Written answers

Friday, 1 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to incentivise car manufacturers to reduce the weight of their electric vehicles.

    • Cycling: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of funding issued under the Active Travel programme has been awarded to cycling projects in rural areas.

      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 around £780 million funding allocated for bus infrastructure from the...

      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 £42 million per year funding for Local Transport Authorities under the...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fuel Oil: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a cap on the prices of domestic heating oil.

    • Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trained heat pump installers in the UK in 2021.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a bespoke heat pump installer certification...

      Electricity: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 26 May 2022 on Economy Update, Official report, column 449, what steps he is...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of average annual household carbon equivalent emissions broken down by constituency.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 1 April 2022 to Question 146696 on Carbon Emissions: Coal and Timber, what quantity of carbon...

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the Public Sector Decarbonization Steering Board’s terms of reference.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to put his plans to remove eligibility for the warm homes discount from disabled people...

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 132331 on Drax Power Station: Timber, what was the age profile of...

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help connect rural homes that rely on domestic heating oil to mains gas heating.

      Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help tackle the effect of the rise in the cost of energy on rural homes reliant on domestic...

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to help encourage people who use domestic heating oil to switch to more...

      Park Homes: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support park home owners who do not have a domestic electricity supply contract with the...

      Park Homes: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that domestic energy customers living in park homes are eligible for the £400...

      West Burton Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he approved the agreement between (a) the National Grid and (b) EDF on keeping the West Burton A coal plant...

      Private Rented Housing: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support tenants who do not have a domestic electricity supply contract with the cost of energy.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of oil and gas from new licences in the North Sea that will come to...

      Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage industrial symbiosis.

  • Attorney General

  • Department for Education

    • UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress his Department has made on the establishment of the Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce.

    • Maritime Enterprise Working Group and UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of the Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce were also members of the Maritime Enterprise Working Group.

      Pupils: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have offered places to Ukrainian refugees in each local authority area.

      Schools: Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the levels of business rates paid by state schools and independent schools which have charitable status.

      Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to provide support to teaching assistants in transitioning to become fully qualified teachers.

      Higher Education: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to guarantee places in higher education settings for disadvantaged students.

      Department for Education: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.

      Higher Education: Student Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students started an undergraduate degree course at each higher education institution in England in each year since 2017; and what proportion...

      Department for Education: Speeches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Ministerial speeches published on his Department's website, whether he has made a recent assessment of the accuracy of transcripts...

      Universities: Coronavirus and Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to issue guidance to universities on making adjustments and improvements to premises used for teaching and accommodation to (a)...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the UCAS application process for people who attended school outside the UK when they were...

      Universities: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to provide additional support to universities in preparation for A-Level results day in 2022.

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to lift the cap on (a) medicine and (b) dentistry course places for the academic year 2022-2023.

      University of Gibraltar: British Students Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure English students wishing to attend the University of Gibraltar are able to apply for funding under Student Finance...

      Freedom of Expression: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the process of appointing the Director of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom will be anonymised.

      Electronic Publishing: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will instruct the Competition and Markets Authority to conduct a market review of the academic e-book market.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal in the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care to place (a) fostering...

      Children: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that children have access to healthy meals during the school summer holidays when free school meals are not provided.

      Children: Advocacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has any plans to merge advocacy services with independent reviewing officers.

      Children and Young People: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure every (a) disabled child, (b) young person and (c) their families receive the social care support they need.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Sexual Offences: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support victims of rape and sexual abuse.

    • Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in creating new prison places.

      Human Rights Act 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on updating the Human Rights Act.

      Parole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reform the parole system.

  • Treasury

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Gordon of 3 March 2022 on the VAT rate for the hospitality and tourism...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Archbishops Council

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to Section 1(1) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 and the statement on page six of the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Aircraft: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in (a) Europe, (b) the Middle East and (c) Asia on procurement of the (i) Eurofighter...

    • Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the contract value is for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 21101, what the next stage of contract activity consists of.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held meetings with representatives of (a) industry and (b) trade unions on ensuring that the UK supply chain benefits from the Fleet...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has modelled the likelihood of reducing the average annual concentration of PM2.5 pollution to...

    • Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to hold a public consultation on its response to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee's 7th...

      White Fish: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the rise in the price of cod on fishmongers.

      Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2022 to Question 9902, on what basis his Department estimated that between 50,000 and...

      Pets: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the Animal and Plant Health Agency to conduct...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of direct payments made to farmers were (a) less than £30,000, (b) £30,001 to...

      Nitrate Vulnerable Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will next review nitrate vulnerable zones.

      Environment: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the terms of reference for the 25 Year Environment Plan Board.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Detailed evidence report on Air quality PM2.5 targets, published by his Department on 6 May 2022, for...

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the RMT strikes on 21 June 2022 on levels of air...

      Plastics: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has taken steps to provide clarification for Northern Ireland based businesses on the impact of the EU Single-Use...

      Plastics: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage investment in plastic reprocessing facilities in Cumbria.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of differential treatment on Ukrainian refugees arriving via the Homes for Ukraine...

    • Visas: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 8024 on Visas: USA, if her Department will amend its online application system to allow...

      Visas: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 8024 on Visas: USA, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of...

      Refugees: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2022 to Question 9037 on Refugees: Hotels and Rented Housing, with reference to refugees being...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 7 of April 2022 from the hon. Member for Sheffield Heeley, reference LH9348.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department uses to cooperate with the Northern Ireland Executive on monitoring devolved services for asylum seekers.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Afghan refugees accepted under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme receive their Biometric...

      National Cyber Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the establishment of a new national cyber crime force; and what recent steps her Department...

      Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, what steps she has taken to improve the (a) safety and (b) security of public venues.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ECAA applicants awaiting a decision have been waiting for longer than the standard service provision as of 23 June 2022.

      Asylum: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers awaiting an initial screening interview are in receipt of section 98 support.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the rules of the Ukraine visa schemes, to make it possible for people to...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on whether the (a) developer, (b) contractors hired during construction, (c) leaseholders...

    • Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will he make an assessment of the potential merits of 360 degree feedback for assessing progress on meeting the...

      Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of the homes sold during the Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands pilot have been replaced since the commencement of...

      Faith New Deal Pilot Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish further details on the Faith New Deal Pilot Fund, including award decisions.

      Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure councils distribute council tax rebates to student households.

      Elections: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of electoral fraud in the UK.

      Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ensure that housing association tenants living in rural areas can access right to buy schemes.

      Empty Property: Auctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of opportunity for local small and medium size enterprises to engage in high...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of commissioning independent scrutiny on the effectiveness of the...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department took to engage with the social housing sector whilst devising its guidance for delivering the UK...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Myanmar: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the humanitarian, security and...

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's guidance entitled, Afghan Citizens...

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the opinion of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention relating to Jagtar Singh...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts about the humanitarian situation in...

      Afghanistan: Earthquakes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance her Department is providing to those people affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan on 21 June 2022.

  • Department for International Trade

  • Department for Transport

    • Bridges: Great Musgrave

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the £30,000 figure they provided for the cost of removing infill material at Great Musgrave Bridge remains accurate; whether this represents the total...

    • Railways: Agency Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the possible impact of temporary agency staff replacing train drivers and signalling staff during rail strikes; when any...

      Railways: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that appropriate safety measures will not be compromised due to the minimum rail service legislation; and what steps they have...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Reservoirs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reservoir capacity in (1) England, and (2) each of the nations of the UK, as part of their plan to avert water shortages...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that more than 2,500 civilians have been abducted or forcibly removed from Ukraine by Russian forces.

    • Abduljalil al-Singace

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) on 22 February (122816), what plans they have, if any, to...

      Developing Countries: Food Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the (1) level of debt of, and (2) potential loss of life in, developing countries of global food shortages and...

  • Treasury

    • Inflation: Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce additional measures aimed at helping young people deal with inflationary pressures.

    • Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to limit the ability of private creditors to sue low-income countries indebted to them in the English Courts.

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