Written answers

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Remote Working

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

    • Roads: Cornwall

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the road safety of the Cubert Crossroads in Cornwall; and whether his Department will release funds to improve...

      P&O Ferries: United Arab Emirates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made contact with the Government of UAE regarding the recent actions of Dubai Ports-owned P&O.

      P&O Ferries: Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held discussions with the Government of Cyprus on the recent actions of P&O Ferries.

      Motorways: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to mitigate the effects of (a) noise pollution, (b) light pollution and (c) air pollution from motorways adjacent to...

      P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment

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

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with P&O ferries on the 800 members of staff who have been sacked from their jobs; what steps his Department is taking...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Skilled Workers: Vacancies and Productivity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the recruitment industry on (a) skills shortages and (b)...

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving consumers the option to opt out of the repayable...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including unpaid carers in the eligibility criteria for the Warm...

      Redundancy: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many prosecutions for failure to give notice of proposed redundancy under section 194 of the Trade Union and Labour...

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has received any notification of proposed redundancies from P&O Ferries under the provisions of section...

      CF Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total cost to the Government was of its agreement in September 2021 to meet the costs to CF Industries of...

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of households his Department estimates are reliant on heating oil; and if he will provide...

      Energy: Investment Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report entitled Profiting amid the energy crisis: the distribution networks at the heart of the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials in the Business British Bank sponsoring team within his Department have a professional background in...

      Employment: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 117049 on Employment: Pregnancy, if he will publish (a) the Terms...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to protect leaseholders living in flats with communal heating systems from energy bill increases.

      Iron and Steel: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government support for the steel sector.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Act 1983: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timeline of when he plans to lay before the House proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to fund research into intra-nasal covid-19 vaccines.

      Food: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to launch its consultation on the products in scope for the upcoming restrictions on the advertising of less...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support research into intra-nasal covid-19 vaccines.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential saving to the public purse of suspending the covid-19 testing programme; and how...

      Test and Trace Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people who were tested at a covid-19 test site that used LAMP tests and subsequently tested positive are not eligible for...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency that stated the benefits of the vaccines...

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the fiscal impact of proposed restrictions on advertising and product offers for high fat, sugar and salt...

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support his Department plans to provide for refugees entering the UK from Ukraine.

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of capacity in (a) child and (b) adult mental health services to treat Ukrainian refugees dealing with trauma.

      Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what healthcare (a) support and (b) facilities his Department will provide to Ukrainian refugees who arrive in the UK.

      Health Services and Social Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to offer health and social care services to Ukrainian refugees.

      Cancer: Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that waiting times are reduced for cancer patients.

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental practices by dental commissioning region achieved 65 per cent of their unit of dental activity targets in Quarter 3 of...

      Sexually Transmitted Infections: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government’s sexual health strategy will set aspirations to (a) reduce the R- rate of and (b) set reduction rate plans...

      Sheehan's Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to (a) prevent and (b) support women with Sheehan’s syndrome.

      Dental Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the dental health inequalities across England.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Question 132250 on North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 119799, tabled on 7 February 2022 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 117041, tabled on 2 February 2022 by the hon Member for Liverpool,...

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect clinically vulnerable people with special needs following the recent removal of covid-19 public health...

      Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with patient groups representing people who have primary and secondary antibody deficiency.

      Mental Health Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health services have closed in (a) London, (b) Lambeth and (c) Streatham since 2010.

      Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people visiting (a) friends or (b) relatives in hospitals after 1 April 2022 will be entitled to free covid-19 lateral flow testing.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on public health of discontinuing free covid-19 tests.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is making provision for the collection of data on the prevalence of covid-19 under the strategy for living with...

      Office for National Statistics: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to continue funding for the Office of National Statistics’ weekly infection survey after April 2022.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether revised covid-19 guidance will include an update on support for people who are immunosuppressed.

      Alimentum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the recall of contaminated Alimentum formula.

      Alimentum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to effectively disseminate information about the recall of contaminated Alimentum formula to prescribing clinicians.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for service users calling the Healthy Start helpline.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling access for people with health anxiety to free covid-19 lateral flow...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require all reporting of covid-19 PCR test results to include an estimated measure of viral burden.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to support employers, including health and care employers, with the cost of covid-19 testing after the suspension of NHS...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to help protect people the most clinically vulnerable people from covid-19 once all covid-19 restrictions have...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether individuals with a diagnosis of (a) myalgic encephalomyelitis or (b) chronic fatigue syndrome will classified as vulnerable for...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how people on low incomes will be able to access tests for covid-19 after NHS testing ends on 1 April 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average cost of one seven day test covid-19 testing kit was in the last six months for which data is available.

      NHS Covid Pass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with the devolved Administrations to ensure consistency in how third and booster covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has for the reintroduction of (a) free covid-19 testing and (b) social distancing guidance in the event that...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department plans to issue on protecting immunosuppressed and clinically extremely vulnerable people from covid-19 in...

      Food: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that every child has access to healthy food.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families in receipt of Healthy Start Vouchers whose circumstances have not changed have been unable to transition to the Healthy...

      Eating Disorders: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all future doctors are equipped to identify the (a) early signs and (b) symptoms of an eating...

  • Attorney General

    • War Crimes: Russia

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will publish the joint statement she signed with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on UK support in holding Russia accountable for the...

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department defines value for money in relation to the provision of higher education teaching and research.

    • Higher Education: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the higher education sector is not used as a mechanism by which Russian oligarchs with links to President Putin...

      Erasmus+ Programme: Turing Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to bring funding levels in the Turing Scheme to an equivalent level with Erasmus+.

      Department for Education: Zero Hours Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department employs staff on zero-hours contracts as at 15 March 2022.

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish an update to its transparency data, Looked after children in independent or semi-independent placements.

      Children in Care: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the latest available statistics on the proportion of looked-after 16-17 year-olds living in (a) independent or semi-independent...

      Uni Connect Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, assessment he has made of the value of Uni Connect to higher education outreach.

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list all schools taking part in the Behaviour Hubs programme.

      Special Educational Needs: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of research conducted by Sense that 52 per cent of local authorities do not employ multi-sensory impairment (MSI)...

      Uni Connect Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that Uni Connect receives its funding on time for the financial year 20220-23.

      Overseas Students: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make funding available for Ukrainian sponsored students studying in the UK to assist with accommodation costs.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders handed down unpaid work as part of a community service sentences did not complete their sentence because they did not present...

    • Open Prisons: Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of offenders temporarily released from each open prison in England and Wales by offender type in each of...

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been managed by the probation service per probation region, by type of offender, in each year since 2017.

      Fraud: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for fraud offences there were in each year since 2017.

      Barristers: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the level of criminal barrister fee income paid from the public purse in financial year (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

      Courts: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases delayed by issues within the Common Platform prior to the pause in its use in summer 2021.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 137967, on Prisoners: Food, whether prisoner A5586CP has been categorised as at risk.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 83 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, what the status is of report on the extent to which people using contact centres in England...

      Legal Ombudsman: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of adequacy of the time taken for the legal ombudsman to respond to complaints.

      Ministry of Justice: Remote Working

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

      Crown Court: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of cases in crown courts.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take to scrutinise the trading relationships of British businesses which are registered overseas with Russia.

    • Department for International Trade: Remote Working

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

      Department for International Trade: Carbon Emissions

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

      Pesticides: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with officials in the (a) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Health and Safety...

  • Leader of the House

    • Members: Employment

      To ask the Leader of the House of Commons, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of further methods of placing fixed constraints on the amount of time that hon....

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.7 of the report by the National Audit Office, The Ajax programme, published on 11 March 2022, whether his Department took...

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 9 of the NAO's report entitled The Ajax Programme, which body is responsible for the Quarterly Programme reports; and for what...

      National Flagship: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the annual running costs of supporting the National Flagship, including staffing.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Armed Forces personal protective equipment can be provided to Ukraine.

      Afghanistan: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Officer Cadets from Afghanistan attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst between 1975 and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.

      Veterans: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to accelerate the process for veterans to obtain a certificate of service to enable them to apply for a veterans railcard.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Humanitarian Assistance Task Force of 1,000 soldiers has not been deployed to assist in Ukraine and the surrounding region as of 14...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Means-tested Benefits: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the £350 payments made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be treated as an income for means tested benefits.

    • Universal Credit: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating universal credit in line with the ONS HCI benchmarks for low-income...

      Social Security Benefits: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the £350 allowance payable to hosts in the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be (a) treated as earned income, (b) treated as unearned...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the levels of child poverty in Bristol North West in the context of the decision to uprate...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Ukrainian refugees will be able to claim assistance with housing costs in their universal credit claim or claim housing benefit,...

      Universal Credit: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's rationale is for the decision to uprate universal credit by September 2021's three per cent Consumer Price Index (CPI)...

      Carers' Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide all carers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with an equivalent entitlement to the...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who registered an appeal against their benefit decision in the most recent 12 month period for which...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance will face any deductions to their benefits in the event that they support a...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that PIP claimants with long term disabilities are not required to undergo the reassessment...

      Pension Funds: Infrastructure and Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out the Government's rationale for weakening the consumer price cap on pensions used for automatic enrolment to encourage...

      Pensions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2022 to Questions 138298 and 138301, whether she plans to publish assessments of the (a) ability of...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating benefits in line with inflation at the Spring 2022 Budget.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of auto-enrolling everyone in the UK on the universal credit system.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 12061, on Universal Credit, whether her Department has commissioned research to...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish details of (a) external bodies and (b) other Government departments that are members of the Universal Credit Programme Board.

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 120619, on Local Housing Allowance what her Department’s estimate is of the...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place an unredacted copy of the 2019 report by the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit on the experience of vulnerable...

      Discretionary Housing Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library the final total allocation of Discretionary Housing Payment funding for each local authority in 2021-22...

      Discretionary Housing Payments: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken an Equality Impact Assessment of its decision to reduce funding for Discretionary Housing Payments in...

      Pension Protection Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether multi-employer last man standing pension schemes that have a guarantee from a public authority for one or more employers are eligible...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud have been found by her Department in each year since 2015; and how many of those cases have resulted in a...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish the UK law firms that have made representations to the Government on behalf of Russian or...

    • Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether financial support for the Ukrainian people is from the existing aid budget at the reduced level that was...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is her policy that (a) securing effective support for the 7th Replenishment for the Global Fund should...

      Saudi Arabia: Oil

      To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy not to increase oil production traded to the UK from Saudi Arabia in the context of the recent executions in that country.

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what peace-building projects are being funded by UK Aid in Bosnia Herzegovina.

      Belarus: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential further sanctions against Belarus leaders and oligarchs in response to...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international partners on the situation for international students trapped at...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to refugees from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds leaving Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Polish counterpart on reports that ethnic minority refugees crossing the...

      Brazil: Environment Protection and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) support human rights in Brazil and (b) tackle the effects on...

      Fundão Tailing Dam: Disaster Relief

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Brazilian counterpart on support provided to Brazil to help with...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine from abuse and...

      Iran: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £400 million debt paid to Iran will be counted as Official Development Assistance.

      Russia: Sequestration of Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with her counterparts in allied nations on the use of assets seized from Russians as...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of seizing assets from Russians under the Government's...

      International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she had made of whether the formation of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what quantity of medical supplies the Government has delivered to Ukraine since 24 February 2022; and what...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will ensure that refugees travelling from the Ukraine to the UK are able to access free transport to the UK.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking support people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds who are fleeing to the UK from...

  • Home Office

    • High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the cost to residential leaseholders of ensuring tall buildings meet (a) building and (b) fire...

    • Home Office: Carbon Emissions

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

      Animals in Science Regulation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the Change Programme on the welfare of animals, including the reduction of in-person...

      Animals in Science Regulation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the Animals in Science Regulation Unit provides appropriate regulatory oversight in the...

      Sexual Offences: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 9 September 2021, and follow-up letters of 8 November 2021 and 15 March 2022, from the hon....

      Animals in Science Regulation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of animal rights charities on the potential impact on animal welfare of the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases her Department responds to representations from hon Members within the 20 working day response time target.

      Antisemitism: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the rise of anti-Semitic hate crime on the safety of Jewish people.

      Children and Young People: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to publish the findings of research commissioned by the Home Office and Department for Education, conducted by Liverpool...

      Armed Forces: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any members of Ukraine's Azov Battalion have attended National Action events in the UK since 2015.

      Armed Forces: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any members of National Action have travelled to Ukraine to meet the Azov Battalion since 2017.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement for Afghan refugees to submit their biometrics before...

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were (a) made and (b) approved for Humanitarian Protection Leave under the Refugee or Person in Need of International...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the case backlog of visa administrative reviews.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if great aunts and uncles will be able to come to the UK under the family scheme from Ukraine.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support provided for refugees who have been resettled in the UK from Afghanistan.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of safe and legal routes to the UK from Ukraine for children and families who...

      Asylum: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people fleeing Ukraine and entering the UK via the Republic of Ireland are entitled to claim asylum in Northern Ireland.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainian citizens fleeing Ukraine have to pay to apply for visa applications; and what assessment she has made of the potential...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number of Afghan nationals resettled under the ACRS who have higher education qualifications and (b)...

      British Nationality: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2022 to Question 129730 on British nationality: Russia, if she will urgently take steps to ascertain how...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the eligibility to apply for a Ukraine Family Scheme visa published on 4 March 2022, whether the definition of extended...

      Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a path to permanent UK residency for Hong Kong citizens who have studied...

      Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending section 68 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to allow Ukrainians in the UK to make online applications to the Ukraine Family Scheme on behalf of their...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will provide information and guidance on applying for the Family Migration Visa and Ukrainian Family Scheme in Ukrainian on the...

      Immigration: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's service delivery standard is for EU Settlement Scheme travel permits; and whether her Department has plans to expedite...

      Immigration: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she had made of the impact of surging decision makers and staff from other Government departments to tackle the influx of...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk of children displaced from Ukraine being targeted by smugglers and traffickers.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timetable is for the Calais Visa Application Centre for Ukrainian refugees to be open and fully operational.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will enable Ukrainian refugee UK visa applicants to use the UK Immigration: ID Check app to self-enrol biometric information...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk of children displaced from Ukraine being targeted by smugglers and traffickers.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time for Ukrainian refugee visa applications to be processed is.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk of children displaced from Ukraine being targeted by smugglers and traffickers.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what agreements have been made across the whole of Europe on how all countries can play an equal part in supporting refugees from Ukraine.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to introduce a new humanitarian route of entry for Ukrainian refugees to the UK.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees who have arrived in the UK from Ukraine have no recourse to public funds.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has in place for family members in the Ukraine seeking to join family settled in the United Kingdom under the...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainian refugees will have (a) recourse to public funds and (b) the right to work while waiting for biometric and security checks...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme applicants died before receiving compensation, as at 16 March 2022.

      British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Hong Kong BNO visas have been issued; and what data her Department holds on where holders choose to live in the UK.

      Visas: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to change the family reunion rules for all refugees to those her Department has put in place for Ukrainian refugees...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of naturalisation applications were completed within her Department’s target of six months in each of the...

      Armed Conflict: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to monitor whether political extremists are traveling from the UK to fight in Ukraine.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people have been helped by the First Homes scheme in (a) Ealing Central and Acton constituency, (b) London and...

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the funding for the local authority discretionary fund for those not eligible for the council tax rebate will be...

      Housing: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has for the provision of housing to refugees, including in areas of the country where there is a housing...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of which elements of the visa and housing schemes for Ukrainians can be made available to...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether disabled refugees entering the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme will be able to claim disability benefits,...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Special Advisers: Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance applies to former Government special advisers using their previous civil service job titles in subsequent commercial activities.

    • Cabinet Office: Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Employment Tribunal claims of (a) race and (b) disability discrimination have been settled before a...

      Cabinet Office: Discrimination

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Employment Tribunal claims of (a) race and (b) disability discrimination have been lodged against the...

      Index Linking

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the ROSSI index was discontinued in January 2017.

      Cabinet Office: Remote Working

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

      Cabinet Committees: Internet

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 136573 on Cabinet Committees, whether the Cabinet Committees page on gov.uk is up to date as of 17...

      National Economic Recovery Taskforce (Logistics): Cabinet Committees

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Economic Recovery Taskforce (Logistics) Cabinet Committee met at least once before it was removed from the list of Cabinet Committees.

  • Treasury

    • Cost of Living: Carers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to support unpaid carers with the recent increase in the cost of living.

    • Audiobooks: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, about the potential merits of levying VAT on audiobooks.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £350 payments made under the Homes for Ukraine initiative will be tax free.

      Sanitary Protection: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT on reusable period underwear.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the level of tax free childcare support available in the 2022 spring statement.

      Financial Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority in tackling financial inclusion.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Animals Abroad Bill; and what his Department's timeframe is for...

    • 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 a visual check at the border to ensure that the pet...

      Agriculture: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enable farms to carry out improvements required to be more (a) efficient, (b)...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the National Food Strategy.

      Trapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of use of (a) snare traps and (b) other inhumane forms of animal trap.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s...

      River Tame: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her meeting of 9 March 2022 with the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish, what steps she expects the...

      Poultry: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Rural and Food Affairs, with reference to his Department's Action Plan for Animal Welfare published on 12 May 2021, what his timescale is for...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which months he plans to consult on the (a) National Air Quality Strategy, (b) National Air Pollution Control Programme,...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the new National Air Quality Strategy will differ from the (a) Clean Air Strategy 2019 and (b) National Air Quality...

      Poultry: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department will announce the seasonal worker scheme for the poultry industry for the 2022 Christmas period.

      Forests: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to adapt its policy on forestry in the event of a two degrees Celsuis of warming.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: DP World

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether (a) he and (b) his staff have had discussions with representatives of (i) DP world or (ii) their subsidiaries in each of the last 12 months.

  • Department for Transport

    • Gatwick Airport Station: Bank Cards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Transport for London, and (2) Network Rail, regarding the use of contactless payment points at Gatwick Airport Railway...

    • High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many HS2 station platforms are currently planned for its Euston station; how many trains per hour they can accommodate; and what plans they have to release any...

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the stability of Parkway Tunnel and of the approach tracks to the Network Rail Euston station during the construction of the HS2...

      High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest design for the HS2 tracks and approach tunnels for Euston station.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation New measures won't protect poorest families from new energy price cap,...

    • Fossil Fuels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of (1) North Sea (a) oil, and (b) gas, and (2) shale gas, in the UK; and under what circumstances they would exploit...

      Home Upgrade Grant

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to support local authorities who are not included in the initial 22 authorities receiving £67m in the first phase of the Home...

      Official Receiver: Compensation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many payments the Insolvency Service has made under its official receiver compensation scheme in each year for which this information is available; and what is...

      Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of rising global gas prices on achieving their Net Zero targets; and what steps they will take to mitigate this impact.

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce the Feed-In Tariff for homeowners investing in solar panels.

      Natural Gas: Russia

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

      Bitcoin

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies listing Bitcoin mining as their main business are registered at Companies House.

      Innovation: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why their Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published on 2 February, includes the creation of three “innovation accelerators” in England and...

      Official Receiver: Compensation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Insolvency Service takes to promote the existence of its official receiver compensation scheme to creditors in insolvency procedures, where the...

      Productivity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the current levels of productivity in the UK.

      Productivity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the UK’s comparative productivity level when compared to each member of (1) the G7 and (2) the G20.

      Productivity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the additional capacity necessary to analyse the present levels of productivity in the UK.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish updated and detailed (1) guidance, and (2) communications, to people who are immunocompromised in light of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.

    • Osteoporosis: Waiting Lists

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of waiting times for access to a DXA bone density scan.

      Inivos: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 10 February (HL5960), what criteria they use to assess whether information is commercially sensitive; and what was...

  • Department for Education

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • World Health Organization

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect that the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Health Workforce Support and Safeguard List will be updated; and what discussions, if any, they...

    • Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 March (HL6312), what assessment they have made of the disappearance of Armenian Khachkars...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 March (HL6312), what assessment they have made as to whether the process of Albanization...

      Tunisia: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the freedom of democratic (1) expression, and (2) practice, in Tunisia.

      Tunisia: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of relations between the UK and Tunisia.

      Tunisia: Counter-terrorism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role, if any, of Tunisia in resisting terrorism along the North African Mediterranean littoral.

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last raised the situation in Tigray in (1) the UN Security Council, (2) the UN General Assembly, and (3) the UN Human Rights Council; and what action, if...

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Grouse Moors: Controlled Burning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the press release by the RSPB RSPB records peatland fires on grouse moors in supposedly protected areas, published on 9 March;...

    • Pets: Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to seek to progress legislation to make provision about the welfare of certain kept animals that are in, imported into, or exported from...

      Air Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 6 December 2021 (HL4318), when they plan to conduct consultations on measures to...

      Dairy Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of report by Panorama into animal abuse and neglect on dairy farms; and what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure stronger...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date someone fleeing the war in Ukraine who is seeking a Seasonal Worker visa to come to the UK must have had their application submitted for (1) poultry...

    • Migrant Workers: Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visas were granted to non-EEA fishermen who operate on UK-owned vessels out of UK fishing ports (1) in each of the six years from 1 April 2015 to 31...

      Visa: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to waive visas requirements for Ukrainians fleeing war.

      Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of plans under the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill to require Russian oligarchs to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that those citizens who offer to share their homes with Ukrainian refugees as guests will continue to receive full cover from their...

    • Planning: Reform

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that planning reforms are implemented with due regard for (1) the needs of employers, local economies and the skills system; and (2)...

  • Treasury

    • National Income

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the change in UK GDP since December 2019; and what assessment they have made of how this compares to (1) the US, (2) France, and...

    • Cost of Living

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what fiscal steps they plan to take to help reduce the impact on households of the rise in the cost of living.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Streaming: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their response to their consultation on Audience Protection Standards on Video-on-Demand Services, which closed on 26 October 2021.

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to safeguard people with autism from online harm.

      Technology: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to ensure that large technology organisations are complying with regulations on personal data.

      BBC: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effect of rising inflation on the funding settlement for the BBC.

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