Written answers

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings members of the Board of Southeastern Trains Ltd have held with Churchill Group since the industrial dispute regarding railway cleaners...

    • Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether under the terms of the contract between Southeastern Trains Ltd and Churchill Group the contractor continues to be paid if cleaning is...

      Southeastern Trains: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the salaries of the (a) Managing Director, (b) Finance Director and (c) Company Director of Southeastern Trains Ltd, a wholly-owned...

      Department for Transport: Social Clubs

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

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of waiting times for LGV C1 driving licence tests.

      Travel Restrictions: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the sixth recommendations from the tenth meeting on covid-19 of the World Health...

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timeframe is for making a cumulative environmental impact assessment for (a) all UK airports, (b) UK regional airports and (c) total aviation...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support (a) a rapid transition to renewable energy sources and (b) other countries with that...

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average cost difference between the installation costs and efficiency savings arising...

      Timber: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the reports from (a) the European Academies'...

      Disability: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Extra Costs Taskforce will report as scheduled by summer 2022.

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the evidential basis behind the age profile of forests logged for wood pellets used in the Drax...

      Disability: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Extra Costs Taskforce established in the National Disability Strategy will recommend measures to tackle the...

      Social Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to improve social mobility.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers

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

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.

      Spaceflight: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has held discussions with OneWeb on the further suspension of future rocket launches from Russia.

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of OneWeb’s decision to suspend all satellite launches from...

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of OneWeb on the decision to suspend all satellite...

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Department has made of the effect of OneWeb's decision to suspend all satellite launches from...

      OneWeb

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the expected timescale for OneWeb delivering a commercial service.

      Nuclear Weapons: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the continuation of Government supported research projects involving Russian collaboration; and...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Clubs

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

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Information Officers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many communications staff in total are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in the Government.

    • Government Departments: Information Officers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spends on the employment of communications staff annually.

      Cabinet Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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)...

      Chequers: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the transparency data relating to Guests to Chequers for the last three years.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospital Beds: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 128439, what estimate he has made of the number of additional beds in units for young...

    • Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS dental contract holders in England are currently paid less per unit of dental activity than the band...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the level of underspend on general practice staff under the Additional Roles Recruitment Scheme was in (a) London and (b) England;...

      Nuvaxovid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will meet to discuss the approval of Nuvaxovid prior to its next scheduled main...

      NHS: Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continuity in NHS midwifery care.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance services are at Level 4 REAP in England as at 5 March 2022.

      Urinary Tract Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the NHS Patient Safety Team on proposals to remove the requirement of providers to reference guidance...

      Ambulance Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hours and minutes a week on average there are no ambulances available to respond to 999 calls in Shropshire.

      NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the vacancy rate in the NHS is for (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) other clinicians, (e) healthcare assistants, (f) other...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and including 28 February;...

      Ambulance Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve ambulance response times in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical...

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of care providers that are experiencing covid-19 outbreaks as of 3 March 2022.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating guidelines for the administration of covid-19 vaccines to include...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing care home staff with twice weekly covid-19 tests.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of routine check-up appointments for NHS dental patients in (a) Southport, and (b)...

      Dental Services: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of NHS patient spaces at dental practices in (a) Southport, and (b) the North-West.

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Coronavirus

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

    • Department for Education: Social Clubs

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

      Death: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of education on death, dying and bereavement in (a) primary schools at key stages 1 and 2...

      Teachers: Arts and Humanities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help promote the take up of careers in teaching (a) humanities and (b) arts subjects.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places for prisoners will be created by refurbishment of HMPs (a) Norwich, (b) Birmingham and (c) Liverpool; and if he will publish a timetable...

    • Aiding and Abetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Under Parliamentary Secretary of State for Justice of 25 January 2018, Official Report column 475,...

      Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's estimated projections of reductions in courts backlog by year, over the next five years.

      Legal Aid Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on Legal Aid Agency organisations of not yet publishing the funding agreements for the...

      Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people subject to short custodial prison sentences do not become homeless upon leaving prison.

      Prisoners on Remand: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what housing support is provided to women held on remand; and what steps his Department takes to help ensure that people with tenancies do not lose them...

      Prison Accommodation: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places will be created by building of additional housing blocks at HMPs (a) Bullingdon, (b) Channings Wood, (c) Elmley, (d) Highpoint, (e)...

      Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the retention rate of experienced prison officers.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has in place to reduce the number of hours inmates are locked in their cells following the easing of covid-19 restrictions.

      Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recommendations from The Lammy Review of the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal...

      Prisoners: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences were held in a category D open prison as of 18 February 2022.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Information Officers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.

    • Treasury: Information Officers

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

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has carried out an equality impact assessment of the measures he has introduced to support energy consumers.

      Small Businesses: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help tackle inflating overhead costs for small and medium businesses in rural and isolated communities.

      Treasury: Social Clubs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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...

      Revenue and Customs: Information Officers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in HMRC.

      Revenue and Customs: Information Officers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC spends on the employment of communications staff annually.

      Graduates: Marginal Tax Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the marginal rate of tax, taking student loan repayments into consideration, will be for a graduate earning over £27,295 after the Government's...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to reduce the administrative steps involved in assessing child benefit by household income to ensure that families in (a)...

      Transport: Freight

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 115901, what estimate is made of the cost of transport when it is not declared on the customs form,...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is making funds available to support the care and housing of refugees from Ukraine.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to provide humanitarian assistance to countries neighbouring Ukraine in the context of...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements...

      India: Muslims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to assess the Indian government's recent reported actions against Muslim...

      Shavendra Silva

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of information in the ITJP Submission to meet the required...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social Clubs

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

      Chevening: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the transparency data relating to Guests to Chevening for the last three years.

      Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Chevening alumni in Afghanistan will be prioritised under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Developing Countries: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the continued invasion of Ukraine on food security in low and middle...

      Anton Hammerl

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her has made to the Libyan authorities on the killing of photojournalist Anton Hammerl in...

      Gabon: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risk of a coup in Gabon in 2022; and what steps she is taking to help...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department's safeguarding team is working with NGOs to help protect refugees from people smugglers at...

      Eastern Europe: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide UK citizens with expert volunteer humanitarian assistance in (a)...

      China: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions China on withdrawing that country's (a) current and (b) future economic...

      Hungary and Poland: Open Society Foundations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has received any representations from the Open Society Foundation on the governments of (a)...

      Hungary and Poland: Open Society Foundations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British embassies in Warsaw and Budapest have made representations to the governments of Poland and...

      Russia: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to widen export limits of luxury goods to and from Russia.

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor UK citizens who travel to Ukraine to volunteer in (a) defence and...

      Jerusalem: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on reports of forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and...

      Cayman Islands: Money Laundering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take in response to the Cayman Island's addition to the EU’s list of...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the comments of Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba,...

      Nigeria: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) support the progress of the Independent Investigative Panel on...

      Nigeria: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 117762, Nigeria: Development Aid, (a) which organisations...

      Burkina Faso: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the acceptability of the announced three-year transition period prior to elections...

      Guinea-Bissau: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of responsibility for the attack on the offices of the African Party for the...

      Somalia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on potential individual sanctions on people in Somalia...

      Ukraine: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to encourage countries that have yet to declare full support for Ukraine and remain neutral...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Poland: Sky Sabre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units of the Sky Sabre radars have been deployed to Poland; when those air defence systems will arrive; and for how long will be deployed in...

    • Ministry of Defence: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and including 28 February; and on which...

      Ministry of Defence: Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants at the Ministry of Defence Devonport identify as having a disability.

      Ministry of Defence: Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants at Ministry of Defence Devonport have previously served in the Armed Forces.

      Ministry of Defence: Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the ethnicity of civil servants hired by Minister of Defence Devonport in the last two years.

      Ministry of Defence: Devonport Dockyard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average age of civil servants at Ministry of Defence Devonport.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what review is being undertaken of the development of a new Main Battle Tank to replace Challenger 2 in response to the deployment of Russian armour in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to support academic research on the impact of social security sanctions on the mental health of recipients.

    • Social Security Benefits: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people claiming legacy benefits face limitations on time they may spend volunteering, whilst they meet the conditions for receiving...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of serious harm were considered by her Department as potential cases for investigation under an internal process review where a...

      Unemployment: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce unemployment rates across the West Midlands.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon Member for High Peak, dated 27 October 2021, with reference RL29961.

      Kickstart Scheme: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart scheme opportunities have been (a) made available and (b) started in (i) St Helens North constituency and (ii) St Helens...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to improve the Child Maintenance System to ensure that inaccurate statements are not produced while a...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase collection rates of child maintenance payments.

      Employment: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support more autistic people into employment.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Industrial Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is given to her Department’s staff on the (a) circumstances in which incidents of death and serious harm should be...

      Medical Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing (a) midwives, (b) allied health professionals, (c) nurse practitioners and...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safeguarding leaders her Department has appointed.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the public update by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman of 18 February 2022 regarding its investigation into the...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle fraudsters who seek to exploit the benefits system.

      Universal Credit: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternatives are available to universal credit claimants who do not have the currently requested identity documents to make and verify...

      Workplace Pensions: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount of income tax relief that would fall on the 18 to 21 age group in the event that the auto-enrolment...

      Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Dupuytren's contracture have been awarded Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants had deductions made to their monthly payment in the most recent month for which...

      Universal Credit: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to women leaving prison on signing up for universal credit.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps she is taking to tackle levels of child poverty in (a) families with three or more children and (b) other families in...

      Universal Credit: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the impact of the five week wait for universal credit on the wellbeing of (a) women from...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has produced an impact assessment on the setting of UK limits for particulate matter and nitrogen...

    • Direct Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce paper junk mail in the context of tackling climate change.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of local authorities that have areas with levels of particulate matter and...

      Forests and Wildlife: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set out a (a) timeframe and (b) strategy for taking forward the recommendations set out in the report by the UN...

      5G: Insects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of 5G on insect populations.

      Hedgehogs: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward plans to strengthen the legal protection of the hedgehog.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that natural flood management measures are located in optimum areas under all three...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Social Clubs

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

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to make decisions on asylum claims that are older than three years.

    • Immigration: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service...

      Immigration: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service...

      Second Homes: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to encourage (a) landlords and owners of (i) holiday let and (ii) second home owners to make their properties...

      Joram Nechironga

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure the safety and well-being of Joram Nechironga.

      Asylum: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of being held in immigration detention centres on the mental health of asylum seekers who...

      Cycling: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to certify that the police in London enforce the rules for cyclists in The Highway Code to the same standard...

      Home Office: Social Clubs

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

      Private Rented Housing: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to CPS guidance, Prostitution and Exploitation of Prostitution, revised on 4 January 2019, what assessment her Department has...

      Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an audit of vacant public estate and accommodation to assess whether it can be repurposed as accommodation for refugees.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • European Regional Development Fund: Worcestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much European Regional Development Fund money has been spent in Worcestershire in each of the last five financial years.

    • Private Rented Housing: Equity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to encourage landlords to offer...

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of adult social care in meeting local need; and what recent...

      Local Government: Remote Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what representations he has received on the instructions to local councils not to hold council meetings remotely; and if...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to figures from the Electoral Commission released on 2 March 2022 recording the Conservative Party received...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Social Clubs

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

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to reform Ground 8 of the 1988 Housing Act; and if he will make a statement.

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to increase housing security for retired pensioners.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the maximum number of refugees from Ukraine that the UK can accommodate.

      Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to encourage owners of holiday lets and second homes to provide temporary accommodation for refugees...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help families wanting to host Ukrainian refugees in their homes.

      Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that all public housing is available for the resettlement of Ukrainian / Afghan refugees...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Worcestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much Shared Prosperity Fund money he plans to allocate to Worcestershire in each of the next three financial years.

      Tree Preservation Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps local authorities can take to efficiently remove dangerous trees that are subject to Tree Protection Orders.

      Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the decision of the Planning Inspector of 14 June 2021 on the Roundhouse Farm development, whether the...

      Community Development: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport and (n) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce legal responsibility for housing developers to ensure that all newly built...

      Nature Conservation: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that any forthcoming planning bill also focuses on creating natural and sustainable...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Question

      What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the resignation of the Northern Ireland First Minister.

    • Question

      What recent discussions he has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the effect of Operation Rescript on healthcare facilities in Northern Ireland.

      Question

      What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources for women's services in Northern Ireland.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support (a) is available and (b) her Department plans to provide to UK businesses affected by (i) export and (ii) other sanctions on...

    • UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 131130, on UK Export Finance: Russia, how much of the remaining exposure relates to the...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2021 to Question 175773, who was responsible for deciding which 38 UK products among the 77 provided to...

      Wines: Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to reduce global barriers to trade for the wine industry.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • People's Postcode Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions with the People's Postcode Lottery on that organisation's campaign to raise the charity...

    • National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of (a) projected funds raised for good causes by the National Lottery and (b) actual funds raised...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if she...

      BBC World Service: Hungary and Poland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) balance of and (b) level of input from (i) Open Society Foundation and (ii) other...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Government Equalities Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, 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)...

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Wendover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the Terms of Reference for the Independent Examination of the mbpc Wendover Mined Tunnel proposal...

    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Telephone Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the average wait time for callers to DVLA helplines, and (2) the number of callers on average each day who are cut off...

      Cycleways: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have spent constructing cycle lanes in each of the last five years.

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prevent Russian (1) registered, or (2) owned, ships from entering or leaving UK ports.

      Cycling: Accidents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pedestrians were knocked over by cyclists in each of the last three years; and of those, how many sustained serious injuries.

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that no employers take action against employees with historical or family links with (1) Ukraine, or (2) Russia, and who have a...

      Shipping: Liquefied Natural Gas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to increase the number of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelled ships in the UK.

      Buses: Driving Tests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase capacity at testing facilities for bus drivers.

      Levelling Up Fund: Transport

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, what assessment they make of the (1) risks, (2) benefits, and (3) timing, when a private sector contribution to a funding bid is offered under the Levelling Up...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) security, and (2) cost, of energy, in light of the hostilities in Ukraine.

    • Solar Power: Land Use

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the area of land that has been used in England for the installation of solar panels in each of the last five years.

      Storms: Electricity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the resilience of overhead line transmission of electricity to storm outages; and what steps they intend to take to achieve greater...

      Working Hours

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of a shorter working week.

      Energy: Costs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce the Zero Carbon Homes policy to help reduce household energy bills.

      Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £683 million Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund has been paid to claimants; how many claimants have been paid; and what is the...

      Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 February (HL5915), what steps the Office of Product Safety and Standards are taking to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which Cabinet committees are responsible for (1) the recovery of public services following the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) co-ordinating the delivery of public...

    • Infrastructure: Reviews

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last undertook a review of critical infrastructure, including electricity substations and their resilience to the threat of flooding; and how frequently...

      Kaspersky: National Security

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the risk posed to national security by using products supplied by the Russian cyber security business Kaspersky.

      Lord Ahmed

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward legislation to provide for the rescinding of the peerage held by Lord Ahmed.

      Electronic Surveillance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have (1) to ban the deployment of the spyware tool Pegasus, and (2) to set up an inquiry into its impact on the UK.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis against COVID-19 to the most vulnerable groups who are severely immunocompromised.

    • 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 Integrated Care Boards.

      Medical Equipment: Innovation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the publication by NICE of NICE healthy technology evaluations: the manual on 22 January, how they plan to define “sufficient evidence”...

      Eating Disorders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of eating disorders; and what plans they have to increase resources to treat them.

      Doctors: Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the changes to the annual allowance for pensions in terms of (1) clinical hours worked, and (2) early...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish an automatic opt-in to Healthy Start vouchers via (1) doctors surgeries, and (2) other points of contact, for those receiving...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable recipients of Healthy Start coupons to use their prepaid cards online to purchase items that are covered by the scheme.

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Overseas Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Office for Students is taking to improve survey response rates to questions relating to the destinations of international students graduating...

    • National Tutoring Programme: Private Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 24 February (HL Deb col 340), what plans they have to involve independent schools in the National Tutoring Programme.

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech by the Minister for Higher and Further Education on 24 February regarding their response to Dr Philip Augar's Review of Post-18...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Wood-burning Stoves

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the (1) installation, (2) sale, and (3) use, of wood-burning stoves in private dwellings, in either (a) rural, or (b) urban, areas.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many adults and children have arrived in the UK seeking asylum from Afghanistan since August 2021; and of these, (1) how many are still waiting to be...

    • Deportation: Zimbabwe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they will give to the (1) political, and (2) human rights, situation in Zimbabwe when determining whether to go ahead with the planned...

      US Department of Homeland Security

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have benchmarked the way that that the list of those selected for enhanced security checks by US Homeland Security at UK sites is compiled; and...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Regulator of Social Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to further strengthen the role of the Regulator of Social Housing to help regulate the exempt accommodation sector.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • United Kingdom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they are taking to strengthen the union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • Treasury

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