Written answers

Thursday, 30 June 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the steps he is taking to increase the availability of electric vehicle...

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 14617, how much of the £525 million funding to deliver zero emissions buses has been allocated...

      Bus Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 14617, with reference to the £1.1 billion funding for bus transformation deals for local transport...

      Cars: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who apply to the DVLA for car tax are eligible for a discount due to receiving benefits.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made on the implications for his policies of the effect of rising fuel prices on the viability of independent (a) road...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of public electric vehicle charge points that have been delivered with funding from (a) the private sector,...

      Dvla

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department are assigned to respond to casework enquiries sent by hon. Members to the DVLA.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 300,000 public electric vehicle charge points that his Department plans to be delivered by 2030 by...

      Railways: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on rail users of scheduled Manchester rail timetable changes due to take effect in December 2022.

      Freight Facilities Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to take steps to increase funding and beneficiaries of the Freight Facilities Grant for capital equipment.

      Railways: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure the safety of female passengers on the rail network.

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times he has met with members of the leadership of the RMT union since his appointment.

      Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) his Department’s projections for passenger (i) usage and (ii) revenue over the first half of 2022 and (b) the actual...

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he first became aware of the likelihood of a nation-wide rail strike occurring in June 2022.

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies on resolving potential further rail strikes.

      National Rail: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the rail industry (a) dispute handling policy, (b) reward and people principles document and (c) employment policy framework as...

      Train Operating Companies: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he set the mandate for train operating companies to negotiate with the rail unions on pay and employment conditions.

      Train Operating Companies: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what savings from overall staffing costs have been sought from the train Operating Companies for each financial year until 2025.

      Aviation: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to consult on the introduction of a limitation on UK-based airlines using non UK-based sub-contractors for passenger flights...

      Railways: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June to Question 19580 on Railways: Concessions, whether his Department undertakes cross-data analysis with the Ministry...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of his Department's £360 million investment to transform rail ticketing outside of London and the South East has been spent to date.

      Railway Stations: Davenport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to help ensure step-free access at Davenport station.

      Trams: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated funding for a Bolton-Bury tramline project.

      Trams: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer given on 24 March 2021 to Question 172052, on Trams: Greater Manchester, and the Answer given on 21 February 2022 to...

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates he or other Ministers in his Department met with officials from the RMT union in the last 12 months.

      Park and Ride Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote park-and-ride schemes at rail and tube stations.

      Electric Scooters: Visually Impaired

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he is undertaking on the potential impact of e-scooters on people who are visually impaired.

      Aviation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance of airlines in compensating passengers for delayed or cancelled flights; and what...

      Aviation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance of airlines with their obligations to supply passengers with (a) food and (b) other essentials...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of heat pumps sold in the UK were (a) manufactured and (b) imported to the UK in the most recent 12...

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to reduce petrol and diesel prices.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the details of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) Scheme to help householders will be released.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what Government grants or support are available for (a) residential and (b) commercial properties for (i) solar, (ii)...

      Boilers: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the findings of openDemocracy on the disparity between (a) the time it takes for some biomass boilers...

      Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is sufficient network capacity for the increased demand for (a)...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help minimise disruption to the wider supply chain during the transition from...

      P&O Ferries: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2022 to Question 151160 on P&O Ferries: Redundancy, whether the...

      Hospitality Industry: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help mitigate the potential economic impact of staff shortages in the hospitality sector in...

      Innovation: Strathclyde

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on launching the Innovation Accelerator in the Glasgow city region, as announced...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments and Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of pharmaceutical companies control of intellectual property on UK capacity...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating new funding to support retrofitting housing stock...

  • Attorney General

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Endometriosis: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include in the forthcoming Women’s Health Strategy a commitment to average diagnosis time for endometriosis to one year.

    • Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to increase the availability of Evusheld to immunocompromised people in the event of future waves of covid-19.

      Fertility: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to workplaces on implementing a workplace policy based on recognition of infertility as a medical condition.

      Fertility: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve the awareness of GPs of fertility issues.

      Fertility: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring that (a) fertility and (b) infertility are covered...

      Dental Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people have equal access to dental services.

      Dentistry: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of dentists who have left NHS service in the latest period for which data is available.

      Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of average waiting times for joint replacement surgery in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of community diagnostic hubs; and ensure that those hubs are adequately staffed.

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people under the age of 25 (a) receiving and (b) awaiting inpatient treatment for eating...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on raising the (a) Minimum Income Guarantee and (b) other welfare payments in the...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Recruitment

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

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 15 March and 18 May 2022 on behalf of my...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2022 to Question 14494, on Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, whether the (a)...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 20 September 2021 from the Rt hon. Member for South West Surrey in his capacity as...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

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

      Health Professions: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision he has put in place for health and care professionals who arrive in UK to learn clinical language and processes when...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with shadow ICS Boards over the responsibilities that they will be required to take on in 2023.

      Paediatrics: Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the number of paediatric palliative care consultants in England; and if he will make a statement.

      NHS: Car Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to re-evaluate mileage allowance rates for (a) community nurses and (b) other NHS staff in the context of the rising...

      Health Professions: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the British Medical Association’s report entitled, Delivering racial equality in medicine, what steps he is...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with dental schools on the availability of clinical placements for dental students.

      Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that local general practitioners are consulted ahead of the transition from clinical...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 122676 on Protective Clothing: Contracts, what systems the Government used to...

      Prescriptions: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had on aligning prescription changes in England with the State Pension Age.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the financial implications for the NHS of ending prescription charges in England.

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of annually reviewing the prescription charge medical exemption list.

      Hospitals: Parking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will permanently exempt NHS staff from hospital car parking charges.

      Specific Learning Difficulties: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS-funded prescriptions for people who have received a diagnosis of a learning difficulty.

      Health Professions: Gifts and Endowments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement a system, similar to the Sunshine Style Payment Act in the US, to ensure the medical industry...

      Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of enabling access to multiple innovative advanced therapies on (a)...

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 19015 on Medical Treatments: Innovation, if his Department will take steps to...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for people who smoke of allowing major supermarkets to advertise to smokers (a)...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2022 to Question 13073, what steps his Department is taking to involve (a) local commissioners. (b)...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments and Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to transition covid-19 treatments into routine healthcare provision, including placing covid-19 vaccinations...

      Monkeypox: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to provide financial support to local authority-commissioned sexual health services in response to the...

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, whether the trial of ventilation technologies...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require (a) early intervention and (b) preventative measures to help tackle children...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the (a) adult and (b) under 18 population of England suffering from an eating disorder;...

      General Practitioners: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a system to enable proxy access for patients via the NHS App between the EMIS and TPP systems used by GP surgeries.

      Tourette's Syndrome: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) CCGs in the North West of England, (b) NHS England and (c) NHS Improvement...

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure additional mental health provision for young people during the upcoming school summer holidays.

      Skin Diseases: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the most common skin condition affecting people under the age of 21 that was treated on the NHS in the last 12 months.

      Learning Disability: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Health and Social Care Committee's report entitled The treatment of autistic...

      NHS: Car Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the mileage allowance for NHS staff in the context of rising fuel costs.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will match NHS staff pay awards for 2022 with the rate of inflation.

      Legionnaires Disease: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Legionnaires Disease (a) cases and (b) deaths in hospitals there have been since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic; what...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for publishing the cross-Government action plan on implementing the Building the right support national plan.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the additional payments towards the cost of living announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 26 May 2022, whether...

      Urinary Tract Infections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the key aims are of NHS England’s AMR Programme UTI delivery group; and what timelines are in place for the publication of the...

      Nitrogen Dioxide: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of nitrogen dioxide levels on people's health.

      Air Pollution: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of air pollution on children’s health.

      Lyme Disease: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the UK in each of the last three years.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when Evusheld will be available for eligible patients.

      Nutrition: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising food prices on the capacity of low-income families to fulfil their dietary needs.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to offer a second booster vaccination to all adults, in the context of rising hospitalisations from covid-19.

  • Leader of the House

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 18885 on Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State...

    • Pupils: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when will schools who offer places to Ukrainian refugees receive additional per pupil funding for those children.

      Primary Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his latest estimate is of the number of primary schools that have a dedicated teacher for (a) music, (b) arts, (c) drama and (d) PE.

      National Tutoring Programme: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the outbound call campaign relating to the National Tutoring Programme which was launched...

      Adoption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support adoptive parents with the educational needs of their child.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) nurseries and (b) childcare settings have closed in each region of England in each year since 2018.

      Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when primary schools will be informed of the (a) outcome of their application to and (b) funding allocation from the PE and Sport Premium Fund.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of community payback is yet to be delivered in each (a) region of (i) England and (ii) Wales and (b) probation service area due to a lack...

    • Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community payback projects have been nominated by members of the public in every region of England and Wales in each of the last five years.

      Coroners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking to steps to (a) minimise costs faced by claimants during an inquest when admissions of liability result in reasonable costs no...

      International Criminal Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support the International Criminal Court.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 5346 on Roads: Accidents, if he will publish further details on the schemes available to provide...

      Ministry of Justice: Consultants

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

      Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison sentences given to offenders; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of...

      Expert Evidence: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that evidence provided to (a) Government and (b) legal proceedings from medical witnesses is of a high standard.

      Criminal Liability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Law Commission’s discussion paper, entitled Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, published on 23 July 2013, if his...

      Youth Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether males and females are detained together in the youth estate.

  • Treasury

    • Electricity Generation: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a windfall tax on investment plans of electricity generators.

    • Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what point on the tax and income scale does a person become a net contributor to the Exchequer (a) by income and (b) by tax paid in the last three years.

      National Insurance: Children in Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that children in care receive National Insurance numbers at the same time as children living with their biological...

      Taxation: Rebates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to prevent tax rebate companies from taking a proportion of money owed to a person in a tax rebate.

      Import Duties: China

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that goods imported from China pay appropriate import duties.

      UK Trade with EU: Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure UK businesses exporting to the EU are not paying high import duties and taxes on their goods.

      Debts: Advisory Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ask HMRC to examine individual cases where there is a dispute as to whether a service is provided by a managed service provider.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of financial institutions in signing up to the contingent reimbursement model code to protect...

      Bureaux de Change: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) consumers and (b) SMEs of high unadvertised exchange fees charged by some foreign exchange services.

      Financial Services Ombudsman: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Ombudsman about reducing waiting times in both allocating and investigating cases.

      Bank Services: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that victims of financial abuse are not (a) disallowed from mortgages, (b) given poor credit ratings and (c)...

      Money: Older People

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential effect of a cashless society on the elderly.

      Financial Conduct Authority: Vacancies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of levels of unfilled vacancies at the Financial Conduct Authority on the regulator's ability to fulfil its...

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £1.5 billion in announced by the Treasury for compensating Equitable Life policyholders has not been spent as of 24 June 2022.

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Maladministration

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his department requested the publication of Towers Waston's calculations of the relative losses of Equitable Life policyholders affected by...

      Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to support people who bought funeral plans from Safe Hands Plans in the context of the closure of that business; and if...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 5p per litre reduction in fuel duty announced on 23 March 2022, what assessment he has made of that policy’s (a) efficacy and...

      Treasury: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the economic impact of the RMT strikes on 21 June 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Vladimir Kara-Murza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support political prisoner Vladimir Karma-Murza in Russia in the context of the...

    • Russia: Political Prisoners

      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 debate which took place at the Council of...

      Transcaucasus: Human Rights

      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 debate entitled The continuing need to...

      Developing Countries: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on ensuring that climate adaptation finance is allocated...

      Developing Countries: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the funding her Department plans to allocate to International Climate Finance in line with the Paris...

      Russia: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued for people who wish to ascertain whether their services or products breach...

      Taiwan: Diplomatic Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve UK diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

      Ukraine: Referendums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has discussed with relevant stakeholders the potential merits of proposals to hold a referendum in...

      Egypt: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to next meet with her Egyptian counterpart.

      Europe: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for his policies of the debate which took place at the Council of...

      Egypt: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she will next meet the Egyptian Foreign Minister.

      Brazil: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report entitled 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity 2022 in the Context of the Covid-19...

      Haiti: Gangs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Haitian counterpart on gang-related violence in that country.

      Haiti: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is providing assistance to Haiti in the context of reports that at least eight inmates have...

      Developing Countries: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK ODA spending is used to help the most vulnerable people escape cycles...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 1525 on Armed Forces: Sexual Offences, how many serving personnel are on the Sex Offender Register as of 8 June 2022.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will respond to the correspondence of 26 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne on the evacuation of the Nowzad animal...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all current Invitation to Negotiate arrangements in the contracts awarded by his Department allow, in extremis, a route to Ministers.

      Shipbuilding: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value of shipbuilding contracts awarded by his Department was in each year since 2015.

      Warrior Armoured Vehicle

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of upgrading the Warrior.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he assesses the Fleet Solid Support Ship to be a warship.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2022 to Question 14426, if he will provide the location of the building which is 95 per cent partially clad with...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 21086, what role the other 150 deployed as part of proposals to train Ukrainian troops will fulfil as...

      Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2022 to Question 11554 on Social Security Benefits: Armed Forces, how many and what proportion of the 33,800 Universal...

      Army: Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that stocks of weapons used by the British Army do not deplete as a result of exports of arms to Ukraine.

      Armed Forces: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's personnel are deployed around the world; and in which locations those people are stationed.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Carers' Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both the (a) Carer’s Allowance and (b) Carer Premium in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii)...

    • Social Security Benefits: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both Universal Credit and Carer's Allowance but not the carer element of Universal Credit in...

      Pension Credit: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of carers received both (a) Pension Credit and (b) Carer Addition in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and...

      Universal Credit Programme Board: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2022 to Question 8086, on Universal Credit Programme Board: Public Appointments, for what reason the...

      Housing Benefit: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the Housing Benefit administration subsidy allocation for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the 2022-23 financial year.

      Unemployment Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) data sources and (b) management information her Department uses to assess how many people on out of work benefits move into work.

      Universal Credit Programme Board: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the position of Chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board was advertised publicly prior to Sir Robert Walmsley’s appointment...

      Universal Credit Programme Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will invite the new Chair of the Universal Credit Programme Board to publish a statement on his priorities for the Board’s work...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the maximum amount claimable for childcare costs under Universal Credit compared with regional...

      Child Maintenance Service: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will assist with obtaining a response from the Director for the Child Maintenance Service to the letter from the hon. Member for West...

      State Retirement Pensions: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department provides advice and guidance for people who are trying to reconcile their pension when part of their contributions were...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she intends to respond to the correspondence of 29 April 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on a delayed state pension,...

      Kickstart Scheme: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer received on 17 June to Question 15254, how long the audit will take.

      Way to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had secured a job as a result of the Way to Work campaign, as at 26 June 2022.

      Way to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 17 June to Question 15252, if his Department will publish the guidance produced in support of performance measures and...

      Way to Work Scheme: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been moved into employment through the Way to Work scheme in (a) North West Norfolk, (b) Norfolk and (c) East Anglia.

      Jobcentres: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the performance management framework for (a) work coaches and (b) managers of Jobcentre Plus districts includes an assessment of the...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Housing: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support local authorities to limit domestic sources of air pollution, including wood...

    • Animals and Plants: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many border checks were conducted on (a) live animals and (b) high-risk plants in each of the last six months; and how...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many workers have successfully obtained visas through the 2022 Seasonal Workers visa route as of 27 June 2022; and how...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of seasonal worker vacancies in the UK as of 27 June 2022.

      Hemp: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) developing hemp production in the UK and (b) simplifying the...

      Barbecues: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Oral contribution of the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food, Official Report, column 360WH, when...

      Platinum Jubilee 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to announce details of how the Platinum Jubilee fund will be administered.

      FareShare: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will commit to annual funding of £5 million for FareShare, the food waste charity.

  • Home Office

    • Pupils: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many school age children have (a) arrived in the UK via the (i) Ukraine Family Scheme and (ii) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (b) have...

    • Sexual Harassment: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women and children are protected from public sexual harassment.

      Home Office: Consultants

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

      Fuel Oil: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the theft of domestic heating oil.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a review into the conduct of road death investigations by police forces.

      Threat to Life Notices

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department holds on the number of Osman warnings (threat to life notices), issued by police forces in England in each of...

      British Nationality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance document Affordability fee waiver: Citizenship registration for individuals under the age of 18, published on...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fast-track passport appointments have been released by HMPO in (a) May 2022 and (b) since 1 June 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department respond to MP's casework enquiries.

      Home Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2017.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning applications for the construction of new homes in England he has (a) called in and (b) recovered; and...

    • Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether sale of a property will continue to be a valid ground on which to end a tenancy once plans to abolish section 21...

      Housing: Vacant Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning applications for the construction of new homes on greenfield sites in England have been granted in the...

      Parking: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will consider introducing a mandatory grace period for (a) drivers who leave a parking bay within 10 minutes without...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the statement in Building Safety Fund Annex A - Technical: Measuring the height of your building that...

      Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May to Question 6932 on Leasehold Reform, and with reference to the statement by The Minister...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Prime Minister plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for North Durham of 16 August 2021 regarding Ultra Electronics.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Developing Countries Trading Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what human rights safeguards her Department plans to include in its proposed Developing Countries Trading Scheme.

    • Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase foreign direct investment into (a) Solihull constituency and (b) England.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money the Gambling Commission has spent on investigating novel products in each of the last 5 years.

    • Culture Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it was possible for the Culture Recovery Fund to be used to top up furloughed staff in order that they received full...

      Culture Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether there were any restrictions on the way the Culture Recovery Fund could be used in a pay award.

      Tourism: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase tourism in Solihull constituency.

      Leisure: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to introduce cheaper entry for young people to (a) heritage, (b) sport and (c) arts venues and...

      Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to put in place provisions for community activities for children and young people during the 2022 summer...

      Football: Non-fungible Tokens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the revenue opportunities on offer from the growing NFT industry for English football.

      Exercise: Ipswich

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help improve the level of physical activity in Ipswich through (a) grassroots sport and (b) other...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Political Parties: Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate entitled The role of political parties in fostering diversity and...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Strikes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat further railway strikes across England.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Arts and Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to restore (1) education programmes, and (2) access to (a) training, and (b) the arts, for prisoners, where those have been restricted...

    • Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce (1) a Community Sentence Treatment Requirement for gambling addiction, or (2) a Gambling Treatment Requirement, similar to...

      Gambling: Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to (1) increase awareness, and (2) introduce training, for (a) police, (b) probation, and (c) prison, staff on the issues faced by...

      Prisoners: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 and above, went to prison in each of the last 10 years; what was the average length of sentence for each of those...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Females

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are currently funding women's groups inside Afghanistan.

    • Libya: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent developments in Libya; and what assessment they have made of the implications of these developments on the formation of a...

      Bahrain: Torture

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations the Prime Minister made, if any, to Bahrain’s Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al’Khalida at their meeting on 27 May concerning the...

      Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, what representations have they made to the government of Saudi Arabia regarding Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia on...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, working with international allies, to provide Ukraine with security assurances against further attacks by Russia, after the...

      Ukraine: Cereals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of the Russian blockade of exports of grain from Ukraine; in particular, the impact on food supply and food...

      Football

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of the treatment of Liverpool supporters attending the Champions League Final, what steps they have taken, in partnership with the relevant footballing...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the confiscation by Russian of millions of tons of produce, including corn, grain, fertilizers, and sunflower oil, from...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide more weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces, including (1) any necessary missiles, and (2) sufficient munitions for...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households had deductions from legacy benefits to repay debt due to previous overpayment for the most recent month available; and what was...

    • Agriculture: Accidents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) deaths, and (2) serious injuries, (a) on farms, and (b) in agriculture generally, have been reported to the Health and Safety Executive in each...

      Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households had deductions to their Universal Credit award to repay debt due to previous overpayment, including advances, for the most recent month...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the formation of the cross-departmental taskforce on older people’s housing, as outlined in the Levelling Up the United...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Peers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government to list the peers who have been appointed to the House since 2010 to serve as ministers; and, in each case, how long the peer remained in ministerial office.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings they have had with ambassadors at the World Trade Organisation with (1) the African group, and (2) the Least-developed countries group, about...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Football: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the interim report by CFE research on behalf of the Sports Grounds Safety Authority, when they expect to publish the Safe Standing Trial.

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