Written answers

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • A66: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking with the Ministry of Defence and the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to support the proposed...

    • Phil Whittingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department last had a meeting personally with Mr Phil Whittingham of Avanti West...

      P&O: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public money has been given to P&O Ferries in each of the last five years.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the local authority that has the most potholes as of 14 March 2022.

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to update vehicle and pedestrian safety regulations.

      Motor Vehicles: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish a response to its consultation, Future of transport regulatory review: modernising vehicle standards.

      Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

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

      P&O: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect the jobs of workers for P&O Ferries.

      Public Transport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the 9.30am start time for free public transport on disabled people's abilities to commute to...

      Transport for the North: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 135447 on Transport for the North: Staff, what assessment his Department has made of potential...

      Transport for the North: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 135448, what the numerical financial difference will be as a result of the funding previously...

      Aviation: UK Relations With EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to include in the Brexit Freedoms Bill the proposals that are taken forward after consultation from the Aviation Consumer...

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-classifying e-scooters from motorised transport under section 185 of the Road Traffic Act...

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136581, if he will publish the number of buses which have received funding under the Zero...

      Southeastern Trains: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all members of the Board of Southeastern Trains Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OLR DfT Holdings Ltd, are entitled to (a) free rail travel...

      Southeastern Trains: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any of the directors of Southeastern Trains Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OLR DfT Holdings, are also employed in other jobs.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Flexible Working: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its Making flexible working the default consultation.

    • Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies are registered at Companies House without any Directors in post as of 14 March 2022.

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to fund retrofitting manufacturing and construction skills to encourage retrofitting of...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy that claimants of personal independence payments, disability living allowance and...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime minister's oral contribution of 31 January 2022, Official Report, column 37, what recent...

      Iron and Steel: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of pilots of hydrogen steelmaking being undertaken...

      Clean Steel Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the details of expenditure for the Clean Steel Fund will be announced to provide clarity about the decarbonisation...

      Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to support steel manufacturers to adopt greener production methods to aid the transition...

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 128235, on Electricity: Standing Charges, whether it is his...

      Wind Power: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of relaxing planning rules on the development of onshore...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a right to local supply for renewable energy...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to update the UK's Nationally Determined Contribution in advance of COP27.

      Park Homes: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what home insulation scheme grants are available to residents of mobile homes.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support households living off grid that rely on heating oil in the context of...

      Coking Coal: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent (a) vessels and (b) cargoes of Russian coking coal from docking in UK ports.

      Coking Coal: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance has been given to British steelmakers on their handling and forward purchase of Russian produced...

      Coking Coal: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to support and encourage domestic production of coking coal for the British steel industry to...

      Oil: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK oil supply that comes from Russian sources; and what assessment...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs on motorists in Newport...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

      Packaging: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage companies to take up innovative technologies to make packaging more...

      Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the wider infrastructure required to deliver industrial decarbonisation; and how those...

      Carbon Capture and Storage and Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that policy and regulation in the development of hydrogen and carbon capture,...

      Hydrogen: Foreign Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) attract foreign direct investment into and (b) strengthen UK supply chains for the...

      Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of (a) the Hydrogen to Humber Saltend project and (b) other...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Ports: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the legislative changes required to ban cargo of Russian origin from being...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Integrated Care Boards: Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he plans to provide to Integrated Care Boards on the commissioning of palliative care in the context of the provision in...

    • Integrated Care Boards: Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans take to ensure that Chairs of Integrated Care Boards fulfil the requirements of the provision in the Health and Care...

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reinstating funding for the ZOE covid-19 study.

      Dentistry: Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 133203 on Dentistry: Influenza, for what reason the decision was made to exclude dental...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to help ensure that people who need of NHS dental treatment have timely access to it.

      Dentistry: Recruitment and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) training dentists domestically and (b) recruiting qualified...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the impact of inflation on the effectiveness of the Healthy Start scheme to provide adequate funding for...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost per minute of accessing the Healthy Start helpline is; and what was the average length of call to the Healthy Start...

      Cancer: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults are participating in Government-funded clinical trials on treatments for (a) brain cancer, (b) leukaemia, (c) breast...

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the establishment of a PCOS specialist service across NHS...

      Tumour Treating Fields Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for the use of Optune, tumour treating fields...

      Dentistry: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will produce a dental strategy to help tackle shortages in NHS dentists.

      Dentistry: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS dentists in York.

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visits the My Planned Care website has received since its launch.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support local pharmacies.

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated by Government bodies and agencies to (a) site-specific brain tumour research, (b) site-specific...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve awareness of brain tumour symptoms during March 2022, Brain Tumour Awareness Month.

      Infant and Maternal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has given to NHS England on the recording of ethnicity data in (a) infant and (b) maternal mortality.

      Sexually Transmitted Infections: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current reproduction number or R-rate is of (a) chlamydia, (b) gonorrhoea and (c) syphilis.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Human Medicines (Coronavirus and Influenza)...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 March to Question 139315, whether the prescription charge waiver for covid-19 antivirals and therapeutic...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visitors the My Planned Care website has received since its launch.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 23 July 2021 from the hon. Member for Rochdale on treatment for lymphedema.

      Dementia: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to meet the additional needs of people living with dementia whose conditions have seen accelerated progression...

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of 10 January 2022 from NHS England on an agreement for private hospitals to support NHS capacity...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the hon. Member for Rochdale’s correspondence dated 8 October 2021 regarding ICS Boards and dated 25...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to answer Question 125316 tabled on 14 February 2022 by the hon. Member for Livingston.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to section 1.1 of his Department's most recent guidance on care home visiting, if he will publish the exceptional circumstances...

      Laboratories: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of private medical laboratories accredited with the UKAS ISO15189 standard in each year since 2017.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish information held by his Department on service use for the Healthy Start voucher scheme helpline since December 2021.

      Midwives: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the current (a) level of staff vacancies in midwifery services in England and (b) average caseload per midwife in England.

      Coronavirus: Juries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that jurors can access supplies of free covid-19 lateral flow tests after 1 April 2022.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of people who would have to sell their home to pay for care under the proposed £86,000 cap...

      Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission publication Brief guide: Out of Area Placements in Rehabilitation Units, if he will make it...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the length of time taken by his Department to respond to correspondence from hon Members.

      Hearing Impairment and Speech and Language Disorders: Paediatrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the analysis by NHS Providers and the NHS Confederation that the...

      Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) allied health professionals and (d) scientists that will graduate...

      Health Services: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how many and what proportion providers of IT clinical settings are compliant with the information standard...

      Carers: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support unpaid carers with rises in energy costs.

      NHS England: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made for the likely increase in staff costs for 2022-23 for NHS England.

      Centre for Improving Data Collaboration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Lord O'Shaughnessy and...

      Dupuytren's Contracture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of people diagnosed with Dupuytren's contracture in (a) Barnsley Metropolitan...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £44 billion of additional funding announced in the 2021 Spending Review he plans to allocate to mental health...

      Care Homes and Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether free covid-19 lateral flow tests will be made available to care home and hospital visitors after 1 April 2022.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of ending the provision of free covid-19 lateral flow device tests for residential...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that free covid-19 lateral flow tests continue to be available to people wishing to visit relatives in care homes after...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) referral process and (b) self-referral process for Child and Adolescent Mental...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of mental health support services for people who have experienced trauma; and whether he...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential for the number of cases of Covid-19 in care homes to increase as a result of the ending of...

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of staff that have (a) left and (b) been recruited into (i) adult social care and...

      Wheelchairs: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking increase the supply of wheelchairs to widen access for people on low incomes.

      Lung Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with representatives from Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation Partnership to discuss their plans to deliver...

      Social Services: Personal Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on increasing the statutory element of Minimum Income Guarantee for social care...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths of child and young person patients whilst under the treatment of independent mental...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the regional variation in the availability of mental health services.

      Hospitals: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all data his Department holds on the use of restraint on acute child medical wards.

      Carers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide free covid-19 tests to unpaid carers beyond 1 April 2022 in order that they can continue to...

      Eating Disorders: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns on the prevalence of eating disorders and body dysmorphia...

      Mental Health Services: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) accessibility and (b) quality of child and adolescent mental health services in Lancashire.

      Social Services: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to engage with the social care sector as part of the Government’s commitment to produce a knowledge and skills...

      Alcoholism: Ketamine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of ketamine in the treatment of alcoholism.

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with social care providers as part of the Government‘s plans to accelerate the adoption of technology...

      Health: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with social media companies to help ensure that (a) content shared by wellness influencers is...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2022 to Question 106718 on Protective Clothing: Coronavirus, what the other PPE supplier is with...

      Learning Disability: Vocational Guidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve the career opportunities for people with learning disabilities through the care support they receive.

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure parity of pay and conditions for social care staff to comparable roles in the NHS as part of the...

      Visually Impaired: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much is spent on average annually on sight loss rehabilitation services in the UK; and whether there are plans to increase that...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the impact of prescription charges on the uptake of medication.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what category of supplier is listed in his Department's spreadsheet entitled Product_VIP_Atamis; and what the meaning is of the...

      North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the NHS chief operating officer on the progress of the proposed merger of the North Tees and...

      Menopause: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) barriers faced by area prescribing committees in reviewing new treatments for the...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, Paragraph 212, how much of the £8.7...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the design and development of the My Planned Care website has cost as of 8 March 2022.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 10 January 2022 to Questions 97125 and 98324, whether the estimate of 6.96 billion items that are not provided...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 November 2021 on Health Update, whether any companies were channelled through the high...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 97125, how many of the (a) 3.4 billion units identified as potential excess stock...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department’s Information Risk Management and Assurance Directorate take steps to internally distribute and publicise...

      Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many items of personal protective equipment (PPE) have been destroyed without use in the last twelve months; and what reasons were...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse is of personal protective equipment procured during the covid-19 outbreak which had to be (a)...

      Protective Clothing: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce dependence on China for supplies of personal protective equipment.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2022 to Question 118542, if he will publish all relevant WhatsApp messages to and from the former...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on updating the NHS Long Term Plan in response to the impact of the covid-19...

      Ansell: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many disposable gloves his Department has purchased from Ansell in Malaysia in the last financial year.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 81967 on Randox Laboratories, which of his Department's officials were present on...

      Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's annual report and accounts 2020-21, key findings, paragraph 8, page 200, how much of the (a)...

      Health and Care Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting on 21 May 2021 between the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Innovation, Lord...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of The Paymaster General of 5 January 2022, Official report, col 122 that we have been building...

      PPE Medpro: Baroness Mone

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 101748 on PPE Medpro: Baroness Mone, what the nature was of the link between...

      Supermax Healthcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 97125, how many of the 1.2 billion items of personal protective equipment which are...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what safeguards his Department has put in place in respect of the awarding of contracts for personal protective equipment to avoid (a)...

      OC&C Strategy Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meetings between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation, Lord...

      Hanbury Strategy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation and Hanbury...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2022 to Question 125587 on Members: Correspondence, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from...

      PPE Group and PPE Medpro

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 101748 on PPE Medpro: Baroness Mone, whether his Department researched (a) the...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Meller Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2021 to Question 78381, on Department of Health and Social Care: Meller Group, if he will place a...

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing and Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) PPE, (ii) lateral flow tests, (iii) PCR tests and (iv) other covid-19 testing equipment are...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 16 November 2021, referenced RL30285.

      Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Education to increase the number of places for medical students that allow for...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.

      Abbott

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Innovation, Lord Feldman and...

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 vaccine mandate for care home staff on the provision of health and care across...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients waiting 12 hours or more in Emergency Departments from time of arrival for each month...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry of 26 January 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL32248.

      Visually Impaired: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of sight loss rehabilitation officers in the UK as of 14 March 2022; and whether he has plans to...

      Midwives: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of midwives in (i) London and (ii) England.

      Intensive Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce pressure on ICU wards in hospitals.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters of 14 January and 14 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare on behalf of his...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions

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

      Osteoporosis: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide more funding to train healthcare professionals in using Bone density scans (DEXA) for patients with osteoporosis.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will next meet to discuss which treatments should be considered for...

      Oxford Nanopore Technologies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting between the Secretary of State for Health, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Agency plans to restore its product registration tracking website.

      Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to develop NICE guidelines on the diagnosis and management of PCOS.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters of 18 January and 14 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his...

      Supply Chain Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the operational cost of NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL) was in each of the financial years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19,...

      Opiates: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support patients to phase out the use of prescribed opioids following surgery.

      Arikayce Liposomal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England’s Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will consider Arikayce liposomal as a treatment for patients with...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the number of places available on the Overseas Registration Exam for overseas qualified dentists...

      Health Professions: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many additional health professionals he needs to recruit to NHS England in 2022-23.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 March to Question 139314, (a) whether the GDP deflator published by the OBR in October 2021 has been used to...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow North of 20 July 2021, reference PG23211.

      Long Covid: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor trends in the level of people diagnosed with long covid.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients not being seen within the operational standards of the Cancer Pathway in (a) England,...

      Lung Diseases: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to level up inequalities in respiratory health across the north of England.

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that social care providers are represented as part of integrated care boards.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters of 11 January and 7 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf...

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether kidney disease is included in the Government’s initiative on reducing health inequalities, Core20PLUS5.

      Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase NHS capacity in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands...

      DNA: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of DNA tests carried out by the NHS each year.

      General Practitioners: Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of abuse experienced by GP staff in (a) Brent, (b)...

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available to the NHS to tackle waiting lists for...

      Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to reduce the number of blood cancers that are diagnosed via emergency routes.

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the additional £3 million of funding allocated to the NHS under Operation Warm Welcome has been spent on mental...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who receive social care support from their local authority will face any penalties or loss of support in the event that...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all young people with cancer have someone with them throughout their cancer appointments...

      Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the (a) provision of defibrillators in England and (b) number of people trained in first...

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for the new cervical screening IT system going live, as a minimum viable product; and by what date will the schedule...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are registered as having received covid-19 vaccines administered abroad, in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c)...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.

    • Wales Office: Carbon Emissions

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

      Ports: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the legislative changes required to ban cargo of Russian origin from being unloaded in Welsh ports.

      Wales Office: Carbon Emissions

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

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with universities on Ukrainian refugee students completing the academic courses they were taking in Ukraine.

    • Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the phasing out of RPI in 2030 on the reforms to the student loan system.

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will respond to the recommendations in the Post-18 Education Review on reforming (a) maintenance loans and (b) grants.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that no public money in the form of student loans issued by Student Finance England has been accessed, either...

      Teachers: Russia and Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he had with the Council for At-Risk Academics on the security of academics in (a) Ukraine and (b) Russia.

      Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ascertain the legal owners of the properties managed by Allied Student Accommodation Limited.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on establishing a new multi-sensory impairment (MSI) education fund in the Spring...

      Adoption: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will conduct an equalities impact assessment on statutory adoption pay; and if he will make it his policy to extend an allowance to self...

      Special Educational Needs: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure there are an adequate number of specialist teachers to support children with SEND.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government is providing to local authorities to help improve the way that those bodies (a) collect and (b) store data on children's...

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing schools with additional ringfenced funds to cover rising energy bills.

      Students: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure that students from Ukraine will be able to be integrated into UK universities on their arrival in the UK.

      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 17...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the trends in the level of permanent exclusions of children from schools in the last fifteen years; and...

      Childminding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial assistance to childminders who are unable to operate in circumstances where...

      Scholarships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the administration of the National Scholarship Scheme will be managed by his Department or an external contractor.

      Children's Centres: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children's centres that closed in each of the last 12 years; and what steps his Department is...

      Children: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish all incident notifications received by Ofsted for incidents of (a) a missing child, (b) emergency services called and (c) illness...

      Children: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints were received by Ofsted for each children’s home providers in England in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.

      Social Workers: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure there are high levels of staff retention within the social work sector.

      Teachers: Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Education Secretary calls for ex-teachers to return to classrooms, published on 20 December 2021,...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been permanently excluded from schools in each of the last fifteen years.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to support families with the cost of childcare.

      Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reforms to SEND implemented in 2014 on helping to prevent legal disputes and tribunal...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of Action for Children’s report entitled Too Little Too Late.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of placing councils under a duty to provide early help.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to use the SEND review to (a) clarify the level of need that requires SEND support, (b) make mainstream education...

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the evidence his Department holds on the impact of Behaviour Hubs programme on educational provision since that programme began.

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to require schools to have an attendance policy; and what steps he is taking to ensure that schools adhere to statutory...

      Children: Wandsworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-age children in (a) Wandsworth and (b) Battersea are not in full time education.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of community service given as part of community sentences have offenders completed in each (a) local justice area and (b) region in...

    • Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have completed community sentences in each local justice area in each of the last five years.

      Prison Officers: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of prison officers of all grades was who were referred to the police on suspicion of (a) supplying and (b) using drugs in the...

      Prisoners: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for computers, phone calls and other technical support to allow women in...

      Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on prosecuting recordable criminal offences using the single justice procedure.

      Ministry of Justice: Carbon Emissions

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

      Convictions and Sentencing: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the proportion of cases in which legal aid was used for applications for leave to appeal against conviction or...

      Convictions: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of applications for leave to appeal against conviction for each offence type in each year between 2016...

      Convictions and Sentencing: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of applications for leave to appeal against conviction and sentence that were (a) considered, (b)...

      Convictions and Sentencing: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of High Court judges that sit as Single Justices of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) for the...

  • Treasury

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the Exchequer from the loan charge.

    • Taxation: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints his Department has received about deeds or letters of assignment in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 to date; and what...

      Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to (a) support the future of independent shops on high streets and (b) encourage more local businesses to set up high...

      Coking Coal: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value in sterling is of imports of Russian produced coking coal in the last 24 months.

      Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals who (a) promoted and (b) operated schemes now subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for that activity.

      Cost of Living: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising inflation on people who are unable to access large supermarkets and shops based in towns.

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the help-to-buy ISA threshold in the context of rising house prices, particularly in tourist destinations such as Cornwall.

      Cost of Living: Carers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help support carers on low incomes in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry and (c) the UK meet increases in...

      Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it remains his policy to allow the cost-sharing principle for the public service pension scheme to continue for at least the 25 years initially...

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the impact of inflation on (a) disabled and (b) able-bodied people; and if he will make a statement.

      Low Incomes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the New Economics Foundation of 14 March 2022, that by April 2022, 5.2...

      Treasury: Civil Servants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants work out of the Darlington Economic Campus as of 17 March 2022.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to rebated fuel entitlements on the (a) commercial viability of animal cremation...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the particular vulnerabilities of girls displaced by the conflict in...

    • Ukraine: Polio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the Polio outbreak in Ukraine; and what assessment she has made...

      Ukraine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will provide an update on the situation for students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the particular vulnerabilities of girls displaced by the conflict in...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist organisations providing urgent medical supplies and essential child...

      Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has issued advice against the recommendation of lawyers or officials in her Department to the...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to withdraw any arms trading with Saudi Arabia in the context of the recent executions in that...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

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

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help countries bordering Ukraine in tackling the threat to refugees from human traffickers.

      Disasters Emergency Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Disaster Emergency Committee on ensuring equal access to...

      Ukraine: Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her announcement on 13 March 2022 on the provision of 500 power generators to Ukraine, (a) when...

      Syria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the reduction in the Official Development...

      Syria: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to work with (a) other donors and (b) the UNHCR to strengthen support for (i) mechanisms...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement of £88m of humanitarian aid to Yemen on 16 March 2022, how that funding is...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement of £88m of humanitarian aid to Yemen on 16 March 2022, who the recipients...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total cost to the public purse of the military aid supplied by the UK to Ukraine this year.

    • A66: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to take steps with the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the eight posts within the Programme Management Office of the AJAX programme were vacant as of 16 March 2022.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.6 of the report by the National Audit Office, The Ajax programme, published on 11 March 2022, what assessment he has of...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether GDLS-UK has been notified of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's 136 concerns which relate to the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle programme.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 9 of the NAO's report entitled The AJAX Programme, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consideration his...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on her Department’s carbon footprint.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the evidence each parent must provide in order to permit an accurate assessment of the level of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

      Biocidal Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Government department or agency is responsible for overseeing the correct use of biocides in (a) all settings and (b) hospital settings.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • National Parks: Chilterns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to establish a Chilterns National Park; and if he will make a statement.

    • Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of documentary and identity checks in respect of preventing the...

      Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of peat being used in England and Wales in the (a) retail and (b)...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set a revised date for the publication of the National Food Strategy.

      Dogs: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce visual checks on dogs which enter the country via ports and the Eurotunnel.

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the enforcement of the pet travel legislation from carriers to...

      Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the responses to his Department's consultation on Commercial and non-commercial movements of pets into...

      Food: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help make food and drink packaging more accessible to people with sight loss.

      Wines: Organic Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to permit the use of more organic treatments for Botrytis and downy mildew by wine producers in the UK;...

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of the effect of export of the herbicide paraquat on health.

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the findings of the Commercial and Non-Commercial Movements of Pets...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an assessment of the economic costs of the illegal puppy smuggling industry in the...

      Plastics: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the outcomes of his Department's call for evidence on commonly littered single-use plastic items.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys of 6 December 2021 and...

      Ammonia: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on ammonia emissions between 2019 and 2020.

      Wheat: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage an increase in UK wheat production in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a seasonal workers visa for the hospitality and tourism sector.

    • National Crime Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 10 March 2022 to Question 135451 and Question 135450, what the budget was for the National Crime Agency in (a)...

      Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her officials have had with (a) organisations supporting, (b) people seeking asylum on the effect on the (i) mental and...

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help speed up the procedure for considering complaints made against police officers.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the police and (b) professional bodies representing doctors regarding the placing of markers on the...

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to establish a safe and legal route for Ukrainians seeking asylum to travel to the UK.

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to establish a safe and legal route for Ukrainian asylum seekers to enter the UK.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to facilitate urgent visas for Ukrainian (a) spouses and (b) other immediate family members of British nationals to...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow applications from within the UK for the Ukrainian Family Resettlement Scheme.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capacity is for the number of appointments available per week at UK visa application centres in (a) Hungary, (b) Moldova, (c)...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to put in place extra levels of protection for minority groups fleeing Ukraine.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether staff in the British embassy in Ukraine have been offered refuge in the UK.

      Asylum: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for conclusions of the review into the Government’s policy on asylum seeker's rights to work; and if she will...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance she is providing for Ukrainian citizens settled in the UK who wish to reunite with their family members still residing in...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to ensure that new guidelines to replace Tier 1 investor visas make provision for appropriate safeguarding...

      Visas: Belarus and Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Russian and (b) Belarussian nationals can secure visas for the UK from abroad after fleeing the country in which they were...

      Refugees: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow Russians who oppose the current regime in that country who are (a) already in the UK and (b) currently outside...

      Immigration: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants who met the 30 June 2021 deadline for applications to the EU Settlement Scheme have been waiting...

      Emergency Travel Documents and Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue urgent guidance to airlines that fly to the UK that they should accept (a) UK issued visas or (b) prescribed temporary...

      Hezbollah: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Mayor of London has raised concerns directly with her about the support shown for Hezbollah at the annual Al Quds march in London.

      Police: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of response times of police forces in providing disclosure and barring service checks; and what...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117921, on Immigration: Applications, whether she plans to publish information on...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to simplify (a) organisational processes and (b) documentation for people applying to the Ukraine Family...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian refugees her Department anticipates being granted residence in the UK by the end of 2022.

      Asylum: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to ensure that the public can feed into the work of the Scientific Advisory Committee's advice on ways of...

      Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending share codes for digital ID confirmation to non-EU nationals.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish daily statistics relating to applications (a) started, (b) completed, (c) awaiting processing, (d) processed and (e)...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the earliest arrival date of Afghan citizens to the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March to Question 126611, with reference to the 351,300 EU Settlement Scheme applications outstanding on 31 Jan...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rented Housing: Lone Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to support low-income single parent families to find housing in cases where a rent...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

      Incinerators: Hurn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will call in for his determination planning application number 8/21/0207/FUL to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole...

      Batteries: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on protecting the Green Belt from planning applications for battery storage units; and if he will...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make provisions to enable Homes for Ukraine applications to be made by (a) post or (b) by phone to...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the contract process is for the contract for providing safeguarding checks on hosts for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how the humanitarian sponsorship pathway announced by the Government on 1 March 2022 differs from other community...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Offices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the decision to close 42 offices of the Department for Work and Pensions is part of his Department’s wider plan to reduce the size of the...

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Sir Robert Francis' Infected Blood Compensation Study before the Easter recess 2022.

      Civil Service: Location

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on relocating civil service jobs across the UK.

      Royal British Legion: Energy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what support the Government plans to provide to branches of the British Legion facing financial difficulties as a result of increases in energy costs.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK's (a) progress towards the net zero target and (b) food standards are improved as...

    • Coking Coal: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to ban the import of Russian produced coking coal into UK ports; and what options are available to achieve that.

      Preferential Tariffs: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 131039 on Preferential Tariffs: Japan, when her Department plans to publish data related...

      Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government conducted impact assessments of the effect of trade deals with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand on (a) the...

      Department for International Trade: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband to every home and business across...

    • Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the average proportion of homes and business that have high speed broadband availability in (a)...

      Internet: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in tackling fraudulent online advertisements.

      Twitter: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Twitter representatives regarding disinformation tweeted by official accounts of...

  • Prime Minister

    • Journalism: Saudi Arabia

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his visit to Saudi Arabia in March 2022, whether he had discussions with Saudi officials on (a) the case of Raif Badawi, (b) the murder Jamal...

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to publicise the changes in the law on driving while using a mobile phone which commence on the 25 March; and in particular the law that...

    • Public Transport: Fuels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the effect of rising fuel costs on public transport to ensure that such services are not reduced.

      Electric Scooters: Hire Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 16 February (HL6187), what assessment they have made of (1) the purpose of journeys taken by...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Forests and Land Use

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in delivering on the commitments made in the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use.

    • Home Upgrade Grant

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the percentage of low carbon technology installations such as heat pumps that will be covered by the Home Upgrade Grant scheme.

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposed Boiler Upgrade System will be fully implemented by 1 April; what discussions they have had with the industry regarding the implementation of...

      Fossil Fuels: North Sea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to open a new round of North Sea exploration licences.

      Oil: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the UK’s reliance on Russian oil.

      Energy Supply: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the UK's energy needs are currently being met from the UK's own resources; and what proportion of this is dependent on the importing of (1) oil, and...

  • Department for Education

    • Music: Vocational Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the final number of entries to Music VTQs for Level (1) 1, (2) 2, and (3) 3, in each of the past three academic years for which figures are available.

    • Independent Higher Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the representations by Independent Higher Education that the market for validation services is “dysfunctional, opaque,...

      Vocational Education: Qualifications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the extent to which the requirement that institutions seeking Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) should have more than 50 per...

      Office for Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of appointing an SME Champion within the governance structures of the Office for Students.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a dedicated budget line for SEN funding.

      Office for Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to compel the Office for Students to increase transparency through the publication of a Register of Validating Providers.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to facilitate the provision of medical assistance to Ukraine by (1) other countries, and (2) non-governmental organisations.

    • Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what medical supplies and assistance they are providing to Ukraine.

      Colombia: Mining

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that UK companies carrying out extractive activities in Colombia support (1) smallholder farmers, (2) indigenous peoples,...

      Overseas Companies: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to protect the human rights of local communities in which UK companies trading at the London Stock Exchange carry out extractive...

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in their negotiations with the European Commission on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; what consultations they are holding...

      British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to hold talks with the government of Mauritius to discuss the next steps for the Chagos Islands, including the restoration of the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to supply the Ukrainian Defence Forces with missiles capable of destroying Russian landing ships in the Black Sea off Odessa.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people aged 16 to 19 who are on Universal Credit sre studying for a post-16 qualification.

    • Universal Credit: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people aged 16 to 19 are receiving Universal Credit.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Scottish Government to introduce mandatory welfare inspections for farmed fish by APHA Scotland; and what...

  • Home Office

    • Aflak Ahmad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to extradite Aflak Ahmad, who registered Aflak Travelling Abroad Ltd at Companies House on 21 December 2020; and whether any action...

    • Independent Office for Police Conduct

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 March (HL Deb col 1118), whether there is a time limit on the start of misconduct hearings...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the emergency visa office for Ukrainian refugees is in Lille and not Calais; and how many visas for Ukrainian refugees have been issued there for each week...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Home Secretary on 8 March that they have “surged a Home Office team” to help at Calais, why Ukrainian refugees are...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other countries to coordinate the provision of visas for refugees from Ukraine.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that those who need to leave Ukraine are welcomed into the UK.

    • Domestic Visits: North East

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the ministerial visits mentioned in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published on 2 February, will take place in the North of East of England.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the local panels mentioned in the Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published on 2 February, will take place following ministerial visits in...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Cabinet Office plan to issue new procurement guidance to exclude surveillance camera suppliers linked with (1) modern slavery, and (2) human rights...

  • Treasury

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