Written answers

Friday, 15 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Speed Limits: Dual Carriageways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a 40mph speed limit in place on the stretch of dual carriageway of the A1 near Carpenter's Lodge where no visible work was undertaken...

    • Railways: Bridges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help limit the impact of flooding on the railway bridge on Crossley Road in Stockport.

      Airlines: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason an Airline Insolvency Bill has not yet been brought forward.

      Strategic Risk Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions he has attended the Strategic Risk Group with representatives of the aviation industry since it was established.

      Newcastle Station: Commuters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who regularly commute to work on trains to and from Newcastle station each year since 2010.

      Heaton Chapel Station: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31939 on Heaton Chapel Station: Disability, whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of...

      Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on improving mobile phone coverage on the Midland...

      P&O Ferries: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has provided to other Government departments regarding publicly funded contracts with P&O Ferries since 17 March 2022.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coal Fired Power Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 18 May 2022 to Questions 166 and 167 on Coal Fired Power Stations, if he will define the...

    • Research: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the ambition in the Life Sciences Vision to develop a highly skilled workforce, what steps he is...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the rise in energy prices on (a) households and (b)...

      Manufacturing Industries: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy prices on the manufacturing sector.

      Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding his Department has allocated to the British Geological Survey for the establishment of the Critical...

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of wood pellets that will be burnt at Drax in each year up...

      Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's timescale is for making an assessment of the quantity of forestry needed to grow biomass for...

      Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full time equivalent staff from his Department were employed in the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre as...

      Minerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on Government progress towards publishing a UK Critical Minerals...

      Sodium Hypochlorite: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help alleviate the shortage of sodium hypochlorite.

      IVF: Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing statutory paid leave for...

      Government Office for Tech Transfer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to open the Government Office for Technology Transfer; and whether he will include in that Office's remit...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as...

      Small Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representative organisations on developing small business clusters to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives there were in the NHS in England in (a) December 2019 and (b) the most recent month for which data is available.

    • Drugs: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that all patients have an annual medicines review.

      Gender Recognition: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who sought gender reassignment surgery in the last 12 months; and what steps his...

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure trends in the levels of (a) physiotherapists, (b) occupational therapists, (c) dieticians and (e)...

      General Practitioners and Health Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is taking to support the development of new (a) GP facilities and (b) community health centres.

      HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that postal HIV tests are equally available across England.

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that people who (a) are over the age of 40 and (b) do not regularly access their GP still...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish a consultation on requiring businesses to provide calorie labelling on alcohol products.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Government’s Alcohol Strategy, published on 23 March 2012, CM 8336, whether his...

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the shortfalls in the clinical radiology workforce as identified in the Royal College of Radiologists’...

      Motor Neurone Disease: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the amount of research into motor neurone disease.

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of radiotherapy machines in use that are over the ten-year recommended lifespan; and...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many households migrating from Healthy Start vouchers to cards were initially informed that they were ineligible for a card but were...

      Long Covid: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the reasons for which women are found to be more likely to suffer from long covid than men.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have sought treatment for their condition using medicinal cannabis in the last 12...

      Dementia and Menopause: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide additional support for research into potential links between dementia and the menopause.

      Surgical Mesh Implants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Statute of Limitation of three years will apply to people who are considering approaching NHS Resolution Pathway for medical...

      NHS: Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require dentists to spend 50 per cent of their time working for the NHS for the first five years after...

      NHS: Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 18862, how many registered NHS dentists there were in each year from 2011 to 2021.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish correspondence sent by his Department to the British Dental Association on 20 May 2022 on reform of NHS dental contracts.

      Dental Health: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing (a) dentistry and (b) other oral health statistics more...

      Protective Clothing: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what systems his Department used to record the results of the due diligence checks on suppliers of PPE during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Cancer: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the estimated shortfall of 3000 cancer nurse specialists,...

      Mental Health: Emergency Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for mental health of the Gratitude Games.

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of 25 April 2022 of an additional £50 million of Government funding in 2022/23 to further expand...

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference Royal College of Radiologists’ 2021 clinical radiology workforce census, what assessment he has made of the...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children are waiting for tooth extractions in hospital.

      Mental Health: Emergency Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he received the letter sent by the hon. Member for Halifax and the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton of 12 May 2022 on the...

      Hikvision: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will extend the departmental ban on Hikvision to include (a) BGI Group and (b) other Chinese state linked companies implicated...

      Department of Health and Social Care: BGI Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 62745 on Department of Health and Social Care: BGI Group and the contract...

      Out-patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Elective Recovery Plan published on 8 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the...

      Ambulance Services: Barnsley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average ambulance waiting times in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

      Out-patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the operational planning guidance published on 22 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the performance of NHS...

      Doctors: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average retirement age for NHS England doctors was for each of the last five years.

      Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the roles the 50,000 Nurses Programme nurses have been recruited into; and how many of those nurses have...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of personal protective equipment owned by his Department is being held (a) overseas and (b) in China as of 27 June 2022.

      Health Professions: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing all trained health professionals to conduct (a) assessments and (b)...

      Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS hospitals are not permitting family members to visit patients in hospital as on 7 July 2022.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate levels of pay for NHS staff.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

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

      NHS Walk-in Centres: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department agreed to extend the service at King Street NHS walk-in centre beyond September 2022; and if he will provide...

      Health Services: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of out of area patients who have used (a) GP, (b) acute hospital and (c) mental health...

      Protective Clothing: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any personal protective equipment purchased by his Department is in storage abroad.

      Investigo: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the order form number C81123 published by his Department on 1 July for the supply of temporary personnel by Investigo...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has allocated additional funding to sexual health services in response to recent cases of monkeypox.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Monkeypox

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of monkeypox on (a) sexual health service capacity and (b) the ability of...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many vaccines are available for pre-exposure to monkeypox as of 12 July 2022; and whether his Department has plans to procure more of...

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mental health treatment in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...

      Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many employment agencies supply workers to the social care sector in England from overseas as of 12 July 2022; and if he will make an...

      Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a written update relating to the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and...

      Ear Wax: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the Care Quality Commission's decision to require registration of healthcare professionals...

      Carers: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support unpaid carers with the rising cost of living.

      Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mental health treatment.

  • Department for Education

    • Free School Meals: Academic Year

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to prevent hunger over the school holidays for children who are eligible for free school meals.

    • National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential change in pupils achieving the Government’s expected standards in reading, writing and maths at key...

      Teachers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 2022 teacher pay award for school staff.

      National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the recent challenges experienced by schools in accessing key stage 2 SATs results for 2022.

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in energy prices on school budgets.

      National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the technical difficulties experienced by schools in accessing key...

      Schools: Ventilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that schools are adequately ventilated.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of his Department's Statistics on initial teacher training, updated on 21 April 2022;...

      Schools: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of increases in the cost of food on school budgets.

      National Tutoring Programme: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on the procurement process for the National Tutoring Programme for the 2022-23 academic year.

      Asylum: Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to bring forward secondary legislation to ensure that children who (a) arrive in the UK without a parent or carer and...

      Ukraine: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to support the Ukrainian Books for Ukrainian Children initiative that seeks to transfer children's books from Ukraine to the UK.

      Special Educational Needs: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities will be penalised for making autonomous decisions on absence from...

      Pupil Exclusions: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the factors contributing to the exclusion rates of Gypsy and Traveller pupils.

      National Implementation Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the establishment of a National Implementation Board in response to the Independent Review of Children's...

      Pupils: Exercise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the average number of weekly hours spent on physical activity by (a) girls and (b) boys at (i) primary and (ii)...

      Educational Institutions: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent mental health staff were recruited in education settings in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

      Universities: Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent spiking incidents at universities.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Domestic Abuse: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of domestic abuse offences after having being previously convicted of domestic abuse offences in each of the last ten...

    • Courts: Cameras

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether restrictions on the use of cameras in court rooms prevents the wearing of body-worn cameras being worn by staff escorting suspects into court.

      Fraud: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31123 on Criminal Proceedings: Statistics, how many defendants were (a) prosecuted for and (b)...

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the most recent available data on the number of prisoners per prison officer in each prison in England and Wales.

      Bill of Rights Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to commit the Bill of Rights Bill to a Select Committee following its Second Reading and before consideration in...

      Prisons: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prisons Strategy White Paper, published on 7 December 2021, if he will make it is policy for the new prison level data to be...

      Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken with the relevant stakeholders to develop a method to assess the maturity of offenders entering the justice system up to the age...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Export Credit Guarantees

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether all contracts agreed by UK Export Finance for the provision of Export Development Guarantees in 2020-21 and 2021-22 have included...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Islamic State West Africa Province

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the potential threat to...

    • Somalia and South Sudan: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of executions that occurred in (a) Somalia and (b) South Sudan in...

      Development Aid

      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 Global Fund potentially not reaching its...

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her (a) Japanese and (b) South Korean counterparts on the implementation by...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Legal Costs

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

      Arctic Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the future working of the Arctic Council without the participation of...

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her EU, US and Canadian counterparts on implementing aviation fuel...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the percentage of Official Development...

      Colombia: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for City of Durham on 21 June 2022, Official...

      National Bank Trust: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18944 on National Bank Trust: Sanctions, for what reason the...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, what proportion of...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, how and by what...

      British Nationals Abroad: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, how old was the...

      Developing Countries: Homophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Trade on...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish a list of potential routes of safe passage out of Afghanistan.

      Ukraine: Médecins Sans Frontières

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has provided funding to Medecins Sans Frontieres for its work in Ukraine.

      Colombia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the president-elect of Colombia since 19 June 2022.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Pastoral Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the law on genuine occupational requirement, whether he has considered the potential merits of providing non-religious as well as...

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions since 1 January 2022 he received requests from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the impact of increases in gas and...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Question 180391, on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how many armed forces recruits, by service branch, have...

      Defence Business Services: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to Question 153751 on Defence Business Services: Blackpool, on what date the business case for relocating Defence Business...

      Armed Forces: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average daily food charge was for armed forces personnel stationed in UK barracks in the latest period for which data is available.

      AWE Aldermaston and AWE Burghfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department originally planned to complete construction of the Pegasus and MENSA facilities at the Atomic Weapons Establishment; when...

      Armed Forces: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of catering services for armed forces personnel who were (a) deployed and (b) undertaking training in the latest period for which data...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry of 24 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, reference POSCMP2022/40477.

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs

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

      Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against her Department's budget as of 31 March 2022.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department has continued to pay other benefits to people who have had their Child Maintenance Service payments ended...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a reduction in civil service job within her Department on (a) customer service and (b)...

      Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Social Security and Child Support Tribunal cases have taken place each year for the last five years; and how much those cases cost...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work plans to respond to the correspondence of 12 May 2022, sent again by email on 14 June...

      Personal Independence Payment: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the Mandatory Reconsideration Clearance Time for Personal Independence Payment new claims.

      Employment: Disability and Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s Second Report of Session...

      Employment: Disability and Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Disability employment gap: Government Response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s Second Report of Session...

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact on employment levels of having targets for work coaches.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the leaflets referred to in paragraph 133 of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's publication entitled Women's State...

      Cost of Living: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the cost of living crisis on unemployed young people in the UK.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support and advice is offered by her Department to new claimants for Personal Independence Payment when they are waiting for the decision...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the level of poverty experienced by children living in lone-parent families.

      Job Centres: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department began promoting aviation roles and recruitment via job centres and training for jobs coaches.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Birds of Prey: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 141136 on Birds of Prey: Conservation, whether his Department has...

    • Drinking Water: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of London and the South East running out of drinking water as a...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of cattle that were slaughtered for the purpose of eradicating bovine tuberculosis...

      Pets: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to discourage pet owners from breeding animals with extreme conformation including...

      Meat and Slaughterhouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish statistics his Department holds on the (a) number of animals that are not stunned in slaughter, (b)...

      Cats and Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to give special dispensation to animal rescue charities for the commercial import of cats and...

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for how many farmers and landowners in Derbyshire has a Rural Payment been reduced or withheld as a result of failure to...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors, and (c) agency workers who work in their Department and relevant agencies...

      Sodium Hypochlorite: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the shortage in the production of sodium hypochlorite on food...

      Dairy Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional subsidies to dairy farmers for the purposes of...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i)...

      Novel Foods: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the (a) merits of providing funding for research and development on plant-based and...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of priority appointments available for priority service visa applicants.

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 11682 on Asylum: Children and with reference to the 355 children aged 11 to 17 who were...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence of 13 April 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL37352.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email correspondence of 7 April, 23 May and 22 June 2022 from the office of the hon. Member for...

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women who are detained under immigration powers have been given a notice of intent for removal to Rwanda as on 7 July 2022; and...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Ukraine have been settled as part of the (a) Ukraine Family Scheme and (b) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in (i) Romford,...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the policy of transferring people who have applied for asylum in the UK to Rwanda in...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Monitoring Committee will set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda to enable the provision of an asylum...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that her policy of transferring people with asylum applications to Rwanda does not result in the...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Monitoring Committee referred to in paragraph 15 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether her policy of transferring asylum applications to Rwanda will result in the separation of families.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the findings and recommendations of the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda...

      UK Border Force: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2022 to Question 15307, on UK Border Force: Recruitment, how many members of staff (a) Border Force has...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of an asylum...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her policy of transferring asylum applications to Rwanda does not result in the separation of families.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that her policy of transferring people with asylum applications to Rwanda does not result in the...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what comparative assessment he has made of the adequacy financial support available for Ukrainian refugees arriving...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Legal Costs

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

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as of...

      Housing Associations: Right to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's announcement of 9 June 2022, what his planned timetable is for extending the right to...

      Derelict Land: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring urban brownfield land to be converted into new...

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support local planning authorities to consider the location of (a)...

      Planning Permission: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of planning reforms on facilitating access to health and social care...

      Right to Buy Scheme: Almshouses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether almshouse charities will continue to be exempt from the Right to Buy as part of the review on extending that...

      Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31091 on Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments, when...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has their Office spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) staff in each year between 2020-22.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former Ministers will be entitled to severance pay since 6 June 2022.

    • Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to abolish ministerial severance payments.

      Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people receiving the Civil Service Pension who had a reduction in their pension then received (a) an increased pension and (b) a lump sum...

      Cabinet Office: Legal Costs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who chairs the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee as of 12 July 2022.

      Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the Domestic and Economic (Efficiency and Value for Money) Committee has met.

      Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against the budgets of (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing...

      Infected Blood Inquiry

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

      Cabinet Office: Staff

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July to Question 29976, for what reason his Department made payments of (a) £600 to the Active Bystander Training...

  • Treasury

    • Foster Care: Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the level of income-tax exemption for foster carers was last revised in respect of care allowances; and if he will make a new adjustment to take...

    • Revenue and Customs: Annual Reports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to publish its annual report and accounts for the financial year 2022-23.

      Natwest Group: Child Trust Fund

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with representatives of NatWest Group on ensuring that people are able to access their recently matured Child Trust Fund...

      Bank Services: Charities

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the ability of charities to obtain bank accounts.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to mitigate against climate change.

      Fuels: Excise Duties and VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) lowering the rate of VAT on motor fuel for low paid workers and (b) abolishing fuel duty.

      Treasury: Public Consultation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as on 12 July 2022.

      Treasury: Legal Costs

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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Leisure: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the financial viability of (a) swimming pools and (b) other public leisure facilities.

    • Equity Actors' Union

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has received representations on the scope of activities being undertaken by Equity.

      Youth Investment Fund: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what projects were supported by the first round of the Youth Investment Fund in County Durham and Darlington.

      Holiday Accommodation: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing funding for clow-cost, permanent holiday accommodation in...

      Sports: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what systems her Department has in place to support whistle-blowers who raise allegations of (a) racism and (b) other forms of...

      Countryside: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the levels of youth hostels in rural areas on young peoples' access to...

      Cars: Hire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of hiring a car on holiday makers in the UK.

      Hostels: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will increase tourism-associated funding for youth hostels.

      Holidays: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help reduce the carbon footprint of holidays in the UK.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legal Costs

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

      Digital Technology and Internet: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the impact that (a) digital exclusion and (b) inability to afford a sufficient, private and...

  • Department for Transport

    • Great British Railways: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff are expected to be located in the selected Great British Railways headquarters; and how many of the present Network Rail staff based in Milton...

    • High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will (1) place in the Library of the House plans and other documentation demonstrating that the latest design for the HS2 tunnel approaches to Euston...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many social care workers earning more than £20,480 they estimate will be recruited from overseas as a result of the new immigration visa rules; and what...

    • Cheltenham General Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Cheltenham General Hospital about reinstating a full doctor-led 24/7 service at its Accident and Emergency department; and if...

      NHS: Incentives

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 22 June (HL620), why the decision was made to remove central funding of the local clinical excellence awards...

      Vaccination: Pupils

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the coverage levels of school-based (1) tetanus, (2), diphtheria, (3) polio, and (4) COVID-19, vaccination programmes; and what...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Disability: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 56GC), when they plan to consult on the feasibility of a pilot scheme testing the (1)...

    • Matrimonial Property

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendation included in the Law Commission report Matrimonial Property, Needs and Agreements, published in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the UK enforces fishing access rights in its waters.

    • Fishing Catches: Software

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the effectiveness of the fishing catch recording service.

      Fishing Catches

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what incentives they are providing to the fishing industry in order to reduce discards.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 56GC), when they plan to implement the findings of the research they have carried out...

    • Private Rented Housing: Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposals in the Renters Reform Bill on the availability and supply of student accommodation in the private...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the supply of accommodation in the private rented sector; and in particular, of the effect of ultra-short term lets on the...

      Housing: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 52GC), when they will introduce the standards and a regulatory framework to deliver...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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