Written answers

Monday, 18 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Veterans Railcards have been issued since the inception of that scheme.

    • Airports: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets the Civil Aviation Authority sets for the time to process airport staff's security and safety checks before they can take up employment;...

      EasyJet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what most recent discussions he has had with the management of EasyJet.

      Maritime Skills Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23730 on Maritime Skills Commission: Staff, whether the Commission's focus is to increase diversity...

      Airlines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support airlines in preventing flight cancellations and (b) help the airline sector to tackle staff shortages.

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reopen previously closed railway lines and stations, including Corsham station.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the affordability of bus fares for (a) students and (b) pensioners; and whether his Department plans to provide...

      Brinnington Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure step-free access at Brinnington Station.

      Stansted Express Railway Line: Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of reducing the frequency of Stansted Express rail services on the environment.

      Railways: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of expected rail passenger numbers for the next 12 months.

      Stansted Express Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of when service frequencies on the Stansted Express will return to pre-covid-19 levels.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that people without internet access are able to book train tickets in the event that Government proposals to...

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the causes for the backlog in issuing medical paper driving licences at the DVLA; and what steps he is taking to...

      National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) on negotiations relating...

      Aviation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for the publication of the review conducted by the Civil Aviation Authority into (a) practices to ensure that legal...

      Aviation: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 30 June 2022 entitled 22-point plan to tackle aviation disruption, when he plans to launch the Generation...

      Railway Signals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of implementing digital (a) signalling and (b) train control technology on the capacity of the...

      Freight: Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the levels of freight traffic passing through the ports of (a) Holyhead, (b) Pembroke dock and (c) Fishguard in (i) 2019...

      High Speed 2 Line: West Coast Main Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the final report of the Union Connectivity Review, published on 26 November 2021, whether his Department plans to connect HS2 with...

      High Speed 2 Line: Cost benefit Analysis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the calculated benefit-cost ration was for HS2 (a) in its original conception, including a link to HS1 and a spur to Heathrow airport, (b) as...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Employment: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to re-skill workers for jobs in the green economy.

    • Energy: Prices

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

      Energy Charter Treaty: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the level of consistency between the UK’s recently-negotiated...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to (a) the commitment on page 7 of his Department’s fuel poverty strategy Sustainable warmth:...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require landlords who include tenants energy costs in their rental charges to pass on...

      Energy: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with (a) domestic property factors and managers and (b) energy suppliers regarding...

      Global Positioning System: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with his international counterparts on the potential merits of expanding GPS farm...

      Arts: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings he held with the creative industries before deciding to expand the text and data mining exception.

      Music: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential financial impact on the UK music industry of his decision to...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on meeting the Government’s Nationally Determined...

      Pay: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of pay among people of different ethnicities.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each...

      Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits On Damages) Order 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish legal advice received in relation to the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase...

      Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits On Damages) Order 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he did not carry out a consultation before laying the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort...

      Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason he did not initiate a consultation before laying the draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and...

      Foreign Companies: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) he or (b) any other ministers in his Department have met with any Russian-based companies since 24 February...

      Audit: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Strategy, when he will bring forward the audit reform bill referred to in the Queen's Speech on 10 May 2022; and if he...

      EY: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has asked the Financial Reporting Council to investigate audit firm Ernst & Young in response to the...

      Audit: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fines have been issued by the Financial Reporting Council for audit failures in each of the past five years...

      Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) engage with and (b) support retail park businesses which are seeking to move to the high...

      Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to encourage retail park businesses to have a presence on the high street.

      Innovate UK: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a breakdown of Innovate UK's annual spending by (a) sector, (b) funding stage and (c) technology...

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Standards

      To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.

    • Attorney General: Contracts

      To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s...

      Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people were charged with domestic abuse offences after having being previously convicted of domestic abuse offences in each of the last 30 years for which...

      Attorney General: Legal Costs

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

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the rising cost of living on hospital admissions in England.

    • Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of complex patients who will have been waiting more than two years for care by the end of July 2022.

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of recent inflation levels on the NHS pension scheme.

      Health Services and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate numbers of staff working in primary and secondary care to meet demand for health and care...

      Health Services and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to support hospitals in (a) York and (b) England to meet demand for health and care...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of the diagnostic staff that will work as part of the expanded community diagnostic centre programme will be...

      Hospitals: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will issue guidance to hospitals on allowing both parents to visit their child in hospital at the same time.

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of diagnostic staff in community diagnostic centres were (a) agency or bank staff, (b) recruited within the...

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve stroke prevention.

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the assessment of the size of the clinical radiology...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that NHS Trusts meet targets for cancer treatment waiting times.

      Dental Services: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable people living in York to access an NHS dentist.

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to expand radiotherapy service capacity; and what assessment he has made of potential future demand for...

      Health Services and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to manage the demands on health and care services in autumn and winter 2022-2023.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2022 to Question 31781 on Evusheld, when he plans to conclude the consultation with clinicians on the...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Official Engagements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list his engagements on Wednesday 13 July 2022.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make Evusheld available to immunocompromised patients on the NHS.

      St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Services NHS Trust: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients from the Halton local authority area are currently deemed to be medically well enough for discharge from the St Helen's...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2022 to Question 31781 on Evusheld, whether patient groups representing people who are (a) clinically...

      Bipolar Disorder: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays in diagnoses of Bipolar disorder.

      Eating Disorders: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase (a) funding for research into and (b) accessibility of treatment for adolescent eating disorders...

      Continuing Care: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding to NHS Continuing Care in the context of increased costs of care and residential homes.

      Speech and Language Therapy: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Department's policy paper Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care published in March 2022, whether speech...

      Antimicrobials: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019-2024, whether he has had recent discussions with the...

      Care Homes: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the quality of nursing in private care homes.

      Health Education: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to increase support for emotional and mental health and wellbeing in primary schools.

      Personality Disorders: Medical Treatments and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase (a) research into and (b) treatment of personality disorders.

      Mental Health Services: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make additional funding available for the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in patient hospitals in...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase funding for mental health and wellbeing support in disadvantaged areas.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis centres in England that did not provide at...

      Social Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve adult social care (a) data sharing and (b) data-linkage.

      Social Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality and quantity of adult social care data; and whether he plans to collect data on (a)...

      Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the cost of living payments being made in 2022 will be considered as income by local authorities when making care cost calculations.

      Integrated Care Systems: Hendon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how health and social care services are being integrated in Hendon constituency.

      Depressive Illnesses: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make additional funding available to tackle depression in the context of NHS figures on the rise in the number of...

      Autism and Hyperactivity: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with (a) autism, (b) ADHD and (c) Asperger's syndrome have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the...

      Mental Health Services: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of counselling services available to new mothers who have (a) experienced birth trauma, (b)...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the paper by Schaffer et al. entitled Fine Particulate Matter and Dementia Incidence in the Adult Changes in Thought...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what key areas he expects will be covered in the Government’s National Dementia Strategy.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the National Dementia Strategy enables people living with dementia to access an accurate and timely...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services and Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average waiting time for (a) paediatric and (b) adult cystic fibrosis inpatients in England to be referred to a (i) clinical...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make it his policy to set out steps to increase sub-type diagnosis of dementia in the forthcoming dementia strategy.

      Dementia: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Alzheimer's Research UK report on The Impact of Dementia on Women, published in May 2022, if he will take steps to...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific funding will be assigned to the upcoming 10-year plan for dementia.

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is providing financial support for psychological and emotional treatment for Ukrainian refugees.

      Sleep

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 354 on Sleep, when his Department plans to publish findings from its evidence review on...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including pilot programmes for the latest innovations in diagnostics in the...

      Carers: Finance and Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure adequate (a) financial support and (b) respite opportunities are available to carers.

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding set out in the Royal College of Radiologists' Clinical radiology census report 2021 that there is a 10 per...

      Dementia: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding for music therapy training for carers working with...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community diagnostic centres are located on existing hospital sites as on 7 July 2022.

      Heart Diseases: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of community diagnostic centres on waiting times for echocardiography.

      NHS: Sciensus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Sciensus Group's performance on its NHS contracts.

      Protective Clothing: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what quantity of personal protective equipment purchased by his Department is in storage abroad as on 12 July 2022; and in which...

      Protective Clothing: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) total cost to the public purse and (b) cost by country has been of storing personal protective equipment purchased by his...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the information published in the Prior Information Notice for the NHS Federated Data Platform is accurate.

      Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) health and (b) infrastructure requirements of each of the integrated care systems in...

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who will choose to wait longer than two years for NHS treatment by the end of July 2022.

      Care Homes: Jersey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in the Government of Jersey on potential support his Department can provide in the...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the commitment in the NHS’ Delivery plan for tackling the covid-19 backlog of elective care published on 8...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce waiting times at emergency departments for (a) patients and (b) ambulances with patients in (i)...

      Mental Health Services: Jarrow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children and young people waiting to access children and mental health services in the Jarrow...

      Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding the Government has allocated to mental health services in the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation...

      Health Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Bilateral agreement between the UK and Kenya on healthcare workforce collaboration, published on 11 November 2021,...

      Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) total number and (b) full-time equivalent number of midwives worked in the NHS in (i) England and (ii) each region of England in...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to move emergency care interventions closer to the patient.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the pay ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      General Practitioners: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help patients access GP appointments.

      General Practitioners: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to patients of the phone-only GP appointment booking system in use (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b)...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for cancer care in (a) Stockport and (b) England.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for NHS biopsy results is; and what steps his Department taking to reduce those waiting times.

      Pembrolizumab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to make Pembrolizumab available on the NHS for people with tumours.

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve waiting times in hospitals in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) England.

      Bowel Cancer: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of regional variations in bowel cancer survival rates; and what steps...

      Department of Health and Social Care: EU Law

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

      Community Diagnostic Centres: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of York being a pilot for the provision of further community-based diagnostic centres.

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to commence the construction of the next tranche of new hospitals.

      Health Services: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he takes specific steps to ensure adequate funding for health provision in UK tourist destinations.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Department of Health and Social Care: Official Hospitality

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

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 4 May 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL32229.

      Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of the NHS midwifery workforce in (a) England and (b) each region of England in the most recent period for which...

      Health Services and Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which countries his Department is in negotiations with on Government-to-government agreements on health and social care workforce...

      Health Services and Social Services: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received reports of activities by recruitment agencies supplying workers to the UK health and social care sector from...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish a process whereby people from overseas with professional dentistry qualifications are able to...

  • Wales Office

    • Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on (a) UK’s trade deal with Australia and (b) safeguards...

    • Driving Licences: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the waiting time for driving licence applications for people in Wales.

      Driving Licences: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the impact of the waiting time for driving licence applications on people...

      Wales Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.

      Wales Office: Advertising

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

  • Department for Education

    • National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Government's delivery partner Capita on reports of missing SATs papers.

    • Children: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential effect of inflation on the levels of access to food over the school holidays for...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the Children's Commissioner for England entitled Voices of England’s Missing Children, published in June 2022,...

      Pupils: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the absence rates from education of blind and partially sighted pupils at (a) primary and (b) secondary school were in each year from 2012 to date.

      Pupils: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support (a) pupils and (b) families who are the victims of discrimination in schools.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an estimate of the spending on early help social services in 2017-18 by region.

      Foster Care: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to train foster parents in enabling children to move out of residential care provision and into a foster home.

      Speech and Language Therapy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to ensure that speech and language therapists are included in the local multidisciplinary Family Help teams recommended by the...

      Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to record the training provided to (a) teachers and (b) teaching assistants on (i) autism and (ii) other neuro-diverse conditions.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will next review the eligibility thresholds for free school meals.

      Special Educational Needs: Ipswich

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision for specialist education settings in Ipswich.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Literacy and Numeracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) literacy and (b) numeracy of people in prison.

    • Ministry of Justice: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) publications have been produced by and (b) formal meetings held involving the Justice Devolution Team within his Department since January 2020.

      Ministry of Justice: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the full list of Ministerial responsibilities within his Department.

      Courts: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the speech entitled Lord Chancellor’s Speech: White Paper Launch - A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, published on 16 September...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Sub-Saharan Africa: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has provided to support to LGBT+ communities in sub-Saharan Southern Africa on reforming laws that...

    • Africa: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support reproductive health in Africa.

      Nigeria: Borders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the security of borders surrounding Nigeria.

      Nigeria: Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of cases of human trafficking in Nigeria in the most recent period...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million...

      Sierra Leone: Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that women in Sierra Leone have safe access to abortion.

      St Helena: Non-native Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the Government has provided for removing invasive non-native plants which threaten native cloud...

      Nigeria: Fulani

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of people who have been killed in clashes between...

      Developing Countries: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to meet target 3.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on universal...

      Nigeria: Abduction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of kidnappings for ransom that have occurred in Nigeria in the last...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Special Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) Mr Adam Jones and (b) Ms Sophie Jarvis were employed by her Department on full-time special adviser...

      Nigeria: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people in Nigeria who live in poverty.

      Iran: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure the security of (a) Israel, (b) the United Arab Emirates, (c) Saudi Arabia...

      Iran: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for international peace and security of Iran achieving...

      Development Aid: African Development Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department sets performance targets for its spending through the African Development Bank.

      Brazil: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Brazilian counterpart on the (a) death of Brazilian Workers' Party (PT)...

      Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Colombian government’s implementation of the 2016...

      Nigeria: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much financial resource her Department provides for development aid in Nigeria.

      Colombia: Police Brutality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the Colombian government’s progress on investigating...

      Colombia: Paramilitary Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Colombian counterpart on the effectiveness of the dismantling of...

      Diego Martínez

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the deportation of Diego Martinez from Argentina to...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether General Dynamics were consulted on the procurement process for the Urgent Capability Requirement.

    • Royal Military Police: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff did the Royal Military Police have in each year since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to improve retention figures across the armed forces.

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total value is of the Armed Fighting Vehicle Headset project.

      Armed Forces' Pay Review Body

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the membership number of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body in each year since 2010.

      Royal Military Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget was for the Royal Military Police in every year since 2010.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to provide medium-term military assistance to Ukraine.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the quality of housing accommodation for armed forces personnel.

      Veterans' Health Innovation Fund: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of the Veterans' Health Innovation Fund.

      Ministry of Defence: Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many animals of each species in the service of his Department were euthanised in the last 12 months.

      Ministry of Defence: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to (a) divert existing funds from his departmental budget and (b) seek additional funding from elsewhere to meet the additional...

      Ministry of Defence: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the additional costs to his departmental budget that will arise across the defence estate in the UK in the financial year...

      Ammunition: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure sufficient production and supply of munitions to (a) maintain the UK's defence stockpiles and (b) support the...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5341 on Armed Forces: Housing, which of the high rise forces accommodation buildings has been replaced...

      Ministry of Defence: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.

      Type 26 Frigates and Type 31 Frigates: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the steel used in the construction of Type (a) 26 and (b) 31 frigates is from the UK.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing age related benefit rates in response to the cost of living crisis.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the rollout of Universal Credit and increasing trends in the level of...

      Personal Independence Payment: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to process Personal Independence Payment applications on disabled...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claims were subject to deductions in each parliamentary constituency; what the (a) average size of sums and (b)...

      Boilers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average number of boilers installed per year per Gas Safe registered engineer.

      Social Security Benefits: Death and Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2022 to Question 27621 on Social Security Benefits: Injuries and Death, if she will publish that information...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry of 7 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, reference POSCMP2022/44277.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time was for Pension Credit claims made on the Pension Credit Day of Action on 15 June 2022.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2022 to Question 32578 on Pension Credit, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that (a)...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time was for new Pension Credit claims made between 1 April 2022 and 13 July 2022.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time was for change in circumstance applications to existing Pension Credit claims in the latest month for which...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase Personal Independence Payments and other associated benefits in line with inflation.

  • Cop26

    • COP26: Wales

      To ask the President of COP26, when he last met Ministers in the Welsh Government in Cardiff.

    • COP26: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the President of COP26, what his priorities are for the remainder of the UK’s COP Presidency.

      Climate Change

      To ask the President of COP26, what progress the Department has made on the delivery of COP26 objectives at the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2022.

      Climate Change: Developing Countries

      To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had during his presidency with Small Island Developing States on climate mitigation and adaptation.

      Carbon Emissions: South Africa

      To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the progress the Department has made on delivering the Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa.

      Climate Change: Commonwealth

      To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the response of Commonwealth nations on tackling climate change.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who are eligible for the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.

    • HM Passport Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who need fast-track HM Passport Office appointments for (a) business and (b) compassionate...

      Employment Agencies: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports of unlawful activities by recruitment agencies bringing care workers to the UK under the new immigration...

      Asylum: Rwanda

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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders that require an EWS1 form to (a) move or (b) re-mortgage.

    • Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on leaseholders who need to re-mortgage to pay for fire safety remediation works but...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Sheffield South East at Prime Minister's Questions...

      Local Government: Remote Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the provisions of The Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels...

      Community Relations: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Minister in his Department is responsible for faith community engagement.

      Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a robust mandatory licensing scheme for Exempt...

      Landlords: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many entries have been made on the Database of Rogue Landlords and Property Agents in (a) England, (b) Birmingham and...

      Housing Associations: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review the practice of service charging by housing association landlords.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for opening the online portal for applications for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Advertising

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

  • Cabinet Office

    • Living Wage and Sick Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make the payment of Living Wage Foundation’s real Living Wage and occupational sick pay a requirement of all contracts let by the...

    • Protective Clothing: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the adequacy of personal protective equipment procured under...

      Cabinet Office: Consultants

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.

      Infected Blood Inquiry

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

      Census: Greater London

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Census 2021 results published by the Office for National Statistics on 28 June 2022, what adjustments the Government will make to...

  • Treasury

    • Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the removal of the red diesel fuel entitlement and rising costs of fuel on small businesses; and if he will...

    • Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of making it Government policy to introduce tax reductions on motor fuel for...

      Treasury: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.

      Question

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support security in the banking sector in the context of risk of Russian cyber attack; and if he will provide...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the £450,000 property value limit for the Lifetime ISA in line with house prices.

      Consumer Goods: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle the effects of inflation on (a) consumers and (b) the price of goods.

      Financial Services and Markets Bill

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his planned timetable for the introduction of the (a) Financial Services and Markets Bill and (b) provisions to protect neighbourhood...

      Corporation Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy to reduce corporation tax.

      Fuels: VAT Zero Rating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to introduce zero-rating VAT on domestic fuel.

      Treasury: Special Advisers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any special advisers have had their contracts with his Department terminated since 4 July 2022.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on replacing funds that may be lost as a...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of child benefit.

      National Bank Trust: Damages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent the National Bank Trust from remitting to the Central Bank of Russia any damages its receives from...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • National Lottery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of levels of (a) lottery duty and (b) returns to good causes (i) in 2022-23 and (ii) in...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Products: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the importation of any animal produce that is (a) bred, (b) reared...

    • Food: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the level of funding for the research and...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department's budget as of...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to (a) monitor progress against and (b) enforce the target that 50 per cent of the public...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Departmental budget has been allocated to (a) the Environmental Land Management Scheme,...

      Deer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the rising deer populations do not cause damage to farms and rural areas.

      Outdoor Recreation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government has decided not to publish the findings of the Agnew Review into improving access to green spaces.

      Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the outline business case for the Silk Stream Flood Resilience Innovation Project.

      Birds: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle people keeping unregistered birds their gardens.

      Package Holidays: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of advertising animal experiences with elephants overseas on the...

      Voluntary Work: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase levels of volunteering on rural recreation projects that (a) improve access to the...

      Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of turtle doves in the UK.

      Environment Protection: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the proposed changes to the Habitats Regulations on the Government’s...

      Climate Change: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of managing (a) the consequences of climate change and...

      Non-native Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the rate of and (b) prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive non-native...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to tree planting programmes in each financial year from 2022-23 to...

  • Women and Equalities

    • HIV Infection: Screening

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of extending opt-out HIV testing on a...

    • Females: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps she has taken to support more women into work.

  • Prime Minister

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion at Prime Minister's Questions on 22 June 2022, Official Report, column 840, when...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bridges: Great Musgrave

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why National Highways has not provided the information requested by Mr Graeme Bickerdike in response to his Freedom of Information request made on 10 May regarding...

    • A12: Speed Limits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why a 10-mile section of the A12 between Ipswich and Colchester has a 40 mile per hour speed limit; and when this section will return to its previous speed limit.

      Blue Badge Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with which EU countries they have negotiated mutual recognition of the disabled persons blue parking badges.

      Blue Badge Scheme: Spain

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 17 May (HL32), when they last discussed mutual recognition of the disabled persons blue parking...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the total cost to date for their support for Bulb Energy, and (2) what estimate they have made of the final cost of that support.

    • Energy: Price Caps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing (1) the breakdown of the Supplier of the Last Resort (SOLR) levy, and (2) the amount that each customer pays...

      Flexible Working

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 54GC), when they will respond to the September 2021 consultation conducted by the...

      Public Houses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the pub industry in England.

      Reconstruction: Ukraine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capabilities of the UK (1) construction industry, and (2) related consultancy businesses, to operate in the rebuilding of Ukraine.

      Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the decision of the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regarding the merger of Nexperia and Newport Wafer Fab will be taken...

      UK Endorsement Board: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 6 July (HL1265), how the post of Technical Director of the UK Endorsement Board can have been recruited by the...

      Google and Meta: Profits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the excess profits generated by (1) Meta, and (2) Google, in the UK from online advertising; and whether they will...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 17 June (HL645), whether an agenda for NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group's next meeting has been...

    • NHS Trusts: Food Banks

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS trusts have set up food banks in England.

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Suffolk

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 28 June  (HL985), which community diagnostic centres have already been identified in Suffolk and which are...

      Health Professions: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 27 June (HL1046), what plans they have to record data on the number of health care professionals who...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Social Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the most senior post in the Department of Health and Social Care that is occupied by a qualified social worker with experience of working in local...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services and Social Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) paediatric cystic fibrosis centres, and (2) adult cystic fibrosis centres, in England employed (a) a social worker, and (b) a clinical...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of funding delivered to community mental health projects in the last two years.

      Care Homes: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data released by Skills for Care on 10 June that showed that (1) care home companies, and (2) local authorities, have high...

      NHS: Hospitals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) planned construction start date, (2) expected construction completion date, and (3) budgeted cost, for each of the 40 new NHS hospitals they...

      Community First Responders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to NHS Community First Responders; and what steps they are taking to improve public awareness of the work done by First Responders.

      Nurses: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many nurses joined the Nursing and Midwife Council Register from countries graded by the World Health Organisation as having fewer nurses than the global...

      Respiratory System: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an annual respiratory services delivery report.

      Palantir

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on the procurement of Palantir as the preferred supplier of NHS England's Federated Data Platform.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Mental Health Services: Gambling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were subject to a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) as part of a (1) community, or (2) suspended, sentence order due to a serious gambling...

    • Abortion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include within the Bill of Rights Bill provision for women across the UK to have access to safe abortion.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • War Crimes: Criminal Investigation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing for investigations of any alleged war crimes currently taking place; and whether they will increase the resources available to...

    • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of (1) the response of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) the...

      Turkey: Yazidis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, or are planning to have, with the government of Turkey to locate and return kidnapped Yazidi women and children.

      Developing Countries: Malaria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what their strategic priorities are in relation to malaria, following the publication of the International Development Strategy.

      Turkey: Yazidis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether Turkey is carrying out airstrikes against Yazidi civilians and civilian targets.

      Developing Countries: Malaria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of the resurgence of malaria over the next three years in relation to health system strengthening, following the...

      Iraq and Syria: Yazidis

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there has been genocide of the Yazidi people at the hands of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

      Developing Countries: Malaria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their programmes to prevent malaria in pregnancy, following the publication of the International Development Strategy.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Pastoral Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider religious chaplains qualified to offer pastoral support to non-religious armed forces personnel; and if so, why.

    • Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Eurofighter/Typhoon fighter jets were originally planned for in the defence programme; and on what basis that number was calculated.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Sign Language

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 51GC), when they will issue guidance on the promotion and facilitation of British...

    • Social Security Benefits: Canada

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 29 June (HL1002), whether they have had any engagement with the government of Canada on a...

      Jobcentres: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow Jobcentre Plus to use the expansion of work coach capacity to introduce specialist single parent advisers.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a table showing the (1) lowest, and (2) median, (a) pre-2016, and (b) post-2016, state pension for (i) men, and (ii) women.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ministers: Aviation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the effects of jet-lag on ministerial decision-making at all levels.

    • Agriculture: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many (1) vacancies, and (2) roles, there were in the farming sector, in each month of 2022.

      Senior Civil Servants: Overseas Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord True on 6 and 22 June (HL302 and HL811), whether the Cabinet Office will write to each Government Department asking...

  • Treasury

    • Car Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Penn on 4 July (HL Deb), whether they will increase the allowable mileage rate for employees using their own vehicles...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Mental Illness: Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that youth arts are sufficiently funded to help young people with mental health problems.

    • Public Interest

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the non-disclosure of the details of a meeting between Lord Brownlow of Shurlock Row and Oliver Dowden on the grounds that releasing the...

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