Written answers

Thursday, 14 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he received representations from representatives of industry on continuing the Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme beyond January 2022.

    • Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the joint Home Office and Department for Transport Ministerial Border Group has met to identify and prepare for high levels of demand at...

      Strategic Risk Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the Strategic Risk Group that is chaired by Ministers and attended by the CEOs of airline, airport and ground handler companies has met...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49717 on Cycling and Walking: Finance, when he will publish the Cycling Insights part of the...

      Cycling: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put in place a new sustainable funding settlement for cycle training budgets in local authorities.

      WPP: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £11,400,000 Creative Agency Services published on 21 May 2021 and awarded to the VMLY&R division of WPP Brands, what...

      Electric Vehicles: Bicycles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on safe traffic flows of (a) allowing the unlicensed road usage by cyclists of...

      Railways: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on whether standard class passengers on services operated under passenger service contacts should be permitted to sit...

      Aviation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) additional enforcement powers for the Civil Aviation Authority and (b) other consumer protections for air passengers will be implemented...

      Aviation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new Aviation Passenger Charter will be published.

      Railway Stations: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to announce a timetable for submissions to the Access for All Programme in Control Period Seven.

      Rail People Solutions: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contract published on 18 June 2022 with Rail People Solutions Ltd, if he will publish the Work Package Request; and what...

      Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish data from the monitoring and evaluation programme on e-scooters.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Cobham Ultra Acquisitions: Ultra Electronics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the proposed undertakings offered by Cobham Ultra Acquisitions Limited in relation to its acquisition...

    • Cammell Laird: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether he will make a statement.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 5 May 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL29291.

      Silica: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what measures he has put in place to (a) assess and (b) control the release of silica dust into urban areas; and what...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that those who work (a) directly in, (b) indirectly for, and (c) in agencies and public...

      Social Enterprises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help businesses seeking to pursue social objectives to (a) develop as social enterprises and...

      Cooperatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to build confidence in cooperative businesses.

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2022 to Question 30022 on Employment Tribunals Service, whether his Department has...

      Life Sciences: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to support life sciences manufacturing in the North East.

      Innovate UK: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total spend was of Innovate UK in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spending went on...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the location of electric meters in block of flats on the ability of...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of energy suppliers that have ceased trading in each of the last two years;...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Official Hospitality

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

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021...

      Social Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27630, how many complaints relating to employment agencies operating...

      Life Sciences: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure investment in the North East’s life science cluster.

      Life Sciences: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support life sciences manufacturing in the North East.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their...

      Research: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential impact of delays in providing short-term visas...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which projects have underspent in order to contribute departmental budget from (a) climate finance and (b) foreign aid...

      Counterfeit Manufacturing: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he is has made in discussions with representatives of online platforms on counterfeit goods on those...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors and (c) agency workers who work in his Department and relevant agencies...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made on the impact of UK-based researchers losing or giving up their grants from the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total value of climate finance and foreign aid underspending is that has been diverted to the Ministry of Defence.

      Art Works: Royalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many artists have received royalties through the artist's resale right.

  • Wales Office

    • River Wye: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the Welsh Government fulfils its obligations to reduce pollution in the River Wye.

    • Borderlands Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to take steps to help reduce journey times on the Bidston to Wrexham line.

      Borderlands Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Bidston to Wrexham railway line, when the increased service will be delivered.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to uphold the legal requirement to ensure access to abortion services in Northern Ireland.

    • Northern Ireland Office: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to develop the timeline of a national dementia strategy from five to 10 years.

    • Pharmacy: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the additional competencies that could potentially be taken on by pharmacists for the purposes of...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres are located in buildings which were built within the last 12 months as on 7 July 2022.

      Bowel Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to guidance from the British Society of Gastroenterology, what steps he is taking to promote and support the universal use...

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 February 2022 to Question 125230 on Health: Equality, whether the proposed health disparities white...

      Healthy Start Scheme: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509 on Healthy Start Scheme: North East, what proportion of eligible claimants claimed...

      Jack Hurn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the narrative verdict given by the Birmingham Coroner on 27 May 2022...

      Smoking: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) smoking and (b) health disparities in each area of the North West.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his Department uses to measure daily covid-19 testing data; and how many tests his Department records on average each day.

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lower than average uptake of breast screening amongst women receiving...

      Bowel Cancer: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Bowel Cancer UK's survey on the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer published in April 2022, what steps he is taking to...

      Tourette's Syndrome: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourettes Syndrome are accessible to people outside of London.

      Dental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish the results of the oral health survey of 5-year-old children.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people have adequate access to be able to (a) register and (b) gain an appointment with an...

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average waiting time for an NHS dentist appointment in (a) Ipswich and (b) the UK in the latest period for which data is...

      NHS: Dolby Vivisol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place a copy of the (a) contract and (b) negotiation terms agreed between the NHS and Dolby Vivisol in the House of Commons...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Alzheimer’s Research UK’s position statement Getting People Involved in Dementia Research published in...

      Eating Disorders: LGBTQ+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of (a) trends in the level of eating disorders in the LGBT+ community and (b) the availability of specialised...

      Bereavement Counselling: Oxfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of availability of bereavement support services in (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency,...

      Fractures: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assistance his Department provides (a) Clinical Commissioning Groups and (b) Hospital Trusts to (i) operate Fracture Liaison...

      Youth Custody: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that leaders of institutions in the youth estate (a) review the data generated by the...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres in England did not provide at least 85 per cent of their patients...

      Dental Services: Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of NHS England North East and Yorkshire region on access to...

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to analysis by the British Dental Association, published on 10 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the...

      Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the assessment process for people who have a neurodiversity condition; and if...

      Health Professions: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of workforce levels for (a) psychiatrists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) mental...

      Hospitals: Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last visited (a) Derriford Hospital, (b) Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, (c) North Devon District Hospital, and (d) Torbay...

      Care Workers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the social care reform agenda, if he will take steps to ensure that the funding allocation for the social care sector...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of community-based social care support available to people who have completed...

      Care Workers: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an immediate fuel subsidy for home care workers in the context of...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds contracts for the disposal of expired covid-19 tests as of 6 July 2022.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to repurpose any covid-19 tests it holds once expired.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total cost to the public purse of covid-19 tests bought by his Department since March 2020 which expired before use.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to his Department was of disposing of expired covid-19 tests over the last two years; and what estimate he has made...

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to procure Evusheld for the purposes of prescribing to clinically vulnerable patients for protection...

      Patients: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing redress schemes for people adversely affected by (a)...

      NHS: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions since 1 January 2022 he or his predecessor received requests from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the...

      NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions since 1 January 2021 he or his predecessor received requests from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss (a)...

  • Attorney General

    • Overseas Companies

      To ask the Attorney General, when the Government last received a legal challenge from an international entity; and what the cost to the public purse was of defending that challenge.

    • Attorney General: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Government Legal Department

      To ask the Attorney General, which unit of the Government Legal Department received her award for innovative legal advice at her Department’s 2022 awards ceremony; what subject area did...

      Attorney General: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against the budgets of (a) her office and (b) the Government Legal Department as...

  • Department for Education

    • Higher Education: Espionage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the level of threat of espionage on behalf of China in the UK higher education sector.

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the school places available for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2022 to Question 25945 on Children: Day Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing...

      Children: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care published in May 2022, if he will make it his policy to implement the...

      Foster Care: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to monitor the performance of private companies that are overseeing local fostering services.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has a timescale for the reform of (a) fostering, (b) adoption, (c) kinship and (b) residential care for children.

      Foster Care: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage older parents to take up fostering a (a) child and (b) parent and child.

      Schools: Rutland and Melton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his Department's grants for the training of senior mental health leads have been allocated to schools in Rutland and Melton constituency.

      Children: Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the profit made from private children's residential care facilities in each of the last 10 years.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nurseries and childcare settings closed in England in each year since 2018, by local authority.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of available childcare places in England by local authority.

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help improve behaviour in schools.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an estimate of the amount spent on early help social services in 2018-19 by region.

      Children's Centres: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 23781 on Children's Centres, what assessment he has made of the impact of those closures on levels...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential costs of decarbonising (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in England and Wales.

    • Trials: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department had made of the cost to the public purse of ineffective trials in each of the last five years.

      Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the response to the call for evidence in response to the challenges presented by the increasing use of a form of...

      Legal Aid Scheme: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proposed 15 per cent increase in legal aid fees in the context of how remuneration from those fees...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Legal aid statistics England and Wales bulletin January to March 2022 published on 30 June 2022, what assessment he has made of the...

      Prisons: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of decarbonising the prison estate in England and Wales.

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question on Criminal Proceedings, when his Department plans to publish the research on defendants'...

      Prison Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Periodic visit to...

      Genocide: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the resources the UK Government is providing to investigations of Rwandan nationals in the UK alleged to have taken part in the 1994...

      Prisoners: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average distance was between an offender's home address and the (a) female or (b) male prison they were sent to in each year since 2010.

      Family Courts: Expert Evidence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond the letter from the victims’ commissioner for London, Claire Waxman, and others on the use of unregulated...

      Judiciary: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for achieving a judiciary and magistracy that is representative of the make-up of society.

      Judiciary: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken steps to work with other organisations to reform the recruitment function of the judiciary.

      Courts: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken steps with (a) the judiciary and (b) representatives of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on...

      Youth Courts: Magistrates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether magistrates follow an agreed number of cases in the youth justice system from start to finish.

      Ministry of Justice: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Prison Service: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether HM Prison Service has a target for the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic staff to be in leadership positions within that organisation.

      Prison and Probation Service: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has issued on the standard of proof for assessing complaints.

      Prisons: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many prisons governors have ensured that use of force committees are not ethnically homogeneous and include a member with an explicit remit to...

      Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have forums in place for prison officers and prisoners to review the fairness and effectiveness of the incentives and earned privileges...

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Parole Board report on the proportion of prisoners released, broken down by offence and ethnicity.

      Prisoners: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the prison system works with the relevant stakeholders to learn from the youth justice system and adopt...

      Youth Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of renaming youth offender panels as local justice panels.

      Offenders: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an estimate of the costs of unemployment among ex-offenders.

      Prisoners: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Periodic visit to...

      Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Periodic visit to...

      Powers of Attorney

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the delays in the Office of Public Guardian processing applications for Lasting Power of Attorney on...

      Criminal Proceedings: Neurodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the neurodiversity strategy for the criminal justice system.

      Crown Court: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 21142 on Crown Court: Hearing Impairment, if he will list Crown Courts in England and Wales (a) with...

  • Treasury

    • Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of (a) regional variations in and (b) which (i) regions and (ii) towns and cities have the highest personal debt levels.

    • Beer and Cider: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting equal tax treatment for beer and cider.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a rebate on fuel duty of 15 pence per litre for (a) hauliers, (b) coach operators and...

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 17079 on Car Allowances, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of employers who...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.

      Treasury: Deltapoll

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) target group were, defined by demographic breakdown, work status or age of the twice-weekly focus groups, carried...

      Treasury: Hanbury Strategy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) target group were, defined by demographic breakdown, work status or age of the twice-weekly focus groups carried...

      Bereavement Benefits: Remarriage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on setting a timetable for amending the rules on entitlement to a Widow’s or Widower’s...

      Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of permitting the use of identity documents other than a passport and driving...

      Wealth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with wealth over £10 million in each of the past 10 years.

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the age limit for a Lifetime ISA, in the context of people saving to buy a home.

      Financial Services: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to raise standards in finance with a fair trading mark.

      Social Security Benefits: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been...

      Personal Savings: Statistics

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the ONS on the potential merits of the ONS producing official statistics on average savings per household.

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher rate taxpayers there were in each constituency in each of the last three years.

      Private Rented Housing: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing buy to let tax relief in the context of the difference in mortgage interest cost for a...

      Airlines: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25897 on Airlines: Contracts, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on (a) tax revenues and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • India: Minority Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the treatment of minorities in India.

    • Western Sahara: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Morocco's Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal on the...

      Kashmir: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with its international counterparts to help resolve conflict in Kashmir.

      Pakistan: Maternal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising temperatures caused by climate change on...

      Bangladesh: Maternal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of rising sea levels and flooding caused by...

      Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to publish the impact assessment for the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill before the...

      Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the G7 joint statement on Strengthening anticipatory action in humanitarian assistance,...

      Developing Countries: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement of 24 June 2022 entitled PM pledges new support for countries on the food...

      Bilateral Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any technical assistance hold-back as part of the UK's pledge for the Global Fund's seventh replenishment...

      Alexander Lebedev

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 6 July 2022, Q49 to Q52, if...

      British Nationals Abroad: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has produced official guidelines for situations in which British nationals are sentenced to...

      Development Aid: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the commitment to restore Official Development Assistance funding to projects supporting women...

      China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2022 to Question 30087 on China, how many people in her Department have been...

      Mali: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on UN MINUSMA of the arrest of 49 Ivorian...

      Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on torture prevention initiatives or torture protection work in (a) 2020-21 and (b)...

      Developing Countries: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she encouraged her G7 counterparts to commit a larger collective pledge to tackle global food insecurity...

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to implement aviation fuel sanctions in respect of the Burmese military.

      Myanmar: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Thai counterpart on enabling humanitarian aid to cross the border between...

      Myanmar: Natural Gas and Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her US counterpart on sanctioning the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise.

      LGBT+ People: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle discriminatory laws faced by LGBT+ people in the Global...

      Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal advice sought by the Government in relation to the Northern...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Cryptography: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which UK SOV8 companies have been involved in the (a) definition, (b) design and (c) manufacture of cryptographic products for the protection of UK...

    • AWACS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a revised Full Business Case has been concluded by his Department for the purchase of three RAF E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department purchases equipment from companies based in the United States in US dollars, rather than pounds sterling.

      Type 26 Frigates: Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned weapon fit is for the Type 26 frigate.

      Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing 6.88mm ammunition as standard for the armed forces, in the context of the US Army's...

      Army: Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of infantry fighting vehicles in the Army, in the context of...

      Type 31 Frigates: Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned weapon fit is for the Type 31 frigate.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fuel and light charges have been applied by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to service personnel living in each type of service family...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 0419 of Joint Service Publication 464 Volume 3, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of supplying energy to a...

      Tesco: Army

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army regiments have provided Tesco vouchers to their members.

      Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to rollout phase two of the Veterans’ Recognition Card scheme.

      Armed Forces: Parachuting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Hercules fleet leaving service on the parachuting capabilities of HM armed forces.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to support service personnel living in service family accommodation in the UK with the rising costs of utility bills over the...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in service family accommodation in the UK as of the end of financial year 2021-22; and how many of those...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sodium Hypochlorite: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of shortages of sodium hypochlorite on the Health and Safety Executive’s ability to maintain...

    • Disability Living Allowance: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of the Higher Rate Mobility Component of the Disability Living Allowance in Newport West constituency.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of the reasons for Universal Credit deductions to awards for claimants.

      Social Security Benefits: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any benefit payments made by her Department into a UK bank account have been transferred into a Russian bank account in the last six...

      Sodium Hypochlorite: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contingency plans her Department has in place to support the Health and Safety Executive in the event that the shortage of sodium...

      Asbestos: Industrial Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of potential closure of her Department's Phoenix House office in Barrow-in-Furness, whether her Department has taken steps to...

  • Cop26

    • Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

      To ask the President of COP26, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) Ministers in the devolved institutions on...

  • Home Office

    • Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 133959 on Slavery, when she plans to introduce financial penalties for...

    • Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many in-person visits were made by lawyers to people in Derwentside immigration removal centre (a) under the Detained Duty Advice Scheme...

      Rape: Prosecutions

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

      Extradition: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the (a) UK to the US and (b) US to the UK in each year since 2003.

      Public Sector: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27594 on Public Sector: Crimes of Violence, when the economic impact assessment for the...

      Visas: Myanmar

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to issue protected status visas for Myanmar nationals who are living in the UK and are not able to return...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) recruit more staff, (b) offer more upgrade appointments, (c) increase the responsiveness of the helpline for hon....

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been (a) redeployed and (b) hired since March 2022 to alleviate delays in processing passport...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further support she plans to put in place to provide responses to the large number of constituent enquiries that hon. Members and their...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has identified the cause of the technical glitch causing the loss of some visa applications made in mid-May 2022.

      Visas: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her advice is to people wishing to leave Afghanistan who are family members of British nationals and likely to qualify for the Afghan...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email correspondence of 31 March and 25 April 2022 from the office of the hon. Member for...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to provide additional funding for the Levelling Up Fund after the completion of the second round of...

    • Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of unsecured personal debt on the Government's...

      Council Tax: Arrears

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will publish a list of the ten (a) regions, (b) cities and (c) towns with the highest levels of council...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Property Agency: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to issue the invitation to tender for (a) Physical Security Guard Services and (b) Hard and Soft Facilities Management Services in each...

    • Cabinet Office: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.

      Ministers: Resignations

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Secretary of State for Education who served from 5 to 7 July 2022 will be awarded the statutory resignation pay award of three...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands until she receives a legally...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Mobile Phones: Ashfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to improve the quality of mobile phone signal in (a) Ashfield and (b) Eastwood.

    • Arts: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the change to visa rules on the creative industry following...

      Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department holds a minute of the meeting on 18 January 2021 between Lord Brownlow and herself.

      Football: Betting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a levy on bookmakers' profits from football...

      Social Media: Public Service Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that all public service broadcaster output that conforms...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Forests: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make its policy to introduce a Great British rainforests strategy.

  • Prime Minister

    • Employment

      To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18053 on total UK employment levels, what plans he has to correct the record, with a Ministerial Correction in the...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Shipping: Innovation and Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the research and innovation budget is allocated to support the maritime sector in the financial years (1) 2022–23, and (2) 2023–24.

    • KPMG: Silentnight

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Callanan on 2 November 2021 (HL3320) and 1 February (HL5516), what progress they have made in bringing criminal...

      Insolvency: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the number of (1) civil, and (2) criminal, prosecutions brought by the Insolvency Service against insolvency...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to encourage (1) business, (2) industry, and (3) agriculture, to (a) participate in, and (b) install, alternative forms of energy...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Monkeypox: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the World Health Organisation Director-General's statement on 25 June, in which he declared the Monkeypox outbreak an "evolving health threat", what...

  • Attorney General

    • Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bellamy on 28 June (HL Deb, col 580), what plans the Attorney General has to meet the Chairman of the Bar Association to...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bellamy on 28 June (HL Deb, col 580) that Lord Stewart of Dirleton will lead on legal aid for the government in this House, due to...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding reports of Israeli authorities not intervening when Mr Ali Hasan Harb was attacked in...

    • Poland: Holocaust

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, during their chairmanship of the 2024 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, to call on Poland (1) to honour its commitment to the...

      Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 27 June (HL854), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what assessment they...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have donated surplus COVID-19 vaccination doses to developing countries since June 2021; and if not, how many doses have been donated.

      Kashmir: Crimes of Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of India regarding reports of increased targeted killings and violence by militants against Hindus, including...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning reports that several family members in Jenin were used as human shields by Israeli...

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the comment by a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) spokesperson to the Middle East Eye on 22 June which said that “a number of...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many claimants were overpaid Universal Credit, due to no fault of their own, in the financial year 2020/21; and in what proportion of those cases the overpaid...

    • Way to Work Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals out of the target of 500,000 have been helped into paid work through the "Way to Work" campaign, up to the end of June.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the distribution of asylum seekers across the country.

    • TLScontact: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to assess the (1) efficiency, and (2) effectiveness, of the Home Office’s agent company TLScontact in relation to its work...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Levelling Up Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what allocations have been made from the Levelling Up Fund, and to which recipients, in Northern Ireland since its creation.

    • Levelling Up Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the rejection of the bids from 28 of England’s most deprived areas in the first round of levelling up...

      Private Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide low-interest long term loans to non-qualifying buy-to-lent landlords with more than two leasehold properties who are unable to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Members: Disqualification

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the criteria for disqualification to stand as a candidate for Parliament to include disqualification if named on the Sex Offenders...

  • Treasury

    • Energy: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to build a review mechanism into the energy profits levy.

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