Wednesday, 27 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help protect consumers from significant increases by energy companies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of women’s health hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of reintroducing free covid-19 lateral flow tests in the context of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that families are involved in the rehabilitation of patients in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the safety of mirtazapine for use during pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for an ambulance was during the Level 4 heatwave alert on (a) 18 July and (b) 19 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time for West Midlands Ambulance Service to respond to category 2 emergencies was in Shropshire in each month of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls to NHS 111 were abandoned in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Category 1 calls to NHS Ambulance Trusts in England did not require emergency treatment in (a) the third quarter of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is at the accident and emergency unit at (a) Barnet and (b) Royal Free Hospitals in the latest period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report from Cystic Fibrosis UK entitled The cost of cystic fibrosis 2022, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that NHS capacity is maintained in the event of staff sickness or bed occupancy over the winter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money in total was paid by the National Health Service in England to private contractors in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the forthcoming Women's Health Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure adherence to NICE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on levels of obesity of provisions in Health and Care Act 2022 relating to (a) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2022 to Question 27574 on Food: Labelling, what methods he is using to evaluate the impact of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement a new referral to treatment pathway for patients with severe aortic stenosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to allocate funding to diagnostic services for menstrual health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to charge private medicinal prescriptions at pharmacies at the same cost to the patient as others.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of palliative and end of life care in the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of narrowing the eligibility criteria for influenza vaccination and the JCVI's advice to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the rollout of (a) winter flu and (b) covid booster vaccinations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he holds information on the number of times the Secretary of State for Education’s departmental pass was used to enter and exit the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the number of GCSE exam results achieved by students on free school meals, separated by grade, for each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of (a) melanoma and (b) other skin cancers in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will respond to Question 34846 from the Rt. hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury, tabled on 12 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with representatives of AQA about grade allocations following the reported leak of A level chemistry paper 2; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35936 on Poverty: Children, whether the 9 million most disadvantaged pupils are (a) eligible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of students receiving free school meals, who are suffering from a diagnosable mental illness, in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the educational attainment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the number of A level exam results achieved by students on free school meals, separated by grade, for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review proposals, whether it is his policy that multi-academy trusts will have the ability to use a proportion of SEND...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government announcement of 15 July 2022 that over-50s will be offered a flu jab and covid-19 booster this autumn, whether he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in Ipswich constituency are waiting for special school places.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to schools for school trips and residential visits during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of places in special schools for children with SEND in Ipswich constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much on a per student basis universities will receive through the new funding commitment of £3 million provided for student mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting parents and carers with the rising cost of school bus transportation in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer to Question 900784 in Prime Minister's Questions on 29 June 2022, Official Report, col 291, if he will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department made of the average number of examination papers taken by each student as part of the GCSE syllabuses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the average price paid for a school lunch in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority in England for each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with schools leadership on student and teacher wellbeing during extreme heat in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he will respond to the correspondence of 23 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on remote learning, reference ZA59785.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason only four schools of the 161 in the Schools Rebuilding Programme were located in the South West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on the mental health of students of the 11 per cent real-terms reduction to the student...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the number of university applicants from deprived areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Barometer Report entitled a stocktake of adoption in the UK, published June 2022, what assessment he has made for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer Report 2022 on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the factors that contribute to school exclusion rates of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Pupil Premium Plus will be made available for those children adopted from overseas from October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the £2.5 million pledged to Afghanistan following the earthquake of 21 June 2022 has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts on re-opening diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have to visit Afghanistan in the next twelve months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many British Embassy staff are currently in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK ODA her Department has allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people from her Department were working in (a) the Middle East and (b) Africa in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with its international counterparts to resolve the political and economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that women have access to safe gynaecological care in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last made representations to her Indian counterpart on the case of Jagtar Singh Johal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential risk of a major oil spill from the FSO Safer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual budget for UK Space Command in each year until 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cattle were accidentally killed by military operations in 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to progress the delivery of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unemployed Universal Credit and Job Seeker's Allowance claimants who moved into work between 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the (a) impact of not extending statutory maternity allowance to self-employed adopters on parents' ability to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Shell's proposal to commence seismic blasting on the Wild Coast of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has any plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the use of volatile organic compounds in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of bird flu have been found in the UK as of 19 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect coastal areas from litter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) has made an assessment of the environmental impact of disposable vapes and (b) plans to introduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the supply and provision of drinking water for people in town and city...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of his Department's policies for reducing light pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains his Department's policy to ban hand-held remote controlled e-collar devices following the 2018 review of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure the UK was adequately prepared for the level 4 alert issued for 18 and 19 July 2022 under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of trees that have been planted through Government-funded schemes in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the potential impact of sewage discharged in areas at risk of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions he and Ministers from his Department have visited chalk streams since 1 April 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) reduce incineration and (b) promote recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the July 2022 heatwave on air quality around (a) schools and (b) care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the kerbside recycling rate of drinks (a) bottles and (b) cans in England in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of applications for British passports that have been (a) replacements for existing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to (a) ensure that all passport application systems align, (b) enable a faster roll out of Digital Application...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring her Department is undertaking in respect of the contract with Teleperformance to handle HM Passport Office enquiries; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of wildfires in 2022; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the (a) value and (b) length of the contracts Border Force holds with (i) MITIE, (ii) Interforce and (iii) Definitive PSA...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the private security companies (a) contracted or (b) sub-contracted to process undocumented migrants in (i) the Port of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with Scotfield Ltd about unsafe cladding at the Gateway Building in Leeds.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support people who have disabilities to stand for election.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the findings of the Prime Minister’s Implementation Unit's research into the experiences of potentially vulnerable people in receipt...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of trade links between the UK and the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she last spoke to her Zimbabwean counterpart on UK-Zimbabwe trade links.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the trading relationship between the UK and Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with trade partners on the Government’s decision to extend steel import tariffs until mid-2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has discussed with her US counterpart (a) the potential merits of reducing market barriers between the UK and US and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UK's Free Trade Agreement with Japan since 23 October 2020, what assessment she has made of the effect of that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of (1) delay, and (2) cost increases, to the Transpennine Route upgrade as a result of changing ministerial priorities.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver traffic reduction schemes that (1) incentivise people to switch to cleaner modes of transport, and (2) support those who might...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline to be updated; and why it has not been updated "on an annual basis", as set out in the Rail Network...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton (HL1417), in respect of properties in Park Village East which may be subject to settlement due to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether clause 111 of the Energy Bill, which seeks to amend the definition of carbon removals in section 29 of the Climate Change Act 2008, would allow the meeting...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the data presented in the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published on 19 October 2021, showing that they anticipate the UK emitting...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their decision to terminate the BTEC qualification in Health and Social Care on the numbers of students applying for courses...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sufficient funding for arts and humanities subjects in higher education in the (1) short, and (2) long, term; and what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received a life sentence with a tariff of 25 years or more and were (1) under 18, (2) 18 to 20, (3) 21 to 24, (4) 25 to 29 (5) 30 to 34 (6) 35 to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people received an Extended Determinate Sentence with a custodial period of 10 years or more in each year since 2012, by ethnicity.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 July (HL1116), what steps they will take, together with international partners, to seek...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which professional qualifications relating to non-religious world views such as humanism are undertaken by the Armed Forces Chaplaincy; and which body accredits...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding has been spent to date from the up to £6 million committed for Armed Forces Champions in 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of (1) the social security system, and (2) the Department for Work and Pensions' services, in supporting...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will direct (1) the Home Office, and (2) other government departments, to stop using the terms "Asian men" and "men of Pakistani origin" to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to unlock private investment in coastal communities not covered by a freeport.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to launch the review of neighbourhood governance referred to on page 215 of their Levelling Up the United Kingdom white paper, published on 2 February.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to work with the National Association of Local Councils (1) to raise public awareness of parish and town council elections in 2023,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what sector support funding for local government improvement they have provided through a grant directly to (1) the Local Government Association, and (2) the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) ministers, and (2) officials, to visit parish and town councils to improve their understanding of the councils’ work and challenges.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact assessment they have carried out on the proposals to extend the Right to Buy of housing association properties on the availability of associations' (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the findings of the report by the National Association of Local Councils, What can local councils do on climate change?,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people died in England from an AIDS-related illness in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the priority objectives of a Prime Minister's trade envoy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the criteria for selection to be a Prime Minister's trade envoy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 20 July (HL1533), whether the Electronic Communications (Universal Service) Order 2003...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 20 July (HL1533), whether existing landline connections will remain available to all...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the Online Safety Bill will protect local councillors and council employees at all levels of local government from online abuse.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the UK’s diversity will be reflected in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase monitoring of third-party websites that enable the trading of loot box items.
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