Monday, 5 September 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the British Pharmacopoeia Commission has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Commission on Human Medicines has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has spent on external consultants in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS Blood and Transplant has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are infected with Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help NHS to manage covid-19 over the autumn and winter period following the rise in hospitalisations in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support in (a) Portsmouth, (b) the South East and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for announcing the shortlist of the Trusts that have been selected as one of the eight new hospitals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medical school places were available at UK universities, by university, in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made of for the implications of his policies of the 45...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Trading Standards resources for (a) the enforcement of age of sale restrictions on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of young people who have not received their standard vaccinations and provide opportunity for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current diagnosis target for the Faster Diagnosis Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle alcohol harm in LGBTQ+ communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a new alcohol strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase (a) capacity of and (b) access to radiotherapy cancer treatment in (i) England and (ii) Liverpool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of individuals under 40 who meet the criteria for IVF in the NICE guidelines but have not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Human Tissue Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of levels of pharmacy closures in areas of deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will provide additional funding for expanding the (a) cancer and (b) diagnostic workforce in the (a) 2022-23, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the 10-year cancer plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources his Department has allocated to help the treatment of anxiety disorders amongst young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a minimum threshold of illness is in place for GPs needing to refer patients to CAMHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the long term workforce strategy will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of additional support for the (a) recruitment and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new Integrated care systems will be expected to produce drug and alcohol and substance misuse strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that public health has a prominent role in the new Integrated Care Systems and in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is taking to assess the environmental sustainability of disposable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 11 April 2022 to Question 146595 Dental Services: Reform and NHS England's announcement on 19 July 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Health Education England has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) teledentistry and (b) other telehealth technologies and practices maintain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the additional workforce required to staff the 25 new mobile breast screening vans announced as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made of 52 per cent of advertised consultant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current waiting time is for someone to register with an NHS dentist when moving to a new area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for substance misuse services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce dispensing errors in community pharmacies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) increase and (b) expedite the recruitment of dentists from overseas for NHS work; if he will take steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) radiotherapy cancer professionals and (b) the health trade unions as part of the development of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many neuropsychiatrists practicing in the NHS are trained in providing mental health support to people with Huntington's Disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of cancer diagnoses made at stage one.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support public awareness of the signs and symptoms of brain tumours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend the respiratory outcomes section in the update of the NHS Long Term Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role IVF in preventing an ageing population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Portsmouth City Council to directly employ GPs, in the context of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS digital has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of how many women who were on the waiting list for endometriosis treatment were also receiving support for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England published on 20 July 2022, whether the £10 million investment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the geographic distribution of secondary care hepatology services in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support people who are struggling to meet prescription costs and do not meet the criteria for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of medical schools in England have mandatory menopause training on their curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the UK Health Security Agency has spent on external consultants in each year since its establishment; and if they will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to include measures to promote an increase in treatment reviews of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer to Question 901157 in Health and Social Care Questions on 19 July 2022, Official Report, column 830, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to treat postnatal depression in women in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a renewed public health approach to all forms of substance misuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 May 2022 to Question 174 on Dental Services: Internet, what recent progress has made on been made on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use vaccination centres for covid-19 booster injections and flu vaccinations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS Pay Review Body has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the potential waiting lists for NHS care in (a) 2024 and (b) 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS integrated care systems are sufficiently staffed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of provision of IVF services provided in England compared to the services available in France.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; if they will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans his Department has in place for emergency mental health provisions during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many external contractors working for the NHS receive a salary that is less than the national living wage as determined by the Living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Care Quality Commission has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national early years supervised toothbrushing scheme in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the paper by Action and Smoking and Health entitled Use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of patients who have received all components of the discharge bundle included in the Best...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to include incentives within the Quality and Outcomes Framework or Investment and Impact Fund to help ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS trusts meet the 93 percent target for two-week referrals for breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to have dedicated Learning Disability Champions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the ability of people to access dental treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to promote the vaccination of eligible children against Covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase access to community mental health support for people with Huntington's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring LGBTQ+ diversity training for staff in alcohol services to help reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent review entitled the Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published in June 2022, what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people affected by dementia are consulted during the development of the ten-year plan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Health Research Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the ten-year plan for dementia will include a strategy for increasing diagnosis rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting times for GP appointments in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the City of Portsmouth to become a pilot area for pharmacists to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support health and care staff in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to deal with the rise in the number of people who are not vaccinated against MMR.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government has spent on supporting the mental health of veterans in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding of the Royal College of Physicians’ 2021 census on the proportion of advertised consultant posts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding of the Royal College of Physicians’ 2021 census on the proportion of advertised consultant posts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Veterans' Strategy Action Plan 2022 to 2024, published 19 January 2022, how much of the additional £18m for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps to support hospitals with rising energy costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physician Census 2021, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the 56...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone GP appointments held in (i) Coventry North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) manufacturers and (b) suppliers of hormone replacement therapy products on resolving shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of health inequalities in (a) Coventry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing bereavement support for the families of people who died from covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help tackle health inequalities in (i) Coventry North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were recruited into National Institute for Health and Care Research supported phase 1 and 2 trials for (a) dementia, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 17 January 2022 to Question 89649 on Surgical Mesh Implants: Bristol, if he will make an assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme launched in 2016 in achieving its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of shortages of HRT products on the wellbeing of affected women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to help ensure that there is sufficient provision of dermatology services to meet demand in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve primary care facilities in Feltham and Heston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for people transferring into care settings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer the correspondence from the hon. Member for Sefton Central dated 16 May on a health facility in Maghull, Sefton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to GP services in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of people aged over 75 who have contracted urinary tract infections within 10 days of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for emergency care in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to take steps in response to the End Child Poverty coalition statistics on local child poverty rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to pay care leavers the higher rate of (a) Jobseekers Allowance and (b) Universal Credit from their 18th birthday.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to give the cost of living payment to people who are (a) on statutory sick pay and (b) claiming Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who (a) have not qualified for the Cost of Living Payment as a result of seasonal work and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average people who are claiming Universal Credit are having to wait to be reimbursed for childcare costs as of 21 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who are on Contributions Based ESA and are not eligible for the Cost of Living Payment are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department has not yet published its 2020-21 Claimant Service Experience Survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Government has made of the number of women in England who are unable to take on more paid work as a result of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her letter to the Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, dated 15 July 2022, what resources are needed to enable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving the (a) Support Element of Employment Support Allowance or (b) Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many appeals against decisions for (a) Employment Support Allowance, (b) Universal Credit and (c) Personal Independence Payment did...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the July 2022 heatwave on the safety of workers in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receiving the enhanced rate of either component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) did not return the PIP review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2022 to Question 17850 on Personal Independence Payment: Tribunals, what proportion of decisions overturned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the people who stopped claiming unemployment related benefits (a) moved to other benefits, (b) moved to other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who left the Universal Credit searching for work conditionality group in the period from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have got jobs as a result of the Way to Work campaign as of 25 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to automatic benefit sanctions for care leavers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants found work through the Way to Work campaign between (a) July and December 2021 and (b) January and June 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which benefit (a) categories and (b) conditionality groups were included in her Department's Way to Work campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of unemployed (a) Universal Credit and (b) Job Seekers Allowance claimants who would have moved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure those migrated from legacy benefits to Universal Credit do not incur a loss of income as a result.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Work Capability Assessments were carried out for people applying for Universal Credit in each of the most recent 12 months for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering Supported Internships as part of the Work and Health Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to close the learning disability employment gap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent estimate of the (a) unemployment and (b) youth unemployment rates in Coventry North East constituency; if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 13 April 2022, sent again by email on 16 May, 23 May, 14 June and 13 July 2022,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in the National Insurance contribution threshold on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) offer E-visa facilities to Indian nationals and (b) agree reciprocal arrangements with New Delhi...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to providing mental health services in the asylum processing system per person in Rwanda.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals has the United Nations Human Rights Council made to the Government concerning the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a diagnosed mental health illness were held in (a) an immigration removal centre and (b) a short term holding facility...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people applied for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme and (b) applications for settled status under that Scheme were...
What recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of violent crime in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the potential impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing the backlog of passport applications from residents of Newport West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces have the resources they require to tackle dangerous and anti-social driving.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of Afghan citizens referred to her Department as eligible for relocation under the Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that refugees fleeing Ukraine and Afghanistan have access to appropriate (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle rural crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on ministerial travel (a) in 2019, (b) in 2020, (c) in 2021 and (d) to date in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on stationery (a) in 2019, (b) in 2020, (c) in 2021 and (d) to date in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on introducing 12 months of individualised support for victims of modern slavery following a positive conclusive...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on introducing 12 months of individualised support for victims of modern slavery following a positive conclusive...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support (a) Hourglass and (b) other charities that provide advice to older victims of domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she or her officials have had discussions with their counterparts in the Spanish Government on reported attempts to assassinate...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to introduce a fee waiver for applications for indefinite leave to remain.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications have taken longer than 10 weeks to process since the 10 week processing time was introduced in April 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications exceeded HM Passport Office’s service delivery timescales in (a) June 2022 and (b) June 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the service delivery standards are for the companies contracted by her Department to deliver passports to applicants; and what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to clear the backlog of passport applications; and whether her Department is taking steps to install new...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) value for money of and (b) level of service provided by the agency staff working at HM Passport Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance entitled Country policy and information note: Rwanda, assessment, published on 11 May 2022, if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained under immigration powers in a prison at the end of their sentence in 2021; and how many of those people were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) clear the backlog of passport application cases and (b) ensure new applications are not delayed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of recruitment for HM Passport Office in respect of meeting (a) the current and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's decision to extend the standard processing times for family visas to 24 weeks, what consultation her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional staff she plans to recruit in 2022 to clear the backlog of passport applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential merits of issuing passport holders whose passports were near to expiry with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reallocating the number of places available for foreign nationals to enter the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many casework enquiries her Department received from MPs’ offices in (a) June 2019 and (b) June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many casework enquiries her Department received from MPs’ offices in each month between July 2021 and July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require that passport applications are processed at the processing centre closest to the place of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the guidance on the India Young Professionals Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential merits of entering into a Youth Mobility Scheme agreement with (a) the EU and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many further leave to remain applications exceeded usual service delivery timescales in (a) June 2022 and (b) June 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the attrition rate of (a) permanent, (b) full-time equivalent, (c) agency and (d) other staff in HM Passport Office was for the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the attrition rate of (a) permanent, (b) full-time equivalent, (c) agency and (d) other staff in HM Passport Office was for the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) permanent, (b) full-time equivalent, (c) agency and (d) other staff were recruited to HM Passport Office in the period between...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the attrition rate was for (a) permanent, (b) fixed-term, (c) agency and (d) other staff in HM Passport Office in the period between 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance issued on 20 July 2022 entitled New Plan for Immigration: Legal Migration and Border Control, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of negotiating and entering into Youth Mobility Scheme agreements with (a) Brazil, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the (a) interim and (b) subsequent payments available under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme are not provided under the Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of applicants affected by passport application processing delays in (a) Coventry North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an equality impact assessment on the use of electronic monitoring of asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of withdrawing the ability of minors from the European Union to travel to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the end date for using the Application Management System at HM Passport Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) timeline and (b) final implementation date is for Digital Application Processing at HM Passport Office to be fully functional.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of resources her Department plans to allocate to tackling cybercrime in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the report of the Independent Review of Prevent.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on plans to commission a review of the Shortage Occupation List by the Migration Advisory Committee; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether regulations or guidelines are in place to ensure that agricultural workers on the Seasonal Worker visa (a) are not expected to work...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to waive the fee for an upgrade of a passport application in the event that the original application has not...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations have been (a) launched, (b) concluded with action taken and (c) concluded with no action taken by (i) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the PCS press notice of 26 April 2022 on passport services, how many new staff have been recruited by HM Passport Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were (a) submitted and (b) processed in each month between July 2021 and July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people have submitted an asylum claim and (b) asylum claims have been processed in each month between July 2021 and July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for British citizenship were (a) submitted and (b) processed in each month between July 2021 and July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people have applied for further leave to remain relating to human rights and family claims and (b) applications for further...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she did not attend the meeting of the Home Affairs Committee on the 13th July 2022; and on what date she next expects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether households that were not resident on 1 April 2022 are entitled to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether (a) a house in multiple occupation and (b) any other properties...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate, published on 16th March 2022 which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the guidance entitled Support for energy bills - the council tax rebate 2022-23: billing authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the potential merits of the proposal to site the National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre at Victoria Tower...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date following the publication of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search for a Central London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the developer pledge for building safety, whether developers will be required to remediate buildings to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice his Department provides to leaseholders living in blocks where lenders require an EWS1 certificate to progress...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to consult on his Department's white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to make the deed of certificate provided for by the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to improve (a) work placement and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which organisations are represented on the Northern Ireland partnership group in relation to the Shared Prosperity Fund...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the National Planning Policy Framework prospectus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many deaths caused by falling from multi-storey car parks is his Department aware of having happened over the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many prevention of future deaths reports, including Rule 43 reports, his Department and its predecessors have received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of progress on reviewing the funding formula for Government funding to local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fuel mileage allowance rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using differential rates of Stamp Duty to incentivise the development or purchase of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of levels of nursery care costs on economic productivity and output.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the assumptions on which the OECD has produced its projection for UK wage growth to be (a) negative and (b) the worst...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the tax-free childcare allowance with a view to increasing it from the current £2000 per child per year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial aid rather than loans to Ukraine to help support that...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date following the publication in September 2015 of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search for a Central London site did...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that National Insurance Numbers are issued three months before a person's 16th birthday.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is responsible for the comprehensive review of the mortgage market announced by the Prime Minister on 9 June; and when that review...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of measures taken to ensure that directors of insurance companies are fit and proper.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in the cost of living on personal debt levels.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to deter the practice of assignment of benefit only collection of premiums and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 34831 on NatWest Group: Child Trust Fund, what recent discussions his Department has had with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of liabilities as a result of the liquidation of Lamp Insurance Company Limited being covered...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what arrangements exist between authorities in the UK and Gibraltar for cooperation when investigating failed insurance companies at a cost to the public purse.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, in the context of significant increases in the cost of white diesel since the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies during the covid-19 outbreak on people who were ineligible to claim...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the cost of living crisis on people who were ineligible to claim Government financial support during the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the impact of the raising of the projected energy price cap on the efficacy of the cost of living payments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 36000 on Ukraine: Military Aid, from which Departments has the additional £1 billion of support to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic cost of the red weather heat alert of 18 and 19 July 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Ukraine owes to the UK in (a) public and (b) private debt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to regulate the use of deeds of assignment in taxation mandates by practitioner agents.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide any further support to people in arrears on fuel and electricity bills.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance with the UK's sanctions on Russian individuals and entities following the war in Ukraine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a taskforce to (a) identify, (b) catalogue...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to include content about age-restricted products including e-cigarettes in designation of content...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what process was used to appoint members of the expert panel that are leading the future of compute review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with her Ukrainian counterpart on providing support for the cataloguing of Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of offering the Ukrainian Government funding for the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that every community has access to a (a) swimming pool and (b) safe outdoor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date following the publication in September 2015 of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential merits of recording a value for the social history of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment the potential impact of the mis-selling of fibre broadband products on consumers; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have met representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the cost of TV licenses for elderly people during the cost of living crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the judgment of the hon. Mr Justice Holgate in the case Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the judgement of the hon. Mr Justice Holgate in the case Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, Good Law...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government policy in reducing energy costs for SMEs in the context...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of how much will be provided in cost of living energy support for third and second homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a revenue cap and floor mechanism for Pumped Storage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will conduct an outreach and public information campaign to encourage landlords with a domestic electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken in response to the closure of the Corporate re-domiciliation consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Office of the Small Business Commissioner team has recouped in late payments since December 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the liquidation of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an estimate of the value of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the case of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Global Fund on global health outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Russia is to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if officials in her Department will hold discussions with representatives of UK semi-conductor manufacturers on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) end conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, (b) promote...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the levels of exposure to (a) protection and (b) health risks experienced by newly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of oil pollution in South Sudan on the health of (a) humans and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in South Sudan on oil pollution in that region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the steps that can be taken by (a) Gemfields and (b) other UK headquartered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her Colombian counterparts about the security of former FARC combatants based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the results and recommendations of the 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) security situation in Nigeria and (b) impact of that situation on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement agreed at the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on Mozambique’s debt situation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9016 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9016 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the answer from the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary to written question 33299 on 19 July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been allocated to the ODA crisis reserve for 2022-23; what proportion of that reserve has been spent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the (a) death toll and (b) casualty rate of Turkey’s military action in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of security threats facing Israel from Lebanon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to progress Israel-Saudi Arabia normalisation talks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department conducted impact assessments in advance of the sign-off and publication of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Iran’s ongoing support for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the joint US-Israel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of comments by Iranian official Kamal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help safeguard international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of Iran's nuclear activities during negotiations over a renewed nuclear deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Voluntary National Review of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Statement on freedom of religion or belief and gender equality, whether her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made assessment of the implications for her policies of the risk of Iran being engaged in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference the report by Bond entitled the UK’s global contribution to the Sustainable Development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with UK based NGOs on their response to food shortages in East Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she plans to take to help support an equitable solution to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the G7 pledge of $4.5 billion to fight global hunger will support the immediate needs of people in the Horn of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the progress of peace talks in Ethiopia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take diplomatic steps to encourage (a) donor governments and (b) private sector partners to scale up...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in South Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the Generation Tempest initiative; and where he expects those jobs to be based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Ukrainian counterpart on providing winter combat training to Ukrainian armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of hybrid space warfare on UK infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the upper weight limit is for (a) qualified pilots and (b) other people occupying seats in RAF Typhoon aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions with international counterparts on collaborating on the UK's Future Combat Air System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the changes to policy from the Zero Tolerance to Unacceptable Sexual Behaviour policy, Zero Tolerance approach to Sexual Exploitation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which specialist sexual violence organisations his Department consulted as part of the development of its (a) Zero Tolerance to Unacceptable Sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Zero Tolerance approach to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) policy and the screening process for Defence people who are on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of service personnel who would use the Wraparound Childcare scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Zero Tolerance approach to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy excludes the use of (a) transactional sex and (b) transactional sex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Kenya has not yet been ratified.
To ask the President of COP26, what steps he has taken to help ensure delivery of promised climate finance from (a) the UK and (b) international partners; and what steps he plans to take towards...
To ask the President of COP26, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that climate finance committed by (a) the UK and (b) other high-income countries reaches frontline communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the (a) Leader of the House of Commons and (b) Chief Whip on finding time for a debate in the Commons...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Period Poverty taskforce will resume its work before the end of August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a copy of his response to Arun District Council's Director of Growth about the basis for calculating expected growth in traffic to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Peel Group and (b) Doncaster Sheffield Airport on the running and future running of the airport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has held with representatives from ASLEF in the last month on the upcoming industrial action planned by that union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on passenger safety in the event that agency workers are brought in to replace...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his November 2017 commitment to invest £360 million in UK rail infrastructure has been spent; and what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on (a) steps to keep customers informed about and (b) requirements for providing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when public consultations will be launched on ticket office closures by train operating companies; and when ticket office closures will commence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the train operating companies on plans to close ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 27715 on Network Rail and Train Operating Companies: Redundancy Pay, what recent estimate he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the impact of recent industrial action by members of the RMT Union on levels of revenue of rail operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with the relevant stakeholders to (a) investigate the circumstances in which a disabled person was required to ascend station...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Network Rail or (b) the Rail Delivery Group have the authority to negotiate in industrial disputes without either (i) a settlement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) track buckling, (b) electrical faults and (c) fires on the rail network that were caused by the heatwave that occurred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the ongoing industrial dispute between ASLEF union and UK train operators, whether his Department has imposed restrictions on those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27714 on Railways: Contracts, by when his Department plans to conclude the development of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Office of Rail and Road has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he his directing the negotiating position of the train operating companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide for the welfare of (a) staff and (b) passengers on trains without air conditioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic cost of poor connectivity to the phone network on train services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 35029 on Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Digital,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has not yet published the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure safety on the rail network during extreme weather events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of tackling the impact of the recent heatwave on the rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with (a) officials in his Department, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority, (c) Heathrow Airport and (d) Network Rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) safety critical and (b) non-safety critical roles agency staff will be permitted to cover during strike action on the rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to (a) remove (i) peak and (ii) off-peak rail fares and (b) introduce a surge pricing model similar to that found in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of delivery to date of (a) service improvements and (b) investment in new rolling stock as set out in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of miles of rail track painted white in the last month for the purposes of mitigating heatwave conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the amount spent on the rail network to mitigate the impact of climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of climate change on (a) the rail network and (b) the safety of rail (i) workers and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a deal between the train operating companies and trade unions on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if officials in his Department will hold discussions with representatives of UK-based airlines on ensuring that people who are sanctioned as a result...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) regulatory and (b) safety implications of UK-based airlines utilising non-UK-based sub-contractors on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of retrofitting petrol and diesel vehicles with electric motors as an alternative to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 34848 on High Speed 2 Line: Old Saltleians RFC, for what purpose High Speed Two Limited made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the current world food shortages, if he will reassess the requirement for ethanol content in petrol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme, published by the NAO on 20 July 2020, what estimate he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) steps the Government is taking and (b) agreements the Government has in place with (i) operators and (ii) Network Rail to minimise disruption...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Network Rail can (a) gain access to the Transpennine Route and (b) reach an agreement with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) consider and (b) provide feedback on Sheffield City Council’s clean air zone business case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that electric charging points are accessible for wheelchair users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HS2 Limited accountability in the context of the absence of an HS2 Limited Chair and a named...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the speed of the rollout of audio-visual announcements on local bus service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is planning to take steps to review of current regulatory standards for private hire drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) he and (b) the former Secretary of State for Transport have had with representatives from Uber since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have held with representatives of Uber since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to provide feedback to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on their unsuccessful bus service improvement plan submission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if (a) his Department and (b) National Highways will make an assessment of the potential merits of road safety junction improvement works at the A46...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners there have been across (a) St Helens Metropolitan Borough, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to reduce its staffing levels on a (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis by directorate in line with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children with (a) special educational needs and (b) disabilities are able to access the support and therapies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of (a) profit and (b) changes in the levels of profit made by private providers and operators of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve ventilation in education settings in advance of the autumn term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of schools in England that have a breakfast club.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of funding for childcare below school age as a proportion of national income in (a) the UK and (b) other OECD...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of families that require grandparents’ support for childcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made recommendations to school leaders in respect of prioritising building work and changes to the physical layout and facilities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timescale is for responding to his Department's consultation on Higher education policy statement and reform, which closed on 6 May 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of school holidays on the ability of parents to secure childcare arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of childcare providers in each region of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide lateral flow test kits to (a) staff and (b) pupils in education settings in the autumn term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will lay a report before Parliament on the physical condition and safety of (a) maintained schools and (b) academies in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children who were eligible for free school meals did not take up their entitlement in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the level of funding for children's social care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to provide additional funding to schools for supply teachers to cover staff absences due to covid-19 in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of looked-after children being accommodated in unauthorised and unregulated homes in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the current waiting time faced by parents and children for (a) EHCPs, and (b) SEN statements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of opportunities for training available to staff in the childcare sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of (a) profit and (b) changes in the levels of profit made by private providers and operators of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the proportion of staff in the childcare sector who are paid the National Minimum Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will pilot Family Help with multi-agency working in places which have established Family Hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the teachers' pay settlement on staff recruitment and retention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the proportion of employers in the childcare sector that would relax staff-to-child ratios in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an estimate of the average proportion of household income that families spent on childcare in each region of the UK in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help prepare education settings for further waves of covid-19 in winter 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to manage the risk associated with high temperatures in respect of the physical fabric of the school estate in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of childcare places available for children below school age in each region of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the risks of high summer temperatures for school (a) children and young people and (b) staff in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate the Government has made of the average hourly wage for staff in the childcare sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of childcare in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising inflation on the ability of schools to offer nutritious free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is confident that the Holiday Activities and Food Programme is reaching all eligible children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make a comparative assessment of average nursery costs as a proportion of income after benefits in the (a) UK and (b) OECD; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to help reduce the proportion of income after benefits that parents spend on nursery fees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on introducing an Early Careers Framework for social workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current number of educational psychologists in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the ability of families to access childcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the inclusion of the perspectives of young people who experienced care in the implementation of the Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on improving accessibility for vulnerable (a) families and (b) children to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of schools in England that have an after-school club.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle markets failures of residential children placements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department commissioned in each of the last ten years on the role and cost-effectiveness of (a) teaching assistants, (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling care leavers to continue to live with their carers by extending funding for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage schools to install HEPA filters in classrooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total capital investment by his Department was in schools in Charnwood constituency in the financial year 2021-22, by school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of inflation on school budgets in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made any representations to HM Treasury in the last year in respect of the need for improvements in the fabric of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered early years settings have submitted notifications of (a) permanent and (b) temporary complete closure of the setting in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will extend the provision of Supported Internships to people with a learning disability who are over the age of 25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the schools' estate in providing a (a) safe and (b) suitable learning environment during periods...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason he determined that All Saints School in York was not eligible for the latest funding for a new build; and if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will issue guidance to ensure that universities declare whether courses will be delivered (a) face-to-face or (b) virtually.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with no recourse to public funds are eligible for free school meals in (a) England (b) London and (c) Waltham Forest.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent he has made of the impact of the rising cost of living on the level of food insecurity amongst school children in (a) Coventry North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of poor nutrition on educational attainment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Leader of the House of Commons, how much the Office of the Leader of the House of Lords has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a...
To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy...
To ask the Leader of the House, on what date following the publication in September 2015 of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search for a Central London site did their office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on (a) implementing section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy on food security of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35899 on Fuels: Prices, if he will make an assessment of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the level of food insecurity as a result of rising food prices...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure it delivers on the Government's commitments made in the Global Ocean Alliance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the amount of plastic in the oceans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps with relevant (a) local authorities and (b) waterways agencies to ensure the future viability of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that water levels in (a) canals and (b) waterways are at sustainable levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has conducted modelling on the impact of the potential removal of medical exemption to the F gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on a timescale for the phasedown of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the suffering of farmed fish at the time of killing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect UK marine wildlife from the increase in ocean temperatures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of dogs that were commercially imported into the UK from other countries in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of trends in the level of food waste in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the sustainability of plankton levels in the North Atlantic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of children in England who (a) live in and (b) go to school in areas where the level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) schools and (b) playgrounds in England that are in the vicinity of air...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on recycling rates of excluding glass from the scope of the...
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each...
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each...
To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the total value of compensation that has been paid out for unlawful detentions where case outcomes have been recorded on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks have left service since the Common Platform was introduced at their workplace, by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 32512 on Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Legal Profession, if he will make it his policy to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide full breakdown of the costs of (a) developing and (b) operating the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times an order drawn up on the Common Platform has been communicated to stakeholders where there is a material difference to what was inputted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for determining (a) high, (b) medium and (c) low risk errors recorded on the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of case outcomes recorded on the Common Platform were added between the hours of 6.00pm and midnight in each of the last 21...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of access to appeals for people who were convicted (a) before and (b) after the abolition of parasitic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet with the Criminal Bar Association and representatives of striking legal professional barristers to help prevent further delays to cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Supreme Court judgement of 18 February 2016 in R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials for rape were delayed by defendants failing to place a plea at the first plea hearing in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new Enhanced Support Service on tackling the most challenging behaviour in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of expected trends in the level of the prison population in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people in (a) senior leadership and (b) governor positions in the prison system from ethnic minority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason trees and shrubs outside the grounds of Haslar Immigration Removal Centre were removed; and whether he plans to take steps to replant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average daily cost of food per prisoner was in each prison in England and Wales in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2022 to question 33745 on Prisons, if he will take steps to ensure that the Prison Group Director gives effect to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2022 to question 33745 on Prisons, if he will take steps to ensure that all prisoners in England and Wales are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the coroners' court system.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency has had with representatives of the music industry in (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister’s Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Ministers and (b) other representatives of UK Government Departments attended the World Economic Forum annual meeting in each of the last...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government Estates Management has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who attended the Prime Minister’s gathering at the Prime Minister’s official residence at Chequers on the weekend of 16 July; and what was...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date following the publication in September 2015 of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation briefing entitled Search for a Central London site...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Crown Commercial Service has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 8 November 2021 to Question 68322 and 19 January 2022 to Question 105589 on Ministers: Leave, and with reference to the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he is taking steps to require Government departments to (a) undertake equality impact assessments in relation to proposals to reduce staff and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost of Ministerial salaries to the Exchequer was in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, (c) September 2021, (d) October 2021, (e) November...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the corporate officer of the House of Commons has spent on external consultants in each of the last...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many international seasonal workers they estimate will be needed for harvesting fruit and vegetables in the UK in 2022.
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