Written answers

Thursday, 3 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Dartford-Thurrock Crossing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average journey time was to cross the Dartford Crossing (a) northbound and (b) southbound at peak times in each of the last 12 months.

    • Buses: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on funding orders for hydrogen-fuelled buses.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is an adequate supply of rest areas for HGV drivers.

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Russian ships dock at UK ports each year to (a) refuel or (b) restock.

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2021 to Question 76803, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of awaiting a RNEP...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the DVLA has adequate resources to clear the backlog of (a) new and (b) renewed driving licence...

      Electric Scooters: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 125381, on Electric Scooters: Injuries, with which NHS Trusts he is working to collect evidence on rental...

      Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125383, on Electric Scooters: Injuries, if he will ensure that the National Police Chiefs...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Offshore Industry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of training times required to achieve basic certification to work in the offshore (a) oil and...

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help and encourage households to improve energy efficiency.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including people who claim disability benefit in the eligibility...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies,...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to mitigate the impact the energy price cap increase on customers.

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a long-term zero carbon electricity contracts...

      Heating: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what definition his Department uses for health and wellbeing in his Heat and Buildings Strategy.

      Heating: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how his Department defines health and wellbeing as it applies to the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy;...

      Heating: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has provided guidance to health and wellbeing boards on how health and wellbeing is to be...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on provision of financial support for energy costs of...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on the rise in the energy price cap.

      Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help strengthen and secure vaccine production in the UK.

      Bereavement Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that workplaces provide statutory bereavement leave to both parents after baby loss.

      Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships have been fined for failing to register a Person of Significant Control in each...

      Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships failed to register a Person of Significant Control in each year since the...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps are being taken to prevent a loss of scientific skills and expertise in the event that the UK fails to...

      Renewable Energy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has allocated to to research on alternative energy resources for (a) 2020-21 and (b)...

      Research: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will (a) review all Belarusian and Russian beneficiaries of UK R&D spending and (b) assess how much R&D...

      Geothermal Power: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the development of geothermal energy as part of sustainable energy solutions for...

      Cash Dispensing: Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on the reasons for the removal of the ATM from North Harrow Post...

      Cash Dispensing: Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will require that the chief executive of the Post Office publishes the full list of ATMs being removed from (a)...

      Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the covid-19 outbreak on the pay gap for ethnic...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the UK maintains the infrastructure needed to (a) develop...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has paid on average for each vaccine dose purchased from (a) AstraZeneca, (b) Moderna and (c)...

      Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to introduce a publicly available register for residential property that has foreign ownership.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, if he will publish the 1,800...

    • Government Departments: Paper

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce paper usage in Government departments in light of the climate emergency.

      Small Businesses: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of SMEs accessing Public Sector contracts via the digital platform of Bloom Services; and if he...

      Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 128229, how many outstanding (a) emails and (b) letters he has from the public as at 28 February...

      Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm that (a) Sir Robert Francis' Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study will be published soon after he has received it and (b) it...

      Veterans: Mental Health

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has held recent discussions with the Royal British Legion on support for veterans'...

      Development Aid: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2021-23 commitment to explore in greater detail developing a commitment to Aid...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the use of alcohol by young people in public places; and if he will ensure that his Department's policies...

    • NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the negotiations on the new NHS dental contract to conclude.

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of eating disorder services in the (a) West Midlands and (b) UK.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require health warnings on alcohol...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to take steps to reduce alcohol harm among deprived groups.

      Eating Disorders: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to enhance the funding and resources for children’s eating disorder services.

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Government's timeline for the delivery of reforms to adult social care.

      Doctors' List of Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing how to determine a GPs patient list size as safe when assessing...

      Yellow Card Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 92799, what regulatory action the MHRA has taken in response to the side effects...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with long coivd have received a diagnosis of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis or (b) chronic fatigue syndrome.

      Autism: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for people seeking a diagnosis of autism; and what steps the Government plans to take to (a) reduce that...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proportion of children and young people referred to NHS mental...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the increase in alcohol consumption in the north of England during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that covid-19 lateral flow tests for people visiting residential care homes remain free after 1 April 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to keeping NHS covid-19 lateral flow tests for people who visit care home residents.

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of residential care homes that have closed in (a) Coventry North East constituency,...

      Social Services: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting a standard hourly agency rate across social care.

      Social Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing social care funding to enable an inflationary wage increase...

      Health Services and Social Services: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how the use of technology in the health and social care sectors will improve patient outcomes.

      Social Services: Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of recovery action by local authorities for care charge debts on the well-being of...

      Social Services: Income Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to local authorities to enable uplifts in the discretionary...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the changes in the proportion of people with dementia in England who have a recorded dementia diagnosis...

      Social Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to introduce a zero cap on care costs for people who turn 18 with eligible care needs.

      Avoidant/restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to establish and fund nationally an Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder pathway.

      Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with eating disorders are not turned away from services because of their BMI.

      Mental Health Services: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific three-digit mental health support line from which callers...

      Mental Health Services: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the waiting times for children and adolescent mental health referrals in the South East.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Sugar Content in Wine Revealed, published by the Alcohol Health Alliance on 16 February 2022, what plans his Department...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who have received a diagnosis of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis and (b) chronic fatigue syndrome are currently in employment.

      Grampian NHS Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is aware of NHS Grampian’s virtual support service; and whether he has had discussions with the Scottish...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of covid-19 on individuals with a diagnosis of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis or (b)...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to communicate effectively with the public on how best to make use of NHS services.

      Tomography: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to address the backlog in (a) CT and (b) MRI appointments.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate on 3 February 2022 of how many and what proportion of NHS staff have not received their first covid-19...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the impact of staff absences due to the Omicron covid-19 variant on delivering care.

      NHS: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a compensation scheme for NHS frontline workers who have been...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients attending A&E in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England were seen within four hours during...

      Complementary Medicine: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on what professional and ethical standards and requirements apply to practitioners of alternative...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the 10-Year Cancer Plan for England.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the mandatory covid-19 vaccination programme in the context of NHS and social care staff shortages.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the (a) organisations and people responsible for the (i) oversight and (ii) implementation of the National...

      Roaccutane: Side Effects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of cases that have been recorded where patients have complained of side effects from the use...

      Transplant Surgery: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the level of covid-19 hospitalisations on NHS transplant services as of 26 January 2022.

      Fertility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has held with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence regarding a review into...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make an estimate of the number of patients who have opted to pay for medical advice and appointments following the postponement of...

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason it is his Department's policy that a national eye care strategy for England is unnecessary.

      Advisory Committee On Borderline Substances: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 110446 on Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances: Standards, what extent of...

      Health and Social Care Leadership in England Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the (a) conclusion and (b) sharing of conclusions with hon. Members of the review of leadership in...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the range of assumptions of virus spread and severity of illness used in his covid-19 response planning.

      Vaccine Data Resolution Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a way for hon. Members to contact the Vaccine Data Resolution Service.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119864, how many of the 25 per cent of approved devices from UK...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposed transition from Healthy Start vouchers to the Healthy Start card in March 2022, what steps his Department...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he has received from Government health advisers on an individual's likelihood to transmit the Omnicron covid-19 variant up to...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) reports have been submitted by the public on problems with the Healthy Start helpline and (b) how many of those problems...

      Coronavirus Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on vaccinated individuals who move from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland to England, but are unable to...

      NHS Covid Pass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quantifiable effect of the NHS COVID pass on reducing the transmission of the virus.

      NHS Covid Pass: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans that his Department will be able to ensure that a NHS covid pass is available for 12 to 15 year olds, to evidence proof of...

      Coronavirus: South Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions, alongside Cabinet colleagues, with the South African authorities to establish whether the latest official...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process his Department is putting place for people acquiring free-of-charge covid-19 tests from 1 April 2022.

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's policy paper entitled Towards Zero - An action plan towards ending HIV transmission, AIDS and...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people eligible for antiviral treatments against covid-19 on the basis of significant...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the upcoming consultation on calorie labelling of...

      Screening: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the volume of plastic waste that has been generated as a result of the use of (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure all (a) retailers and (b) retail staff are thoroughly aware and trained to serve customers using the...

      Obesity: Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the National Obesity Strategy does not result in effects that could potentially...

      Screening: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an assessment was made during the design stage of the covid-19 testing system of the environmental effects of plastic waste...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people taking part in the PANORAMIC study will continue to receive free covid-19 tests.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) friends, (b) family members and (c) carers of immunocompromised people will be able to access free asymptomatic covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of ending free-of-charge covid-19 lateral flow testing for the general public on...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of ending free-of-charge covid-19 lateral flow tests on pregnant women.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people with the Acute Myeloid Sarcoma form of Leukaemia will continue to be eligible for free covid-19 testing after the end of...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support schools facing rising energy costs.

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the command paper entitled Higher Education Policy Statement & Reform Consultation, CP 617, published on 24 February 2022, what...

      Family Hubs: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many family hubs will be established in England; and what proportion of those hubs will be situated in the North West.

      Special Educational Needs: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for education, health and care plans were (a) requested by parents and (b) approved by Cheshire West and Chester local authority in...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many CO2 monitors his Department has issued to schools in the last 12 months.

      Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of whether gambling advertising is a predictor of at risk and problem gambling in secondary school children.

      Pre-school Education: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made a quantitative assessment of trends in the level of closure of (a) nurseries and (b) early year settings in (i) 2020...

      National Tutoring Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the allocation of funding resulting from the forecast underspend for the National Tutoring Programme.

      Holocaust: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to help ensure that the genocide of Roma and Sinti peoples during the Holocaust is taught as part of the national curriculum.

      Pupil Exclusions: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many exclusions from school (a) in total and (b) of pupils with special educational needs occurred in Cheshire West and Chester in each of the...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices were (a) added to and (b) went live on the Apprenticeship Service between 1 April 2021 and 30 November 2021.

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Investigation Report into Child sexual exploitation by organised networks, what...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice were made to employers for apprentices who started apprenticeship training between 1 April and...

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to children who live in children's homes.

      Special Educational Needs: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timetable is for the publication of the SEND Review; and what plans he has for a review of the Education and Health Care Plan process.

      Free School Meals: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with Ministerial colleagues in the Treasury on the potential merits of increasing the funding rate for universal infant...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Weddings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to allow weddings to take place outside without the need for a permanent structure or in an approved structure, on a...

    • Approved Premises: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Approved Premises there are in (a) Stockton, (b) Darlington, (c) Middlesbrough, (d) Redcar and (e) Hartlepool.

      Crown Court: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courtrooms in each Crown Court building in England and Wales have been unused in each of the last three years.

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between arrest and appearing in front of magistrates for people charged with knife possession has been in each of the last ten years.

      Ministry of Justice: Social Media

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

      Tribunals: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) regarding SEND plans found in favour of the appellant in cases...

      Employment Tribunals Service and Family Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase capacity in (a) family courts and (b) employment tribunals.

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 102716 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Disability, whether the test phase went live as planned...

      Criminal Proceedings and Judgements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the his Department will publish prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes in England and Wales up to the year ending December 2021.

      Channel Islands: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the deportations in 1942 from the then German-occupied Channel Islands, how many of the citizens who were deported (a) were British,...

      Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department provides to courts in England and Wales for the maintenance of their premises.

      Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 105550 on Court: Fines, if he will provide a breakdown of the value of court-imposed fines for...

      Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to plans to reform the Human Rights Act announced on 14 December 2021, what steps he is taking to progress those plans.

      Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022, to Question 121764, on Courts: Closures, if he will publish (a) figures for the sale proceeds for each of...

      Courts: Costs and Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures for (a) unpaid court fines, (b) debt from compensation orders and (c) unpaid court costs for each court in England and Wales.

  • Treasury

    • Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a reduced duty rate for sales at the production point for the English wine...

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies that a 4 per cent alcohol by volume pint of beer or cider contains more alcohol...

      Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department has decided not to cut VAT on domestic energy bills.

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of National Insurance contributions received from people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK for each year since 2000.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the annual value of (a) imports of alcoholic spirits from Russia to the UK and (b) exports of alcoholic spirits from the UK to Russia.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Loan Charge and HMRC's power to open a tax year and place it under enquiry, how many people are affected by having at least one of...

      Assets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of HMRC's policy on long-life assets and (b) effect of that matter on tug owners.

      Welfare Tax Credits: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK residents who were trapped in Afghanistan for longer than 12 weeks in 2021 subsequently had their tax credits claims ended.

      Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the (a) number of civil servants and (b) budget devoted to (i) developing targets of individuals and companies for sanctions under the...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many law firms have reported having designated persons as their clients under the Russian Sanctions Regulations.

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for licences relating to legal fees OFSI has received for the Russia Sanctions Regulations.

      Guaranteed Minimum Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have had their guaranteed minimum pensions reduced in financial year 2021-22 following reviews by HMRC in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Production

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the different costs of production between cider and beer.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on revenue of equalising cider and beer duty as part of the alcohol duty system changes.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to engage in dialogue with countries which are trading or have a relationship...

    • Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to include British ports in the sanctions regime against Russia.

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on securing the release of (a) Anoosheh Ashoori and (b) other British nationals...

      Russia: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether Russia has developed an (a) economic, (b) diplomatic or (c) industrial...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional diplomatic steps she will take to prevent further Russian incursion into Ukraine.

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking on reports of kidnapping and forced conversions of religious minorities in...

      Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of Russian flagged ships using British ports.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she discussed (a) the situation in Ukraine and (b) steps to hold the Russian Federation to account in her...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many applications her Department has received to vary or revoke a designation under the Russia (Sanctions)...

      Ukraine: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the veracity of reports that Black and Ethnic Minority people fleeing...

      Russia: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her oral statement of 28 February 2022 on Sanctions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 102809, whether her Department plans to contact any Afghan...

      Russia: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her policy is on the use of British ports by Russian-flagged operators.

      Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126521, on Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme,...

      Russia: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Russian Government's decision to ban UK airlines from...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the (a) individuals and (b) firms that (i) she, (ii) her special advisors and (iii) officials...

      British Overseas Territories: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to mitigate Russian (a) influence in and (b) use of British Overseas Territories which...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to engage with Commonwealth nations on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

      Business: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she plans to take to support UK-based businesses with operations in Ukraine that are affected by the...

      Turkey: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to help protect the human rights of the Kurdish...

      Baltic States

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to residents of the Baltic countries of the conflict in Ukraine; and...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the extent of potential further economic sanctions against Russia; and...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Afghan journalists the UK has evacuated from Afghanistan since 1 August 2021.

      Afghanistan: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to provide civilian aid to Afghanistan.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to ensure that humanitarian support is provided to Ukranian people in the event that...

      Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on (a) security and (b) the risk of human rights abuses in...

      Ukraine: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on supporting foreign nationals to leave Ukraine,...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian support the Government is providing to Ukraine; and whether there are any plans to increase this...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 103614 on Disability, when the FCDO Disability Inclusion...

      Central African Republic: Wagner Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Wagner Group forces in the...

      Raising Futures Kenya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to her Department's spending allocations on vocational...

      Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will set out the (a) number of civil servants and (b) budget devoted to (i) developing targets of...

      Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's role as host of the Pandemic Preparedness Summit in March 2022, if the...

      British Overseas Territories: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Department is the policy lead for (a) climate mitigation and (b) climate adaptation in the...

      British Overseas Territories: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which British Overseas Territories have fulfilled their commitment under the Joint Ministerial Council Communique...

      Nigeria: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UK boosts access to finance for women-owned businesses and clean energy projects in Nigeria,...

      Uyghur Tribunal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government declined to provide evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal.

      Hong Kong: Judiciary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support the independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong; and if she will discuss...

      Uyghurs: Forced Labour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Professor Laura Murphy’s report on the...

      Somalia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to (a) the Federal Government of Somalia and (b) the Government of Puntland state...

      Africa: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) Botswana, (b) Somalia and (c) South Sudan on...

      Ethiopia: Trachoma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to her Department's spending allocations relating to...

      Africa: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Uwezo National Learning Assessment Report 2021, published by Uwezo Uganda in February 2022, what...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the administrative detention of Palestinian...

      China: Extradition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect Taiwanese citizens living outside of Taiwan from possible...

      Multinational Companies: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure good human rights practice within multinational companies.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Belarus: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether Belarusian special forces previously trained by the UK are active in the conflict in Ukraine.

    • Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian staff employed in his Department have received information security training each year since 2010.

      National Flagship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the costs of the National Flagship were excluded from the Defence and Equipment Plan 2021-31.

      Ministry of Defence: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.

      Ukraine: Emigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with his NATO counterparts to ensure routes out of the Ukraine remain safe and open.

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35b aircraft his Department plans to procure.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of each armed forces service reporting their accounts and forecasting to the National Audit Office...

      European Fighter Aircraft: Radar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the National Audit Office's report, The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031, published on 21 February 2022, for what reason the...

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18 of the National Audit Office's report, The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031, published on 21 February 2022, for what reason the...

      Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the length of time taken to construct support facilities for F-35b, as outlined the Defence and Equipment Plan, is connected with the Air...

      Chinook Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 114659 on Ministry of Defence: Assets, whether the Chinook Mk4 listed relates to the retirement of...

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the costs of the Morpheus programme were excluded from the Equipment Plan.

      Artillery: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to introduce 59 calibre ammunition for the UK's AS90 artillery.

      Artillery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops have fired AS90 in the past five years.

      Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he plans to publish the refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy.

      Rosyth Dockyard: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a comparative assessment of the provision of free accommodation to (a) British and (b) non-British nationals employed at Rosyth Naval Yard.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to improve information security training within his Department.

      Merchant Shipping: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2021 to Question 18564 on Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, what estimate he has made of the projected average...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Industrial Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many incidents of serious harm have been reported to her Department since February 2012; what proportion of those incidents met the...

    • Government: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 105664 on Government: Procurement, whether the first meeting of the Disability...

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions her Department has made for monies to fund tribunal cases involving applicants appealing against the refusal of Personal...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints in the year 2021 were investigated by her Department in which phone records had been deleted.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's policy on managing customer records, if she will publish her Department's guidance on what triggers a...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish cost assessments made by her Department in relation to its customer record retention policy.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what point in the customer journey for the work capability assessment and personal independence payment assessment are disabled and...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103610 on the satisfaction ratings for disability benefit assessments, if she will ask...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103610, if she will ask Capita to provide a detailed breakdown of the responses of...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 103610, if she will ask Maximus UK (Health Assessment Advisory Service Ltd) to provide a...

      Access to Work Programme

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

      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.

      Pensions: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the potential impact on pensions of women with menopause symptoms retiring early.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for which Access to Work grant applications have been awaiting a decision; what proportion of those...

      Coronavirus: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department is issuing to employers to support their immunocompromised staff to work safely from their place of work after...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman asked for further information on the ongoing case regarding communication of changes to...

      Pensioners: Electronic Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of times that the online pensioner toolkit was accessed in each of the last six years.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time between the annual publication of pension credit take-up statistics and the year those...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people made a successful pension credit claim in 2019-20.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) make automatic pension credit payments to people who are eligible and (b) improve data sharing...

      Workplace Pensions: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the scale of pension deficits for (a) Royal Mail, (b) universities and (c) other large pension schemes where...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund beyond March 2022 in response to forecasts that...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

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

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are facing deductions to their universal credit award as a result of debts owed to the public purse.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment (PIP) claimants (a) were refused PIP, (b) appealed against the refusal of PIP and (c) were successful...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims in each parliamentary constituency had sums deducted from their claim in the most recent month for which data...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in light of her decision to end the free provision of covid-19 lateral flow tests, what support she will provide to employers to help ensure...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture and Land Use: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason landowners and farmers are no longer compensated for allowing permissive access to their land under the...

    • Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning the caging of commercially reared egg-laying hens.

      Cats: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's consultation on Commercial and Non-Commercial Movements of Pets into Great Britain opened...

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure the UK becomes nature positive by 2030.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to improve the accuracy of flood prediction (a) methods and (b) technology in light...

      Infrastructure: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with authorities in York on the stability of infrastructure in Skeldergate.

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a Government backed flood reinsurance scheme for businesses that...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability of and (b) potential merits of introducing technology to enable...

      Land Drainage: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of the adequacy of the water drainage system in York and (b) steps he is taking to ensure...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of seasonal agricultural workers come from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many healthy pigs were slaughtered in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) since January 1 2022 due to (i) problems in supply...

      Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the sugar industry since his decision to authorise the use of neonicotinoid...

      Fires: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of regulating outdoor burning for the...

      Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing its cooperation with the food industry to...

      Nature Conservation: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to create wildlife habitats in urban areas.

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Social Media

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

    • Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Crime and Policing on 7 February 2022, Official Report, column 280WH, if she...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the potential impact of the Nationality and Borders Bill on family reunion rights in the context of the ongoing military...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-person legal visits have taken place at Derwentside immigration removal centre since women were first detained there on 28...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 122771, what assumptions her Department has made in concluding that 70 per cent of...

      National Crime Agency: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out (a) the number of FTE's and (b) the resources devoted to the Kleptocracy cell in the National Crime Agency.

      Police: Pepper Spray and Tasers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance her Department has issued to police officers on the possession of (a) Pelargonic Acid Vannilylamide (PAVa) spray and...

      Economic Crime: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for criminal financial sanctions breaches have resulted from National Crime Agency investigations.

      Fires: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish her response to the consultation on personal emergency evacuation plans; what the reasons are for the time taken to...

      Actionfraud: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people work for ActionFraud (a) in total and (b) focussing on cyber-fraud.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Supported Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer to Question 125443 on Supported Housing: Regulation, what data his Department holds on the extent...

    • Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on leasehold reform to introduce rights for freehold home owners to seek...

      Leasehold: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to prescribe a requirement to clearly communicate (a) estate fees and (b) service charges to...

      Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to abolish or cap ground rents for people currently paying that charge.

      Leasehold: Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of trends in the level of management costs paid by leaseholders.

      Leasehold: Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that freeholders and management companies of leasehold properties have accessible means by...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to help (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations to respond to demand for...

      Housing: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of demand for housebuilding in (a) Stockport constituency and...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason leaseholders who are landlords are not able to receive support for the rectification of unsafe cladding...

      Older People: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that older people who are living in poverty receive an assessment from their local...

      Affordable Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new homes constructed by the Mayor of London from the £3.15...

      Social Rented Housing: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation in End Our Cladding Scandal's...

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will undertake an in-depth study on the reasons for housing challenges in (a) York and (b) other cities.

      Social Rented Housing: Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a limit on the length of time properties owned by (a)...

      Social Rented Housing: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing units developed in York in each of the last 5 years.

      Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing use of empty residential units held as investments...

      Housing: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the cost of living pressures on the ability of people of pensionable age being able...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the quantity of homes available for elderly residents to support access to secure...

      Bellwin Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will introduce the Bellwin scheme as a result of recent flooding across the country.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February to Question 126535 on European Social Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund, if he will...

      Public Houses: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides support to local community groups that seek to purchase closed pubs in their local areas.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Legacy Investigations Branch is considering; and how many victims those cases involve.

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Police Service of Northern Ireland has completed in relation to offences that took place during the Troubles involving (a)...

  • Department for International Trade

    • UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the £171,099,381.84 maximum liability for UK Export Finance arising between 2014-15 and 2020-21 from the underwriting of...

    • UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the names of institutions headquartered in the Russian Federation that were approved to provide credit underwritten by...

      UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many new export projects have been supported by UK Export Finance in the Russian Federation since the start of 2021-22; and what the...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's impact assessment of the new free trade agreement between the UK and Australia, published on 16 December...

      Visas: Portugal

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Portuguese counterpart on a visa agreement for remote workers.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tourism: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 113206 on Tourism: Disability, on what date the ministerial meeting with...

    • Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support her Department will provide to local authorities for the delivery of youth services in the next two years.

      Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of her Department's annual funding for youth programmes is provided to the National Citizen Service Trust.

      Voluntary Work: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure equal access to National Citizen Service programmes for disadvantaged young people.

      Digital Markets Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals in 2022 to provide the Digital Markets Unit with full statutory powers.

      Online Safety Bill (Draft)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with independent news publishers regarding the news publisher definition in the Online Safety...

      Loneliness: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that older people in poverty are not also experiencing loneliness in their communities.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of children’s exposure to alcohol marketing and (b) impact of that exposure...

      Arts: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on developing creative clusters, as announced in the creative industries sector deal.

      Telecommunications: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of switching the telephone network from copper wires to digital phone lines...

      Civil Society: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government will engage civil society organisations as part of the implementation of the Levelling Up White Paper.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Children: Day Care

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the availability of childcare on the retention of mothers in the workforce.

    • Lone Parents: Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make single parents the tenth protected...

  • Department for Transport

    • Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the fourth extraordinary funding settlement for Transport for London includes funding for the repair and reopening of Hammersmith Bridge.

    • Companies: Scotland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government about (1) the provision of investment funds to (a) Ferguson Marine, (b) BiFab, and (c) Prestwick...

      Egnos

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 February (HL5963), what assessment they made of the value of safety of life when deciding...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing Artificial Intelligence led mammography (1) to increase capacity in breast screening programmes,...

    • Domestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to their publication Our Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published on 23 December 2021, what engagement the Department for Health...

      Social Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of recipients of social care in England who (1) required, and (2) received, night-time care packages, in (a)...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current average waiting time for (1) initial assessment at specialist Child And Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), and (2) treatment by CAMHS,...

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of allowing home use of mifepristone on the number of abortion pills purchased online from unregulated providers.

      Health and Wellbeing Boards and Integrated Care Systems: Meetings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that members of the public are given a direct opportunity to raise concerns about matters relating to (1) health, and (2) care,...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the increases in childhood obesity during the COVID-19 lockdown, as shown by the National Child Measurement Programmes data for 2020 to 2021, published...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to Government Ministers on wearing face coverings in crowded places with people they do not usually meet every day.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the city of Bath has had no COVID-19 lateral flow tests available for over two weeks; and what steps, if any, they...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms they have in place, if any, to check that results from COVID-19 PCR tests provided by private companies for those entering England from abroad meet...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have along with the private sector to ensure that lateral flow tests will be available throughout the country at a reasonable price from 1 April.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 9 February (HL6141), whether pharmacists are able to (1) stock, and (2) sell, the antiviral medications...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the services available to people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).

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