Tuesday, 26 April 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to (a) prohibit pavement parking that restricts the mobility of disabled and elderly pavement users and (b) develop standards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses to select Jet Zero council members; and what the gender and regional balance is of those council members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help expand the use and take up of sustainable aviation fuel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new buses and coaches were registered last year (a) in total and (b) by system of propulsion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice has his Department given to National Highways on delivering on the Transport Decarbonisation Plan's strategic priority that people should...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK-based firms have been shortlisted for the provision of the main civils works contract for phase 2a of HS2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK-based firms have been shortlisted for the design and construction of the proposed automated people mover, carrying passengers from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a target for procuring from UK firms in respect of HS2 future contract opportunities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has set targets for the use of UK steel in respect of Integrated Rail Plan projects throughout the duration of those projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual contracts have been awarded by HS2 for (a) rolling stock, (b) construction, (c) railway systems and (d) corporate services; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver the National Cyber Strategy 2022 commitment to a Connected and Automated Vehicles Process for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on tackling the backlog of practical driving test appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the anticipated response time is for DVLA queries from hon. Members or their offices regarding constituents' concerns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral statement of 30 March 2022, Official Report, column 840, who the relevant port authorities are for the purposes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 145940, on P&O Ferries: Redundancy, whether it was while standing at the Despatch Box that he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151129, on DP World and P&O Ferries: Contracts, if he will list the contracts with P&O...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the recent rises in shipping container costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review facilities for commercial vehicle drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of when the lane closures on and in the vicinity of Boothferry Bridge on the M62 will be removed and all lanes open to traffic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential locations for trial of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has held with HM Treasury on the potential introduction of a road toll system in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its response to its consultation on pavement parking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people living in houses without driveways will have access to electric car charging points before 2030; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of orders for zero emission buses using funding from the Zero Emission Buses Regional Area scheme have been secured by UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the metals recycling sector on the potential impact on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the outcomes of funding awards provided by the Future Flight Challenge to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions has he had with his EU counterparts on progressing the ratification of the UK’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) UK Research and Innovation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the readiness of the national grid to accommodate the change in energy mix set out in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is planning to take to help prevent further increases in household energy costs prior to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many energy suppliers have been investigated by Ofgem under its financial responsibility principle to protect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem have taken to mitigate the future risk of mutualisation of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of covering credit balances as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any of the energy suppliers who exited the market over the last twelve months had protected customer credit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what analysis (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem have made of the extent to which energy suppliers who exited the market...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date Ofgem first consulted on protecting credit balances as part of its supplier licencing review; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to require energy suppliers to protect customer credit balances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help protect consumers from unequal variation across England in standing changes on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of the energy price cap in incentivising households to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the energy price cap scheme for electricity-only consumers; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2022 to Question 145958 on Maternity Action, which organisations have been invited to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Question 144990 on Ofgem, whether his Department has taken account of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April to Question 145949 on Fuels: Prices, whether his Department has carried out a full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of permanent full-time employees at Hinkley Point (B) nuclear power...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to question 143735 Diesel Fuel: Russia, whether imports of DERV from Russia...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143735 on Diesel Fuel: Russia, when Digest of UK Energy Statistics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Companies House in the Data Protection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if officials in his Department will hold discussions with retailers of products that require installation by a gas safe...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has undertaken on the effectiveness of shared parental leave arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings officials in his Department attended prior to the decision to commission the British Geological Survey to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline for the completion of works under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department have had with relevant stakeholders on subsidies for energy generation for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent the sale of unsafe electrical appliances on online marketplaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to update the Government's hospitality strategy in the context of the increase in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take ensure to that people who reside in non-family households are not penalised if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of the metal recycling sector from the Red Diesel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average time taken is for registrations of land by the land registry in each of the last three years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government is (a) paying and (b) receiving for Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) by (i) KWh, (ii) total payments and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to amend Section 414C of the Companies Act and to ensure that companies do not inadvertently allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to arrange the meeting requested by the hon. Member for Worthing West to discuss burning north American...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the British energy security strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of locating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the total annual greenhouse gas emissions arising from the UK Overseas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of greenhouse gas reduction the UK Overseas Territories of Gibraltar, the Cayman Islands and the Falkland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the terms and conditions governing HETAS’s contract with his Department to manage the Biomass Suppliers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what tender process his Department is using to select a provider to take over the running of the Government’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government's Biomass Strategy 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver nuclear projects by the end of the decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the energy price cap does not apply to commercial meters for communal areas in the blocks of flats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has undertaken a comparative assessment of the carbon emissions required to heat and cool a building (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the level of carbon emissions in tonnes from central or standalone (a) heating in winter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings officials in his Department have had with DP World in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department had with representatives of trade unions regarding his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 150169 on Energy: Standing Charges, what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many communications staff are employed by his Department (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) on flexible working arrangements as of 19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on rescheduling the (a) Ulster Grand Prix and (b) Northwest 200 following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent estimate he has made of the number of companies in Great Britain that no longer service the Northern Ireland market following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 140419, on Contact tracing: software, what the funding has been for the Office for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on (a) GP and (b) NHS capacity of the end of provision of free covid-19 lateral flow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many eligible people at highest risk of becoming seriously ill with covid-19 have been offered antibody and antiviral treatments for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the impact of the coronavirus test device approvals (CTDA) process on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for eligible people at highest risk of becoming seriously ill with covid-19 to be offered antibody and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term plan for the future of public health that (a) takes into account the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations his Department consulted on ending early medical abortion at home; and what assessment his Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make free covid-19 lateral flow tests available to people visiting those who are vulnerable or who have underlying health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that there should be a comprehensive public health framework for gambling policy in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has established a technical distinction between (a) heat-not-burn products, (b) Snus and (c) other reduced risk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of clinicians' recommendation that there should be a levy board...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing of covid-19 lateral flow tests in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing early medical abortion at home will have on the (a) financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding in the Health Foundation's report published on 5 October 2021 that public health grant allocations to local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what prior assessment his Department made of the implications for its policies on tackling obesity of its decision to suspend £100...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of recently revised infection prevention and control guidance on the levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory conditions placed on heat-not-burn products in Japan to help reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Clinical Commissioning Groups will be reporting data on the 2022/23 CCG2 CQUIN: Appropriate antibiotic prescribing for UTI in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce smoking prevalence following the UK leaving the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151008 on Coronavirus: Drugs, what specific local issues the National Health Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making abortion pill reversal treatment widely available through the NHS; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the supplies of anti-radiation treatments required in the event of a nuclear attack; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the flu vaccine were administered in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' recent position statement on Equitable access to maternity care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 24 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding dementia research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 9 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding cervical cancer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current average wait time for (a) assessment and (b) treatment for Long Covid in (i) Oxfordshire and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase the funding for smear testing on the NHS to help improve levels of early diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £50 million NHS dentistry catch up fund announced in January 2022 has been spent in (a) total and (b) in each region...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) assessment he has made of trends in the levels of GPs in England, (b) plans he has to increase that number and (b) targets he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of social care assessment beds available to people on discharge from hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations in the Goldacre review, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS data policies take into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that data from clinical research is accessible to (a) researchers, (b) the third sector and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department provides clinical support to children living in secure accommodation following incidents in which they have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of previous recruitment campaigns for the social care workforce; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Goldacre Review for data sharing in the NHS and data privacy and control for NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health and social care integration: joining up care for people, places and populations White Paper, published on 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with industry and academic partners on reducing barriers to commercialisation of cancer research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on access to endometriosis services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Cancer Research’s publication entitled Ten year cancer plan for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have bionic limbs, by age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to encourage the use by radiologists of UK guidelines for the management of soft tissue sarcomas, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2022 to Question 116905, on Dental Services: Finance, what response he has received from NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £95 million allocated to the Life Sciences Vision will be used to progress the Vision’s Cancer Mission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will request an update from NHS Improvement and NHS England on the steps being taken across the health and care system to tackle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funds his Department will allocate to Long Covid research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure section 3A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (HFEA) does not discriminate against people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 18 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA58962 regarding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with neuroleptic malignant syndrome in each year from 2016 to 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle withdrawal symptoms of people using steroid creams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to issue guidance to the public on the steps they should take to help protect people who are at high...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) the take-up of the covid-19 second booster for the over 75s is and (b) plans he has to increase the level of take up.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will enable people to access covid-19 vaccinations outside the NHS, such as by those who use private health service providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department contributed to the drafting of the upcoming white paper on gambling-related harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department are working with representatives of the UK diagnostics industry on pandemic preparedness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether officials in his Department have held discussions with officials in HM Treasury on the implications for public health of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 April 2022 to Question 145835 on Coronavirus: Screening, what criteria are used to determine commercial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on implementing a statutory levy on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the purposes are of the Covid Pass Delivery Partner contract awarded to Netcompany UK Limited on 1 April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of launching a public awareness campaign on the ongoing risk posed to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the UKHSA plans to publish public health guidance for employers in respect of the actions that employers may take to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of England’s covid-19 testing capacity in the event of (a) a new variant of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he intends to issue specific guidance for people who are immunocompromised or immunosuppressed on how to manage their risk to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of surge capacity in the supply of existing and upcoming covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to carry out covid-19 risk assessments for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance services are at Level 4 in the Resource Escalation Action Plan in England as at 21 April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136496 on Coronavirus: Health Services, in what format his Department holds that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 11 of the Life Sciences Vision, what plans his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 144937 on Meningitis: Vaccination and with reference to the MenB vaccination uptake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 92932, and with reference to page 10 of the Life Sciences Vision, what role the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Questions 103698, 103699, 103700, 103701, 103702, 103703, tabled on 13 January 2022 by the hon. Member for Luton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) inpatient child and (b) adolescent mental health beds have there been in the NHS in each of the last 12 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the cost to (a) nurses, (b) midwives and (c) other NHS workers of ending free car parking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mental health support is being offered to people arriving in the UK as refugees under the Hong Kong British National (Overseas)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 116039 tabled by the hon. Member for Weaver Vale on 1 February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the performance of the ambulance service in Shropshire and (b) assess the feasibility of providing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the suitability of mental health support for those suffering with renal issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities provide home adaptations to people living with motor neurone disease in a timely...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for psychology services in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance NHS England has issued to issues to healthcare Trusts on accessibility of British Sign Language interpreters for patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support social care workers who have lost income due to a positive covid-19 test since the closure of Test and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that the forthcoming reform of the 1983 Mental Health Act will include school and community-based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the level of backlog maintenance has been in NHS mental health services in each of the last ten years (a) in total and (b) by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has plans to renew the Infection Control Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been diagnosed with Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) in each of the last five years; and what steps is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has been made of the adequacy (a) in the accessibility of specialist mental health services and (b) mental health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason covid-19 certificates for (a) international travel and (b) domestic use are valid only for one month when a person has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the clinical evidence used to create the latest version of the guidance on care home visiting, updated 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of military sexual assault who may be reluctant to seek support from veteran...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government plans to hold (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) other parts of the health service to account in the event that they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of telephone services in England for d/Deaf people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 have blood cancer or a blood disorder in the most recent period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average number of patients awaiting discharge in each month since January 2020 was, by NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2022 on Mortality Rates: Coronavirus, what specific observations he has made of the (a) infection, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a Daily Mile initiative for adults across the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to investigate excess deaths among males aged 15 to 19 in response to the ONS' finding that there had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce deaths resulting from antimicrobial resistance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the symptoms of tuberculosis in light of increased cases in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce childhood obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for a fourth dose of covid-19 vaccine to people who were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research the Government is commissioning to assess the efficacy of Evusheld against covid-19 variants; when data from that research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) people who are at high risk of severe illness from covid-19 and (b) people in their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to identify new covid-19 variants at borders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on human health of the consumption of game containing lead shot; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to making (a) Evusheld and (b) other preventative treatments available via the NHS for prophylactic use for people who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Muslim students unable to access the traditional student finance system are able to access an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with Goldsmiths University on protecting courses at that university on (a) Queer and (b) Black British history.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds data on the number of teaching staff fined for breaking covid-19 related restrictions in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the SEND Review, whether parents will be able to seek a setting not specified on a local inclusion plan if they consider the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools his Department have referred to the Health and Safety Executive since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the SEND Review, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure digitised EHCP processes do not exclude people without easy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the SEND review, what oversight his Department will have of local inclusion plans, including how they are assessed and monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will confirm that he will not bring forward legislative proposals to compel schools to join multi-academy trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of misogyny and sexual harassment in primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £50 million granted to parenting programmes in the Spending Review will be spent; and what proportion of that funding will be spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations his Department expect to sit on local SEND partnerships following the SEND review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding in the report by the Disabled Children’s Partnership entitled Left Behind: 6 Months On, which found nearly 70 per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of wraparound services for special educational needs children in educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department is providing to (a) parents and (b) schools on children who miss exams due to covid-19 infection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were recorded as being electively home-educated by local authorities in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to (a) special schools and (b) other specialist education settings on the recruitment of teaching assistants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government's planned timetable is for (a) responding to and (b) implementing recommendations of the Children's social care market study final...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to increase the allowance of universal infants free school meals to help tackle to effect of rising levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools inspected between March 2020 and March 2022 were rated as inadequate by OFTSED.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of services for children with special educational needs and disabilities in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating that schools increase ringfenced time for pupils to play at school to support their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allocate additional financial resources to local authorities to support the foundation of multi-academy trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel following the case of Child Q.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much grant funding has been allocated to the National Union for Students over the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of wraparound childcare for school age children during term time, per region, in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support children living in secure accommodation receive after they have been restrained; and how incidents of restraint are recorded by relevant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department plans to provide to schools in the West Midlands to help close the GCSE attainment gap with London as part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding by the National Day Nurseries Association that £55 million of early years funding was unspent or allocated to other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of schools that offer a 32.5 hour week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, what estimate he has made of the number of schools that undertake the Parent Pledge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) higher education institutions and (b) student unions on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when will the Education and Skills Funding Agency provide an update on plans to refresh the cap on the number of new apprentices that a non-levy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about establishing a scheme to allow medical students from Ukraine to be placed at UK universities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of successful prosecutions for identity fraud in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of pre-sentence reports requested by the judiciary in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from custodial sentences on a Friday in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of prisoners with substance abuse issues (a) before their entry into prison and (b) after their sentence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations from its report of June 2020, Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spends on communications staff on average each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available to prisoners serving Imprisonment for public protection sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of recommendations to reduce the length of time before which people held under Imprisonment for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in the 12 months ending 31 March 2022 an officer informed the director of Oakhill secure training centre of any abuse or impropriety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff in his Department working on proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 have received training on the Social Model of Disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Solicitors Regulation Authority is taking to help ensure that (a) solicitors and (b) law firms are complying with sanctions imposed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure political impartiality among magistrates and judges in judicial proceedings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the DIY Self-Build Scheme allows an applicant to claim all VAT relief that is available to building contractors.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that gambling companies pay back any money incorrectly allocated by his covid-19 furlough policies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Business, Energy and Industry Strategy Committee Select Committee hearing on 15 March 2022, for what reason HMRC was unable to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to remove non-domiciled tax status for Russians with close links to President Putin.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential revenue that will be (a) raised from the 1.25 per cent increase in National Insurance contributions and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a disputes resolution mechanism agreed as part of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s BEPS 2.0 Pillar 2 proposals...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled The management of tax expenditures, published by the NAO on 14 February 2020, Session 2019-20, HC46, whether data on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question HL6977, on Child Benefit, when HMRC plans to publish the findings of its customer research to explore...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled The management of tax expenditures, published by the NAO on 14 February 2020, Session 2019-20, HC46, if he will make...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT on (a) fire door sets and (b) work undertaken to fit those doors.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the volume of uranium imports by country of origin in each year since 2000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on the sale of ebooks and audiobooks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) potential merits and (b) potential environmental and financial impact of implementing a frequent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason double glazing is not part of the package of energy improvements subject to zero VAT announced in his Spring Statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the time-limited zero-rate of VAT to the purchasing of certain types of energy saving...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue his Department received from Amazon in the financial year 2020-21.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the Exchequer of exempting defibrillators from VAT liability.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that fuel remuneration for social care workers is in line with actual fuel costs; and whether he has plans to provide...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the validity of open years within regards to the Loan Charge on (a) the ability of HMRC to recover unpaid tax, (b) the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April to Question 148086, whether the figures provided are for his immediate Department, or for his Department’s full...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were excluded or rejected from the Government covid-19 furlough scheme; and if he will summarise the reasons for exclusion.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the hospitality industry of ending the reduced rate of 12.5% VAT for the sector; and what steps he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the Access to Cash Consultation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism sector to 5 per cent; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the projected efficacy of Sustainability Disclosure Requirements in changing the behaviour of UK banks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the International Monetary Fund’s recent projection that the UK will have the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report published by Lloyds Bank entitled Black. British. In Business & Proud, what steps he is taking to increase the confidence...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department has provided to the Manchester India Partnership.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has to provide further support to the victims of the Equitable Life scandal.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to (a) protect access to free-to-use ATMs and (b) evaluate the impact of current access to ATMs in (i) Stockport and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2022 to Question 113140 on Cash Dispensing: Public Consultation, whether the timetable has been finalised for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff who undertake overtime can avoid cliff edge tax arrangements for the taxation on their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on bilateral consultations with representatives of the insurance industry with respect to financial inclusion following the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people with a Help to Buy ISA will be potentially impacted by the caps placed on that scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to grant a general licence for humanitarian activities in Ukraine in order that charities are able to spend the money donated...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation take to help ensure that money donated by the British people to the Disasters Emergences...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on protecting access to cash.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people have (a) access to cash and (b) the ability to use cash.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made in negotiations with the European Commission on the UK exclusion from conditions relating to fiscal representatives...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support vulnerable people when using banking services and (b) tackle fraud and scams perpetrated against those...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Future Regulatory Framework Review, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on economic stability of proposals to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of Safe Hands Plans entering administration on members of the public with existing policies with the company.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of banning all transactions denominated in the Russian Rouble by UK individuals and entities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government intends to do with frozen assets of sanctioned individuals.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of maintaining frozen assets owned by individuals targeted under the Government’s Magnitsky sanctions regime.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rising cost of living on levels of personal debt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been registered for the tax-free childcare scheme in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum wage for licensed security workers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the rising cost of childcare and cost of living pressures facing working families, whether he has plans to increase the level of support...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish details of (a) the spending committed to the Fresh Start Agreement initiative for education in Northern Ireland and (b) associated...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 10 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding pay-per-mile road charging, reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of tensions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) flights and (b) rail journeys staff in her Department undertook between London and Glasgow in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to her Sri Lankan counterpart on reports of poor water quality in north...
Whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential impact of payment charges incurred by people seeking refugee status in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the progress towards the implementation of her Department’s (a) Ending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to international counterparts on the protection of and respect for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts following recent missile strikes in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recent discovery of mass graves in Syria;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support the human rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle forced (a) conversions and (b) marriages overseas relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of resetting the UK's official overseas aid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department held discussions with the Scottish Refugee Council in advance of the United Nations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support political prisoners in Hong Kong who have British citizenship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has plans to review the amount of overseas aid spending allocated to Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of whether the G7 will meet its covid-19 vaccine donation target.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to President Kais Saied of Tunisia on his decisions to (a) dissolve the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to help encourage the release of numerous political prisoners in Bahrain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British Ambassador to Bahrain will attend the 24 April 2022 sentencing of Duaa Alwadaei in Bahrain,...
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to promote media freedom globally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Mexican counterpart on the situation for Protestant Christian families...
What recent assessment she has made of the impact of the £4.6 billion reduction in overseas aid on women’s maternal health and children in the last year.
What diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help support a negotiated peace settlement in Yemen.
What recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
What recent discussions she has had with her G7 counterparts on strengthening European security.
What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help strengthen links with Belgium and Luxembourg.
What recent steps her Department has taken to increase humanitarian support to the Afghan people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the recent imprisonment of of Mubarak Bala in Nigeria, if she will (a) invite and (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had with her Cabinet colleagues in advance of the United Nations pledging summit on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce legislation to hold companies liable when they fail to prevent human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on foreign aid to Sub-Saharan Southern Africa in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will raise with her Nigerian counterpart the recent sentencing of Mubarak Bala, President of the Nigerian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the encouragement of freedom of religion and belief in member countries is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Senegal on accountability for the death of Cheikh Wade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports that female protestors in Sudan have been subjected to rape and assault by Sudanese...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) recent assessment she has made of human rights in Angola, (b) steps she is taking to support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to tackle religious persecution in Cuba.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of reports that the governor of the Amhara...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Nigerian Government on the violations and abuses of human rights committed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations she has made to the government of Cameroon on enabling humanitarian access to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) the impact on freedom of religion or belief in Nigeria of the sentencing of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 98253 on Angola: Elections, what recent assessment she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Nigerian counterpart on the imprisonment of Mubarak Bala, president of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to We Will Erase You from This Land: Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which ministers visited the Republic of Rwanda in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the current human rights situation in Rwanda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa following recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Chinese Government on the impact of its Measures for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their Australian counterparts on the recognition of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on support for Ukraine's budgetary and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the Japanese government’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to help ensure that the documentation of war crimes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Sanctions Unit will support a general licence for humanitarian activities in Ukraine in order that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to help ensure electricity at the Chernobyl nuclear plant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reported use of flights to and from Russia via Serbia...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to disabled Ukrainians who are unable to leave Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her (a) Finnish, and (b) Swedish counterparts on those countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Turkish government on mitigating the potential risk of a Russian-led...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Call for bids: supporting Women, Peace and Security in Ukraine under the Conflict, Security and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure the safety and protection of Aiden Aslin, also known as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to supply the Ukrainian armed forces with the necessary equipment to de-mine the area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any of the cost of sending people seeking asylum to Rwanda will come from the ODA budget; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help secure a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential (a) proscription...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance in 2021 was accounted for by the donation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the nuclear emergency response policy following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide further military assistance to Ukraine in the context of the Russian invasion of that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies (a) made bids and (b) are being considered for the supply of protective electronic countermeasures; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total value of British military support provided to Ukraine in 2022 broken down by category of support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2021 to Question 41086 on Iran: International Military Services, whether court proceedings between International...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there have been at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when remaining nuclear submarines that require defueling will undergo that process; and how much funding his Department has allocated to that process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on action to tackle illegal migration on 14 April 2022, whether the 36 new Intercept and Escort...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech on action to tackle illegal migration on 14 April 2022, whether the 16 new Ministry of Defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the latest average time was between first inquiry and subsequent enlistment for candidates wishing to serve in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target and (b) number of candidates recruited was for (i) the Royal Navy, (ii) the Royal Air Force and (iii) the British Army...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timeframe is for reopening online the defence recruitment system following the recent data breach in respect of that system; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many financial mitigation payments have been made to staff in his Department based in Scotland in respect of the Scottish rate of income tax; and at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Sexual Offences in the Service Justice System statistics for 2021 published on 31 March 2022, how many of (a) the 47 victims of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the gathering of forensic evidence for victims of rape and sexual assault in the UK Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to letters of 14 February and 15 March 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his constituent, Chris...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many companies tendered for the Defence Recruitment System contract which was subsequently awarded to Capita.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to injured Falkland Islands service personnel on operations, what his Department's policy is on (a) flying next of kin to the location of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on global numbers of Asian elephants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the real change in emissions resulting from the burning of biomass in the manufacturing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he made of the potential merits of setting a target of 5 micrograms per cubic metre (μg m-3) to be met...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to promote the sale of milk in reusable glass bottles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Walley's Quarry Landfill Site in Newcastle under Lyme, what discussions he has had with representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will officially define food production as a Public Good; and if he will make a statement.
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 findings of research presented in the 2019...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that imported meat (a) is correctly labelled to show country of origin and (b) has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle worker shortages in the pig sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will suspend incremental reductions in Basic Payment Scheme for 2022 and 2023 as a result of potential uncertainly and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK dairy farmers benefit from trade agreements and that UK industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential role played by paraquat in the cause of Parkinson’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve animal welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help remove trade barriers for UK-based companies exporting live insect eggs to EU countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring conservation education is taught in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of English waters are projected to reach good ecological status by 2027; and what steps he plans to take to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that food production (a) is maintained at and (b) exceeds its current 60 per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish recommendations from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee arising from the seventh Quinquennial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the prioritisation of fresh produce as part of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement his Department’s proposed legislative changes for National Parks and Areas of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what order visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are being processed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the conditions are for Ukrainians in the UK on (a) family visas and (b) the Homes for Ukraine Scheme regarding leaving the UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Department has a policy in place to ensure that visa applications for members of the same Ukrainian family are processed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total number of hours staff in her Department spent on processing visa applications for Ukrainian refugees...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British passports were awaiting issuance more than (a) 10 weeks, (b) 14 weeks, (c) 18 weeks, (d) 26 weeks and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to enable Ukrainians in the UK whose visas expired prior to January 2022 to apply for the Ukraine Extension...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily employing staff at the weekend to ensure that applications to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian families have applied for visas under the Homes for Ukraine and Family Visa Scheme; and of those applications how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the policy of segregation at the proposed reception centre for asylum seekers at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made for pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme from people who previously held a Residence Card...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure the Ukraine Family Scheme providing financial support to Ukrainian people seeking refuge and the £350 per month...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Differential treatment for refugees, if she will make it her policy that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Differential treatment for refugees, if she will make it her policy to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Differential treatment for refugees, if she will make it her policy to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Differential treatment for refugees, if she will make it her policy to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals in the Nationality and Borders Bill on Differential treatment for refugees, what standard of proof will apply...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed to Rwanda under paragraph 345C of the Immigration Rules since 1 January 2022; and how many of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to enable people transitioning to the Ukraine Extension Scheme to be joined by family members under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the £350 per month payment to refugees arriving in the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Ukrainian nationals who have irregularly entered Northern Ireland via the Republic of Ireland since the invasion of Ukraine, and who...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas for Ukrainian refugees approved have been approved each day since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times have immigration enforcement encountered EEA nationals and their family members without status under the EUSS and been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 23 February 2022, HCWS624 on Outcome of Public Consultation on Settlement Fees for Non-UK Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the average time between a successful visa application centre appointment for a Ukraine Family Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers living in contingency accommodation are in placed each local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-crime hate incidents the police have recorded in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to expand access to independent child trafficking guardians to all local authorities in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure the widespread provision of services for men experiencing domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to make public sexual harassment a criminal offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of potential legal routes to make public sexual harassment a crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were removed from the UK after their asylum application was rejected in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on (a) treatment of detainees including migrants, (b) democracy and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shoplifting offences have been recorded by the police in each year since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made on the number of suspicious deaths following falls from residential buildings in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a retrospective appeals process for people who were issued fixed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 145813, on Noise: Nuisance, and with reference to page 233 of the Government's white...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commit to (a) establishing secure and (b) increasing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit as recommended by the UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost and (b) carbon impact per migrant of her proposals to transport and detain asylum seekers in Rwanda.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what terms in her Department's contract with Clearsprings Ready Homes would early termination of that contract be permitted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value of the Government's contract with Clearsprings Ready Homes is from 2022 to its current expiration date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Welsh Government regarding her proposals to open UK detention centres in Rwanda.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made changes to her Department's policy on overtime to assist with the processing of visas for Ukrainian refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding asylum claims there are as of 13 April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the English language requirement for applications for student visas from Kenya; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for calls to the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether undocumented Ukrainians living in the UK are eligible for the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme, (b) Ukraine Extension Scheme or (c) Homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Ukrainian children and young people can enter the UK in the event that their parent or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley dated 2 March 2022, case reference LH19745; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) improve advice given by and (b) reduce call waiting times for the UK visa and immigration MP hotline.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who came to the UK by crossing the Channel in 2021 have had their asylum cases processed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department processes passport applications on time and resolves delays as swiftly as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Afghanistan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme in meeting its aims; and what steps she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will respond to the letter of 17 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Warley on Mr Fred Osei.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Simplification of Rules Taskforce office used to reach the decision that Nigeria was not to be included in the Majority...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances her Department issues a visa to an applicant on condition that the applicant first signs a non-disclosure agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from Rwanda have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by her Department to assist with the processing and issuance of passports on the 1st April...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people in the UK who are failed asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the process for the removal of failed asylum applicants begins once a claim has been disallowed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum amount of time is that must elapse between when an asylum application is rejected and the same applicant can make a second...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on (a) which date and (b) where she held discussions with the Ghanaian Government on the potential opening of an offshore immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the revised Model Tenancy Agreement in supporting more tenants in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the results and Government response to the public consultation on extending the database of rogue landlords and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to enact the recommendation from the Law Commission's report on Leasehold Enfranchisement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will launch a public consultation on reviewing footnote 54 relating to onshore wind energy development applications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) onshore wind providers and (b) local authorities on footnote 54 of the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review the National Planning Policy Framework to produce a plan for adequate overnight commercial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new housing developments deliver the infrastructure that communities require.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the reasons behind trends in the level of overall affordable housing support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the request to review the planning application from Rathlin Energy for four more wells and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) average legal costs of pursuing a civil court injunction to enforce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the reasons why mortgage lenders are requiring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of deaths among people who are homeless since January 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that newly built homes are built to the highest levels of energy efficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department took account of increases in inflation when setting levels of funding available through the Shared...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the costs of hosting Ukrainian refugees in the UK will be (a) reported as Official Development Assistance (ODA)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to raise awareness of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme among Ukrainians who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to his Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 150299 on the Homes for Ukraine scheme: Sheffield, what plans he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151013, on Refugees: Ukraine, what work the National Crime Agency is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to Answer of 19 April to Question 151012, what steps his Department is taking to help increase local authorities'...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 149188 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, what specific support his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to Answer of 19 April to Question 151014, if he will provide additional funding to local authorities to deal with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications have been made to the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average timescale is for a decision to be made for the Homes For Ukraine scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether processes are in place to ensure that people who have come to the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme can...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to assess the effectiveness of R&D interventions included in the investment plan submitted to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Shared Prosperity Fund's R&D funding be equivalent to the European Regional Development Funding R&D funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the responses to its consultation on local authority remote meetings, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the call for evidence on whether local authorities and parish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will require all local authorities to publish a transcript of full council meetings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in the Evening Standard newspaper related to levelling up.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential role of canals and waterways in the Government’s levelling-up agenda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in local newspapers related to levelling up.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the recent Changing Places Toilets fund.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of diverging from the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive in favour of progressive...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent in total on external recruitment consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; how many full time equivalent posts were...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to ONS data on excess deaths in males aged 15 to 19 which accounts for registered deaths, published on 22 March 2022, how many deaths of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will commit to publishing the report on the Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study in full; and when the Government plans to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he expects the National Security Adviser to complete his review of the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Nexperia; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the UK's trade partners do not refrain from exporting food products as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps with her international counterparts to discourage trade with Russia that may aid or assist that state's invasion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) working groups or (b) structured dialogues have been launched following the trade discussions in Baltimore; and how those groups or...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Minister for Trade policy's oral contribution of 21 April, to Question 23, if she will publish a copy of any written...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the estimated average agent utilisation rate has been during core operating hours for the Export Services Contact Centre in each month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) short-term holiday lets on local communities and (b) those that are marketed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 150212 on Holiday Accommodation, for what reason his Department is...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what are the total costs incurred to date by her Department in preparation towards the Safe to Be Me: A Global Equality Conference.
To ask the Attorney General, how many CPS (a) staff and (b) prosecutors work in the Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate as of 19 April 2022; and how many of those...
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed in the Attorney General‘s Office was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to increase prosecution rates for fraud.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that a privatised Channel 4 will continue to have a duty to deliver diverse religious and ethical content.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the success of Festival UK 2022 will be assessed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Imperial War Museum about (1) returning its research facilities to their opening hours from before the COVID-19 pandemic,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the Statement of Requirements for the contracts agreed on 29 March with (1) Veolia ES (UK) Ltd. and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 17 March (HL7072), what the (1) mean, (2) median, and (3) maximum, waiting times were for patients who had been...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) the care failings at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Morecambe Bay, Stafford Hospital, and Gosport War Memorial Hospital, (2) the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for cataract surgery in England; what strategies they are employing to reduce the waiting time; whether they have discussed (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the discovery of microplastics in the lungs and blood of living people, what plans they have to accelerate the phase-out of single-use plastic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the restrictions on antique ivory sales coming into effect on 1 June will have on the market for portrait...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the shortfall of workers in the agricultural sector.
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