Written answers

Monday, 6 June 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Hydrogen Refuelling Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of planning for the...

    • British Energy: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent analysis his Department has conducted of the role hydrogen transport can play in delivering the increased hydrogen production ambition set...

      Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to establish additional hydrogen transport hubs following the evidence gathered so far from the Teesside Hydrogen...

      British Energy: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ambition set in the British energy security strategy, published in April 2022, of the doubling of the UK’s 2030 hydrogen...

      Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ambition set in the British energy security strategy, published in April 2022, of the doubling of the UK’s 2030 hydrogen...

      Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the UK’s 2030 hydrogen production target outlined in the British energy security strategy, whether he has had discussions with...

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of electric scooters being used across the UK.

      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to reform the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to help increase the use of hydrogen powered vehicles.

      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to reform the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to incentivise the use of hydrogen vehicles.

      Ferries: Collective Bargaining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Harbours (Seafarers' Remuneration) Bill on the collective bargaining...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps his Department taking to ensure...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps he has taken to ensure the...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the timeline for the (a) tender bidding, (b) preferred bidder shortlist and (c) preferred bidder selection for Great British...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the most recent timeline for delivery of the Consolidated Online Retail Solution being managed by Rail Delivery Group on behalf of...

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timeframe is for publishing the terms of reference for the Integrated Rail Plan study into (a) how to bring HS2 trains to Leeds from East...

      A1: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for completion of the roadworks at Apex Corner on the A1; what interim steps are being taken to minimise delays and congestion...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 62817 on Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete, if he will publish the impact assessment...

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much total funding has been awarded to each of the devolved Administrations for the purchases of zero emission buses as of 24 May 2022; and what...

      Buses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses in total are currently operating in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and what proportion of these buses...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Industry Associations criteria for the new railway body, Great British Railways, what steps his Department is taking to...

      Department for Transport: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on consultants in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2021-22.

      Driving Tests: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 410, how many slots within the 24-week booking window for car tests are allocated to (a)...

      Driving Licences: Spain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the prevalence of UK expats in Spain who are no longer able to drive legally in that country with a UK license...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coal: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the...

    • Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to consult (a) civil society organisations representing people (i) with disabilities, (ii) by age...

      Buildings: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide details of the equalities impact assessment which will be undertaken for the heat and buildings strategy.

      Clothing: Bangladesh and Cambodia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on garment workers in (a) Bangladesh and (b)...

      Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will require fashion manufacturers operating in the UK to ensure high ethical and workplace standards...

      Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 23 March 2022 to Question 140547 on Employment: Pregnancy, if he will publish the (a)...

      Business: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support small and medium sized businesses facing rises in business costs in...

      Clothing: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will conduct a review into the supply chain for fashion businesses in light of evidence of human rights abuses in...

      Business: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential extent to which business profits from human rights abuses...

      Post Offices: Cash Dispensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government provides to Post Offices wishing to locate ATMs on the outside of their premises.

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce new regulatory regimes to provide statutory protections for consumers aimed at strengthening...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, in cases where landlords pay Council Tax in respect of properties which they let out, whether tenants of those...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether leaseholders who are part of shared energy schemes will be entitled to claim the energy bills discount announced...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether owners of properties used as bed and breakfast accommodation will be eligible to claim the energy bill discount...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether owners of properties used as short-term lets, such as Airbnbs, for which they pay council tax will be able to...

      Nickel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) materials and (b) capability there is within the UK to build nickel plate products for UK power stations.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Bills Support Scheme, whether households who live in unmetered properties will receive...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, if he will implement safeguards to accompany the Energy Bills Support Scheme to ensure that all private rented sector...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, whether private renters whose energy bills are included in their rent payments will receive the £400 energy bills...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Second Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Bills Support Scheme, whether owners of multiple properties with a domestic electricity...

      Electric Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will estimate the likely (a) length of cabling, (b) transmission capacity, (c) financial cost of the proposed...

      Electric Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the estimated cost of each of the following undersea electricity transmission cables will ultimately be...

      Energy: Billing

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

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government's Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a low carbon electricity levy.

      Fuel Poverty: Liverpool City Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of rising energy prices on the number of households in fuel poverty...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to help mitigate the impact on disabled people of the forthcoming changes to the...

      Fuel Poverty: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government Response to the Warm Home Discount: Better targeted support from 2022 consultation,...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of domestic consumers' energy bills are made up of green taxes on average; and if he will make a statement.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, when prepayment meter customers will receive vouchers under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of revenue collected in green taxes placed on domestic energy bills has been in each of the years...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, what proportion of a default energy tariff at the April 2022 price cap the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme...

      Public Houses: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a timeline of when he plans to undertake the next statutory review of the Pubs Code and the...

      Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to steps to accelerate the transition from animal research to human relevant science.

  • Attorney General

    • Government Legal Department

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the readout of the Cabinet meeting by the Prime Minister's spokesman on 24 May 2022, who conducted the review into the performance of the Government...

    • Criminal Proceedings: Gangs

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on 4 November 2021 entitled Gang related offences - Decision making in, whether she has made an...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of using its experience of the Vaccines Taskforce during the covid-19...

    • Endoscopy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to help ensure providers enable patients choice on whether a (a) single-use or (b) reusable endoscope is...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine and Vaccination

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

      HIV Infection: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) targets and (b) other expectations he has of Integrated Care Systems in relation to (i) HIV prevention and (ii) care and...

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of HFSS placement restrictions on the cost of living.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to work with private covid-19 lateral flow test providers to ensure that tests are affordable; and if...

      General Practitioners: Bath

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce GP waiting times in Bath.

      Dialysis Machines: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2022 to Question 2655 on Dialysis Machines: Children, what his timeframe will be for implementing the...

      Dialysis Machines: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2022 to Question 2655 on Dialysis Machines: Children, what the timeframe is for the Renal Services...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number and proportion of covid-19 lateral flow test results that are not registered with the NHS.

      NHS England and NHS Trusts: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected spend is by NHS England and NHS trusts on recruitment consultants for 2022-23.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to make a fourth covid-19 vaccination available to people aged between 60 and 75.

      Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out the distribution of PrEP through community pharmacies.

      Mortality Rates: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the evidence given by the Chief Executive Officer of Energy Action...

      Smoking: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government spent on the Independent review of Smokefree 2030 policies.

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to secure supplies of Jynneos, also known as Imvanex and Imvamune, or other vaccines used for monkeypox.

      Asthma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to include a primary care incentive within the Investment and Impact Fund to help ensure that asthma patients...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of hours worked by NHS dentists in each of the last five years in each region of England.

      Primodos: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who have experienced harm as a result of hormone pregnancy drug Primodos.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment and Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce national waiting times for GP appointments and (b) increase the number of GPs.

      Respiratory System: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role of pharmacies in supporting the surveillance, diagnosis, and timely treatment of...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with health officials on GPs returning to face-to-face appointments.

      Atrial Fibrillation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will request updated atrial fibrillation prevalence estimates, which were last published in April 2020.

      Diabetes: Podiatry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to ensure diabetic foot screening within primary care returns pre-covid-19 pandemic levels.

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings officials in his Department have had with (a) commissioners and (b) providers on ensuring that patients with chronic kidney...

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assurances his Department has received from NHS England that the increase in provision of care in the community and remote...

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the level of funding available to the NHS to tackle waiting lists for blood cancer treatment.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing third sector contractors carrying out NHS contracts with free...

      Coronanvirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of the covid-19 vaccine for children aged between five and 12 years old.

      Miscarriage: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Women's Health Strategy will include The Lancet series recommendations from Miscarriage Matters, published April 2021, that...

      Coronanvirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of children aged between five and 12 years old who have had one dose of the...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make and (b) publish a plan to reform support for (i) breaks, (ii) respite and care services, (iii) infection control,...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that care home records are accessible to diagnosing clinicians to support the identification, assessment and...

      General Practitioners: Chickerell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to re-open the Abbotsbury Road GP surgery in Chickerell.

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to his Department has been of legal advice given to resolve contractual disputes in regard to personal protective equipment...

      Pregnancy Loss Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scope of the Pregnancy Loss Review is; and how that review will relate to the Women's Health Strategy.

      Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the NHS’s stock of Philips CPAP machines for home treatment of sleep apnoea are (a) with patients as of 24 May...

      Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department has put in place to tackle the backlog in Alzheimer's diagnoses consultations since 2020.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with organisations representing ethnic minority communities on the dementia diagnosis process.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of women accessing testosterone through a private prescription and (b) average cost of...

      NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish any modelling on the annual reduction of vacancies in full-time equivalent workforce vacancies over each of the next...

      NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of full-time equivalent workforce vacancies by NHS trust in the most recent reporting period.

      Miscarriage: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government's forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy will include a review of the support available for women and couples...

      NHS: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the number of full-time equivalent workforce vacancies in the NHS in each year since 2010.

      Air Ambulance Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to regional air ambulance services in...

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-disclosure agreements have been signed within the NHS in each year since 2014.

      Department of Health and Social Care: North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) Minister, (b) civil servant or (c) external partner is leading on his Department's investigation into the North East Ambulance...

      Pregnancy: Thromboembolism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of (a) the potentially fatal clotting conditions that may occur during pregnancy...

      Monkeypox: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits, in advance of the organisation of any smallpox vaccination programme, of a...

      Monkeypox: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the emergence of stigma around monkeypox transmission in the UK for (a) LGBT+ communities and (b)...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering groups at higher risk of exposure to monkeypox in the UK outbreak a...

      Monkeypox: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average (a) time to trace a contact of a person infected with monkeypox in the UK and (b) proportion of...

      Health Professions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public, which...

      Diabetes: Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of people with diabetes receiving diabetic retinopathy screening between 2016 and 2021.

      Dental Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of former NHS dentist patients using private dental care.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help expand the capacity of NHS dental practices.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's projected spend is on recruitment consultants for 2022-23.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS dental practices currently accepting new patients.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure hormone replacement therapy suppliers can meet the current level of demand for those...

      Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of babies in Wales who are born with foetal valproate syndrome.

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Bullying

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

    • Family Hubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s press release of 2 April 2022, Infants, children and families to benefit from boost in support, when the 75...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department’s data release of on Education, health and care plans, how many EHC plans were (a) issued or (b) revised...

      Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce skilled, sustainable and vocationally appropriate courses to replace the low-quality courses he plans to remove.

      Secondary Education: Tameside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 3510 on Secondary Education: Tameside, whether he will take steps to improve secondary school...

      Schools: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to each local authority area to meet the National Funding Formula funding floor in 2021-22.

      Turing Scheme: Labour Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the decision to exclude staff mobility from the Turing Scheme; and what assessment he has...

  • Prime Minister

  • Department for International Trade

    • Newcastle United Football Club: Takeovers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2021 to Question 181471 on Football: Takeovers, whether the Government was involved in...

    • Arms Trade: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis she made the decision to lift restrictions on arms sales to Turkey; and if she will make a statement.

      Trade Promotion: Uruguay

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to appoint a trade envoy to Uruguay.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Humanitarian Aid and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £286 million of the Government's humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan...

    • Pakistan: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterpart on the shooting of two shopkeepers in Peshawar on 15...

      Afghanistan: Official Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when (a) she and (b) her Ministers last visited Afghanistan.

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Egyptian counterpart o the ongoing detainment of Alaa abdel Fattah in Egypt.

      China: Uyghurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the Government has not formally designated actions by the Chinese state against the Uyghur Muslim...

      Xinjiang: Genocide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make a determination in relation to whether genocide is taking place in Xinjiang in light of recent...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make immediate representations to the King of Saudi Arabia calling for the executions of Sadiq Thamer...

      Shireen Abu Aqleh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Israeli counterpart on holding an independent investigation into the killing...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to publish the (a) 2022 Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget allocations and (b) ODA budget...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccines that the UK committed to donating to...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will provide her Department's budget allocations for the financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c)...

      Abduljalil Al-singace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date her Department has most recently raised the case of Dr Abduljalil al-Singace with the Government of...

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the determination of the UN Working Group on...

      Bahrain: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will make representations to the Bahrain Government on (a) ending punitive measures against...

      Bilateral Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to meet the Aid Transparency Index standard of good or very good on all bilateral...

      Latin America

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua...

      Horn of Africa: Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the current hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa; and if she will make a statement.

      Spain: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Spanish counterpart on the level of checks required of UK travellers...

      MI6: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, to whom MI6 presents its environmental...

      Ethiopia: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the government of Ethiopia on the recent reported arrest of journalists...

      Tigray: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Tigray.

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the government of Ethiopia on (a) ending the conflict in Tigray and...

      Argentina: G7

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Argentine counterpart on Argentina's intention to participate in the...

      Taiwan: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the comments of the President of the United States on US support for Taiwan in the event of...

      Uyghurs: Concentration Camps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has held with her Chinese counterpart on the reported shoot to kill policies at Uyghur...

      China: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure all officials across Government working on policy areas...

      Sovico Group: Linacre College

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124937 on Sovico Group: Linacre College, if she will...

      China: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on the potential merits of escalating sanctions...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • National Flagship: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has awarded design contracts for the National Flagship contract.

    • Arctic: Marines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military exercises the British Marines are undertaking in the Arctic.

      Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Military Aid to Civilian Authority requests have (a) been made to and (b) undertaken by his Department in each year since 2010.

      Developing Countries: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the armed forces can contribute to helping ending food scarcity in developing countries.

      Veterans UK: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls the Veterans UK helpline has received on assistance with (a) paying bills, (b) paying rents and (c) unemployment in each month in (a)...

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department or (b) Capita were ransomed by the hackers that breached the Defence Recruitment System and stole data on Army recruits from...

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army recruits applied to join the Army between 14 and 16 March 2022.

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Recruitment System data breach on 14 March 2022, for what reason the Defence Recruitment System not taken down until 16...

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department to help provide support to the Army recruits affected by the data breach of the Defence Recruitment System.

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the data breach of the defence recruitment system was not reported to the Information Commissioner's Office until seven days after the...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department received on service accommodation in each month in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

      Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of whether there is sufficient time to hold a competitive tendering process for MROS in the context of the need...

      Navy: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Special Purpose Vessel is expected to be operational.

      Arms Trade: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to limit the number of western components reaching Russia for the purposes of arms manufacture, through the civil sectors of...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Fuel Direct Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps in response to the decision of some energy companies to halt participation in the Fuel Direct Scheme.

    • Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what way allocations to local authorities are to be calculated in the context of the £500 extension to the household support fund.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of child poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry,...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department consulted with Stockon Borough Council on its decision to move the Department for Work and Pensions office in Stockton...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department is doing to increase the take-up of pension credit awards by those who qualify.

      Pension Credit: East Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the take up rate for Pension Credit in East Yorkshire; and what steps her Department is taking to increase take...

      Pension Credit: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry are eligible for pension...

      Carer's Allowance: State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making carer's allowance available to carers in receipt of a state pension; if...

      Social Security Benefits: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have died after their claims have been denied for (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Universal Credit in each of the...

      Carer's Allowance: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Carers Allowance applications are awaiting a decision as of 26 May 2022; and what the average waiting time is for someone who has...

      Personal Independence Payment: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of not requiring autistic people to undertake reassessments for Personal Independence...

      Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to families with children affected by foetal valproate syndrome.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Benefit Expenditure and caseload tables 2022, what the level of expenditure on...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Skills Bootcamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of extending the length of time...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 2599 on Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training, what her timescale is for making a decision...

      Employment Schemes: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 18 May 2022, Official Report, Column 679, what the evidential basis is for...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Glass: Litter and Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of excluding glass from the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme on the (a)...

    • Dredging: Port of Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of evidence from the Port of Tyne’s Response...

      Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on (a) tackling the issue of dogs attacking livestock and (b) introducing protections for dogs,...

      Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ban the import of puppies under 24 weeks of age.

      Agriculture: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the role of research into productive farming in (a) creating...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the funds removed from the basic payment scheme in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022 were reallocated.

      Clean Air Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy that a Clean Air Zone can be a (a) category B zone and (b) non-charging zone.

      Waste Disposal: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time was for the Environment Agency to process a waste operation permit application from point of...

      Waste Disposal: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time was for the Environment Agency to process a waste installation permit application from point...

      Waste Disposal: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Environment Agency applies the polluter pays principle as part of the environmental permitting process for municipal...

      Business: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on introducing mandatory business food waste reporting.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that age assessments are accurate enough to prevent unaccompanied asylum-seeking children being relocated...

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will make available information on the contractors the UK government is working with to transport people to Rwanda under the UK...

      Deportation: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review deportations to China in light of human rights concerns relating to that country.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the terms of reference for the UK-Rwanda partnership's monitoring committee.

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the value for money of legal costs incurred by her Department as a result of people who are wrongly held in...

      Nationality and Borders Act 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to consult stakeholders on the development of statutory guidance for the Nationality and Borders Act...

      Rwanda: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 16 May 2022 to Questions 395 and 398, whether any funding (a) for the Migration and Economic Development...

      Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is supervising unaccompanied asylum seeking children placed in hotels; and whether that supervision is 24 hours a day.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the backlog of passport applications was within HM Passport Office for each of the four-week periods where data has been...

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on whether people from Afghanistan, whose spouses are British nationals and live in the UK, are subject to...

      Migrant Workers: Doctors

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the General Medical Council on the potential implications for her policies of Professional and...

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who claimed asylum in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months have been moved to another region of the UK while their...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that visa applicants receive responses from her Department within an appropriate timeframe.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include Ukraine Extension Scheme visa-holders in the scope of the Ukraine Family Scheme.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were processed to the point of either rejection or leave-to-remain granted in the 12 months leading up to 31...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications remained pending two months after they were initially submitted in (a) January 2022 and (b) April 2022.

      HM Passport Office: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income has been received by HM Passport Office in the last three months from (a) premium passport and (b) fast-track passport...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many discussions Ministers in her Department had with the senior management of TNT in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 on plans for...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure HM Passport Office is effectively tackling the current administrative delays that are impacting the...

      Seasonal Workers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to provide evidence to Ukrainian nationals that their Seasonal Worker visa has been extended to 31...

      Coronavirus: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of fines issued for breaches of covid-19 restrictions was in each month in 2020.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish information on the nationalities of people who have been granted Humanitarian Protection Leave within the last year.

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to increase the resources available to the police to investigate online communications offences.

      Firearms

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the strictness of legislation on firearms in the UK.

      Migrants: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests submitted to the Employed Checking Service are awaiting response as of 25 May 2022.

      Coronavirus: Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which postcode received the highest number of fixed-penalty notices for breaching covid-19 regulations since the beginning of the outbreak.

      Catalytic Converters: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help reduce catalytic converter theft.

      Internet: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to assess whether the current powers available to law enforcement are sufficient to tackle illegal...

      Iran: Espionage and Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the level of potential risk of Iran facilitating and engaging in acts of terrorism and...

      Foreign Influence Registration Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to bring forward a foreign influence registration scheme as part of the National Security Bill.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decisions have been made each week since 1 April 2022.

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report of her Department's review into tier 1 (investor) visas.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for passport applications.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the longest amount of time it has taken for the Passport Office to process a passport application in the last three years.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications have been received by the Passport Office but have not been processed for a period of longer than six weeks...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications are currently being processed by the Passport Office.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications received by the Passport Office have been processed by the Passport Office in under six weeks in...

      Cuba: Migration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to support people who wish to migrate from Cuba to the UK.

      Immigration: Fees and Charges

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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rented Housing: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Renters Reform white paper will be published; and what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on...

    • Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department made of the impact of introducing the first part of leasehold reforms to prohibit ground...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward the leasehold reforms proposed by his Department in 2017; and for what reason a...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to reform leasehold tenure in the 2022-23 parliamentary Session.

      Repossession Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the forfeiture provisions of leasehold housing.

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks from the Building...

      Building Safety Regulator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Department will set out how it intends to scale-up resource within the Health and Safety Executive in order for the...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has been made of the number of leaseholders who do not qualify for government protection from non-cladding...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his policy that protection for leaseholders from (a) cladding and (b) non-cladding remediation costs cover...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer given on 23 May 2022 to Question 3564 on Local Government: Meetings, if he will make it his...

      Faith New Deal Pilot Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the status is of the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund; and when his Department plans to notify successful applicants of an award.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the fixed-penalty notices issued to Downing Street staff for breaching covid-19 regulations, whether any staff (a) have been...

    • Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of written questions sent to each Government department received a response citing disproportionate cost as grounds upon...

      10 Downing Street: Taxis

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 2427 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, for what reason his Department does not maintain records for the...

      Prime Minister: Bottles

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how empty glass bottles in Number 10 Downing Street are recycled.

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all staff members employed by Number 10 who were asked to complete questionnaires by the Metropolitan Police as part of its investigation into...

      Government Digital Service

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of data and user insight work conducted by the Government Digital Service in 2021.

      10 Downing Street: Taxis

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111521 on 10 Downing Street: Taxis, whether any vehicles were ordered on Downing Street's...

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require the proposed covid-19 inquiry to collect evidence on the impact of breaches of covid-19 restrictions at 10...

      10 Downing Street: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any alcohol consumed at Downing Street gatherings, for which fixed penalty notices were issued due to breaches of covid-19 regulations, was...

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to tackle potential enforcement loopholes to ensure the effectiveness of proposals for (a) failure to prevent offences, (b) deferred...

      Cabinet Office: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer given on 26 May 2022 to Question 6731 on Cabinet Office: Correspondence, when the Department plans to publish data on volumes...

      Cabinet Office: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 64 on 36 Whitehall, what the nature of the one-off urgent Health and Safety works was costing...

      Whitehall: Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has for the use of (a) 55 Whitehall and (b) 3-8 Whitehall Place in the future.

      Government Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which 10 Government buildings were scheduled to be exited during 2021-22 in accordance with the Whitehall Campus Programme plans referred to on page 17...

  • Treasury

    • Fraud: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if will he publish the internal HMRC guidelines on dealing with liabilities accrued by victims of fraud.

    • Treasury: Hikvision

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4454 and with reference to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 124950, if he will review his...

      Plastics: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answers of 21 April 2022 to Questions 153692, 153693 and 153694 on Plastics: taxation, how much and what proportion of the £30...

      Electricity Generation: Capital Investment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of his oral statement, Economy Update, on 26 May 2022, Official Report, on the cost of capital and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will respond to the correspondence of 5 April 2022 form the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL37109.

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he has not announced proposals on retrofitting homes to reduce energy use and costs.

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to take steps to help SMEs which are non-intensive energy users with their energy costs.

      BlackRock: Zambia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with BlackRock on participating in internationally agreed debt relief in Zambia.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any statistical data his Department holds on the effective rate of inflation for households for different income cohorts.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require lenders to take part in internationally agreed...

      National Savings and Investments: Internet

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure the National Savings and Investments website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines; and what...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Energy Profits Levy, Technical Note, published on 26 May 2022, if he will place in the Library the figures for the total estimated...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Energy Profits Levy, Technical Note, published on 26 May 2022, if he will place in the Library the figures for the size of the tax...

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help people who live in rural communities with the cost of domestic heating oil when alternative options for heating are limited...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Equality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish his assessment of how groups with protected characteristics will be affected by the Council Tax Rebate in line with the Public Sector...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent comments by Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association, in the report entitled SME Inquiry Report, by...

      Public Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will place in the Library a revised forecast of the expected level of public sector net borrowing in the 2022-23 financial year,...

      Zambia: Common Frameworks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with his G20 counterparts on the effectiveness of the Common Framework process; and what assessment he has made of...

      Debts Written Off: Zambia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to assist Zambia in its attempts to be the first nation to benefit from the Common Framework debt cancellation programme.

      Inflation: Coventry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on living standards in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

      Cost of Living: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his statement on the economic update on the 26 May 2022 and his commitment to legislate to deliver support on the same terms in every...

      Social Security Benefits: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Cost of Living Payment for people on means tested benefits, when claimants of tax credits will receive that payment.

      Public Expenditure: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his statement providing an Economy Update on 26 May 2022, what the Barnett consequential for Wales is; if he plans for funds to be made...

      Building Alterations: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in who were waiting more than twenty working days for VAT refunds on eligible building works in April (a)...

      Wine and Spirit Association

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with the Wine and Spirit Trade Association in advance of the publication of a draft bill which would seek to introduce a new alcohol duty...

      Wines: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's consultation on the new alcohol duty system, if he will take steps to ensure that winemakers from hotter climates who...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the Wine and Spirit Association’s proposed model for the taxation of wine and spirits.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Digital Markets Unit: Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Digital Markets Unit with statutory...

    • Youth Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the provision of youth services by local authorities.

      World Heritage Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) funding and (b) other resources her Department provides to support locations to prepare bids for the UNESCO World...

      Arts: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing Government support for partnerships between local...

      Tourism: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will create a listings directory of community events occurring across the country, including York's community Viking...

      Nuisance Calls: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to stop the spoofing of UK telephone numbers by foreign companies to make nuisance calls.

      Internet: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effects of the Online Safety Bill on requirements for voice recognition or other...

      Social Media: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to (a) issue fines, or (b) otherwise sanction social media platforms that fail to prevent users...

      Internet: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protections provided by Schedule 7 of the Online Safety Bill against...

  • Cop26

    • Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the President of COP26, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications for the UK’s net-zero emissions target in the context of the...

    • UN Climate Conference 2021

      To ask the President of COP26, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2022 to Question 5661 on Cabinet Office: Staff, how many officials in his Department were working on COP26 in October 2021.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government collects evidence on abuse of the civil damages system by people involved in terrorism-related activity; and if he will make a...

    • HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department's contract with OCS to provide security staff on the HMCTS estate contains provisions relating to staff pay.

      Rape: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial for rape in each police force area...

      Fraud: Remand in Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the (a) number of offenders who were held on remand awaiting trial for fraud and (b) length of time those offenders were...

      Homicide: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants have (a) been convicted of homicide in multi-defendant trials of four or more people and (b) convicted of homicide in each year...

      Criminal Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to undertake an audit of the use of parasitic assessorial liability in convictions secured before 2016 to assess the (a)...

      Crimes against the Person: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of convictions for violence against the person offences in (a) Crown and (b) Magistrates Courts in England and...

      Youth Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 29 of the National Audit Office's report entitled Children in custody: secure training centres and secure schools, published on...

      Youth Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking in response to the finding in the National Audit Office's report, Children in custody: secure training centres and...

      Youth Justice: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the £300m of Government funding announced for youth justice on 20th May 2022, if she will publish a breakdown of how much of that...

      Probation Service: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many agency staff are currently working in the Probation Service by region.

      Community Orders: Unpaid Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of hours of unpaid work completed at home as part of community sentences in the last three years for which data...

      Probation Service: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies there are in the Probation Service, by region, as of 26 May 2022.

      Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of subsequent offences committed by each offender imprisoned and subsequently released on license from prison...

      Reading Prison: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the sale of Reading Gaol; and if he will meet (a) the hon. Member for Reading East and (b) other...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

    • Environment Protection: Policy

      To ask the Leader of the House what steps she is taking to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of the draft Environmental Principles Statement.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Horizon Europe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current position regarding the UK’s membership of the Horizon Europe research programme and the ability of British scientists to join it.

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Attorney General

    • Burglary: South West

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the conviction rate for burglaries in (1) Gloucestershire, (2) Somerset, (3) Devon, and (4) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, over...

  • Department for Education

    • Remote Education: Qualifications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how academic qualifications are given online to students (1) internationally, and (2) in the UK.

    • Education: Software and Video Games

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of interactive learning programmes, including computer games, using the Socratic dialogue.

      Free School Meals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the eligibility for free school meals.

      Languages: Classroom Assistants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many classroom language assistants were placed in maintained schools in each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made, if any, of how this...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Council of Europe: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the education programmes provided by the Council of Europe, particularly those of the Ocean group; what Council of Europe...

    • Afghanistan and Yemen; Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK financial aid is being diverted from (1) Afghanistan, and (2) Yemen, because of the conflict in Ukraine.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Civil Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legacy civil suits that the Ministry of Defence was subject to, relating to the Northern Ireland Troubles, are currently active before the courts; how...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Food Banks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many food banks (1) are operating in England, and (2) were set up in each year since 2010; and what assessment they have made...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Urban Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve air quality in British urban areas.

    • Noise: Urban Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce noise pollution in built-up areas.

      Agriculture: Environmental Impact Assessment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been made under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) in each year since the enactment of the regulation; how many breaches...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support (1) the devolved administrations, (2) local councils, and (3) regional health authorities, to ensure that disabled...

    • Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the reason for the backlog in the issuing of visas in the Home Office.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month in June.

    • Housing: Courts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of a specialist housing court; and when they will make an announcement of their intentions regarding...

      Local Enterprise Partnerships: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the funding basis for those Local Enterprise Partnerships not integrated into local authorities, bearing in mind that those which are companies...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce further legislation on leasehold reform.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • General Practitioners: Retirement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of GPs retiring in the next few years; and what steps they are taking to address this.

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, since the inquiry into contaminated blood opened in July 2018, how many payments have been awarded to the families affected; and how many families have received...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 27 April (HL7561), what conclusions they have reached following meetings with groups representing...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Treasury

    • Cost of Living

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will meet with the International Monetary Fund to discuss cost of living matters (1) in the UK, and (2) across the world.

    • Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Conduct Authority has (1) collected, and (2) published, data in any of the years since 2015 showing how many members of contract-based...

      Money

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people who use cash in transactions; and whether this number is (1) increasing, or (2) decreasing.

      EU Budget: Contributions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK’s financial settlement with the EU is paid into the same budget as member state contributions; and whether the financial settlement is...

      Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much money hospitality businesses saved in business rate reductions as a result of COVID-19 financial assistance in (1) 2020,...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review their decision not to impose a windfall tax on energy companies in response to the increased cost of living.

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to levy a windfall tax on oil and gas firms throughout the UK to address rising levels of fuel poverty.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue a progress report on their role in the sale of Chelsea Football Club given that its licence to continue operating ends this month.

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