Written answers

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to connect Nottingham with rural parts of Nottinghamshire via the restoration of the Maid Marian Line.

    • Inland Waterways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the use of waterways for freight transportation.

      Maritime Skills Commission: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time staff the Maritime Skills Commission has.

      Clean Maritime Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members of the Clean Maritime Council were as at 23 June 2022.

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide free bus transport to Ukrainian refugees.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help make the use of hydrogen commercially viable for heavy good vehicles.

      Public Transport: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help provide Ukrainian refugees with free access to public transport in the UK.

      Driving Licences: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications where a medical condition needed to be considered, as of 21 June 2022.

      Whitchurch Driving Test Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State of his Department has had with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on Whitchurch...

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help avoid future railway strikes.

      Department for Transport: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 21138 on Department for Transport: Procurement, which non-governmental organisations received...

      Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the impact of the national rail strikes on children's exam attendance.

      National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met a representative of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers in person.

      Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the timescale for self-driving vehicles to be permitted on UK roads.

      Driverless Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the expected timescale for self-driving vehicles to be permitted on roads.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to measure the extent of retrofitting residential accommodation in local authority areas (a) in...

    • Hydrogen: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 18947, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the UK...

      Hydrogen: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 18947, whether it is Government policy to allocate public funds to...

      Hydrogen: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 18947, whether it is his policy to encourage the export of hydrogen.

      Simple Energy: Sequoia Investments (UK)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16806 on Simple Energy: Insolvency, what was the source of the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total spending on external consultancy by the Department was to support the delivery of (a) the Nuclear Sector...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total spending of the Department on staff resource was to support the delivery of (a) the Nuclear Sector Deal,...

      Renewables Obligation: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to publish the Government’s consultation on the reduction of indirect costs to industry as a...

      Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 16806, what agreements were made in the contract that took Bulb Energy...

      Qualifications: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to fast-track professional conversion exams for Ukrainian refugees with relevant qualifications.

      Financial Conduct Authority and Ofcom: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of (a) the Financial Conduct Authority and (b)...

      New Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of incubator hubs for (a) new businesses...

      OneWeb: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to ensure that OneWeb continues to receive funding and support.

      Groceries Code Adjudicator

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Grocery Code Adjudicator in regulating the relationship between...

      Trading Standards Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions officials in his Department (a) have had and (b) plan to hold with relevant stakeholders on potential...

      Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish a communications campaign in respect of the UKCA marking regime to raise...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had any discussions with HM Treasury on a care plan for people affected by the use of sodium valproate in...

    • Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Risk Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether practitioners of aesthetic treatments are required to undertake a mandatory risk assessment of each patient prior to treatment.

      NHS Trusts: IVF

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require all NHS Trusts to provide three full cycles of IVF for eligible women, as recommended by the...

      Podiatry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Clinical Commissioning Groups commission chiropody services; and if York Clinical Commissioning Group commissions NHS chiropody...

      Kidney Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Renal Services Transformation Programme is planned to tackle inequalities in kidney care.

      Health Hazards: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing the risk of pollution to the health of people living in urban areas...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people who have come to the UK as dentists remain working in (a) dentistry and (b) NHS dentistry after (i) one, (ii)...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS Trusts to (a) reduce and (b) mitigate poor outcomes for people with a learning disability...

      General Practitioners: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visits each Government minister has undertaken to GP surgeries in each year since May 2015.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an (a) initial assessment and (b) commencement of treatment was for cancer in (i) York and (ii) England...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage GPs to return to face-to-face appointments.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancer patients waited more than two weeks from initial diagnosis to beginning their 62-day treatment pathway in Q4 2021-22.

      Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021, made on 2 December 2021, whether he has made an...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of appropriately trained health advisers within sexual health services, in...

      Health: Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of gardening and horticulture for people's (a) physical and (b) mental welfare.

      Exercise: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that all children take part in daily exercise during the 2022 summer holidays.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine report entitled Tip of the Iceberg: 12-Hour Stays in the Emergency Department,...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to NHS Trusts to (a) reduce poor outcomes for people with a learning disability during extended...

      Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle regional variation in access to NICE-approved treatments for people living with...

      Gynaecology: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions to NHS accident and emergency departments were there for gynaecology patients in England in each year since 2010.

      NHS: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS trusts are given up-to-date guidance on supporting employees with long covid.

      Out-patients: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Elective Recovery Plan published on 8 February 2022, what steps he is taking to support the scaling of remote...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of the higher needs funding per pupil (a) in Ipswich and (b) across England on average for pupils with (i)...

    • Holiday Play Schemes: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make provision for Ukrainian refugee children to attend holiday clubs over summer 2022 (a) in general and (b) in order that their parents...

      Children: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18916 on Children: Asylum, if he will ask the Children's Commissioner to provide a written update...

      Further Education: Student Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students started a level three course at each English further education institution in each year since 2017; and what proportion of those...

      Children and Young People: Social Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process his Department has in place to measure social mobility in children and young people from primary school age to (a) leaving education and...

      Academies: Communication

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18884, on Schools: Email, whether he has issued recent guidance to academy schools on ensuring that...

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Schools Bill on how Special Educational Needs will be taken into account when monitoring...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners who are released from prison reoffend, broken down by (a) offence and (b) ethnicity, including the proportion of offenders...

    • Prisons: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle terrorism in prisons.

      Prisoners: Literacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the quality of literacy education in prisons.

  • Treasury

    • Cooperatives and Social Enterprises

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage the establishment of more social businesses and cooperatives.

    • Personal Savings: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of financial institutions on the level of interest rates offered to savers.

      Pay: Poverty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ask the pay review bodies to prioritise tackling poverty and low wages in their recommendations.

      NHS: Parking

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 25 May 2022, Official Report, column 168WH, what recent discussions...

      Fuels: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tax rebates on VAT for key workers in respect of petrol and diesel...

      Fuels: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of VAT inflating petrol and diesel prices as retail prices increase.

      Strikes: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to classify strike payments made by unions to its members as a taxable benefit.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rates were last reviewed; and when he next plans to review those rates in the context of high costs of road fuel.

      Carer's Allowance: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to those in receipt of Carers Allowance in the context of the...

      National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department last held in-person discussions with the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Translation Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the ban on UK persons or entities exporting professional services to Russia applies to translation...

    • Bangladesh: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to the Bangladeshi Government in the context of the flooding affecting...

      Alexander Lebedev

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has received (a) any information and (b) a recommendation from the National Crime Agency on whether...

      Government Departments: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support language skills and training across Government departments.

      Development Aid: Gender Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed in the International Development Strategy.

      Developing Countries: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to support local LGBT+ communities in the most challenging contexts in low and middle income...

      Armed Conflict: Civilians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to publish an updated strategy on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict.

      Ethiopia: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to help support an independent investigation by the International Commission of Human...

      Alexander Lebedev

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement from the Canadian Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 20 May 2022,...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of financial sanctions imposed by the Government on the Russian...

      Armed Conflict: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 21 June to Questions 16866 and 16870, what assessment she has made of the impact of the...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 212 June to Question 16876, what assessment she has made on the applicability of the...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the effectiveness of the Government's policies on sanctions...

      Strait of Hormuz: Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of reports of a US Navy warship...

      Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether the UK will participate as an observer nation at the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons first...

      France: UEFA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her counterpart in the French Government that, in addition to the UEFA...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the level of threat posed to UK (a) security and (b) regional interests...

      Sri Lanka: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effect of the amount of foreign exchange from UK tourism and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff worked at the Defence Fire and Rescue service in each year since 2010.

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and War Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen (i) communication and (ii) digitisation and (b) reduce clearance times for War Pension and Armed...

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) management and (b) other consultancy fees in each year since 2017.

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans trials on the Ajax armoured vehicle programme to resume.

      Army: Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army personnel hold the rank of major or higher as of 27 June 2022.

      Agnes Wanjiru

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made by the Royal Military Police on supporting Kenyan detectives investigating the potential involvement of British soldiers in...

      Armed Forces and Veterans: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to help support armed forces (a) personnel, (b) veterans, and (c) families in the context of the rise in the cost of...

      Armed Forces: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 13049 on Armed Forces: Pay, when he expects to receive the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first made 550 Service Family Accommodation units available for Afghans relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and...

      Horn of Africa: Piracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of piracy incidents in the (a) Gulf of Aden, (b) Guardafui Channel and (c) Somali Sea, in the...

      Eastern Europe: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating permanent garrisons in Eastern Europe in collaboration with allies...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his speech at the Atlantic Future Forum on October 2021, what his policy is on UK involvement in the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      European Fighter Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a table, taking into account any remaining penalty factors, identifying (a) the tail numbers of all tranche one, two and three...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure accuracy in the payment of benefits.

    • Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department monitors the performance of providers completing medical assessments for Personal Independence Claims; and whether she...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) impact on claimants of the requirement for all overpayments to...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the level of risk of incorrect child maintenance calculations being made as a result of fraudulent...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the financial criteria for eligibility for the Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme; and what was the average proportion of...

      Employment: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to support young people with autism into work.

      Carer's Allowance: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to ensure that carers who are in receipt of Carer’s Allowance who do not live at the same address as...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Pension Credit in the 2020-21 financial year.

      Support for Mortgage Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of changing the Support for Mortgage Interest loan system to a means-tested...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Clothing: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the global fashion industry's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

    • Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Animal Kindness Index 2022 published by the RSPCA and SSPCA.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of steps needed to facilitate access to alternatives to peat for use in horticulture.

      Flood Control: Bolton South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the Riverside Drive project in Bolton South East constituency.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's timetable is for publishing its response to the consultation on Ending the retail sale of peat in...

      Imports: Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of an earned recognition trusted trader imports...

      Horticulture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that tree and plant growers are globally competitive and able to meet demand.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water companies and local authorities have published joint plans to manage surface water flood risk as recommended...

      Sheep: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) allowing farmers to shoot dogs that attack sheep and (b) allowing...

      Joint Unit for Waste Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18812, on Joint Unit for Waste Crime, what the meaning of associated...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Interviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time it takes is between an asylum seeker applying for an initial screening interview and them receiving one.

    • Police: Bolton

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were based in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in each year since 2010.

      101 Calls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department are taking to reduce waiting times on the 101 non-emergency line.

      Motorcycles: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of off road bike use in incidents of anti-social behaviour.

      Police: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status of the Police Pension Scheme changes are as of 21 June 2022; and whether the Pensions Ombudsman has been involved in that...

      Travellers: Trespass

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) help tackle unauthorised encampments established by travellers, (b) introduce new powers...

      Police: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average spending, per head, on police in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, (c) the...

      Police and Crime Commissioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to strengthen the accountability of Police and Crime Commissioners; what assessment she has...

      Forensic Science: Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to establish a National Crime Laboratory.

      Home Office: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the circumstances in which close protection could be declined by Secretary of State for Foreign,...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the time taken to process visas for Ukrainian refugees under the Homes for Ukraine...

      Asylum: Electronic Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 21222 on Asylum: Electronic Tagging, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of...

      Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants who had leave to remain in the UK renewed applied successfully for a Change of Conditions in the same quarter in each...

      Migrant Workers: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Border Force on the potential implications of extending the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional payments have been made to Rwanda since the £120 million initial payment under the Migration and Economic Development...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time in minutes was on the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline in (a) April and (b) May 2022.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of AsylumMatters’ November 2021 report,...

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish her Department’s lessons learned review of the transition to ASPEN cards for asylum seekers in summer 2021.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to publish an impact assessment of the future homes standard.

      Local Government: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the availability of funding for local authorities to install and...

      Leisure: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the potential...

      Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that carers who temporarily live with the person they care for and are on a low...

      Faith, Race and Hate Crime Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Faith, Race and Hate Crime Grant Scheme.

      Economic Situation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of levels of regional disparity in economic recovery following the covid-19 outbreak.

      Housing: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) short- and (b) long-term plans his Department has to tackle the demand for housing in the north of England,...

      Shared Ownership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to increase the availability of shared ownership properties.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many potential sponsors through the Homes for Ukraine scheme have not been able to house a Ukrainian refugee because...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 21205 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, if he will make a comparative...

  • Scotland Office

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make an assessment of the effect on Scotland of the state of democracy in the UK.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will have discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Scottish Government on the impact of the outbreak of covid-19 on fiscal...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the Scottish economy.

      Genetic Engineering: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of allowing gene editing in Scotland.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what mechanism a civil servant can raise a complaint of (a) bullying, (b) sexual harassment and (c) other misconduct against a minister during...

    • Tobacco

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Prime Minister’s policy to maintain the obligations set out under Article 5.3 of the World Health Organisation Framework...

      Infected Blood Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by Sir Robert Francis entitled, Compensation and Redress for the Victims of Infected Blood, Recommendations for a...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 19595 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, when the last meeting between the Civil Service Dyslexia and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Youth Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to increase the funding allocated to youth services in areas of high deprivation.

    • Sports: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help support grassroot sports initiatives in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands.

      British Boxing Board of Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has provided to the British Boxing Board of Control in each year since 2017.

      Advertising: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what sanctions the Ofcom can impose on advertisers referred to them by the Advertising Standards Agency for consistently...

  • Prime Minister

    • Banks: Pay

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he had further meetings with international bankers to discuss raising the cap on bankers’ bonuses following his meeting on 7 June 2022 entitled Financial...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Pupils

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children at (1) primary schools, and (2) secondary schools, who travel to school using national rail services.

    • Aviation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on (1) employment within, and (2) disruptions affecting, the aviation sector.

      Airports and Ports: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delays and cancellations experienced by passengers at (1) airports, and (2) ports, in the UK.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve upon (1) 30, and (2) 90, day re-admission rates for those leaving hospital with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

    • Epilepsy: Cannabis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cannabis prescriptions have been issued to treat severe treatment-resistant epilepsy for each year since November 2018.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they are currently undertaking into the long-term health effects caused by smoking e-cigarettes and vapes.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many people in England under the age of 18 regularly use a vape or e-cigarette.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Alcohol Health Alliance Contents unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers, published in June;...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to require (1) calorie, and (2) sugar, content labels on alcoholic drinks.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Alcohol Health Alliance UK’s report Contents unknown: How alcohol labelling still fails consumers, published in June, what plans they have...

      Evusheld

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of Evusheld by other countries; and what data they have received on that drug’s efficiency at combatting the...

  • Department for Education

    • Universities: Admissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require the Office for Students to (1) monitor trends in international student recruitment, and (2) impose regulatory conditions on...

    • Apprentices: Technology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is a deficit in the number of apprenticeships in the technology sector.

      Skilled Workers: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which there is a skills shortage in the technology sector; in particular, in respect of emerging technologies.

      Apprentices: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reinstate the practical 4-year apprentice scheme for the building industry in light of the reduction in skilled workers in this...

      Pupils: Assessments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a British Baccalaureate which offers a mix of (1) academic, and (2) vocational, qualifications at age 18.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 May (HL Deb col 1011) that efforts to evacuate individuals from Afghanistan continue, what is the...

    • Syria: Airports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reports that the bombing of Damascus International airport was directed by the government of Israel; and what...

      Occupied Palestinian Territories: Flags

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the right to freedom of expression concerning flags in the occupied Palestinian territories.

      European Network and Information Security Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to participate in the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA); and if so, whether they will seek to increase its budget.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, published on 9 May; and in...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is their policy to increase their engagement with (1) NATO member states, and (2) European countries, as a result of the war in Ukraine; and if so,...

      Ukraine: Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the scale of the support that Ukraine may need to repair and rebuild after the war; and what steps they will take to...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Nato

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to honour the UK’s commitments to the NATO military alliance.

    • Army

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reconsider their decision, announced in March 2021, to reduce the size of the army by 10,000 troops by 2025.

      Defence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for an immediate increase in UK defence (1) spending, and (2) equipment.

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 20 June (HL692), whether the RAF Tempest jet will be a carrier-capable aircraft.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensioners: Commonwealth

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK pensioners in Commonwealth countries.

    • Social Security Benefits: Canada

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the government of Canada about a reciprocal social security agreement between the UK and Canada; and what response, if...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Dogs: Holidays Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of UK holidaymakers who take more than two dogs when travelling abroad.

    • Animals: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to reduce the number of animals that can be brought into the UK in non-commercial vehicles.

      Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commemorate the 200th anniversary in July of the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822.

      Furs: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the value of imported products made from rabbit fur to the UK economy, and (2) the cost of a ban on the importation of such...

      Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the EU's request in September 2021 for consolidated versions of Sanitary and Phytosanitary legislation integrating recent amendments to be made...

      Animal Breeding: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the difficulties in exporting farm animals for breeding purposes to the EU because of a lack of facilities to take them; and what...

      Agriculture: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent agricultural products from rotting because of a lack of agricultural workers.

      Agriculture: Capital Investment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Benyon on 8 June (HL Deb col 1151), what steps they are taking to ensure that private sector investment in the natural...

  • Home Office

    • Crime: Gambling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the use of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for cases involving crime associated with gambling-related harms.

    • Crime: Gambling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the recommendations in the report by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms Police awareness and practice regarding gambling related...

      Crime: Gambling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms Police awareness and practice regarding gambling related...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they spent on preparing the planned flight to relocate asylum applicants to Rwanda which was cancelled on 14 June.

      Windrush Generation: Government Assistance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support members of the Windrush generation in their retirement.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Electoral Register: Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to (1) the Written Answers by Lord Gilbert of Panteg on 5 June 2018 (HL7937), 20 November 2018 (HL11157) and 5 June 2019 (HL15875), and Earl...

    • Housing: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards the formation of the cross-departmental task force on older people’s housing announced in their Levelling Up White...

      Rented Housing: Pets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to support individuals who rent and have a pet (1) dog, or (2) cat, find suitable accommodation.

      Tenancy Agreements: Pets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the uptake of the revised Model Tenancy Agreement to support more pet-friendly accommodation.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Veterans: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available for ex-service personnel in Northern Ireland who do not qualify for enhanced learning credits to fund (1) further, or (2) higher,...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the White Paper on the future of football governance will include detailed protections for key items of a club’s heritage.

    • Broadcasting: Racial Discrimination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish an independent racism reporting body for the broadcasting industry.

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