Written answers

Thursday, 16 June 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a response to his Department's consultation on Creating a road collision investigation branch.

    • Roads Policing Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's call for evidence on the Roads policing review, published on 13 July 2020, when he plans to publish the (a) summary...

      Calder Valley Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 126694 on Calder Valley line, whether travellers from Bradford to Manchester rail...

      High Speed 2 Line: West Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government decision to remove the Golborne Link from the HS2 Bill on 6 June 2022, whether the Government intends that any...

      Department of Transport: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) internal communications and b) employing staff to work on internal communications in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and...

      Department of Transport: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) producing digital and video content, (b) employing in-house staff to produce that content and (c) paying external...

      Electric Scooters: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the needs of visually impaired people are taken into account when designing regulation of...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government has provided to each local authority in England for local bus services in each of the last five years.

      Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of flights cancelled by each airline operating out of (a) Manchester, (b) Gatwick, (c) Stanstead and (d)...

      Driving Instruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of States for (b) Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

      Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) dates of times ministers in his Department have met with officials at the RMT union since 13 May 2022.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what resources have been committed to the establishment of new electric vehicle charging points; what estimate he has made of the number of electric...

      EU Countries: Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure recognition of Blue Badges for motorists are recognised in (a) Spain and (b) other European countries.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11567 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, whether the UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy...

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 2633 on P&O Ferries: Port of Hull, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency contacted the Bahamas...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that people who receive their energy supply through a third party can...

    • Ofgem

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Ofgem takes steps to ringfence customer credit balances to help...

      Simple Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Simple Energy, the parent company of Bulb Ltd, is in the same Special Administration Regime as Bulb Energy.

      Electrical Safety: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring electricity providers to offer free electrical safety...

      Green Deal Scheme: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 13758, on Green Deal Scheme, what his Department's timeframe is for...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Houseboats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure residents who receive their energy supply through a mooring management company can...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that administrators of failed energy companies pay back debts to...

      Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the (a) nature and (b) impact of the pilot of the...

      Small Businesses: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small businesses in Hull affected by the covid-19 pandemic.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department supports a proactive, predictive immunology approach to the development of the next generation...

      Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's definition of a SME is; whether micro-businesses, defined as a business that contracts ten or...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's policy is on (a) what, (b) how and (c) for how long biometric data that is relevant to (i) ongoing and (ii) concluded...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for making a decision on the use of Evusheld following completion of UKHSA testing.

    • Brain Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the 10-Year Cancer Plan includes proxy measures for staging data of brain cancer so that it can be...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the 10-Year Cancer Plan includes specific targets on (a) less survivable cancers and (b) brain...

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK are currently suffering with long covid.

      Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase radiotherapy cancer treatment (a) capacity and (b) access in England.

      Dental Services: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current length of waiting lists for dentistry services in Hull.

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase research on treatments for arrhythmia and related conditions.

      General Practitioners: Brighton and Hove

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of GPs per 100,000 patients in the Brighton and Hove area; what assessment he has made of...

      Brain Cancer: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to commit to providing all brain tumour patients with access to a Clinical Nurse Specialist as part of his...

      Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure the 10-Year Cancer Plan increases access to radiotherapy cancer treatments in the UK.

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment for people with arrhythmia and related conditions.

      NHS: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the mileage allowance paid to NHS staff who are required to travel to...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by his Department between May 2018 and May 2022 for media buying...

      Ambulance Services: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many avoidable deaths have occurred in Shropshire as a result of ambulance delays since 1 January 2022.

      Nurses: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve working conditions for nurses.

      Air Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help expand the capacity of air ambulance services.

      Ambulance Services: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve ambulance response times in the North East London Clinical Commissioning Group area.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he taken to ensure patient safety in the context of recent pressures on the urgent and emergency care system.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Pinsent Masons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to contract reference CF-0777900D0O000000rwimUAA2, published on 27 May 2022, how many staff in his Department attended the...

      Global Health Insurance Card: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help speed up the process of applying for GHIC cards; and if he will make a statement.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2022 to Question 156486 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Opinion, what services...

      Paramedical Staff: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason students studying for a Paramedic Science degree course as their second degree are not eligible for grants from the NHS...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS staff receive mental health support when required.

      NHS: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rules relating to pensions abatement for NHS staff after October 2022 on those staff affected.

      Mental Health Act 1983

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include provisions in the draft Mental Health Act Reform Bill in response to feedback provided by respondents to the...

      Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the MHRA’s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP) procedure meets the...

      Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that NuMed Healthcare will not cease to import equipment made for the treatment of children with...

      Diabetes: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Tirzepatide as a treatment for type two diabetes.

      Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to a Royal College of Nurses survey that found a quarter of nursing shifts have the planned number of registered nurses on...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many claims for payments under the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme were assessed by the Government's contractor, Crawford and Company,...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of specialist professions for children with sight loss as part of the SEND review.

    • Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce future funding for the primary PE and sport premium; and what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) the efficacy of...

      GCSE: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the equity of the number of examinations mandated for individual GCSE syllabuses.

      Civil Engineering: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to undertake a review of the decision to change the arrangements for End Point Assessments for civil engineering degree...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to higher education establishments; what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Robbery: 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 robbery and (b) length of time those offenders were...

    • Public Defenders: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the conviction rate in trials in which the Public Defence Service was used in each year since 2001.

      Public Defenders: Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials have been undertaken by Public Defenders in every year since 2001.

      Public Defender Service: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the annual cost to the public purse of the Public Defender Service in each year since 2001.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners have (i) mental health issues; (ii) a physical health condition; (iii) a learning...

      Prisoners: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have children.

      Prisoners: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish data his Department holds on the number and proportion of men in prison who have been victims of domestic abuse.

      Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to require the provision of independent therapeutic support for children during private proceedings.

      Family Proceedings: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to establish protocols to limit the contact abuse perpetrators can have with their victims following private law proceedings.

      Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the courts consideration of the welfare of children during private law children proceedings in the...

  • Treasury

    • Carers: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to unpaid carers.

    • Department for Work and Pensions and Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the expected returns from the compliance units of (a) Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and (b) the Department...

      Retail Trade: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with organisations representing convenience stores on (a) rising energy costs and (b) rising food costs.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of current Advisory Fuel Rates for company cars in relation to the rising price of fuel.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the mileage allowance payment per mile in light of the increasing cost of fuel.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy objectives are of the reduction to fuel duty by five pence per litre announced on 23 March 2022.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will adjust the 45p per mile allowance to reflect the sustained increase in petrol prices.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Muslims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress she has made on providing support to the Hazara Muslim community in Afghanistan.

    • Myanmar: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to work with representatives of trade unions in Myanmar to promote the rights of journalists.

      Myanmar: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the killing of six civilians in Sagaing...

      Myanmar: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Myanmar following the killing of six civilians in Sagaing...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to reply to the letter of 7 April 2022 from the hon. Member for Rhondda on the UK Sanctions regime.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many doses of covid-19 vaccine has the Government provided to other countries as international aid as of 13...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions has she had with her Israeli counterparts on the eviction of Palestinians from the settlement of...

      Kenya: General Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to offer technical support to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission...

      Developing Countries: Money Laundering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK government’s strategy for international development published on 16 May 2022, what...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Afghan interpreters resettled to the UK under the ex-gratia redundancy and resettlement scheme, due to being made redundant or resigning...

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government is providing support for the training of civilians fighting on the frontline in Ukraine.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving British personnel have travelled to Ukraine to fight for the Ukrainian Armed Forces since February 2022.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 101733, on Afghanistan: Refugees, and the Answer of 28 January 2022 to Question 111584 on...

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the potential merits of expanding the membership of the Future Combat Air System...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual first aid kits the Government has sent o Ukraine as of 13 June 2022.

      Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the NATO definition of UK's defence spending estimates as a percentage of GDP in each year until 2032.

      Portsmouth Dockyard: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the remediation work to remove the flammable cladding from the Vanguard Building at HMS Nelson was completed by its original scheduled end date.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5341 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate he has made of when the assessment of the survey results...

      Armed Forces: Horses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent upgrading facilities to house horses in the last financial year.

      Libya: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contact the UK armed forces had with the February 17th Martyrs Brigade during the conflict in Libya in 2011.

      Defence Equipment & Support: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 2352, on Defence Equipment & Support: Clothing and Food, how much Defence Equipment and Support...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

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

    • Universal Credit: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11553 on Universal Credit: Veterans, if she will provide a breakdown by (a) region and (b)...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims were subject to deductions in the most recent month for which data is available, broken down by parliamentary...

      Mortgages: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who could benefit each year from the Government's proposals to allow housing benefit to...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, what the source is of the data being collected on the...

      Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2022 to Question 147023 on Universal Credit Complex Needs Steering Group, whether the Complex Needs...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 243314 on Local Housing Allowance: Greater London, if she will place a copy in the Library...

      Local Housing Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 6683 on Local Housing Allowance, whether her Department is collecting data on the prevalence...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter from the Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee’s (SSCA) of 11 February 2022 to the Parliamentary...

      Carer's Allowance: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the impact of deductions from Universal Credit equivalent to the amount received in Carers Allowance on...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Management Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on external management consultants in the financial years (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021; and on which ten...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new enquiries her Department’s MP hotline teams dealt with in each month in 2021; what steps her Department is taking to manage...

  • Cop26

    • Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to ensure that parties revisit and strengthen the 2030 targets in their nationally determined contributions as necessary to align with the...

  • Home Office

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to communicate with unaccompanied minors on the progress of their applications to the Homes for Ukraine...

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion applications from unaccompanied minors to the Homes for Ukraine scheme are awaiting (a) processing or (b) a...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department processes applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme from unaccompanied minors on a case-by-case basis.

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protections for children are included in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022; and if she will make a statement.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expand the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.

      Visas: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's affordability fee waiver scheme for citizenship registration for individuals under the age of 18, if she...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides for constituents who have missed their holidays due to passport delays.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answer of 24 May to Question 1238, in what format the passport office gathers data to measure if service standard times for...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records her Department holds of asylum claims received in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 that were processed within six months.

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 1156 on Visas: Ukraine, in how many cases did Visa Application Centres (VAC) operated by...

      UK Border Force: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many border force (a) officers and (b) other personnel are employed as of 9 June 2022.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghan nationals with an outstanding Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy application can be relocated to Rwanda under the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 11 of May 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH20846.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 22 March 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH20045.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 14 of April 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH20005.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 11 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH16318.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for (a) a British passport and (b) renewal of a British passport as of 8 June 2022.

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) spouse, (b) fiancé and (c) unmarried partner visa applications remain unprocessed for more than 12 weeks as of 8 June 2022.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what remedies are available to Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants who do not wish to accept the outcome of a Tier Two Review.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2022 to Question 13191 on Passports: Applications, what proportion of passport applications are processed...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow Home Office officials discretion in immigration cases to re-define memorial services as memorial...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what record her Department holds of applications for British passports received in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 that were processed...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support is available to Ukrainians who have arrived in the UK through the Ukraine Family Scheme, and if she will make an...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of average time it currently takes to process and issue visas for non-Ukrainian nationals.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of the flight for asylum seekers being sent to Rwanda on 14 June 2022; and whether her Department has an obligation to pay...

      Social Security Benefits and Taxation: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of prosecutions for (a) benefit-related offences and (b) tax-related offences from 2010 to...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the nationalities are of asylum seekers identified for deportation to Rwanda.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of the deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda scheduled for 14 June 2022.

      Animal Experiments: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused...

      Body Searches: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June to Question 8160 on Body searches: Children, for what reason police forces will be providing data on strip...

      Drugs: Nightclubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the trends in the levels of illegal drugs in nightclubs across the UK.

      London Policing College: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the appropriateness of links between the London Policing College (LPC) and British police forces, in the...

      London Policing College: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that Government funding is not used to support the partnership between the London Policing College and...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the 24-week processing time for spouse, fiancé, and unmarried partner visas to its...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of changing without notice the service standard for spouse visa applications from 12 to 24 weeks...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department estimated the new 24-week processing time for spouse, fiancé, and unmarried partner visas; and what assessment she...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applications to her Department under the Homes for Ukraine scheme on processing time...

      Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answers of 8 June 2022 to Questions 10035 to10038, whether her Department holds weekly data on the processing times of UK...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were received in (a) April and (b) May 2022.

      HM Passport Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been employed in passport services in each year since 2010.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department uses to estimate processing times for passport applications; and whether that estimate begins from the date...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure that the hon. Member for West Lancashire receives a response from the Director General for UKVI dated...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what point of the application process her Department informs applicants who are paying for super priority and priority applications of...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how vulnerable Afghan nationals who remain in Afghanistan are able to apply for the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Immigration: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ukrainian nationals who entered Northern Ireland without a visa having lawfully entered the Republic of Ireland have been found to...

      Immigration: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to immigration decision-makers in respect of Ukrainian nationals who have entered Northern...

      Visas: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in processing visas for unaccompanied children needing to travel to the UK.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been raised from building developers for cladding remediation work as at 13 June 2022.

    • Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9090, on Buildings: Safety, whether his Department has made an...

      Shops: Change of Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to provisions contained in the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill which would allow rental auction of...

      Begging and Vagrancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the Government intends to expand regulations that penalise people for begging and vagrancy.

      First Time Buyers: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help young people buy their first property.

      Right to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has consulted UK housing associations on the Government's right to buy proposals announced on 9 June.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to (a) give councils the power to build 100,000 high-quality, climate-friendly social homes...

      Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to require that all new homes must be adaptable for use by disabled people at each stage of their life.

      Right to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the extension of the Right to Buy scheme to housing associations...

      Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on housing (a) supply and...

      Planning: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, what steps he is taking to ensure flood plans are included in...

      Pedestrian Areas: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that pavement licensing does not hinder access for disabled people.

      Community Infrastructure Levy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's proposed reform of the section 106/CIL system, under what circumstances will section106...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what checks his Department undertakes into the backgrounds of sponsors in the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

      Beach Huts: Property Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will intervene to prevent (a) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council selling its portfolio of beach huts...

      Overview and Scrutiny Committees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to require that overview and scrutiny committees established by local authorities in England are...

      Council Tax: Parish and Town Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much the council tax precept for town and parish councils has increased for each of the past five years.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how people on the electoral register are able to (a) register for and (b) express and interest in obtaining a voter ID...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has begun research to create insight and understanding of public and employer’s perception of veterans, as committed to in...

    • Chequers: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2022 to Question 11686 on Chequers: Staff, whether the salaries of any staff employed at Chequers are paid for by the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Barriers: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reducing market barriers with the United States.

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she has taken to protect domestic food standards when negotiating free trade agreements.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reducing market barriers with the United States.

      Energy Charter Treaty: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlements within the Energy Charter Treaty on...

      Trade Agreements: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that workers’ rights are maintained in all UK trade agreements.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • 3G: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of potential effect of the switch off of the Three 3G network in 2024 on rural...

    • Radio: Smart Devices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government did not commit to the recommendation set out in the Digital Radio and Audio Review on...

      Voice over Internet Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of BT on ensuring that vulnerable users will not be disadvantaged by...

      Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Smart Fund to help ensure creators and performers are...

      Gambling: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory levy on gambling companies to fund support...

      Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on the Gambling Act Review; and when she plans to publish the Gambling Review White Paper.

      BetIndex: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide redress to the people affected by the collapse of BetIndex Limited, the operators of Football Index.

      Arts: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is taking steps to support artists and performers from Ukraine.

      Unboxed: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP662297110 published on the Contract Finder website on 28 January, if she will...

      Unboxed: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP668138573 published on the Contract Finder website on 16 February, which...

      Unboxed: Overseas Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the procurement reference BIP689900898 published on the Contract Finder website on 12 May, how many...

      Tourism: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of tourism from India on the economy of (a) Greater Manchester and (b)...

      Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4612 on Youth Services, when she plans to complete the review into the Local...

      Football: Paris

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to investigate the treatment of Liverpool fans at the Champions League final in Paris on...

      Football: Spain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with (a) her Spanish counterpart and (b) UEFA on the public drinking water shortage at the...

      Arts: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support arts projects for people from Ukraine who are residing in the UK.

      Football: Paris

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make a statement on discussions she has had with her French counterparts on the events that took place in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England...

    • Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of what the most significant challenges are to protecting (a) biodiversity and (b) endangered...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government plans to regulate only two commodities through the Environment Act 2021 in 2023 in the...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: MG OMD

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) procurement reference, (b) start date, (c) end date and (d) maximum value, inclusive of VAT, is of the contract...

      Landscape Recovery Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Landscape Recovery will receive approximately £800 million of the overall Environmental Land Management scheme...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the objectives of the Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMS) are; and what steps he plans to take to enable (a)...

      Food: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to (a) provide financial assistance to farmers to enable higher quantities of food to...

      Fisheries: Quotas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commit to not setting future fishing quotas in excess of scientific advice.

      Birds: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the study entitled Evaluation of an aversion-based...

      Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to letter TO2018/02940/MO sent by his Department in February 2018, on electronic training aids for dogs under...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive: Organic Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Sustainable Farming Incentive's Organic Farming Standard has been delayed until 2025.

      Peat Bogs: Controlled Burning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licence applications his Department has received for burning on deep peat within (a) Special Protection Areas and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Evusheld

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

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

  • Treasury

    • VAT: Electronic Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of HM Revenue’s ‘Making Tax Digital’ compulsory VAT scheme on the number of SME business that...

    • Credit: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to develop regulation for Buy Now, Pay Later schemes.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce fuel duty.

      Oxford-Cambridge Arc: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much infrastructure spending they have committed in relation to the Oxford–Cambridge Arc (Ox–Cam Arc); and in what years such spending will take...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Veterans: LGBT+ People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent progress they have made regarding their review into the treatment of LGBT veterans.

    • Honours

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is (1) the political affiliation, and (2) area of residence, for all living recipients of Companions of Honour, where known.

      Kate Josephs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any correspondence (1) with Ms Kate Josephs, former Director General of the Covid Task Force, since she left the role, or (2) with Sheffield...

      Privy Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 25 May (HL293) and the revised arrangements for an Accession Council, how many Privy Councillors were present...

      Technology: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of pre-market engagement in the procurement of technology by the Government; and what plans they have to publish that...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: South America

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what provisions for the protection of human rights defenders are included in the United Kingdom–Andean Countries Trade Agreement; and what enforcement...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have prepared a draft list of priority categories for “legal but harmful” content for (1) adults, and (2) children, which is due to...

    • Internet: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the definitions provided in the Online Safety Bill for (1) journalistic content, (2) content of democratic...

  • Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body

    • Parliament: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body how much money they have spent so far on drawing up plans for the Restoration and Renewal of the Houses of Parliament.

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