Written answers

Monday, 7 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services and Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring all (a) bus, (b) taxi and (c) minicab drivers to undertake...

    • Transport: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the bridge in Eccles Heath, Norfolk, for what reason that bridge was closed for two years prior to repair works commencing; and what...

      Bicycles: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring all bicycles to include a bell.

      Buses: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the availability, by (a) green and (b) blue hydrogen, of hydrogen fuel sites capable of providing for hydrogen buses.

      Buses: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's strategy is for rolling out hydrogen fuel infrastructure sites capable of sustaining hydrogen fuelled buses.

      Department for Transport: Coronavirus

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

      A1: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the A1(M) between Newark and its junction with the B6325 was last inspected for potholes; and when it is due to be resurfaced.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will publish a regional breakdown of the successful applications to the Horizon programme.

    • Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish details of the proposed sale of the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) including (a)...

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding (a) Russian- or (b) Belarussian-owned entities received in connection with the OneWeb satellite...

      Energy: Disconnections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 126893, what the most recent data is that his Department holds on...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether people living with cancer will qualify for the Government's proposed energy industry fund for low income...

      Consumers: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has estimated the effect on consumer bills of the use of audited financial accounts and financial close...

      Wind Power: Offshore Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the levelised cost of offshore wind farms commissioning in 2022.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the calculations underlying his Department’s most recent estimates of levelised costs of...

      Energy: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of whether energy consumption is likely to increase or decrease by October 2022.

      Green Deal Scheme: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to compensate people who have been mis-sold Green Deals.

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with OFGEM on the potential merits of removing standing charges for electricity.

      Hydrogen: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure (a) investment in and (b) benefits for the local area from a hydrogen village in...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to legislate for more energy efficient homes.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking in response to the recommendations of the National Audit Office’s review of...

      Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on the commitment in the Future of Carbon Pricing document to develop a long-term...

      Energy: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the value of Russian energy imported to the UK for the latest twelve month...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Social Clubs

      To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the (i) budgets and (ii) FTE...

    • Attorney General: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies and (b) specify...

      Attorney General: Coronavirus

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.

      Rape: Convictions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many of the 1,109 convictions for rape recorded in the year ending March 2021 related to offences committed (a) before the year ending March 2018, (b) within the...

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to implement the recommendations from the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection into the police and CPS's response to rape post-charge in full; what her...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Integrated Care Boards: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that Integrated Care Boards have the (a) accountability and (b) resources necessary to...

    • Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to make anti-viral covid-19 medication available to elderly people who have tested positive for that disease.

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for England Infected Blood Support Scheme registrants to be classified as (a) stage 1, (b) special category and (c)...

      Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest; and whether his Department has made an...

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence is acceptable to the England Infected Blood Support Scheme to support applications for (a) hepatitis C stage 1, (b) special...

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is provided to the people applying to the England Infected Blood Support Scheme for (a) hepatitis C stage 1 payments, (b)...

      Breast Cancer: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that funding allocated to tackle the backlog of elective cases addresses people who are awaiting...

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data sets covering the number of radiotherapy treatments in the UK since May 2021.

      Lung Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on the potential merits of reintroducing the use of spirometry in primary care...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 PCR laboratories have had to (a) redirect or (b) reject deliveries of PCR tests for analysis since 1 December 2021.

      Lung Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for approval of the national lung cancer screening programme following its suspension in March 2020 due to the...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people with cystic fibrosis in England over the age of 18 are exempt from prescription charges.

      Breast Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 96909, on Cancer: Drugs, how many breast cancer drugs are being assessed through...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the time it takes for people suffering from cancer to receive essential medical appointments; and...

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Sexual Dysfunction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of designating Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction as a recognised medical condition.

      Integrated Care Boards: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support Integrated Care Boards to innovate in the context of the duty in the Health and Care Bill as...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether dentists who apply for funding from the £50 million catch up fund for NHS dentistry are required to carry out treatments...

      Higher Education: Medicine and Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the number of places available for students to study medicine and nursing at university.

      Pathology: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle workforce shortages in NHS pathology and (b) support recruitment campaigns in that...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average response time was for his Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a)...

      Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how frequently the Government conducts regular analyses of workforce pressures and trends within (a) healthcare, (b) primary care and (c)...

      Royal Shrewsbury Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time patients are waiting in ambulances before transfer to the Emergency Department at...

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding in SH v Norfolk County Council [2020] EWHC 3436 that that council's charging policy unlawfully...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of ambulance waiting times in England.

      Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that hearing loss is (a) referenced in the Equalities Impact Assessment accompanying the Health and Care...

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the equality of access to a hospital of choice through the NHS e-Referral Service (a) across...

      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 waiting times for adult mental health referrals in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward guidance on consumption of alcohol by young people to tackle alcohol consumption rates among young people.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring residents of care homes to be vaccinated against covid-19.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Health and Social Care Directorates of Scotland on sharing learning and best practice on...

      Care Workers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of direct payment pay rates in attracting care staff; and whether his...

      Neuromuscular Disorders: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of psychological support for people living with MS and other neurological...

      Mental Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement local women and girls’ mental health strategies, to help ensure that meeting the mental health needs...

      Clubs: Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to support clubs for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia, as well as carers of people with...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to the Spring Statement on (a) funding allocations for mental...

      Mental Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methodology his Department uses to assess the need for mental health support for women and girls who have been subject to sexual...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is making additional mental health support available for (a) Ukrainian refugees and (b) the wider Ukrainian diaspora in the UK.

      Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health and Care Bill, how his Department will measure progress on the integration of eye care services into...

      Eyesight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what investment his Department is providing to enable the gathering of population level data on eye health.

      General Practitioners: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who is responsible for monitoring the levels of demand placed on general practitioners and their teams; and what checks are in place to...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on assessing the potential merits of introducing a pharmacy first scheme in England.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to help ensure that safe levels of workload are deployed in general practice.

      Doctors' List of Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the (a) average, (b) largest and (c) smallest patient list size per full time employed GP working in...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus

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

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of Baroness Scott of Bybrook in the House of Lords debate on the National Disability Strategy on...

      Lung Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to prepare for the implementation of the UK NSC’s recommendation on lung cancer screening.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the Member for Glasgow Central on 7 January with case ref ZA25441.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide free covid-19 testing for asymptomatic close contacts of immunocompromised people.

      Cholesteatoma: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve services for people with cholesteatoma to ensure they are tested and diagnosed as soon as...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to respond to the Aligning the upper age for NHS prescription charge exemptions with the State Pension age...

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with professional bodies representing GPs and general practice staff on improving clinical knowledge...

      Coronavirus: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish information for the general public on how to access a covid-19 Proof of Recovery certificate from the NHS, including...

      Teignmouth Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to make a decision on the future of Teignmouth Hospital.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including aspiration in the vaccine administration procedures for the covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recommendations he has received from SAGE on the matter of reducing public health measures at 19 January 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of removing free-of-charge covid-19 lateral flow tests for individuals living in a...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people eligible to take part in the PANORAMIC study will continue to receive free covid-19 tests once free mass testing has ended.

      Tobacco: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the costs, benefits and risks to the public in line with the Better Regulation...

      Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prophylactic use of antivirals for the immunocompromised in tackling...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of calls to the Healthy Start helpline have been disconnected due to unavailability of helpline staff.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how an immunocompromised person who tests positive for covid-19 can access one of the covid-19 treatments.

      Immunosuppression: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prophylactic use of antivirals for people who are immunocompromised.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will introduce a cap on the cost of covid-19 tests.

      Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of suspending the telemedicine service on vulnerable women, including those...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been administered in each region of the UK as of 25 January 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the viability of the PANORAMIC national study once participants are no longer able to access free covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric doses of the covid-19 vaccine have been delivered to each region of the UK as of 25 January 2022.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is considering prophylactic use of antivirals for the immunocompromised to protect those people from covid-19.

      Coronavirus: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is providing support to employers to ensure that their clinically extremely vulnerable or severely...

      Food: Salt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the food industry on reducing the amount of salt in food products.

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what metrics he plans to use to measure the effectiveness of the advertising restrictions contained in the Health and Care Bill on...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK intends to place an order of Evusheld in advance of its potential approval by the MHRA.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the next covid-19 booster jab is not being offered to people under the age of 75 with underlying health conditions that...

  • Wales Office

    • Ukraine: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Welsh (a) citizens and (b) residents are of Ukrainian heritage.

    • Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its potential impact on the people in Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding for SEND the Government has allocated to local authorities in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.

    • Foster Care: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all foster carers are paid (a) the national minimum allowance or (b) more than the national minimum allowance...

      Department for Education: National Police Chiefs' Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times have ministers in his Department met with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Child Protection in the last five years;...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that improvements are made following Serious Case Reviews carried conducted by (a) his Department, (b)...

      Foster Care: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staying put allowances in England; and whether he has plans to introduce a national minimum staying put...

      Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what systems and processes are in place to ensure that lessons learnt from Serious Case Reviews carried out locally in England are reflected in the...

      Schools: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made prior to the closure of schools in March 2020 of the impact of closures on safeguarding vulnerable children.

      Pupils: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish guidance for schools on how to support trans children in 2022; and what contact his Department has had with...

      Orphans: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides for children who have been orphaned as a result of covid-19.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Minister of State for Higher and Further Education plans to respond to the letter of 9 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow North...

      Higher Education: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for each of the last fifteen years, how many young women (a) turned 18, (b) aged between 18 and 21 entered university, (c) commenced a level 6...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Unit for Future Skills is planned to work alongside Local Skills Improvement Plans.

      Adult Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make legislative changes that will affect the status of Specialist Designated Institutions (SDIs) as part of the statutory further...

      Training: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, of the 200,000 additional people completing high-quality skills training referred to in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, how many...

      Small Businesses: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all SMEs are able to offer t-Level placements across the UK.

      Local Skills Improvement Plans: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that local skills improvement plans...

      Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2019

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 22 to Question 126842, whether Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England)...

      Schools: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to guidance entitled Political Impartiality in Schools published on 17 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the compatibility...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to (a) reinstate or (b) increase teaching bursaries for subjects where training bursaries were reduced or suspended in 2021.

      Education: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help educate school children on access to sexual health services.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance targets on clinically vulnerable families attempting to shield...

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure work placements for t-levels are available in every town in the UK.

      Vocational Guidance: STEM Subjects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people in every region of the UK have access to STEM specific careers provision.

      Apprentices: STEM Subjects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to increase the number of apprenticeships in STEM...

      Training: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table 2.3 in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities that...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • HM Prison and Probation Service: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) plans to disclose their relevant records to Mr Paul Cleeland, as promised by the chief executive of HMPPS...

    • Legal Ombudsman: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) current and (b) recommended level of staffing of the Legal Ombudsman is.

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released from prison in the last three years are awaiting a court hearing after being charged with a...

      Legal Aid Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the funding agreements for Legal Aid Agency's contracts that are expected to commence from September 2022.

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel; and what the average length is...

      Courts: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127419 on Courts: Digital Technology, if he will publish (a) any interim analysis of the...

      Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the average length of time for probate to be granted in each of the last five years.

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish a response to the consultation on Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney.

      Prisoners' Release: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have left custody and gone into (a) exempt accommodation and (b) temporary probation accommodation in each of the last five years.

      Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been tagged with sobriety tags in England since their launch in March 2021.

      Prisoners' Release: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support prison leavers to find work.

      Prisoners' Release: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers find work within six months of release.

      Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts in England have separate entrances to allow victims of crime to avoid the accused.

      Ministry of Justice: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 126657 on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish figures on how much compensation his...

  • Department for International Trade

    • UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the £1,860,018 maximum liability for UK Export Finance arising between 2014-15 and 2020-21 from the underwriting of...

    • Exports: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to exports to the Russian Federation, what total value of export wins were achieved by her Department in each financial year...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

    • Vladimir Putin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will sanction the President of Russia.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the evacuation of people where needed from (a) Black, Asian and...

      Baltic States: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the early issuing of visas for residents of the Baltic...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of people fleeing war in Ukraine who are not Ukrainian or British nationals.

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the impact on the Russian invasion of Ukraine of British sanctions...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chinese Government on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives of British Overseas Territories to...

      Ukraine: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to enable Ukrainian relatives of (a) British nationals living in the Ukraine and (b)...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Pakistani Government on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Minority Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to people from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b)...

      Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening alumni there are in Afghanistan.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts on establishing safe travel routes for...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Polish counterpart on reports that some (a) people of colour and (b)...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international counterparts to open safe humanitarian corridors from...

      British Embassy Warsaw

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) re-open the British Embassy in Warsaw to tackle the needs of people...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the delivery of aid from those in Britain who wish to take (a)...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of British citizens remaining in Ukraine.

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not implemented every sanction possible on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Russian banks are not subject to the UK's sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine; and for what...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to impose sanctions on the (a) President and (b) Foreign Minister of Russia.

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in relation to the...

      Kenya: Police Brutality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to the Government of Kenya to tackle violence against women and girls perpetrated by...

      African Charter on Human and People's Rights: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the ratification of the African Union’s African Disability Protocol.

      Guinea: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) ECOWAS and (b) the African Union in relation to the inclusion of criteria...

      Nigeria: Renewable Energy

      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,...

      Nigeria: Forced Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support the Government of Nigeria on the prevention of child marriage.

      South Africa: Police Brutality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings in the report, Sexual IPV and non-partner rape of female sex workers: Findings of a...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related...

      Central African Republic: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Central African Republic Situation Report, published by UN OCHA on 21 February 2022, what steps...

      Dominican Republic: Haiti

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Dominican Republic counterpart regarding reports of plans to build a wall...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of steps that could be taken to enable financial support for the implementation...

      Developing Countries: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Investigation: European Group Likely Manipulated Twitter Conversations in Kenya About...

      Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the finding on page 200 of Tony's Chocolonely's annual report for 2021-22, that 1,701 cases of...

      Tanzania: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Government of Tanzania in relation to (a) the impact on freedom of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • NATO Response Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the activation of the NATO Response Force, what is the UK contributing to that force.

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98886, how many and what proportion of ARAP applications received by his Department in (a) January...

      Estonia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK Army is capable of deploying an Armoured Brigade in Estonia.

      Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Republican paramilitary, (b) Loyalist paramilitary and (c) civilian deaths were HM Forces responsible for during Operation Banner.

      Defence Estates: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department considers that 30 per cent of the Defence Estate is not in an acceptable condition.

      Puma Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Puma has been allocated as a saving for the Department when its service life has been extended.

      Radiation Exposure: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 21 February 2022, Official Report, column 19, what progress officials in his Department have made on...

      Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) serving and (b) former members of HM Forces (i) faced prosecution and (ii) were convicted for offences that took place while serving on...

      Annington Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the availability of his Department's housing leased from Annington Homes in response to the potential increase in refugees resulting...

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the basis is for the £120 million savings declared for Brimstone integration in the Defence and Equipment Plan.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Army's (a) Challenger tanks, (b) Warrior armoured vehicles and (c) AS90 self-propelled howitzers are serviceable as of 1 March 2022.

      Queen's Guards: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what technical criterion prevents his Department from replacing real bearskin with synthetic material on the ceremonial Queen's Guard caps.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants are being deducted the maximum amount of 25 per cent of their standard allowance from their entitlement as...

    • Housing Benefit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the level of overpayment of housing benefit in each year since 2019.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training her Department provides to job centre staff on the menopause.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

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

      Pensioners: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the equity of pension income being treated as equivalent to earned income for Universal Credit...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Industrial Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of the years in which incidents of death or serious harm occurred for the Internal Process Reviews completed...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of not uprating benefits in line with inflation on the incomes of households in receipt...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2021 to Question 81959 on Social Security Benefits, what assessment her Department has made of the...

      Employment and Support Allowance

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

      Department for Work and Pensions: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) full-time equivalent headcount and (b) outturn expenditure was on communications for her Department in each of the last three...

      Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which nations requested reciprocal social security agreements; and on what dates those requests were made between 1970 and 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Macmillan's recommendation for an independent commission to review the level of support...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of steps taken to raise awareness of Pension Credit on uptake in 2019-20.

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of Bereavement Support Payments made to people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) rest of the UK in each year since 2000.

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of maternity allowance payments for people resident in (a) Scotland and (b) rest of the UK in each year since 2010.

      Bereavement Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Bereavement Benefits: Proposal for implementation of the McLaughlin (2018) and Jackson (2020) judgments published on 15 July...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask...

      Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of a UK pension currently live in the states of (a) Alaska, (b) Michigan, (c) Maine, (d) Minnesota, (e) Montana,...

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are legal barriers to pension schemes providing a range of contribution and benefit options to beneficiaries in order to...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Property: Bolton South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the residents of Riverside Drive in Stoneclough in Bolton South East constituency have had their priority status...

    • Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the funding for the Environmental Land Management Scheme will be split equally between the Sustainable Farming...

      Carbon Emissions: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119564 on Carbon Emissions: Research; if he will publish details of...

      Horticulture: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in (a) Department for Education and (b)...

      Pâté de Foie Gras: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on banning the import of foie gras; and if he will make a statement.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies,...

      Zoonoses: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK is effectively prepared to tackle zoonotic diseases.

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121866, on Animal and Plant Health Agency: Customs, at how many...

      Pigs: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an action plan to prevent divestment out of pig farming by farmers in England.

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people living in Ukraine that have family members, as defined by her Department's guidance,...

    • Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of eligible family members, as defined by her Department's guidance, Support for family...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people in Ukraine that are eligible for the family migration visa with salary and English...

      Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that all police forces in England contain a dedicated rape and serious sexual offences...

      Migrant Workers: Abuse and Exploitation

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

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals were made by (a) police forces to the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Action Fraud to police forces in each quarter...

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all (a) written, (b) verbal, (c) electronic and (d) physical representations her Department has received on economic (i)...

      Animals in Science Regulation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspectors were in post in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit as at 25 February 2022; and how that figure compares to the...

      Home Office: Coronavirus

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

      Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role animal welfare and ethical review bodies are expected to play in the formal evaluation of project licences under the Animals in...

      Animal Experiments: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 are planned to receive full audits carried out in person...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many establishments are currently licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to either breed, supply or use animals for...

      Fires: Safety Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on publishing its response to the consultation on Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans.

      Deportation: Zimbabwe

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the deportation flight to Zimbabwe scheduled for 2 March 2022 in...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry of 17 November 2021 from the hon. Member for Warley regarding Mr Kibuuki.

      Passports: Leaflets

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to leaflet distributed with newly issued passports by HM Passport Office, if she will correct an errant apostrophe in that...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to each local authority to rehouse asylum seekers in each month since April 2019.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people who use the priority service route for visa or settlement applications receive a decision within five...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas have been allocated responsibility for finding accommodation for asylum seekers dispersed from Napier Barracks.

      Seasonal Workers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal agricultural work permits were approved for workers from Ukraine in the last 3 years.

      Care Workers: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the Health and Care Worker visa scheme for (a) social care workers, (b) care assistants and (c) home care...

      Sergei Brilyov

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to strip Russian TV presenter, Sergei Brilyov, of his British citizenship, ban him from the UK and freeze his UK assets.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people since 2019 whose application for asylum was rejected have been uncontactable by her Department but are believed to still be...

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken race and disability equality assessments of the fee for children to register as British citizens in...

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119726, on British Nationality: Children, when her Department began that assessment...

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119726, on British Nationality: Children, if she will confirm that the findings of...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126868 on Immigration: Applications, if she will publish data held by her Department...

      Asylum and Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there were earned regularisation processing of distinct groups of undocumented people in each of the last five years; and what...

      Immigration Controls: Agriculture and Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Points Based Immigration System on the (a) workboat sector and (b) agricultural sector.

      Visas: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for family visas.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to emails from the hon. Member for North Durham of 11 February 2022, 26 and 14 January 2022, 6 December 2021 and...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidential flexibility applies when caseworkers at UK Visas and Immigration are considering applications submitted from Afghans using...

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to prepare for a potential increase in applications for asylum from Ukrainian nationals.

      Asylum: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 117802 on Asylum: Mental Illness, what the (a) role and (b) membership of the...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Town Twinning: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on ending twinning links with Russian cities.

    • Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with elected members in the devolved Administrations on the effectiveness of...

      Housing: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that developers prioritise student needs when building student accommodation.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to limit the development of luxury housing in order to fulfill local housing needs.

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a new housing bill in the next Parliamentary session to address the (a) availability and (b) cost of...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to increase the (a) quantity and (b) quality of social housing.

      Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the new UKCA accreditation process, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of...

      Glass: Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to establish a UK approved body to facilitate type testing for glass products to...

      Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of second homes in England are used as holiday homes or weekend homes, in each Council Tax Band.

      Homes England: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Homes England has introduced a blanket ban on staff from standing as councillors in the forthcoming May 2022 elections.

      Homes England: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the power to designate staff as being in the (a) politically free, (b) politically restricted, and (c) politically...

      Building Regulations: Letter Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to introduce building regulations banning the positioning of letter boxes at a low level.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the comparative cost of a new local authority-built (a) two bedroom flat and (b) a three...

      Camping Sites: Permitted Development Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending temporary permitted development rights for pop-up...

      Tenancy Agreements: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times the (a) webpage hosting the Model Tenancy Agreement has been visited and (b) Model Tenancy Agreement has...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions and Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of Ground 8 of the 1988 Housing Act on levels of (a)...

      Homelessness: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the no recourse to public funds policy on homelessness levels; and if he will...

      Social Rented Housing: Construction and Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) housing benefit levels and (b) the benefit cap on (i) new...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit Section 21 evictions; and if he will make a statement.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies,...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the deadline is for local authorities to submit a local investment plan to his Department to unlock UK Shared...

      Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of people registered as homeless in temporary accommodation.

      Urban Areas: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to regenerate high streets and towns.

      Elections: Subversion

      What steps he is taking to prevent donations from groups or individuals based overseas from unduly influencing elections in the UK.

      Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of anti-Semitism in the last 12 months.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) exports and (b) imports between the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

    • Civil Servants: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential policy implications for the Civil Service of the Whitehall I and II longitudinal health surveys of...

      Civil Servants: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether policy initiatives were launched by his Department in response to the publication of the booklet, Work, Stress and Health: the Whitehall II...

      Cabinet Office: Coronavirus

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

      Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127516, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reasons that answer did not provide the...

      Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127518, on Cabinet Office: Newspaper Press, for what reason ministerial correspondence emails...

      Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 125039, what plans he has to publish Sir Robert Francis' Infected Blood compensation framework study...

  • Treasury

    • VTB Bank

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason a 30 day licence has been granted giving permission for any individual or entity to wind down any transactions with Russian bank VTB until...

    • Events Industry: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of business rates on the economic viability of music venues.

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the independent review of Loan Charges published on 3 December 2020, whether he plans to commission a new review to examine the Loan...

      Further Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to give further education corporations the same VAT status as Multi Academy Trusts and 16 to 19 Free Schools.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has introduced any exemptions to the current documentary requirements to allow the process of delivering aid to EU countries to...

      Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125532 on Energy: VAT, if he will make an estimate of the potential increase in the tax take through...

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the tax free mileage allowance in the context of rising fuel prices.

      Revenue and Customs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126706 on Treasury: Coronavirus, if he will make it his policy to require individual risk...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support the Government is providing to extremely clinically vulnerable people who continue to shield and (a) are unable to seek employment...

      Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of cryptocurrencies on tax receipts to his Department.

      Treasury: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies and...

      Regional Planning and Development: Devolution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase funding through the Barnett consequentials to support levelling up in the devolved Administrations.

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of still wine sold in the UK that will be subject to a potential increase in duty under the...

      Cryptocurrencies: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cryptocurrency cannot be used to make purchases in the UK by (a) individuals sanctioned due to the war...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 127250 on Energy Bills Rebate, what mechanism his Department will introduce to recoup the £200...

      Business Banking Resolution Service

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much compensation has been paid out as a result of cases completed by the Business Banking Resolution Service.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to engage with the German G7 Presidency on agreeing a common approach to (a) debt relief and (b) debt sustainability for...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) aggregate and (b) per country impacts on debt service costs to the Debt Service Suspension Initiative countries of (i)...

      G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to influence the implementation of the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments to improve (a) timeliness of...

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the evidential basis for his Department's decision to use 11.5 per cent as the median Alcohol by Volume point for changes in duty on...

      Agriculture: Red Diesel

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential viability of changing the entitlement for farmers’ use of red diesel for a single day of ploughing...

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the potential additional value to the Exchequer of VAT on fuel arising from the expected increase in energy prices from...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Misinformation: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister, Official Report, Thursday 24 February 2022, volume 709, what...

    • Social Media: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential sanctions that can be imposed on social media companies that fail to...

      Fraud: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that large (a) tech and (b) social media companies take legal responsibility for preventing...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in England and...

      BBC and Public Service Broadcasting: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to guarantee that funding for the BBC and public sector broadcasting will continue in response to the...

      Television: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to support children’s television industry after the closure of the Youth Audience Content Fund.

  • Cop26

    • Climate Change and Environment Protection

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he plans to take to create a joint strategy for tackling climate change and and protecting the natural environment following COP26.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Government Equalities Office: Information Officers

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the (a) full-time equivalent headcount and (b) outturn expenditure was on communications for her Department in each of the last three financial...

    • Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prohibiting employers from requesting salary history from new employees in an effort to help...

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Forests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to receive the annual report by HS2 Ltd on the scheme's impact on ancient woodland, due on 11 February, as required by the High Speed Rail (West...

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the bus industry following the end of emergency funding measures.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Accountability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the transparency and accountability of (1) charitable, and (2) private, care home providers in England.

    • Abortion: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of ending the home use of mifepristone on (1) waiting times, (2) workforce pressures, and (3) the long-term...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when data on how many (1) immunocompromised, or (2) immunosuppressed, people have received a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be available.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make lateral flow tests available free of charge to people (1) on low incomes, or (2) on benefits, to help address health inequalities.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that people who received their first and second COVID-19 vaccinations in (1) an EU country, or (2) Switzerland, are able to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what asssessment they have made of the levels of the availability of lateral flow tests from 1 April either (1) through the NHS, or (2) commercially.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the governments of the devolved nations regarding the decisions to end COVID-19 restrictions in England.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of vaccinating children aged three and above against COVID-19; and what steps they have taken as a result of that...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many travellers who completed a passenger locator form and entered England from a non-red list country since 24 October failed to complete a day 2 lateral flow...

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with providers of care homes in England on the impact of changes in models of care that have resulted in decisions to...

      Self-harm: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children in England (1) attended, and (2) were admitted through, Accident and Emergency departments for self-harming in each year from 2018 to 2021; and...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance on booster COVID-19 vaccinations they are providing to UK citizens whose previous vaccinations were administered in an EU member state, and...

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of care home closures in England since 2019 on the ability of the NHS to discharge elderly patients from hospital.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the new COVID-19 test device validation approval process (CTDA) on COVID-19 multiplex tests for influenza and...

      Second Sight: Insolvency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of users of Second Sight Medical Products in the UK have been affected by the company's collapse; what assessment they...

      Care Homes: Closures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) number of care home closures in England in the past three years, and (2) the impact these closures have had on the...

      Strokes: Mechanical Thrombectomy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what priority is being given by the NHS to the availability of mechanical thrombectomy in the treatment of stroke.

      Schools: Dental Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how often children have dental checks in school; and what percentage of schoolchildren in England and Wales had these checks in the last academic year.

      Dental Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of different owners of dental practices in England.

      Lord Bethell

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the messages that Lord Bethell received from or sent to Abingdon Health on WhatsApp from his private mobile telephone while serving as a Minister, how many did...

      Lord Bethell

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many messages Lord Bethell reported to the Department of Health and Social Care that he had received from or sent to Abingdon Health on WhatsApp from his...

      General Practitioners: Patients

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients in England have attended a GP practice which they are not registered at for (1) assessment, and (2) treatment, for the latest year for which data...

      GP Connect

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many GP practices in England have used GP Connect data sharing to send patients to alternative GP practices for (1) assessment, and (2) treatment, for the...

  • Department for Education

    • Nurseries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of private for-profit groups acquiring nurseries in England on (1) the stability of the nursery sector, and (2) the...

    • T-Levels: Work Experience

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of students undertaking T-Levels are gaining at least 315 hours of ‘on-the-job’ experience during an industry placement.

      T-Levels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) quality, and (2) accessibility, of industry placements offered by T-Levels providers.

      Care Homes: Profits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the profits declared by companies providing children’s care homes; and what steps they are taking to prevent tax-payer...

      Qualifications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to build confidence in the (1) longevity, and (2) value, of applied general qualifications.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners on Remand: Suicide

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) number, and (2) ratio, of prisoners held on remand in England who have (a) committed suicide, and (b) attempted to commit suicide, in each of...

    • Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to grant full legal status to humanist marriages.

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP/Young Offenders Institute Bronzefield, published in November 2021;...

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include unsafe, temporary and insecure accommodation within definitions of homelessness when collecting data on women leaving prison.

      Courts: Fines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to the Exchequer of enforcing court fines in England and Wales for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.

      Courts: Fines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in each local authority area received a court fine in England and Wales for (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Belarus and Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other (1) Council of Europe, and (2) Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, members to deal with tensions...

    • Military Aid: Reviews

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the Stabilization Unit Independent Review of the Defence Engagement Programme for the financial year 2015–16.

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the government of Israel's settlement policy, and (2) the reported harming of civilians protesting against new settlements in...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan formally to mark the anniversaries of the killing of Armenians in the Azerbaijani towns of (1) Sumgait in February 1988, (2) Ganja...

      Ahmad Mteir

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the reported assault of Ahmad Mteir, a resident of Qalandiya Refugee Camp, by...

      Nagorno Karabakh: Cultural Heritage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan about allowing UNESCO to undertake an independent mission to draw an inventory of significant...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the formation of the government of Azerbaijan's working group to remove traces of Armenian heritage from Armenian churches.

      Imports: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to protect businesses in the engineering, manufacturing and construction sectors in Northern Ireland from any price increases for...

      USA: Immigration Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received from the government of the United States that the permitted airport Homeland Security checks are random and not based on...

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which, if any, human rights abuses in Bahrain Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon discussed with the King of Bahrain at their meeting on 13 February.

      Tunisia: Administration of Justice

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Joint Statement on the Supreme Judicial Council in Tunisia by the UK Ambassador to Tunisia and others on 8 February, what discussions they...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and in particular, what steps they are taking to protect children in that country.

      Afghanistan: Pakistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister last discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was their rationale for cutting the post of Minister for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

      Greece and Turkey: Migrants and Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to seek to establish an independent inquiry into the deaths of (1) migrants, and (2) refugees, from exposure to the cold on the...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority not to ban or disrupt funerals of Palestinian citizens who have been killed by Israeli...

      Israel: Social Media

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel (1)  to withdraw, or (2) to introduce safeguards to, the “Facebook Law” allowing...

      India: Waste Management

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of India regarding its waste management policies and the impact of pollution from waste sites in that country.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Israel's proposed plan to introduce a new Citizenship Law to ban Palestinian family unification.

      Development Aid: Rainforests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what grants they made for rainforest protection in the last year for which data are available; and whether they will list in a table the recipients of each grant...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning reports of Palestinian woman being subjected to intimate body searches by Israeli...

      Jerusalem: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Joint Statement of the Humanitarian Country Team on the imminent eviction of the Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah in East...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about reports of violence towards Palestinians protesting against the demolition of...

      Gaza: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data from the Gaza Sub-National Health Cluster and WHO that indicate that (1) in December 2021 Gaza only had 40 per cent...

      Burundi: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to revisit the sanctions imposed on Burundi after the lifting of sanctions by the EU and United States of America.

      Nigeria: Abduction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Nigeria regarding the student abducted from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Wagner Group

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to hamper the global activities of (1) the Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, and (2) other similar organisations.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average cost of maintenance for each armed forces housing unit in each of the last six years.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many armed forces housing units in the UK are currently unoccupied; and how many empty units there were in each year since 2015.

      Armed Forces: Buildings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what improvements they expect to be provided by the Armed Forces Future Defence Infrastructure Services Contract which commences on 1 April.

      Sudan: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) military, (2) security service, and (3) policing, training was provided in the financial years (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, (c) 2018–19,...

      Sudan: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the (1) course contents, and (2) objectives of training, given by the UK to the Sudanese Armed Forces since 2016.

      Sudan: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) military, (2) security, and (3) policing training, is currently being provided to the Sudanese Armed Forces in the UK and Sudan; what are the numbers of...

      Sudan: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) surveillance equipment, (2) technology, or (3) training, has been supplied to (a) the Sudanese Armed Forces, and (b) the government of Sudan, since 2017.

      Mali: Home Country Nationals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that individuals in Mali at personal risk through their involvement with British forces and officials can be extracted...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • National Insurance: Migrants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 11 February (HL5761), what is (1) the underlying data issue affecting the calculation of the scale...

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have so far requested assistance from the Household Support Fund.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the change over the last three years in the level of disability-related benefits that were paid weekly to individuals; and what consideration, if any,...

      Sick Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend sick pay regulations to match those in Germany to encourage employees who display symptoms of COVID-19 to remain at home.

      Cold Weather Payments and Winter Fuel Payment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are in receipt of (1) the Cold Weather Payment, and (2) the Winter Fuel Payment.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food: Waste

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide financial incentives to farmers to ensure surplus food can be given to charities and food banks, as well as sent to...

    • Food Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Food Foundation’s food insecurity data, published on 7 February; in particular, the finding that one million adults...

      Peat Bogs: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) increase, and (2) bring forward, their targets for peatland restoration.

      Weedkillers: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the global number of (1) deaths, and (2) injuries, caused by UK exports of the banned herbicide paraquat to countries where its...

      Animals: Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they taking to improve international cooperation on identifying (1) animal viruses, and (2) zoonotic diseases.

  • Home Office

    • Care Workers: Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the Health and Care Visa scheme to allow for private households to sponsor (1) care assistants, (2) home carers, and (3) nursing...

    • Football: Abuse

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their initiative on tackling the online abuse of footballers, what assessment they have made of the extent to which football clubs have taken up the...

      Espionage: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to enable the prosecution of persons who prejudice the national security of the UK by acting as a covert agent...

      Police: Road Traffic Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many roads policing officers there were in England (1) on 1 January 2019, and (2) today.

      Football: Arrests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any trends in the number of arrests made among football supporters attending matches in England.

      Immigration Controls: USA

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what verification checks are conducted on the permitted US Homeland Security procedures at UK airports; who conducts these checks; in which department the...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Armed Forces

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) requirement for housing applies to housing units in the UK provided for the armed forces.

    • Housing: Pensioners

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that 10 per cent of new housing is specifically designed for pensioners.

      Cabinet Committees: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proposed (1) name, (2) terms of reference, (3) membership, and (4) frequency of meetings, of the Cabinet Committee to be set up under the plans in the...

  • Treasury

    • Economic Growth

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the growth rate of each of the G7 countries from quarter 4 of 2019 to quarter 4 of 2021.

    • Offshoring: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Penn on 21 February (HL6023 and HL6024), what impact analysis was undertaken by HM Treasury on the impact of...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the improvement in energy efficiency of homes that could be achieved if the current rate of VAT on retrofit building work were to...

      Hikvision: Corporation Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much corporation tax Hikvision paid to the Exchequer in (1) 2021, (2) 2020, (3) 2019, and (4) 2018.

      Cost of Living

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are planning to take to address the high cost of living, even after the rate of inflation has reduced.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Television: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban Russian state-backed television channels.

    • BBC: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the reason for the delay in appointing the BBC Member for Northern Ireland to the BBC Board.

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