Written answers

Friday, 1 April 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Blue Badge Scheme: Motor Neurone Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ease the application process for individuals with motor neurone disease renewing their blue badge parking permits.

    • East West Rail Line: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on funding and delivery for remaining phases of East West Rail.

      British Airways: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on British Airways' use of VeriFLY and its (a) data...

      DP World and P&O Ferries: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish all correspondence between his Department and (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World over the last six months.

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he was informed that the (a) Kent Resilience Forum or (b) Cabinet Office were being convened to manage disruption as a result of...

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether P&O Ferries notified the competent authority of its intention to make 800 employees redundant.

      DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the review of Government contracts with P&O Ferries and DP World.

      Shipping: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a condition of licence to operate out of UK ports that vessels pay the National...

      Shipping: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the seafarers exemption for the National Minimum Wage.

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he became aware that redundancies made by P&O Ferries could lead to disruption of up to ten days.

      P&O Ferries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish all responses to the memo sent to him and 10 Downing Street regarding P&O Ferries on 16 March 2022.

      Taxis: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that guide dog owners are not unlawfully refused access to taxis and minicabs.

      Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 142060, what assessment he has made of the success of policies to introduce 60mph speed...

      Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding for the restoration and reopening of Hammersmith Bridge.

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA is taking steps to prioritise applications from (a) ambulance drivers, (b) bus drivers and (c) taxi drivers who have outstanding...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Pavement parking: options for change consultation which closed in November 2020, what recent steps his Department has taken to...

      Bus Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to publish an updated Bus Service Improvement Plan.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending (a) support the Acorn Project in...

    • Imports: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to ban the import of Russian produced hydrogen sourced from methane; and whether he has made an...

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average age of trees used to produce wood pellets for the Drax power station is; and what estimate he has made...

      Carbon Emissions: Coal and Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the IPCC data which shows that the carbon...

      Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is his Department taking to support the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project.

      Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support and (b) incentivise the development and adoption of (i) greener...

      Energy: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing support for mobile home owners who do not...

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising fuel costs on disabled people.

      Warm Home Discount scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of changes to the Warm Home Discount scheme on people claiming...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to users of prepayment...

      Renewable Energy: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase investment in (a) solar, (b) nuclear, and (c) hydrogen power, as well...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to incorporate research training and career progression into future NHS workforce plans to train, recruit and...

    • NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to tackle workforce shortages within the NHS in (a) Coventry North East...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letters of 25 October 2021 and 5 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his...

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of workers who have left the social care sector in England as a result of making...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide assistance to the hon. Member for West Lancashire in gaining a response to her letter to NHS England and Improvement...

      Ambulance Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that rural ambulance services (a) are prompt and (b) receive the resources they need.

      General Practitioners: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether senior academic GPs will be included in the National Clinical Excellence Awards.

      Ivf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support take up of IVF treatments.

      Blood Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make an assessment of the psychological impact of the covid-19 outbreak on blood cancer patients and (b) implement the...

      Rare Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support patients with rare diseases.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the upcoming SEND Review and Green Paper, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising the Initial Teacher...

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of waiting times for special educational needs assessments and (b) potential effect of those...

      Special Educational Needs: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to help ensure that children with autism receive timely assessments to determine their educational needs.

      Special Educational Needs: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's levelling up agenda includes improvements in provision for children with special educational needs.

      Teachers: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers resigned from their positions after two years of starting their job in the year 2020-21.

      Schools: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average (a) cost per hour and (b) signing bonus is of agency-provided teaching staff in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire, (iii) South East and...

      Childminding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support childminders who have lost work due to testing positive for covid-19 or due to a positive case in their household...

      Family Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the funding for new family hubs, announced in the spending review 2021, will support the local...

      Pre-school Education: Communication Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question125448, if he will set out how the £153 Early Years Recovery Package for professional...

      Childminding: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to review covid-19 guidance to childminders following the changes to self-isolation guidance.

      Holiday Activities and Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children living in (a) relative poverty and (b) absolute poverty benefitted from their full entitlement under the Holiday...

      UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the timescale for fully establishing the new Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce.

      Primary Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential merits of deferring (a) Key Stage 1 SATs, (b) Key Stage 2 SATs and (c) other statutory...

      Nature Conservation: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of OCR's proposal for a GCSE in natural history.

      Audiobooks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) contribution of audiobooks in engaging reluctant and underrepresented readers and (b) potential role of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 129213 on Courts, how many court rooms have been in use on average in each court in England and Wales in...

    • Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119604 on Criminal Proceedings, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2022 to Question 138016 on Trade: Biodiversity, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State...

    • Iron and Steel: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact on the steel industry of removing Russia’s entitlement to Most Favoured Nation...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Developing Countries: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the amount of funding required to fulfil the UN pledge to end hunger by 2030.

    • Palestinians: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to Israel regarding the urgent need to end discrimination faced by Palestinians,...

      Germany: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her German counterpart on that country's recent review of its nuclear power...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that any funds raised for Ukraine through the UN system are disbursed to...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to assist people in central Ukraine, who are not close to a border, to reach safety in...

      Ukraine: Disabled

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the rights of disabled people in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle racism and discrimination against those fleeing war at the Ukraine...

      Ukraine: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times her Department has been contacted by (a) former or (b) present Ukrainian staff members of the...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise the safety and protection of institutionalised children in...

      Morocco: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the Kingdom of Morocco in developing a vaccine manufacturing facility.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to prioritise (a) children and (b) people most at risk of violence,...

      Al-mustafa International University: Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of potential links between Al-Mustafa University and the Islamic...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests have been received by his Department from bordering countries to Ukraine to help with the humanitarian situation; and how many of the...

    • Navy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to reduce the number of staff at Naval Headquarters.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK can deliver blood products to the Ukrainian defence forces through the channels being used to supply military equipment.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ukrainian defence forces currently need increased supplies of blood products; and what assessment he has made of potential future Ukrainian...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United Kingdom is providing the Ukrainian defence forces with blood products.

      NATO: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of British troops deployed as part of the NATO Enhanced...

      RAF Fylingdales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US personnel are stationed at RAF Fylingdales.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2022 to Question 143803 on Ukraine: Armed Forces, what assessment he has made of (a) size and (b) location of the new...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of potential steps that could be undertaken to support and facilitate (a) the transfer of airframes that are...

      Falkland Islands: Armed Forces and Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) British personnel and (b) Royal Navy ships have been stationed in the Falkland Islands in each year since 2010.

      Falkland Islands: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel are currently stationed in the Falkland Islands.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Attendance Allowance: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the total cost of assessments for attendance allowance in each of the last five years.

    • Flexible Support Fund: Lone Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Flexible Support Fund payments are offered to single parents for the purposes of enabling...

      Flexible Support Fund: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Work Coaches are routinely offering Flexible Support Fund payments to help parents who may...

      National Insurance Credits: Low Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to ensure that workers earning less than £12,570 per year still obtain national insurance credits to...

      Employment and Training: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can (a) use their existing skills to work and (b) undertake further skills...

      Cost of Living: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support people in Slough constituency to meet the increased costs of living.

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund in supporting low income families; and if she will make...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing Gear: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing incentives to support new and alternative...

    • Animal and Plant Health Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Animal and Plant Health Agency plans to take in response to animals landed at ports which are not designated...

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Evidence Reports and Supplementary Evidence for each target proposal...

      Elephants: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to bring forward its proposed Animals Abroad Bill; and whether that proposed legislation will...

      Food: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a set of core environmental standards that apply equally to food produced in the UK and imports from...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ease the visa application and subsequent refugee paperwork for Ukrainians who do not speak English to...

    • Asylum: Eritrea and Sudan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill on family reunion for asylum seekers...

      Migrant Workers: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the immigration status of those seafarers working on UK-international routes who are paid below the...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to put in place extra levels of protection for unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine to the UK.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Ukrainian refugee crisis on her Department’s ability to process ordinary...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department is making on the implementation of the humanitarian community sponsorship route for Ukrainians with no ties to...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether undocumented Ukrainian nationals will be able to make an online application to the Ukraine Family Scheme.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that visa applications submitted under the Ukrainian Family Scheme are processed at the...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical support her Department plans to provide to Ukrainian refugees who are required to make an online application to come to the...

      Visas: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many child student visa applications has her department received from Russian nationals since 1st February 2022.

      Visas: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centres in France since 20...

      Visas: Romania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff with relevant expertise and experience have been allocated to the UK's visa application centre in Romania since 20...

      Refugees: Yazidis

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yazidi refugees have been resettled in the UK since 2014; what resettlement schemes were used for those people; and how many...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas her Department has granted to Ukrainians as part of the Ukraine Family Scheme on each day since 28 February 2022.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral contribution of 7 March 2022, Official Report, Vol 710, column 28, where that visa application centre is located;...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance he has produced on prioritising housing need and safe placement of (a) people who have experienced domestic...

    • Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting minimum standards for local authorities to meet local...

      Public Houses: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will (a) encourage the Planning Inspectorate to review the adequacy of local authorities enforcement powers to...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Ukrainian nationals who have recently arrived in Northern Ireland via the Republic of Ireland, either knowingly or...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many offers of help under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been received from households in Hitchin and Harpenden...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the likely timescale between a permit to travel being issued and councils receiving the...

  • Treasury

    • Business: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing to Northern Ireland businesses to help them manage increased (a) fuel prices and (b) costs arising from the UK...

    • Company Accounts: Databases

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a unified system for accounts data between HMRC and Companies House.

      Audiobooks: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to research from the National Literacy Trust and Audible on the impact on the mental health of adults of listening to audiobooks, if he will...

      Employees' Contributions: Tax Thresholds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed lifting of the National Insurance Contribution threshold on the finances of the highest earners.

      Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the higher income tax threshold at the same time as a potential reduction in income tax in 2024.

      Tax Avoidance: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.

      Tax Avoidance: Prosecutions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many promoters and operators of schemes subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for promoting and operating those schemes.

      Arms Trade: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a windfall tax on the arms industry to help pay for the UK's contribution to the war in Ukraine.

      Capital Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the Super-deduction and (b) replacing it with an equivalent to support the...

      Tax Avoidance

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

      Corporation Tax: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent comparative assessment he has made of corporation tax revenue per head in the (a) UK and (b) Republic of Ireland.

      Shipping: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers HMRC has to enforce the National Minimum Wage on vessels operating out of UK ports.

      Agency Workers: Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Schedule 44 Section 2 of The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 in clarifying the obligations...

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact on annual revenue for (a) VAT, (b) corporation tax and (c) duties of oil, gas and vehicle fuels in the event that...

      Renewable Energy: Rented Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of measures announced in the Spring Statement on energy diversification VAT reductions on investment by social...

      Government Departments: Civil Servants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the civil service payroll in central government was, by department, in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2019 and (d) March 2022.

      Government Departments: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total salary bill for the civil service in central government was, by department, in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2019 and (d) March 2022.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to reduce the number of gambling advertisements on television.

    • Offences against Children: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the transmission of sexually explicit material of...

      Lotteries: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make a comparative assessment of the regulation of Society Lotteries and Prize Draws.

  • Department for Transport

    • P&O Ferries: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for connectivity within the UK of P&O Ferries' decision to cease its ferry operations from Larne to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Quality Commission: Complaints

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to grant the Care Quality Commission the authority to investigate individual complaints.

    • NHS Trusts: Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of rising energy costs on the budgets of NHS Trusts; and how they plan to address these cost pressures.

      Long Covid: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage GPs to develop expertise in Long Covid to enable them to help patients suffering with this condition.

      Inivos: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 26 January (HL5352), 10 February (HL5960), and 23 March (HL6213), whether they have notified the...

  • Department for Education

    • Kurdish Language: GCSE

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a GCSE course in the Kurdish language; and what support the Department for Education provides for the teaching of this language.

    • Voluntary Schools: Governing Bodies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to diocesan authorities about their powers to remove diocesan-appointed governors of voluntary aided schools where the governors...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Children's Commissioner for England report Where are England’s Children? Interim findings from the Children’s...

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2021 Spending Review, by how much funding for early years entitlement schemes will increase for (1) 2022–23, (2) 2023–24, and (3)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Prime Minister last spoke to President Xi Jinping of China to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

    • Vladimir Putin: War Crimes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with (1) NATO partners, and (2) the government of the USA, regarding whether to designate President Putin a war criminal...

      Yemen: Peace Negotiations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister offered any assistance to the proposed Yemen peace talks at his meeting with the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,...

      Russia: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of maintaining full diplomatic relations with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine by that country.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to a no-fly zone in Ukrainian airspace, limited to humanitarian corridors.

      Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Freezing of Assets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the freeze on the Central Bank of Russia’s external assets is not circumvented by transactions through central...

      Climate Change: Water Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the scale of the threat to global security as a result of restricted access to water due to climate change; and what steps...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in response to the war in Ukraine, what plans they have, if any, (1) to fill shortages in weapons stocks held by UK armed services, (2) to bring ships,...

    • Ukraine: MiG-25 Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the governments of (1) Poland, and (2) the United States of America, to facilitate the transfer of MiG-25s to Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to supply high-altitude anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian forces.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Foxes: Urban Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of foxes currently living in urban areas; and whether this population has (1) increased, or (2) decreased,...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ukrainian citizens already in the UK who hold a Leave to Remain residence permit are able to fast-track applications for UK visas for family members...

    • P&O Ferries: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with P&O Ferries about the (1) immigration status, and (2) right to work in the UK, of the replacement workers they are...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • DP World: Freeports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the award of freeport status to DP World owned assets in (1) London, and (2) Southampton.

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