Written answers

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the results of the mobility fund projects; and whether he plans to...

    • Doncaster Sheffield Airporty: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential impact of the closure of Doncaster-Sheffield Airport on local businesses...

      Department for Transport: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount spent on her Department’s sports and wellbeing day was on 22 July 2022.

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) enforce compliance of Avanti West Coast with the Train Service Requirement in its franchise...

      Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason he plans not to participate in the negotiations between rail operators and unions representing rail workers.

      Department for Transport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) efficiency of the speed of existing electric vehicle charge points.

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the availability of practical driving tests.

      Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving from paper notices attached to the vehicle to sending Fixed Penalty Notices for parking...

      Department for Transport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many payments were fraudulently charged to his Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a) 2019-20, (b)...

      Cars: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department is taking steps to reduce disparities in car insurance costs between residents of the UK who were born in the UK and those who...

      Railways: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail regarding the provision of supporting evidence to the Office of Rail and Road setting out the steps...

      Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on public ownership of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

      Parking: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the matter in which the private parking industry is using its access to DVLA records.

      Department for Transport: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Annual Report 2021-22, how many domestic flights were taken by (a) ministers and (b) officials during the period...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to resume fracking as a way of extracting shale gas; and if he will make an assessment of...

    • Employment Agencies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) financial penalties and (b) criminal prosecutions there were for offences under the Employment Agencies...

      Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the terms of reference are for the review of Operation Tacit by the Director of Labour Market Enforcement; what...

      Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of all full-time equivalent staff employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many payments were fraudulently charged to his Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what long term steps he is taking to help prevent future energy price crises.

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of households that receive their heating from heat network...

      Business: Energy and Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Confederation of British Industry on (a) the impact of (i) inflation and...

      Public Houses: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support pubs in Newport West constituency with increases in the cost of energy.

      Hospitality Sector: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to assist (a) pubs, (b) bars and (c) restaurants with rising energy bills.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that residents on park home sites in Shropshire receive the £400 Energy...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact that (a) reducing or (b) removing the standing charge on energy bills will...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether people living in mobile homes on caravan sites who do not have a conventional gas supplier but buy gas...

      Health Hazards: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the research by Clark, C. et al. entitled...

      Energy: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) energy firms and (b) Ofgem on the potential merits of...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of rising energy bills on the viability of businesses;...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the British Chamber of Commerce, (b) Hospitality UK, (c) the...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing additional support for SMEs...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to seek an extension of the energy price cap to include small businesses.

      Energy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support businesses with rising energy costs.

      Energy: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) all residents receives support with their energy costs and (b) pensioners and...

      Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to support liquified petroleum gas off grid gas users with the rising cost of fuel.

      Energy Intensive Industries: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising energy prices on energy intensive industries.

      Personal Independence Payment: Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of removing eligibility for the warm home discount scheme from...

      Natural Gas: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help separate the link between the cost of gas and electricity.

      Glass: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the glass industry.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that people who fall behind on their energy payments are (a) not disconnected and (b)...

      Solar power: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the potential increase to the solar feed-in tariff rates in relation to the...

      Cars: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the trends in new car sales over the last six months and the impact on the UK car...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help mitigate the impact of new onshore renewable energy projects on local...

      Small Modular Reactors: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement on 9 November 2021 that the Government would invest £210 million to develop...

      Glass: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the impact of rising energy costs on the glass manufacturing sector.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an (a) estimate of the cost and (b) assessment of the feasibility of reinforcing the electricity...

      Electricity: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of a reduction in hydro-based electricity exports from...

      Shops: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to require shops selling cold food to have doors on their chillers.

      Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's timescale is for the publication of the Government's biomass strategy.

      Boilers: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with boiler manufacturing companies about (a) the...

      Smart Export Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the Smart Export Guarantee Scheme to...

      Microgeneration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Ofgem on microgeneration feed-in tariff rates...

      Energy: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people are able to add funds to their energy top up cards without being...

      Solar Power: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to introduce a regulated market for solar microgenerators.

      Solar Power: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that energy suppliers pay a price that reflects the market value of...

      Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21,...

      Wind Power: Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many gigawatts of energy the Electricity System Operator plans to allow from future connections from offshore wind...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to finalise and the eligibility statement for the 2022-2023 Warm Home Discount.

      Natural Gas: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his officials have had with representatives of Ofgem on ensuring adequate support for customers...

      Coal Authority: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2022 to Question 39801 on Coal Authority, and with reference to Climate Change...

      Nitrogen Trifluoride

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2021 to Question 13025 on Nitrogen Trifluoride, for what reason his Department...

      Natural Gas: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness of the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism and...

      Commodity Markets: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of financial speculation on the volatility of the gas and oil...

      Solar Power: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last held discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the Mayor of London's Solar Action Plan.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on energy in each of the last three years.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Aramco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will the publish the (a) attendees and (b) minutes of his lunch with Saudi Aramco on 31st January 2022.

      Energy: Nationalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of bringing energy companies into public ownership on energy bills.

      Solar Power: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing grants or interest-free loans to fund...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that private renters whose energy bills are included in their...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener, published in October 2022 and the High Court judgment on...

      Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will increase support for (a) the ventilation and insulation of buildings and (b) other climate...

      Fuel Oil: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2022 to Question 23820 on Fuel Oil: Price Caps, if he will publish his Department's...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) what was the total cost of his visit to the Shaybah oil field in Saudi Arabia and (b) who bore the costs of this visit.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that homeowners make informed choices on the energy efficiency of...

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the roll out of (a) nuclear energy, (b) onshore renewable energy and (c)...

      National Grid: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether National Grid has plans to consult the Ministry of Defence on the potential impact of the East Anglia GREEN...

      Solar Power: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the Smart Export Guarantee scheme to enhance the...

      Civil Society: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to help support (a) charities and (b) faith-based organisations with rising energy costs.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on providing support to households that will not be reached through the £400...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of decommissioning the existing nuclear sites within the remit of the...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that energy companies are not sending consumers false information in relation to smart...

      Energy: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include (a) charities that provide housing and (b) community groups, including village halls, in...

      Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to help support the UK steel industry to decarbonise; and if he will make a...

      Hinkley Point C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with (a) EDF and (b) the Low Carbon Contracts Company about an extension of...

      Electricity: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national pricing structure for the supply of...

      Housing: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of capacity issues at the national grid on housebuilding in Stockport.

  • Attorney General

    • Fraud: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought forward by the Serious Fraud Office against (a) corporates and (b) individuals in each year between 2013 and 2021 inclusive.

    • Fraud: Convictions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many convictions were secured by the Serious Fraud Office against (a) corporates and (b) individuals in each year between 2013 and 2021 inclusive.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects eligible post-graduate nurses to receive the £10,000 golden hello payment announced in May 2018.

    • Incontinence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the provision of free incontinence products across Integrated Care Boards; and what...

      Care Workers: Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will offer support to local authorities to help social care providers to increase the mileage allowance paid to care...

      NHS: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency and (b) bank staff in each region in England in the 2021-22 financial year.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects NICE's review of Evusheld to be concluded.

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of monkeypox vaccine have been delivered to NHS patients (a) in the last 12 months and (b) since May 2022.

      Health Services and Social Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the staffing hours required by health and social care providers to submit data to his Department under new...

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent radiologists were employed by the NHS in (a) 2022, (b) 2021 and (c) 2020.

      Health Professions: Radiology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent radiographers were employed by the NHS in (a) 2022, (b) 2021 and (c) 2020.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he expects NHS England’s Palivizumab Expert Group to respond to the request from the JCVI to consider the eligibility...

      Sickle Cell Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) increase awareness of Sickle Cell disease and (b) improve the training for dealing with that disease among (i)...

      World Health Organization

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will be represented at the World Health Organisation Regional Committee Meeting for Europe between 12-14 September...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to fund a) air pollution monitors and b) air purification systems for schools in areas where air pollution levels exceed...

    • Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 119161, what recent estimate he has made of when the former East Ham police station...

      Languages: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on charitable and faith community-run weekend language schools in England in each of the last five years; and if he will...

      Schools: Collective Worship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to conduct a review of the statutory requirements for daily collective worship in schools.

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his timescale is for responding to his Department's consultation on Behaviour management strategies, in-school units and managed moves which...

      Employment and Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase collaboration between colleges and employers.

      BTEC Qualifications: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what immediate steps his Department took when it first identified that BTEC examination results were missing in August 2022.

      Further Education: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much each further education college in England spent on (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-22; and how much those colleges...

      Health and Science: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of first-year health and science T Level exams with the course content taught in schools and...

      Construction: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to support the (a) training of builders and insulators and (b) new recruits to that sector to support the...

      Agriculture: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department has made available to help support agricultural businesses offer apprenticeships in the most recent period for which data...

      Universities: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in (a) the North East and (b) total were accepted into UK universities using T Levels in 2022.

      Pupils and Students: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is planning to take in the proposed 10-year suicide prevention strategy that will help tackle suicides among school and university students.

      Students: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to compensate students who attended university during the covid-19 pandemic for missed in-person teaching.

      Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many international students were accepted by British Universities in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Students: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the recent report published by Higher Education Policy Institute...

      Students: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of rising energy prices on students in higher education.

      Health and Science: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with a) NCFE, b) Ofqual and c) the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education on the results for T-Levels in...

      Apprentices: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) apprenticeships placements and (b) apprenticeship vacancies are available in...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will recommend increasing the size of student loans to help cover increased living costs for students.

      T-Levels: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will have discussions with a) NCFE, b) Ofqual and c) the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education on the process for appealing...

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) review and (b) improve T Level quality following the first cohort of students’ and teachers' feedback.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the geographical eligibility of the student loan repayment scheme for teachers.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to promote the apprenticeship route to young people in secondary education.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage employers to provide high quality apprenticeships.

      BTEC Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that future BTec results are not delayed.

      Students: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to support students' mental health following the outbreak of covid-19.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Social Security and Child Support Tribunal: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts & Tribunal Service was of administering appeals in the Social Security and Child Support...

    • Small Businesses: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent estimate of how much English and Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises could save annually if barriers to accessing...

      Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the previous Secretary of State’s announcement on Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) cases on 20 July 2022, when...

      Powers of Attorney: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to tackle delays to the processing of documents for Lasting Power of Attorney applications.

      Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timetable is for introducing legislative proposals on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.

      Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of sexual assault can claim compensation for emotional distress in cases where court hearings have been delayed due to a backlog in cases.

      Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish a timeline for the implementation of the recommendations made in the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid.

      Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for criminal court hearings involving sexual assault.

      Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many payments were fraudulently charged to his Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a) 2019-20, (b)...

      Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department’s data for spending over £500 using a government procurement card during the financial year 2021-22.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic abuse in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

      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...

    • Tobias White-Sansom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has had with their Spanish counterparts regarding the...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has established a definition of (a) essential and (b) non-essential overseas aid payments.

      Christopher Emms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps Ministers in her Department have taken in relation to the case of Christopher Emms since his detention...

      Namibia: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British High Commission in Windhoek in each year...

      Barbados: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British High Commission in Bridgetown in each year...

      Uganda: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British High Commission in Kampala in each year since...

      Turkey: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Ankara in each year since 2016.

      Kenya: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Nairobi in each year since 2016.

      Republic of Ireland: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Dublin in each year since 2016.

      Spain: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Madrid in each year since 2016.

      Japan: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Tokyo in each year since 2016.

      Australia: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British High Commission in Canberra in each year...

      Zimbabwe: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Harare in each year since 2016.

      France: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Paris in each year since 2016.

      Germany: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff worked at the British Embassy in Berlin in each year since 2016.

      Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the compatibility of her policy on the case of British national Jagtar...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to her Department’s publication of spending over £25,000, what the purpose was of the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • USA: Trident Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on extending the maintenance contract for Trident at Kings Bay in Georgia, USA.

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had recent discussions with defence manufacturers on the provision of logistical support to help ensure they have the...

      Trident Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with Babcock International Group on contingency plans to move Trident.

      Defence: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Business Relationship Managers will be employed on the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 19 May 2022, HCWS42, on Ajax Update, whether any further individuals working with Ajax have had long term...

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the independent Millbrook trials for the Ajax armoured vehicles have resumed.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons an internal inspection of the RAF’s flying training has been launched; and what that inspection will look at.

      Clyde Naval Base

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Government Major Projects Portfolio Data 2022, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of delivering the Clyde...

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the whole-life cost of the Crowsnest programme has increased by £9 million as a result of a VAT tribunal decision.

      Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the signature of a contract for Batch 2 of the Type 26 frigate; and if he will make a statement.

      National Grid Electricity Transmission: AAC Wattisham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to engage with National Grid's consultation on the East Anglia GREEN proposals in respect of Wattisham Air Base.

      HMS Quorn: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the competitive tendering process for the award of the contract to overhaul the former Royal Navy mine...

      Harland and Wolff: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government conducted capital adequacy tests on Harland & Wolff before it was awarded the contract to regenerate the former Royal Navy...

      Harland and Wolff: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the announcement on 14 July 2022 that British shipyard, Harland & Wolff, has been awarded a £55 million contract to...

      Guided Weapons: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Government Major Projects Portfolio Data 2022, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of delivering the...

      Merlin Helicopters: Early Warning Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Government Major Projects Portfolio Data 2022, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of delivering the...

      HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the nature is of the defect that recently affected HMS Prince of Wales; and what the timetable is for rectifying that issue.

      HMS Glasgow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of when HMS Glasgow will achieve initial operating capability.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of the training modules for (a) Work Coaches and (b) Disability Employment Advisers have been coproduced by disabled people.

    • Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what topics are covered in the initial training received by disability employment advisers.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many payments were fraudulently charged to her Department’s budget using electronic purchasing cards in the financial years (a)...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who will receive their state pension for the first time in the 2022-23 financial year.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Veterinary Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of UK nationals being admitted to veterinary school.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether complainants automatically have a right to review decisions made by the police internal legal teams on police conduct complaints...

    • Safer Streets Fund: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to local organisations in Havering from the Safer Streets Fund.

      Police: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2022 to Question 3503, on Police: Havering, whether she has had discussions with chief constables, police...

      Homicide: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the number of teenage homicides in the Metropolitan Police...

      Fuels: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of fuel theft since March 2022.

      London Fire Brigade

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is offering additional support to the London Fire Brigade in light of the recent wildfires.

      Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to future proof fire brigades in tackling wildfire and other fire incidents as a result of extreme...

      Police: Stun Guns

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allocation has been awarded to the West Midlands for the purposes of equipping police officers with tasers.

      National Crime Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to the National Crime Agency to enforce...

      Police: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police staff have been made redundant in Lancashire in the last year for which data is available.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on tackling antisocial behaviour in Newport West constituency.

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that anti-social behaviour is recorded consistently across the country.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to change the law on gun control in the UK, following the recent fatal shooting in Liverpool.

      Nitrous Oxide: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) restricting or (b) banning the recreational use or sale of...

      West Midlands Police: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the analysis of Home Office data released in July 2022 showing that West Midlands Police have closed 46% of investigations...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget was made available for advertising relating to the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership in the 2022-23...

      Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Department’s publication of data for spending over £500 on a procurement card, when she plans to publish the...

      Police: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on making an estimate of the number of (a) serving and (b) former police officers in...

      Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Safer Streets Fund on reported crime.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional members of staff have been recruited to tackle asylum application delays.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the later dated 25 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central regarding a constituent, reference 28507935.

      Burglary

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of charges for burglary.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to clear (a) backlogs and (b) delays at the Passport Office.

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2022 to Question HL1710 on British Nationality: Assessments, how many and what proportion of Life in the...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to local authorities to improve...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to amend the Skilled Worker Visa to enable visa holders to have a second job outside of their permitted...

      Fire Extinguishers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on the number of serious fires in buildings that may have been prevented by the installation of...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are there currently in the UK who would previously have been returned to the first country they arrived in under the...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to set a target time for processing outstanding claims for asylum made before the Nationality and Borders Act...

      Body Searches: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 16 have been strip searched by the Metropolitan Police in each of the last three years.

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many community sponsorship applications have been (a) submitted and (b) approved in the last 12 months; and how many applications were...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to tackle knife crime in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the South East.

      Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report by Sir Thomas Winsor entitled Special...

      Passports and Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of delays in processing British passport applications on the processing times for other...

      Motor Vehicles: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the analysis of Home Office data showing that West Midlands Police solved 0.9% of thefts from cars reported to it in 2021,...

      Visas: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the length of time an English language test pass is valid for a visa...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of applications for British passports that have taken longer than 10 weeks...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family reunion applications waiting to be processed as of 2 September 2022 have exceeded the 60-day service standard for a...

      Travellers: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour arising from traveller sites; and what powers her Department have...

      Seasonal Workers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2022 to Question 35931 on Seasonal Workers: Ukraine, how many and what proportion of the 2,914 seasonal...

      Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 56 of her New Plan for Immigration: legal migration and border control strategy, whether requirements for...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th May 2022 to Question 5436, on Asylum: Rwanda, what criteria will be used to assess the mental and...

      Protest

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered further steps to effectively remove activists who have set up permanent protest camps in areas (a) where they are...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many desk officers were working on the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme in her Department as of 1 September 2022.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper, New plan for immigration: legal migration and border control strategy, published by her Department on 20...

      Naturalisation: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what the average processing time is for a naturalisation decision from her Department and (b) how this compares to each year since 2016.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase funding for the fire service in (a) Bournemouth East constituency and (b) England.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides for people who may lose their (a) jobs and (b) housing due to delays exceeding six months for the...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 38652 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what steps the Government is taking to work with local...

      Safer Streets Fund: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial allocation has been awarded to West Midlands Police through the Safe Streets Fund.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in processing visa applications on (a) people and (b) employers renewing Tier...

      Violence Reduction Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support the Violence Reduction Unit to help support community initiatives aimed at preventing...

      HM Passport Office: Lost Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of documents lost by the Passport Office in the last 6 months.

      HM Passport Office: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much compensation has Her Majesty’s Passport Office paid out due delays in producing passports between 1 May 2022 and 1 September 2022.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of hotel accommodation for asylum seeking families that include children with...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help transition asylum seekers from hotel accommodation into permanent accommodation.

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warranted police officers are occupying police staff roles (a) within Lancashire Police and (b) nationwide as of 2 September 2022.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the probability that the Government will recruit a net increase of 20,000 police officers by the end...

      Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has taken steps to enter into a youth mobility agreement with (a) the EU, (b) France, (c) Spain, (d) Italy and (e)...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 9025 on Visas: Ukraine, for what reason her Department is not publishing data on the...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the expansion of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme for Labour Market...

      Passports: Surrogacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to expedite British surrogacy babies' passports who are born overseas in the context of enabling them to be...

      Police: Hertfordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase the number of police officers in Hertfordshire.

      Shamima Begum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the UK intelligence services were made aware of the involvement of Canadian Security Intelligence Services in facilitating...

      HM Passport Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by the Digital Application Processing development programme in HM Passport Office on 1 March 2022.

      Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference her New Plan for Immigration: legal migration and border control strategy, what progress she has made on the proposed...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will proscribe Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

      Economic Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on economic crime.

      HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the passport advice line.

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times did the Home Office not accept and implement the recommendation of the independent person following a Tier 2 review decision...

      Donald Trump

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has taken steps to establish if material taken from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home by the FBI relates to the national...

      HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to shorten the waiting times for people who call the passport advice line.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and (b)...

      Fraud: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the risk of fraud to residents of Solihull constituency.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure age checks are being conducted on the sale of alcohol by (a) alcohol home delivery services and...

      Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of businesses investigated as part of Operation Tacit were visited by inspectors in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and...

      Home Office: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff have left her Department since 12 December 2019.

      Immigration: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 13846 on Immigration: Northern Ireland, whether Ukrainian nationals who arrived in...

      Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made towards the appointment of a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner following the interviews of candidates for the...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow pre-legislative scrutiny of the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of push payment fraud there have been in each of the last five years.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters sent to her by the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on 21st July 2022 and on 1st August 2022 on...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 8 June 2022, reference AK54051.

      HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the customer service provided by Teleperformance, the company contracted...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were undecided (a) at the end of 2019 and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available.

      Visas: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expediate decisions on family reunion visas over the 24 week service standard.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is possible for EU Settlement Scheme applicants whose applications are significantly delayed to pay retrospectively to escalate...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 7 July 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on his constituent Andrew Wright.

      Migrant Help

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has any plans to increase Migrant Help’s access to relevant information and data from other branches of the Home Office...

      Care Workers: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have entered the UK on the new Health and Care Visa since it was introduced in 2020 as (a) Care Workers and Home Carers and...

      Passports: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for British National (Overseas) Passports to British...

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were upgraded to the fast-track service due to a failure to maintain the ten week service standard in each...

      Dublin Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bilateral agreements she has negotiated and concluded with member states to replace former arrangements that existed under the...

      Passports: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of suspected fraud and related offences were identified by HM Passport Office in each year since 2010; and how many such...

      Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the volume of illegal immigration since December 2021.

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Skilled Worker visas are live as of 2 September 2022.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for British citizenship her Department has refused in each year since December 2019.

      Visas: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Tier 5 Visas were received from (a) EU and (b) non-EU nationals seeking to volunteer for charities in the UK as...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of small boat crossings in the English Channel between 6 September 2022 and 1 January 2023.

      Passports: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff within HM Passport Office are working primarily on fraud and fraud-related issues as of 2 September 2022; and how...

      HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that staff operating the passport advice line receive adequate training.

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the standard processing time for (a) Spouse, (b) Fiancé, and (c) Unmarried Partner visas.

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for spousal and partner visa applications.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure Ukrainian refugees have safe access routes to the UK.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghans nationals have arrived in the UK under Pathway 2 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme as of 31 August 2022.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether visitors to the Ramada Hotel, The Square, Solihull, will be able to use (a) the bowls green and (b) other facilities under the terms...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that asylum seekers awaiting a decision on an asylum application are not drawn into...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of outstanding administrative reviews are without a decision more than six months after application as of 2 September 2022.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of people reaching the UK via the English Channel in small...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the effectiveness of the police investigating road traffic accidents involving...

      Visas: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of family reunion visa decisions are being made within the 24 week service standard.

      Seasonal Workers: Indonesia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with officials from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority on recent reports of abusive recruitment...

      Visas: Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for (a) all visa applications and (b) visa applications from (i) Zimbabwe, (ii) Namibia, (iii) Zambia, (iv)...

      Migrant Workers: Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper, New plan for immigration: legal migration and border control strategy, published by her Department on 20...

      Migrant Workers: Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the recruitment of overseas...

      Home Office: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the cost of the 69th Sport’s Day on 29 July 2022.

      Home Office: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department were based permanently in (a) Gujarat, (b) Delhi and (c) other states in India in each...

      London Policing College: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the guidance by her Department entitled Overseas Business Risk: China, published on 11 March 2022, what assessment she has...

  • Treasury

    • First Time Buyers: Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging mortgage lenders to use rental payments as proof of affordability for younger people...

    • Pensions: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment the Government has carried out on the impact of Solvency II reforms on pensions.

      Cash Dispensing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will carry out regular assessments of (a) the adequacy of how the ATM network is funded and (b) the impact of the levels of funding of the ATM...

      Financial Services: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure the independence of financial services regulators.

      Zambia: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with UK-based private creditors and financial institutions that have bought debt owed by Zambia as part of its recent debt...

      Southern Africa: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of remarks made by Anglican Bishops at the recent Lambeth Conference, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of cancelling...

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review the Help to Buy ISA maximum level which was set at £250,000 for properties outside London back in 2015, given...

      Treasury: EU Law

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in their Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of funds lost to push payment fraud in each of the last five years.

      Barclays: Tamworth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Barclays Bank on that bank's decision to close its Tamworth branch.

      Remote Working: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to increase the maximum tax relief claim for job expenses for working from home, in the context of rising gas and electricity costs.

      Charging Points: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT on public electric vehicle charging points to five per cent, in the...

      Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people expected to be affected by the Pensions Increase (Review) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/333) in the 2023/24...

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total VAT receipts contained in the (a) March 2021, (b) November 2021 and (c) March 2022 budgets for each financial year...

      Small Businesses: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the average financial cost for small businesses of following the Making Tax Digital rules.

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to backdate the Energy Profits Levy for oil and gas producers to 2021.

      Sunscreens: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to remove VAT on sun screen products.

      VAT: Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of lifting the VAT registration threshold in line with inflation.

      Northern Ireland Protocol

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set the timescale for the implementation of tariff reimbursement scheme in relation to movements covered by the Northern Ireland Protocol.

      Solar Power: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the reach of the tax super-deduction for the installation of solar...

      Revenue and Customs: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by HM Revenue and Customs to pay tax refunds and the impact on individuals and businesses awaiting...

      National Insurance Contributions: Overseas Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) the requirement for British nationals living overseas requesting a NI38 document for...

      Royal Ulster Constabulary: Museums and Galleries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding his Department committed for the establishment of a Royal Ulster Constabulary museum in Northern Ireland is still available.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Social Media: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times Government teams tackling disinformation have reported content or user accounts to social media providers in...

    • BBC News

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the merger of BBC News and BBC World channels on domestic political...

      Independent Press Standards Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department holds on (a) the number of fines imposed and (b) how many standards investigations have been launched...

      Press: Privacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of current trends in the levels of press (a) intrusion and (b) harassment of grieving families...

      Telecommunications: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken by her Department to help prevent price increases over and above CPI by telecoms companies.

      Emergency Services Network

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which commercial operators have (a) agreed and (b) shown an interest in utilising the infrastructure associated with the...

      BBC: Religious Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on reports of its plans to reduce the budget for Songs of Praise.

      BBC: Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on its assessment of the potential impact of ending the weekly current affairs...

      Building Digital UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many operator build plans has Building Digital UK accepted in full as part of its market analysis.

      Broadband: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of (a) fast and (b) reliable broadband to (i) homes and (ii)...

      Television Licences: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing free TV licences for those suffering from dementia.

      Local Press: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help support journalists at local newspapers, in the context of rising inflation.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff have left her Department since 12 December 2019.

      Building Digital UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many network operators have submitted build plans to Building Digital UK as part of the Gigabit Open Market Review and...

      Building Digital UK: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many unique property numbers in total have been included within operator build plans submitted to Building Digital UK.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) support and (b) accelerate the roll-out of (i) full-fibre broadband and (ii) 5g in...

      Building Digital UK: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of the operator build plans that have been submitted to Building Digital UK which include unique...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish her department’s data for spending over £500 using an electronic purchasing card during...

      Football Index

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how investigations into the collapse of football index are progressing; when she expect those investigations to conclude; and...

      Broadband: Romford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her department is taking to increase broadband speed in Romford.

      Broadband: Misrepresentation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made representations to representatives of (a) Ofcom and (b) the Advertising Standards Agency on consumers...

      Russian Embassy: Twitter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) social media platforms to prevent the Russian Embassy in the UK...

      Cultural Heritage: South Asia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department last funded celebrations, exhibitions and programmes related to (a) the contributions of the South Asian...

      Unboxed: Overseas Visitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 13078, if she will publish the (a) names, (b) positions and (c)...

      Charities and Religious Buildings: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the increase in energy...

      Culture: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of rising inflation on the heritage and culture sector; and...

      Holiday Accommodation: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to regulate (a) operation and (b) growth in the number of Airbnb properties in residential areas.

      Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the fair treatment of volunteers within the voluntary and charitable work sector.

      Charities: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial support to (a) charities and (b) other...

      Football: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide more pitches and facilities for women's football teams.

      Sports: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government (a) has invested and (b) plans to invest in grassroots sports facilities in Hitchin and Harpenden...

      Museums and Galleries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing capital funding to support the establishment of local art...

      Unboxed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she took to ensure the Unboxed festival delivered value for money.

      Unboxed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to assess the extent to which the Unboxed Festival met the objectives set for it.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Energy

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House authorities are taking to reduce (a) temperature settings on the estate and (b) energy...

    • Members: Security

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plays a role in the (a) award and (b) monitoring of the contract with ADT for the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways

      To ask Her Majesty's Government to list the restrictive practices they believe exist in the railway industry which hinder its efficiency and modernisation.

    • Eurostar: Ashford International Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the decision by Eurostar not to have any of its trains calling at Ashford International station on the economy of...

      Roads and Waste Disposal: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given, if any, to the approach of France to highways maintenance and waste clearance by comparison with the UK; what lessons they have...

      M20: Speed Limits

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the M20 three lane carriageway speed limit will be raised from 50 miles per hour given the suspension of Operation Brock and the removal of motorway...

      Aviation: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the consultation on Reforming aviation consumer policy: protecting air passenger rights, which closed on 27 March.

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution the lack of electrified diversionary routes makes to delays on railways; and what investment plans, if any, they...

      Electric Scooters

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 July (HL1954), whether they will publish the estimated figures of privately owned e-scooters...

      Electric Scooters: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the regulations surrounding the riding of e-scooters.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current storage capacity for gas in the UK in terawatt-hours; and what assessment they have made of how this compares to capacity in (1) Germany, (2)...

    • Natural Gas: Storage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what capacity of gas storage is likely to be achieved at the Rough gas site off the coast of Yorkshire for this coming winter.

      Fracking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lift the ban on fracking.

      Power Failures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prepare for electricity blackouts this winter.

      Fuel Oil: Price Caps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to cap the price of (1) oil, (2) liquefied petroleum gas, and (3) other heating fuels, not currently covered by the energy price cap.

      Electricity Interconnectors

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making maximum use of electricity inter-connectors with (1) France, (2) Norway, (3) Iceland, and (4) other countries; and to what extent such use...

      Energy: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote energy efficiency in (1) private housing, (2) private rented accommodation, and (3) social housing.

      Electric Scooters: Sales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 26 July (HL1955), what discussions they have had with local Trading Standards regarding retailers selling...

      Pay

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the information regarding Harrods in the article “Amazon gets tough with workers over 35p pay rise”, published in The...

      Boilers: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made as to whether hybrid heating systems combining boilers with heat pumps are a long-term option for the future of heating in...

      Boilers: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of which types of home in terms of (1) energy efficiency, and (2) construction, would be the most appropriate to install a hybrid...

      Boilers: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the potential deployment rates of heat pumps into heating systems with a gas boiler, and (2) the consequent impact on carbon...

      Boilers: Heat Pumps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have (1) undertaken, or (2) used, to assess the role hybrid heating systems combining boilers with heat pumps can play in decarbonising heat in...

      Biofuels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Biomass Strategy.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Uniforms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to monitor the impact of the guidance on school uniforms.

    • Students: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that financial support given to university students is protected from inflation.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Crimes of Violence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual number of reported assaults on (1) prisoners, and (2) prison staff, in each of the last 10 years.

    • Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the announcement on marriage reform by the Northern Ireland Department of Finance on 1 July affects legal recognition for...

      Reoffenders: Sentencing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comparative effectiveness of (1) short prison sentences, and (2) community sentences, in reducing and preventing re-offending.

      Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the turnover of prison officers in each of the last five years, and (2) their ability to recruit prison officers needed to...

      Probation: Costs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated annual cost of the new dual system which requires Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to further review the Parole Board's...

      Money Laundering: Criminal Proceedings

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) prosecutions, and (2) convictions, there have been for money laundering offences in the domestic and corporate property sector in each year from 1...

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Law Commission report Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published 19 July, what plans, if any, they have to grant legal recognition to...

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Law Commission review Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law, published on 19 July, which has called for legal recognition...

      Marriage: Humanism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will give humanist marriages legal recognition by laying an Order under the Marriage Act 2013; and if so, whether they will consider doing so on an...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of the (1) work, (2) education, and (3) training, undertaken by prisoners.

      Prisoners' Transfers: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many transfers of trans women prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates housed in the female estate to the male estate have taken place in each...

      Downview Prison: Gender Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many separate transfers of trans women prisoners with Gender Recognition Certificates to E Wing at HMP Downview have taken place each year since the...

  • Treasury

    • Pay: Inflation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that wage levels keep pace with inflation.

    • Bank Services: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to help British expatriates whose banking facilities in the UK are being closed as a result of Brexit.

      Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of adults (1) in paid work, and (2) not in paid work, who have incomes below the income tax threshold.

      Property Development: Money Laundering

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of anti-money laundering regulations in the domestic and corporate property sector.

      Cycle to Work Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of reforming the Cycle to Work Scheme to broaden access to (1) those earning at, or near, the National Minimum...

      Electric Scooters: Imports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of e-scooters imported into the UK in (1) 2020, (2) 2021, and (3) 2022.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Aircraft Carriers: F-35 Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all UK F35 jets deployed for UK carrier operations off the Eastern seaboard of the USA will be embarked in the ship with their maintainers and aircrew.

    • F-35 Aircraft: Crew

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fully trained F35B pilots are in (1) the Royal Navy, and (2) the Royal Air Force; and how many are night-qualified for carrier operations.

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many days in the first six months of 2022 were UK F35s embarked on (1) HMS Queen Elizabeth, and (2) HMS Prince of Wales, at sea; what numbers were embarked...

      Defence: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Defence in an interview with Sky News on 26 July, whether they estimate that defence spending on present...

      Aukus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who, if anyone, in the UK plays the equivalent role to that played by Mr Abraham Denmark, who was appointed by the Secretary of State for Defence in the United...

      Russia: Armed Forces

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of President Putin’s Decree No. 512 on the UK’s maritime strategy.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have taken to increase the (1) availability, and (2) use of, the British Army's Armoured Fighting Vehicles fleet.

      F-35 Aircraft: Software

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the UK's fleet of F35B jet fighters has been supplied with the software necessary to allow fully autonomous mission planning.

      Dockyards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the provision of urgent short-term dry docking requirements for the Royal Navy, given the break down of HMS Prince of Wales.

      Reserve Forces: Reviews

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their response to the report of the Reserve Forces Review 2030, published in May 2021.

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence on 18 July (HC Deb col 688) that "autonomy is increasingly the key to the successful...

      Defence: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what mechanisms they are considering for compliance or oversight of the use of artificial intelligence in defence; and, in particular, whether mechanisms they are...

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government when 809 Squadron will be formed.

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement in policy document Ambitious, Safe and Responsible: Our approach to the delivery of AI enabled capability in Defence, published on 15...

      Autonomous Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement in the policy document Ambitious, Safe and Responsible - Our approach to the delivery of AI-enabled capability in Defence, published...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of Universal Credit claimants who did not qualify for the first cost of living additional payment because of the way their...

    • Carers: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, they will publish the research on barriers to carers’ employment mentioned in the letter from the Secretary of State for...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the CPRE report Building on our Food Security, published on 22 July, which identified a hundredfold increase in house and...

  • Home Office

    • Slavery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section 65 (Temporary Leave) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on the victims of modern slavery.

    • Seasonal Workers: Horticulture

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of visas for seasonal workers given the estimated £60 million losses by the horticultural industry for the first...

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 July (HL Deb cols 1067–71), what discussions they have had with the Project for the...

      Nationality and Borders Act 2022

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that allow the Secretary of State to make regulations (1) have, and (2) have not, been used to make such...

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL2043), how many unannounced inspections of Life in the UK test centres have...

      Mike Veale

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who is the legally qualified chair in charge of the misconduct hearing that is to be convened for Mike Veale, former Chief Constable of Cleveland Police.

      Migrant Workers: Health Professions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many medical professionals from other countries are currently waiting for their applications for immigration status in the UK to be considered.

      Home Office: Teleperformance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the termination date for Teleperformance's contract to provide overseas helpline services on behalf of the Home Office; and what assessment they have made...

      Fire Prevention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent further wildfires.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Parish and Town Councils: Carer's Allowance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Greenhalgh on 9 November (HL3455), when they now expect to respond to the proposal under the Sustainable Communities...

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase (1) energy, and (2) water, efficiency in new housing.

      Freeports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government where are the freeports in (1) England, (2) Wales, and (3) Scotland; and whether they intend to establish a freeport in Northern Ireland.

      Homelessness: Death

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many homeless people have died on the street in each of the last five years.

      Voting Rights: Anniversaries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have made for national celebrations of the 100th anniversary of full enfranchisement in 2028.

      Carbon Dioxide: Alarms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to revise their regulations on carbon monoxide alarms in accommodation to reflect the safety warning issued by the Office for Product Safety...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Overseas Trade: Developing Countries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when their plans to grant enhanced trading status to eight developing countries including Syria will come into effect; and whether this will help the...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Forests: West Midlands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure the Urban Forest is preserved in its entirety as stipulated in the Deed of Dedication between the Millennium...

    • Millennium Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) body, or (2) bodies, took over the responsibilities of the Millennium Commission when it disbanded in 2006.

      Project Gigabit: East Sussex

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to involve community groups in the delivery of Project Gigabit in East Sussex.

      Project Gigabit: East Sussex

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the rollout of Project Gigabit in East Sussex.

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