Written answers

Monday, 4 April 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing (a) haul and (b) service roads used in the construction of HS2 to become part of the...

    • Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for his departmental group as defined by section A4.10.7 in HM...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether under the terms of the emergency recover management agreement between First-Trenitalia West Coast and his Department the franchise operator...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish reports from First Trenitalia West Coast, including tables, charts and other data, showing delivery of Station and Train cleans...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Atalian Servest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of the contract between his Department and First-Trenitalia West Coast indemnify Atalian Servest from any financial penalty caused...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the planned programmes of Station and Train cleans required from First-Trenitalia West Coast as a condition of its Emergency...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish correspondence between his Department and the directors of First Trenitalia West Coast, Alstom Transport Ltd or Atalian Servest in...

      Fuels: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs on motorists in Newport West constituency.

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the rail network that will be electrified during Control Period 6, 2019-24, and Control Period...

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether under the terms of the emergency recovery management agreement between his Department and First Trenitalia West Coast, he has given a mandate...

      Railways: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on ensuring the safety of female train passengers and staff.

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether First Trenitalia West Coast, Alstom Transport or Atalian Servest are permitted to improve pay arrangements for cleaners employed in...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to ban parking on a pavement for roads outside residential properties that are only one car wide.

      West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the directors of First Trenitalia West Coast, Alstom Transport Ltd or Atalian Servest are entitled to any form of free rail travel or rail...

      Motor Vehicles: Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to review vehicle lighting legislation following the UK's departure from the EU to reduce the impact of dazzle on drivers and...

      Transport: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much core funding his Department has allocated to each sub-national transport body (a) in each of the last five years and (b) over the next three...

      Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with stakeholders in the hydrogen sector on the decarbonisation of road vehicles.

      P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to determine whether P&O Ferries' employment contracts breach employment law.

      Driving Tests: Jarrow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who owns the building which accommodates the DVSA South Shields Driving Test Centre on the Bede Industrial Estate in Jarrow.

      Bus Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance requiring any bus company operating in a local authority to provide mandatory training to all workers on gender and sexual...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of trends in the levels of real-terms research funding since 2010.

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £39.8 billion Research and Development budget for 2022-2025, what proportion of that funding...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for his departmental group as defined...

      Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to end fire and rehire, following the events at P&O.

      Fish: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is planning to take to support fish and chip shops; and what assessment he has made of the implications...

      Diesel Fuel and Petrol: Profits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what regulatory oversight is in place to reduce profiteering by petrol and diesel providers; and what legislative plans...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to attract students into careers in health research, including cancer research.

    • Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made in trends in the level of covid-19 mortality.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of fluoridation on children’s oral health.

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose sarcoma cancer.

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to undertake (a) public consultation and (b) impact assessments before the authorisation of future...

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of bowel screenings.

      Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community rehabilitation services to deal with additional demand after the covid-19 outbreak.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for announcing the eligibility criteria for free covid-19 lateral flow testing after 1 April 2022.

      Oral Tobacco: Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 112640 on Tobacco: Mortality Rates, what assessment he has made of the implications...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS policy of requiring the informed consent of patients, including information about benefits and risks, was applied to...

      Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of mechanical and pharmaceutical interventions available to people who are experiencing...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of current levels of PM2.5 on the health and well-being of over 60s in England.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the chief (a) medical officer and (b) scientific officer have made of the potential risks of ending (i) mandatory...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the provision of free (a) PCR and (b) Lateral Flow testing kits for the public beyond 1 April 2021.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the changes to the COVID-19 testing system that will come into effect after 1...

      Coronavirus: Schools and Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of trends in the levels of outbreaks of covid-19 in (a) schools and (b) teaching staff.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the advice he has received from SAGE, the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientific Adviser on plans to remove...

  • Wales Office

    • Travel Requirements: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact on Welsh tourism of the introduction of electronic travel authorisation passes for travel between Ireland and...

    • Travel Requirements: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on proposals to introduce electronic travel authorisation passes for travel between Northern...

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will issue information to local councils about how the Ukrainian refugee education funding will work.

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding his Department plans to allocate to schools for each new pupil who has arrived in the UK via the Homes for Ukraine or...

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the provision of free covid-19 testing will continue in special education settings after 1 April 2022.

      National Tutoring Programme: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Tutoring Programme Ad Hoc Statistics published in March 2022, how many of the 1,031,000 starts were made by children...

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support schools with rising energy costs.

      English Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding will be provided to local authorities or colleges to help ensure that sufficient English language classes are available...

      Secondary Education: Single Sex Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of whether diamond schools in which primary and sixth form provision is coeducational, with girls and boys taught...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Domestic Abuse: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made to assess the potential success of rehabilitation programme, Building Better Relationships.

    • Prisoners on Remand: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of pregnant prisoners are on remand.

      Prisons: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisons prevent or restrict friends and family of prisoners sending them books and magazines from (a) Amazon and (b) other sellers.

      Prisons: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisons have resumed family days following the covid-19 outbreak.

      Prisoners: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what amount of entitlement to free video calls prisoners receive; and how that amount was decided.

      Prisoners: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison officers are trained in suicide prevention.

      Prisoners: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners began training courses in prison in the last year.

      Probation: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on average how many years experience senior probation officers have prior to their appointment.

      Offender Assessment System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Offender Assessment System (OASys) in probation.

      Probation: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for the provision of clinical supervision to probation officers.

      Probation: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed on the Probation Officer Training PQUIPP programme complete that training.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK sanctions on Russia in reducing international trade with that country.

    • Import Duties: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to lift US tariffs on imports from the UK.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Zimbabwe: Climate Change and Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of climate change on food supply in Zimbabwe.

    • Crimes against Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Minister within her Department has responsibility for the UK’s Atrocity Prevention policy.

      Democratic Republic of the Congo: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

      Sudan: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Special Report 2021 FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to the Sudan, published by the...

      Sudan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the US sanctions on the Central Reserve Police of Sudan for its involvement in serious human...

      Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has for the (a) work of the Office for Conflict Stabilisation and Mediation and (b) future...

      South Sudan: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risk of a generalised breakdown of the 2018 peace deal in South Sudan;...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Homosexuality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the name of the Chair of the Independent Review into the impact of the pre-2000 ban on homosexual personnel in the military.

    • Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for his departmental group as defined by section A4.10.7 in HM...

      RAF Fylingdales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the reported purchase of the (a) Ballistic Missile Defence Radar and (b) Command and Battle Management and Communications equipment for RAF...

      Armed Forces: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will publish the action plan for the UK Armed Forces Families Strategy in order to implement the agreed recommendations of the independent...

      Veterans: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 to revamp the Career Transition Partnership in 2023, what changes...

      Armed Forces: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether people living with HIV are able to serve as military Aircrew and Air Traffic Controllers.

      Armed Forces: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2022 to Question 136649 on Armed Forces: HIV infection, for what reason the updated policy cannot be published before...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Kickstart Scheme

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

    • Sector-based Work Academy Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sector-based work academy programme starts there were up to the latest date for which information is available.

      Disability Living 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 disability living allowance in each of the last five years.

      Universal Credit: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made on the projected spending power of universal credit as a result of rising inflation.

      Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2021 to Question 185273, if she will place copies of the (a) agendas, (b) papers and (c) minutes of...

      Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) DWP Directorates, (b) other Government departments and (c) non-government representatives sit on her Department’s Universal...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the cap for the childcare element of universal credit reflects rising costs of childcare.

      Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference the difficulties vulnerable claimants were having with Universal Credit that was discussed at the Universal Credit Programme...

      Work Capability Assessment: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of delays in the work capability assessment process for claimants who are living with cancer.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising fertiliser prices on (a) wheat and (b) other food crop...

    • Seed Potatoes: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to prevent the export of seed potatoes to Russia.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is on track to meet the timeframe for the delivery of the Environment Land Management schemes and Agricultural...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the findings of the RSPB report, A Lost Decade for Nature, that the UK has missed 17 of the 20 Aichi...

  • Home Office

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for the Homes for Ukraine scheme to Ukrainian nationals who...

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Homes for Ukraine visa sponsorship applications have been successful to date.

      Radicalism: Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the threat to the UK posed by Shia Islamist extremism.

      Fraud: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to track foreign nationals who have defrauded UK citizens; and what role INTERPOL plays in identifying...

      Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the threat to the UK posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Improvement: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's retrofit strategy to upgrade all homes to net zero by 2050, whether he plans to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to help ensure Northern Ireland's place in the Union.

    • UK Relations with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department has made of ongoing negotiations with the EU on peace in Northern Ireland.

      Tourism Ireland: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Government plans to provide financial support to Tourism Ireland.

      Belfast Agreement: Anniversaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what events his Department is organising to mark the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Belfast Agreement on 10 April 1998.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size of his Department's Group’s total full time equivalent headcount was at the end of financial years (a) 1994-95, (b) 1999-2000, (c)...

    • Treasury: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individual or organisation carried out the review of HM Treasury’s recruitment practices conducted in 2020, and if he will publish a copy of...

      Treasury: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 114 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, published on 20 July 2021, HC 436, if he will publish the (a) reference...

      Treasury: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which individual or organisation carried out the external review of HM Treasury’s graduate recruitment practices conducted in 2017; and if he will...

      UK Government Investments: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what annual expenditure has been allocated for the cost of increasing the full time equivalent headcount of UK Government Investments by 25.8 per cent in...

      Treasury: Recruitment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to contract reference CCHR21A13 Lots 1 and 2 tendered by his Department in 2021, what statistics have been used to represent the baseline of HM...

      Treasury: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, published on 20 July 2021, HC 436, what the total value was of (a) uncorrected...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) North Sea energy companies and (b) other energy companies on whether Government policy on a windfall tax...

      Treasury: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for his departmental group as defined by section A4.10.7 in his...

      Boats: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to suspend the requirement for an ATA Carnet for the temporary movement of leisure boats from the UK to the EU.

      Boats: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the payment of a ATA Carnet on the temporary movement of boats from the UK to the EU.

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the rise in the cost of living, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of business rate reform.

      Business: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tangible benefits for UK businesses are expected to result from his Department’s Tax Administration Strategy reforms; and how he intends to (a)...

      Freezing of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax he projects HM Treasury will collect on the interest accrued on Russian assets frozen in UK banks.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many banks have closed on high streets in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Northern Ireland since 2015.

      Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to bring forward further legislative proposals to protect (a) access to cash and (b) in-person banking services.

      Debts: Advisory Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to provide for increasing Government-funded debt advice.

      Cash Dispensing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to protect access to cash, announced in March 2020.

      Cooperatives

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cooperative sector's contribution to the economy.

      Government Departments: Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the disbursement of Official Development Assistance in FY2022-23 by each Government department.

      Cryptocurrencies: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with representatives of crypto currency organisation on the transfer of Russian assets within their businesses.

      Funerals: Pre-payment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to safeguard the customers of (a) Safe Hands and (b) other prepaid funeral providers that may not abide by FCA regulations.

      Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the access to cash via free-to-use ATMs in (a) rural areas and (b) low-income areas and with reference to the Access to Cash...

      Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that high street bank branches remain open.

      Pension Rights: Age

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish further details of the protection regime allowing people with existing unqualified rights to take their pension before the age of 57.

      Interest Rate Hedging Products Review

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the independent review into the supervisory intervention of Interest...

      National Fund and Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK)

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from a cy-près scheme from (a) Zedra Fiduciary Services and (b) the National Fund as at 28 March 2022.

      Cars: Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) car insurance firms are abiding by the Equality Act 2010 and (b) no one is paying more for car insurance due to...

      Treasury: PwC

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) independent business reviews and (b) related diligence reports provided to his Department by PriceWaterhouseCoopers between 31...

      Intestacy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue his Department has derived from Bona Vacantia in each of the last five years.

      Charitable Trusts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had correspondence with the (a) Attorney General's Office, (b) Government Legal Department or (c) Charity Commission on the...

      NatWest Group: Government Shareholding

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conclusions have been reached as a result of the advice commissioned by his Department from Slaughter & May in October 2021 on the legal risks...

      Annuities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to allow individuals to exit their annuity plans.

      Revenue and Customs and Treasury: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current formal measure of risk appetite for fraud is in (a) HM Treasury and (b) HM Revenue and Customs; and whether that has changed in the last...

      Business: Data Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the (a) costs and benefits for UK businesses of that...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require retailers to pass on reductions in fuel duty to...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to help ensure the reduction to fuel duty will be passed down in full to customers in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Energy Bill Discount Scheme, whether it is his policy that the benefits of the discount be passed onto tenants who have bills paid...

      Business: Supply Chains

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to help UK businesses maintain effective supply chains.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 December 2021, 14 January 2022, 14 February 2022 and 14 March 2022 from the hon. Member for Basildon...

      Treasury: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on cyber security for his Department in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, DCMS Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, published on...

    • DLA Piper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the legal analysis and advice provided by DLA Piper UK LLP on data protection law and practice in support...

      DLA Piper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the statement of requirements set out by her Department in contract reference 102274 and tendered to DLA...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will detail the losses and special payments valued at under £300,000 for her departmental group as defined by...

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Noise

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to reduce train noise that is measured independently during the initial operation and testing of trains on HS2 phase one, if it is found...

    • Freight: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 22 March (HL Deb col 906), how Eurotunnel and the expansion of services in the short...

      Police: Road Traffic Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the results of the Roads Policing Review: Call for Evidence, which closed on 5 October 2020.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Sizewell B Power Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to grant a 20-year extension to the working life of the existing Sizewell B plant.

    • Fossil Fuels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether their policies of (1) fracking, (2) reducing fuel duty, and (3) coal extraction, are compliant with their commitments at...

      Galileo System

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Galileo PRS system to be fully operational.

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the (1) design, and (2) implementation, of a UK Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at Medium Earth Orbit which (a) delivers...

      OneWeb

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what their fallback system is for OneWeb in the event that the GPS is disrupted by (1) an enemy, or (2) malicious entity; and what consideration they have given to...

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether OneWeb satellites held in Russia have been returned.

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the first full satellite constellation for OneWeb to be in orbit.

      OneWeb: Satellites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 25 January (HL5301), whether OneWeb is still using Russian facilities for its launches after Russia's...

      P&O Ferries: Dismissal and Redundancy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the management of P&O Ferries regarding the requirement under retained EU law to hold consultations when implementing...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with political parties in Northern Ireland on measures to deal with the past and its legacy in Northern Ireland.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the use of (a) molnupiravir, and (b) Paxlovid, as antiviral treatments for COVID-19 in other countries, and (2) the...

    • Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 28 March (HL7225), why decisions on the deployment of antiviral treatments for COVID-19 for people beyond the...

      Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 24 March (HL7023), why antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are not commercially available; and what assessment...

      Diabetes: Health Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to inform the public about the consequences of rising diabetes levels.

      Autism: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their plan for autism research, as outlined in the National strategy for autistic children, young people and adults, published on 22...

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the feasibility of a 'stepped care' system for autistic people to identify and address new support needs in a timely manner.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether COVID-19 tests will remain (1) free, and (2) accessible, for (a) all immunocompromised people, (b) their households, and (c) close contacts, from 1 April,...

      Coronavirus: Public Health

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations on public health measures related to COVID-19; and what plans they have to publish the minutes of...

      Health Services: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use by NHS Trusts of Chinese-made surveillance cameras made by companies currently subject to US sanctions and investment bans.

  • Department for Education

    • Languages: GCE A-level and GCSE

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reduction in the numbers of pupils taking (1) GCSE, and (2) A Level, examinations in (a) community, or (b) heritage,...

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that adequate provisions are made to protect Ukrainian (1) orphans, and (2) unaccompanied children, who come to the UK.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Sentences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in England and Wales were progressed to open conditions but...

    • Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences have (1) started, and (2) completed, accredited offending...

      Prison Sentences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners in England and Wales subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences have been (1) received into, and (2) released from,...

      Parole

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish advice given by the Parole Board to Parole Board members to increase their confidence in taking Imprisonment for Public Protection...

      Sexual Offences: Sentencing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in establishing a progression unit for prisoners subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences with a sexual...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average number of additional offending behaviour programmes that prisoners subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in England...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average number of accredited offending behaviour programmes completed by prisoners subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prisoners subject to Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in England and Wales have been on a waiting list to begin an accredited offending...

      Prison Sentences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the National Probation Service has made towards developing a package of learning for newly qualified officers on managing Imprisonment for Public...

      Parole

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the rate of (1) deferral, and (2) adjournments, of cases by the Parole Board broken down by local region in each year since 2017.

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of introducing inconsistencies into the law around marriage if humanist marriages are legislated for before...

      Prison Sentences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the National Probation Service has made towards freeing capacity to hear more Imprisonment for Public Protection release decision cases since the...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Musicians: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the Churchill Lecture delivered by Lord Frost at the University of Zurich on 15 March; and in particular, his...

    • Sub-Saharan Africa: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact the Russian invasion of Ukraine on food poverty and the humanitarian crises in Sub-Saharan Africa; and what steps they...

      National Bank of the Republic of Belarus: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prohibit UK persons from undertaking financial transactions involving the Central Bank of Belarus.

      Russia: War Crimes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that an art school in Ukraine, sheltering 400 people has been destroyed by Russian forces; and what progress they...

      Myanmar: Rohingya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of the United States' determination that Myanmar's military has committed genocide against the...

      Ukraine: Abduction and Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that mass deportations and abductions from Mariupol are taking place to locations in Russia.

      Uyghur Tribunal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been invited to submit evidence to the Uyghur Tribunal; if so, whether they have accepted the invitation; and if not, why not.

      Russia: War Crimes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their policy on genocide, further to Russia's actions in Ukraine and the Prime Minister's remarks during Prime Minister’s...

      Humanitarian Aid and Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with European partners about using Europe's railway network to transport refugees and humanitarian goods in response to the war...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) presence, and (2) active participation, of UK citizens in conflict zones in Ukraine; and what advice they provide to...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 16 March (HL Deb col 277), what measures they are using to evaluate the effects of the two child limit...

    • Employment: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to match Ukrainian refugees wishing to come to the UK with job opportunities matching their specific (1) skills, (2) training, and...

      P&O Ferries: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to provide (1) support, and (2) protection, for the staff of P&O Ferries who were made redundant on 17 March.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries: Monitoring

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of English vessel fishing activity is currently monitored at sea either with (1) human observers, or (2) Remote Electronic Monitoring.

    • Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how any gap in funding between basic farm payments and the new environmental land management schemes will be met.

      Avian Influenza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat of bird flu in the UK to (1) poultry health, and (2) egg production.

      Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their Joint Fisheries Statement will commit to evidence-based fisheries management; and whether they will consultt on the correct (1) scale, and (2) use,...

      Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure a better (1) geographic, and (2) seasonal, distribution of fishing effort.

      Fisheries: Exclusive Economic Zone

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the then Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 20 March 2018 (HC Deb col 176), what progress they have made with...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to end the legal requirement for employers and others to check a person's immigration status; and what guidance they provide to...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Afghan citizens have been resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme; and what target number, if any, they are aiming for resettlements.

      Migrants: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants with no recourse to public funds have (1) applied successfully to have this restriction lifted, and (2) had their application refused.

      Immigration: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons were held in immigration detention centres at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic; and how many persons are being held in such centres at present.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Safety Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the progress of the Building Safety Fund.

    • Local Government: Harrogate

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the abolition of Harrogate Borough Council on 1 April 2023 and the related extension of existing councillors' terms, what plans they...

      Homelessness: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many migrants who lack full documentation have become homeless in each of the last two years for which figures are available.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to allow Russian-owned companies to (1) tender for, or (2) be awarded, contracts for public sector work in the UK.

    • Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Non-Disclosure Agreements the Cabinet Office has agreed for each of the last three years.

  • Treasury

    • Cryptocurrencies: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to identify cryptocurrency exchanges supporting sanctioned Russian individuals and restrict their activities.

    • Care Workers: Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many live-in carers working under a Health and Care Worker visa have been denied payments under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

      Cryptocurrencies: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Financial Conduct Authority regarding the number of cryptoasset firms that are still awaiting registration by the FCA ahead...

      Stocks and Shares: Belarus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prohibit providing services in relation to shares of Belarussian state-owned enterprises listed on UK trading exchanges.

      Bank for International Settlements: Central Bank of the Russian Federation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what they consider would constitute the withdrawal of banking services from the Central Bank of Russia by the Bank of International Settlements; what...

      Russia: Overseas Investment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prohibit new investment in Russia's energy sector by companies based in the UK.

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