Written answers

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

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

    • Aviation: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Civil Aviation Authorities Siren notification concerning the NOTAM issued on 25 February 2022 at 21:00 GMT was communicated to all UK airports.

      Electric Vehicles: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help raise awareness on electric vehicle safety across the UK.

      Aviation

      What discussions he has held with airlines on the practice of running empty or near-empty flights to retain landing slots at airports.

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to stop UK airlines running empty or near-empty flights to retain landing slots at airports.

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the national statistics for Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry published on 22 February 2022, if he will make an estimate of the...

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the national statistics for Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry published on 22 February 2022, what steps he is taking to increase...

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference the national statistics for Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry published on 22 February 2022, what the response rate was to the...

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121721, on Shipping: Training, what the total number of months of ratings training that...

      Shipping: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121721, on Shipping: Training, how many qualifying groups or companies trained Ratings in order...

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to bring forward legislation on prohibiting Russian vessels from entering UK ports.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Postal Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department have had with Ofcom on allowing tracking in the Universal Service as part...

    • Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish a public register of overseas property ownership.

      Power Failures: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make the 105 power cut phone number the same status as 999 to enable free emergency calls to that...

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the development of small modular reactors.

      Nuclear Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to develop new nuclear power stations.

      Electricity: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK has sufficient reliable low carbon electricity to achieve net zero.

      Gas Fired Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effects of increasing wind penetration in the electricity system on the capacity...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that households on pay as you go meter tariffs will receive the...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer to Question 129263 on Energy: Prices, for what reason there is not a moratorium on fracking for oil.

      Energy Intensive Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help (a) the UK glass industry and (b) other energy-intensive industries meet the challenges...

      Wind Power: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report titled Auctions for allocation of offshore wind contracts for difference in the UK,...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the relative seismicity of geothermal energy extraction and shale gas extraction through...

      Wind Power and Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effects of increasing wind penetration in the electricity system on market prices.

      Energy: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK’s energy security.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of...

      Innovation: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the role of innovation accelerators is; and how these differ from existing catapults to support the commercial...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support researchers whose funding offers have been revoked due to delays in EU...

      Nuclear Fusion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s budget in 2021-2022 has been allocated to nuclear fusion.

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the risk of cyber attacks to (a) automotive and (b) other businesses based in the UK.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to progress the election of a (a) First and (b) deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Carers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of removing free covid-19 lateral flow device tests on unpaid carers.

    • Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of removing free covid-19 lateral flow device tests for care providers and their staff.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free lateral flow covid-19 tests for people visiting care home...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of existing covid-19 regulations at reducing (i) infection and (ii) hospitalisation...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures he has put in place to prevent an outbreak of a new covid-19 variant.

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Government support for healthy eating focuses on a balanced diet rather than reduction of...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering covid-19 antiviral treatments as a pre-exposure prophylaxis to people...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide people with (a) motor neurone disease and (b) other underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk from...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a process for acquiring free covid-19 tests from 1 April 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there will be a limit on the number of free covid-19 tests that eligible people can receive from 1 April 2022.

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies of the findings of the Research Report entitled Estimating the Harms of...

      Abortion: Census

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of analysis of data conducted by The Independent newspaper in 2014...

      Abortion: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s decision to re-instate the pre-covid-19 outbreak abortion policy, whether Ministers in his...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the spring booster vaccine is not being offered to people under the age of 75 with (a) motor neurone disease and (b)...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how (a) Members of Parliament and (b) the public can engage and contribute to his proposed review on smoking led by Javed Khan.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19, published on 21 February 2022, how an immunocompromised person who tests...

      Abortion: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential relationship between domestic abuse and at-home abortion.

      Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing preventative covid-19 treatments to patients who are being treated...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19, published on 23 February 2022, whether the 1.3 million people in receipt...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued for people who test positive for covid-19 using a lateral flow test within 90 days of receiving a...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of suspending the provision of free covid-19 lateral flow tests.

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest estimate is of the number of people in the (a) NHS and (b) social care sector who risk being dismissed as a result of...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness and understanding of pathological demand avoidance among health care professionals.

      Medical Technologies Directorate: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, what plans his Department has to ensure the Medical Technology Directorate...

      Care Workers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Skills for Care's report, The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2021, what steps he is...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy, to ensure that all healthcare professionals undertake...

      Diagnosis: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the waiting list for diagnostics tests in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

      Diagnosis: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle the backlog in NHS diagnostics tests.

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the diagnostic tests that will be delivered by his proposed community diagnostic centres.

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral statement of 8 February 2022 on Elective Treatment, when he plans to announce further details on the...

      Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2021 to Question 80403 on Hospitals: Infectious Diseases, whether a national manual for infection...

      Health Services: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all Departmental documents, evidence and research in relation to NHS staff who have already left their positions as a...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff in his Department are managing ministerial social media accounts as (a) their primary responsibility and (b) part of their...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media

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

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the availability of Hormone Replacement Therapies for the menopause (a) privately...

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the proposed locations for NHS community diagnostics centres.

      Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of steel and timber support beams currently installed in the Queen Elizabeth...

      DNACPR Decisions: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that all DNR notices put in place during the pandemic in Darlington have now been removed.

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase funding for general practice; and if he will make a statement.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legacy arrangements for dental services arising from contracts passing...

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase core funding for general practice.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to review the Primary Care National Contract for Dentistry to increase its flexibility for (a) the commissioner (b)...

      Diabetes: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide HbA1c tests in primary care.

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in 2022 to assess the reasons for varied rates of (i) uptake and (ii) offer...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish recent advice provided to him by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the next stage of the covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Australian government's response to covid-19.

      Social Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting for social care.

      Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing monoclonal antibodies to prevent covid-19 in adults and children over 12...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the MHRA on approving the antibody treatment Evusheld.

      Dental Services: Somerton and Frome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that access to NHS dental care is easily accessible across Somerton and Frome.

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS dental practices in England are on course to meet their 85 per cent activity target for this quarter.

      Epilepsy: Cannabis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason only three NHS prescriptions for medical cannabis have been issued to children with severe intractable epilepsy since the...

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices in England have applied for the £50 million emergency dental funding announced on 23 January 2022 by (a)...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of removing the provision of free lateral flow tests from people in close contact...

  • Wales Office

    • Economic Growth: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on supporting economic growth in Newport West constituency.

    • United Kingdom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent steps his Department has taken to help strengthen the Union.

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Public Expenditure

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

    • Visual Impairment: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support children and young people with vision impairment.

      Child Minding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to change guidance so that child-minding professionals are able to use their judgment and chose to work if a member of their...

      T-levels: Small Businesses

      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.

      Social Workers: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's statistics on children's social work workforce, published on 24 February 2022, what steps he plans to take in...

      Sex and Relationship Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure consistent and high-quality teaching on sexual health in schools across England.

      Schools: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on providing additional child and adolescent mental health...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that local skills improvement plans contribute to delivery of national net zero targets.

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 107576 on Schools: Air Conditioning, how many filters has his Department provided per school in...

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to introduce a multi-sensory impairment education fund for all schools in England.

      Social Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Local Government Association's projection that the cost of children’s social care will increase by an estimated £600...

      Primary Education: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to boost the percentage of children aged five achieving expected level on literacy, communication, and maths early...

      Vocational Guidance: Theatre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with schools to promote technical theatre skills as a valid career path.

      Schools: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to require schools to have defibrillators on their premises.

      Apprentices and Graduates: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the average salary of a person who has completed (a) an apprenticeship and (b) a university degree; and...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people are aware of the availability of apprenticeships in a range of sectors in the context...

      Teachers: Design and Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Initial Teacher Training Census, published in December 2021, what steps he is taking to tackle workforce deficits for design and...

      All Saints Roman Catholic School York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has completed its assessment of All Saints School in York's application to the School Rebuilding Programme.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Probate Service: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the average waiting time before callers speak to call handlers at the probate service in each of the last five years.

    • Legal Aid Scheme: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of the funding committed to the accelerated items of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid has been paid out as of...

      Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will extend the deadline for his Department's consultation, Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, in response to the delay in...

      Freezing of Assets and Travel Restrictions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have received from law firms with offices in London attempting to stop efforts to implement...

      Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

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

  • Treasury

    • Charities: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to provide technical expertise to UK charities seeking to send shipments of humanitarian aid to EU countries to ensure...

    • Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the Question 129258 on Health and Social Care Levy, if he will publish all internal analysis carried out by (a) his Department...

      Fuels: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if will make an estimate of the potential level of revenues to the Exchequer in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 based on...

      Hospitality Industry: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the 12.5 per cent hospitality VAT rate to the end of 2022.

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT on purchases of defibrillators by individuals irrespective of where they are purchased in the UK.

      Doctors: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS doctors will not incur increased tax liabilities due to pension contributions with the result that they would be...

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many licences OFSI has issued for legal fees in FY2022 as of 28 February 2022.

      Property: Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the lifetime ISA property limit in line with inflation.

      Money: Older People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to protect access to cash for elderly people.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the repayable £200 discount and (b) other measures introduced to support energy consumers on disabled...

      Red Diesel

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will postpone restrictions on the use of red diesel from April 2022 in the context of recent and forthcoming increases in the cost of living.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government bases Child Benefit on only one person's income and not the total income of the household; and for what reason the High...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the level of risk of a further coup in Sudan.

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in...

      Mozambique: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support the Government of Mozambique in (a) protecting the lives of (i) human...

      Ukraine: Oxygen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to supply Ukraine with oxygen cannisters.

      Ukraine: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support Ukraine's food supply.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on India's neutrality on the UN Security Council...

      Africa: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to work with partner countries neighbouring Ukraine to help ensure that citizens of...

      Humanitarian Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Department is administering medical and humanitarian aid to Ukraine; and if she will provide...

      Antisatellite Weapons: Arms Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the UK permanent representative to the UN on the feasibility of initiating...

      Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125398, what plans her Department has to resume the...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps her Department plans to take support transgender and non-binary Ukrainian overcome barriers...

      Russia: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held discussions with her (a) EU counterparts and (b) NATO allies on the potential merits of...

      Developing Countries: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of (a) the proposals for reform set out in...

      Tibet: Languages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the preservation of the Tibetan language across Tibet.

      Kazakhstan: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her counterpart in Kazakhstan on the (a) use of force by security forces on...

      UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterpart on the impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol on...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to (a) identify eligible applicants to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme...

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the progress made towards a renewed nuclear deal with Iran during the Vienna talks.

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Situation

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

      Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote global media freedom.

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle illicit finance.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the Mauritian sovereignty claim on the Chagos...

      Israel: Arab States

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage Arab and Muslim states to normalise diplomatic relations with Israel.

      Joram Nechironga

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the planned deportation of Joram Nechironga to Zimbabwe.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to help support the global roll out of the covid-19 vaccine.

      Mboneni Ncube

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has raised the death of Mboneni Ncube with her Zimbabwean counterpart.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the reduction of customs and export paperwork...

      Ibraimo Abú Mbaruco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the Government of Mozambique on the disappearance of journalist...

      Africa: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what projects her Department is funding through its Human Rights and Democracy Programme Fund to work on remedy...

      Africa: Private Military and Security Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) levels of uptake and (b) progress towards implementation of the...

      India: Rape

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 117758 on India: Rape, on which date she last raised the...

      Africa: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on development and humanitarian assistance in...

      Africa: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) working conditions and (b) adherence to International Labour...

      Ethiopia: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will (a) raise the cases of journalists Amir Aman Kiyaro, Thomas Engida and Temerat Negara with the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in his Department.

    • Ministry of Defence: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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)...

      Russia: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to prevent Russian disinformation in the UK.

      Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will halt his Department's plans for (a) rebasing and (b) closure of bases in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

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

      Armed Forces: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Government's response to the Defence Committee's Second Report on Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces from...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • European Social Fund: Worcestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much European Social Fund money has been spent in Worcestershire in each of the last five financial years.

    • Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the benefit cap on eviction rates in London.

      Fuel Direct Scheme: Dwyfor Meirionnydd

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency are using fuel direct as a method of payment for energy bills as of 28 February 2022.

      Universal Credit: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the costs of uprating universal credit in line with the rate of inflation.

      Universal Credit: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing women who are due to be released from prison to claim universal credit...

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference to the Benefit expenditure and...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure

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

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help people who lost their jobs during the covid-19 pandemic back into work.

      Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle situations in which benefits may have been wrongly ended as a result of a lack of medical...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason documentation produced by her Department informs claimants of personal independence payments not to send in a supporting...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing repeat disability assessments for people with progressive...

      Industrial Accidents: Public Bodies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides to agencies and professionals outside of the Department of Work and Pensions on the (a) circumstances in...

      Social Security Benefits: Cystic Fibrosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with cystic fibrosis in England are in receipt of (a) universal credit, (b) income-related employment support allowance, (c)...

      Job Centres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure there are specialist staff with trauma training in job centres.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of work coaches have received mental health training.

  • Cop26

    • UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Glasgow Climate Pact on tackling climate change.

    • Energy: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding net-zero appropriate energy alternatives in response to sanctions on Russia.

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Public Expenditure

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

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 121681, on Coronavirus: Disease Control, what recent discussions she has had with the...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of civil injunctions on compliance with Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil injunctions have been (a) sought and (b) issued against businesses through the High Court for noncompliance with Part 6 of...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to respond to the People History Museum's postcard campaign Standing Together on refugees.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she received the letter from hon. Members from Greater Manchester headed Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Greater...

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to support the Initial Police Learning and Development Programme into the future.

      Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce rural crime; and what assessment her Department has made of the impact on communities of rural crime in...

      Espionage: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the potential operation in the UK of covert agents acting for the Russian state.

      Visas: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the risk to national security between 2008 and 2015 of people awarded Tier 1 investor visas.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy principal applicants were considered eligible by the Ministry of Defence but subsequently...

      Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Afghan Chevening Scholars are able to contact her Department directly regarding their...

      Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide clarity to the 2021-22 intake of Afghan Chevening Scholars on their immigration status.

      Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide information to the Afghan Chevening Scholars on their immigration status.

      Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is reviewing the validity of indefinite leave to remain applications for those currently stranded in Afghanistan.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Community Assets: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of levelling-up assets of community value for the Government's...

    • Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the rising costs of energy on local government finances.

      Housing: Building Alterations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people living with (a) motor neurone disease and (b) other...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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)...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

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

    • Africa: Bain and Company

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 102572, Bain and Company, if he will make an assessment of the potential risks to the (a) aims...

      Government: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help increase opportunities for fulfilment companies in Ashfield to secure Government contracts.

      Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2021 to Question 3128 on Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of information, if he will provide a breakdown of the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what Care on Location restrictions UK Export Finance is operating with respect to requests for cover on exports to the Russian Federation;...

    • Joy Global: UK Export Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much of the £7,623,339.97 maximum liability for UK Export Finance arising from the underwriting of credit for Joy Global (UK) Ltd...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2022 to Question 119886 on Trade Agreements: Greater Manchester, what assessment her Department has...

      UK Trade with EU: Preferential Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Preference Utilisation Rates are in total for UK trade with the EU since the end of the transition period; and if she will make a...

      Zimbabwe: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to appoint a UK Trade Envoy to Zimbabwe.

      Trade Agreements: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that new trade deals support UK farmers and food producers.

      Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 100568 on Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, how her Department...

      Department for International Trade: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff in her Department are managing ministerial social media accounts as either (a) their primary responsibility or (b) as part of...

      Department for International Trade: Social Media

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

      Australia: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK-Australia trade deal will be subject to sufficient Parliamentary scrutiny.

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK farmers are not disadvantaged as a result of the UK-Australia trade deal.

      Fairtrade Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Fairtrade farmers and workers are considered in the Government’s trade policy.

      Department for International Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of the 9 UK staff and 60 local staff employed to promote her Department’s export and investment objectives in Eastern Europe...

      Whisky: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of US whiskey imports since the introduction of tariffs in 2018.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Facebook: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the article entitled Facebook failing to flag harmful climate misinformation, new research finds, published...

    • Performing Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the theatre industry about skills and training opportunities in the performing arts...

      National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the contribution was to good causes from each pound spent on National Lottery games in (a) 2010 and (b) 2021; and what...

      National Lottery: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what protections have been put in place by the National Lottery operator to prevent under-18 year olds from playing National...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Camelot Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions she or her predecessor, or Ministers or senior civil servants of her Department, met with Camelot...

      National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the difference has been in the amount of projected funds raised for good causes by the National Lottery and actual funds...

      Gambling: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124952 on Gambling: Fines, in which of the 46 cases was the level of...

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of her Department’s funding for youth programmes is provided to programmes in the Midlands.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to (a) investigate all incidents of fly-tipping in a timely...

    • Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle illegal puppy farms.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and...

      Veterinary Medicine: Misconduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent of the rise of professional misconduct claims against...

      Poultry: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a SPS agreement with the EU in the context of decreasing volumes of...

      Food Aid: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist those who wish to deliver food aid via the EU to support Ukrainian refugees...

      Birds of Prey: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the reintroduction of (a) the white-tailed sea eagle and (b) other endangered raptor...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's announcement of a call for evidence on the use of snares, when his Department plans to...

      Research: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119565 on Research: Expenditure, how much money from the Natural...

      Water Charges: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to tackle water poverty in the UK in the context of increasing costs of living.

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 129231, on Land Drainage, when the first meeting of the advisory group...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Advertising

      To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of 28 February 2022; and on which platforms that...

    • Economic Crime: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of (a) the current capacity available and (b) the additional resources required for the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute the new...

      Slavery: Offences

      To ask the Attorney General, how many offences have been recorded under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since 2015; and how many of those offences led to a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Directors: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require companies to publish action plans on how they aim to increase the number of women in FTSE 100 boardroom roles.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Integrated Care Boards: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of appointing named board-level officers with responsibility for innovation to the proposed Integrated Care Boards...

    • Evusheld

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the emergency use authorisation listed on 8 December 2021 of AstraZeneca's Evusheld for pre-exposure prophylaxis in (1) certain...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of medical training for the treatment of eating disorders.

  • Department for Education

    • National Tutoring Programme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tutors there are currently in the National Tutoring Programme.

    • History: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include Gypsy, Roma and Traveller history in the school curriculum to combat bullying in schools.

      Extracurricular Activities: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of summer camps for young people; and what support they currently give to summer camps, particularly those helping...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of rising energy prices on (1) nurseries, (2) primary schools, (3) secondary schools, and (4) colleges; and what plans...

      Equality: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of results of a recent YouGov survey which found that only 12 per cent of teachers feel empowered to teach diversity issues; and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Abduction: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the recourse available through the family courts where a child has been abducted from the UK to an EU Member...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Africa: EU Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether British organisations will be able to participate in the procurement process for infrastructure projects that will be funded by the EU in its €150...

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 February (HL6047), whether they will now answer the question put, namely what discussions they...

      Uyghur Tribunal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they declined an offer to give evidence to the UK Tribunal on the treatment of Uyghur individuals in China; and if so, what were the reasons for this decision.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • USA: Unidentified Flying Objects

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to request access to the classified version of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Assessment, dated 25 June 2021, from the Office of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Moy Park and Pilgrim's: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have provided financial support to (1) Moy Park, or (2) Pilgrim's Pride, for their operations in the UK.

    • Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of the devolved nations regarding introducing Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM) on all UK fishing fleets.

      Water Companies: Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require private water companies to link executive pay to performance.

      Furs: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a ban of the import of animal fur as part of their proposed animal welfare legislation.

      Pâté de Foie Gras: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a ban on the import of foie gras as part of their proposed animal welfare legislation.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Plagiarism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plagiarism detection software government employees have access to; whether this software is used to review government publications before release;...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the opening of trade negotiations with India, (1) what is their timetable, and (2) what are the key milestones, for a free trade agreement between the...

    • Trade: Bureaucracy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the reduction of bureaucracy in international trade.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the UNESCO report 2022 Global Report Re|Shaping Policies For Creativity, published on 8 February, what steps they are taking to support creative...

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