Written answers

Thursday, 28 April 2022

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment the Government has made of the proposals set out in the Government’s Plan for Living with Covid-19 on people...

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19, published February 2022, whether an equality impact assessment for that document.

      COVID-19 Vaccines Benefit Risk Expert Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) roles, (b) qualifications, (c) relevant experience of and (d) dates of appointment for the members of the...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will answer Question 121766 tabled on 9 February 2022 by the hon. Member for South Shields.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of ending self-isolation rules for people with covid-19 on immune-suppressed transplant...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the equality impact assessment in respect of the guidance published on 21 February 2022, entitled COVID-19 Response:...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ways his Department communicated with clinically extremely vulnerable people...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the inequalities in health outcomes for sickle cell disease in (a) mothers and (b) ethnic...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that covid-19 safety information is accessible to immunosuppressed people who do not have...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he is taking to ensure that NHS and Social Care staff are protected against the ongoing transmission of covid-19.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 lateral flow test kits have been purchased by his Department; and what was the total cost to the public purse of these kits.

      Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other trade unions on the...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take urgent steps to enable care homes, that have remained in continuous lockdown on due to staff infections, access to family...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to what extent have the NHSE guidelines on improving multidisciplinary meetings for cancer treatment been rolled out across the whole NHS.

      Domestic Abuse: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide a minimum of £409 million per year for domestic abuse services in England for survivors of...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people who are clinically vulnerable and eligible for free priority covid-19 PCR tests have received them.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will carry out an impact assessment of the Government's Living Safely with Covid strategy on any potential risk...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of covid-19 tests available on the market that have not been approved by his...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 111706 on Health: Disadvantaged, what plans he has to steps to help tackle...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to revise the current covid-19 booster vaccination criteria to include people vaccinated early, but who are...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support social care staff who were dismissed from employment following the introduction of the...

      Coronavirus: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2022 to Question 100420, on Coronavirus: Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, if he will publish the...

      Prescription Drugs: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the supply of medical drugs to pharmacies.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of immunocompromised patients received antiviral treatments within five days of the first symptoms, as recommended by the...

      Care Homes: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care homes in the context of the rising cost of insurance.

      Prescription Drugs: Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people under the age of 18 who are on prescribed anti-histamines.

      Endometriosis: Mental Health Services and Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure NICE updates its guidelines on endometriosis to provide better support for (a) pain management, (b)...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what timeframe the UK Health Security Agency are working to in order to assess the effectiveness of Evusheld against the Omicron variant...

      Medical Records: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he taking to promote and resource reproducible analytical pipelines as the minimum standard for academic and NHS data...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will carry out an impact assessment of the Government's Living Safely with Covid strategy on any potential risk...

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, how long the Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce or its...

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the size of the backlog in diagnosis and treatment for brain tumours; and what steps he is taking taken to...

      Prescription Drugs: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of medical drugs to pharmacies.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, whether the UKHSA conducted similar testing against the covid-19...

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help address antibiotics that have become ineffective due to overuse.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the increase in rates of covid-19, what criteria he is using to assess whether stronger public health measures are required.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, when the UKHSA began testing Evusheld’s effectiveness...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all (a) documents, (b) evidence and (c) research on the Government's decision to not allow bereavement support bubbles...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible people at highest risk of becoming seriously ill with covid-19 were not contacted during their...

      NHS: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase NHS staff’s access to protected time for research.

      Dental Services: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 26 October 2021 to Question 56597, what progress he is making on ensuring that all NHS dental practices...

      Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the impact of the absence of combustion in heat-not-burn and snus products and combustion in...

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 112640 on Tobacco: Mortality Rates, if he will conduct a comparative assessment of...

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a breakdown by region of clinical cancer research funding.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the decision to end the free provision of covid-19 tests, what modelling his Department has made of the financial costs...

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the diversity of the UK cancer research workforce and (b) ensure it has the capability and...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has instructed his Department to preserve evidence for the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Hereditary Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of new tests available to diagnose genetic diseases.

      Leukaemia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients on active monitoring receive sufficient tailored support to...

      Sepsis: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in NHS hospitals have contracted sepsis in each of the last three years.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what has the total cost to the public purse of the Government PCR testing programme been to date; and how many PCR tests have been completed.

      Morquio Syndrome: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK have been diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis in each of the last 5 years.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to work with its devolved counterparts to adopt a whole-UK approach to tackle the health inequalities...

      Coronavirus: Advocacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government suspended the Disability and Health Charity Communication Forum; and how patient organisations can...

      Pharmacy: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide funding for prescription deliveries for people who are unable to attend their local pharmacy.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average number of patients registered per full-time equivalent GP is in (a) England and (b) each of the NHS regions in each year...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the APPG for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia’s Inquiry report entitled No One’s Listening, published on 15...

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department made an assessment of dental capacity prior to the introduction of the 95 percent Unit of Dental Activity target...

      Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long-term workforce plan he has in place to increase (a) full time equivalent GPs of all contract types, (b) practice nurses and (c)...

      Leeds General Infirmary: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish decisions on funding for the Leeds General Infirmary building project to provide a new adult hospital, maternity...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidential basis supporting the decision to move to covid-19 Plan B.

      Hospitals: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has submitted plans for a new single site hospital to his Department.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she plans to have for the purposes of establishing centres for dental development; and what assessment she has made of...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent representations he has received on the number of social care workers who were dismissed as a result of not having had a...

      Pregnancy: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review whether the NHS's determination of full term gestation appropriately accounts for different ethnic minority...

      Maternity Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve maternity services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust since the publication of the Ockenden...

      Covid-19 Testing Taskforce: Andrew Feldman Associates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 101744 on Covid-19 Testing Taskforce: Andrew Feldman Associates, whether he plans to...

      Dental Services: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in Devon.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding the Government has spent on promoting covid-19 vaccine uptake.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) polling services in 2021.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2020 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, what other covid-19 variants Evusheld is being tested against.

      Unispace Global: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 117746 on Unispace Global: Protective Clothing, what proportion of the supplies...

      Brain: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have experienced a decline in brain function since being diagnosed with covid-19.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the decision was taken to not allow new parents on legacy benefits access to the Healthy Start scheme; and which Minister took that...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 17 November 2021 for specified minutes, notes,...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the allocation by the Government of £270 million to private hospitals to help tackle an Omicron surge, if he will...

      Dental Services: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the location of NHS dental surgeries compared to the demand for NHS dental services.

      Coronavirus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the estimated 1.3 million immunocompromised patients who received authorised antiviral...

      Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for cardiovascular disease, including heart valve disease, to remain a priority in the updated NHS Long Term Plan.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of allowing fourth dose of Coronavirus vaccines to be made available to those with severe physical and/or...

      Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a ten year plan to tackle cardiovascular disease, similar to the ten...

      Low Alcohol Drinks: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of requiring zero or low alcohol products to be named and branded...

      Health Services: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support healthcare focused SMEs with apprenticeship programmes.

      Coronavirus Certificates: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce covid-19 passports for children aged between five and 11 years.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many immunocompromised people remain shielding against covid-19; and what assessment he has made of the impact of that shielding on...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) current trends in levels of smoking and (b) whether those trends are on track to...

      Glaucoma: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to make the Kowa nonmyd WX3D Stereo Fundus Camera available within the NHS to detect the early signs of glaucoma.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus been purified and isolated.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with shadow Integrated Care Systems on the steps required to reduce bed occupancy by patients whose discharge...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that advances in perinatal medicine are brought to the attention of the Government so as to...

      Radiotherapy: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when gamma knife surgeries will be available on the NHS.

      Tobacco: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of UK tobacco harm reduction policies in reducing smoking prevalence at a faster rate than that...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with representatives of NHS Test and Trace on the use of the results of privately purchased covid-19 antigen...

      Care Homes: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care homes in the context of the rising cost of energy.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on time taken for health diagnoses and (b) whether that has...

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of services to help prevent drug-related problems before they occur.

      St Bartholomew's Hospital: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the plans for a new private hospital called Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital to be located within NHS St...

      Immensa Health Clinic: Wolverhampton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to publish the full independent quality audit carried out at the Wolverhampton site of Immensa...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will enable children aged five to 11 who are clinically vulnerable or live with clinically vulnerable people to book their second...

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 153887, on NHS: Workplace Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on NHS...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 122676, what systems were used to record the results of the due diligence checks on...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

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

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been purified and isolated.

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Goldacre Review, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a single,...

      Members: Correspondence

      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 hospital visiting...

      Prescriptions: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the implementation of an electronic prescribing service in secondary care.

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the management of PPE contracts,...

      Members: Correspondence

      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 regarding access to A&E...

      Community Nurses: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Queen’s Nursing Institute report entitled Workforce Standards for the District Nursing Service, published in...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost of the purchase of covid-19 PCR test kits has been to date; and how many of those kits have been purchased.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 3 August 2021 on problems encountered at Watford...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; how many full time equivalent posts...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data privacy requirements his Department is considering in the competition for a new Federated Data Platform.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Randox Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to response to the Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons on 17 November 2021, for specified minutes,...

      National Institute for Health Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the annual budget of the National Institute for Health Research.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of refunds relating to early release from the managed quarantine service as a...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been made to the managed quarantine service regarding refunds for unused days of quarantine since 1 January 2021.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department’s policy applicable on and before 14 December 2021 for calculating refunds to individuals subject...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 3 March 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA59077, regarding mental...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance his Department has provided to companies (a) producing and (b) supplying hormone therapy replacement treatments in...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by the National Audit Office on 30 March 2022 on their investigation into the management of PPE...

      Dental Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure an adequate number of NHS dentists in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

      Agency Workers: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on agency and locum work in each of the last five years.

      Disability Aids: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for disabled children to receive community equipment assessments.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the supply shortages of menopause hormone replacement therapy products.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of supply chain delays on the availability of hormone replacement therapy treatments.

      St George's Hospital Tooting: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask St George's Hospital Trust and NHSI to review urgently the findings of the Lewis Review into Cardiac Surgery at St...

      NHS: Agency Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on temporary NHS bank and agency nurses in each of the last three years.

      Pectus Excavatum: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing treatment for pectus excavatum on the NHS in England.

      Health and Care Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2022 to Question 109233 on Health and Care Bill, if he will place a copy of the minute of the meeting...

      Department of Health and Social Care: BGI Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 62745 on Department of Health and Social Care: BGI Group, and with reference to the...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of high covid-19 infection rates, what the evidential basis is for removing covid-19 public health measures from 19...

      Health Services: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to support staff in healthcare focused SMEs to develop IT management skills.

      Dental Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to NHS dentistry in England in the next financial year.

      Heart Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what examples of best practice within NHS England his Department holds in respect of the reduction of waiting lists for cardiac treatment...

      NHSX

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether post-employment restrictions have been placed on the former director of artificial intelligence for NHSX following her departure...

      Health and Social Care Levy: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using the Health and Social Care Levy to provide support for SMEs who...

      Streptococcus: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to encourage hospitals to participate in the GBS3 clinical trial.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of product placement regulations for (a) alcohol and (b) low or zero alcohol on television.

      Junior Doctors: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase the pay of junior doctors in line with inflation.

      Domestic Abuse: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to assess the (a) length of waiting times for women domestic abuse survivors needing to access specialist...

      Integrated Care Systems: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Integrated Care Systems (ICS) to engage with health-based apprenticeships; and how he plans to roll...

      Heart Diseases: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reduce mortality rates for patients awaiting treatment within NHS England’s cardiology service;...

      Heart Diseases: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data at regular intervals on the mortality rates of patients who have been on the waiting list for...

      Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much public funding has been spent on (a) research, (b) new treatments and (c) clinical care for (i) sickle cell disease and (ii)...

      Health Services: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources he is making available to health providers in areas with high numbers of asylum seekers accommodated in hotels;...

      Dialysis Machines: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what system his Department has in place to help ensure that NHS trusts reimburse patients who dialyse at home for the cost of the energy...

      Coronavirus: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set a target for the proportion of care home residents to receive a covid-19 spring booster vaccination.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, whether the UKHSA has reviewed studies published by the US Food...

      Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Core20PLUS5 programme will increase the number of disease management reviews for at-risk COPD patients.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the affordability of covid-19 testing for people who are visiting relatives in care homes.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure adequate supplies of covid-19 (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow tests for care homes.

      Mortality Rates: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide a regular publication of mortality data broken down by diagnosis of specific conditions.

      Heart Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the regions of NHS England that have the best-performing cardiology service on the basis of...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided to care homes following the publication of the Government's guidance...

      Care Homes: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the high number of staff vacancies in the care home sector.

      Care Homes: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve staff retention in the care home sector.

      Social Services: Statutory Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Statutory Sick Pay for (a) full- and (b) part-time staff working in the care...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the sick pay policy for care home staff who are off sick with covid-19.

      Coronavirus Certificates: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing proof of covid-19 vaccination for children under the age of 12.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to letters dated (a) 6 January, (b) 8 February, (c) 9 March and (d) 11 April 2022 from the hon....

      General Practitioners and Pharmacy: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154467 on Primary Health Care, how much money has been allocated to (a) a national...

      Health Services: Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment prior to the suspension of the £100 million of funding for weight management...

      Epilepsy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that epilepsy seizure monitors are available to purchase at an affordable price.

      Epilepsy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK residents will be able to import epilepsy seizure monitors following the UK's transition from...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has assessed the number of immunocompromised patients who have received antiviral treatment in response to covid-19 and who...

      Evusheld: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of immunocompromised individuals who have (a) been hospitalised and (b) died as a result of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 1 February 2022 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on vaccine mandates...

      Clinical Trials: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been enrolled in (a) cancer, (b) stroke and (c) dementia clinical trials in each year since 2017.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many participants were recruited into National Institute for Health and Care Research supported phase 3 trials for (a) dementia, (b)...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve dementia diagnosis rates in the 2022-23 financial year.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in national dementia diagnosis rates in England from March 2021 to March 2022.

      Infectious Diseases: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish data on the number of hospitalisations among children aged 0 to 18 as a result of (a) flu, not flu and pneumonia, (b)...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 128369 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Coronavirus, whether he plans to publish that...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with charities supporting immunocompromised and immunosuppressed groups to discuss what the Government will do to support...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any risk assessments carried out by SAGE and the UK Health Security Agency on the potential impact of the removal of...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that parents are aware of the Chief Medical Officer Guidance on the Consumption of...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 141960 on Evusheld, what progress has been made on the assessment of Evusheld for...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the review of the feasibility of combining two hormone treatments into a single HRT prescription,...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has had with hormone replacement therapy product manufacturers in 2022 to discuss supply shortages.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP appointments there were per full time equivalent GP in (a) England and (b) each of the 7 NHS regions in each year since 2015...

      Probiotics: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the UK's departure from the European Union, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of labelling food that...

      General Practitioners: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries there were in the Yorkshire and Humber region in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the levels of mortality as a result of covid-19 in (a) York and (b) England.

  • Prime Minister

    • Prime Minister: Black Country Day

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has plans to celebrate Black Country Day on the 14 July 2022.

    • 10 Downing Street: Taxis

      To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost to the public purse was incurred from the ordering of vehicles on Downing Street's travel account for mini-cabs in each month of (a) 2019-20, (b)...

      Rishi Sunak: Fines

      To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with his Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests on the Chancellor of the Exchequer receiving a fixed-penalty notice for breaching...

      Prime Minister: Lord Lebedev

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he met Alexander Lebedev in April 2018 in any capacity.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to the correspondence dated 9 March 2022 from the hon. Member for Glenrothes on delays with state pensions in summer...

    • Pensions: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the value of people's pensions.

      Winter Fuel Payment: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reconsider the policy of including French tropical islands in the calculation of French winter temperatures for the purposes of...

      Jobcentres: Public Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of locating all job centres on (a) affordable and (b) easily accessible public transport...

      Disability: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of publishing a plan for consulting with disabled people on the National Disability Strategy.

      Pension Rights: Cohabitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending spousal pension rights to long term cohabitees.

      Universal Credit: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many in-person work capability assessments for universal credit have been carried out for people living in (a) York Central, (b) York...

      Universal Credit: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the paper entitled Tackling misconceptions and improving the reputation of universal credit, presented to Universal Credit...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will issue guidance to local authorities to prioritise families who rely on non-price capped fuel for the Household Support Fund.

      Universal Credit: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the immediate removal of the two child limit for the Universal Credit Child...

      Independent Case Examiner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been received by the Independent Case Examiner in each year since financial year 2010-11.

      Independent Case Examiner: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent investigating staff were employed by the Independent Case Examiner in each year since financial year 2010-11.

      Independent Case Examiner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been waiting for more than (a) three, (b) six, (c) 10, (d) 12 and (e) 18 months from receipt of a complaint to the...

      Independent Case Examiner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is from receipt of a complaint about (a) her Department and (b) the Child Maintenance Service to the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide details of the civil servants affected by the closure of the Department's processing site at Clarendon House in Exeter by...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department’s (a) equality and (b) socio-economic impact assessment in respect of the closure of the Department...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether compulsory redundancies will result from the closure of the Department for Work and Pension's processing site at Clarendon House, Exeter.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the Department's processing site at Clarendon House, Exeter will close.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs that will be affected by the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions' processing site...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department reviewed the (a) thresholds for and (b) amount of pension tax credit in each of the last five years; and what changes were...

      Disability: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of disabled people who have less than £10 per week to spend on food and other...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reconsider her plans to close 41 of her Department's processing sites, as announced in March 2022.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the Department for Work and Pensions' site on Leeds Road, Bradford will close.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling data sharing between the Child Maintenance Service and HMRC to...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been waiting for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) 12 months from the time they applied for...

      Employment: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Work Coaches are being given guidance on immunocompromised patients; and whether that guidance includes avoiding recommendations for...

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Government's Plan for Jobs on (a) Hitchin and Harpenden and (b) England.

      Flexible Support Fund: North Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of the Flexible Support Fund has been claimed in North Devon in each of the last five years.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Stratford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the closure of the Department of Work and Pensions’ London Stratford Jubilee House office, how many (a) job losses and...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 17 March 2022, Official report 1031, on the closure of DWP processing centres, what assessment she...

      Kickstart Scheme: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of instances of fraud committed by Kickstart scheme gateways.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what due diligence her Department conducted on the Kickstart scheme gateways it recommended to employers.

      Kickstart Scheme: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is obligated to take in the event that a Kickstart scheme gateway closes down.

      Kickstart Scheme: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Kickstart scheme gateways that have closed down since that scheme began.

      Kickstart Scheme

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

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has undertaken an Equality Impact Assessment of the continuation of the spare room subsidy.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 March 2022, HCWS700 and the statement relating to no plans to reduce headcount, what discussions...

      Fuel Direct Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote the Fuel Direct scheme as an alternative to energy prepayment for vulnerable customers who are...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of third party deductions from benefits claimants to pay energy bills in (a) Wales and...

      Jobseeker's Allowance and Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the equalities impact assessment undertaken by her Department in respect of The Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s...

      Habitual Residence Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2022 to Question 142049 on Social Security Benefits: Habitual Residence Test, what steps the Risk Review...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 8 February 2022 to Question 117880 and Question 121901, on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, what...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the extension of the Household Support Fund, when his Department will provide advice to local authorities on enabling public...

      Social Security Benefits: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will guarantee the maintenance of third party deductions in their current form until at least the end of this Parliament.

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps (a) her Department or (b) the Pension Protection Fund are taking to monitor proactively which pension schemes have a guarantee from...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's Access to Work Scheme.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time to claimants is for Universal Credit online journal responses.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 37396 on Social Security Benefits: Fraud, how many cases that were found to be fraudulent...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 137396 on Social Security Benefits: Fraud, how many of the cases of benefit fraud in (a)...

      Habitual Residence Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2022 to Question on Social Security Benefits: Habitual Residence Test, whether the Risk Review Team reviews...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were received for the post of chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board when it was last advertised; and how many...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place a copy of the job description and person specification for the post of chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board when it...

      Habitual Residence Test

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that all benefit claimants should reasonably be expected to be aware of whether they do or do not pass...

      Disability Living Allowance: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Disability Living Allowance (DLA) ceases with immediate effect upon the death of a child; what assessment her Department has...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will ensure continuity in the payment of Child Maintenance Service during a review of those payments so that parent in receipt...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the National Audit Office's projections of the Child Maintenance Service arrears reaching £1 billion by 2031.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used for determining whether a shortfall in child maintenance payments is deemed non-compliant with an Order for Child...

      Attendance Allowance: Medical Examinations

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

      Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2022 to Question 147025, if she will refer her Department’s decision to withhold the Prime...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with representatives of energy suppliers on third party deductions.

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a housing benefit taper for recipients who have entered into...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the term of office is of the chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions Ministers from her Department have attended the Universal Credit Programme Board in each year since 1 January 2018.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s acceptance in principle of recommendation 3 of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s report...

      Sanitary Protection: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she has received from the Health and Safety Executive since December 2022 as to whether the existing Regulation 2(3) of the...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure adequate funding is available to local authorities to support local residents through the Housing Support Fund in the...

      Jobseeker's Allowance and Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the amendments to the permitted period contained in The Universal Credit and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Search and Work...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117880, on Social Security Benefits: Disqualification, what assessment she has made of...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to her Department's Access to Work Scheme are delayed as at 19 April 2022.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of asylum applications that will result in a grant of refugee status or humanitarian protection...

    • Immigration: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people under 18 who hold limited-leave to remain are resident in each of the nations of the UK; and what estimate she has...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the cost of housing refugees evacuated from Afghanistan in hotels versus the cost of...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target response time for visa applications through the Homes for Ukraine scheme is and (b) current response time is.

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the new asylum accommodation centre at RAF Linton-on-Ouse will be operated under an existing Asylum Accommodation and Support...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether planning permission is required to convert the site at RAF Linton-on-Ouse into an asylum accommodation centre.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department made an assessment of the human rights situation in Rwanda prior to the partnership agreement on the hosting of...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase levels of staffing on UKVI passport hotline following the widespread delays experienced by customers.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether Rwanda is a safe country to which to send LGBT+ refugees.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has set a target for the timeframe for resettling Afghan refugees residing in bridging hotels.

      Home Office: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of her Department’s £915 million Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend in 2021.

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish guidelines that protect LGBT+ refugees in relation to her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the grant rate for asylum applications at her proposed offshore processing centres in Rwanda.

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether facilities will be in place for (a) asylum screening interviews and (b) asylum substantive interviews to be conducted at the...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely healthcare needs that residents at the proposed asylum accommodation centre at RAF Linton-on-Ouse...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to improve the time taken to process passport applications for (a) immigrants, and (b) refugees not related...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda will only apply to single men.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda published 14 April 2022, when the monitoring group will be...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the plans to offshore refugees to Rwanda, whether people arriving in the UK because they have family members in that...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda on family reunion as a safe...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme were received by UKVI between 18 March and 25 March 2022; and of those how many had...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda will have on refugee (a)...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that children mistakenly assessed as adults are not sent to Rwanda during the pilot stage of their...

      Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) support groups for victims of domestic abuse and (b) increase the availability of such groups.

      Abuse: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that cases of emotional abuse are afforded the same priority as physical abuse cases.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her proposed arrangements to send asylum seekers to Rwanda on the level of risk to...

      Refugees: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that (a) women and (b) people that are assessed to be vulnerable will not be offshored under their plans to offshore...

      Offences against Children: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the External Reference Group for the Review into group-based child sexual exploitation was appointed.

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to use a person’s asylum claim type, including the admissibility or inadmissibility of that claim, to...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what stage in a person’s asylum claim will they be accommodated at the proposed new asylum accommodation centre at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

      Arrests: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Common Law Police Disclosure applies in respect of the arrest and charging of hon. Members.

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal support for residents at the proposed new asylum accommodation centre at RAF...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many medical cannabis licences have been granted to pharmacies in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham Ladywood in each...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal advice provision will be available at the proposed new asylum accommodation centre at RAF Linton-on-Ouse; and whether she has...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email of 12 April 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley regarding Ukraine refugee case LH20372.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the likelihood that UK residents who previously applied to host Ukrainian refugees under the...

      Violence Reduction Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) expand the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) model beyond the current 20 police force areas and (b) commit to long-term funding...

      Asylum: Ealing Central and Acton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been waiting for a decision on eligibility for Section 95 support for longer than (a) three months, (b) six...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what accommodation she plans to make available for refugees from the Ukraine.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian refugees who were already matched with a sponsor when they applied for a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, have...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for visas for Ukrainian refugees under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of access to healthcare and prescription medication for Ukrainian nationals with seasonal workers visas and no...

      Police: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether data exists on the number of police warrant cards currently unaccounted for in Police Forces in England and Wales.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time between a visa application centre making a decision in respect of a Ukrainian visa...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason payments to Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants are delayed in the event that they request a review of a decision under...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, how many visa applications, made by groups with both adults and children included in them,...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants have requested a review of a decision under that scheme; and of those how many have received...

      Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people scammed by fraudulent (a) texts, (b) emails and (c) calls in each year since 2010; and if...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in the UK who are receiving ongoing medical treatment.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155600 on Asylum: Rwanda, what the evidential basis is for her statement that the cost...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing visa applicants to receive a digital permission to travel document.

      Visas: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the visa application process is accessible for people with disabilities.

      Hostage Taking: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures her Department has in place for victims of hostage taking; and whether she plans to develop safeguarding guidance for public...

      Immigration: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2022 to Question 134358 on Immigration: Veterans, whether non-UK veterans living outside the UK who were...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there are delays between her Department deciding to approve permission to travel for an applicant to the Homes for Ukraine...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in progressing Afghanistan related cases, in the context of the UK co-hosting the United...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regards to her Department's MP hotline and Option 2 (Homes for Ukraine scheme), what the average call wait time is until calls are answered.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, for what reason there is a delay between a positive decision to issues a visa and the...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are currently pending approval.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the faith needs of Afghan refugees are met during the month of Ramadan.

      British Nationals Abroad: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on UK citizens returning from combat in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.

      Refugees: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost of (a) a potential homes for refugees scheme, whereby UK residents are able to open...

      Home Office: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) officials from her Department and (b) other Government staff accompanied her on her trip to Rwanda in April 2022.

      Refugees: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a homes for refugees programme whereby UK...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of integrating asylum applicants in local communities while those people are waiting...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish details of the (a) procurement process for awarding the contract to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda under the...

      Immigration: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children with limited Leave to Remain may join football academies and register for academy leagues.

      Immigration: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100624 on Immigration: Fees and Charges, when he plans to publish the revised policy...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UKVI passport hotline.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK passport applications her Department processed in each quarter since 2015.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications processed by her Department missed the 10-week processing target in each year since 2015.

      Voyeurism: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with upskirting in each year since 2019.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the average time taken to process a passport application in the latest period for which data is...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) median and (b) mean lengths of time are between an application for a new passport being received by her Department and...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average processing time is an (a) new and (b) renewed passport for (i) children and (ii) adults.

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement on the global migration challenge on 19 April 2022, Official Report, col 25, what the evidential basis is...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to table VC_02, Percentage of applications, for each route, processed within service standards, published as part of the...

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for her statement that the Nationality and Borders Bill puts safe and legal routes into statute, and to which...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current (a) median and (b) mean lengths of times are between a passport renewal application being received by her Department and...

      Educational Visits: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on the number of European school parties visiting the UK of changes to travel document...

      Police: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of police officers in rural parts of England.

      Home Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration (a) caseworkers and (b) entry clearance workers were recruited in each month between August 2021 and March 2022.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to complete administrative reviews into EU Settlement Scheme applications.

      Burglary: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help increase the proportion of people who commit burglaries in rural parts of England being identified.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason third country citizens resident in Ukraine with family members in the UK were excluded from the Ukraine Family Visa scheme.

      Deportation: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were (a) nationals and (b) not nationals of Rwanda were removed to that country in each of the last twelve months.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers from Rwanda arriving in the UK on small boats will be sent to Rwanda to claim asylum under the terms of the UK and...

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 141939 on Immigration: Ukraine, whether Ukrainian refugees, who have used either the...

      HM Passport Office: Lost Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to reduce the level of misplaced documents in the Passport Office.

      HM Passport Office: Members

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide MP offices with a direct enquiry line to the Passport Office.

      HM Passport Office: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help support the Passport Office with increased numbers of passport (a) applications and (b) renewals.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been (a) received and (b) granted for each day since that scheme opened...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending seasonal workers' visas for Ukrainian nationals beyond 31 December 2022,...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extra case workers have been brought in to process Homes for Ukraine paperwork and applications from (a) from other processing...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to table CDM 01A, Cost per decision for migration applications, in country and overseas, published as part of the Visas and...

      Animal Experiments: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s change programme, what assessment her Department has made of the potential...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what timeframe she expects her Department's average processing times for asylum applications to be completed within six months.

      HMC Protector

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount the Government paid for the purchase of HMC Protector.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the letter of 24 March 2022 from the Rt. hon. Member for Tottenham, reference ZA56017.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Lease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when LEASE last initiated purposeful engagement with (a) leaseholders’ cladding groups, (b) the National Leasehold...

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what advice his Department provides to local authorities when an...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what advice his Department provides to local authorities who have...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of information...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what advice his Department provides to sponsors who subsequently have...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what advice his Department provides to local authorities in the event that...

      Parking: Key Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2021 to Question 154372 on Parking: Key Workers, how much of that funding will come from...

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to abolish marriage value.

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to abolish marriage value.

      Disabled Facilities Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people with disabilities are able to obtain Disabled Facilities...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support refugees and (b) find...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of councils providing business rates relief to childcare providers in England...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants are working on Homes for Ukraine scheme applications.

      Planning: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that new planning developments include a focus on surface water flooding prevention.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme from people in Birmingham her Department has (a) received and (b)...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to verify the authenticity of organisations that contact sponsors directly under the...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to ensure appropriate vetting and safeguarding measures are in place during the...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the number of visas issued to Ukrainian refugees is matched by the accommodation...

      Refugees: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to provide (a) mental health, (b) language and (c) other support for local schools and communities for...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of Question 155695 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, whether Ukrainians who have fled Ukraine and been...

      Local Plans: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that Local Plans prioritise land use according to flooding risk.

      Resettlement: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to renew funding to support the integration of Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa holders after...

      Council Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage local authorities to utilise the Housing Revenue Account to insulate...

      Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he expects local authorities to have funding in place to provide the planned cost of living rebates to council tax payers.

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide a statutory basis for the missions in the Levelling Up...

      Community Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish a strategy for Community Spaces and Relationships.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of transferring responsibility for payment of council tax from tenants...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a revaluation of existing residential property for...

      Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Parish Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department intends to publish a response to the 2015 consultation to extend the remit of the Local Government...

      Holiday Accommodation: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that short-term holiday lets are subject to local taxation requirements; and what...

      Local Government Finance: Spelthorne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial position of Spelthorne Council.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 15 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA58919,...

  • Treasury

    • Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of licences given by the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation to British law firms in respect of...

    • Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage countries at risk of debt distress to engage in the G20 Common Framework; and if she will make a statement.

      Coronavirus: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact that further non-pharmaceutical interventions to limit the spread of covid-19 in China may have on...

      National Bank Trust: Foreign Exchange

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Russian Central Bank can recover funds in pound sterling in the UK via the National Bank Trust.

      Carers: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the basic cost of living for an informal carer.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on businesses in Northern Ireland.

      Treasury: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2022 to Question 148116 Treasury: Procurement, with reference to the contract HMT OSCAR II Procurement, published by his...

      Treasury: Deloitte

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contract HMT OSCAR II Procurement, published by his Department on 24 April 2019, how much his Department has paid to Deloitte LLP...

      Treasury: Procurement

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2022 to Question 148116 on Treasury: Procurement, what element of the contract HMT OSCAR II Procurement, published by his...

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis he has undertaken on the potential impact of recent tax rises on consumer confidence and retail sales.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the recent civil service and public sector pay freeze on the disposable income and wellbeing of...

      Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the basic cost of living for a family comprised of two adults and three or more children.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming local authority revenue-raising powers in relation to (a) existing property and (b) future...

      Customs Grant Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the scope of HMRC’s Customs Training Grants to private individuals who wish to...

      Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to reduce customs border requirements.

      Customs Intermediaries: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to take steps to regulate customs intermediaries.

      Customs Intermediaries: Vacancies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the shortage of qualified customs professionals.

      Treasury: Communication

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's communications budget for the year 2021-22.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling cemeteries and crematoria to continue using rebated fuel.

      Shein: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC have conducted investigations into the payment of (a) VAT, (b) corporation tax and (c) any other UK taxes by the Chinese fashion firm, Shein.

      Shein: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what VAT receipts have been received for items sold to UK customers by the Chinese fashion firm Shein (a) since 1 January 2021 and (b) between 1 January...

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of incorporating and implementing just transition principles into plans for Sustainable Disclosure...

      Freezing of Assets: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of assets frozen under sanctions relating to Russia.

      Individual Savings Accounts: Greater London

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the £450,000 cap of the Lifetime ISA for London residents given that the average property price in London is £667,000.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Unboxed: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the total funds to be allocated for Unboxed: Creativity in the UK.

    • Unboxed: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the value for money of her Department's spending on Unboxed festival.

      Youth Investment Fund: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Bradford will receive through the Youth Investment Fund.

      Youth Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will commit to YMCA England’s request for long-term, sustainable revenue funding for youth services.

      Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support public swimming pools to mitigate the rise in energy costs.

      Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Arts Council England has provided per capita in (a) South Staffordshire, (b) Birmingham, (c) Kensington and...

      Flats: Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of holiday and short term rentals in apartment blocks on neighbouring long...

      Swimming: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in offering swimming lessons to children.

      Football: Defibrillators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for grassroots football clubs to purchase defibrillators.

      Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the directors of Chelsea FC on consulting supporters on the sale of the club through the...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consult on licensing short-term holiday lets.

      Spotify: Antisemitism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Spotify to help ensure that anti-Semitic content on that platform is swiftly removed.

      Allwyn Entertainment: National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Question 147120, if she will publish the names of the Qualifying Direct...

      Casinos: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to a statutory levy on casinos to fund research,...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154260 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation, how...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154260 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation, what...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.

      Internet: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provisions in the Online Safety Bill that cover physical harm caused by online...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coal Authority: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149218, on Coal Authority: Climate Chang, whether it is his policy...

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who are currently outside the energy price cap due to the use of a 100...

      Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the UK’s critical minerals list.

      Energy Company Obligation: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the decision to reduce support for disabled people through the Energy Company Obligation scheme,...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the disproportionate energy costs faced by disabled people.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the fuel poverty target has included an estimate of higher energy costs and usage by disabled people.

      Energy Supply: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what targets he has set for energy suppliers to identify and support disabled customers.

      Energy Supply: Disabilty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of support provided by energy suppliers to disabled customers...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government did not progress proposals for £5 million of Industry Initiatives to support...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will reconsider planned reforms to the Warm Home Discount eligibility criteria to enable those in receipt of...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of a person's disability and health status on energy costs; and if his...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who will qualify for the Warm Home Discount under the new Core Group 2.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he intends to bring forward the relevant legislative proposals to implement the reforms to the Warm Home Discount...

      Energy Supply: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting targets for energy suppliers in respect of...

      Energy Supply: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the level of support provided by energy suppliers to disabled customers through...

      Energy Company Obligation: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the decision to reduce support for disabled people through the Energy Company Obligation scheme,...

      Heating: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a regulatory body for heat network providers with a role equivalent to that of Ofgem; and...

      Solar Power: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the amount of non-residential building roof space that is (a) available and...

      Solar Power: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of agricultural land for large scale solar plants, in the...

      Energy Supply: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the level of support provided by energy suppliers to disabled customers...

      Tidal Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further increasing funding for tidal energy; and if he will make...

      Electricity: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) stated in the Energy Security Strategy will include the...

      Energy: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is giving to customers of energy companies that have gone into administration to retrieve...

      Fuel Poverty: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the extent to which fuel poverty target numbers adequately recognise...

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the (a)...

      Energy and Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the financial cost of developing and producing (a) tidal energy, (b) onshore...

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK's energy is targeted to be tidal energy by (a) 2025, (b) 2030, (c) 2040 and (d) 2050; and if...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of energy costs faced by (a) disabled and (b)...

      Solar Power: Batteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Department has made of the level of risk of exploding battery energy storage systems associated...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he is having with industry leaders to help ensure price competitiveness of the domestic heating oil market.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy price competitiveness in the domestic heating oil market.

      Fuel Poverty: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department’s fuel poverty target numbers take into account the higher average energy costs and usage...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Warm Home Discount, if he will reverse the proposed change to the criteria of eligibility for...

      Rural Community Energy Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Rural Community Energy Fund.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives of energy companies on the reasons for the increase in the day-to-day...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the increase by energy companies in standing...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will launch a review into the energy costs incurred by those who need to power 24/7 medical equipment at home;...

      Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure an adequate supply of cobalt steel for UK industry following Russia's invasion...

      Buildings: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of number of (a) businesses and (b) individuals qualified to implement...

      Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to assess the future industrial opportunities of towns, cities and regions.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of public money expected to be paid out under the Historical Shortfall Scheme.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether money paid out under the Historical Shortfall Scheme comes directly from his Departmental budget.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Historical Shortfall Scheme: Information on Progress published by the Post Office, what...

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money from the public purse has been paid out by the Historical Shortfall Scheme to date.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the entire cost to the public purse has been for the establishment of the Historical Shortfall Scheme.

      Energy: Disconnections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department holds on the number of disconnections of customers in England for non-payment of (a) gas and...

      Iron and Steel: Import Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that steel required for UK manufacturing that is not produced in the UK is accessible...

      Royal Mail: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Ofcom takes effective and timely regulatory action in relation to Royal...

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Insolvency Service will report on the formal and civil investigations into the circumstances surrounding the...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,, what steps he has taken to ensure that the UK’s associate membership of the Horizon Europe programme is ratified...

      Consumers: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle subscription traps.

      Property: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether anonymous foreign owners will be required to register their identities on the UK property register as well as...

      Property: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) financial and (b) personnel resources will be allocated to the Register of Overseas Entities.

      Companies Act 2006

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will review section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 with a view to creating a legal requirement for...

      Innovate UK: Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what role Innovate UK took in assessing the bids for the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre; and what criteria...

      Companies House: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at Companies House.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of convictions given to sub-postmasters during the Post...

      Insolvency Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding provided to the Insolvency Service to perform its...

      Energy Supply: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has set targets for energy suppliers to meet in regards to identifying and supporting disabled...

      Energy Company Obligation: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has been made of the financial impact on individuals affected by the decision to remove support for...

      Energy and Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of market speculation on rising food and oil and gas prices.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment he has made of the impact of disability and health status on energy costs; and if he will...

      Fuel Poverty: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether higher energy costs and usage experienced by disabled people are accounted for in his Department's 2030 fuel...

      Energy Company Obligation: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the changes in support for disabled people through the Energy Company Obligation scheme, whether an...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason, the Government did not take forward proposals for £5 million of Industry Initiatives to support...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support people from the Hazara community find a safe passage out of Afghanistan.

    • National Bank Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not imposed sanctions on the National Bank Trust.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Chevening programme students will receive confirmation of eligibility on the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

      Ukraine: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle global hunger and food inflation linked to the conflict in Ukraine.

      Rwanda: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much humanitarian aid has been provided to Rwanda in each of the last ten years prior to the agreement to...

      Yemen: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much aid the UK (a) plans to provide to Yemen in 2022 and (b) has provided to that country in each of the last...

      Rwanda: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK’s humanitarian aid to Rwanda was reduced due to the under the reduction in Overseas...

      Ukraine: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much additional aid for Ukraine she plans to allocate from the Official Development Assistance budget.

      Climate Change: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Government's announcement on 23 September 2019 to commit £11.6 billion to international...

      Rwanda: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the the potential merits of forgiving Rwanda’s...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support (a) inclusiveness, (b) accountability, (c) human rights protections, (d)...

      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department took between October 2021 to March 2022 to (a) challenge the convictions of Nazanin...

      Afghanistan: Taliban

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent violence perpetrated by the Taliban in...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether aid is needed by Sudan following reports by the UN predicting extreme...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to further the UK's contribution to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Afghan refugees and (b) refugees from any third country that were...

      Darfur: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) support investigations into the killings in the Krink region of West Darfur,...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department last published monthly transparency data for spending over £25,000; what month that data...

      Iran: Travel Restrictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she intends to amend her Department's travel advice for Iran to make explicit mention of the risk of torture.

      Ethiopian Airlines: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Ethiopian (a) Government and (b) Minister for Transport on the...

      Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress she is making to deliver humanitarian assistance and supplies to Ethiopia's Tigray region during the...

      Taliban: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made recent representations to the Taliban to uphold international human rights standards.

      Morad Tahbaz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Iranian counterpart on the (a) release of Morad Tahbaz and (b) the...

      Belarus: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in Belarus on that country’s relationship with Russia.

      Tanzania: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled, UK launches £89 million Shule Bora education...

      Ukraine: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the UK Government plans to allocate to the Administered Account, established by the International...

      Morad Tahbaz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to hold Iran to account following Iran reneging on its agreement to keep Morad...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the OECD DAC ODA Levels in 2021- Preliminary data, Detailed Summary Note, on total vaccine...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the OECD DAC ODA Levels in 2021- Preliminary data, Detailed Summary Note, on total vaccine...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how allegations of torture of UK citizens by another country's police, security services or prison system are...

      Hong Kong: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will audit the assets of Hong Kong officials located in the UK.

      Africa: Bilateral Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to continue spending at least 50 per cent of the country/region-specific bilateral Official...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the OECD DAC ODA Levels in 2021- Preliminary data, Detailed Summary Note, how many vaccines...

      Syria: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the UNHCR on the establishment of credible mechanisms to...

      Syria: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase the UK’s contribution to the UN country-based pooled fund at the...

      African Development Bank: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to PM launches new initiative to take Green Industrial Revolution global, published on 1 November...

      Syria: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor and reduce the number of forced deportations of Syrian refugees from (a)...

      Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for (a) long-term continental health system strengthening...

      Torture: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department's guidelines on how FCDO staff should respond to allegations of torture by British...

      World Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UN's World Food Programme eligibility criteria.

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 19 April to Questions 32460 and 32461, what plans she has to conduct a review of how it...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 32462 on Prisoners: Torture, if she will instruct her...

      Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses to assess whether to refer a case to be handled by the Special Cases team in her...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government takes to exercise its obligations under the Convention Against Torture where British...

      Africa: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to publish an Africa strategy; and what the status is of the Africa strategy within her...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether consular cases where a UK citizen is being tortured or is at risk of torture are treated differently to...

      Cameroon: Russia

      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 defence agreement recently signed between...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of available peaceful methods of de-escalation of conflict in Ukraine.

      Israel: Riot Control Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the use by its military of tear gas and other...

      Israel: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on its responsibility for protecting the right of all...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department has allocated to support for Ukraine in each month in the last year.

      Turkey: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) Turkish and (b) Iraqi counterpart on Turkey's Operation Claw Lock.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of what the whole life cost of the Ajax Programme will be, including the contract cost and support costs.

    • Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many concerns relating to the Ajax Programme that have been raised by DSTL are open; what each of those concerns is; and what the status is of each...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many critical milestones on the Ajax Programme are outstanding; and how late each of those milestones is.

      Type 23 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 23 frigates remain in front-line service with the Royal Navy.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 131056 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many and what proportion of ARAP applications received by his...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many stormer vehicles the UK is sending to Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harpoon missiles the UK has supplied to Ukraine since February 2022.

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 148045 Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid, how many (a) of the 700 Humanitarian Assistance Task Force...

      Defence Equipment: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156381, on Defence Equipment: Finance, how many of the £7 billion of planned cost reductions...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 153776, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, which company is the NCSC Assured Provider of Cyber Incident...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 153788, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, which company, other than Capita, bid for the Defence...

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the salary sacrifice scheme to members of the armed forces to enable them to pay for...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 9 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire regarding violence against women and girls,...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he will publish the review of the data leak of the Capita Defence Recruiting system on 13 March; and if he will make a statement.

      Air Force and Army: Teesside International Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 153770 on Air Force and Army: Teesside International Airport, how many military aircraft have...

      Defence Equipment: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new head of Defence Equipment and Supply will commence his appointment; what the salary band of that role is; what the anticipated term of...

      European Fighter Aircraft: Advanced Short-range Air-to-air Missile

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missiles will be integrated onto Typhoon aircraft by the end of this calendar year.

      Serbia: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with NATO allies on the sale of military jets to Serbia; and whether his Department has made an assessment of...

      Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 153789 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, if he will list the nine senior personnel who have applied for...

      Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount spent by his Department on military support to Ukraine has been since 24 February 2022.

      Antitank Missiles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has placed any new orders for NLAW in each of the last two months.

      RAF Cosford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his plans for the expansion of RAF Cosford.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armoured vehicles will be kept in service for longer than initially planned in the event that the Ajax Programme has not reached full operating...

      Ajax Vehicles: LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the integration and deployment of Morpheus with AJAX is a requirement for the AJAX programme to reach Full Operational Capability.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, The Ajax Programme, published 11 March 2022, how many of the 136 open concerns raised by DSTL that...

  • Cop26

    • Development Aid

      To ask the President of COP26, with reference to the Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of Official Development Assistance...

  • Scotland Office

  • Department for International Trade

    • Spirits: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the potential to increase UK spirits exports to Brazil as part of an enhanced trade partnership.

    • Beef and Pigmeat: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps is he taking to help increase the level of exports of (a) pork and (b) beef from the UK to China.

      Export Credit Guarantees: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 15096 on Export Credit Guarantees: Iran, whether the £28.4 million debt...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have had discussions with Ministers and officials in the Department for Health and Social Care on the...

      Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 8 March to Question 131344, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of a Free Trade Agreement with India...

      Whisky: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department’s plans are to support Scotch whisky exports to China (a) in general and (b) through supporting continued...

      Trade Barriers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has plans to amend or remove any trade regulations imposed since the UK's departure from the EU for the purposes of facilitating...

      Supply Chains: Agriculture and Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the war in Ukraine on international food and agriculture supply chains.

      Dairy Farming: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that dairy farmers (a) benefit from trade agreements and (b) have standards retained.

      Spirits: Nigeria

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the potential to increase UK spirits exports to Nigeria.

      Trade Agreements: Gulf States

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 154006 on Trade Agreements: Gulf States, if she will publish (a) which organisation is...

      UK Trade and Business Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to implement the 21 recommendations in the first annual report from the UK Trade and Business Commission.

      Trade Agreements: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure future trade deals tackle poverty in line with the Government's commitments to deliver the...

      Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155768, in addition to the scoping assessment published on 22 June 2021, whether her...

      Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the financial cost to the Exchequer of potential ISDS claims against the UK on entering the...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many meetings officials in her Department have had with representatives of companies (a) producing and (b) supplying hormone replacement...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a principle of respect and dignity for people with protected characteristics.

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what data her Department holds on the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who have undergone conversion therapy in (a) the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to provide funding for end-to-end journey research to help improve passenger experiences on public transport.

    • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the causes for the reported backlogs at the DVLA; and what steps he is taking to resolve these issues.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion freight that will transfer from road to rail in each of the next five years.

      Railways: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide support for the future of the rail industry through a research and development bicentenary challenge for the rail sector.

      Department for Transport: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the public sector apprenticeships target, how many apprentices were employed in his Department in the financial year 2021-22; and...

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support investment in sustainable freight locomotives.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) decarbonise and (b) increase efficiency in the rail freight sector.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take help improve rail freight capacity.

      Restoring Your Railway Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on reviewing bids by local authorities for the Restoring Your Railways Fund.

      Roads: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) climate, (b) workforce and (c) capacity issues in the road haulage sector.

      P&O Ferries: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Health and Safety Executive on the safety of employees aboard P&O Ferries vessels.

      Heathrow Airport: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of direct flights between Heathrow and mainland China.

      Electric Vehicles: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the assisted speed limit of electric bikes in the UK to 20mph.

      Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government trials on e-scooters will conclude.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) provide covid-related advice for travellers and (b) regulate pricing for travel-related PCR testing; and if he will...

      Aviation and Travel Agents: Repayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) airlines and (b) travel agents to ensure that customers are fully and promptly refunded for...

      Aviation: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents have been reported of objects and other material falling out of planes and landing on property under the flight path in each of the...

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff currently work for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency on signing-off medical assessments.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the size of the backlog of medical assessment approvals at the Driver and Vehicle License Agency.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will extend the Great British Rail sale over the school summer holidays.

      Air Pollution: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a payment plan system for those in financial hardship who have incurred fines for...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure pupils who have experienced detriment due to the covid-19 pandemic are able to access post-16 catch-up support in...

    • Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of (a) training programmes and (b) other support for people seeking to become qualified...

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Education Secretary calls for an end to low value degrees, published on 26 May 2019, whether his...

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Education Secretary calls for an end to low value degrees, published on 26 May 2019, whether his...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed minimum entry criteria for the student finance system on equality of access to education.

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students on free school meals who will not qualify for students loans due to the minimum entry criteria...

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the value of university courses.

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Education Secretary calls for an end to low value degrees, published on 26 May 2019, whether his...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' recently published research on...

      Higher Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release, Education Secretary calls for an end to low value degrees, published on 26 May 2019, whether his...

      Extended Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the current provision and take-up of extra-curricular activities and before and after-school clubs in schools.

      Schools: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings in the Child Poverty Action Group and Children North East report, The...

      Schools: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on curriculum-related costs for children at (a) primary and (b) secondary settings.

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that school pupils with SEND are receiving sufficient catch up support to achieve their full potential,...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) recruitment and (b) retention rates among childcare providers in England.

      Schools: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of curriculum-related costs on children at (a) primary and (b) secondary settings.

      Students: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people with (a) sensory impairment or (b) physical can reach the same attainment as their peers in the...

      Schools: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools built in England in each of the last 10 years have achieved net zero status.

      Music: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the updated National Plan for Music Education will be implemented ahead of the 2022-23 academic year.

      Tony Sewell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with hon. Members who wrote to the University of Nottingham on the withdrawal of the honorary doctorate of Tony Sewell.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether additional financial support is provided to apprentices who move away from home for an apprenticeship in the event that their wage is...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish an (a) braille and (b) easy read version of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities review; and what steps he...

      Children: Body Searches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of children strip-searched by police officers in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the proposal in his Department's SEND review to allow families with disabled children to pick a school from a pre-defined list, what...

      Department for Education: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.

      Department for Education: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many communications staff are employed by his Department (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) on flexible working arrangements as of 19 April 2022.

      Sexual Harassment: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the findings on the effectiveness of educational interventions in reducing violence against women and girls in the Government's...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Exports and Imports: Insects

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reduce the cumulative costs of vet health checks and employing export and import agents for...

    • Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of the water industry on tackling the...

      Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle fly tipping.

      Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will include a target to reduce the UK’s single use plastic by 50 per cent by 2025 in the Consultation on...

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has prepared contingency plans to nationalise fertiliser production.

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) progress of the implementation of an all-in Deposit Return...

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to provide support for farmers with developing farming techniques that reduce the need for...

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the additional costs to British chemical companies of registering with UK REACH.

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the recent increase in fertiliser prices on farming over the next...

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support farmers with rising fertiliser costs.

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of any increase in testing chemical and pharmaceutical products on animals as a result of...

      Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of storm water on surface water flooding; and what steps he is taking to mitigate...

      Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of which infrastructure is most effective in removing excess storm water to help prevent flooding.

      Water: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve water quality in Cumbria.

      Land: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department requires local councils to take before those bodies (a) close council land or (b) ban certain...

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the unique biodiversity loss challenges facing each sector of the economy, including those...

      E. Coli: Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to studies by the University of Suffolk and Woodbridge Town Council along the River Deben, if he will take...

      Marine Environment: Shellfish

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect shellfish waters around the UK.

      Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what risk assessment process his Department requires local councils to follow before the closure of council land following...

      Wheat: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an assessment of the impact of high fertiliser prices on the volume of planting of wheat in England in 2022.

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Fertiliser Taskforce will next be convened to discuss fertiliser prices; and whether the minutes of that taskforce...

      Fertilisers: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of fertiliser price rises in 2022 on the net farm business incomes of...

      Pigs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with pig farmers on providing financial support for sow births to bacon units.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle food insecurity in the context of increases in the cost of living.

      Fisheries: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the fishing industry.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will prioritise environmental land management scheme funding for the Sustainable Farming Initiative in order to...

      Farmers: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers invest in their businesses.

      Pigs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the pig farming industry.

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review the impact of reductions in Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments to farmers in the...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on making food more affordable as outlined in the Outcome Delivery Plan.

      Fertilisers: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to fertiliser production plants in the UK in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and whether...

      Rural Areas: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to level up rural areas.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the prevalence of illegal puppy farming across the UK.

      Food: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing to the food and drink sector to help mitigate increased supply chain costs resulting from the...

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost for (a) an adult and (b) a child to eat in line with the dietary advice...

      Foxes: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to control the rural fox population.

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, following the consultation on the draft Joint Fisheries Statement, whether he has plans to consult Parliament on the future...

      Harper Adams Agricultural College: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to Harper Adams University to research the potential merits of automated farms.

      Outdoor Recreation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 148359 on Outdoor Recreation which stated that there are no plans...

      Food: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential concerns about short-term food shortages resulting from...

      Crops: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure more planting of greenhouse food crops in the context of high gas prices.

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase tree planting.

      Animal Welfare: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals for a domestic ban on the advertising and offering for sale of...

      Rural Areas: Devon

      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 Devon's Campaign to Protect Rural England's...

      Fertilisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to provide support to the fertiliser industry in the context of the recent increase in gas prices.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on creating a register of carbon offset schemes in the UK to monitor the purchase of viable...

      Soil: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he taking to tackle soil degradation.

      Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the outcomes of the Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 meeting...

      Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in its COP26 presidency to encourage (a) wealthier nations and (b) other stakeholders to...

      Pets: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) dogs and (b) cats were imported under the Ballai Directive in each month of 2022.

      Dogs: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs entered the UK from the European Union in each month in 2022.

      Dogs: Republic of Ireland and Romania

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs entered the UK from (a) the Republic of Ireland and (b) Romania in each month of 2022.

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the food and drink supply chain with direct increases in food prices as a...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of market speculation on food prices.

      Agriculture: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the cumulative impact of trade deals on domestic agricultural output.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes: Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce incentives under the environmental land management schemes to hold water through (a) large and...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of postponing the phase out of direct payments to farmers...

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage supermarkets to ensure that low cost food ranges are stocked and...

      Animal Feed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using insect protein in pelleted chicken and pig feed.

      Livestock Worrying: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful prosecutions there were in the West Mercia Police region for (a) attacks on livestock and (b) livestock...

      Agriculture: Brazil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to increase his Department's outreach to the Brazilian agricultural Ministry MAPA for the purposes of...

      Seafood: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) documentary checks, (b) physical checks, (c) foreign supplier verification checks and (d) rejections of...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many communications staff his Department employs (a) full time (b) part time and (c) on flexible working arrangements.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on communications staff in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s food security.

      Deposit Return Schemes: Glass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will include glass in the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement.

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to (a) publish and (b) lay before Parliament the environmental principles policy statement.

  • Attorney General

    • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Attorney General, what is the status under UK law of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's (a) 2016 and (b) conviction by the Revolutionary Court in Iran.

  • Wales Office

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Wormwood Scrubs Prison: Prison Governors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to develop the former governor's house at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

    • Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police investigations have been launched in response to allegations against staff working in (a) young offender institutions and (b) secure...

      Family Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce backlogs in family court cases.

      Criminal Proceedings: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support has been provided to reduce the backlog of criminal cases in (a) Leicester Crown Court and (b) the Midlands.

      Magistrates' Courts: Hartlepool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on (a) plans to re-open and (b) plans for alternative uses of Hartlepool Magistrates' Court.

      Ministry of Justice: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many communications staff in his Department are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) under flexible working arrangements.

      Magistrates' Courts: Plymouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to install solar panels on the roof of Plymouth Magistrates Court.

      Oakhill Secure Training Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions has the monitor appointed to Oakhill secure training centre reported allegations against custody officers, in accordance with...

      Prisons: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff were dismissed for conducting inappropriate relationships with child prisoners in each year since 2010.

      Young Offenders: Civil Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil claims against (a) HM Prison Service and (b) private providers have been brought by current or former children detained in (i) juvenile...

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are the Courts required to take to ensure that (a) they have the correct personal details of defendants and (b) defendants are aware of their...

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people found guilty in their absence in civil debt cases; and how many of those cases were as a result of the...

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps people can take to appeal court decisions made in their absence as a result of the court holding an incorrect home address.

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps a debt collection agency is required to take to verify the personal details, including home address, of the individual they are attempting to...

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the adequacy of the process used by debt collection agencies to ascertain the address of people...

      Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted, and (c) convicted for trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence in each year since 2015.

      Sentencing: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers judges have to require the attendance of offenders in court for sentencing.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Airports: Vetting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many FTE staff are working on processing the security checks required for airport staff to begin employment.

    • Processed Food

      To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, how many people in the UK were employed in the semi-processed food industries at the end of the financial years (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

      Pharmacy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pharmacists, as defined by the ONS occupation code 2213, pharmaceutical technicians as defined by ONS code 3217, and pharmacy and other...

      Cabinet Office: Social Media

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is enrolled on any trusted flagger programmes with social media companies.

      Coronavirus: Deaths

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference the report published by Collateral Global entitled Understanding Definitions and Reporting of Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 in the UK,...

      Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has instructed No. 10 staff to preserve evidence for the inquiry into the Government's handling of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Infrastructure: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, whether the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline has a target for the use of UK steel.

      EU Law: Scotland

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Scottish Government on his Department’s review into retained EU law in the UK.

      Cabinet Office: Travel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the total cost to the public purse of the (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) printing costs of the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and...

      Efficiency and Value for Money Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will appoint members to the Efficiency and Value for Money Committee.

      Efficiency and Value for Money Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Efficiency and Value for Money Committee will publish the minutes of its meetings.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many positive covid-19 cases were recorded on the Parliamentary estate in each month from November 2021 to...

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reimburse local transport authorities for additional costs incurred when Ukrainian refugees apply for and are granted a (1) Freedom Pass, (2)...

    • British Airline Pilots Association: Jet Zero Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including a representative from the British Airline Pilots Association to their Jet Zero Council membership.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Water Power

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include (1) hydropower, and (2) tidal lagoons, as elements in their new energy strategy.

    • Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what data they hold on the proportion of wood pellets used in the Drax Power Station that are sourced from British boreal and temperate forests; and what...

      Training: Rural Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce training vouchers for rural enterprises.

      EGNOS: Cost Effectiveness and Impact Assessments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 30 April (HL7617), whether (1) an impact assessment, and (2) a value for money assessment, on the role of...

      Royal Bank of Scotland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 19 April (HL7620), to set out how the UK Endorsement Board seeks to ensure that the statutory criteria for...

      Prices: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage companies to introduce social tariffs for disabled households.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current position in negotiations for the UK's associate membership of the Horizon Europe Programme; and what steps they are intending to take in...

      Research: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish further details of how the £39.8 billion research and development budget for the financial years 2022–23 through to...

      Boilers: Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for mandating the installation of hydrogen-ready boilers in homes from 2026.

      Heat Pumps: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how collaborative training can be developed between (1) manufacturers, (2) colleges, and (3) other training providers, to...

      Natural Gas and Oil: Cameroon

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much oil and gas was imported from Cameroon to the UK in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.

      Heating: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact of low-carbon heating training incentives on (1) self-employed heating systems installers, and (2)...

      UK Endorsement Board: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any members of staff supporting the work of the UK Endorsement Board have previously worked for members of the board who are or were partners in (1) PwC,...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about including hybrid heat pumps within the scope of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional financial support measures when the Boiler Upgrade Scheme closes in 2025.

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide additional financial measures to incentivise heat pump installations if the number of grant applications made under the...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will run for the three years originally envisioned.

      UK Endorsement Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK Endorsement Board has undertaken an analysis of what constitutes 'reliability' in the context of audited accounts and its endorsement criteria; and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cystic Fibrosis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) children, and (2) adults, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis have access to both clinical psychologist and social worker...

    • Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent increase in referrals to heart failure diagnostic clinics throughout NHS Trusts in England.

      Respiratory System: Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the universal restart of spirometry testing in primary care prior to the establishment of community diagnostic centres.

      Lung Diseases: Death

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are proposing to address the finding by Asthma + Lung UK that the UK has the highest rate of lung disease deaths in western Europe.

      Multiple Sclerosis: Nurses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many multiple sclerosis specialist nurses work in the NHS; and what plans they have, if any, to ensure all people with multiple sclerosis have access to a...

      Respiratory System: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include metric-driven targets on improvements in respiratory mortality and provision of care within the NHS Long Term Plan.

      Brain Cancer: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve outcomes for brain tumour cancer patients.

      Obesity: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are considering when revisiting the NHS Long Term Plan to address obesity in order (1) to improve cardiovascular health, and (2) to reduce dementia...

      Lord Bethell: Abingdon Health

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the (1) WhatsApp, and (2) text, messages that Lord Bethell (a) received, and (b) sent, in relation to Abingdon Health from any individual, from his private...

      Dementia: Clinical Trials

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and (2) the National Institute for Health and Care...

      Medical Equipment: Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support consumers who need to use electric medical devices at home, such as monitors or ventilators, given the impact of rising...

      Dementia: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of a Dementia Medicines Taskforce to advance towards a disease-modifying treatment for dementia.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Social Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address social worker shortages in (1) specialist adult cystic fibrosis centres, and (2) specialist paediatric cystic fibrosis...

      Primary Health Care: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the state of primary care in the NHS.

      Abortion: Ambulance Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 7 December 2021 (HL3991), whether the additional data collected will include a record of the NHS numbers of...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the NHS meets core targets on performance, including (1) the standard of 95 per cent of patients being admitted,...

      Rare Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the standards set out in NHS service specifications for rare and complex diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, are adhered to;...

      Abortion: Ambulance Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 7 December 2021 (HL3991), whether the additional data collected will include data to monitor long term...

      Screening: Accident and Emergency Departments and Acute Beds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to create rapid PCR capability in (1) emergency departments, and (2) acute healthcare settings.

      Health Services: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS trusts have point-of-care teams; and how many of these have access to rapid PCR technology.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) children, and (2) adults, diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in England saw a psychosocial professional in the last 12 months at their...

      Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will support the placement of rapid PCR technology in community diagnostic centres.

  • Department for Education

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Treasury

    • Taxation: Domicil

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the non-domicile individual status with a form of temporary resident tax status for people living in the UK for short periods of time.

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent in each financial year since 2016–17 to create a national digital platform to mitigate the effects of regulatory barriers to trade...

      Customs: ICT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the GVMS IT system stopped working as planned with the CHIEF and CDS systems; and what is their assessment of the effects of this on (1) the process for...

      Loans: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to identify what anti-fraud measures are needed at the start of any new emergency loan scheme.

      Graduates: Income Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of higher rate tax payers they estimate to be university graduates.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Human Rights: Procurement and Technology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in technological innovations and supply chains to mitigate risks to (1) human rights in general and (2) freedom of religion or...

    • Human Rights: 6G

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of enhanced technological threats to (1) human rights in general and (2) discrimination on grounds of freedom of...

      Human Rights: Technology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rise in technological threats to human rights in general, and to freedom of religion or belief in particular.

      Cameroon: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the government of Cameroon to commit to participation in internationally mediated peace talks following the US State...

      Cameroon: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of human rights abuses in Cameroon by security services and non-state armed groups, as set out in the US State...

      Nigeria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 7 April (HL7377), which organisations in Nigeria benefit from the Partnership to...

      Nigeria: Internally Displaced People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of displaced people in Nigeria's central states.

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation on Northern Ireland and trade in the next session.

      Israel: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from Defence for Children International that (1) during an interrogation on 8 February at Huwwara military base, Israeli...

      Tunisia: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Tunisia on the recent dissolution of the Tunisian parliament and the charging of 121 members with...

      Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they keep copies of memorandums of understanding concluded with foreign governments since 1997; and what plans they have, if any, to publish (1) the text...

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress with the UK/EU negotiations on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

      Rwanda: LGBT People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of LGBT+ rights in Rwanda.

      Rwanda: Press Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of media freedom in Rwanda.

      Ukraine: Armenia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Armenia regarding its neutrality towards the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

      Nagorno Karabakh: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 April (HL7590), whether they intend to remind the government of Russia that...

      Nigeria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the North East Nigeria Transition to Development Programme will end; whether it will be renewed; and whether it will be expanded to include humanitarian...

      Horn of Africa: Droughts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, in advance of the conference on the Horn of Africa drought on 26 April, to commit new funding to mitigate the effects of that drought.

      Shawkat Kamal Abed

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that a 17 year old Palestinian boy, Shawkat Kamal Shawkat Abed, was killed by the Israeli military using an exploding bullet.

      Nigeria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 7 April (HL7377), how much UK development aid has been provided to (1) Christian Aid, and...

      Egypt: Capital Punishment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Egypt about (1) the 230 persons executed in the 26 months since December 2019, and (2) the 12 men now...

      Ethiopia: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they anticipate that the Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability (JACS) assessment for Ethiopia will be instigated; what resources will be available to the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Conflict: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop long-term strategies for preventing wars, both between states and within them; and how they will link any such strategies to (1)...

    • Military Bases: Catering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which UK military bases are served by outside catering contractors.

      Army: Food

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 12 April (HL7458), what daily amount of money has been allocated for food per serving British Army...

      Armed Forces

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the defensive performance of the Ukrainian armed forces, what plans they have to review the doctrines of the UK military.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to place orders with (1) UK, and (2) any other, manufacturers to replace war stocks (a) supplied, and (b) promised to Ukraine.

      Armed Conflict: Explosives

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support an international Political Declaration on the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

      Nuclear Submarines: Devonport Dockyard

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have regarding the storage of retired nuclear submarines after the last slot at 3 Basin Devonport is filled by the arrival of HMS Trenchant.

      Armed Forces: Food

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what the food budget was for UK troops each year for the past 10 years, excluding all training and deployments in the UK or abroad.

      Armed Forces: Catering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) military chefs, and (2) cooks, were employed within the UK by (a) the British Army, (b) the Royal Navy, and (c) the Royal Air Force, in each of the...

      Armed Forces: Food Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many serving members of the UK Armed Forces are unable to fund their own food bills on a monthly basis and require assistance to pay for their basic meals.

      RFA Argus: Decommissioning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace RFA Argus when it ceases service in 2024.

      HMS Scott: Decommissioning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace HMS Scott when it ceases service in 2023.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Local Housing Allowance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the Local Housing Allowance for families in its frozen state.

    • Local Housing Allowance: North East

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the Local Housing Allowance being frozen will have in the northeast of England.

      Local Housing Allowance: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect the Local Housing Allowance being frozen will have on families with children.

      Universal Credit: Harrogate

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many notified persons involved in the Universal Credit managed migration pilot in Harrogate missed their deadline day for claiming Universal Credit; and of...

      Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 24 March (HL6871), what plans they have, if any, to publish (1) the evaluation strategy, (2) the...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 6 April (HL7286), what steps they are taking to ensure that deductions to Universal Credit...

      Social Security Benefits: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the support that people with long term degenerative conditions like multiple sclerosis receive when they are no longer able to work.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make employers aware of the 'Access to Work' scheme to ensure that people with long term progressive conditions can remain in work for longer.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Soil

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Soil Health Action Plan for England.

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they (1) have held, and (2) will hold, with the (a) United Nations, and (b) EU, on the movement of perishable goods between the UK and the EU...

      Farms: Renewable Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development of vertical, low-carbon farms, fuelled by renewable energy.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their proposals for seasonal workers for the UK agricultural sector.

      Pesticides

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to examine the deaths of predatory birds from the ingestion of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides, and (2) to review whether use...

      Chemicals: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to adopt the EU’s ‘rolling list’ of potentially toxic chemicals as part of the UK's REACH register.

      Chemicals: Import Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that slight variations of existing banned chemicals are not allowed onto the UK market.

      Food: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) adjust dietary guidelines, and (2) act to (a) halt, or (b) reverse, the decline in micronutrients in British vegetable and fruit...

      Palm Oil

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to discourage food producers from using palm oil following disruptions to the supply of sunflower oil as a result of the...

  • Home Office

    • Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to resolve the reported failure of new British passports to be read at border e-gates due to glossy coating of the pages, which has led to...

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of their plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of flying asylum seekers to Rwanda.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether male asylum seekers from (1) Afghanistan, and (2) Ukraine, will have to go to Rwanda to complete their asylum claim.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who will be on the Independent Monitoring Board referred to in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government and the government of Rwanda for the...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda is binding; and if so, which elements of the agreement are binding.

      Migrant Camps: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask Her Majesty's Government on what basis, and for what intended purpose, a refugee camp is being planned for the former RAF Station at Linton-on-Ouse; and what assessment they have made...

      Nationality and Borders Bill

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have rejected the pleas of over 1,000 faith leaders in England, Scotland and Wales to amend the Nationality and Borders Bill to (1) expand family reunion...

      Immigration: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to prevent the detention of persons arriving in the UK with correct documents, and (2) to limit detention for (a) foreign criminals...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether families will be split up through the new Asylum Partnership Arrangement with Rwanda; and if not, what evidence they have that the new policy will not lead...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether any (1) women, (2) girls, and (3) LGBT+ people, who are relocated to Rwanda, will be afforded the same safety as in the UK.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to determine whether someone arriving in the UK other than by authorised channels is eligible for being relocated to Rwanda.

      Visas: Graduates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including (1) Indian, (2) Kenyan, or (3) other national universities, from former colonial countries in the list of...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to allow Afghan refugees in temporary accommodation to take up employment without a permanent address.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to permanently accommodate Afghan refugees.

      Slavery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultations they had, if any, with survivors of modern slavery prior to the (1) design, and (2) implementation, of the Recovery Needs Assessment,...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide local authorities with funding for Ukrainians arriving under the Ukraine Family Scheme.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the visa application process for Ukrainian refugees.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how long they estimate that asylum seekers will have to stay in Rwanda prior to a decision on their application.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Land: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce land reform measures to enable local people to bid for land put up for sale.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what incentives they are introducing to encourage private landlords to offer short-term rental accommodation to Afghan refugees looking for employment.

      Freeports: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impediments that could be faced in extending the Freeports programme to Northern Ireland.

      Planning: Rural Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce planning measures that prioritise small-scale developments in the countryside.

      Coastal Areas and Rural Areas: Economic Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to update their plans to support the economic recovery of towns and villages in rural and coastal areas; and if so, when.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria will be applied to funding decisions relating to the new UK Shared Prosperity Fund; who will make such funding decisions; and when will details of...

      Council Tax: Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have made to ensure (1) that council taxpayers entitled to the single person discount who host refugees from Ukraine do not lose...

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will (1) publish a list of the elements of the capital and running costs of the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre which are...

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much, to date, has been spent on the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and what further sums have been committed under contracts for the...

      Victoria Tower Gardens

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they took between October 2015 and June 2019 to ascertain whether there were any restrictions on the use of Victoria Tower Gardens.

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what value for money assessments they conducted on the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre (1) before £50 million was committed to the project,...

      Rents: Increases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a cap on rent increases in line with median wage rises.

      National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the legal advice they have received since July 2019 concerning the impact of the London County Council (Improvements) Act 1900 on the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide a list of those individual benefits set out in the Benefits of Brexit paper, published on 31 January, which do not apply to Northern...

    • Airports: Vetting

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of time it takes to process security clearance for new airport staff; what is the average amount of time taken for...

      Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) civil servants, (2) special advisers, and (3) contractors, were employed in the Cabinet Office in (a) 2001, (b) 2011, and (c) 2021.

      Government Departments: Heating

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of the principal offices of each government department located in central London, (1) what temperature the offices are heated to during working hours...

      Civil Servants: Remote Working

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to encourage civil servants to return to work in the office.

      Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 4 April (HL6397), how many non-disclosure agreements have involved payments of £100,000 or more over...

      Visits Abroad: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister is planning to visit Rwanda; and if so, when.

      War Memorials: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 24 June 2019 (HL16339), whether they continue to be the custodians, through the Government Property...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Small Businesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to launch a new Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) Trade Support Fund to help firms trade internationally.

    • National Security

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing Project DEFEND; and how has it contributed to (1) national resilience, and (2) a reduction in supply chain...

      Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a strategy for foreign investment growth that increases (1) jobs, (2) skills, and (3) productivity, across the UK.

      Import Controls: Xinjiang

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban all imports from China’s Xinjiang region unless they could be proven not to involve forced labour.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure that neither (1) the winning bid for Chelsea Football Club, nor (2) the process for identifying the winning bidder,...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Period Poverty Task Force

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Period Poverty Taskforce will restart its meetings; and if so, when.

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