Written answers

Wednesday, 25 May 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the Government’s integrational engagement at the International Labour Organisation on minimum wages for...

    • Ferries: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the UK Shipping Fleet Statistics: 2021 published 6 April 2022, how many (a) roll-on roll-off and (b) load-on load-off ferries have...

      Ferries: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of UK resident (a) ratings and (b) officers that were employed in the ferry sector in each year since 2015...

      Ferries: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the...

      Rivers: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to explore how greater use can be made of rivers for transport in places such as York.

      Shipping: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Impact Assessment of the Harbours (Seafarers’ Remuneration) Bill, which types of seafarer are considered to be (a) in and...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Bill, what assessment his Department has made of whether local authorities require powers to tackle pavement parking;...

      Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151053, on Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions, whether the additional guidance on...

      Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151053, on Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions, whether he plans to consult on the...

      Tree Planting: Cambridgeshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) survival rates and (b) total costs of trees planted during the upgrade to the A14 between Cambridge...

      Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish its final report on e-scooter trials.

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a sub-mandate on power-to-liquid fuels to help decarbonise aviation.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Insolvency Service: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of facilitating (a) public consultation and (b) parliamentary...

    • Insolvency Service: Brighton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what equality impact assessment has been carried out of the proposed closure of the Insolvency Service office in...

      Insolvency Service: Brighton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the proposal to close the Insolvency Service office in Brighton, where interviews previously carried...

      Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the Critical Minerals Strategy.

      Carbon Emissions: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support new low carbon technologies.

      Electricity: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answers of 25 April to Question 156512 and to Question 156513 and with reference to (a) the trend...

      Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 418, on Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions, what assessment the...

      Diesel Fuel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the current (a) availability and (b) stability of diesel supplies.

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on providing clarity and certainty on the Phase-2 carbon capture, usage and...

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled British energy security strategy, published in April 2022, what steps his...

      Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to deliver new and advanced nuclear power in the UK.

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the generation of offshore wind in the UK.

      Offshore Industry: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the UK’s oil and gas sector.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help insulate houses in (a) Manchester, Gorton constituency, (b) Manchester and...

      Limited Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many limited partnerships have been established in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales since 2017.

      Limited Liability: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Northern Ireland Limited partnerships have been registered in Northern Ireland in each year since 2017.

      Limited Liability: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential implications for Northern Ireland limited partnerships when...

      Limited Liability: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to help reform regulation and practice on Northern Ireland limited partnerships; and if...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether domestic energy customers living in park homes will qualify for the £200 discount on energy bills in...

      Disability: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of energy use required by some disabled people to keep warm or run specialised...

      Manufacturing Industries: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the manufacturing sector in the UK.

      Minerals: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage (a) domestic critical minerals exploration and (b) mining finance...

      Breakthrough Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the £400m partnership between his Department and the Breakthrough Energy Catalyst...

      Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that consumer protections under Part 3 of the Consumer Rights Act, which establishes a...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 4 on energy bills.

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to implement the outstanding recommendations of the Taylor Review.

      Miscarriage: Bereavement Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to introduce a right to bereavement leave following the miscarriage of a baby before 24 weeks of...

      Pregnancy: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to extend redundancy protections for pregnant women.

      Employment: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to tackle bullying in the workplace.

      Unfair Dismissal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that workers are protected against unfair dismissal.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that workers' rights are protected.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 25 January 2022 to Question 108541 on Conditions of Employment, which Government...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward an employment bill in the 2022-23 parliamentary Session.

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce paid leave for parents with children who require...

      Employment: Women's Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to protect women’s rights in the workplace.

      Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to strengthen protections for the self-employed.

      Carers: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce carer's leave.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation entitled Good work plan: proposals to support families.

      Unfair Dismissal: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) pregnant women and (b) new mothers who have been unfairly dismissed in...

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of (a) Statutory Maternity Leave and (b) Statutory...

      Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to impose a legal duty on employers to consider which flexible working arrangements are...

      Vacancies: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to impose a legal duty on employers to state in job advertisements whether flexible...

      Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to introduce its proposed statutory code on fire and rehire.

      Director of Labour Market Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will bring umbrella companies under the remit of the Director for Labour Market Enforcement.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to enhance workers’ rights.

      Business: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on securing business investment in the UK.

      Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK businesses benefit from the UK leaving the EU.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to his written statement of 24 March 2022, what recent assessment he has made of the Northern Ireland's Department of Health's levels...

  • Attorney General

    • Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2022 to Question 2413, on Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion, whether she has asked the Prime Minister to initiate an...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many immunocompromised individuals of (a) working age and (b) all ages have been (i) hospitalised with and (ii) died of covid-19 in 2022.

    • Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department (a) has spent in the last 12 months and (b) plans to spend in the next 12 months on the treatment of alcohol use...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to tackle alcohol (a) use and (b) abuse in (i) children and (ii) young people.

      Care Homes: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to strengthen infection control between health and care settings.

      Coronavirus: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what basis the decision was made to stop funding the ZOE Study; and if he will consider recommissioning the study.

      Coronavirus: Screening

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

      St George's Hospital Tooting

      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...

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding cervical screening visits to include a wider well-woman check for...

      Babies and Mothers: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) maternal and (b) perinatal deaths for women and children from migrant and...

      Caesarean Sections: Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to strengthen post-natal care for mothers who have had a caesarean section in the upcoming Women's Health...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendation by the Alzheimer’s Society that £70...

      Pain: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability of pain services and (b) Arthritis and Musculoskeletal...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number of people living with undiagnosed dementia in England and (b) time it will take to...

      Coeliac Disease: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to standardise testing for coeliac disease by encouraging local audits of blood tests against endoscopies...

      Pain: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate support is provided to people who live with severe chronic pain.

      Pain: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people with chronic pain have access to non-pharmacological interventions as outlined in the...

      Dementia: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase screening for dementia in England.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the equity of the dementia diagnosis process.

      Use of Health Data for Research and Analysis Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) hire people with technical data skills and knowledge for senior roles in the NHS and (b) train those in...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will resend his reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his constituent, Mr Vernon Stevens,...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak dated 21 March 2022, reference RL36002.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 2 March 2022 on the impact of the Health and Care...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 2 March 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL35231.

      Dementia: Community Diagnostic Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people living with dementia who have benefitted from community diagnostic centres.

  • Wales Office

    • Nuclear Power: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of potential opportunities for the Welsh nuclear industry under the UK Energy Security Strategy.

    • Human Trafficking: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Government on tackling human trafficking in Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Mother and Baby Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that every local authority has a mother and baby unit to help women develop good parenting skills where they present...

    • Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish to discuss Ofsted's finding of serious failings at Tameside Children’s Services.

      Mother and Baby Units

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that women who have been in mother and baby placements are provided with the necessary support to enable their baby to...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of when Ofsted’s most recent assessment of Tameside Children’s Services will be published.

      Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on allocating additional funding to local authorities to increase SEND provision in schools.

      Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on what exceptional circumstances a school with a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating under control of a multi-academy...

      Faith Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has conducted a further assessment of the effectiveness of the continued existence of the 50 per cent rule for schools...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is taking steps to align relevant apprenticeships with the schedule of public works on insulating housing.

      Youth Custody: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason children and young people who present as causing serious risk to themselves or others are placed in police cells.

      Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) schools, (b) colleges and (c) universities that want to make stocks of lateral flow covid-19 tests...

      Primary Education: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of primary schools previously judged Outstanding by Ofsted rating who retain that status when re-inspected...

      Food Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of education on (a) cooking and (b) budgeting.

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has made to help schools with rising energy prices in Havering.

      Schools: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-Sikh bullying in schools.

      Special Educational Needs: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received from educational organisations in Greater London on the effectiveness of SEND funding in the last 12...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all teachers are well trained to teach children with SEND in the classroom, in the context of SEND...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure every disabled child, young person, and their families receive the social care support they need.

      Foster Care: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of mother and baby fostering placements.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the ambition of the SEND Review to make schools more inclusive for children with SEND, what steps the Government is taking to help...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that service providers are held accountable if they do not meet their legal duties in respect of support to disabled...

      Free School Meals: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to introduce free school meals for children who have parents or carers seeking asylum in the UK.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of appointing (a) an independent Children’s Trust and (b) Commissioners to...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Atheism: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to sections (a) 3 and (b) 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the human rights...

    • Prisoners: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98878, how many transwomen, who do not have a Gender Recognition Certificate, are serving a...

      Camp Hill Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on decisions on the future of the Camp Hill prison site.

      Rape Crisis Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape crisis centres there are in England and Wales; and whether the Government plans to increase that number to 150, as recommended in the...

      Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal legal aid firms have been added to the Legal Aid Agency’s list of providers willing to accept instructions for advocacy services...

      Courts

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

      Debts: Civil Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people who have been found guilty in their absence in civil debt cases and (b) number and proportion of...

      Courts: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps people are able to 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process for a debt collection agency to ascertain the address of people against whom judgments have...

      Aiding and Abetting: Miscarriages of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the rate of miscarriages of justice in relation to convictions under Joint Enterprise.

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to allow educational materials to be sent to prisoners.

      Prison Accommodation: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the construction of the 500 prison places for women will (a) be finished and (b) receive women prisoners.

      Prisoners on Remand: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been held in prison on remand in each of the last three years, by (a) alleged offence type and ethnicity and (b) length of remand...

  • Treasury

    • Cost of Living: Coventry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to reduce the impact of the rise in the cost of living on households in (a) Coventry North East constituency and...

    • Travel: Insurance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) insurance providers on helping to ensure that cancer patients are able to access...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Joseph Zen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to help secure the release of Cardinal Joseph Zen from prison in Hong Kong.

    • Jimmy Lai

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she has taken to help ensure UK consulate and embassy personnel are able to visit Jimmy Lai...

      Israel: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to relocate the British Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

      China: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the upcoming visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the...

      MI6: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how an hon. Member may make a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 for environmental...

      Rwanda: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Rwandan Government to successfully integrate refugees into society.

      Zimbabwe: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Indonesian counterpart on the potential impact of supplying arms to...

      Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Oxfam and Save The Children's report entitled...

      Latin America and USA: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in the US government on the exclusion of (a) Cuba, (b)...

      Embassies: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to require British embassies and consulates to fly the Union flag every day.

      Sri Lanka: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to the Sri Lankan Government in response to the financial situation in...

      Rwanda: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of press freedom in Rwanda.

      West Africa: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify any potential links between individuals involved in the Wagner...

      Mali: Military Coups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support (a) security coordination and (b) conflict resolution and prevention...

      Horn of Africa: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help ensure that the needs of people in Somaliland are fully represented in...

      Argentina: BRICS Summit

      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 Argentine Government's decision to join...

      Embassies: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to British embassies and consulates on the flying of the Union flag.

      Embassies: Flags

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that all British consulates and embassies fly the Union flag...

      Lake Chad Basin: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people classified as (a) militants and (b) families of...

      British International Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that beneficiaries of British International Investment investments are not...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings of reducing the armed forces by up to 10,000 personnel by 2025.

    • EU Defence Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the EU's Action Plan on Military Mobility.

      Armed Forces: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have faced (a) consequential penalties, (b) minor administrative action and (c) other forms of warnings or...

      Ministry of Defence: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data breaches of MOD and supply chain systems, have resulted in the stolen data being found for sale on the dark web.

      Armed Forces: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel were dishonourably discharged between 1980 and 2000 because of their sexual orientation.

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 1482 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how many formal complaints about the Defence Recruitment System...

      Gulf War Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the paper by Robert W. Haley et al. entitled Evaluation of a...

      Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 637 on Defence equipment, what the inaccuracies are in the Public Accounts Committee report.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Romford are recipients of legacy benefits; how many of those people have made applications to transition to universal...

    • Way to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled, New jobs mission to get 500,000 into work, dated 27 January 2022, what...

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Local Government Association entitled Work local: unlocking talent to level up, published on 10 May 2022,...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will reinstate the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit in the context of 9 per cent inflation and the rising cost of living.

      Social Security Benefits: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reducing the maximum rate of deductions from social security payments from...

      Social Security Benefits: Bank Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to give some officials in her Department greater access to claimants' banking data; and if she will make a statement.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to give powers of arrest to some officials in her Department; and if she will make a statement.

      Local Housing Allowance: Rhondda Cynon Taf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average disparity between rent requirement and Local Housing Allowance rates by household in Rhondda...

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the amount of benefit overpayments due to fraud and error has been in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken...

      Mental Health: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of poverty on mental health in the context of the rising cost of living.

      Universal Credit: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are recipients of Universal Credit in (a) Romford and (b) the Borough of Havering.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value of benefits unclaimed by entitled claimants was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

      Personal Independence Payment: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets his Department has set for standard waiting times for new claimants of PIP to receive their first payment.

      Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove the requirement for people with lifelong conditions to undergo repeat personal independence payment assessments.

      Disability Living Allowance: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children under three years are receiving the DLA care component under special rules in England.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the World Health Organisation air quality guideline limits for PM2.5, what assessment his Department made...

    • Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure all food products contain clear information about recycling on their packaging; and what...

      Nitrogen Dioxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the nitrogen dioxide concentration beyond what is required in the Air Quality...

      Chesterfield Canal: Tunnels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the Chesterfield Canal's Norwood tunnel,...

      Dredging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to provide support to businesses affected by potential changes in CEFAS Action Levels for Sea...

      Water Charges: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that people who fall into arrears with their water payments have support to pay...

      Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing Local Action Levels for specific areas...

      Livestock: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of alternatives to e-collars for dogs on reducing the instances of dogs...

      Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the number of academics that his Department commissioned to research the...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of hunting trophies, as set out in the...

      Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s 2021 Animal Welfare Action Plan, if he will take legislative steps to implement (a)...

  • Home Office

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal documentation is required under the Homes for Ukraine scheme for a minor travelling without a parent but with an adult family...

    • Animal Experiments: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to World Animal Free Research Day on 27 May 2022, if she will take steps to recognise the role played by domestic...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessment her Department plans to undertake of asylum seekers' vulnerabilities including (a) disabilities, (b) sexual...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the legal advice her Department has received on its policy to process asylum applicants in Rwanda.

      Catalytic Converters: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Metropolitan Police on a strategy to tackle the rising level of catalytic converter theft.

      Firearms: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of proposed changes to the firearms application process on firearm-owning rural communities.

      Firearms: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed increase of the cost of firearms licenses on (a) farmers and...

      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) Birmingham, Ladywood constituency, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...

      Intelligence Services: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she will publish draft legislation to force foreign agents to sign a register.

      Home Office: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 132395, what information she holds on (a) FTE staff time and (b) budgets available...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Safety Fund: Tooting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which Fitzgerald House is yet to receive funding from the Building Safety...

    • Regional Planning and Development: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants working in the Levelling Up Taskforce are based in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) outside...

      Private Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 cannot be triggered in the event that a tenant...

      Housing: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Homes of Multiple Occupation there are in (a) Romford and (b) Havering; and what proportion of those have been...

      CCTV: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to provide sufficient CCTV coverage in Romford; and whether his Department has...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 940 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, if he will publish the plans which have...

      Building Safety Fund: Tooting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Minister for Housing's oral contribution of 20 April 2022, Official Report, columns 183-4, if he...

      Housing: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps will he take to ensure local people in York are consulted as part of the process of deciding the...

      Local Plans: Tameside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the difference in status will be between Greater Manchester's Places for Everyone and Tameside's Local Plan.

      Local Plans: Tameside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the forthcoming allocations in the Local Plan for Tameside can deviate from Greater Manchester’s Places for...

      Urban Areas: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that developments in Romford are in keeping with the historic market...

      Housing: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many houses were built in (a) Romford and (b) the Borough of Havering during the last 5 years.

      Housing: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the appropriateness of the housing quota in Romford following local...

      Islamophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the University of Birmingham's The Dinner Table Prejudice report, published in January 2022, what...

      Council Tax: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support is available to people who are unable to afford their council tax.

      Council Tax: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the steps being taken in the event that residents do not pay...

      Police: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the proportion of Havering’s budget that is spent on (a) policing and (b) Section...

      Oxford-Cambridge Arc

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department will make an announcement on the future of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc project.

      Refugees: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department will publish further guidance for public and private providers of English language learning on how...

      Political Parties: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding of UK political parties does not come from foreign citizens.

  • Scotland Office

    • Veterans: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve the mental wellbeing of veterans.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are employed to work on human resources.

    • Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have had (a) poverty, (b) hypothermia and (c) hunger recognised as a contributing factor to their death through either (i) physical and...

      Cabinet: Public Opinion

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156487, whether his Department holds information on its expenditure on (a) research and (b)...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress she has made on negotiating a UK-US trade deal.

    • Imports: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether all products (a) made in and (b) imported from Russia are allowed to be sold in the UK.

      Ceramics: Import Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to negotiate a reduction in the high tariffs on British-made tableware imported to the USA for use in hotels and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Self-harm and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take the steps to restrict online content that promotes suicide and self-harm to (a) children under 18, and (b)...

    • Digital Technology: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she will develop a strategy to increase digital inclusion for older people.

      Mobile Phones: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help protect consumers from the sale of mobile tracking data (a) within the UK and (b) abroad.

  • Cop26

  • Department for Transport

    • Heathrow Airport

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of London Heathrow being the only international hub airport in the UK.

    • Cabotage: Arts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 May that "a large proportion of the UK touring industry can continue to operate" (HL Deb col 449),...

      Cabotage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 18 May that "the EU will not accept greater amounts of cabotage" (HL Deb col 447), what is the basis...

      Driving Licences: Kosovo

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to entering into a mutual recognition agreement with the government of Kosovo regarding driving licences; and what, if anything,...

      High Speed 2 Line: Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) legal limits, (2) the existing levels, (3) maximum daily mean averages, and (4) maximum hourly mean levels, for (a) NO2, (b) PM10, (c) PM2.5,...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Tidal Power

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the latest case for the development of a tidal lagoon to generate energy in the UK.

    • Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 7 April (HL7355) what steps they will take, if any, against British petrol retailers who have not passed on to...

      Accountancy: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 16 September 2020 (HL7849), which version of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)...

      Flexible Working

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the outcome of their consultation Making flexible working the default, which ran from 23 September 2021 to 1 December 2021.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timeframe for the introduction of a new single enforcement body for employment rights.

  • Attorney General

    • Northern Ireland Protocol: Legal Opinion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the legal opinion the Attorney General received on disapplying parts of the Protocol on...

    • Libor

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to direct the Serious Fraud Office to review its handling of the case of Tom Hayes; and, further to the judgment of the US Court of Appeals...

      Libor

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Stewart of Dirleton on 6 April (HL7312), what assessment they have made of the judgment of the US Court of Appeals for...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Diagnosis and Prescription Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need for accurate diagnosis to ensure the prescribing of anti-viral drugs.

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held, if any, with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in relation to the delay in its committee meeting to...

      Infectious Diseases: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is given to hospitals on pre-operative screening for high-risk patients with high prevalence of superbugs, such as Carbapenemase Producing...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of eligible patients have received doses of COVID-19 antiviral therapies within the five day guidelines set out by Joint Committee on...

      Evusheld

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care on 20 April (151279), what the in vitro...

      Evusheld

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not recognised the laboratory assay tests conducted in (1) the US, and (2) the EU, on Evusheld against Omicron subvariants.

      Infectious Diseases: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance is given to hospitals on screening for the diagnosis of superbug bacterial infections.

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide antibody testing for severely immunocompromised patients to assess their levels of antibodies in response to COVID-19 vaccines.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Barran on 25 April (HL7840), what advice the UK Health Security Agency has given to education providers on...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have made towards developing (1) rapid, and (2) accurate, PCR testing infrastructure to control infections and protect patients in (a) NHS, and (b)...

      Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to re-evaluate the Coronavirus Test Device Approvals process in relation to future pandemics; and whether the approval process for new...

      National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they are currently undertaking, if any, to identify topics which require modular updates by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...

      Immunosuppression: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what number of immunocompromised individuals who have received antiviral treatment in England in response to COVID-19 have subsequently been (1) hospitalised, and...

      Evusheld

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care on 20 April (151279), on what date...

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require that companies spend over half of their apprenticeship levy on young people.

    • Overseas Students: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ukrainian students have been offered at a place at a UK university; and what are those universities.

      Schools: Biometrics

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many full-time equivalent staff at the Department of Education have responsibility for biometric technology use in schools; and what are the job titles of...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children with special educational needs and disabilities do not have a place in an educational setting.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Common Platform roll-out on (1) the delivery of justice, and (2) staff...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hong Kong: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the arrest by Hong Kong’s national security police of Margaret Ng and Cardinal Joseph Zen, along with three other trustees...

    • Yemen: Peace Negotiations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support negotiations to extend the truce in Yemen before it expires, to release relief supplies.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of any evidence that Ukraine was threatening to attack Russia prior to that country’s invasion of Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the indiscriminate bombing of (1) hospitals, and (2) schools, in Ukraine by Russia.

      Ukraine: Nazism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the remarks by President Putin on the alleged recent spread of Nazism in Ukraine, and (2) of the accuracy of any...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made, if any, to the government of Russia regarding that country’s (1) invasion of, and (2) indiscriminate bombing of...

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Cape Industries: Asbestos

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to persuade Cape Industries Ltd to contribute to the funding of research on asbestos-related diseases.

    • Pesticides: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the latest findings by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) regarding the presence of rodenticide in barn owls;...

      Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the value of Universal Credit payments as a percentage of average earnings, for each year since its inception.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • UK Trade with EU: Agricultural Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce checks on EU agri-food products imported to the UK.

    • Pigs: Livestock Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current state of the livestock industry, and in particular the pig sector.

      Agricultural Products: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the National Farmers Union Growing our agri-food exports to 2030 and beyond, published on 27 April, what plans they have to match...

      Agricultural Products: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the National Farmers Union Growing our agri-food exports to 2030 and beyond, published on 27 April, what plans they have (1) to expand...

      Peat Bogs: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made protecting peatlands in England; and what discussions they have had with the devolved nations and regions about this issue.

  • Home Office

    • Hate Crime: Criminal Records

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to delete records for those accused of non-crime hate incidents.

    • Asylum: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that individual asylum seekers are not detained if there is no evidence that the individual presents a reasonable...

      Asylum: Costs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of (1) detaining an asylum seeker in custody, and (2) providing them with social housing in the community.

      Asylum: Families

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) advice, and (2) training, they give to public servants dealing with asylum seekers who have family living in the UK.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Codes of Practice

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ministers who are convicted of criminal offences are in breach of the Ministerial Code.

    • Privy Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Lord President of the Council on 26 June 2018 (156454), why the whole of the Privy Council will no longer be invited to...

      Government Departments: CCTV and Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office will offer written guidance on the use of Chinese-made cameras in government departments; and whether they intend to include provisions...

      Government Departments: CCTV

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the decision by the Department of Health and Social Care to remove (1) Hikvision, and (2) Dahua, technology cameras from their premises, what plans...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Databases: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the evidence review published by the Ada Lovelace Institute on 5 May on UK public attitudes to regulating data and data-driven...

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