Written answers

Thursday, 10 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contractor is indemnified from penalty payments caused by industrial action under the terms of the contract between Southeastern Trains...

    • Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contractor is required to have a plan for good industrial relations under the terms of the contract between SE Trains Ltd and Churchill Group.

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contractor is obliged to provide regular reports in respect of an equalities action plan under the terms of the contract between SE Trains...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish correspondence between his Department and the directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd in respect of the dispute between sub-contracted...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the cleaning contract between Churchill group and Southeastern Trains Ltd expires.

      Transport for the North: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion has been reduced from Transport for the North's budget.

      Transport for the North: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the workforce headcount at Transport for the North was in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the projected headcount is for the end of 2022.

      Transport for the North: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs have been identified as being at risk of redundancy at Transport for the North as a result of reductions in budget.

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many classic vehicles have had their V5 documents rescinded by the DVLA; and whether his Department has plans to take steps in response to that matter.

      Electric Vehicles: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging points for public use in Birmingham.

      Electric Vehicles: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of electric vehicle charging points available for public use in Birmingham.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.

    • Climate Change Convention: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the level of annual emissions of British Overseas Territories which remain...

      Climate Change Convention: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291441 on Carbon Emissions: British Overseas Territories,...

      Pneumoconiosis: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how levels of compensation are assessed under the Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme.

      Fossil Fuels: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts who are dependent on Russian oil or gas on how quickly they...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the cost of delivering an annual covid-19 vaccination programme...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the regional disparities in Private Non Profit R&D...

      Investment: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to statement on page 170 of the Levelling Up White Paper that the additional Government investment will...

      Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Innovate UK has exercised its right to become a voting member of VMIC UK Ltd.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the main principles of covid-19 infection control will be from March 2022.

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reviewing all covid-19 (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow antigen tests, which it is required to...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) tackle potential market distortions in the sale of covid-19 lateral flow tests.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of his Department's budget is planned to be allocated to funding covid-19 community testing and surveillance studies.

      Public Health: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his department has to (a) maintain recurrent investment in health security infrastructure and (b) ensure the continuation of the innovative...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to fast track the covid-19 booster vaccination programme for schools in January 2021.

      Carers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of carers received paid support from local authorities in each year between 2010 and 2020.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received covid-19 vaccinations at walk-in and pop-up clinics in London; how many of those people (a) did not have a...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether GP surgeries and pharmacists will be able to administer covid-19 tests after March 2022.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 126896, on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what further evidence the Joint Committee on...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125137 on Coronavirus: Screening, what number of validated PCR tests is in...

      Oral Tobacco: Sweden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Patterns of Smoking and Snus Use in...

      NHS Covid Pass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the validity of a paper covid-19 pass beyond 30 days.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation his Department undertook with (a) residents and (b) the families of residents in care homes, when forming the most...

      Health Services: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of average telephone waiting times within Primary Care Networks.

      Cancer: Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of missing cancer patients.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the updated National Dementia Strategy; and if he will make a statement.

      HIV Infection: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) NHS and (b) World Health Organisation on providing medicines to Ukraine for people...

      Vaccination: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has undertaken on the potential link between covid-19 vaccine resistance and needle phobias; and whether his...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of removing the requirement for self-isolation for people with a positive covid-19 diagnosis on...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the NHS will make available Evusheld as a preventative covid-19 treatment for people who are immunosuppressed.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the total per patient cost to the NHS from commissioning to delivery of administering via injection two doses of the covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to support research into next generation covid-19 vaccinations that can be administered...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the monthly cost of covid-19 lateral flow device testing for a person visiting a care home...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of administering the covid-19 vaccine with aspiration.

      General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in (i) Streatham and (ii) London.

      Integrated Care Systems: Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that dental professionals are adequately (a) represented and (b) involved during decisions on that...

      General Practitioners: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the definition of meeting reasonable needs in the GMS contract is; and what steps his Department takes in the event that the level...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, how much and what proportion of the additional funding for health research...

      General Practitioners: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of pressures resulting from the covid-19 outbreak on GP staff retention in (a)...

      Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make the new single test for detecting risk of four cancers in women available on the NHS.

      Doctors' List of Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest patient list sizes have been per FTE GP working in general practice under (i) GMS and...

      General Practitioners: Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of pressures resulting from the covid-19 outbreak on the level of abuse...

      Bile Duct Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the early signs and symptoms of cholangiocarcinoma.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is Government policy to double dementia research funding.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 112622, tabled on 26 January 2022.

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of professional bodies for GPs and general practice staff...

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made on the renal services transformation programme.

      Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of each regional call centre that handles emergency calls to ambulance services in England.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 108576, tabled on 20 January 2022.

      Dysphagia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to mark Swallowing Awareness Day on 16 March.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who need to access covid-19 lateral flow tests for the purposes of visiting care home residents will be given assistance...

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the (a) publication and (b) delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.

      Kidney Diseases and Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the impact of kidney disease on an individual's mental health will be included in the Government’s Strategy on Mental Health.

      Social Services: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to determine fair and sustainable costs of care, in the event that there is significant cost variation...

      Social Services: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in energy prices on care providers.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that covid-19 isolation requirements for residents of care homes are in line with national guidelines.

      Medical Records: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Data saves lives White Paper on improving data collection by ethnicity.

      Global Health Insurance Card

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are used to choose those selected for residency checks while applying for a UK Global Health Insurance Card; what...

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a breakdown of the NHS elective care backlog by (a) disease and (b) condition.

      Nurses: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the removal of the nursing bursary on the recruitment of nurses in Stockport since...

      Coronavirus: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it the policy of the Government that people dismissed from their employment by reason of having refused to be vaccinated...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to provide guidance to the new integrated care system bodies on how to take due consideration of feedback from...

      Hospitals: Trauma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what effect the Hospitals Transformation Programme will have on the treatment of trauma patients.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that local authority directors of public health can access supplies of free covid-19 lateral flow tests...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of continuing to provide free covid-19 lateral flow testing for (a) clinically...

  • Wales Office

    • Railways: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date the Government will release funding for the Global Centre for Rail Excellence in Wales.

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on potential financial support available for the resettlement and welcome of refugees fleeing Ukraine.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has met representatives of the Welsh Local Government Association to discuss financial support to welcome refugees from Ukraine.

  • Department for Education

    • Children and Young People: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to (a) nurseries and other childcare contexts, (b) schools, (c) colleges, and (d) universities, on welcoming and supporting...

    • Department for Education: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his 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...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to support local authorities to improve collection and storage of children’s services data.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials there were for the production, supply and possessions with intent to supply of class A drugs in each of the...

    • Crown Court: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days it took in each of the last five years on a (a) mean and (b) median basis for an initially ineffective crown court trial to be assigned a...

      Courts: Victims and Witnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date his Department plans to have completed the rollout of section 28 measures; and if he will list the courts that will be included in that rollout.

      Prison Officers: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2021 to Question 63830, on Prison Officers: Menopause, what assessment she has made of the validity of the Equality...

      Prisoners: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 of March 2022 to Question 129199 on Prisoners: Location, how have the distances provided been calculated.

      Theft: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders imprisoned for acquisitive offences and subsequently released on license went on to commit further offences in each of the last ten years.

      Prisoners: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners over (a) 50, (b) 60 and (c) 70 years old that will be held in prisons in England and...

      Ministry of Justice: Social Clubs

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

  • Treasury

    • Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to recover funds that have been lost to fraud related to covid-19 support schemes.

    • Cryptocurrencies: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure robust regulatory mechanisms are in place for the sale and transfer of digital financial assets, including...

      VTB Bank

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the financial impact on Russia's ability to continue to fund its war in Ukraine of the winding down transactions...

      Ukraine: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) his Ukrainian counterpart and (b) the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on...

      Defibrillators: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT from defibrillators in order to make it more affordable for communities to purchase that equipment.

      Holiday Accommodation: Refugees

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the requirement of furnished holiday lets to let at a commercial rate for 105 days per annum should they wish to remain a small business,...

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of R&D tax relief advisers operating in the UK who are involved in submitting fraudulent or dubious...

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent HMRC staff have worked on tackling abuse of R&D tax reliefs in each of the last five years.

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of R&D tax relief advisors operating in the UK.

      Research: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what most recent estimate HMRC has made of the level of fraud in (a) the Research and Development Expenditure Credit, and (b) the SME R&D relief.

      Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 129256, what assessment his Department has made of whether VAT revenues will increase or decrease as a...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he will provide to residents of park homes who are not eligible for the energy bill rebate because their energy is supplied direct to the...

      Diesel Fuel: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of a tax rebate on diesel fuel on the road and haulage industry.

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a statutory basis for HMRC's policy to promote among employers the use of statements on payslips supporting the National Insurance...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Forests: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the Government will ensure the $500m finance for tackling deforestation, announced by the Government at COP26,...

    • Ukraine: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the viability of the three year £100m energy independence aid package for...

      Seuxal Offences: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) supplying sexual assault forensic evidence...

      Ukraine: Civilians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help ensure the protection of civilians in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the value quantified in pounds sterling of the (a) economic, (b) humanitarian and...

      Ukraine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to facilitate the provision of education and psychosocial support for...

      Ukraine: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with international counterparts to ensure people living with HIV in Ukraine...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) the Ukrainian Government, (b) NATO allies and (c) NGOs to...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an extensive emergency law...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contact her Department has had with Ukrainian missionaries and church networks on the targeting and delivery...

      Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Consultations on a political process for Sudan: an inclusive intra-Sudanese process on the way...

      Ghana: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on freedoms of (a) the press and (b) expression in Ghana of the...

      Sudan: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing economic sanctions on Sudan's military...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will publish (a) the number of resignations received from staff in (i) his Department and (ii)...

      Commonwealth Secretariat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to support specific candidates in the election for Commonwealth Secretary General at...

      Freedom of Religion or Belief Summit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department's budget is for the international conference to promote freedom of religion or belief due to...

      Burkina Faso: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the military leadership in Burkina Faso.

      South Sudan and Sudan: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) immediate risk to life of attacks on civilians in the disputed Abyei...

      India: Muslims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to raise concerns with her Indian counterpart on increasing violence towards Muslims in India,...

      New South Wales: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of flooding incidents in New South Wales.

      Africa: Climate Change

      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 Power Shift Africa report, entitled Adapt...

      Sub-Saharan Africa: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on Sub-Saharan Africa of the second part of the...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Tamils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make and what assessment of the welfare of Tamil refugees in Diego Garcia.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any additional defence contracts have been awarded for the procurement of anti-tank weapons for delivery to Ukraine.

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many anti-tank weapons the Government has already supplied to Ukraine; and whether the quantity of anti-tank weapons being sent can be increased.

      Russia: NATO

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the UK’s NATO defence and security obligations are fulfilled to counter the threats from Russia.

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support the Home Office to tackle illegal immigration.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual ARAP primary applicants his Department has relocated to the UK in each month since April 2021.

      Army: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reverse the decision to cut full-time Army personnel to 73,000.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the use of hybrid warfare in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

      National Cyber Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) armed forces personnel and (b) non-armed forces personnel are members of the National Cyber Force.

      Estonia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers 24 and 25 February 2022 to Questions 126543 and 127275 on Estonia: Armed Forces, whether the number of British troops stationed...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the capacity (a) was in 2014 and (b) is of service family accommodation in the London Borough of Bromley local authority area.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132162 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles, how many of the Army’s (a) main battle tanks, (b)...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that personal independence payment assessments are carried out in a fair, consistent, and...

    • Industrial Health and Safety: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a specialist Health and Safety Executive service to deliver advice to employers, employees and local authority officers on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply: Thames Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the alternative of bringing new water to the Thames Valley via a Severn Thames...

    • Recreation Spaces: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the recommendations of The University of Manchester’s Building Utopia publication, whether his...

      Walley's Quarry Landfill: Odour Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the local community of the odorous emissions from the site operation of...

      Sewage: West Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Southern Water on sewage discharges in West Sussex.

      Agriculture Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding access to countryside provisions in the...

      Veterinary Medicine: Training and Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of shortages of veterinary surgeons in the UK; and what steps he is taking to...

      Pesticides: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the export licensing of pesticides which...

      Neonicotinoids: Pollinators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on pollinators of the recent emergency authorisation of the use of...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the eligibility requirements in the guidance published by her Department on 4 March 2022, Apply for a Ukraine Family...

    • Detainees: Intelligence Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of whether the Government's guidance, The Principles relating to the detention and interviewing of detainees...

      Police: Pepper Spray and Stun Guns

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 131268, on Police: Pepper Spray and Tasers, under what circumstances police officers are...

      Stalking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Stalking Protection Orders have been issued by each police force in England and Wales in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Legal Profession: Money Laundering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of law firms potentially involved in money laundering by people or organisations linked to the...

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) 14 to 16 and (b) 16 to 18 hold gun licences.

      Extradition: Spain

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extradition procedures are in place with Spain to enable the return of suspects to the UK to face trial.

      National Crime Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional budget has been allocated to the National Crime Agency in relation to the provisions of the Economic Crime (Transparency and...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral statement of the Home Secretary of 1 March 2022 on Ukraine, Official Report, column 915, what...

    • Council Tax: Payment Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the council tax rebate scheme, what steps he is taking to help support local authorities with residents...

      Social Rented Housing: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will update the Improving access to social housing for members of the Armed forces statutory guidance for Local...

      Homelessness: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will update the Homelessness Code of Guidance for Local Authorities to remove the local connection test for those...

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has any plans to review Part 14 of the Town and Country (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Location

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 128275, Cabinet Office, if he will provide the addresses for each of these sites.

    • Evening Standard: Advertising

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK Communications Agency classified the Evening Standard as a regional or national newspaper for the purposes of advertising spend in (a)...

      Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Special Advisers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 127423 on Prime Minister: Civil Servants and Special Advisers, how many special advisers are the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2022 to Question 129816 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, if he will outline his role and duties in respect...

      Emergencies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he will publish the national resilience strategy.

      Prime Minister: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of 28 February 2022;...

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to mandate defibrillators to be located in all government managed buildings and infrastructure.

      Platinum Jubilee 2022: Medals

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to honour the veterans during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Public Expenditure

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

    • African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area.

      Humanitarian Aid: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) trade rules implemented following the UK's departure from the EU and (b) rules on sending...

      Overseas Investment and Trade Agreements: Indigenous People

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that protecting (a) the environment and (b) the human rights of indigenous communities...

      UK Export Finance: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 131131, what latest assessment she has made of the ability of UK exporters to complete...

      Preferential Tariffs: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Preference Utilisation Rates are in total for UK trade with Japan for each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

      Meat: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether meat imports tonnage restrictions included in the trade deals with Australia and New Zealand are based on carcass or deboned weight.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made progress on securing trade deals with individual American states.

      Trade Agreements: New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and (b) the Ulster Farmers...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to continue providing (a) trade and investment services and (b) practical support for UK businesses that seek...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Department for Transport

    • Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to assist small charities attempting to take humanitarian supplies by lorry to Ukraine via the EU, and (2) to help them obtain the...

    • Ports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data from FourKites, reported in The Daily Telegraph on 28 February, which found that shippers spent an average of more than...

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restrict Russian ships from using British ports.

      Cycling: Accidents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 February (HL6199), how many of the 141 pedal cyclist fatalities in 2020 were children and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will make full data available to enable measurement against the aim to improve oral health outcomes included within national dental contract reform; and...

    • Ophthalmic Services: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement targets for NHS eye care services to reduce waiting times for follow-up appointments.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Babies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many infant hospital admissions in each month of 2021 were as a result of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-related illnesses in each NHS hospital trust in England.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on clinically vulnerable people if lateral flow tests are no longer provided for free.

      Mental Health Services: Children in Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many looked after children in England were referred to mental health services in (1) 2021, and (2) 2020.

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bethell on 8 June 2021 (HL Deb cols 1219–20), what improvements they have made to the process for patients opting out of their...

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 15 November (HL3287), why they have referred to the Food and Drug Administration's 2016 assessment of the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the introduction of updated COVID-19 test validation approval processes (CTDA), what guidance is available to testing manufacturers regarding submitting...

  • Department for Education

    • T-levels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that (1) schools, and (2) colleges, are fully (a) engaged, and (b) committed, to the T-Level programme in their areas.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what accommodation support they provide for women on release from prison who have been held on remand.

    • Magistrates: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the recruitment of more magistrates to the bench.

      Judges: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many practising female judges there are in England and Wales.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Xinjiang: Hikvision

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States regarding any link between Hikvision and internment camps in Xinjiang.

    • Russia: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recall the UK Ambassador from Moscow.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, whether they will review the amount of national resources devoted to defence spending.

    • Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, what plans they have to accelerate the Propulsion Improvement Programme for the Type 45 Destroyers to ensure that the fleet is fully operational before 2028 as...

  • Home Office

    • Migrant Workers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Penn on 21 February (HL6024 and HL6025), what impact analysis was undertaken by the Home Office on likely labour...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Motor Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what records they have, if any, of the total numbers of local authority (1) owned, and (2) operated, vehicles; what percentage of those are (a) electric, or (b)...

  • Treasury

    • Gambling: Internet

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the loss of (1) tax revenue, and (2) Horse Racing Levy income, due to illegal online gambling.

    • Personal Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to make debt restructuring binding for all private creditors on loans provided for under legislation for England and...

      Individual Savings Accounts: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their reasons for preventing grandparents from opening Junior ISAs for their grandchildren; and what assessment they have made of the...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Social Mobility

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they are taking to improve social mobility.

    • Gender Recognition Act 2004

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to change the wording of the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and if so, what changes they intend to make.

What is this?

The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.

March 2022
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031