Written answers

Thursday, 17 March 2022

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on how much is spent annually on cancer research in the UK (a) through NCRI partners and (b) by all those...

    • Hysteroscopy: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of fear of painful hysteroscopy has had on uptake of procedures.

      Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his officials have had with NHS England about the meeting held on the 4 February 2022 with the Campaign Against Painful...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer 6 December 2021 to Question 85353 on Dental Services: Coronavirus, for what reason an assessment has not been made.

      Gynaecology: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy responds to the views of women who have experienced...

      Hepatitis: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of pregnant women living with Hepatitis C.

      Endometriosis and Polycystic ovary syndrome : Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will undertake research to identify the causes of endometriosis and PCOS.

      Genetic Engineering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the number of cell and gene therapies expected to come to the UK market in the next 10...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to control the transmission of covid-19 in areas where NHS services are under pressure as a result of high...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the advice he has received from SAGE in relation to the announcement by the Prime Minister that the regulations on...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been recorded as having (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow tests for covid-19 in each of the last three months.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the transmission rates of covid-19 in areas where there are a relatively higher levels of hospital...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidential basis and data which support the move away from the guidance of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to reduce infection rates of covid-19 in the context of recent levels of covid-19 hospital admissions.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing the provision of free covid-19 testing beyond 1 April 2022 in the...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who have received a diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome will be included in future...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the estimated cost of providing free lateral flow tests following the Government's lifting of...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department plans to put in place to help protect clinically vulnerable people (a) under the strategy for living with...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of using the community pharmacy sector to provide covid-19 vaccinations on an annual basis...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals of the Rights for Residents campaign to strengthen...

      Care Homes: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is gathering evidence to assess the (a) physical and (b) mental health impact of isolation in care settings.

      England Infected Blood Support Scheme: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has communicated the right to claim from the England Infected Blood Support scheme to veterans who were infected...

      Earwax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing ear wax irrigation services on the NHS, particularly for (a)...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients have not been seen within (a) the eight main operational standards for cancer waiting times and (b) the three...

      Cancer: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a report of the Bilateral Scientific Summit; and if he will provide additional resources to support the UK’s...

      Motor Neurone Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that £50m for targeted MND research will be awarded in full to the scientific programme set out in the...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in workforce levels in the community pharmacy sector.

      Long Covid: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in England and Wales receiving therapeutic treatments on prescription for the...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of community pharmacy funding.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of continuing to provide free covid-19 lateral flow tests for care home visitors.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measure of inflation over what period of time was used by his Department to determine the increase in NHS prescription charges...

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential health risks of water fluoridation.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an adoption allowance for self-employed people that is the equivalent to...

    • State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining the state pension triple lock for the year 2022-23; and if she will...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to support Access to Work applicants facing delays in the processing of their application; and if she will make...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will re-introduce the six-month extension of Access to Work grant awards for claimants who rely on support workers and are experiencing...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact on Afghan refugees of residing in bridging hotels for more than six months under...

    • Refugees: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from bridging hotels were resettled in each week in each of the last two months.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's criteria are for prioritising Afghan refugees for resettlement.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of being accommodated in bridging hotels based away from communities on the ability of Afghan...

      Refugees: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a time limit for the period of time a refugee spends in a bridging hotel.

      Subversion: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) prevent Russian interference in the UK political system by funding (i) UK...

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to give support to victims of domestic abuse to help pay mortgage costs and legal fees following financial...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new roles have been created in Leeds for his Department’s civil servants since December 2019.

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) civil servants and (b) civil servant roles have been relocated out of London since December 2019.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of his Department’s civil servants at Grade 6 or above are based in (a) Leeds and (b) London.

      Housing First

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has a planned timetable for the rollout of the Housing First programme in (a) general and (b) York.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Communication and Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing since September 2021.

      Electoral Register: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Elections Bill on barriers to independent voting for disabled...

      Land Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to protect Grade 1 land from housing and solar developments to preserve land for the...

      Holiday Accommodation: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to use (a) Airbnb and (b) other short-term holiday lets for the purpose of homing refugees...

      Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, whether individuals currently claiming the Single Person discount on...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.

  • Treasury

    • Biofuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to postpone the proposed changes to red diesel and rebated biofuel due to come into effect on 1 April 2022.

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason VAT treatment differs for residential off-street electric vehicle charging and public charging.

      Housing: Building Alterations

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of the 28 January 2022 to Question 110444 and 13 January 2022 to Question 103583 on on Housing: Building Alterations, what analysis...

      Exports: North West Norfolk

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of companies in North West Norfolk that are exporting to other countries.

      Agency Workers: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the obligations on employment agencies and umbrella companies under Schedule 44, Section 2 of...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of revenue that will be raised by the loan charge.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help lower the rate of inflation.

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the 2018 Sanctions Act on the Government's ability to sanction individuals implicated in the...

      National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of employers with an annual Class 1 National Insurance liability greater than £91,699 and less...

      Financial Services: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review: Proposals for Reform, what assessment he has made of the impact of introducing...

      Financial Conduct Authority: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Future Regulatory Framework Review, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new...

      Debts: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he (a) plans to cancel Ukraine's outstanding debts owed to the UK and (b) has had discussions with G7 finance ministers on a coordinated response...

      Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the prevalence of the use of buy now pay later products to purchase (a) toiletries, (b) food and (c)...

      Domicil: Jersey

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with counterparts in Jersey regarding the granting of 21E high-net-worth individual residency rights to Russian...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a limited fuel duty rebate of 15 pence per litre for essential users.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Digital Markets Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to bring forward primary legislative proposals for the relevant statutory framework for the Digital Markets...

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to...

      Building Digital UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the work of Building Digital UK in making subsidies available to the five...

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to get a full-fibre connection to every property in the UK and set a new, evidence-based, target...

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of starting an information campaign to make landlords...

      Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department is making with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities of the potential merits...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a senior manager in her Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.

      Television: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 131312, on Television: Children, for what reason the Young Audience’s Content Fund...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Companies House: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Companies House has plans to increase the number of full-time equivalent staff it employs in 2022 to work...

    • Energy: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to monitor above inflation increases in standing charges by energy companies; and what...

      Liquefied Natural Gas: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help put in place long-term liquified natural gas contracts with counterparties including...

      Companies House: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff there are employed at Companies House who work solely on investigating the accuracy...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason she had not applied sanctions to the 14 Russian businesspeople and family associates placed on the...

    • Russia: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of reports of requests from Russia for Chinese military assistance; and...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who sought asylum and refuge in Ukraine are receiving support and...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she will take to ensure that Russian Oligarchs are unable to exploit loopholes in sanctions imposed...

      Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136706 on Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services, for what reason that Answer did not...

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of reports of property seizures of people belonging to the Bahai' community in...

      Ukraine: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of cancelling Ukraine's national debt.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement by the Government on 7 March 2022 that the UK will provide an additional...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the passage of refugees fleeing Ukraine.

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Iranian counterparts on recommencing the 2015 nuclear deal between...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the sanctions announced on 9 March 2022 jointly by her Department and the Department of Transport will...

      Latin America: Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Latin America on the legalisation of same-sex marriage in...

      Non-governmental Organisations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she expects to announce a future round of applications for impact grant funding.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its...

      Yoon Suk-yeol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policy of the election of Yoon Suk-yeol as...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the long-term military posture and stability of Asia and the Pacific.

    • Ukraine: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he has made an assessment of whether the Azov regiment in Ukraine’s armed forces is a neo-Nazi or other far-right force.

      Ukraine: Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any members of Ukraine's Azov Movement have access to UK-supplied anti-tank weapons.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) role and (b) political outlook of the Azov regiment within Ukraine’s armed forces.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any units relating to the Azov Movement are under the command of Ukraine’s armed forces.

      RAF College Cranwell: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the reason for the hot water having failed again at RAFC Cranwell.

      Shipping: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bids his Department received regarding the purchase of a Special Purpose Vessel for Navy X.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the Millbrook Test Report on AJAX.

      Falkland Islands: Argentina

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent strategic assessment of the threat posed by Argentina towards the Falkland Islands in the context of recent...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are plans to recover unused UK-supplied weapons from Ukraine after the conflict.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.

      Ministry of Defence: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a senior manager in his Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.

  • Cop26

    • Climate Change: China

      To ask the President of COP26, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on tackling climate change.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

    • Scotland Office: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.

      Scotland Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.

      Scotland Office: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether a senior official in his Department has responsibility for departmental sustainability.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to encourage UK-based companies to end trade with Russia.

    • Fossil Fuels: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to help accelerate the ambition of other countries to divest in Russian fossil fuels; and if he will make an assessment...

      Overseas Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if her Department will assess all UK trade in (a) goods and (b) services with (i) individuals, (ii) organisations and (iii) businesses based...

      Metals and Minerals: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of stopping the trade of Russian precious rare metals and minerals,...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the licence requirements for a member of the public to send protective body armour equipment to Ukraine.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality Act 2010

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress she has made in identifying funding to extend the time limits for Equality Act claims from three to six months; and if he will make a...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the value of ticket sales processed through train station ticket offices in each of the last five years.

    • Electric Scooters: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to amend regulations in respect of privately owned electric powered scooters.

      Road Traffic: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will review his Department's estimates of projected traffic growth on the strategic network to take account of changed behaviours as a result of...

      Roads: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to reject any proposed new road scheme where the benefit-cost ratio is less than two.

      Bicycles: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve cycle safety in Oxfordshire.

      Railways: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage passenger growth and support passenger capacity on the Oxford to Birmingham railway routes.

      Cross Country Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date his Department plans to restore Cross Country Trains to two services per hour between Oxford and Birmingham.

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the data his Department holds on the size of the backlog of applications to the DVLA; and what steps he is taking to reduce that...

      Electric Scooters: Trains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of facilities to store e-scooters on trains.

      Electric Scooters: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the risk of spontaneous combustion of e-scooter batteries.

      Motor Vehicles: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) safety of the use of bright LED car headlights and (b) adequacy of vehicle safety standards...

      Highway Code: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on traffic accidents, injuries and deaths of updates to the Highway Code made on 29...

      Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of (a) reductions to (i) bus services and (ii) night bus services over the last 10...

      Shipping: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent (a) vessels and (b) cargo of Russian origin from docking in UK ports.

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to remove covid-19 restrictions on international travel.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to enable home charging points for electric vehicles for people who park in the street and do not have driveways or garages.

      Boats: River Thames

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of levels of carbon emissions from pleasure boats on the River Thames; and what plans he has to reduce...

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his review of the implementation of the Clean Maritime Plan.

      Trains: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has published for wheelchair users and train staff on evacuating a train in the event of a fire.

      Aviation: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will conduct a review of colour vision regulations for commercial pilots in the UK.

  • Department for Education

    • Adoption: Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish an equalities impact assessment on statutory adoption pay, including how it relates to the decision not to extend an equivalent of...

    • Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a geographical breakdown by (a) local authority and (b) Parliamentary constituency of his Department's statistics published on 3...

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that all looked after children aged 16 and...

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help support people arriving from Ukraine to receive English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.

      Qualifications: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equitable assessments of qualifications for students.

      Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the remit is of the expert panel working on the refreshed national plan for music education.

      Schools: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools and colleges will be required to collect further evidence of students' work in the event that exams are cancelled in response to the...

      Broadband: Optical Fibres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help develop open online tests and skills training that enables people to demonstrate they have the right...

      Independent Assessment Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the final report of the Independent Assessment Commission, published on 2 February...

      Falkland Islands: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands, what steps his Department is taking to educate students on the...

      Primary Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on primary education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the appropriateness of...

      Further Education: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has provided to further education colleges in London in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.

      Primary Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of a profession-led review of the assessment system used in primary schools.

      Further Education: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of the post-16 level 2 and below qualifications are in scope for removal for the consultation which launched on 2 March 2022, by title and level.

      Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to work closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) in order that funds, initiatives and guidance from DHSC...

      Further Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of staff vacancy rates in the specialist further education sector; what assessment he has made of the...

      Apprentices: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 137257, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of apprenticeships in the...

      Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to help ensure that people undergoing vocational training have sufficient access to childcare.

      Further Education: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide more detailed guidance for colleges on how to recruit staff from overseas.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Ammonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce (a) herd sizes and (b) fertiliser spreading in the UK to reduce ammonia emissions.

    • Honey: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent honey fraud to ensure consumer confidence in honey production.

      Plastics: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) work with international counterparts on tackling plastic pollution and (b) implement the...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement a single social tariff for water and sewerage services.

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, whether it is his Department's policy that farmed ducks should...

      Pigs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a compensation scheme for pig farmers who are unable to...

      Pets: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the dog abduction...

      Food: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of plant-based food consumption in the UK; and what assessment he has...

  • Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Solicitors

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cost to Secretary of State for Justice's Department of the Crown Prosecution Service converting a broader...

    • Attorney General: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Attorney General, whether a senior manager in her Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Profession: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help increase diversity in the legal profession.

    • Judiciary: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase diversity among the judiciary in England and Wales.

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the level of need for (a) all civil legal aid services and (b) education-related legal aid services as of 14 March 2022.

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of civil legal aid capacity on (a) individuals who are entitled to legal aid but cannot access a legal aid...

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government provides support financial support to victims of domestic abuse who (a) cannot access shared equity assets and (b) are not...

      Courts: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the use of pre-recorded evidence on the efficiency of court cases.

      Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much criminal legal aid has been spent on accelerated measures applicable to the (a) Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme and (b) Litigators' Graduated...

      Prison and Probation Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent equality analysis his Department has made of the HMPPS staff fitness test.

      Courts: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the roll out of the Common Platform in England.

      Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 133193, on Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks, what plans his Department has to evaluate the short- and...

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the delays experienced by people seeking to gain powers of attorney.

      Rape: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for sexual offences excluding rape were abandoned (a) from their start dates and (b) due to a lack of (i) prosecution and (ii) defence...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Defibrillators

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require all Government (a) buildings and (b) infrastructure to have a defibrillator.

    • Prime Minister: Lord Lebedev

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime minister last met Lord Ledebev of Hampton and Siberia.

      Russia: Electronic Warfare

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) what assessment his Department made to the threat that Russian cyber-attacks poses to UK security and (b) what measures his Department has...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether victims of the blood contamination scandal and their legal teams will have the opportunity to view the report into the framework for...

      Supply Chain Advisory Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish the findings and recommendations from the Supply Chain Taskforce which concluded its report in January 2022.

      Defence: Civilians

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans there are for civilian defence in the event of a nuclear attack.

      Infected Blood Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infected Blood Inquiry report will be published (a) in full, and (b) directly after it is submitted to the Government.

      Internet: Data Protection

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the level of risk to UK citizens' data where that data is hosted on public cloud providers; and steps his Department...

      Prime Minister: Lord Udny-Lister

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Udny-Lister currently advises the Prime Minister in any capacity.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Members: Coronavirus

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have tested positive for covid-19 (a) in the week commencing 7 March 2022 and (b) since...

  • Department for Transport

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Sanctions: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to allow contracts with Russian entities to be broken without becoming liable for damages.

    • Offshore Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) legislative controls, and (2) licensing agreements, govern the (a) accountability, (b) liability, (c) market restrictions, and (d) other controls, of oil...

  • Department for Education

    • UK College of Business and Computing: Graduates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in graduation rate at the UK College of Business and Computing from 8 per cent in 2016 to 78 per cent in 2017; and...

    • Students: Russia and Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) Ukrainian, and (2) Russian, students in the UK can continue their studies in (a) schools, and (b) places of higher education; and what steps they will...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Peers: Computers and Printing Machinery

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many members of the House of Lords have a (1) laptop, (2) desktop, and (3) printer (a) in their parliamentary office, or (b) at home, paid for out of House of...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to help people fleeing from Ukraine; what discussions they have had with other European countries about the provision of...

    • Ukraine: Geneva Conventions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what tactful representations they will make to the government of Ukraine about the need to adhere to the Geneva Conventions; and in particular Article 13, which...

      BBC World Service: Russian Language

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make an immediate one-off grant in aid to the BBC World Service to enable it to increase its Russian services (1) online, and (2) over the air.

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Williams of Trafford to all peers on 2 March regarding the Nationality and Borders Bill and offshoring, whether any such...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Oxford-Cambridge Arc

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the plan for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc was not included in their Levelling Up white paper; what is the status of growth plans for the Arc; and whether the Arc...

    • Disadvantaged

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the top 20 per cent most deprived areas in the country, as determined by the indices of multiple deprivation.

      Leasehold

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require the sales and promotional material for individual leasehold properties to include (1) copies of the legislation relating...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Employment: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the disability employment gap was discussed in Cabinet in each of the last three years; which Cabinet Committee has oversight of the policy; and...

    • UK Relations with EU: Statistics

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, for statistical collaboration between the UK and the EU as set out in the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, with regard to...

      Ministerial Statements: Collective Responsibility

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what processes they have in place to ensure that ministerial statements have support across Government.

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 22 February (HL6066), when the draft Public Procurement Bill will be published; and when...

  • Treasury

    • Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ask the EU to ease the administrative and paperwork requirements for lorries carrying medicines and humanitarian supplies to Ukraine.

    • Environment Protection: Investment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Penn on 2 March (HL Deb col 812) about cooperating with the government of China on a green taxonomy, what fora are these...

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