Written answers

Wednesday, 21 September 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Doncaster Sheffield Airporty: Closures

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

    • Road Traffic Act 1988

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to launch a call for evidence on the Road Traffic Act 1988.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Annual report and accounts 2020-21, HC 808, published on 25 November 2021, for what...

    • Trade: Certification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the transition to separate UK safety certification for tradable goods following the UK's departure...

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government decided not to have a bank holiday in the event that the England Women's National...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendations of the Good Work Plan published in December 2018, how many of those...

      Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in each year since 2010.

      Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff

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

      Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the document entitled Establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights: Government...

      Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to review legislation on the sale of fireworks.

      Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) Royal Mail and (b) the Communications Workers Union to...

      Business: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) venture capital and (b) private equity firms continue to...

      Small Businesses: Rother Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to attract venture capital investment to SMEs operating in Rother Valley constituency.

      Small Businesses: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is providing to SMEs looking to attract finance from venture capital firms.

      Small Businesses: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of investment in SMEs by (a) the British Business Bank and (b)...

      Business: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the Government's National Disability Strategy.

      Freeports: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the minimum wage will be the same in the Government's planned freeports as it is outside of these areas.

      Companies House: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for Companies House, in the context of the reforms envisaged...

      Royal Mail: Postage Stamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on the issue of counterfeit stamps; and whether the Government is taking...

      Parental Leave and Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100575 on Parental Leave, when he plans to publish the...

      Parental Leave and Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total number of claimants of Statutory Shared Parental was in each year since 2015-16 broken down by gender.

      Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount paid was of (a) Statutory Maternity Pay, (b) Maternity Allowance, (c) Statutory Paternity Pay,...

      Help to Grow Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have (a) expressed interest in, (b) enrolled on and (c) completed the Help to Grow Management...

      Unfair Dismissal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of returning the unfair dismissal qualification period to one year...

      Employment: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with external stakeholders on legislative proposals relating to employment in...

      Electrical Goods: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will take steps to prevent the sale of low rating banded white goods to help cut energy consumption in...

      Science and Research: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government not having a Minister for Science, Research and...

      Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of UK labour market inspection performance against International Labour Organization...

      Electrical Goods: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the affordability for people in households below average national...

      Supply Chains: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK commercial supply chains do not include (a) products, (b)...

      Agricultural Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what dates he has met representatives of (a) Cargill, (b) Archer Daniels Midland, (c) Bunge and (d) Louis Dreyfus...

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's National Disability Strategy, what the planned timetable is for announcing a new...

      Help to Grow Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have successfully enrolled on (a) Help to Grow: Management and (b) Help to Grow: Digital.

      Low Pay: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Low Pay Commission on the impact of inflation on those on low pay; and if...

      Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains the Government’s policy to establish a single enforcement body for employment rights, as...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to Article 11 of the Northern Ireland Protocol, what steps he is taking to help protect the single energy market on the island...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is of the Chief Executive of the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board for 2022-23.

    • Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the salary band is for the Chairman of the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board for 2022-23.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing a fourth dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to all people over the age of 12.

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the evidence provided to the Women's Health Strategy for England on endometriosis diagnosis and treatment, what...

      Healthy Start Scheme and School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to offer plant-based milk alternatives (a) in the Nursery Milk Scheme and (b) through Healthy Start Vouchers.

      Epidermolysis Bullosa: Health Services and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients of Epidermolysis Bullosa on the NHS in England; and what assessment he has made of the...

      Endometriosis: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) improve access to pain management for people with endometriosis and (b) ensure endometriosis is recognised...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the cost of hormone replacement therapy.

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for introducing a single annual prepayment certificate of £18.70 for HRT prescriptions.

      Silicosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to include silicosis as a notifiable disease under the Health Protection Regulations 2010.

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to establish care pathways for endometriosis outside the pelvic area, including thoracic endometriosis.

      Weather: Working Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues regarding the health impacts on workers of working in extreme weather.

      Abortion: Analgesics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing fetal pain relief during abortion procedures, in a similar way to that...

      Infant Foods: Soya Beans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing access to soy-based milk formulae.

      Hospitals: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how frequently air pollution levels are measured outside hospitals.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Results of the Women’s Health, let’s talk about it survey and the Women's Health Strategy for England,...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of calorie labelling requirements on restaurant menus on people with eating disorders.

      Health: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data produced by the ONS, Socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable mortality in England: 2019, released on 11 March...

      Out of Area Treatment: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to reimburse friends and family members who travel long distances to visit NHS patients whose care has...

      Radiotherapy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the overall budget for cancers services delivered by the NHS in England that is spent on...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of the regulations prohibiting regulated manufacture of medical cannabis and CBD...

      Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the level of air pollution outside NHS facilities in the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

      Health Centres: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to expand patient capacity at Riverside Medical Centre at Hullbridge, Essex; and if he will make a statement.

      Contraceptives: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to expand the NHS Community Pharmacy Contraception Management Service Pilot; and when that pilot will be...

      Strokes: Southport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of Southport’s stroke services to others in its region; and what steps his...

      Dental Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to exempt those people who were prescribed tetracycline from future dental costs.

      Children's Play: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current provision of play specialists is (a) across the NHS and (b) specifically for children with cancer.

      Cancer: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding is available for children’s cancer in the current financial year; and how much funding has been available for...

      Neurology: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase provision of paediatric neurology treatment in Nottinghamshire.

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what short and long term steps the Government is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments.

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage more women to attend cervical screening appointments; and what recent steps his...

      Healthy Start Scheme: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1509, and the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 18900, on Healthy Start Scheme: North...

      Mental Health Services: Tamworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people in Tamworth constituency have access to local and adequate mental health...

      Yoga: Social Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to promote the social prescribing of yoga to help patients with high blood pressure, heart disease,...

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what services breathlessness clinics will provide to support the early detection of heart valve disease; and whether those clinics will...

      General Practitioners: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a GP appointment in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency in the latest period for which data is...

      General Practitioners: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help support GPs to offer face-to-face appointments in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency.

      Endometriosis: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make mental health support available for women with endometriosis.

  • Department for Education

    • Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list of all discretionary funding streams administered by his Department that local authorities in England are able to bid or...

    • Special Educational Needs: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) teachers and (b) therapists employed in special educational needs schools in...

      Agriculture: Further Education and Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) further education courses and (b) skilled jobs in agriculture; and what discussions he has had with...

      Sign Language: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to launch a consultation on the British Sign Language GCSE.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the education of students with special educational needs.

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to support those repaying (a) student loans and (b) student loans plus post-graduate loans in the context of the rising...

      Countryside: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including The Countryside Code in the National Curriculum.

      BTEC Qualifications and T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students began but did not complete each (a) BTEC and (b) T Level course, broken down by institution and course, in 2021-22.

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department are taking to encourage schools to increase the number of pupils admitted on pupil premiums.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Sefton Council improves children's services in Southport following Ofsted rating those...

      Educational Psychology: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing pay for educational psychologists, in the context of the rising cost of food and...

      Children: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of Child Poverty Action Group, published on 9 June 2022, on the number of children living in poverty who are not...

      Sign Language: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) local and (b) national funding is available for parents and close family members for studying advanced British Sign Language courses that...

      LGBT+ People: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the appropriateness of learning materials provided by LGBTQ campaign groups for use in primary schools.

      Children's Social Care Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what legislative proposals the Government is planning to make to implement the Care Review.

      Special Educational Needs: Harrow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time from the date of referral to appointment for a special educational needs assessment is in the London Borough of Harrow...

      AQA: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has had discussions with the management at AQA on resolving the industrial dispute with UNISON.

      Pupils: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that school staff are adequately equipped to support the mental health of Afghan refugee children.

      Alternative Education and Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's timescale is for publishing the results of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP)...

      Children in Care: Mental Capacity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are (a) in care and (b) subject to a deprivation of liberty Order as of 6 September 2022.

      GCSE: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of comparative trends in the level of GCSE marks between the North East and other areas of the UK.

      Higher Education: Student Wastage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of financial challenges on the dropout rate amongst university students in the 2022-23...

      Kurdish Language: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with exam boards on the introduction of a Kurdish language GCSE.

      Lydiate Primary School: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will (a) publish details of how much funding Lydiate Primary School is due to receive for the purpose of its refurbishment and (b) ensure that...

      Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential relationship between trends in the levels of school exclusions and education, health and care plans.

      Health: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students studying the Health T Level received an (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E and (f) U grade in their Year 1 exams.

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for publishing the sixth annual T Level action plan.

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many learners (a) started and (b) completed T Levels in the cohort ending in August 2022.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what advice his Department provides to journalists subject to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.

    • Parole: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the paper entitled Root and Branch Review of the Parole System: The Future of the Parole System in England and Wales, CP654, published...

      Prison Officers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total increase in pay to prison staff was in each of the last five years.

      Prison Officers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average pay was for band (a) three, (b) four and (c) five prison officers in the latest period for which data is available.

      Prison Service: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison staff have left HM Prison Service in each of the last five years.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Gaza: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the Israeli Military airstrikes on Gaza in May 2021, whether she has made representations to her...

    • Somalia: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of UK nationals who were directly affected by the terrorist attack in...

      Lebanon: Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Lebanese counterpart on the launching of drones by Hezbollah...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Israeli government on its E1 settlement plan.

      Arctic: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to appoint a UK Ambassador to the Arctic region.

      Iran: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the number of women and girls able to access publicly funded sport in Iran.

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking with international partners to reverse Iran's nuclear escalation.

      Lebanon: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the economic situation in Lebanon.

      Hong Kong: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18940 on Hong Kong: Foreign Nationals, what the statutory...

      Israeli Settlements: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the construction of the E1 Israeli...

      Gulf Strategy Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish (a) a breakdown of spending by country from the Gulf Strategy Fund and (b) details of what...

      Gaza: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Israel’s permit regime on the mental...

      Somaliland: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to support the people of Somaliland in exercising their right to self-determination.

      Somaliland: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing UK aid to Somaliland.

      European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Irish government on the potential impact of withdrawing...

      European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment she of the potential impact of withdrawing from the ECHR on the 1998 Good Friday...

      Somaliland: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase UK health cooperation with Somaliland to the benefit of the people of...

      Somaliland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has taken diplomatic steps to help ensure Somaliland is represented in international multilateral...

      Uganda: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the authorities in Uganda on protecting LGBTQ people from...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Page 83 of the Integrated Review, whether her Department has a planned timetable for its greater...

      Somaliland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has taken diplomatic steps to help encourage Commonwealth engagement with Somaliland.

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) integration between the East African Community...

      Somaliland: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government agencies and bodies (a) were operating in and (b) worked with Somaliland as of 6 September 2022.

      Private Military and Security Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) recent statements made by the Russian Embassy...

      Somaliland: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to strengthen relations with Somaliland.

      Chile: Referendums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the result of the recent referendum in Chile on that...

      Horn of Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help (a) bring greater global attention to the hunger crisis in...

      Somaliland: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken through (a) international diplomacy, (b) Official Development Assistance, or (c)...

      Angola: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the outcome of the 2022 Angolan general election.

      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...

      East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled UK commits millions to helping the world's most...

      Gabon: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the access that women and girls have to education in Gabon.

      Zimbabwe: South Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) financial situation of the Zimbabwean...

      Zimbabwe: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to support Zimbabwe's application to join the Commonwealth.

      Zimbabwe: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent (a) discussions she has had with her Zimbabwean counterpart on taking steps to, (b) Official...

      Dilia Contreras and Leiner Montero

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Colombian counterpart on the killing of radio journalists Dilia...

      Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the assassination attempt on Argentina's Vice...

      Schengen Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Article six of the Schengen Borders Code applies to UK citizens travelling to the EU.

      Gabon: Commonwealth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she had with Commonwealth counterparts on the preparedness of Gabon to join the Commonwealth of...

      Amazonia: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to respond to the August 2022 fires in the Amazon rainforest.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether HM Treasury's suspension of non-essential aid spend until September resulted in reductions to existing...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the size of the UK's Diplomatic Staff in the context of its...

      UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

      South Sudan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken through (a) international diplomacy, (b) Official Development Assistance, or (c)...

      Lesotho: Contraceptives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support women’s access to contraceptive services in Lesotho.

      Southern Africa: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to support LGBTQ+ rights in southern Africa.

      Southern Africa: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps she has taken through (a) bilateral discussions and (b) aid programmes to improve access to...

      Middle East: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not having a specific ministerial role for the Middle East...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the figures supplied by her Department for the Cabinet Office’s weekly publication of...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much her Department spent on energy in each of the last three years.

      Ian Khama

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department will take steps to help support the former President of Botswana, Ian Khama.

      Togo: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the access that women and girls have to education in Togo.

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on a) food security, b) access to healthcare and c) other humanitarian...

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is providing to Pakistan to assist that country in tackling floods.

      Russia: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the sanctions regime to include people...

      Russia: Arctic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) implications for her policies and (b) potential impact on peace and...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many units of (a) body armour, (b) night vision goggles, (c) ballistic helmets and (d) other non-lethal aid...

      Somalia: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the terrorist attack in Mogadishu...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in third party countries that (a)...

      Turkey: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's regional strategy of President...

      Iran: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what security assessment the UK Embassy in Albania made of the Free Iran Summit on 23 and 24 July in Durres.

      Somalia: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the organisation responsible for the planning and execution of...

      Finland and Sweden: NATO Enlargement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure Sweden and Finland are able to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office : Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a government procurement card...

      Development Aid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that investment in universal and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Babcock International

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials from her Department have been seconded to Babcock International Group; and for what purposes.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 34834 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Aircraft Carriers: Damage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of damage to the starboard propeller shaft on Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers have been reported by the Royal Navy since 2015.

    • Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated whole life cost of the Future Combat Air System is; and how that estimated cost compares to the estimate of the same cost from last year.

      Ukraine: Nuclear Installations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has held with his Ukrainian counterpart on the security of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities since February 2022.

      Ukraine: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has held with his European counterparts on the potential impact of a civilian nuclear disaster in Ukraine on the security of the...

      Armed Forces: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason British service members are not allowed to wear NATO issued medals on their uniforms.

      Veterans UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member from Midlothian on 14 July 2022, Official Report, column 488, when he plans to help...

      Army: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the value for money of the Army’s recruitment system in comparison to the recruitment systems for the (a) RAF and...

      Defence Business Services: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his decision to relocate more jobs in Blackpool through the North West Estate Defence Business...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to extend the Defence Recruitment System contract with Capita beyond 2024.

      Estonia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will reassess the potential merits of turning Operation Cabrit into a medal awarding operational deployment.

      Army Reserve

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the size of the Army Reserve.

      RNAD Coulport: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the (a) Unite and (b) Prospect unions at RNAD Coulport on redeployment and defence...

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying instructors does the RAF have for (a) Typhoons and (b) F35s as of 1 September 2022.

      Armed Forces: Arctic

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the mobility of UK Land Forces in the Arctic region in comparison to Russia forces.

      Imperial Bank: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 143 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, for what reason his Department listed £304,000 sent to the...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 143 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2021 to 2022, which overseas regions authority has failed to pay their invoice...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of building the fleet solid support ships in the UK.

      RAF Fairford: B52 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many B52 strategic bombers have been deployed to RAF Fairford; and whether he has plans for those bombers to be equipped with nuclear weapons.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c)...

    • Pensioners: Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to provide support for pensioners who experience fuel poverty in autumn 2022 in the context of rising energy costs.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman's investigation into the communication of changes to women’s State Pension...

      War Pensions: Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to amend the policy that only the first £10 of the war disablement pension can be disregarded in means...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Supply: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect water supplies in Solihull constituency.

    • Rivers: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help enhance chalk streams located in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency, including...

      Inland Waterways and Rivers: Leisure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase public access to (a) rivers and (b) waterways for (i) leisure and (ii) sport.

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the environmental impacts of the UK not meeting its commitment to reaching net...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions and engagement his Department has had with the UK's highest polluters to encourage them to reduce their...

      Bomb Disposal: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that underwater munitions clearance contractors who claim to have...

      Office for Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Office for Environmental Protection.

      River Lea: Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of granting bathing water designation to the River Lea in...

      Construction: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department last made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) noise and (b) vibration limits for pile driving.

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trees.

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 8 of the Environment Act 2021, what steps his Department is taking to include measures to improve...

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to consult with stakeholders on the 25 Year Environment Plan in advance of its publication in 2023.

      Rivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2022 to Question 22447 on Rivers, when his Department plans to publish the report on the...

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish his response to his Department's consultation on Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in...

      Droughts and Rain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on cloud seeding to encourage rainfall during drought conditions.

      Sewage: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers, inland waterways and the sea.

      Litter: Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the littering of cigarette butts; whether his Department has made an...

      Desalination: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to increase investment in desalination plants.

      Water Companies: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to ban water company bosses from awarding...

      Nature Conservation: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is planning to take to help encourage (a) tree planting, (b) re-wilding and (c) wider planting in...

      Chilterns: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of including rural areas in Hitchin and Harpenden...

      Recreation Spaces: Plastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of restricting the use of (a) astro turf and (b) other...

      Fly-tipping: Reoffenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the length of sentences for repeat fly-tipping offenders; and...

      Fly-tipping: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been fined for fly-tipping in England in each of the last five years.

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which recent increases in the price of emptying septic tanks have been caused...

      Gun Sports: Lead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the joint statement by the British Association for...

      Bats: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Recovery Green Paper on the protection of (a) bats and (b)...

      Radio Frequency Identification: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that reusable security tags are used rather than RFID tags; and for what reason there was a...

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan child refugees have arrived in the UK since 15 August 2021.

    • Anti-social Behaviour and Crime: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect rural communities from (a) crime and (b) anti-social behaviour.

      London Policing College: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the London Policing College's partnerships in China were subject to (a) authorisation by her Department, (b) an international police...

      Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reported incidents of catcalling, including on the street, are logged by the police.

      Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of catcalling have been reported to the police in the UK since January 2022.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police staff roles have been disestablished since the advent of the Police Uplift Programme (a) within Lancashire Police and (b)...

      Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the role of (a) disposable barbecues and (b) other factors in causing wildfires; and what recent...

      Small Businesses: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to help protect small businesses from fraud through identity theft.

      Undocumented Migrants: Personal Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what systems are in place to keep track of the location of undocumented people who arrive in the UK by small boats’ personal items...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to assess whether accommodation is appropriate for offer as accommodation to Afghan refugees; and for how long her...

      Knives: Crime

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

      Police: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing a single independent body with oversight of the police...

      Police: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are processes to (a) periodically review and (b) ensure uniformity of procedure for dealing with complaints across...

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether territorial forces are able to apply for additional funding to tackle anti-social behaviour.

      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 January 2021.

      HM Passport Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are engaged in working on the development programme of Digital Application Processing at HM Passport Office as of 20 July 2022.

      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, if her Department will make an assessment of...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that Ukrainian refugees have access to public transport in rural Hertfordshire.

      Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a timetable for the revision of her Department's Prevent scheme in the context of recent academic discussions relating...

      Small Businesses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that SMEs can recruit skilled workers internationally in the event that they are unable to do...

      Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Ashara London 1444H sermons given by Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in Northolt were accredited by the Home Office and UK Visas and...

      HM Passport Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) permanent, (b) fixed-term, (c) agency and (d) other staff were working in HM Passport Office on 1 April 2021.

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of delays in (a) processing and (b) delivering biometric residence permit cards.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats have absconded once they landed on British shores since the start of 2022.

      Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people unable to travel abroad in summer 2022 due to passport application delays.

      Emergency Services Network: Orkney

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of when the Change Request to the Emergency Services Network necessary to activate 4G masts in Rackwick and...

      Migrants: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date her Department adopted the policy that nobody should be refused leave to remain in the UK solely on the grounds of having been...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Public Service Pensions: Firefighters' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022, when she plans to publish further...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email of 9 June 2022 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton regarding...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • High Rise Flats: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with mortgage lenders that refuse to lend on properties in blocks without an...

    • Freeports: Permitted Development Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish details of how permitted development rights will be expanded within freeport zones.

      Private Rented Housing: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle private landlords that refuse to rent to benefits recipients.

      Freeports: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether freeport zones will be subject to an environmental impact assessment.

      Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason there has been a delay in abolishing Section 21 notices and no fault evictions.

      Freeports: Countryside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of freeport zones on (a) national parks and (b) Areas of...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to open the third round of applications for the Levelling Up Fund.

      UKSPF Northern Ireland Partnership Group: Society of Local Authority Chief Executives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason SOLACE was used to provide local government representation on the UKSPF Northern Ireland Partnership Group...

      UKSPF Northern Ireland Partnership Group: Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason there are no representatives from the further education sector on the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity...

      Parks: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Levelling Up Parks Fund includes provisions to help ensure that parks are more inclusive for disabled children.

      Levelling Up Parks Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Levelling Up Parks Fund on making parks more inclusive for...

      UKSPF Northern Ireland Partnership Group: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how representation on the United Kingdom Shared Prosperity Fund Northern Ireland Partnership Group was decided.

      Coastal Areas: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage private investment in coastal communities not covered by its policy...

      Levelling Up Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the potential merits of supporting maritime projects...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential (a) commercial risks and (b) increased liabilities that (i)...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his policy to increase the level of funding local authorities receive for each person on the Homes for...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Homes for Ukraine placements have (a) broken down, (b) resulted in a rematching and the refugees being placed...

      Solar Power: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to amend planning regulations for installing solar panels on roofs in (a) conservation and (b) other areas.

      Social Housing (Regulation) Bill: Tenant Management Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Social Housing Regulation Bill on (a) existing right to manage...

      Temporary Accommodation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are quickly moved out of temporary accommodation; and what steps...

      Evictions: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of tenants who have been evicted under section 21 notices.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing training and support for Ukrainian...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on enabling Ukrainian families to transfer from the Ukrainian Family Scheme to the...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help Ukrainian refugees find independent housing.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support Ukrainian refugees to find housing after their six month sponsorship ends...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legal protections for homeowners against housing damage caused by...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 17012 on Elections: Proof of Identity, when he plans to publish details...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the provision of support for Afghan...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainian nationals have been settled in (a) Solihull constituency and (b) the UK under the Homes for Ukraine...

      Night Shelter Transformation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the announcement on 26 July 2022 that £10 million will be made available over three years to...

      Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to publish a formal update on the proposed successor scheme to the Access to Elected Office and...

      Domestic Abuse Duty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to (a) give local authorities at least three months’ notice of their 2023-24 funding...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps she is taking to help ensure that Homes for Ukraine sponsors receive their £350 payments in a timely manner.

      Homelessness: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to work with City of York Council to help ensure that it (a) finds land on which to place the NAPpad...

      Salvation Army: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Salvation Army's services for rough sleepers in York in engaging...

      Sleeping Rough: Local Government Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities do not reduce services under the Rough Sleeping Initiative.

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of self-contained residential properties that have been empty for six months or...

      Mobile Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the report on the research study his Department...

      Supported Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what step his Department is taking to help ensure the provision of supported accommodation for disabled people is cost...

      Fire Extinguishers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to require the fitting of sprinklers in (a) care homes, b) extra care facilities, (c)...

      Playgrounds: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of playgrounds are accessible to disabled children in England.

      Leasehold: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department held discussions with Welsh Government on a joint approach to legislation enacting the Law...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the email of 29 April 2022 from the office of the hon. Member for North Durham, regarding...

  • Cabinet Office

    • National Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the national security implications of foreign-owned businesses employing former...

    • Christopher Pincher

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communications were made by his Department to the BBC between 29 June 2022 and 3 June 2022 concerning the conduct of the Rt Hon. Member for Tamworth.

      Coronavirus: Death

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

      Prime Minister: Balmoral

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total transport cost associated with the Prime Minister's trip to Balmoral was on 6 September 2022.

      Future of Work Review

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the 10 Downing Street press release on the Future of Work Review published on 12 May 2022, when he expects to publish the report of...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to update the Integrated Review.

      Customs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the funding provided for border control posts.

      Customs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact on border control posts of the Government's decision to delay physical border checks; and...

      Customs: Portsmouth

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received correspondence from (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department for International Trade on the construction...

      Customs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much public money has been spent on Border Control Posts, including through the port infrastructure fund, as of 6 September 2022.

      Customs: Portsmouth

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much public money has been spent on the construction of the Border Control Post at Portsmouth as of 6 September 2022.

      10 Downing Street

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the lectern used by the Prime Minister at her speech at 10 Downing Street on 6 September 2022, (a) by whom the lectern was supplied,...

      Ministers: Meetings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of a meeting is used for transparency reports on Ministerial meetings published by Government departments.

  • Treasury

    • Public Houses: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure his taxation and fiscal policy supports the pub industry.

    • Electric Vehicles: Electricity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the potential merits of increasing the Advisory Electricity Rate paid to owners of electric vehicles, in the context of...

      Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of the UK economy.

      Bank Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take through the Financial Markets and Services Bill to protect access to in-person banking services for rural communities such as...

      Child Care Vouchers: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to ensure that childcare vouchers purchased through an employer-run scheme are refundable if (a) employment and (b)...

      Cost of Living Payments: Students

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons university students were excluded from cost of living support packages.

      Commodity Markets

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of lifting constraints on commodity market speculation introduced following the 2008 (a) finance and...

      Cost of Living: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to help support households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England...

      Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 40737 on Ukraine: Military Aid, if he will provide a breakdown of the amount contributed by each...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • TikTok: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) safety and (b) security of Tik Tok’s ability to track typed...

  • Department for Transport

    • East Midlands Railway: WiFi

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability and reliability of Wi-Fi connectivity on East Midlands Railway Services.

    • High Speed Two

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the Mitigation Strategy for the impact of HS2 on the natural water resources.

      High Speed Two: Colne Valley

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when HS2 Ltd will cease to be financially liable for public water sources in the Colne Valley and for the replacement of public water supplies.

  • Department for Education

    • Smestow Academy: Biometrics

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Education issuing advice that “live facial recognition technology is not appropriate in schools or colleges”, what...

    • Family Hubs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional Family Hubs over and above the funding already announced.

      Children in Care: Scotland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of children in the care of English local authorities being placed in Scotland.

      Classics: State Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the studying of Classics in state schools in England and Wales.

      Educational Institutions: Food

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to mitigate the impact of increased costs on the quality of the menus provided by education providers.

      Family Hubs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of Family Hubs and their efficacy.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prison Accommodation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time that (1) adult prisoners, and (2) young offenders, are locked in their cells each day.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Navy: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Royal Navy pilots are currently in advanced flying training to fly F35Bs.

    • Defence: Energy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the effect of increases in energy costs on the defence budget; and what effect they anticipate such increases will have on defence...

      Reserve Forces

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 'Quarterly service personnel statistics 1 April 2022', what are the figures for reserve personnel, divided by service into (1) officers,...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what would be the level of the benefit cap, set in 2016, if it had kept pace with (1) inflation, (2) average earnings, and (3) Universal Credit rates.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Birds: Gun Sports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of woodcock shot annually in each of the last 10 years; and what discussions they have held, if any, with...

    • Agriculture and Food Supply: Carbon Dioxide and Fertilisers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to ensure the availability of fertiliser and carbon dioxide to the farming and food sectors following the announcement by CF...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers have reached the UK having first registered in a Council of Europe country in each of the last five years; of those asylum seekers, how...

    • Human Trafficking and Refugees: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to end the practice of placing unaccompanied refugee, migrant, or trafficked children in hotels without supervision.

      Refugees: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decisions by the governments of Canada, Finland and Sweden to broaden their definition of refugee to include people affected...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the 20,000 individuals who crossed the channel in small boats in order to seek asylum from the beginning of 2022 have been identified as being...

      Domestic Abuse: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide additional financial assistance to the charity Hourglass to ensure it can continue to support older victims of domestic abuse and neglect.

      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 test centres were administering Life in the UK tests each month in...

      Slavery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section 68 of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on the rights of victims of modern slavery.

      British Nationality: Assessments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, with regard to the Life in the UK test, whether the test still asks applicants about information in the official test handbook third edition on (1) the UK's...

      Slavery

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the Modern Slavery Bill announced in the 2022 Queen's Speech.

      Madeleine McCann

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 December 2021 (HL4255), whether funding for Operation Grange has now ceased; and if not,...

      Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many emergency visas have been issued by the Home Office, in accordance with the discretionary powers of the Secretary of State, in the last five years.

      Domestic Service: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many confirmed victims of modern day slavery have been issued with an overseas domestic worker visa; and what percentage this represents of the total number of...

      Knives: Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce knife crime in London.

      British Nationality: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 6 July (HL Deb cols 1067–1071), how many applications for the discretionary fee waiver...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been accepted to date in the UK under the Afghanistan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Refugees: Housing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take to ensure that adequate housing is available for all refugees throughout the UK.

      Detention Centres: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have announced plans for a new immigration detention centre creating an additional capacity for 400 men.

      Home Office: Email

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 July (HL1712), why the cost of an email enquiry via SITEL UK changed from...

      UK Border Force: Calais

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) shortages of UK Border Force staff in Calais, and (2) the impact of any such shortages on delays to entry to the UK; and what...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they plan to offer Ukrainian refugees housed with British families when the initial six month period of the Homes for Ukraine scheme ends.

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