Written answers

Friday, 18 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Blue Badge pass holders are able to use that badge when travelling in Europe.

    • Department for Transport: Sustainable Development

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

      Department for Transport: Training

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

      Transport for London: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what non-capital funding his Department provided to Transport for London in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available.

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has carried out an equality impact assessment of bereaved partners losing access to the Two Together railcard following the...

      Railways: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in the context of reductions in rail passenger demand resulting in reduced services, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of...

      Bus Services: Newcastle Upon Tyne East and Wallsend

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) economic, (b) social and (c) environmental impact on the local area of the removal of the Q3 bus between St...

      Bus Services and Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will launch a campaign this summer to encourage the general public to return to travelling by bus and train.

      Bus Services and Railways: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £150 million support package for bus and light rail operators announced on 1 March 2022 will be allocated to operators in...

      Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Government has not yet introduced mandatory disability awareness training for taxi drivers through new national minimum standards...

      Taxis: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce mandatory disability awareness training for taxi and private hire drivers through new national minimum...

      Railways: Trespass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to protect people from trespassing on railways.

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in the (a) London Borough of Ealing or (b) lowest level data set available in each of the last four...

    • Special Educational Needs: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for consulting on the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Review.

      Department for Education: Sustainable Development

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

      Department for Education: Training

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

      Special Educational Needs: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support pupils with Special Education Needs in the Borough of Havering.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to collect data from local authorities on the provision of early help services.

      Schools: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require every school to have a defibrillator.

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to include colleges when distributing Government funding to help those educational settings...

      Further Education: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require local authorities to establish a joint local authority provider for further education planning forums with...

      Further Education: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of choice available for students of streamlining post-16 qualifications.

      Further Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to include further education recruitment in his Department's planned advertising and campaigning.

      Veterinary Medicine: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting a second student loan to prospective veterinary studies students who have already...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made on (a) the increase in energy prices for consumers and (b) the impact if that on...

    • Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an independent watchdog for fuel pump...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the costs of electricity and gas transmission and distribution networks to consumers.

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to amend the Weights and Measures Act to decrease the 500 litre minimum required for a delivery of...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of floating offshore wind deployment required by 2035 to meet the...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its analysis of potential offshore wind development scenarios which could be in...

      Petrochemicals: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to invest in biofuels as an alternative to petrochemicals.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce financial protection for consumers of heating oil equivalent to the existing...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support consumers with the rising price of heating oil.

      Fuels: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure competition in the fuel industry.

      Fuels: Ashfield and Eastwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in Ashfield and Eastwood constituency can access fuel for cars.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of (a) air and (b) ground source heat pumps to help decrease dependency...

      Small Businesses: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure the effective delivery of a ZEV charging infrastructure roadmap for small...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to invest in the skills required for retrofitting homes; and what estimate he has made of the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its...

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what strategies he has put in place with Cabinet colleagues to ensure effective implementation of policies that support...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to include the proposals in the Local Electricity Bill in any forthcoming energy bill.

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to develop tidal power as a significant alternative source of energy in light of the energy...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to increase (a) on- and (b) off-shore wind power.

      District Heating: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what regulations currently apply to district heating schemes to protect consumers; and whether he is considering...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of investing in retrofitting homes to...

      Companies House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Companies House on the estimated time it will take to implement the...

      Companies: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether companies that have been sanctioned by the UK or are owned by people who have been sanctioned by the UK in...

      Companies: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies owned by Russian nationals or with significant links to Russia received (a) bounce back loans, (b)...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that claims on the state back guarantee on bounce back loans are assessed for...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Standard Contract 2022-23, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients waiting 12 hours or...

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 PCR tests the NHS has sent to patients in the E17 postcode area as part of the programme to identify positive cases...

      Haematology: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of haematological workforce shortages on patient (a) outcome and (b) experience in (i) Coventry...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) FTE nurses, (b) midwives and (c) health visitors were there in the NHS workforce as of 30 September 2019 and as of December 2021.

      General Practitioners: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of the GP pension scheme administration by PCSE against its...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the roll out will begin of the primary course of covid-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11, who are in a clinical risk group...

      Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on (a) the reasons for the Cheshire/Mersey integrated care system's (ICS) appointment of an assistant Medical...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 2 November 2021 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay, and subsequent emails of 20...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many female patients aged between 40 and 60 received prescriptions for hormone replacement therapy in each of the last three years;...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when a reply will be given to the right Hon. member for New Forest East to his letter of 6 December 2021 about a constituent who is...

      Royal Shrewsbury Hospital: Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for in-patients in Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to be seen by a cardiology consultant after a referral to a...

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish his guidance on covid-19 testing for care home visitors from 1 April 2022.

      Mental Health Services: Children

      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 the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on children’s...

      Tourette's Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to research into the (a) causes of and (b) treatments for...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that covid-19 lateral flow tests are available to care homes free of charge.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Human Rights

      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 China’s use of the charge of...

    • Myanmar: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff are currently employed in the British Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar; and how many staff were employed...

      Sanctions: Belarus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development, how sanctions against senior military personnel in Belarus for their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine differ...

      Zhang Chunlei

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterparts in the (a) United Nations, (b) US Administration or (c) EU...

      Zhang Chunlei

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports of the detention of Pastor Zhang Chunlei; and...

      Somaliland: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting Somaliland diplomatic recognition.

      Pakistan: Kashmir

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to the Government of Pakistan on maintaining the status of Gilgit Baltistan apart...

      Ukraine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance the Government is providing to students trapped in the Sumy region of Ukraine.

      Myanmar: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has received representations on the death penalties given to Myanmar activists, Ko Jimmy and Zeyar...

      Palestinians: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the latest Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Palestinian Authority (PA),...

      Myanmar: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of supporting the referral of Myanmar to the International...

      Multilateral Aid: Forced Labour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127358 on Multilateral Aid: Forced Labour, what assessment...

      Development Aid: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effect of the reduction of Official Development...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether a senior manager in her Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.

      Development Aid: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she plans to take in the next financial year to diversify UK aid partners and give more opportunities...

      Ukraine: Haemophilia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the European Haemophilia Consortium and other stakeholders on ensuring...

      British Embassy Washington: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the renovation of the British residence in Washington DC has exceeded its contractual completion...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Profession: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation on the matter of law firms...

    • Legal Profession: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of sanctioning law firms working for Russian clients with cases in the...

      Victims' Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason his Department is advertising for the role of a Victims Commissioner prior to the introduction of the proposed Victims bill to...

      Prisoners' Release: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to agree and implement a Women’s Prison Release Protocol with co-signatories to the London Blueprint for Women in...

      Courts: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of courts have begun using the common platform system since its roll out.

      Judiciary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new entrants to the judiciary there have been in each year since 2017.

      Jeremy Bamber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what (a) public interest grounds and (b) risk assessment evidence Jeremy Bamber has remained a category A prisoner for 36 years.

      Jeremy Bamber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what (a) public interest grounds and (b) risk assessment evidence Jeremy Bamber was given a whole life tariff.

      Domestic Abuse: McKenzie Friends

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that domestic abuse victims have access to a McKenzie friend in courts.

      Cemeteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is for the re-use of graves across England and Wales.

      Ministry of Justice: Training

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

      Ministry of Justice: Sustainable Development

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

      Sentencing: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review sentencing for women including potential alternatives to short-term sentences for non-violent offences.

  • Treasury

    • Economic Situation: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce economic inequality in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d)...

    • Revenue and Customs: Travel

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce HMRC's backlog of travel expense repayments.

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation in each month from March 2019 to March 2022.

      Housing: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of reviewing the house price limit for Lifetime ISA withdrawal.

      Business: Money

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage businesses to accept cash payments following the end of covid-19 restrictions.

      Credit Cards: Surcharges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) removing credit charge surcharges on businesses selling high-value items and (b) policy on the...

      Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Government's response to its consultation on the Regulation of Buy-Now Pay-Later.

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any companies that have been sanctioned by the UK or are owned by people who have been sanctioned by the UK in relation to Russia's invasion of...

      Cider: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, If he will make it his policy that a minimum 85 per cent juice threshold is required for a product to be taxed and sold as cider.

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to wine duty announced in his Alcohol Duty Review on (a) inflation and (b) the cost of living.

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers on the cost of living.

      Motor Vehicles: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to mitigate the recent increase in the cost of motoring for people and households on low incomes who rely on their vehicle...

      Capital Investment: Climate Change

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy for all Public Sector Net Investment (PSNI) decisions to be subject to a test to determine whether they advance the...

      Hospitality Industry: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling his Department has undertaken on the impact of the rise in National Insurance Contributions and the removal of remaining covid-19 Government...

      Beer: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Small Brewers Relief Scheme, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased tax bills on breweries...

      Treasury: Training

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

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing Mileage Allowance Payments for business travel from 45 pence in the context of the rise...

      Diesel Fuel and Petrol: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reducing VAT on (a) petrol and (b) diesel.

      Treasury: Sustainable Development

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

      Energy: Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential revenues available to the Exchequer through increasing corporation tax for North Sea oil and gas companies...

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of potential revenues available to the Exchequer through an increase in dividend taxation for North Sea oil and gas companies...

      Cost of Living: Coventry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department plans to take to help reduce the impact on households in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry of the rise...

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase pay in real terms for public sector workers.

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church of England: Finance

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what alternative approaches to savings were considered at the same time as large parish structures and why...

    • Church of England: Finance

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate he has made of the potential net financial saving of areas that plan to implement large parish...

      Church of England: Finance

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the announcements of the cities of Leicester, Lincoln and Liverpool on plans to implement...

      Church of England: Finance

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the Church of England’s report, entitled From Anecdote to Evidence, what planning...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the personnel who have occupied positions within the Programme Management Office of the AJAX Programme since 2016.

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a breakdown of the roles within the AJAX Programme Management Office within the Army.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a formal contract has been awarded by his Department to (a) identify the root causes of the issues with the AJAX programme and (c) find a...

      Warships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to use the security exemption offered under World Trade Organisation rules to exclude foreign companies from bids to construct and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance was provided by her Department to personal independence payment recipients who were at risk of losing their entitlement but...

    • Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart Scheme placements have been (a) approved, (b) advertised and (c) started by young people by (i) nation, (ii) region and...

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proposals from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation for a cross-departmental...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish details of any land owned by his Department in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry of 18 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney with the reference number...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Training

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

      Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many independent case examiners there are to assess complaints in respect of the Child Maintenance Service.

      Social Security Benefits: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) encourage the take-up of social security benefits by people who are entitled to them.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Sustainable Development

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

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is the policy of her Department not to provide claimants with the reasons for an overpayment occurring in instances when the Risk...

      Universal Credit: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she will take to ensure that people with mental health conditions do not lose their benefit entitlement during managed migration...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a 12 month eligibility definition for fast-track access to...

      Citizens Advice: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to increase support to Citizens Advice charities to help meet increased demand following the easing of covid-19 restrictions.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase benefits rates in line with inflation from April 2022.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of butchers.

    • Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the proportion of culled badgers that are culled by free shooting, (b) the...

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of a balanced diet including whole grains throughout the country.

      Trade: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's response of 26 January 2022 to the Environmental Audit Committee's Second Report, what...

      Fertilisers: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support British (a) farmers and (b) businesses that may be effected by shortages of...

      Food Supply: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on food supply to the UK of the invasion of Ukraine.

      Food Resilience Industry Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reconvene the Food Resilience Industry Forum to discuss the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the food...

      Animal Feed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to assist UK farmers to source animal feed with respect to disruption caused to supply chains by the...

      Ammonia: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on tonnage of primary emissions of ammonia in the UK in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021 of...

      Pet Travel Scheme: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue pet passports for Ukrainian refugees who arrive in the UK via the Ukraine Family Scheme visa with pets.

      Birds of Prey: Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the data published by Natural England on 15 December 2021 on the number of satellite tags on...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Sustainable Development

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

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the acres of grassland and arable land that will be required to sustainably feed the projected...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the shortage of self-adhesive labels on the food supply chain.

      Pets: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing visual checks at (a) ports and (b) the Eurotunnel to...

      Air Pollution: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the overall mass of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the major urban areas of southern England in 2020...

      Nutrition: Public Private Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a public-private partnership in the UK to increase the low levels of...

      Fires: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reverse the annual increase in particulate emissions from residential burning (domestic...

      Solvents: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions from the domestic use of solvents in household products including cleaning...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition...

      Fertilisers and Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on UK food security; and what steps he is...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's services are hosted on public cloud providers; and which of those services are hosted on (a) Amazon Web...

    • Julian Assange

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Operation Pelican commenced; which Government departments were involved in that operation; how many Government staff were assigned to...

      United Kingdom Football Policing Unit: National Police Chiefs' Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits and dis-benefits of transferring the Home Office UK Football Policing Unit to the...

      Begging and Vagrancy: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in London in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.

      Metropolitan Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police constables have been employed in the Metropolitan Police Service in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to respond to the correspondence from the Member for High Peak constituency, dated 22 December 2021, referenced RL25134.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • House Insurance: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions has he had with representatives of insurance providers to ensure continued insurance coverage for...

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to provide financial support to people who volunteer to house Ukrainian refugees in their...

      Refugees: Ukraine

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

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is sufficient social housing stock available for larger families.

      Renewable Energy: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to update planning laws to support an increase in the contribution of wind, solar and other...

      Housing: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to rising house prices, what recent steps he has taken to help first-time buyers own a property.

      Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to rising household costs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for...

      Council Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many completions of new council homes there were in London in each of the last 12 years for which figures are available.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Sustainable Development

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

      Waking Watch Relief Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what criteria his Department used to assess applications to the Waking Watch Relief Fund for buildings with flammable cladding.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will reconsider the decision to remove the third people and skills pillar from years one and two of UK Shared...

      Railways: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's white paper, entitled Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published 2 February 2022, what...

      Local Government Pension Scheme: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the number of Local Government Pension Schemes holding Russia-linked assets;...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to restore funding for (a) early help, (b) family support and (c) other early intervention...

      Local Government Finance: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the total local government finance settlement for London councils was in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2022-23.

      Regional Planning and Development: Gloucestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what investment support is available to companies in Gloucestershire under the levelling up agenda; and if he will make a...

      Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether participation in the Government's Homes for Ukraine scheme will prevent eligible people from claiming the single...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Parliamentary Private Secretaries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries.

    • Cabinet Office: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a senior manager in his Department has been given the portfolio for leading on departmental sustainability.

      Prime Minister: Lord Lebedev

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has met Lord Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia in Downing Street.

      Cabinet Committees

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an updated list of Cabinet Committees and their membership.

  • Department for International Trade

    • World Trade Organisation: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on taking steps to potentially exclude Russia from the WTO until...

    • Department for International Trade: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many communications staff are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in her Department.

      Department for International Trade: M and C Saatchi

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on corporate services provided by M&C Saatchi (UK) Ltd in 2021.

      Trade: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the macroeconomic measures her Department tracks to assess the UK’s trade performance; and if she will make a statement.

      Department for International Trade: Social Clubs

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

      Trade Agreements: Belarus and Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of revoking preferential trading partner status from a) Russia and (b) Belarus.

      Meat: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 132234, for what reason sheep meat imports under the terms of the trade deal with...

      Department for International Trade: Training

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

      Food and Renewable Energy: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish any strategic analysis her Department has undertaken on the export opportunities for (a) renewable energy, (b) food and...

      Pesticides: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has received any correspondence from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the export of pesticides.

      Department for International Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask...

      Overseas Trade: Zimbabwe

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of recent trends in human rights abuses by Zimbabwean security forces; and what steps her Department plans to...

      Department for International Trade: Sustainable Development

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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Falkland Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in the context of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands, what plans her Department has to celebrate...

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what projects her Department has in partnership with the British Overseas Territories; and whether her Department has plans to...

      Tennis: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to help prohibit all Russian players from the Wimbledon Tennis Championship 2022.

      Culture: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 12 March 2022, £48 million to safeguard nation’s critical cultural heritage,...

      Local Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the long-term sustainability of the community radio sector.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how the 2010 Equalities Act applies to people with (a) endometriosis, (b) polycystic ovary syndrome and (c) other chronic conditions.

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to increase the uptake of electric vehicles.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Electric Cables: Storms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review the vulnerability of electricity power lines to disruption caused by storm damage.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Blood Cancer: Health Professions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of haematological workforce shortages on patient (1) outcome, and (2) experience.

    • Coronavirus: Ivermectin

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, given the speed with which vaccines against COVID-19 were approved, what are the causes of the delay to the approval of the use of Ivermectin; and what assessment...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Job Centres and Prisons: Cameras

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) job centres, and (2) prisons, currently use Chinese-made Hikvision and Dahua Technology cameras.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received representations from charities about difficulties in sending medicines, including paracetamol, by lorry to Ukraine.

    • China: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding recent reports of the disappearance or imprisonment of human rights defenders.

      China: Freedom of Expression

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding recent reports that Chinese citizens who attempted to report on the COVID-19 outbreak in...

      China: Christianity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of China regarding recent reports that bishops are (1) secretly detained, (2) placed under house arrest, and...

      Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to rebuild development capacity once the commitment to a target spending of 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income for Official...

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their command paper Northern Ireland Protocol: the way forward (CP 502), published on 21 July 2021, what progress they have made to introduce new UK...

      Ukraine: Cultural Heritage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are giving to Ukraine to help protect that country’s arts and cultural heritage; and how they are delivering that assistance.

  • Home Office

    • Community Safety Partnerships

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Community Safety Partnerships in England and Wales are using the Cardiff Model (A&E) data to identify serious violence hotspots; whether...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 2 March (HL Deb col 846), when they intend to open a sponsored pathway for Ukrainians not related...

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they plan to give to local authorities to assist in housing refugees from Ukraine.

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