Written answers

Friday, 22 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railway Network: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what temperature is the rail network heat resilient.

    • Railways and Roads: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) rail and (b) roads are future proofed against extreme heat.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average cost of bus travel in each year since 2000, broken down by region.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve facilities for HGV drivers on the A14 in Suffolk.

      Litter: A14

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that National Highways is delivering on its duty to clear litter on the A14.

      Park and Ride Schemes: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made on the impact of park and ride schemes on congestion in Town centres.

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to implement free nationwide bus travel for people aged under 22 in the context of the introduction of free bus travel for people...

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on implementing the Clydebank Declaration launched at COP26; and what steps his Department is taking to support...

      Shipping: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) support and (b) incentives for private-sector investment in (i) low-carbon maritime fuels, (ii)...

      Doncaster Sheffield Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse Peel Holding has received for operating Doncaster Sheffield Airport in each year since 1999.

      Travel: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of periods of extreme heat on (a) rail, (b) roads, (c) shipping and (d) air travel.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Business: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the cost to consumers of poor business practices.

    • Land Registry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of backlogs at HM Land Registry, including for applications to...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps will he take to ensure that the UK achieve 1.5'C within the Government's committed timescale.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with suppliers to ensure that heat pumps are available for residential dwellings at an...

      Fuels: Diversification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to increase fuel diversification to clean energy sources.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that UKRI continues to deliver on climate change (a) mitigation and (b) adaptation.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support rural homes that are not on mains gas to manage the increasing cost of...

      Energy: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of increases in the energy price cap on...

      Renewable Energy: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) National Grid ESO on how to support grid...

      Glass: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the British glass industry.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to tackle climate change in response to the final report of Climate Assembly UK, The path to...

      National Grid: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on what assessment National Grid has made of the impact of its proposed East...

      Roads: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the impact of rising fuel costs on the road hauliers...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to increase the level of renewable energy generation.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing access to a free energy efficiency assessment for...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Red Diesel Replacement competition to...

      Government Departments: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the transition to the use of renewable energy sources by their...

      Offshore Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) dates of meetings between Ministers in his Department with representatives of...

      Microgeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to encourage energy microgeneration.

      Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the areas of the UK that will be most affected by extreme heat during summer...

      Agriculture and Manufacturing Industries: Photonics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the adoption of new photonic technology by manufacturing and...

      Business: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage business investment to (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b)...

      Cobham Ultra Acquisitions: Ultra Electronics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 13 July to Question 32496, with reference to the proposed undertakings offered by Cobham Ultra...

      Research: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to appoint a Minister for Research, Science, and Innovation.

      Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9997 on Pregnancy and Maternity Discrimination Advisory Board, when...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of heavy menstrual bleeding on the wellbeing of women.

    • Gynaecology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Royal College of Surgeons and (b) other stakeholders on the classification of...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the use of the current Quality and Outcomes Framework in general practice.

      Investigo: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the statement of required works agreed by his Department with Investigo Ltd on 21 March under framework contract...

      Weather: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the impact of extreme weather events on (a) hospital admissions and (b) death rates.

      Ambulance Services: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the quality of the provision of the ambulance service in the East of England.

      Temperature: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in communities have adequate support to deal with periods of extreme heat.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published on 9 June 2022, what assessment he has made of the potential merits...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of achieving the target to recruit 6000 more GPs by 2024.

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made on the potential for improving diagnosis rates in heart failure through increasing the use of (a)...

      Joint Replacements: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for joint replacement surgery; and what steps his Department is taking to...

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to improve the NHS complaints system.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding intensive English language courses for Ukrainian refugees who are (a)...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for primary breast cancer diagnosis by increasing the mammography capacity of...

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of women in England (a) that have been diagnosed with and (b) are living with triple negative...

      Sodium Valproate: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a redress scheme for those affected by sodium valproate.

      Maternity Services: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's National Maternity Safety Ambition, revised in November 2017, whether it remains his Department's...

      Heart Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the prioritisation attached to heart failure within the NHS.

      Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will create an annual maternity survey specifically for Black women.

      Primary Health Care: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve patient satisfaction in respect of primary care services.

      General Practitioners: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on salaried GPs.

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the (a) publication and (b) delivery of the Government’s new national dementia strategy.

      General Practitioners: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to general practice.

      Maternity Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of community-based models for delivering maternity care in respect of improving...

      Maternity Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that people involved in the training of health care professionals are aware of disparities in...

      Social Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients awaiting transfer from hospital to a care setting.

      General Practitioners: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the shortage of GPs in rural areas; and what assessment his Department has made of the impact of that...

      Health Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether research his Department has undertaken into the specific causes of ethnic disparities in healthcare.

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether ITT providers are given the same information when they apply for reaccreditation.

    • Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of inflation on the cost of school uniforms.

      Public Service: Conduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any teachers of politics and citizenship in England have made formal complaints to his Department on the need for public officials to uphold...

      Sex and Relationship Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 63300 on Sex and Relationship Education, what proportion of the (a) £2 million for...

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for (a) teachers, (b) school staff, and (c) sports coaches to support children with...

      Children: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions on inequality in early childhood in the report by the...

      Pupils: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help support pupils and families who have been victims of discrimination in schools.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Minister of State for Trade Policy was officially representing her Department when she attended the Indo-Pacific Security...

    • Trade Agreements: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she plans to include provisions regarding human rights in a free trade agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council; and if she will make...

      Department for International Trade: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department’s allocated budget and (b) staff headcount is for the trade and investment hubs in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii)...

      Department for International Trade: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) direct employees, (b) contractors, and (c) agency workers who work in their Department and relevant agencies and public bodies,...

      Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she received advice from the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum on trade negotiations with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand; and...

      Department for International Trade: Contracts

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

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that food imported from Australia under the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will meet...

      Department for International Trade: Consultants

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

      Department for International Trade: Official Hospitality

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

      Department for International Trade: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in her Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Department for International Trade: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Living Wage Foundation's real wage calculator, if she will make estimate of how many (a) direct employees, (b)...

      Department for International Trade: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department has spent on (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) food and drink for officials travelling to Indiana in the last...

      Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against the budgets of (a) the Department for...

      Diamonds and Gold: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has made a recent estimate of the amount of (a) gold and (b) diamonds originating from Russia which has entered the UK as...

      Department for International Trade: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii)...

      Trade Agreements: Indiana

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has carried out an economic impact assessment on a sterling basis of the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK...

      Trade Agreements: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help SMEs benefit from free trade agreements.

      Trade Agreements: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that human rights are prioritised within the UK's trade deals.

      Department for International Trade: EU Law

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

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill on her timetable for ratifying the...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will ratify the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement before the 21 July 2022.

      Indo-Pacific Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Minister of State for Trade Policy was officially representing the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office when she...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Devolved administrations about any potential plans she has to increase trade with the European Union.

      Business: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on supporting Welsh businesses at Hannover Messe 2022.

      Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the UK’s trade agreements with (a) Australia and (b)...

      Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 155629 on Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad, for what reason the...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will permit the import to the UK of food produced with pesticides banned in the UK.

      Department for International Trade: MG OMD

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) procurement reference, (b) start date, (c) end date and (d) maximum value, inclusive of VAT, is of the contract that her...

      TRIPS Agreement: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's position on a TRIPS waiver at the World Health...

      TRIPS Agreement: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of how the TRIPS outcome will help to achieve ensure the equitable distribution of second-generation...

      Trade Agreements: Legal Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal advice sought by the Government on trade deals in each of the last seven years.

      Exports: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support she is providing to businesses in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales on expanding their export opportunities.

      Trade: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her Department's policy is on Government engagement with the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) vaccines, (b) blood, (c) antisera, (d) toxins and (e) cultures that have not been exported...

      Manufacturing Industries: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to promote UK manufacturing exports in the last 12 months..

      Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason meetings held by the Minister of State for Trade Policy at Sunnylands, California, between 5 and 7 December 2021 with...

      UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to findings of the statistical release from the Office for National Statistics published on 31 May 2022 of a higher level of...

      Department for International Trade: Opinion Polls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 3615 on Department for International Trade: Opinion Polls, which countries were asked...

      Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that British businesses are able to trade overseas in the context of the UK no...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ethiopia: Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what new steps she will take to mitigate acute malnutrition among breastfeeding mothers and children under the age...

    • Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN Security Council Resolution 2334, what assessment she has made for the implications of...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Israeli counterpart on steps toward lifting the 15-year blockade of Gaza.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allocating funding for sexual and reproductive health and...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK Official Development Assistance will be allocated to sexual and reproductive...

      Gaza: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for policies of Save the Children’s report entitled...

      Tigray: Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Ethiopian counterpart on lifting the communications blackout in Tigray.

      Togo: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has received any requests for security partnerships or assistance from the Government of Togo in the...

      African Development Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the investment performance has been to the UK Government of its spending through the African Development Bank...

      Africa: Marburg Virus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian support she plans to provide the African continent in the fight against the Marburg virus.

      Guinea: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle violence against protesters in Guinea.

      Southern Africa: Climate Change

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

      Tony Germain Nkina

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make representations to her counterpart in Burundi on the case of lawyer Tony Germain Nkina.

      Haiti: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the Haitian Government access Covid-19 vaccines.

      Nigeria: Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote access to safe abortion and post-abortion care in Nigeria.

      Development Aid: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Global Philanthropy Project's latest Global Resources Report, whether the Government plans...

      Development Aid: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Annual Meeting by the Prime Minister of...

      Cuba: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the Cuban government tackle food shortages in that country.

      Developing Countries: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made in delivering the Every girl goes to school, stays safe, and learns: Five...

      Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Zimbabwean Government on the detention of (a) Job Sikhala and (b)...

      Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to monitor the potential sentence of death by stoning in the case of Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab...

      Uganda: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Ugandan Government on freedoms of assembly and expression in that...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Commonwealth: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that dependent family members of Commonwealth Armed Forces personnel granted Indefinite Leave to...

    • Harvey Boulter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what basis Harvey Boulter was granted security clearance to enter Porton Down facilities.

      Defence Equipment & Support: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Defence and Equipment budget is spent in (a) US Dollars and (b) Australian Dollars.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total number of people claiming Universal Credit whose Transitional Protection was stopped entirely in 2021-22 was; and what the...

    • Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made towards its target of increasing the number of Disability Employment Advisors, as announced in April 2021.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve child maintenance services for parents attempting to access unpaid maintenance payments from parents...

      Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the Child Maintenance Service telephone line in each of the last three years.

      Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of cost of living payments provided to (a) households and (b) individuals on each day since that...

      Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received cost of living payments as of 13 July 2022.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the 7,300 children reported to be living in poverty in Stockton North constituency.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support families with children who are in poverty, in the context of the level of child...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of children living in poverty in Manchester Gorton.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the level of child poverty in (a) Stockton South, (b) Redcar (c) Middlesbrough South and (d) East...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help reduce the numbers of children living in poverty in Manchester Gorton constituency.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her department has made on the level of child poverty in Stockton North constituency.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help families with children in poverty in Stockton North.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking which are specifically intended to help families with children in poverty in Stockton North.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Lighting: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many actions under the statutory nuisance regime have been taken regarding light pollution since that regime came into force.

    • Cats and Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 33729 on Cats and Dogs: Imports, if he will take steps to help animal...

      Silk Stream

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is the riparian owner of the Silkstream River as it passes through the CSB and CSC polling districts in the Colindale...

      Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Leader of the House on ensuring that the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill completes...

      Agriculture: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing to help farmers to protect their (a) livestock, (b) crops and (c) horticultural produce during...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the needs and concerns of small avian farms are considered when...

      Avian Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in developing a vaccine to protect against avian flu.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policy priority his Department affords to climate change (a) adaptation and (b) prevention.

      Water Abstraction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of water abstraction on chalk streams.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of his Department’s effectiveness in dealing with avian flu in the last two years; and if...

      Cereals: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a scheme that would incentivise British farmers to grow cereal crops.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

  • Home Office

    • Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a framework is in place to ensure that the police meet the Rape and Serious Sexual Offences target of reaching a charging decision...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 20 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on seasonal workers.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when UK Visas and Immigration will to respond to the correspondence of 14 June 2022 from the hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney,...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will an assessment of the potential merits of extending the requirements of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act to public sector...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional steps her Department is taking to ensure people receive their passports within published timescales.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average waiting time in minutes for the MP UK Visas and Immigration helpline in (a) April and (b) May 2022.

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to waive fees for immigration applications for Ukrainian nationals who have leave to remain in the UK.

      HM Passport Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed at HM Passport Office in each year since 2015.

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent staff in her Department work on Ukraine-related immigration cases.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 6749 on Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing, for what reason...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 20 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on housing for...

      Multiple Occupation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of Houses of Multiple Occupancy regulations on the ability of private renters to access...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Chequers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money from the public purse has been spent on alcohol at Chequers in each year between 2019 and 2022.

    • Chequers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average hourly rate of pay is for service staff at Chequers.

      Infected Blood Compensation Framework Study

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to Sir Robert Francis QC’s Infected Blood Compensation Framework study.

      Aviation: Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the length of time it takes a baggage handler to complete counter terrorism checks.

      Temperature

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency planning he has carried out on dealing with periods of extreme heat.

      Temperature

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he discussed with the Welsh Government plans to announce a level 4 alert under the Heatwave Plan for England before that announcement was made...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government is using a traffic light ranking system to assess disclosures to the Covid-19 Public Inquiry.

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has sought external legal advice on disclosures to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

      Special Advisers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers appointed by the Cabinet Office to assist his predecessor are entitled to severance payments in financial year 2022-23 under...

  • Treasury

    • Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing Government funding for the provision of Entonox cylinders for Mountain Rescue teams.

    • Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs on when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 19 May 2022 from the...

      Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to close potential loopholes in the tax system.

      Bicycles: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) removing VAT on the sale of new bicycles.

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the additional revenue the energy profits levy would raise each year in the event that it were extended until 2030.

      Exports: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of cars that were exported to Russia during the 12 months before sanctions were imposed against that country.

      Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the Gambling Commission and (c) the Financial...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Employment: Religious Discrimination

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of religion and belief discrimination in the workplace.

  • Department for Transport

    • Motor Vehicles: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) procedure, and (2) protocol, for the temporary export of classic cars to (a) Hungary, and (b) the rest of the EU, for (i) repair, and (ii) return,...

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer incentives for companies to invest in a nationwide system of public electric vehicle charging stations.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce legislation requiring energy supply companies to ring-fence credit balances owed to customers.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Cannabis: Prescriptions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prescriptions for cannabis have been issued each year since 2018 in England

  • Department for Education

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Parliament: Telephone Services

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment has been made of dissatisfaction with the parliamentary phone system expressed in the House of Lords Members Survey; and whether that will...

  • Treasury

    • Russia: Sanctions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been made for licences to permit legal advice to be given to sanctioned (1) individuals, or (2) entities, since Russia invaded Ukraine...

    • Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a bespoke regulatory framework for the UK cryptoasset sector.

      Ukraine: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of hosting refugees from Ukraine for the calendar year 2022; and whether this cost will be borne by the Official...

      Finance Act 1986

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the reference of the “recognised stock exchange” with "multilateral trading facility" in section 99A(5) of the...

      Economic Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effects of total global debt reaching 352 per cent of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of this year; and what...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ian Khama

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) Her Majesty’s High Commissioner in Pretoria, and (2) the Prime Minister, to meet former President of Botswana Ian Khama to...

    • Capital Punishment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the governments of (1) the United States of America, (2) Saudi Arabia, (3) China, and (4) Malawi, regarding abolishing...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to have discussions with the government of the United States of America about the situation of the more than 40 former Afghan...

      Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Sudan regarding the death sentence by stoning given to Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab for adultery.

      Darfur: Gender Based Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of (1) an increase in sexual and gender-based violence in the states of Darfur, and (2) the intentional destruction of...

      Darfur: Crimes against Humanity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to instigate an assessment of the signs of atrocities in Darfur; and what plans they have to commission a Joint Analysis of Conflict and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of recipients of universal credit discouraged from taking employment by the low level of net financial benefit from...

    • Employment: Health

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allocate funding to deliver the commitments made in their response to the 'Health is everyone’s business' consultation, published on 4...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water: Sewage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan will be ready by 1 September 2022; and when it will be published.

    • Flood Control: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they (1) are taking, and (2) plan to take, to encourage households to (a) store, and (b) provide soakaways for, rainwater; and what assessment they have...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to coordinate a response to the outbreak of avian influenza in seabird colonies across Britain, (2) to put in place a surveillance...

      Controlled Burning

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to investigate the data from the monitoring reports by the RSPB and Unearthed which suggest that over 50 burns in protected...

  • Home Office

    • General Practitioners: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the negotiations between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office regarding the approximately 1,000 foreign GPs...

    • Refugees: Syria

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to expand the terms of reference of the UK Resettlement Scheme; whether the Scheme is available to (1) British nationals, and (2) the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Privy Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister made the decision (1) to reduce the size of the Accession Council, and (2) to hold a ballot of Privy Councillors to attend the Council.

    • Conservative Party

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) civil servants, and (2) special advisers, in 10 Downing Street are restricted from commenting on the process to elect a new leader of the Conservative...

      Conservative Party: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Secretary has issued any new guidelines to Special Advisers in 10 Downing Street relating to their role during the period in which the new...

      Redundancy Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what payments will be made to each of the ministers who recently resigned from the Government; and whether they have plans to introduce legislation to make...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of jobs in the Republic of Ireland dependent on trade with the UK in June.

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