract design in each of the last ten years; how many hours of that training has been...

      Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to (a) increase recruitment to and (b) maintain retention of the education workforce.

      Adult Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the adequacy of the funding available for adult education courses within (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...

      Primary Education: Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who learn British Sign Language in primary school.

      Schools: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact assessments he has undertaken on the potential effect of reintroducing high stakes testing at primary level on (a) student and (b) staff...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121732, on National Tutoring programme, whether he has encountered practical barriers to...

      Pupils: Dyspraxia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) support his Department offers to schools and teachers in (i) identifying and (ii) supporting pupils with dyspraxia.

      Turing Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timetable is for informing education institutions of the outcome of their bid for funding from the Turing Scheme.

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the rollout of Education Investment Areas (a) integrate with and (b) complement existing local post-16...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the tribunals service in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in respect of (i) personal independence...

    • Slavery: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that sentencing guidelines for modern slavery adequately reflect the severity of that crime.

      Criminal Cases Review Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will respond to the Westminster Commission on Miscarriages of Justice's report into the Criminal Cases Review Commission, published on 5 March 2021.

      Prisoners: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what average distance from their home address have (a) young adult prisoners, (b) adult prisoners and (c) children prisoners been held in each year...

      Prisons: Glen Parva

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the name for the new prison in Glen Parva will be announced; and how many entries were submitted to suggest the new name.

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of the location of the 4000 prison places he will create across 16 prisons through the building of new wings and...

      Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many estates granted probate after waiting more than (a) 6, (b) 9 and (c) 12 months.

      Judiciary: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119600, on Courts, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of plans...

  • Treasury

    • Bank Services: Disability and Older People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help improve access to alternative banking and payment options for (a) the elderly, (b) people with disabilities and...

    • First Time Buyers: Young People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide support to young families saving to buy their first home.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reducing VAT on energy bills on the consumer.

      Tourism: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending a reduced rate of VAT for the tourism sector; and what steps his Department is taking to...

      Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will confirm that Pillar 2 of the OECD Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting will not become operational in the UK in the event that...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on consumer (a) rights and (b) choice of the introduction of the energy bills rebate.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Production

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has made of the relative average cost of production of (a) wine, (b) beer, (c) cider and (d) spirits; and if he will...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposals as published in the Alcohol Tax Review on the UK-Australia free trade deal; and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Climate Change: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK delivers on its obligations for annual climate funding for people...

    • Yemen: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has offered assistance to the United Arab Emirates to help tackle incidences of terrorism in Yemen.

      British International Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the British International Investment's spending commitments...

      Atlantic Council: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much money her Department has given the Atlantic Council in each of the last three years; and what the purpose...

      Finland and Sweden: NATO

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held recent discussions with her Swedish and Finnish counterparts on NATO membership.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of UK aid funds to ensure that they do not support Russian geo-strategic...

      Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Bishop of Truro’s report on the Persecution of Christians Overseas, what steps the...

      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 85317, which other 15 countries the UK supports bilaterally...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of recruitment of child soldiers in Ituri province of the...

      Development Aid: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to integrate the successful elements and key learnings of the EQUIP-T...

      Gender Based Violence: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent sexual violence against women because of their religion or belief.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what cost her Department has accounted each donated vaccine dose as in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, (c)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to including covid-19 vaccine donations on top of the 0.5% Official Development...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish her Department's negotiating position on the price of covid-19 vaccine donations during (a)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines of the pledged 100 million have been donated as of 23 February 2022.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to provide financial support to cover the ancillary costs of each vaccine dose...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure donated surplus vaccine doses are shared with low-income countries...

      Yemen: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of levels of food insecurity in Yemen.

      Russia: Wheat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the war in Ukraine on countries that receive a high proportion of...

      Colombia: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has provided support to her Colombian counterpart on helping to protect community activists who...

      Development Aid: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the UK’s multilateral education ODA investments on...

      Freedom of Religion or Belief Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief to ensure the...

      Burkina Faso: Military Coups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Burkina Faso on the army coup in that country.

      Development Aid: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure small-scale farmers in climate-vulnerable countries can access UK Aid.

      Development Aid: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK aid had gender equality as a (a) significant and (b) principal objective in 2020.

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that any hostage release deal as part of the Vienna talks includes the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many projects so far have been funded by £6.6 billion committed to research, development and experimentation over the next four years in the...

    • RAF Valley: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Texan trainer aircraft operating from RAF Valley have been fitted with the Universal Water Activated Release System harness.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Meteor integration on the F-35b has been delayed.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the number of staff planning to leave his Department in the event that they achieve financial qualifications.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of when his Department will achieve its target that 60 per cent of its staff obtain financial qualifications.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Accommodation Strategy will be published; and for what reason that strategy was not published as part of the defence command paper of 2021.

      RAF Scampton: Red Arrows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to ensure that flying space above and around RAF Scampton is preserved for the use of the RAF Aerobatic Team once his...

      Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to restock the Army's support of Main Battle Tank and Light Anti-tank Weapon, also known as NLAW.

      Special Forces: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide further details of how the £1.1 billion allocated to new Special Forces equipment is planned to be spent.

      AWACS: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the CDEL costs on the purchase of the E-7 Wedgetail has not changed despite the programme reprofiling.

      Military Aid: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces medics are (a) deployed and (b) planned to be deployed in hospitals in Northern Ireland.

      Defence Equipment: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide defensive military equipment to Ukraine.

      Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for a decision on the UK’s continued participation as a force contributor in UN MINUSMA.

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the Royal Navy is suitably resourced to fulfil the role assigned to it by the Integrated Review.

      RAF Valley: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps his Department has taken to reduce noise disruption from Texan trainer aircraft operating from RAF Valley.

      Cameroon: Air Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Minister for the Armed Forces had discussions on Marshall Aerospace’s contract with the air force of Cameroon on his visit to that...

      Cameroon: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Human Rights Watch report of abuses by Cameroon’s Battalion d'Intervention...

      Cameroon: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the bespoke military skills facility the Government is building in Yaounde, Cameroon; and through which budget is that facility...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobseeker's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of contribution-based Jobseeker’s Allowance payments made to people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest...

    • Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she will take to ensure that people of pensionable age have sufficient money to pay their rents in addition to their household bills.

      Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce an adoption allowance comparable to Maternity Allowance for the self employed.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that rising cost of fuels prices does not lead to an increase in levels of pensioner poverty.

      Social Security Benefits: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the relationship between people owing money to her Department as a result of benefit claims and their use of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the use of cages in the...

    • Furs and Pâté de Foie Gras: Imports and Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the (a) import...

      Lakes and Rivers: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle littering in (a) lakes and (b) rivers.

      Miscanthus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increased cultivation of miscanthus in the UK, in meeting the...

      Veterinary Medicine: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to mitigate the decrease in EU veterinarian registrants coming to work in the UK.

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timescale is for the completion and next stages of the Government’s review of game bird welfare and game bird...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Vessels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any plans to limit bottom trawling in marine protected waters.

      Flood Control: River Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of flood predicting equipment at River Ouse level at Viking Recorder; and what...

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made of an assessment of the impact of (a) offshore wind farms, (b) underwater cabling and (c)...

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make funding available to support businesses that have not been able to claim insurance following flood damage...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the National Food Strategy White Paper will be published.

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of a ban on the import of pregnant cats that are more than 42 days pregnant..

      Pigmeat: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect the pig industry from the affects of increases in feed prices.

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a ban on the import of cats which have been declawed.

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a ban on the import of kittens under six months of age.

      Food: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to launch a call for evidence on the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering prior to...

      Horticulture: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate labour supply for the horticultural sector in the (a) short and...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will exclude children from transfer to her proposed offshore asylum processing centres.

    • Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hate crime (a) allegations and (b) arrests were made in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019, (iv) 2020 and (v) 2021.

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan journalists have received UK visas and been resettled in the UK since 1 August 2021.

      Housing: Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent advice and support her Department has provided to local authorities on tackling anti-social behaviour occurring around...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has held with the Mayor of London on the level of knife crime in London.

      Retail Trade: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the level of retail-related crime.

      Drugs: Driving Under Influence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) speed of lab testing oral fluid rather than blood samples as evidential...

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of levels of in-work exploitation or abuse among migrants with no recourse to public funds.

      Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosures were made through the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in each month since April 2020.

      Visas: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will publish a list of Russians who have been granted fast track visas under the recently discontinued investor visa scheme.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) increase the number of eligible individuals receiving compensation from the Windrush...

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review into registered sex offenders changing their name through deed poll will be published.

      Visas: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendation of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media...

      Napier Barracks: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been for private contractors to manage and run Napier Barracks to date.

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on delivering the Emergency Resettlement Mechanism; and on what date that programme will open.

      RAF Manston: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) migrants the Home Office plans to accommodate in Manston Barracks.

      Cushman and Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to Cushman and Wakefield to draft the planning statement on Napier Barracks.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that abandoned and unused buildings are utilised to increase the number...

    • Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking through the Help to Buy scheme to ensure that more new-build properties within the maximum...

      Derelict Land: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to local authorities to help regenerate derelict land.

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that there are sufficient beds to accommodate all homeless people in the UK.

      Derelict Land: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what powers local authorities posses to purchase derelict buildings and land for regeneration purposes.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how he plans to assess the impact of the provisions in the Building Safety Bill and associated Building Safety Funding...

      Housing Estates: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to local authorities for the regeneration of existing housing estates.

      Social Rented Housing: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support local authorities with encouraging the building of net zero social housing.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance has been issued to mortgage lenders on the requirement for an external wall survey for blocks of flats under...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cybercrime: Business

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cyber attacks there have been in each of the last five years on UK companies by a hostile state.

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126664 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, whether the Chancellor of the Duchy of...

      Suicide

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died by suicide by (a) council area, (b) region and (c) constituency in each of the last 10 years months for which data is available.

      Statistics: UK Relations with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to establish arrangements for statistical cooperation between the UK and EU, as...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Pottery: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its proposed free trade agreement with Indian on the ceramics industry in...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Digital Technology and Internet: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the additional costs incurred by elderly people as a result of a lack of access to the...

    • Football: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that girls have equal access to football in schools.

      Sports: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to breaches in the security of Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 final, what steps she is taking to help...

      Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of children who are unable to take part in National Citizen Service due to the cost...

      Erasmus+ Programme and European Solidarity Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to replace the international opportunities for young people previously accessed through the...

      Streaming: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has been made on bringing streaming services such as Netflix under the regulation of Ofcom.

      Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel has met since it was established; which Ministers attended each...

  • Cop26

    • Geothermal Power

      To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the role of geothermal energy in delivering the UK's COP26 commitments.

    • Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what comparative impact assessment he has made of the use of imported critical minerals and domestically-sourced minerals on delivering COP26 commitments.

      Climate Change: Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the President of COP26, what recent assessment he has made of the role of carbon capture and storage in meeting the UK's climate change and COP26 commitments.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • BBC: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how individuals in Northern Ireland can express their views on the BBC’s output pending the appointment of the BBC Member for Northern Ireland...

  • Department for Transport

    • Air Traffic Control: Storms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made, if any, of the decision by Air Traffic Controllers at Luton Airport to continue flights into the airport during a red storm...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Africa: Military Coups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes underlying the increase in military takeovers in Africa in the past year, in particular in (1) Chad, (2) Guinea, (3)...

    • Zimbabwe: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of violence and intimidation of opposition politicians, their supporters, and trade unions, ahead of parliamentary and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many housing units will be managed under the Armed Forces Future Defence Infrastructure Services Contract which commences on 1 April.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Royal Family

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the role of Counsellors of State; who are the present holders of this office; under what legislation they operate; and how the current office holders can...

    • Government Departments: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many surveillance technology cameras in government departments have facial recognition software; and whether they have made any assessment of the cost of...

      Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the consequences of not storing information centrally on Non-Disclosure Agreements agreed across Government; and what plans...

      Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister is responsible for efficiency and transformation, following the resignation of Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 January.

      History: Publications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they are undertaking under their Official History Programme; and when they intend to publish it.

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