Written answers

Monday, 14 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Shaw report published in 2016, what plans his Department has to deliver more competitive tendering for the supply of rail...

    • Train Operating Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for new open access rail operations have been submitted to the Office of Rail and Road since 2010; how many and what proportion...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a rail miles award provision for future rail travel.

      Trains: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) rewarding passengers for using trains with a low carbon footprint and (b)...

      Trains: Alternative Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage freight and passenger operators of diesel powered trains and rolling stock to switch to drop-in HVO green diesel.

      Restoring Your Railway Fund: Abbey Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December to Question 92086, in which month he plans to make a decision on the Strategic Outline Business Case for the...

      Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing self-driving vehicles in the UK.

      Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide support to enable people to increase their use of active travel to help protect household budgets in the context of the...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department provides to local authorities to support the delivery of effective road safety interventions.

      Electric Vehicles: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make electric vehicles more affordable in the context of the rising cost of fuel.

      London Underground

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to designate London Underground as an essential public service.

      Transport for London: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his decision on the application he has received from TfL for permission to build over Cockfosters underground station car park.

      Department for Transport: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the Freedom of Information request relating to the application he has received from TfL to grant permission to build over...

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken for the DVLA to process driving license applications was in each of the last five years for which data is available; and...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether due diligence and fit and proper person checks have been carried out by his Department or by Southeastern Trains Ltd in relation to ESO...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd to place on the agenda of the next SE Trains Board meeting the current pay...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd to place on the agenda of the next SE Trains Board meeting the issue of free...

      Southeastern Trains: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has the power to instruct relevant directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd to meet representatives of Churchill cleaners on their industrial...

      Travel Cards: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to lift the restriction on the use of 60+ Oyster Cards and Older Persons Freedom Passes before 9am on weekdays.

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses have been ordered through the Zero Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme in each month since the scheme’s introduction.

      Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all road users are informed of the recent changes to the hierarchy of road users within the Highway...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2022 to Question 119637, what recent assessment he has made of the road safety implications of HGV driver...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Boilers: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Russia's suspension from The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and The Forest...

    • Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes will be retrofitted to reduce fuel consumption by the end of (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

      Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support people in rural communities who are not on the mains gas network and rely on...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of recipients of bounce bank loans have not yet started repayments of those loans.

      Foreign Companies: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total value of loans issued to businesses with premises or registered interests in the Russian Federation was...

      Property: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) primary residences, (b) second homes and (c) uninhabited properties in the UK are owned by Russian nationals.

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what forecast his Department has made of the potential change in the level of individual insolvencies over the next 12...

      Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the evidential basis is for the inclusion of clause 18(b) in the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill.

      Business: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK-based businesses with an annual turnover of between (a)...

      Imports: Certification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of imported items bearing the CE quality mark which will need to be...

      Private Sector: Nuclear Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help the private sector to deliver new nuclear energy projects.

      Utilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how are new providers selected following the collapse of an energy supplier.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the tariff obligations are on energy providers that supply customers who were previously served by a provider that...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to (a) offer the 1.9 million homes who use oil and LPG to heat their properties greater choice...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department will be taking to introduce an electrification first approach to homes that are off the gas grid.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to require energy suppliers to take the burden of increases in wholesale energy price costs when the...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to mitigate the impact on household budgets of the OFGEM energy price cap announcement due to...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make an assessment of the impact of the Energy Bills Rebate and Council Tax Rebate ahead of the...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement by the chief executive of Energy UK...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households that have a pre-payment (a) gas and (b) electricity...

      Ofgem

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Strategy and Policy Statement for Ofgem; and if he will commit to undertaking extensive...

      Energy: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132379 on Energy: Consumption, if he will make an estimate of levels...

      Energy: Disconnections

      Suggested redraft: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 126893 on Energy: Disconnections, which body is...

      Energy: Disconnections

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

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support is in place for home owners with 25 year leases on solar panels, who are unable to get any equity from a...

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further increasing investment in (a) onshore wind, (b) solar,...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the rise in energy standing charges; and what steps he plans to take to...

      Renewable Energy: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to transition the UK energy sector to sustainable energy sources, such as wind, tidal or hydro,...

      Industry: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on developing an industrial strategy to support countries to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Wales Office

    • UK Internal Trade: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the strength of trade relations between Wales and (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) England; and if he will make a...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) recent progress he has made on the development of the new dementia strategy and (b) plans he has to help increase (i) research...

    • Oral Tobacco: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the British Standards Institution document PAS 8877:2022 entitled...

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of online and in-person sexual and reproductive health services in England.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the existing dental prototype agreement scheme.

      Pregnancy: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether services or treatments are available through the NHS to support pregnant women with the impacts of poor air quality.

      Pregnancy: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to publish guidance for (a) employers and (b) pregnant workers on new and expectant mothers in the...

      Maternity Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trust maternity services offer pregnant women vaccinations in their antenatal clinics; and whether the NHS has plans to roll...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of what ratio of patients to GPs is considered safe in the development of general practice...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that specialist support is available to children with mental health needs who are victims of domestic abuse.

      Autism and Hyperactivity: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients with both ADHD and Autism receive a bespoke and holistic healthcare plan that...

      MMR Vaccine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of MMR vaccinations carried out in each of the last three years.

      Allergies: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will appoint an allergy tsar to act as a champion within Government for people living with allergic disease.

      Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome in the NHS.

      Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been diagnosed with Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome in each of the last 10 years; and how many and what proportion...

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who were registered with England Infected Blood Support Scheme as Hepatitis Stage 1 have died with Hepatis C as the cause...

      Home Care Services: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the domiciliary support local authorities can provide to households with adult children...

      Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding for diagnostic services provided in the last Spending Review has been used to improve the...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to safeguard patients with (a) dementia and (b) other illnesses in the context of the changing way the NHS is...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Black, Asian and Minority ethnic children being referred to specialist care for...

      Local Government Services: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that services provided by (a) City of York Council and (b) other local authorities are...

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rising mental health disorders amongst under-18s.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of mental health service closures on the number of children waiting to access...

      Hyperactivity: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting times for ADHD assessment in (a) Stockport and (b) England.

      Mental Health Services: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish a breakdown by percentage of the ethnicity of all mental health professionals employed by the NHS.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children and young people on free school meals were referred to specialist care for serious mental health problems in 2021.

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Vision for the Women’s Health Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that all healthcare...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help enable care workers who lost their jobs as a result of the mandatory vaccination policy, to return to the...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether care homes are legally able to deny visits from family or friends if there are positive cases of covid-19 in that care home.

      Pre-eclampsia: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of alternative approaches to tackling preeclampsia.

      Chronic Illnesses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100534 on Diabetes: Health Services, when his Department plans to publish the...

      Sheehan's Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been diagnosed with Sheehan’s syndrome in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK in...

      Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100534 on Diabetes: Health Services, what assessment his Department has made of the...

      Liver Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the systems for diagnosing and providing early treatment for liver...

      Pregnancy: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the proportion of pregnancies put at risk through (a) still birth, (b) preterm birth, (c) low birth...

      Dental Services: Congleton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of £7,310,000 allocated to the North West to secure additional dental appointments, what...

      HIV Infection: Health Education and Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that heterosexual men and women (a) are educated about and (b) can access HIV testing in all parts of...

      Dental Services: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of patients in (a) Oldham, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West to access NHS dental...

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the implementation of the proposals in his Department's policy paper, Saving and Improving Lives: The Future...

      Dental Services: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of dental appointments that have been postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic in Stockport.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to implement the strategy set out in his Department's policy paper, Saving and Improving Lives: The Future of UK...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps his Department is taking to support NHS dentistry provision, in addition to the £50 million of funding for...

      Doctors' List of Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that ratios of patients to GPs in general practices are maintained at safe levels.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to GP practices on providing face to face appointments for patients.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount of refunded abatement to the Government for dental activity not completed was in the latest period for which that...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the progress of face-to-face appointment availability in GP practices.

      Integrated Care Systems and Primary Health Care: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in the review that Amanda Pritchard has asked Dr Claire Fuller to lead on the matter of Primary Care Networks...

      Migraines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) research into and (b) awareness of migraines and migraine prevention.

      Incontinence: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS support is available for family carers looking after relatives with continence problems.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for reviewing covid-19 care home guidance to meet the Government's plans to live with covid-19 in the longer term;...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who live in insecure housing who have been referred to specialist care...

      Incontinence: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what policy framework is guiding NHS (a) performance and (b) quality improvement for continence services.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the numbers of (a) children and (b) young people showing indication for depression that would...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the availability of children and young people's specialist mental health professionals in A&E settings.

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when there was last a comprehensive assessment of local continence care service needs; and whether there is a strategy in place to meet...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals to children and young people’s Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are refused because the needs of the child or...

      Hospices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent comparative assessment his Department has made of the equity of statutory income allocation for children's and adult’s...

      Mental Illness: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in prison have a diagnosed mental health condition.

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in child mental health referrals.

      Psychiatric Patients: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of non-Covid-19 related deaths of patients treated under the...

      Heart Diseases: Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are circumstances in which ambulance services in England should advise those patients who report suffering from a heart...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee's inquiry, Work of the Department, on 25 January 2022,...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 117883, tabled on 3 February 2022 by the hon Member for Liverpool,...

      Health Services: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee session on 25 January 2022, Q12, when he plans to...

      Newham Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Report to the Trust Board: 19 January 2022, published by Barts Health NHS Trust on 19 January 2022, if he will make an...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the role and scope of community diagnostic hubs; whether he has a timeline for that review; and what steps he...

      Health Services: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee on 25 January 2022, Q12, when he plans to publish...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all Departmental documents, evidence and research in relation to the Government's mandatory covid-19 vaccination...

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have been admitted to NHS hospitals from private hospitals in each of the last 30 months.

      Liver Diseases: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on patients with liver disease and the recent ONS data showing a 20...

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132351 on Social Services: Fees and Charges, what assessment he has made of the...

      Mental Health Services: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of asylum children who live in hotel accommodation who have been referred to...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for suspending early medical abortion at home services in the context of evidence from clinical bodies and...

      Vaccination: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on vaccine uptake in teenagers.

      Coronavirus: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 108519 on Coronavirus: Greater London, how many patients identified through...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has been made in enabling the use of non-injectable covid-19 vaccines in the UK.

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeframe is for reaching an agreement with relevant companies on the purchase of doses of the covid-19 antibody drug, Evusheld.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 131118, on what date further advice will be given to people who are clinically...

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Tackling antimicrobial resistance 2019–2024: The UK’s five-year national action plan, what progress has...

      Education: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on workforce planning for healthcare professionals who work...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Management Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's total spend was on management consultants for the year 2020-21.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will confirm the remaining rules on visiting hospitals following the easing of covid-19 restrictions.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 110376 on Coronavirus: Protective Clothing, on what grounds this information has...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of progress towards publishing the National Implementation Plan to support the delivery of...

      NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans for NHS and social care staff to be vaccinated again after 10 weeks of receiving their booster vaccine to enable...

      Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of innovative treatments for patients with (a) sickle cell disease and (b)...

      NHS Trusts: Management Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts in England spent on management consultants in 2020-21.

      Cancer: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial provision has been made to support training of the future cancer nurse specialist workforce.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 19 of the NICE report entitled The NICE methods of health technology evaluation: the case for change,...

      Allergies: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether GPs can prescribe EpiPens for anaphylaxis; and what mitigations are in place for children who have received a diagnosis of...

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of mental health services for young people in (a) Coventry North East...

      Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in each year between (a) 2011 and (b) 2021.

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Improvement has provide for care for those with (i) long covid and (b) covid-19 vaccine damage...

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has allocated towards research to improve the diagnosis and treatment of (a) covid-19 vaccine damage, (b) long...

      NHS: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the Exchequer has been of the retire and return easements for NHS pensions since March 2020.

  • Leader of the House

    • Leader of the House of Commons: Social Media

      To ask the Leader of the House, 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 platforms that...

  • Department for Education

    • Universities: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to support universities in the transition to net zero.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help promote the value of technical qualifications.

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to the 16-19 Education Budget has been spent specifically on (a) Level 3 qualifications (b) Level 2...

      Childminding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will amend his Department's guidance in relation to childminders and covid-19 so that childminders can operate in circumstances where someone in...

      Social Workers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the value for money of fast-track social work programmes.

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125334 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, if he will publish the local authorities...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February to Question 125329 Children: Social Services, how many local authorities have completed and implemented local...

      Apprentices: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been started in the hospitality industry in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

      Universities: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposals in relation to Minimum Eligibility Requirements included in the Higher Education policy statement and reform consultation will...

      Training: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional people are targeted to complete high-quality skills training as set out in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper for...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have had disciplinary action taken against them relating to either the supply or use of drugs in each of the last ten years.

    • Prisoners' Release: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners were in work after six months of release in each of the last ten years.

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2022 to Question 128274, on Prison Accommodation, how many prison places will be created at each of the 16 sites.

      Ministry of Justice: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132268, on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish data for how much compensation his...

      Ministry of Justice: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132268, on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish data on how much compensation his...

      Legal Aid Agency

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

      Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much criminal legal aid has been spent on the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme in each of the last 10 years.

      Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132269, on Courts, if he will provide details of the courts in England that do not have separate...

      Reoffenders: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) economic and (b) social effects of reoffending by area in England in each of the...

      Domestic Abuse: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid funding was provided under the domestic violence gateway in each of the last five years.

      Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022, to Question 121764, on Courts: Closures, if he will provide a breakdown of how the referenced £211m has...

      Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any courts closed since 2010 have not yet been sold by his Department.

      Property: Confiscation Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the payment recommended by Lady Justice Andrews in case 2019 04229 B3 with neutral citation [2021] EWCA Crim 956 and as requested in TO 23914037...

      Public Consultation: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that easy read materials are released for consultations in a timely manner.

      Prisons: Computers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds figures on the number of occasions in each of the last five years that computers on the prison estate in England and Wales...

      Rape: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that rape victims are not subjected to cross-examination on their rape case in court hearings on unrelated matters;...

      Rape: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape victims who do not report crimes because of (a) poor handling and (b) breaches of anonymity in previous...

      Rape: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of rape victims who have not had their (a) right to anonymity and (b) rights under the Code of Practice for...

      Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, why easy read materials for his Department's consultation on Human Rights Act Reform were only released 12 days before the consultation was scheduled to end.

      Ministry of Justice: Social Media

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

      Richard Davidoff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to review the conduct of Richard Davidoff in his role as a court appointed managing agent.

  • Church Commissioners

    • Clergy

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many clergy of incumbent status have been dispossessed in each of the last five years, broken down by (a)...

    • Clergy: Retirement

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department is offering to Ukraine to tackle Russian aggression.

    • Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made the AJAX armoured fighting vehicle programme.

      Tanks: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of main battle tanks in the Army.

      Defence: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119567, on Defence: Regional Planning and Development, if he will provide a regional breakdown of...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on providing the Ukrainian army with (a) lethal and (b) non-lethal defensive military equipment.

      Future Combat Air System: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to box 3.6 on page 172 of the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper which states that a further £1 billion has been...

      Navy: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what travel warrants a 23-year-old Royal Navy personnel, who has served 14 months, is entitled to.

      Defence Serious Crime Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the new Provost Marshal Serious Crime; whether they are (a) civilian or b) military staff; and what is their grade or rank.

      Armed Forces Day: Portsmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to support Armed Forces Day 2022 celebrations in Portsmouth through increasing (a) public access to HMNB Portsmouth to encourage local...

      Armed Forces Day: Portsmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing local visitors aboard a Royal Naval Warship in Portsmouth to mark Armed Forces Day 2022.

      Armed Forces: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 114925, on Armed Forces: HIV Infection, on which date the Government plans to announce the...

      Armed Forces: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) on career progression for serving members of the...

      Finland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last spoke to his Finnish counterpart.

      Sweden: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last spoke to his Swedish counterpart.

      HMS Montrose: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned out of service date for HMS Montrose.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long does he expect MOD staff to be supporting the Home Office in processing Ukrainian visa applications.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the MOD staff offered to the Home Office to support the processing of visas for Ukrainians are (a) civilian or (b) military staff.

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MOD staff have been offered to the Home Office to support the processing of Ukrainian visa applications.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 9 March 2022 on Ukraine Update, when the Government will decide on supplying the Ukrainian armed forces with...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to help ensure that food and medical supplies are available in neighbouring countries to that of Ukraine.

      Afghanistan: Repatriation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help relocate vulnerable Afghans and British nationals from third countries to the UK.

      Type 31 Frigates: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK manufactured steel is being used in the production of Type 31 frigates expressed as a percentage of gross tonnage of each vessel.

      Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK manufactured steel is being used in the production of Type 26 frigates.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to offer greater support to claimants of employment and support allowance in response to the rise in the...

    • Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to learn lessons from the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018: benefit take-up strategy following the...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to identify those entitled to pension credit who have not taken it up in each region of the UK.

      Social Security Benefits: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 benefit take-up strategy.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the internal process reviews her Department has completed since 2010-11 were identified through (a) her...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide details of the (a) three trigger point targets in the universal credit system and (b) the proportion of the working day...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide support to the agricultural sector for food production to replace food supplies in other countries from...

    • Water: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that no raw sewage is discharged into (a) the Thames, (b) English rivers and (c)...

      Property: Bolton South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132232, on Property: Bolton South East, what the challenges are that have...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a ban on the import of hunting...

      Ivory: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help protect ivory-bearing species including (a) hippos, (b) rhinos and (c) elephants.

      Endangered Species: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has identified any endangered animals in the London Borough of Havering; and what steps his...

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 of January to Question 108554 on Floods: Insurance, with reference to his Department's...

      Property Flood Resilience Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the Property Flood Resilience grant to...

      Clean Air Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Answer to the Oral Question asked by the hon. Member for Bury North on 2 March 2022,...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made towards the introduction of sustainable food labelling in the UK.

      Food: Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support food producers with the affordability of fertilisers.

      Seasonal Agricultural Workers' Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the seasonal worker scheme.

      Agriculture: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will provide additional support to farmers to help mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on...

      Zoonoses: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase research opportunities for the identification and management of zoonotic diseases.

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the badger control policy at (a) culling badgers infected...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of testing measures carried out to reduce the spreading of Bovine TB through...

      Furs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of banning imports of fur in 2022 on animal welfare.

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers have been culled in each year since 2013.

      Cats: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a ban on the import of (a) kittens under six months of...

      Glass: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential cost to businesses of the increase in the glass re-melt targets; and if...

      Plastics: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to help ensure that all households across the UK have access to soft plastics recycling.

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the herd incidence rate of Bovine TB has been for each year since 2013.

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage self-sufficiency in food production.

      Pigmeat: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reduce the volume of low-value pig carcass imports from the European Union.

  • Home Office

    • Detention Centres: Independent Monitoring Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it is a requirement for volunteers to sign the Official Secrets Act when volunteering to be on an independent monitoring...

    • Fire Prevention: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide urgent fire fighting equipment to Ukraine.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits for the ability of the fire service to tackle flooding of introducing a statutory duty...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing funding to fire and rescue services to specifically...

      Police: Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there (a) were in Norfolk in each year since 2018 and (b) are projected to be in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023, (iii) 2024...

      Hamas: Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Government has used counterterrorism powers in respect of Hamas since 31 January 2020.

      Hezbollah: Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Government has used counterterrorism powers in respect of Hezbollah since 31 January...

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainians who wish to seek asylum in the UK are required to claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies with an annual turnover of £36 million or more failed to produce a (a) modern slavery statement and (b) modern...

      Immigration: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115898, on Visas: Afghanistan, what proportion of people who arrived from Afghanistan...

      Skilled Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to add butchers to the shortage occupation list.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Royal National Institute of Blind People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he next plans to meet with representatives of the RNIB, and on how many recent occasions he has done so in each of...

    • Russia: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal by the Mayor of London to seize properties owned by...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many officials in his Department are working on the resettlement of Afghan refugees.

      Capital Letters: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the £2 billion funding to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping announced in the Autumn 2021...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Secretary of State for the Home Department's oral statement on 1 March 2022, Official report, column...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the sponsored humanitarian visa route for Ukrainian refugees will be fully operational.

      Freeports: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will announce the outcome of his decision on the location of freeports in Northern Ireland.

      Empty Property: Shops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of vacant units on high streets in England.

      Aerials: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on the matter of mobile network operators applying for...

      Regeneration: Bristol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government (a) is taking steps and (b) plans to take steps to support proposals to regenerate Bristol’s...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Right hon. Member for East Ham of 15 September 2021 on the...

      Building Safety Bill: Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether limited partnerships are included within the definition of associated persons in the draft Building Safety Bill;...

      Housing Revenue Accounts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) the Local Government Association and (b) council leaders on the potential impact of...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (a) when the task force on older people’s housing announced in the Levelling Up White Paper will be formally...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare dated 4 January and 1 February 2022...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Business: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on identifying the UK business interests of those in President Putin's inner...

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the understandable diversion of resources and attention...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much by value and what proportion of the humanitarian aid for Ukrainian refugees is being deployed to the...

      Ukraine: Radioactive Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the maintenance of radiation safety across Ukraine; and what steps she is...

      Iran: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many trials of British citizens in Iran’s Revolutionary Courts have been attended by British officials...

      Eastern Europe: BBC Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to take steps with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to increase the...

      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her policy is on whether Iran's treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe constitutes torture.

      Ukraine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure the provision of (a) water, (b) food, (c) healthcare and...

      National Cyber Security Centre: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK personnel have worked at the National Cyber Security Centre in each year since 2015.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her European counterparts to provide humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff from her Department were assisting refugees in Calais in the week commencing 28 February 2022.

      Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to support the provision of food supplies to developing countries that received...

      Ukraine: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the levels of need for humanitarian support for displaced children in (a) Ukraine...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to NATO countries bordering Ukraine on humanitarian...

      Africa: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of citizens of African states resident in Ukraine before 24...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that sanctions on Russia do not prevent ongoing humanitarian work in (a)...

      Russia: Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Russian counterpart on that country's obligations under the UN Convention...

      Yandex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential links between the Russian entity, Yandex, and the Russian state in the...

      Afghanistan: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to co-host a pledging summit to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

      Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) her Department will provide funding to UK fire fighting manufacturers to produce and send fire...

      Brazil: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to (a) increase monitoring of human rights in Brazil and (b) include Brazil in her Department's...

      Russia: Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports of increasing (a) air force and (b)...

      Brazil: Election Observers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's position is on sending election observers to Brazil for the 2022 Presidential Election.

      Brazil: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Brazilian counterpart on a peaceful transfer of power in the event that...

      Ethiopia: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on security in Ethiopia of the recent killing of workers near the Grand...

      Nigeria: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to the Government of Nigeria in relation to (a) the human rights implications of mass...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Abduction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is providing to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to (a) enable judicial and...

      Evariste Djaï-Loramadji

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she is offering to the Government of Chad on helping to ensure (a) a full investigation into and (b)...

      Madagascar: Storms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March to Question 129089, (a) what proportions of the (i) 500,000 children under 5...

  • Scotland Office

    • Places for Growth Programme: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the progress of the Places for Growth programme.

    • Fisheries: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for sustainable fishing and fisheries science in Scotland.

  • Cabinet Office

    • National Lottery Community Fund: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what records his Department holds on contact between (a) the No. 10 appointment unit and (b) Conservative Party officials on the appointment of the...

    • National Economic Recovery Taskforce (Logistics)

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister chairs the National Economic Recovery Taskforce (Logistics); and when the most recent meeting of that taskforce on logistics took place.

      National Lottery Community Fund: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2022 to Question 126900, what records are held of correspondence between the No 10 appointments unit and the...

      Heating: Health

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is co-ordinating discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Business, Energy and...

      Ministers: Members' Interests

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Minister for Brexit Opportunities has no conflict of interest in...

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends of the level of former employees being denied furlough payments for which they are eligible by employers.

    • Deposit Return Schemes: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the cost of VAT to manufacturers where the Scottish Deposit Return Scheme reaches an 80 per cent bottle...

      Transport: Freight

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 132251 on Transport: Freight, what steps HRMC takes a declarant does not provide the transport costs on...

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will delay the planned national insurance increase due to take place in April 2022 in response to the increase in fuel costs.

      Retail Trade: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of business rates on the wellbeing of high streets.

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reform business rates.

      Off-payroll Working

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a mechanism by which, under IR35 rules, the deemed payment figure declared to HMRC, as reported by...

      Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will enable local authorities to levy a tax on people staying on vacation in short term holiday lets, B&Bs, guest houses or hotels.

      Electricity: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review the VAT regime for electricity, in order to support electric vehicle uptake.

      Health and Social Care Levy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to the Question 134094 on Health and Social Care Levy, if the Government will publish the complete Family Test...

      Empty Property: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of charging empty high street properties additional business rates in the event that they do not...

      National Lottery

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the difference has been in the amount of expected income to the Exchequer from the National Lottery and actual income so received in the most recent...

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125543, on Mortgages, what estimate he has made of the total number of lifetime mortgage customers...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that organisations that received covid-19 loans repay a fair amount of the funding they received.

      Housing: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of house prices across the UK on the number of first time buyers (a) applying and...

      Credit: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulatory checks on buy now pay later apps including Clearpay and Klarna.

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he has provided to banks, financial services and providers regarding early termination fees for Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes.

      Debts: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with G7 finance ministers on debt cancellation for Ukraine with specific reference to (a) International Monetary Fund debt, (b)...

      Prisons: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional funding in Barnett consequentials to help ensure that prisons throughout the UK meet their obligations under UN guidelines.

      Treasury: Social Media

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lowered alcohol duty on (a) beer, (b) cider and (c) other alcoholic beverages on rates...

      Fuels: Excise Duties and VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing VAT on road fuels and (b) retaining the freeze on road fuels excise duty in the...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of a temporary reduction in fuel duty.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Tennis: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will take steps to prevent Russian players participating at Wimbledon tennis tournament.

    • Ofcom: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has spent (a) in total and (b) with Saxton Bampfylde recruitment advisers for the appointment of a new...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has for informing consumers about changes that will happen to their telephone and internet services...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to assess Ofcom's performance against its strategic objective of delivering fair and...

      Youth Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to phase 1 of the Youth Investment Fund, what her timeframe is for the allocation of funds to successful applicants.

      Gambling: Addictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of the danger of gambling addiction.

      Disinformation: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has evidence of Russian disinformation efforts aimed at disrupting UK society, including through (a) RT...

      5G: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of potential merits of amending planning legislation to facilitate the roll out of 5G;...

      Internet: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2022 to Question 129183 on Digital Technology: Disadvantaged, if he will take steps to help...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to respond to the enquiry of 24 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney regarding Mr....

      5G: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the OpenRan 5G project rollout in Wales; what the planned timetable is for that project to go...

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of bank branch closures on small and medium sized charities.

      Culture: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure cultural institutions trading in or housing cultural objects and materials...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Concessions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to encourage rail companies to allow Ukrainian refugees to travel free of charge on UK rail networks.

    • Transport for London: Industrial Disputes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost to (1) London's economy, and (2) the national economy, of the industrial action taken by train drivers during the week...

      London Underground: Trains

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they (1) have had, or (2) intend to have, with the Mayor of London regarding contributions by the Government to fund the cost of introducing...

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 3 March (HL6222 and HL6223), which space-based augmentation systems they are investigating as...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Audit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors' report, Cultivating a healthy culture, dated March 2022; and what steps, if...

    • District Heating

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the financial impact of rising energy prices on households with district heat systems that are not covered by the energy price cap;...

      Company Accounts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 5 March 2018 (HL5587) and to the article in The Times ‘Standards board ‘looks like a...

      UK Endorsement Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the documents referred to in the article in The Times ‘Standards board ‘looks like a cabal’’, published on 7 February.

      UK Endorsement Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the documents referred to in the article in The Times ‘Standards board ‘looks like a cabal’’, published on 7 February.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Belarus: Political Prisoners

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the human rights standards for the imprisonment of political prisoners in Belarus.

    • Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are giving to (1) Poland, and (2) other countries, who are receiving refugees from Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by the government of the United States that five million people could be displaced by the conflict in...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to facilitate an investigation by the International Criminal Court into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine.

      Mikita Yemialyianau

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Belarus regarding Mikita Yemialyianau, who is currently imprisoned in that country.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been in contact with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to seek an investigation into potential war crimes committed by...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Russian forces have attacked a nursery school and an orphanage in Ukraine; and what steps, if any, they are taking...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a travel ban on President Putin and Sergey Lavrov.

      Syria: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what diplomatic presence the UK has in Syria.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Gun Sports: Lead

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in support of voluntary efforts to phase out the use of lead shot by game hunters in England; and what plans they have, if any, to...

    • Fishing Catches

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to publish an action plan with (1) timebound targets to minimise fish species bycatch, and (2) guidance on mitigation measures...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made regarding the implementation of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

    • Road Traffic Offences: Cycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cyclists were (1) apprehended, and (2) fined, for going through red traffic lights in London for each of the last three years.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to co-ordinate the response of the four nations of the UK to ensure the most effective approach to supporting Ukrainian refugees.

      English Language: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish radio and television programmes teaching English to refugees and asylum seekers; and what discussions they have had...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned research on (1) significant fire safety defects, and (2) other significant structural defects, in residential buildings in England...

    • Political Parties: Expenditure

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 10 March 2021 (HL13610), what representations they received from (1) the Local Government Association, (2)...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what levels of documented scrutiny, including photo ID, is expected to apply in future for voters at a polling station; what assessment they have made as to how...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to bring into force the un-commenced provisions of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009, regarding donations from...

      Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate more rapid (1) distribution, and (2) return, of postal votes to UK citizens overseas who are registered voters in general...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Homicide: Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 4 February (HL5661), what is the latest available data on youth deaths by stabbing in (1) London, (2)...

    • Intelligence Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to increase resources for the UK's intelligence services.

      Government Departments: Bullying and Harassment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) bullying, (2) harassment, and (3) discrimination, in Government departments were reported in each of the last three years; and how many of...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Social Media: Belarus and Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage social media platforms to suspend the accounts of the political leaders from (1) Russia, and (2) Belarus.

    • Companies: Surveillance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to regulate companies' use of technological systems to monitor people.

      Musicians: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce measures to assist young musicians wishing to tour in the EU; and whether any such plans will be introduced before the end of July.

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