Written answers

Friday, 11 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Licences: Rhondda Cynon Taf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of driving licence applications currently awaiting processing from applicants in (a) Cynon Valley...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 22 December 2021 regarding Section 278 of the...

      Department for Transport: Social Media

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

      Pontefract Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of service Northern Rail is required to provide on the Pontefract Line between Leeds and Pontefract as part of its franchise agreement.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Property: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the current value of assets owned in the UK property market by (a) Russian...

    • Public Houses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to review the impact of measures undertaken to support the recovery of public houses, within...

      Public Houses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to specifically support the recovery of public houses, within the hospitality sector, from the...

      Small Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support small business growth in (a) Bexley Borough, (b) Greater London and (c)...

      Postage Stamps: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on Royal Mail customers of (a) the price increase on Royal Mail...

      Energy Supply: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the UK manufacturing capacity to assist with energy transition in other European countries.

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to build the UK's (a) non-gas and (b) oil energy capability.

      Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support households living off the gas grid with rapidly rising gas prices.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department expects to start receiving supply of the Novavax covid-19 vaccine.

      Medicines and Diagnostics Manufacturing Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s press release entitled £260 million to boost healthcare research and...

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to the Russian Soyuz rockets for the...

      Global Britain Investment Fund: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in allocating the £354 million funding from the Global Britain Investment Fund...

      Life Sciences: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £60 million funding to expand life sciences manufacturing announced on 2 March 2022 will be subject to...

      Global Britain Investment Fund: Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s press release entitled £260 million to boost healthcare research and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a sunset clause for the advertising restrictions contained in the Health...

    • Antimicrobials: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question HL 5712 on Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance, what specialist leads have been...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the use of testing to prevent covid-19 transmission and related illness.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that delivery of day two covid-19 PCR tests are not affected by the disruption to...

      Coronavirus: Herefordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional covid-19 vaccination sites in Herefordshire.

  • Wales Office

    • Renewable Energy: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on promoting renewable energy generation in (a)...

  • Department for Education

    • National School Breakfast Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools enrolled on the National School Breakfast Programme have been issued breakfast food orders this academic year...

    • National School Breakfast Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the National School Breakfast Programme not reaching its target of 2,500 schools by January 2022; and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Companies: Belarus and Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to scrutinise shareholders of UK businesses for the purposes of ascertaining links with...

    • British Indian Ocean Territory: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Mauritian Government on the raising of the Mauritian flag on the British...

      Uyghur Tribunal

      To ask Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 128203, on Uyghur Tribunal, whether the Government declined to...

      Myanmar: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to encourage the 119 countries who signed the United Nations General Assembly...

      Overseas Workers: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to assist companies...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her European counterparts to impose sanctions on Russian oil and gas.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking support the Governments of (a) Poland, (b) Slovakia, (c) Hungary, (d) Romania and (e)...

      Ukraine: Emergency Travel Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has the capability to issue emergency travel documents for travel to the UK to eligible...

      Nigeria: Boko Haram

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts on tackling attacks by Boko Haram against women and...

      Russia: Southern Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Russia’s foreign...

      Tunisia: Politics and Government

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

      Afghanistan: Emigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115899 on Visas: Afghanistan, what steps her Department is...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has provided support to Poland to help that country with the arrival of Ukrainian refugees.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and...

      Freedom of Religion or Belief Summit

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

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Army: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to help improve the ability of the Army to fight effectively in urban environments.

    • Army: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to increase the number of deployable divisions in the Army.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her 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 for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the merits of banning imports of hunting trophies to the UK.

    • Packaging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether packaging producers will be made responsible for the full net costs of managing packaging waste, including bin and...

      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, what assessment...

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to educate the public on the dangers of breeding dogs with exaggerated physical features...

      Food and Plants: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the economic impact on (a) food producers and (b) food prices of introducing...

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of 28...

      Fishing Vessels: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department and the Marine Management Office have given to fishers on the recent type withdrawal of an IVMS...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's assessment of the implications of a Russian invasion of Ukraine for the (a) UK’s...

      Sugar Beet: Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring will be taking place to assess the impact of the approved use of thiamethoxam on sugar beet to the wider...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Social Media

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

    • Passports: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have changed the sex marker on their UK passport in each year since 2005.

      Visas: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 1 Investor Visas issued to Russian nationals between 2008 and 2022 have been assessed by her Department as posing a national...

      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...

      British Nationality: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many high net-worth Russian people were granted British citizenship on the basis of their wealth in each year since 2010 broken down by...

      Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to publish the Home Office planning consultation for Napier Barracks from January 2022; and how the submissions on that...

      Teachers: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to ensure there is sufficient availability of English for Speakers of Other Languages teaching provision to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 up to and...

    • Regional Planning and Development: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Levelling Up funding on stimulating economic activity in Shrewsbury...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ensure that the Government undertakes a comprehensive review of local government finances and their...

      Community Ownership Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 99347, on Community Ownership Fund, when he plans to publish an...

      Urban Areas: Regeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities have the resources they need to rebuild their high streets.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much levelling up funding has been allocated to each region in the UK, per capita.

      Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting (a) Ukrainian and (b) Afghan refugees to settle...

      Urban Areas: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with the Department for Transport to ensure that transport planning is integrated in wider city...

      Holiday Accommodation: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of charging holiday lets an enhanced rate of council tax.

      Property Development: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help prevent the practice of people avoiding enforcement action by submitting repeated...

      Railways: Radlett

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State on 23 February 2022, Official Report,...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent in total on social media advertising in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022 as of 28 February 2022; and...

    • Trade Agreements: New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Farmers Union of Wales and (b) National Union of Farmers in Wales about the contents of...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Local Authorities made applications for funding under the Bus Back Better schemes; how many of these applications have been accepted; and what steps they...

    • Egnos

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 3 March (HL6222 and HL6223), what are the 18 airports affected by the cancellation...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Attendance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional funding to those schools with the largest proportion of pupils receiving free school meals, to pay...

    • National Tutoring Programme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they had with Randstad prior to the company informing the National Tutoring Programme’s tutor organisations that they are no longer required...

      Students: Loans

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • France: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, prior to the G7 meeting on 24 February, when the Prime Minister last spoke bilaterally to President Emmanuel Macron of France about (1) President Macron's...

    • Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other European countries about welcoming refugees from Ukraine.

      Afghanistan: Diplomatic Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what contact they have had with the Afghan diplomats to the UK who were appointed by the government of former President Ghani; and what assistance has (1) been...

      Mikita Yemialyianau

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the welfare of Mikita Yemialyianau, who is currently imprisoned in Belarus.

      Middle East: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February on critical food supplies from Ukraine to countries in the Middle...

      Belarus: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current political and security situation in Belarus, (2) the future of the constitutional commitment to...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their decision to cut the number of armed forces personnel, in light of the conflict in Ukraine.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Workplace Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) pension products are available for automatic enrolment pensions; what assessment they have made of the impact...

    • Coronavirus: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support employers will be asked to provide for employees who are clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 to enable them to continue working safely...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have requested, if any, from (1) returning officers, and (2) the Electoral Commission, regarding the number of people arriving at...

  • Department for International Trade

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