Tuesday, 19 April 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of locating the national headquarters of Great British Railways in Stockton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the (a) Home Office and (b) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the study to find a way of bringing HS2 trains from East Midlands Parkway to Leeds to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to (a) the Transport Decarbonisation Plan and (b) the Net Zero Strategy, how local transport authorities which are developing Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will be consulting on the guidance on Local Transport Plans; and when this guidance will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a certificate approval process to operate through the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for ferry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a statutory maximum continuous working provision for vessels under UK jurisdiction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of digital platforms that map both rail journeys and intermodal travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on single ticketing regardless of rail operator; and what steps he has taken to advance intermodal single ticketing,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with the port authority on the potential merits of giving them statutory powers to refuse access to regular ferry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure a minimum number of UK ratings and officers employed on all ferry operators docking in UK ports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral statement of 30 March 2022 on P&O Ferries, whether free ports will be covered by the new statutory powers to refuse...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the electric vehicle charging network is (a) comprehensive and (b) user friendly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to simplify and streamline the process for bus franchising.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to establish a long term, enhanced and devolved approach to funding bus services in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Great British Railways is taking to ensure that rail services connect with other modes of transport; and what technology he plans to use to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of rail operators increasing provision to allow travellers to take bicycles on trains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of 26 March 2022 on Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme, where those buses will be built.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the criteria used to decide the proportion of funding allocated under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 131291 on Railways: Finance, and with reference to the RIA Progress Review: Trains fit for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 143828, on Manchester Airport: India, whether his Department has made an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that potential reforms to flight compensation regulations do not result in a lower level of compensation for customers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the design of the proposed shelter for Platform 2 of Dore & Totley station in response to concerns that it is too small and has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 141256 on Highway Code: Publicity, if he will provide a further breakdown of spending under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce trade union recognition as a condition of licence for ferry operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason he did not seek a court order to disqualify Peter Hebblethwaite under Section 8, Section 12(c) and Schedule 1 of the Company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to review public sector contracts with (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure P&O Ferries publish safety risk assessments on the vessels operated by the company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what payments have been under the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive scheme in each of (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has been contacted by Aquind Limited or its representatives on his decision not to approve the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential capacity of the North Sea to assist with (a) ensuring a low...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 145873 on Energy: Standing Charges, whether maintenance on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households that have a pre-payment (a) gas and (b) electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many prepayment electricity meters are currently in use in Liverpool Walton and (b) what the average number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral answer to the Rt Hon Keir Starmer MP on 23rd March 2022 when he confirmed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has allocated resources to recover the money lost to fraud as part of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online marketplaces follow the same safety regulations as other UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the terms of the indemnity against product liability given to Pfizer for the manufacture and supply of covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the terms of the indemnity against product liability given to the manufacturers and suppliers of covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a disqualification order against the chief executive of P&O Ferries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February to Question 117804, what recent discussions he has had with relevant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 29 March 2022, HCWS735 on Business Update, whether the Statutory Code will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh (a) economy and (b) tourism industry of denoting St....
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any of his Department’s spending in response to the Ukraine crisis will be accounted for as Official...
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she had with relevant stakeholders prior to implementing the recent changes to the Crown Prosecution Service Director’s Guidance on Charging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the World Health Organization’s recommendations of 9 March 2022 on the delivery of safe abortion care, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact the removal of early medical abortion at home may have on the average gestation age...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the results of Government’s tests on the effectiveness of the the drug evusheld against covid-19 omicron subvariants will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to menopause services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take further steps to tackle the shortage of NHS dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle inequalities in women's health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the recruitment of dentists in communities with comparatively low levels of dental provision.
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.
What discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the effectiveness of passive technology in reducing the transmission of airborne microbes in enclosed spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to support unpaid carers with the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support health and care staff with the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide additional financial support to tackle pressures in dentistry in areas with high levels of population growth.
What steps he is taking to help ensure that ambulance services meet their response time targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to maximise NHS capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to maximise NHS capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the (a) Government and (b) NHS is taking to reduce COPD mortality in the UK through the Life Sciences Vision strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report commissioned by the NHS from Logex and IVM, entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for announcing the appointment of the new Women's Health Ambassador for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether minutes will be published for meetings between the Women's Health Ambassador for England and Ministers of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential total value of claims of clinical negligence linked to sodium valproate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the post of Women's Health Ambassador will be a time-limited or permanent appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the post of Women's Health Ambassador will be salaried.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will undertake a capacity and demand review of radiotherapy cancer services; and if he will take steps to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women's Health Ambassador for England will be recruited by open application; and where that post will be advertised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the prevalence of long covid among the population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a chickenpox vaccine on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase scientific and medical research into long covid; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the method by which radiotherapy is funded in the UK to (a) increase access to treatments, (b) modernise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the awareness of the need to donate (a) blood, (b) plasma and (c) platelets to NHS Blood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessments he uses to prioritise funding for public health interventions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase dementia diagnosis rates in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Hospitals Transformation Programme on standards of maternity services in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to engage social prescribing in integrated care providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the dedicated webpage for those negatively affected by sodium valproate will be published on NHS Resolution's website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing an annual mental and physical health screening programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether those negatively affected by sodium valproate will be eligible for legal aid when pursuing a claim through NHS Resolution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners received end of life care in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating further funding for research into anti-epilepsy drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continued mutual recognition of professional dental qualifications from the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to deliver on the manifesto commitment to double research funding into dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using secure digital ID systems to enable more people who are eligible for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to extend free TB vaccinations to include all those that work with bovines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of ensuring that Directors of Public Health have a central role in integrated care Board and integrated care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of increasing the role that pharmacies have in treating patients with minor ailments to reduce pressure on GPs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children and young people being treated on general paediatric wards where the primary illness...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS patients can access spinal implants to help paralysed patients walk again.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of presentations of children and young people at accident and emergency departments where the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the infection control fund on the care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact ending access to widespread free covid-19 testing will have on families with relatives in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) is still using NHS Foundry to map vaccine uptake and (b) has plans to deploy that software elsewhere in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of treatment programmes for people suffering from gambling-related harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many IT providers of video conferencing services meet the NHS DCB0129 requirements; and which companies have met that standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assist people who do not have online access to order lateral flow device tests in order to visit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children and young people requiring (a) admission and (b) re-admission to inpatient units for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who are eligible for biologic treatment for severe asthma who are not currently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing and other trade unions on the potential preventative effect on dementia of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support care workers who may have to isolate to prevent or control infection of covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what factors are assessed when deciding the fee level a local authority will pay per funded care home place; and whether he has plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increasing number of acute or urgent cases of children and young people with eating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to examine the (a) rise in deaths in private homes and (b) quality of end of life care that people have received since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the provision in the Health and Care Bill on the commissioning of services or facilities for palliative care, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for a public health campaign to update women on the menopause support available to them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when the updated proposal for the Hospitals Transformation Programme for the modernisation of the Royal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 4 November 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL27517.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March to Question 146546, whether the NHS has met its most recent efficiency target; and what steps he plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) list the spending programmes his Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of patients who remain in hospital and who are medically fit for discharge; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, further to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 81866 on Air Pollution: Death, what his timetable is for publishing the Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring NHS England provide guidance to commissioners and providers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the proportion of inmates across the prison estate in England and Wales who see a specialist to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of inmates across the prison estate in England and Wales with (a) epilepsy and (b) wider...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the interim report of the Cass Review, published in February 2022, if the Government will adopt the advice set out in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he intends to use local pharmacy teams to increase capacity in primary care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the finding of the study by Morris and others entitled, The removal of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department provides funding to assist dentists with relocation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of radiotherapy machines currently in use by the NHS which are older than 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS general dental contract holders in England have (a) terminated or handed back their contracts and (b) reduced their NHS...
To ask the Leader of the House, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on parliamentary integrity of the involvement of lobbyists for for-profit companies in All-Party...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND Review published on 29 March 2022 and his associated statement to the House of the same date, what his planned timetable is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to assess the effectiveness of the £650 million catch-up premium for the 2021-22 academic year; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he would issue guidance on the arrangements for supporting schools and other educational institutions that will be welcoming the children of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the attainment gap is in Feltham and Heston constituency at (a) EYFS, (b) Year 6/7, (c) GCSE; and what proportion of students started primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the amount of money disbursed privately by people and families each year during parents' working hours on (a) childcare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) affordability of childcare and (b) impact of that matter on (i) household debt and (ii) rent arrears of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been (a) of school age, (b) with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) and of school age, (c) in receipt of free school...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) Government departments and (b) other public sector organisations have used the Apprenticeship Levy to fund (i) MBAs and (ii) other academic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding announced in the Special Educational Needs and Disability and Alternative Provision Green Paper was previously announced in the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that the provision of free schools meals is extended to children from immigrant families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a new multi-sensory impairment education fund to support children with multi-sensory impairment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) public money has been made available to fund SEND provision in English (i) mainstream and (ii) special schools in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have (a) commenced and (b) completed an MBA using funds raised by the Apprenticeship Levy in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding he (a) has made available in (i) each of the last five financial years and (ii) the 2021-22 financial year and (b) plans to make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department has given to schools on how SAT results will be used in the 2021-22 academic year to measure future performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teachers and school staff off sick with covid=19 in the last two months for which data is available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of impact of lifting of covid-19 restrictions on the ability of schools to get substitute teachers for staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department plans to divide the £349 million catch up premium for tutoring between schools; and whether his Department plans to weight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a compulsory register of home education children.
To ask the Prime Minister, when he met the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests this year.
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2021 to Question 80323 on Owen Paterson, whether he met Owen Paterson in the Palace of Westminster in (a) November or (b) October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 131344 on Trade Agreements: India, what estimate she has made of the impact of (a) a full...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase foreign direct investment in the UK’s green industries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of banning the import of all luxury goods containing raw materials sourced...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the US Commerce Department's recently launched investigation into Chinese solar suppliers for tariff circumnavigation, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the EU dropping its blanket ban on the EU TRIPS waiver, whether she has plans for the UK to do the same; what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a complete ban on all new UK commercial investment in Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether arrangements have been made for delegates to the global summit to promote freedom of religion or belief to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the written evidence, AFG0015, submitted by the Sulha Alliance to the Defence Committee’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of sanctioning the Moscow Stock Exchange by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2022 to Question 139243 on Russia: Sanctions, whether shipping carrying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of offering Ukrainian authorities support and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 of March 2022 to Question 145909 on Chechnya and Russia: Sanctions, whether she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in her Department are working in the Counter Disinformation Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) number and (b) percentage of UK donated surplus vaccines that have been unusable to short expiration dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Argentine counterpart on reports of a further military deployment in Tierra...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international counterparts to help trace the 2763 missing Yazidi women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is the UK taking to support measures to scale up manufacturing capacity of vaccines in low and middle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is reviewing the contract between British International Investment (CDC) and DP World for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps are being taken to enable the UK to deliver its commitment to share 70m vaccine does by June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia on his recent visit to King Fahd Air Based;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2021 to Question 82118 on Qatar: Football, what discussions she has had on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much ODA spend on education projects for which there is data had girls' education as a (a) component and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support victims of domestic violence where the perpetrators are serving military personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's procedure is when establishing whether an armed forces member convicted of domestic violence, sexual assault or abuse should be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was to his Department for the maintenance of Royal Navy Boats for each year, for the years 2010 to 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether IMS will now be closed down following the settlement of its debt to Iran, or whether he expects it still to be operating in the next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NLAW missile systems the Armed Forces has in stores as of 28 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have spent in repair yards being refitted in each year between 2010 and 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who holds the contracts for the maintenance of Royal Navy boats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to his Department of (a) repairs and (b) refits to Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels has been in each year between 2010 and 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his officials' recent visit to the March 2022 World Defence show in Saudi Arabia, what assessment he has made of global access to arms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the March 2022 World Defence Show.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether negotiations with representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union on relocation of Defence Business Services to Blackpool have concluded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many starstreak missiles the Armed Forces has as of 29 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials in his Department and (b) armed forces officers are working in the Counter Disinformation Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the (a) nature and (b) impact on global security of Russian disinformation campaigns in Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of when the Defence Recruitment System will again be operational online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many interpreters the UK evacuation team employed during Operation Pitting through WorldWide Language Resources in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of workers that are entitled to sick pay at a rate higher than statutory sick pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2022 to Question 138302, if her Department will carry out a detailed impact assessment analysing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department has not granted the Scottish Government access to anonymised data on universal credit claims and sanctions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional Carer’s Allowance Supplement payments to all carers in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of support for unpaid carers with the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase Carer’s Allowance and other benefits in line with inflation predictions when benefit ratings take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the level of the cost of processing mandatory reconsiderations of claimants on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the value of the contribution of occupational health in delivering public health support to employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations made in favour of claimants were made on the basis of no additional evidence supplied by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the earnings limit for those claiming Carer’s Allowance to at least 16...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claims are auto-extended on more than one occasion due to a backlog of claims...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsideration requests for personal independence payments were found in favour of claimants, for those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of recognising long covid as (a) an occupational disease and (b) a disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 23 February 2022 to Question 125365 and 8 March 2022 to Question 134067 on Maternity Allowance, and with reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she intends to respond to a letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 28 January 2022, reference ZA58773 in relation to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government efficiency savings: technical note, 2021, published on 28 March 2022, what the variety of counter fraud...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local welfare assistance schemes in Manchester Gorton constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local welfare assistance schemes in Glasgow South West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that benefit assessments for veterans focus on the increased costs of living for disabled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she holds on the proportion of the Benton Park View site in Newcastle upon Tyne that is used by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she intends to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 25 January 2022, reference ZA58736 in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact inflation will have on the benefit cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people in (a) poverty and (b) debt; and what steps she is taking to reduce this figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what scientific evidence there is on the impact of zinc and lead sediment in the form found in the River Tyne on marine life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Agnew Review - Access to the Outdoors Commission, which was commissioned in January 2021, will be released.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permits his Department has issued for the import of hunting trophies from Russia in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the October 2021 Which? survey on wood-burning stoves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make it its policy to introduce any further changes to the regulation of genetically modified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to respond to the letter from the hon. member for West Lancashire dated 1 February 2022, reference ZA58805...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to prioritise bona fide research over other non-commercial releases of genetically modified...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Port of Tyne’s response to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s plans are for the disposal of dredge, including zinc and lead, in landfill.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees matched through the Homes for Ukraine scheme are now in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to broaden the Afghan Resettlement Programme to allow more refugees from conflict zones to reach sanctuary in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 146579 on Refugees: Afghanistan, when she intends to set out her approach to evaluating...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason individual disabled employers are unable to apply for a sponsorship licence which would enable them to employ personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help people holding refugee status in Ukraine to access the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 137441, how many people were detained between 13 January and 9 March 2022 at (a) Brook...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of Department’s spending in response to the Ukraine crisis will be accounted for as Official Development Assistance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average wait time for a visa application centre appointment for Ukrainian applicants in the visa application centres in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding applications there are from Ukrainian nationals for visas to enter the UK which were submitted before the Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 30 March 2022 of to Questions 147057 and 147056, of the 14,260 online CSA cases disseminated to police forces in England...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) estimate she has made of the number of drink spiking-related offences in the last 12 months and (b) steps the Government is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of days is between a refugee from Ukraine attending visa application centre appointment and being granted a visa.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the membership of the firearms licensing fees working group.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce an independent mechanism for police pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of food provision for refugees from Afghanistan who are accommodated in hotels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff have been employed to process DBS checks for sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and what estimate she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian nationals who have applied for a UK visa have arrived in the UK since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time it takes to fill in an online Visa application form for a Ukrainian national...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make the UKVI Ukraine helpline free for callers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of applicants to the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine scheme who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the average time taken to for a visa application to be granted through the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Homes for Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding applications there are from Ukrainian nationals for visas to enter the UK outside of the Ukraine Sponsorship scheme and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for the completion and awarding of a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and what recent assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 138024 tabled by the hon. Member for Sefton Central on 10 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on (a) extending the visa expiry dates and (b) offering other measures of relief to Russian (i) Tier 5 unpaid charity...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) removed for entering the UK illegally via the Ireland and Northern Ireland land border in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to (a) enable businesses and community organisations, such as charities, to directly sponsor refugees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 141267 on Refugees: Ukraine, whether British nationals who have family...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities are required to make different financial provision to refugees who arrive on the sponsorship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Local Government Association's report that there have been 144 homeless applications from Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with Facebook, about the Facebook groups that are being used to match Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to set up a centrally run, national system for Ukrainian refugees to log any complaints or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of the 2,700 Ukrainians given visas under the sponsorship scheme had arrived in the UK as at 30 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people in (a) Warwickshire and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency have recorded their interest in becoming a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his department plans to open a help desk on the Parliamentary Estate to manage queries about the Homes For Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average number of days is between an application being submitted to the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the outcome...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the £10,500 that local authorities will be paid per Ukrainian refugee to provide wider support will be paid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his policy to simplify the application process for the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143627, what communication his Department has had with local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Ukrainian refugees placed with host families under the Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme will be able to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when will phase two of the Homes for Ukraine scheme begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to establish a statutory duty to provide annual reports on the progress of the levelling up agenda; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the (a) appointments process and (b) timetable for appointments will be for the Levelling Up Advisory Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much remuneration the Levelling Up Directors will receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the (a) appointments process and (b) timetable for appointment will be for Levelling Up Directors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Secretary of State having powers to direct local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of measures announced by his Department on 21 July 2021 on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support leaseholders who have been affected by remedial fire safety works to help cover rising...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many meetings he has held with developers since his announcement on 10 January 2022 that the Government plans to make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what further steps he plans to take to ensure the availability of mortgages on leasehold homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to provide financial support for buy to let owners of multiple flats facing cladding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to work with the insurance sector to prevent rising costs for leaseholders affected by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to take steps to ensure the energy bills rebate is passed onto tenants who pay council tax combined with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much of the Covid Additional Relief Fund has been distributed to businesses as of 30 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that (a) York and (b) other local authorities have sufficient social housing to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the requirement on civil servants and special advisers, under the Rights and responsibilities listed in the Civil Service code, to report to their...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are working in the Counter Disinformation Unit.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the basic annual cost of living for a single person household.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 140455, for what reason the Government has stopped publishing Guests to Chequers transparency data...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm that liabilities in respect of the UK Contaminated Blood Scandal will be covered directly and exclusively by the Government.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much public money was used during guests visits to Chequers in each of the last three years, by budget heading.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will confirm the process by which counsel to public inquiries are selected.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter of 21 December 2021 to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests, what proposals were presented to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department will be releasing the Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study; and whether that report will be released in full.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public Sector Apprenticeships Target, how many apprentices were employed in each participating department in the financial year...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government efficiency savings: technical note, 2021, published on 28 March 2022, what the (a) name of the supplier, (b) date the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 February 2021, HCWS756 on Billing Authorities Update, what steps he is taking to measure the impact of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government efficiency savings: technical note, 2021, published on 28 March 2022, which Department the savings of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government efficiency savings: technical note, 2021, published on 28 March 2022, which Department the savings of the London...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government efficiency savings: technical note, 2021, published on 28 March 2022, what debt recoveries were made in the private...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential change in the estimated number of (a) adults and (b) children living in relative poverty...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis his Department undertook in advance of the Spring Statement 2022 of the impact of the policy of uprating by September 2021 consumer price...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a monthly impact assessment of the implications for low income households of cost of living rises.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 10 of the Spring Statement 2022 policy costings document, published on 23 March 2022, if he will place in the Library the figures...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Health and Social Care Levy, how much is being allocated in 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 as compensation for the additional cost to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic impact of the super-deduction on business investment in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the regional distribution of measures announced in the 2022 Spring Statement; and if he will place a copy of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support those who rely on medical equipment to live and face rising bills as a result of energy price increases.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) impact of the (i) Spring Statement 2022 and (ii) October Budget 2021 and (b) combined impact of those...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will produce a table showing Departmental Capital Budget (CDEL) plans in 2021-22, by Government department (a) at the time of the October...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the article of Bureau for Investigative Journalism on 10 March 2022 that reported how ODA reporting for vaccine donations displaced up to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the rise in VAT on businesses in the hospitality sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions but are not eligible for the Employment Allowance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of an employee earning £25,000, how much (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance Contributions, they would be paying in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission the Office for Budget Responsibility to make an estimate of the amount of tax that will be raised from item 10 in the Spring...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the 1.5 per cent increase in employer national insurance contributions on care home operators; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to exempt care homes from paying VAT on works carried out to their premises.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to protect access to cash in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legislative steps he plans to take to tackle barriers to regulatory action against authorised push payment scams; what his timetable is for bringing...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the report required to be published on or before 13 January 2023 under Regulation 158(2) of the Payment Services Regulations 2017...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his proposed Public Sector Fraud Authority will (a) be established and (b) become operational.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that small metals recycling businesses are protected from negative impacts following that industry's loss of the use...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the proposed alcohol duty system on (a) alcohol consumption, (b) alcohol-related hospitalisations,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2022 to Question 148083, for what reason his Department's contract with Health Management Ltd., tendered through...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what distributional analysis his Department has undertaken on the impact of the reduction in fuel duty announced in the Spring Statement 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specific measures for disabled people are included in the Spring Statement 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last visited a (a) primary school, (b) secondary school, (c) further education college and (d) university since 14 February 2020; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions he has met the Secretary of State for Education since 15 September 2021; and what matters were discussed at each of those meetings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Public Sector Apprenticeships Target, how many apprentices were employed in his Department in the financial year 2021-22; and what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total estimated cost is of the reduction to day-to-day spending at his Department between 1 April 2022 and 2025 based on the predicted levels of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned cost is of the Innovation Challenge announced in the Spring Statement 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to small hospitality businesses affected by rising (a) fuel costs and (b) VAT from 1 April 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the distributional impact of financial decisions announced since the Spending Round 2019 on households in 2024-25,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure UK cultural institutions avoid relationships with non-UK organisations that (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to take further steps to tackle the rise in short term holiday lets including those that are a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish its response to the digital radio and audio review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the November 2021 survey of UK swim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that every child can engage in community sports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage sports students to continue with their sporting passions after they leave education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Football Association on its policy in respect of the keeping of transcripts of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the geographical spread of successful applications for the recently announced UK Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to implement in full the recommendations of the fan led review of football...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing avenues of consumer redress for people in disputes with gambling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether instructions on how to take your own life will be considered illegal content that assists suicide in the new online...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to invest in the regional film industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Counter Disinformation Unit has contacted YouTube to request the removal of videos doctored by the Russian state...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces of content the Counter Disinformation Unit has asked social media providers to remove following Russia's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the content produced by BBC Sounds on the quality of output of commercial radio.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support a greater role for (a) music and (b) the arts in the UK's recovering from the covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom will be allocated extra resources when the regulation of social media platforms becomes part of its remit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) applications were received and (b) grants allocated to which organisations as part of the Fibre in the Water...
To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian Government counterpart on establishing a finance facility for countries affected by loss and damage at COP27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the context of reported figures on black people being ten times more likely than white people to be sent to prison for first-time drug offences, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish figures on the average monthly rate of use of force incidents per 100 children and young adults in youth custody for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to decide on the appropriateness of releasing an offender from prison as part of its reforms to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parole board releases for offenders convicted of (a) rape, (b) murder and (c) terror-related offences did the Secretary of State for Justice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his plans to reform the parole process will consider preventing released offenders living near their victim where that is against the victim's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the assessment of risk to the public in his plans to reform the parole process will include the risk of re-traumatising victims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will include legislative proposals to prevent strategic lawsuits against public participation in the forthcoming Queen's Speech.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many expressions of interest in becoming a magistrate have been submitted as a result of the recent national recruitment campaign; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is provided to magistrate (a) bench chairs and (b) deputy bench chairs to enable them to support their magistrate colleagues who may be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of sitting magistrates are currently in paid employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish all data it holds on the performance of the Legal Ombudsman scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders have had a community order terminated early for failing to comply with requirements in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Public Sector Apprenticeships Target, how many apprentices were employed in his Department in the financial year 2021-22; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost to the public purse was of sentences of less than and up to 12 months in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what cost-benefit analysis has been conducted of the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consultations with staff unions on the introduction of the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to tackle the backlog in court cases where there has been an accusation of rape or sexual assault.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to tackle the backlog in court cases that involve defendants who are parents or caregivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to tackle the backlog in court cases that involve juvenile defendants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 29 March to Question 146727, how many meetings (a) he or (b) Ministers have attended since April 2019 in which the incarceration...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the cost of the Elizabeth Line has exceeded original forecasts.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 200 sections of the English road network scheduled for improvement for cyclists in 2017 have been completed; and what is the schedule for future...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Transport for London about whether the Elizabeth Line will be open before the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the consultation on drink driving will be launched; and whether it will include a question on the case for lowering the blood alcohol content limit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits to employers and carer employees of introducing a statutory right to carers' leave; and what plans they have, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of national security interests in permitting the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, a Chinese-owned company.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks of the former head of the National Cyber Security Centre Ciaran Martin that (1) there were "very real concerns" about...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the UK's Five Eyes allies about strategic and security matters prompted by the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia, a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by their advisor to the Board of Trade, Tony Abbott, that the sale of Newport Wafer Fab "would not go ahead were it...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a Chinese owned company, whether the semiconductor plant is the largest in the UK; and what assessment...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not used their powers under under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 to review the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia, a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the High Court judgement on the Royal Bank of Scotland prospectus case (2015 EWHC 3433 C), what assessment they have made of the judgment; whether the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have drafted a national Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) strategy; and if so, when it will be published.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are consulting the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, in parallel with work on progressing plans for small modular reactors.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of their strategy for the diversification of energy supply, they will re-examine proposals for the construction of a Mersey barrage to generate...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions they reached with the Small Business Commissioner regarding the implications of the results of the Increasing the scope and powers of the Small...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how may students from universities in Afghanistan have been offered places to study within the UK.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the intervention by the governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg at the United Nations Human Rights Council on 22 March regarding their...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help pursue a ceasefire in Tigray to support the delivery of humanitarian aid; what assessment they have made of the withdrawal of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the conclusions of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Bahrain, published on 4 March, what representations they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 21 March (138330), whether they will review...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the conclusions of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Bahrain, published on 4 March, what assessment they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the conclusions of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Bahrain, published on 4 March, what assessment they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Belarus concerning that country's assistance to Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to hold the President of Russia accountable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the war in Ukraine, whether acceptance of Crowsnest into service will be accelerated.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the war in Ukraine, whether the (1) Type 26, and (2) Type 31, frigate programmes will be accelerated.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the war in Ukraine, whether the planned paying off of Type 23 frigates will be delayed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in view of the war in Ukraine, whether the Type 45 PIP programme will be accelerated.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they applied the Family Test to the Universal Credit two child limit when the policy was introduced; and whether they intend to do so on the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they applied the Family Test to the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2022.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultations were carried out with Northern Ireland (1) Ministers, and (2) stakeholders, prior to the publication of The Benefits of Brexit: How the UK is...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make the release of Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, a requirement for any future trade deals between the UK and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK’s domestic biodiesel industry of authorisations which allow imports of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil free...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to safeguard the specific public service duties of Channel 4 in the event of privatisation.
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