Written answers

Wednesday, 6 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Network Rail: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 11723 on Network Rail: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on passenger...

    • Railway Network: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for the completion of upgrade works to Haughley Junction in Suffolk.

      Public Transport: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce a low cost (a) weekly and (b) monthly ticket for (i) city and (ii) regional travel to help achieve modal...

      Railways: Anniversaries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to celebrate the bicentenary of the passenger Railway in 2025.

      Restoring Your Railway Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bids were made as part of the Accelerating Existing Proposals category within the Restoring Your Railway Fund; and if he will publish a list...

      Restoring Your Railway Fund: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Brentford to Southall rail scheme bid submitted to the Restoring Your Railway Fund.

      Railway Stations: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the nomination process for the next round of the Access for All programme will open.

      Great British Railways: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will announce the shortlist for the headquarters of Great British Railways before the 2022 summer recess.

      Great British Railways: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to review the process for selecting the headquarters of Great British Railways in the context of the time taken to...

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Great British Railways on levels of rail patronage.

      Department for Transport: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Department for Transport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of officials in his Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage a modal shift to micromobility vehicles such as (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres are due to close over the next two years in each nation of the UK.

      Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend rental e-scooter trials beyond November 2022.

      Department for Transport: Consultants

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

      National Policy Statements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) commence and (b) publish the review of the national policy statement for national networks.

      Transport: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on (a) a potential City Region Sustainable...

      Tyres: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on (a) the impact of tyre wear on and (b)...

      Tyres: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ban tyres that are over ten years old from being used on roads.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number of and (b) percentage increase in public electric vehicle chargers in London that would be required to...

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of audio-visual announcements on bus services in (a) Derbyshire and (b) the UK.

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations in their report published on 29 June 2022, for...

      Leamside Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential economic merits for the (a) North East and (b) UK of reopening the Leamside line.

      Leamside Line: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) visit the Leamside line and (b) hold discussions with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on the potential merits of...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure a competitive market for domestic energy users.

    • Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase R&D spending in the UK.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, further to the statement on Twitter by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 30 June...

      Research and Scientists: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support Ukrainian scientists and researchers in the UK.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress he has made on formalising the UK’s association with Horizon Europe.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that energy companies are able to offer competitive prices for (a) commercial...

      Carbon Emissions: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the development of new low-carbon technologies in the UK.

      Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the (a) development and (b) delivery of (i) new and (ii) advanced nuclear power in...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the volume of energy generated by offshore wind and (b) support the...

      Offshore Industry: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the UK’s oil and gas sector.

      Park Homes: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people in caravan parks who are connected to utilities...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy not to approve future fracking projects.

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of provisions in the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Bill allowing...

      Business: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing legal protections for consumers...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Free School Meals and Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 13088 on Free School Meals and Healthy Start Scheme, for what reasons he is not...

    • Dental Services and Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) recruit NHS dentists, (b) reduce the NHS dentistry appointment backlog and (c) standardise...

      Oral Tobacco: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for publication of the Committee on Toxicity of Food, Consumer Products and the Environment's position on...

      Polio: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential implications of the recent detection of the poliovirus in London sewage; and what assessment he...

      Abortion: Analgesics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the implications for its policies of (a) the recommendation by the Royal College...

      Food: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to statistics published by the Office for National Statistics on 24 June 2022, if his Department will make an assessment...

      Oral Tobacco: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include a commitment to regulate oral nicotine pouches in either the (a) health disparities white paper or (b)...

      Immunology: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to use immunology to tackle (a) cancer and (b) other major public health challenges.

      Radioligand Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18021 on Radioligand Therapy, what assessment he has made of the ability of NHS...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of treatment capacity within NHS cancer services to tackle the cancer backlog.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of full time equivalent GPs working in England in each of the last three years.

  • Wales Office

    • Levelling Up Fund: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the implementation of the Levelling Up Fund in Wales.

    • British Constitution: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with devolved Administrations on potential constitutional reform.

      Police: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the Apprenticeship Levy on Welsh police forces.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of leaving the EU single market and customs union on the economies of devolved...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25871 on Community Orders, how many hours of Community Payback is yet to be delivered in each (a)...

    • Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to modernise the courts system.

      Ministry of Justice: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State in response to the Urgent Question of 28 June 2022 on prosecution of incidences of...

      Rape: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward additional support services for survivors of rape.

      Youth Custody: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Gypsy, (b) Roma and (c) Traveller children are in the youth secure estate as on 28 June 2022.

      Ministry of Justice: Consultants

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

      Rented Housing: Legal Advice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to provide tenants in the (a) private rented and (b) social rented sector with free legal advice on issues with their accommodation.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to UK Export Finance: jobs supported analysis 2020-21, published on 22 June 2021, how many of the estimated (a) 107,000 jobs...

    • Exports: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterparts in (a) Europe, (b) the Middle East and (c) Asia on procurement of the (i)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to impose secondary sanctions on Chinese firms who are believed to have violated...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason no transparency data has been published for her Department’s monthly spending over...

      Sri Lanka: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to work with the international community to alleviate poverty caused by the...

      Private Infrastructure Development Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department disbursed through the Private Infrastructure Development Group from 1 April 2018...

      Private Infrastructure Development Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding her Department plans to allocate through the Private Infrastructure Development Group in each of the...

      Hashem Abedi and Salman Abedi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on whether Salman and Hashem Abedi were debriefed following their evacuation...

      Iraq: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the relationship between the Federal Government in Iraq and the...

      Iraq: Kurds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the strength of the bilateral relationship between the UK and the Kurdistan...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial commitment she plans to make to the 7th replenishment of the Global Fund.

      Ukraine: Cereals

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications the armed forces have received from women in each of the last ten years.

    • Army: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any personnel information was accessed during the data breach of the Army’s social media accounts on 3 July 2022.

      Armed Forces: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of children who will benefit from the expansion of the Wraparound Childcare Scheme.

      Armed Forces: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the freeze on the daily food charge for armed forces personnel will last for.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18825 on Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Appeals, how many staff work on the Armed Forces...

      Ministry of Defence: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Armed Forces: Separated People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of support available to families and partners of members of the armed forces upon the breakdown...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the training of Ukrainian soldiers arriving in the UK is planned to take place.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Typhoon jets have been in service each year since 2010.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether existing Invitation to Negotiate arrangements in the contracts awarded by his Department purport to prohibit contracting organisations from...

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

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

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16820 on Universal Credit, if she will place a copy of the Social Security Advisory...

    • Housing Benefit: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make housing benefit claimants eligible for the £650 cost of living payment.

      Universal Credit: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of migrating people to Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of automatic deductions from Universal Credit on families' financial wellbeing.

      Universal Credit: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards her Department has put in place to minimise errors during the Universal Credit migration process.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who will receive a reduced benefit award after migrating to Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department offers additional support to people with complex disabilities through the migration process to Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections her Department has put in place for people undergoing managed migration to Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people who have migrated to Universal Credit as a result of a change of circumstances...

      Pension Credit: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase pension credit uptake in rural areas.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she last reviewed the benefit cap.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend the criteria for the £650 cost of living payment to all people in receipt of Contributory...

      Cost of Living: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the eligibility for Cost of Living Payments for people on Low Income Benefits, if she will make it her policy to include...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason people in receipt of Employment Support Allowance contributions do not qualify for the £650 cost of living payment; and...

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 17999, for what reason a tribunal might access new written evidence at a hearing that her...

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 17999 on Social Security Benefits: Tribunals, if she will publish any guidance that was...

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 17999 on Social Security Benefits: Tribunals, what was the average additional time given to...

      Social Security Benefits: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 17999 on Social Security Benefits: Tribunals, if she will make an assessment of the reasons...

      Way to Work Scheme: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have moved off Universal Credit and into work as a result of the Way to Work campaign...

      Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of officials in her Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of...

      Social Security Benefits: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to mitigate against and prevent death by suicide linked to benefit claims.

      Household Support Fund: Barnet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on allocating the Household Support Fund to the London Borough of Barnet.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been convicted for benefit fraud in (a) Romford, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) the UK in each of the last...

      Cost of Living: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the eligibility for Cost of Living Payments, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allow a person to move back to legacy benefits from Universal Credit where that person decided to move from...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date changes to the Draft Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Managed Migration) Amendments Regulations 2018 to introduce a...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the guidance her Department has issued to case managers working on applications for advance payments of Universal Credit;...

      Social Security Benefits: Injuries and Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many internal process reviews her Department has (a) started and (b) completed on incidences of (i) death or (ii) serious harm between (A)...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessments have been carried out (a) face-to-face, (b) remotely and (c)...

      Universal Credit: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2022 to Question 11814, on Universal Credit: Veterans, if she will publish the data the Government is...

      Disability: Energy and Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of rising fuel and electricity prices, if she will make further targeted financial support available for people with physical...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances officials in Child Maintenance Service may refuse to meet, either in person or online, a parent who is seeking to...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sources of information are available to the Child Maintenance Service to help them ascertain whether a child or adult, who is the subject...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the the Secretary of State of Work and Pensions, if she will she commit to further reform of disability benefits assessments to ensure that disabled and seriously unwell people receive the...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's Pension Credit Day of Action.

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has responded to the letter of 8 April 2022 from the Deputy Director of Regulation setting out the Office for...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2022 to Question 155573 on Access to Work Programme, how many applications to her Department's Access...

      Mortgages: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16929 on Mortgages: Housing Benefit, if he will make an estimate of the potential number...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Puffins: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of National Trust Jersey and Birds on the Edge’s initiative to...

    • Marine Animals: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has received increased reports of malnourished marine mammals along the North Sea coast since July 2022.

  • Home Office

    • UK Visas and Immigration: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure all enquiries to UK Visa and Immigration are actioned and dealt with in a timely manner.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is taking steps to support female judges, journalists and human rights activists remaining in Afghanistan who are not...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken by her Department to process applications under the family visa route; and if...

      Climate Change: Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of climate change on migration to the UK.

      Terrorism: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in (a) Romford and (b) the London Borough of Havering are on the UK Terrorist watchlist as of 27 June 2022.

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing economic crime.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people affected by authorised push payment fraud committed in (a) the London Borough of...

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of victims of authorised push payment frauds.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials in her Department have provided guidance to the National Police Chiefs Council on reducing authorised push payment fraud.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants delivered the training and mentoring programme for new Decision Makers; and whether those civil servants would...

      Vetting: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy justification is for permitting a confidential DBS checking service for transgender applicants which does not disclose...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of including Afghan journalists previously employed by the BBC in the Afghan...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Building Regulations: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will amend building regulations relating to external wall insulation to prevent the excessive use of sand and cement...

    • Park Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2022 to Question 7971 on Park Homes: Fees and Charges, if he will bring forward...

      Parish and Town Councils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the number of inquorate parish councils as of 29 June 2022.

      Local Government: Energy and Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Local Government Association's analysis of the...

  • Scotland Office

  • Treasury

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Loan Charge and tax years that are subject to an open enquiry, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a...

    • Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 14571 on Tax Avoidance, what proportion of the individuals who have enquiries open have received...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Export Controls

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to help reduce the amount of forms that producers and distributers of alcohol products need to compete for HMRC when exporting goods...

      Revenue and Customs: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken is for HMRC to process refunds in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will respond to the correspondence of 11 May 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL38613.

      Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional funds through the Barnett Credentials to Northern Ireland to help local health departments in that country support women and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Censorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate which took place at the Council of Europe on...

    • Internet: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of provisions in the Online Safety Bill relating to user...

      Holiday Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to monitor the impact of short term holiday lets on (a) the availability of property for residential...

      Algae: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has requested that the Natural History Museum to collect from specific incidences of algal blooms in...

      Holiday Accommodation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact on each sector of the differences between the regulatory regimes which apply to...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 16907, whether she has held discussions about her legislative proposals on conversion therapy with...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Scooters

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define the term “green” in their guidance to local authorities and e-scooter rental companies.

    • Shipping: Crew

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether key worker status remains available for all foreign crews of ships visiting UK ports; and whether those crews will be allowed to go ashore unless there are...

      High Speed 2 Line: Greater Manchester

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place a copy of the report, Manchester Piccadilly High Speed Station: Design of an Alternative Underground Station in the Library of the House.

      Bus Services: West Yorkshire

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Arriva concerning restoring bus services run by Arriva in parts of West Yorkshire where bus drivers have been on strike.

      Parking: ICT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many councils in (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland, and (4) Northern Ireland, have introduced parking which has no cash or credit card payment option and...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Scientists: UK Relations with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, (1) what assessment they have made of the number of UK-based scientists who may have grant offers from the European Research Council withdrawn if there are no...

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect Britons from the effects of rising energy bills.

  • Department for Education

    • Financial Services: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the provision of financial education for pupils eligible for free school meals.

    • 16-19 Bursary Fund: Apprentices

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the 16 to 19 Bursary Fund to apprentices.

      Pupils: Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings were held between the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Transport between 15 September 2021 and 20 June 2022 in which...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Cameroon: Conflict Resolution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Cameroon on the need for a negotiated political settlement to end armed conflict in the Anglophone regions.

    • Cameroon: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to Cameroonian civil society organisations working in Anglophone regions in Cameroon focusing on (1) the needs and empowerment of...

      Cameroon: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what monies they have allocated to Cameroon from the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund in the last 12 months; and for what purposes.

      Afghanistan: Sikhs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in preparation for the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, what steps they will take to help protect the lives of Sikh families...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many visa applications from the (1) Ukraine Family Scheme, and (2) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, are yet to have a decision issued.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Afghan citizens have arrived in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in each month since 1 January.

      Domestic Abuse Act 2021

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to lay regulations to bring section 68 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 into force.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent seasonal agricultural workers being charged recruitment fees; and how many UK recruitment firms have lost their licence...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Empty Property

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have powers to requisition residential properties left unoccupied for six months or more in peace-time and without declaring a state of emergency.

    • Empty Property: Change of Use

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to encourage the conversion of redundant or vacant (1) shops, (2) public houses, and (3) other buildings, into dwellings.

      Housing: Urban Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving (1) to (a) new, and (b) expanded, towns in England, and (2) to the provision of prefabricated or industrialised dwellings.

      Rented Housing: Pets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of their Renters Reform Bill proposals with blocks of flats where pets are banned in the lease.

      Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposed abolition of fixed-term tenancies in the private rented sector on leasehold blocks of flats where short lets of...

      Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of periodic tenancies on (1) the supply of properties in the private rented sector, and (2) the increased...

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