Written answers

Thursday, 26 May 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is providing support to canal restoration projects that have been affected by the construction of HS2.

    • High Speed 2 Line: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects track designers to start developing the route for the new HS2 line between Birmingham and East Midlands Parkway.

      Carshalton Beeches Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Govia Thameslink Railway on step free access for the southbound platform at Carshalton Beeches station.

      Battersea Park Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the planned upgrades to deliver accessible access at Battersea Park Station will begin.

      Roads: Bitumens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of road surfacing carried out on (a) national roads in England and (b) local roads in...

      Cycle to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provides for small businesses on employer-led schemes that encourage staff to cycle or walk to work.

      Shipping: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 2.4 of the Impact Assessment of the Harbours (Seafarers’ Remuneration) Bill, if he will publish the past data used...

      Transport: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions will be included in the Transport Bill on (a) accessible forms of transport for disabled people, including Motability, and (b)...

      Driving: Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that the use of closed-loop insulin monitoring systems is taken into account when assessing whether a...

      Roads: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department expects unadopted roads to be maintained to a certain standard; and whether local authorities can be required to adopt those...

      Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has committed a specific amount of funding for campaigns aimed at encouraging walking as a mode of transport.

      Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the general public to increase walking; and whether he has any targets for walking.

      Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, following the institution of Active Travel England, what discussions he has had with representatives of local authorities on the expertise required to...

      Active Travel England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Active Travel England will present its strategy to the Government.

      Cycling and Walking: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure that isolated communities can access to active travel initiatives.

      Clean Air Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the fairness of Clean Air Zones which do not alert drivers when they have entered the zone prompting them to pay.

      Clean Air Zones: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to establish a national clean air zone infrastructure scheme rather than various local ones.

      P&O Ferries: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with representatives of P&O Ferries on securing the return of the personal belongings of the 800 seafarers who were...

      Tourism: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic impact of the planned closures of the M2 motorway between junctions 5 and 6 at weekends...

      Freight: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising fuel prices on the haulage industry.

      River Thames

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of London Port Authorities proposal to expand control over the Thames...

      Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure frequent and reliable transport is available and accessible to all rail commuters.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Maternity Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with relevant stakeholders on the removal of Maternity Action from the Pregnancy and...

    • Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of energy used by hot water in a three bedroom semi-detached...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on whether water efficiency devices should be used alongside mandatory water labelling and other...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the (a) generation and (b) adoption of cleaner methods of home heating.

      Diesel Fuel: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that supply chains for the (a) production and (b) distribution of diesel are not...

      Companies House

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff members in his Department are deployed on a full-time basis to monitor Companies House filings.

      Scottish Limited Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of Scottish limited partnerships have disclosed genuine individuals as persons of significant control.

      Scottish Limited Partnerships: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been issued in fines to Scottish limited partnerships for failure to comply with the requirements of the...

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the revised estimated dates are for the commissioning of Hinkley Point C (a) reactor one and (b) reactor two; and...

      Help to Grow Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 145878 on Help to Grow Scheme: Digital Technology, when his...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make funding available to local councils to (a) insulate council housing stock and (b) invest in...

      Nuclear Power: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 133181 on Private sector: nuclear energy, what the (a)...

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Standards

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the CPS in ensuring access to justice for the victims of crime.

    • Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape offences.

      Economic Crime: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to improve prosecution rates for (a) fraud and (b) economic crime.

      Crown Prosecution Service: Remote Working

      To ask the Attorney General, if she will continue and expand the use of remote working for the Crown Prosecution Service to help tackle the caseload backlog.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating...

    • Antimicrobials: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing adoption of rapid point of care diagnostics to support...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department collects data on alcohol use by children and young people; and if he will publish that data.

      NHS: Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of midwives in the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many immunocompromised patients of (a) working age and (b) all ages did not receive their ordered antiviral courses within five days...

      Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by his Department entitled Tackling antimicrobial resistance 2019–2024: the UK's 5-year...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of how alcohol is being used by children and young people in the context of mental health challenges; and...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 antiviral courses have been administered to patients in a hospital setting since those courses became available.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many households previously in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers had not migrated to cards by the end of March 2022 and are therefore...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total sum owed to Healthy Start recipients in backdated payments as a result of complications in their...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the purpose is of the UK Health Security Agency's contact tracing contract with SERCO, entitled Provision of Contact Centre Services...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to require the labelling of...

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of how many immunocompromised individuals of (a) working age and (b) all ages are continuing to shield...

      Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a campaign to help encourage people to walk 10,000 steps per day.

      Coronavirus Certificates: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason children aged five to 11 are not able to obtain a Digital Covid Pass; and whether his Department has plans to extend...

      Monkeypox: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance his Department is providing to Public Health Scotland on the outbreak of monkeypox.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to extend the obligation to provide calorie labelling on menus to catering venues with fewer than 250 employees.

      Human Papillomavirus: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 155796 on Human Papillomavirus: Males, what the HPV rates are for men aged 16...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for sexual health clinics in London.

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of decision not to offer antiviral medication to patients with severe learning disabilities or...

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve awareness among patients receiving haemodialysis treatment at home of their right to...

      Leukaemia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that strategic documents related to cancer are suitable for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients on...

      Mental Health: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to fund research into the impact of social media on young people’s mental health.

      Podiatry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a bursary for podiatry students of £9,000 a year.

      NHS: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made to (a) harness the potential of NHS health data for research purposes and (b) improve the interoperability of...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

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

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of sexual health clinics in England (a) continued and (b) ceased offering face-to-face testing during the...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to taking cross-Government action on the social determinants of health in the Health Disparities White Paper.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings by the JCVI that people on the Learning Disabilities Register are at increased risk of mortality from...

      Long Covid: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support and resources are being made available to NHS Trusts in the South East for patients diagnosed with long covid.

      Coronavirus: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of his policy to end free access to lateral flow tests for visiting people in care homes on (a) the...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve levels of dementia diagnoses in rural areas.

  • Leader of the House

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the ratio is of desks to staff in his Department.

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what steps he is taking to ensure that all teachers have training to support children with SEND.

      Children's Social Care Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Final Report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to establish a national pay framework for the children’s social care workforce; and if he will use the NHS Agenda for...

      Children: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) implementation of family help and (b) steps being taken...

      Special Educational Needs: School Choice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what steps he is taking to ensure that the tailored list of school placements does not limit choice for families.

      Special Educational Needs: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals for mandatory mediation on parent’s access...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Final Report of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, published on 23 May 2022, whether his Department plans...

      Secondary Education: Tameside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will meet the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish to discuss (a) secondary education attainment levels in Tameside, (b) parental choice of...

      Education: Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about integrating a youth service with the education system.

      Hearing Impairment: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of peripatetic Teachers of the Deaf in England.

      Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Platinum Jubilee book to arrive in primary schools from mid-May, published on 1 May...

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the extent to which pupil disengagement with school after lockdowns has contributed to higher than usual...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the proposed new local SEND partnerships will be required to include representation from services for children with low incidence needs, such...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rates were in those (a) that have re-offended after 2 years of release, (b) that have re-offended after 5 years of release, and...

    • Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will reopen Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that road crash victims and their families receive adequate compensation and support following a successful defence of...

      Southern Water: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Southern Water has paid of the £90 million fine issued in July 2021; and how his Department is using the funds received.

  • Treasury

    • Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible parents take up tax free childcare.

    • Financial Services Compensation Scheme: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact on the cost of living of the twentyfold increase since 2017 in the levy paid by investment managers for the...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on UK competitiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's recently consulted proposals entitled A New...

      Cryptocurrencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 1257 on Cryptocurrencies, if he will provide the 2022 estimate for the proportion of UK adults holding...

      Monetary Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of money supply figures (i) six-month real, (ii) M1, (iii) M3, (iv) M4 in determining the state of the...

      Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to help ensure that high street bank branches remain open.

      Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up an emergency fund to support the customers of the failed Safe Hands Funeral Plans who...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Somaliland: Anniversaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department took steps to commemorate Somaliland's Independence Day on the 18 May 2022.

    • Turkish-British Tatlidil Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department has contributed to the Turkish-British Tatlidil annual meeting since it was...

      British Overseas Territories: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps officials in her Department are taking to work with representatives of the British Overseas Territory...

      Ukraine: Charities and Civil Society

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of charities and third sector organisations supporting...

      Ethiopia: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the government of Ethiopia on press freedom in Ethiopia in the context of the...

      Ukraine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £220 million allocated by the Government for humanitarian assistance and support in Ukraine...

      Malawi: Financial Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any of British International Investment’s $100 million commitment to Afreximbank through a risk...

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Polish Government in its humanitarian response to Ukrainian...

      Turkey: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Turkish counterpart on Operation Claw Lock.

      Disease Control: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to sign a global pandemic treaty.

      UK Mission to the EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the entertainment budget has been of (a) the UK representative to the European Union and subsequently (b) the...

      Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132296 on Afghanistan: Chevening Scholarships Programme,...

      Disease Control: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she will take to help ensure that (a) relevant stakeholders and (b) members of the public are able to...

      Disease Control: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the World Health Organisation’s...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Arctic: Shipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has he made of the number of UK Icebreaker ships available to help tackle Russian threats in the Arctic.

    • Falkland Islands: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2022 to Question 137988, on Falkland Islands: Sovereignty, whether his Department has undertaken a recent...

      Russia: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian military aircraft have NATO air policing missions intercepted (a) since 25 February 2022 and (b) in the last 12 months.

      Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he made of the impact on the UK’s MINUSMA deployment in Mali following the decision of the Malian Government to withdraw from the...

      Mali: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the impact on the UK’s MINUSMA deployment in Mali following the French withdrawal from...

      Afghanistan: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK-supplied military equipment to the previous Government of Afghanistan has been recovered from that country since the new Government of that...

      NATO: Madrid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MOD personnel will be attending the NATO Summit in Madrid.

      Afghanistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with counterparts in Central Asia since 1 January 2022 on the security implications of the fall of the Afghan government...

      Iraq: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are currently deployed as part of the NATO Mission in Iraq.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a call out relating to a fault in armed forces accommodation resulted in a wait of more than one month for the repair to be...

      Trident Submarines: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £10 billion contingency provided by the Treasury for the Dreadnought programme has been spent as of 19 May 2022.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Seaweed: British Virgin Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with UK's Overseas Territories on the effects of sargassum seaweed on the ecological system in...

    • Flood and Water Management Act 2010

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there has been a meeting of the Flood & Water Management Act (FWMA) 2010 Review Steering Group since 14 December...

      Water: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of mandatory water labelling on taps and non-electric showers on...

      Water: Conservation

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

      Clean Air Zones: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution of 2 March 2022, Official Report, column 1037, what...

      Business: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional cross-Departmental steps he is taking to incentivise businesses to reduce waste.

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Animal Welfare Committee is expected to update its previous Fish Welfare at Slaughter opinion; and what assessment...

      Disease Control

      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 and (b) ban certain...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      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...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what processes his Department has in place to ensure that local councils regularly monitor and report outbreaks of avian flu.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether decisions on closing council-owned land following an outbreak of avian flu are the responsibility of local...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local councils have decided to close or limit access to council owned land due to an outbreak of avian flu in the...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Afghan refugees referred by the UNHCR will begin arriving in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

    • Police: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Havering-funded police officers under Section 92 are ever asked to perform policing activities in other parts of London, or whether...

      Offenders: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department on 18 May 2022, on Foreign...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Rwanda policy for asylum seekers, whether the Government provides funding to Care4Calais; what assessment she has made...

      Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided a full response to Bishop's review of Hillsborough families' experiences.

      Sexual Harassment: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy paper published on 21 July 2021, what progress her Department has...

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the findings of Operation Soteria will be published.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Ukrainians who have received their Homes for Ukraine Scheme visas since the launch of the scheme have...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses prioritisation criteria to determine urgency within the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

      Migrant Workers: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will remove visa costs for EU citizens who are planning to work as language assistants in UK schools.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an environmental impact assessment of her proposed Rwanda immigration plan.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of public opinion towards the Rwanda Asylum Agreement.

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women detained in Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre have been deported as of 23 May 2022.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on clearing the backlog of passport applications; and whether she plans to make additional...

      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.

      Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility of the Passport Office for people seeking to renew passports.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to date in each parliamentary constituency.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to sponsor Ukrainian refugees have been made under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to date in each parliamentary constituency.

      Seasonal Workers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Ukrainian seasonal workers are (a) aware of and (b) able to apply to the Visa Extension...

      Visas: Colombia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to introduce visa-free travel to the UK for Colombian passport holders.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Cabinet Office

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions the Prime Minister has had with the Second Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office.

    • Civil Servants: Redundancy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he had with trade unions representing civil servants prior to the announcement by his Department of the reduction in the number of...

      Civil Servants: Remote Working

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were working from home by constituency on average during 2020.

      Universal Credit: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 156354 on Universal Credit: Vulnerable Adults, for what reason he has provided a link to the...

      Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will publish the average time it took each Department to respond to correspondence from Members of the House of (a) Commons and (b)...

      Supply Chain Advisory Group

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress the Supply Chain Advisory Group and Industry Taskforce has made on its work.

      Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to send the report by Sir Robert Francis on compensation for those affected by contaminated blood products to his counterparts in the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which individual states of the United States her Department is negotiating memoranda of understanding as of 19 May 2022.

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trade agreements signed since January 2019 on (a) the economy, (b) each...

      Overseas Trade: Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which nations her Department has held discussions with on critical minerals.

      Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she expects the Trade Remedies Authority to report their recommendations following the calling in of the UK’s steel safeguard...

      Department for International Trade: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many employees of her Department have been based in each African nation, in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

      Visits Abroad: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which individual states of the United States have (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department travelled in the last 12 months.

      Export Controls: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department plans to publish the United Kingdom strategic export controls annual report for 2021.

      Trade Agreements: Gulf States

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 158971 on Trade Agreements: Gulf States, what questions were asked by Ipsos Mori...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Cricket: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £300 million summer sports recovery package, announced in 2021, has been delivered to cricket...

    • Swimming: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the availability of swimming teachers; and what steps she is taking to help...

      Youth Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will publish minimum standards for youth provision and services.

      Football Governance Fan-led Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to implement the Fan Led Review of Football Governance in full.

      Arts: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote and strengthen creative industries in the north of England.

      World Heritage Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support bids for the Tentative List for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

      Arts: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community arts projects.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which projects have received funds from Project Gigabit.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the £5 billion Project Gigabit funds have been spent as of 19 May 2022.

      Internet: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Online Safety Bill on efforts to...

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason Section 103, Chapter 8 of the Draft Online Safety Bill, relating to Media Literacy did not appear in the...

      Leisure: Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many £10 shopping vouchers have been issued to people responding to the Participation Survey being conducted by...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons Library

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential disadvantages of taking steps to decolonise the...

    • House of Commons Library

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the potential merits of taking steps to decolonise the Library of...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Employment Tribunals Service: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the equity of the three months’ time limit in accessing justice where a claimant is pregnant and...

  • Department for Transport

    • SS Richard Montgomery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the dangers posed by the explosives on board the wreck of SS Richard Montgomery; whether shortening the masts of the vessel...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Company Obligation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of including all energy-saving technologies that reduce the cost of heating or hot water into the Energy Company...

    • Water: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of water efficiency measures in helping achieve the government’s net zero aims.

      Agriculture: Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the acreage of permanent pasture ploughed up as a result of the Renewable Heat Initiative in England.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Illness: Community Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support seriously mentally ill people so that they avoid going to prison.

    • Immunosuppression: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of UK care standards for immunocompromised patients; what assessment they have made of these in comparison to international...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Officers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent levels of (1) retention, and (2) cumulative experience, of prison officers.

    • Prisons: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what comparative assessment they have made of the levels of pay for education staff (1) working in prisons, and (2) not working in prisons.

      CAFCASS and Probation Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current workload of staff in (1) the Probation Service; and (2) the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Supply Chains

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a cross-industry and government-backed task force to assess the resilience of the UK's supply chains.

    • Exports: Agricultural Products

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Solomon Islands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security pact between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.

    • China: Papua New Guinea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the People's Republic of China's involvement in Papua New Guinea.

      China: Pacific Ocean Islands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Australia to ensure an integrated response to the growing influence of the People's Republic of China in...

      Pacific Ocean Islands: British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the UK’s naval capability in supporting British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories in the South...

      Africa: Food Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take, if any, with international partners to prevent an increase in acute food insecurity in Africa as a result of Russia’s invasion...

      Islamic State

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who represented the UK government at the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Marrakesh on Wednesday 11 May; and what conclusions the...

      Education: International Cooperation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential of online learning platforms to improve global access to education; and which platforms they consider most...

      Ukraine: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to create a safe sea channel for (1) agricultural, and (2) other exports, from Ukraine to the outside world, using such...

      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current political and security situation in Sri Lanka following the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on 10 May.

      Shireen Abu Akleh

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel and the Palestinian authorities on the need for a full, independent, transparent and accountable...

      Tuvalu: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to the government of Tuvalu to counter the effects of climate change on those islands.

      Education: International Cooperation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to improve global access to education.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Pollution Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards offering 100 per cent coverage for the Catchment Sensitive Farming programme across all farms in England.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Pepper Spray and Stun Guns

      To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances police officers are permitted to be in possession of (1) PAVA spray, and (2) TASER, when they are off duty.

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how members of the Monitoring Committee for the Migration and Economic Partnership Understanding with Rwanda will be appointed; how their independence will be...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of paragraph 9.1.2 of the Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Rwanda for an asylum partnership arrangement signed in Kigali on 13 April,...

      Asylum: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers were detained on (1) 30 April, and (2) the same day in each of the previous three months.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following recent local council elections, what assessment they have made of the (1) advantages, and (2) disadvantages, of changing to a proportional system.

  • Treasury

    • Cash Dispensing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the withdrawal of ATMs ahead of the proposed powers in the Financial Services and Markets Bill coming into effect.

    • Sequestration of Assets: Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of Russian foreign exchange reserves that are held frozen in the UK.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Dormant Assets Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide more capital via the Dormant Assets Act 2022.

  • Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body how much has been spent to date on the proposed decant of the House of Lords to the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre during the Restoration and...

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