Written answers

Tuesday, 26 July 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Public Transport: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take into account the impact of reduced public transport in (a) The Wrekin and (b) other rural areas on levels of (i) rural peripherality...

    • Unadopted Roads: Housing Estates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if officials in his Department will hold discussions with representatives of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and...

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Government funding allocated to local authorities for repairing potholes is used effectively; and...

      Railway Network: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on building greater resilience into the rail network as a result of climate change.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Space

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government will develop a set of space sustainability targets.

    • Distributive Trade: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to protect workers' rights in the retail and distribution sector in response to the Taylor Review.

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendation of the Taylor Review to ensure more attainable...

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendation of the Taylor Review to ensure that platform...

      Remote Working: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to encourage workers to work at home if it is cooler during periods of extreme heat.

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made progress on implementing recommendation seven in the Taylor Review on ensuring that...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what consultation his Department has conducted with medical research charities on alternative funding arrangements to...

      Delivery Services: Highlands of Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will hold discussions with representatives of delivery companies on ending surcharges for deliveries...

      Innovate UK: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 33779 Innovate UK: Expenditure, for what reason the total awarded by...

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will extend the deadline of the Horizon compensation scheme to allow the estimated 170 branch managers who were...

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendation of the Taylor Review to ensure that the same...

      Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made progress on implementing the recommendation in the Taylor Review on ensuring a more...

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is the Government's policy to advocate for the UK’s return to the North Sea Energy Cooperation.

      Wind Power: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to engage his counterparts in other countries bordering the North Sea on energy cooperation in...

      Electricity Interconnectors: Norway

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent conversations he has had with his counterpart in the Norwegian Government on the North Sea Link interconnector.

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to explore alternative methods to fracking for extracting shale gas.

      Electric Vehicles and Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether officials in his Department have held discussions with representatives of network operators on the adequacy of...

      Heat Pumps: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to support the domestic heat pump manufacturing industry in advance of the...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has a record of the number of trained heat pump installers in 2021.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support for gas boilers installers retraining as heat pump installers...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a heat pump installer certification scheme,...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase consumer awareness of heat pumps in advance of the implementation of...

      Coal Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2022 to Question 165 on Coal Authority: Climate Change, if he will make it his policy...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the review of the scientific evidence on shale gas extraction submitted to his Department by the...

      Alternative Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the development of synthetic fuels.

      Park Homes: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents of park homes can benefit from the Government's energy support measures.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to support households that are reliant on domestic heating oil in the event of further rises in...

      Small Businesses: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to SMEs to move towards a net zero economy.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department's net zero expenditure plans for the energy efficiency of buildings is being...

  • Attorney General

    • War Crimes: Russia

      To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department is providing support to the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in prosecuting war crimes.

    • Belfast Agreement: European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask the Attorney General, if she make assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on the operation of the Good Friday Agreement.

      VAT: EU Law

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and her officials on the legal risk of (a)...

      Legal Profession

      To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) application of legal professional privilege to (i) Ministers and (ii) Government employees and (b) the...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the likelihood of the Government being subject to claims for damages from bereaved families during or after...

      Covid-19 Inquiry

      To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she, (b) the Solicitor General or (b) his predecessor have had discussions with the First Treasury Counsel on (i) the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, (ii)...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to implement a covid-19 vaccination programme in autumn 2022.

    • Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure that cancer patients in Ealing, Southall constituency begin their treatment within a maximum of 62...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has requested guidance from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the potential merits of an autumn booster...

      Strokes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have suffered a stroke in hospital after admission for other conditions in each month from May 2021 to April 2022.

      Personality Disorders: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of diagnosis of personality disorders in (a) adults and (b) adolescents in...

      General Practitioners: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the shortage of GPs in (a) Hounslow (b) London (c) England.

      NHS: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) align the Medical Technologies Directorate’s upcoming Strategy with the NHS’s...

      Hospitals: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of hospital stays of more than two months for children in each of the last three years for...

      Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23448 on Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments, whether his Department has undertaken...

      NHS: Facsimile Transmission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of fax machines that are in use across NHS England as of 11 July 2022.

      Drugs: High Wycombe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle disparities in regional medicine supply in High Wycombe in comparison to other areas in NHS England.

      Diabetes and Obesity: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using technology based on breathing lower amounts of oxygen while...

      Life Sciences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he is taking to promote the UK as a global life sciences superpower.

      Drugs: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to help ensure that medicines are labelled to indicate whether they are suitable for (a) vegetarians and (b) vegans.

      Bowel Cancer: Bevacizumab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to make Avastin available on the NHS for people with stage 3 or 4 bowel cancer.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the future projected need for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Technologies; and what assessment he...

      Medical Treatments: Rare Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of the NICE highly specialised technologies evaluation process for advanced...

      Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle regional variation in gynaecological waiting lists.

      Temperature: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans he has in place to support the health needs of people during periods of extreme heat.

      Monkeypox: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide additional financial support to sexual health services to meet the demands of (a) assessing, (b)...

      Maternity Services: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to undertake research into alternative methods of (a) maternity and (b) early post-natal care.

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with his counterparts in the Devolved nations to discuss the role of clinical research in (a) driving better patient...

      General Practitioners: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the adequacy of GP premises in England, including alternative models of partnership...

      Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23448 on Chronic Illnesses: Medical Treatments, when he plans to publish the life...

      Dental Services: Faversham and Mid Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentist appointments available for people in Faversham and Mid Kent constituency.

      Clinical Trials: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on introducing a genetically modified...

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many participants were recruited to industry sponsored clinical trials supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network in (a)...

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of participants recruited to interventional studies supported by the NIHR Clinical Research Network were recruited to...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's medical translational research capabilities; and what steps he is taking to...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand the use of multi-disciplinary teams in general practice.

      NHS: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health and Care Act 2022, what steps the Government plans to take to drive innovation within the NHS.

      Integrated Care Systems: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that a dedicated Chief Innovation Officer is appointed into every Integrated care system.

      Integrated Care Systems: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether plans to promote innovation within Integrated care systems will include the development of an innovation strategy within every ICS.

      Health: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of women's health of the split commissioning of women’s health services.

      Health Professions: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the number of advertised physician posts in England and Wales going unfilled.

      Protective Clothing: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the total cost of disposing unusable personal protective equipment between 29 June 2020 and 29 June 2022.

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made to the number of acute psychiatric beds in the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust.

      Care Homes: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of care home residents who have an essential care giver; what assessment he has made of...

      Electroconvulsive Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is available in all NHS Trusts in England.

      Electroconvulsive Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy; and what his policy is on whether that therapy should be a...

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

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many inpatients for mental health services had to be moved outside of the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust...

      Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of assessment and treatment pathways that are available for people who are...

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of refugees relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme who have...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for treatment in Children's and Adolescent Mental Health Services in England.

      Out-patients: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 23446, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) cost savings and (b) clinical...

      Mental Health Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff vacancies there are within Mental Health Trusts, by job role, as of 19 July 2022.

      Mental Health Services: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support Ukrainian refugees with their mental health.

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Digital's report, Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services, published in April 2022, what assessment his...

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve the quality of data reporting on patients being admitted to inappropriate out of area...

      Health Services and Social Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure all health and care staff are adequately trained to support (a) people who are dying and (b) their families.

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Digital's report, Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services, published in April 2022, what assessment his...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of dementia care in England.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce barriers that prevent patients being discharged from mental health services; and if...

      Care Homes: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the timely discharge of patients back into the care sector from (a) Heartlands...

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of mental health patients admitted to out of area placements.

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of staffing numbers in mental health services.

      Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an estimate of the number of patients with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism who were admitted to an...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for mental health support for children and young adults.

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of vacancies in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools for roles with SEND responsibilities in (i)...

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department plans to provide to parents of children who are unable to attend school due to their (a) special educational needs and (b)...

      Teachers: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teacher training placements that have been filled for the 2022-23 intake in (a) chemistry, (b)...

      Selective Schools Expansion Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he expects that there will be further rounds of the Selective Schools Expansion Fund following that held in 2019-20.

      Pupils: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that political and Ministerial changes at his Department do not affect the (a) smooth running of this...

      Pupil Exclusions: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the disproportionate rates of school exclusions of black children.

      Pupil Exclusions: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of exclusions from schools in Hertfordshire were of (a) pupils with SEND and (b) black pupils in 2020-21.

      Schools: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with Ofsted on the potential merits of a protocol to enable formal confidential briefing to hon. Members by Ofsted on...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Drugs: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of drug offences in each of the last three years in England.

    • Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time has been between arrest and appearing in front of magistrates for people charged with knife possession in (a) Birmingham and (b)...

      Prisons: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 31829 on Prisoners: Location and the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question HL6866 on Prisoners:...

      Prisons: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) safety measures and (b) additional support his Department has put in place to ensure the wellbeing of people in prisons during current extreme...

  • Treasury

    • Armed Forces: Carers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the cost of living support offered to carers within the armed forces community.

    • Poverty: Portsmouth South

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to research by the End Child Poverty Coalition and the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, published July 2022,...

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to approve plans for small modular reactor production in the UK.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her Egyptian counterpart to secure (a) consular access to and (b) the release of...

    • Afghanistan: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on allegations of crimes committed by SAS...

      Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of conducting a second voluntary national review of...

      Development Aid: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the compatibility of British International Investment’s (BII)...

      Development Aid: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the energy generated by British International Investment’s portfolio was generated by...

      Lebanon: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) short- and (b) medium-term humanitarian needs of the people of Lebanon.

      China: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the Chinese Government on cutting carbon emissions.

      Lebanon: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last met her Lebanese counterpart to discuss the economic situation in that country.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on her...

      Uzbekistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of recent events in the autonomous republic of...

      Uzbekistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of (a) recent events in and (b) access to (i) international journalists, (ii) human...

      Nigeria: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to address the impact of rising temperatures and air pollution on maternal health in...

      São Tomé and Príncipe: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Sao Tome and Principe Government on planned legislative elections...

      Sudan: Conflict Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support de-escalation of recent violence in Blue Nile State of Sudan.

      Somaliland: Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held recent discussions with her counterparts in Somaliland on restrictions on international media...

      Horn of Africa: Famine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans the Government has to allocate additional emergency funding to mitigate the risk of famine in the Horn...

      Development Aid: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department calculated that £745 million was needed to restore ODA spending on bilateral women and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • RAF Coningsby: Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether approval by military staff was sought prior to the Prime Minister taking control of a Tycoon fighter jet.

    • Typhoon Aircraft: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the environmental impact of a Typhoon fighter jet taking flight.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to update the RAF website in respect of the planned unit purchases of F-35b jets.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) the Navy has spent in total on planning and taking primacy for channel crossings in 2022.

      Artillery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing longer range field artillery pieces into the British Army.

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 21 of the Integrated Review 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the possibility of being able to launch British...

      Artillery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of expanding the number of L118 LIGHT GUN's in service with the British Army.

      NATO Countries: Radar

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO allies use the European Common Radar System Mk 2 radar.

      Military Aid: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many MACA requests his Department has received in response to extreme heat in each of the last three years; and of those how many his Department has...

      UK Space Command: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of UK personnel that will be based at UK Space Command in each year until 2030.

      AWE: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the management arrangements in place for staff in the Atomic Weapons Establishment in ensuring (a)...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Unemployment Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) total number of claimants of out-of-work benefits and (b) gross off-flow of claimants from out-of-work benefits into employment...

    • Employment: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to encourage black and minority ethnic women into work in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the...

      Food Banks: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the number and proportion of foodbank users who have been diagnosed with a mental...

      Debts: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's Debt Management's policy to include full details of relevant debt in (a) email and (b) other written...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in the cost of living on payments made by non-resident parents.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current amount of unpaid payments by non-resident parents is; and what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to recoup...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pets: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that domestic pets are not put at risk during a period of extreme heat.

    • Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the bureaucracy and restrictions imposed on farms that are subject to avian flu controls.

      Water Companies: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Environment Agency’s environmental performance...

      Soil: Droughts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to protect soil health from the impact of drought.

  • Home Office

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Christchurch in response to his email to the Immigration Minister of 5 January 2022; and if...

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential risks for individuals applying for UK refugee status who are transferred to Rwanda under the...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the number of (a) attempted and (b) successful cross-channel journeys by migrants in small boats in...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether reports made by the Monitoring Committee set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda for the provision of...

      Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last (a) conducted a review of the Police Allocation Formula (PAF) and (b) made an assessment of the impact of the PAF on the West...

      Knives: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands on tackling knife crime.

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded for drug possession in each of the last three years in England.

      Police: Misconduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were at some point on suspended duty pending a misconduct hearing in each of the years since 2016.

      Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Istanbul Convention will be ratified by 31 July 2022.

      High Rise Flats: Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish (a) all correspondence that she and her Department have had with (i) developers and (ii) housing associations on the...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to incorporate the building safety grant agreed following phase one of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry into the...

      Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of the Fire and Rescue Service to manage periods of extreme heat and related fires.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there are for roles within UK Visas and Immigration; and what proportion of those vacancies are being advertised for.

      HM Passport Office: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) new staff have been hired by and (b) existing staff have left HM Passport Office since 1 May 2022.

      Asylum: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Turkish Government on sending people seeking asylum in the UK from...

      HM Passport Office: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vacancies there were within HM Passport Office; and how many of those vacancies were advertised as of 13 July 2022.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Associations: Service Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the reasonableness and value for money of service charges levied by housing...

    • Building Safety Fund: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings that have successfully applied to the Building Safety Fund have (a) received funding and (b) started...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to ensure that new housing in rural areas comes with necessary improvements to local infrastructure.

      Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a statutory definition of support for residents...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the impact of the Future Homes Standard on new house build...

      Housing: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ensure that students in houses in multiple occupation will continue to have access to...

      Housing: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what representations he has received from landlords of HMO student accommodation on the potential impact of the Renters...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's plans are for supporting Ukrainians who have been rehoused through the Homes for Ukraine scheme...

      Playgrounds: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to provide playgrounds that are accessible for children...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing housing density for the purposes of reducing the...

      Community Development: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to increase community benefits for people living near (a) large scale solar plants and (b) other...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Coronavirus: Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the increase in the number of deaths in people’s own homes since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic.

    • Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drug-related deaths were recorded in (a) England and (b) each police service area in each of the last three years.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the UK’s free trade agreement with India on whisky exports from the UK to India.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Electric Scooters: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many inspections Trading Standards have made of retailers selling private e-scooters in the last 12 months.

    • Small Businesses: Ethnic Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what statistics they collate on ethnicity in small and medium sized enterprises; and if they collate any such statistics, what are the numbers by ethnicity of (1)...

      Media: Copyright

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact on the UK news media sector of the decision to expand the text and data mining copyright exception.

      Artificial Intelligence: Copyright

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many respondents to the Intellectual Property Office consultation Artificial Intelligence and IP: Copyright and Patents gave a first preference to...

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which minister from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will be making the decision as to whether Sizewell C will be granted a Development...

      Companies: Telephone Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will lay regulations to update the Consumer Rights Act 2015 to give regulators such as Ofgem, the Financial Conduct Authority, and Ofcom, the power to...

      Energy: Private Rented Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on (1) household energy bills, (2) UK gas consumption, and (3) carbon emissions, of raising Minimum Energy Efficiency...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define a smart heat pump; what plans they have to introduce support for consumers to purchase smart heat pumps; and when they plan for any such support to...

      Shipbuilding: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in implementing the Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme.

      Energy: Private Rented Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a response to their consultation Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes, which closed on 8 January 2021.

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) cost, and (2) feasibility, of electricity network reinforcement to support heat pump roll out plans by (a) 2028, (b)...

      Heat Pumps: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect UK manufacturers from cheap imported heat pumps as a result of their proposed market-based mechanism for low carbon heat.

      Copyright

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conformity of their proposed expansion of the text and data mining copyright exception with their wider policies on the...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require the companies involved in the Hydrogen Village Trial to conduct whole-house assessments of the upgrades required to make a house...

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make a decision on (1) whether to grant Sizewell C a Development Consent Order, or (2) any commitment of public investment in Sizewell...

      Photography: Copyright

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact on the UK professional photography sector of the decision to expand the text and data mining copyright...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how private tenants who pay their council tax or energy bills as part of their rent will be able to claim their energy bills support grant if (1) their rent has...

      Natural Gas: Kurds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for gas from the Kurdistan region to diversify the supply of gas to the UK.

      Trade Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their decision to expand the text and data mining exception on future trade negotiations; and in particular, with...

      Publishing: Copyright

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact on the UK professional publishing industry of the decision to expand the text and data mining copyright...

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish performance data from the Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Temperature: Health Hazards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how the (1) UK Health Security Agency, and (2) NHS, are monitoring heat-related illnesses; and how other government departments are assessing the broader impacts...

    • Primary Health Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to developing a self-care strategy.

      Monkeypox: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to respond to the monkeypox outbreak.

      Monkeypox: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take in response to 71 per cent of monkeypox cases being concentrated in London.

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 11 July (HL1271), how many children attending day special schools access eye tests through the domiciliary scheme.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services and Social Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average waiting time for (1) paediatric, and (2) adult, cystic fibrosis patients in England referred to a (a) clinical psychologist, and (b)...

      Medical Records: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), how medical professionals are held to account for any negative consequences that arise...

      Macular Degeneration: Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase NHS capacity to deliver intravitreal injections to accommodate the prospective, novel treatment of geographic atrophy.

      Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), what assessment they have made of the (1) clarity, and (2) inclusivity, of using the...

      Medical Records: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Kamall on 24 May (HL476 and HL475), what assessment they have made of the risks to (1) patients, and (2) medical...

      Health Professions: Dermatology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address shortages in the dermatology workforce in England; and what assessment they have made of the potential role of (1)...

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government hat assessment they have made of whether initial teacher training (ITT) applications this year, particularly for (1) physics, (2) computing, and (3) modern...

    • Arts: Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the article 'News & campaigns' in the Incorporated Society of Musicians July/August 2022 music journal; and what assessment...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Life Imprisonment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29, (5) 30 to 34, (6) 35 to 39, (7) 40 to 49, (8) 50 to...

    • Life Imprisonment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) lower quartile, (2) median, (3) upper quartile, and (4) interquartile range, of tariff lengths for people who received a life sentence in each...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have completed preparations for the Review Conference on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons that will take place in August this year; and who...

    • China: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current foreign and domestic policy of the People’s Republic of China.

      Religious Freedom

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcomes of the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief on 5 to 6 July; and what steps they are...

      Pakistan: Blasphemy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan regarding the cases of (1) Qaisar Ayub, and (2) Amoon Ayub, who have been imprisoned and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Nuclear Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the use of nuclear weapons; and what steps they are taking to ensure that they will not be used.

    • Veterans: Civil Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of support available to veterans subject to ongoing historic investigations.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Flood Control: Housing and Roads

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis, if any, of storm water from (1) the roofs of houses, and (2) highways, they have undertaken to establish whether such water can be discharged...

    • Birds: Gun Sports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the close season for woodcock.

  • Home Office

    • Borders: Personal Records

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Digital Services at the Border programme will be completed; and how much that programme has cost.

    • Passports: EU Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the requirement following UK's departure from the EU that passports must be stamped on a fresh page upon each entry and exit to the EU, what...

      Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been informed by any (1) airports and (2) airlines, of any cases where staff shortages have been exacerbated by slow response times for...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for (1) all visa applications, and (2) visa applications from (a) Albania, (b) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (c) Kosovo, (d) Montenegro,...

      Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the short-term study visa from six months to one year.

      Visas: South Africa

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current average processing time, from application to decision, for UK visas for South African citizens.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of extended visa processing delays on the UK’s reputation as a place to do business.

      Asylum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 July (HL1286), when details of the new model for dispersal of asylum seekers will be published.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to reduce the processing time for visas to enter the UK.

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 4 July (HL1093), which stated the that experience and lessons learnt from Napier...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Prime Minister on 2 May, what were the reasons why the proposed asylum reception centre at Linton-on-Ouse was...

      Asylum: RAF Linton-on-Ouse

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UNHCR has visited the proposed asylum reception centre at Linton-on-Ouse; and whether they will publish the report made following any such visit.

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 July (HL1506), in what month unannounced inspections of LitUK test centres will resume;...

      Home Office: Email

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens have paid to send email enquiries via SITEL UK; and what is the cost to the applicant of sending such an email from within the UK.

      Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees who had entered the UK through safe and legal routes were granted leave to remain (1) every year since 2015, and (2) broken down by route.

      Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what formal legal qualifications are required for any person seeking election as a Police and Crime Commissioner.

      Hatun Tash

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 13 July (HL1352), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, what plans...

      Visas: Agriculture

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many short-term visas were granted for people working in the farming sector in (1) January, (2) February, and (3) March.

      Home Office: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff have been employed by the Home Office for each year since 2009.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Private Rented Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the stock of private homes available to rent following changes to regulations regarding buy-to-let accommodation.

    • Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many private renters will not receive the one-off £150 energy rebate payment because the rebate money is paid directly to...

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of private renters who pay (1) energy bills, and (2) council tax, as part of their rent.

  • Treasury

    • Corporation Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to suspend corporate income tax for a limited period of time.

    • Stamp Duty Reserve Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to remove stamp duty on purchases of (1) shares in investment trusts, (2) real estate investment trusts, and (3) venture capital trusts.

      Small Businesses: VAT

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce VAT relief for small businesses until the end of the tax year.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Vacancies: Advertising

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require salaries to be published on job advertisements.

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