Written answers

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Motorways: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which motorway projects were under construction where the hard shoulder was being converted to a running lane as of 1 September 2022; what the...

    • Low Emission Zones: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish a consultation on the introduction of a cleaner vehicle subsidy scheme for people who live outside the London Ultra Low...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to expand the network of charging points for electric vehicles at motorway service stations.

      Parking: Blue Badge Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of local authorities restricting blue badge holders from parking in city centres on those drivers.

      Public Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a funding pilot aimed at increasing the number of people who shift from using cars to public transport.

      Bicycles and Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) e-scooters, (b) the users of e-scooters and (c) powers for local transport...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of HGV drivers in the UK; and what steps she is taking to address any shortages of those...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to respond to the consultation on managed pavement parking, which closed in November 2020.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish his conclusions from the public consultation on managing pavement parking.

      Motorcycles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with (a) manufacturers and (b) other stakeholders to ensure that all motorcycles and mopeds do not exceed limits for vehicle...

      A5

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of upgrading the A5 as part of the Union Connectivity Review to help improve links between...

      Battersea Park Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the planned upgrades to deliver accessible access at Battersea Park Station will start which have been differed from control period 5 of Access...

      Railways: Shrewsbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Network Rail on the electrification of the Shrewsbury, Black Country and Birmingham route.

      Railway Track: Temperature

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that train tracks can function as normal during heatwaves.

      Railways: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect of an hourly direct train between London and Shrewsbury on house prices in (a) Shrewsbury and...

      Department for Transport: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for her Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Introduction to Sector Deals, updated in June 2019, if he will...

    • Small Businesses: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to promote innovation by SMEs (a) across the country, (b) in Hounslow and (c) in...

      Vesa Equity Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has held meetings with (a) Daniel Kretinsky and (b) representatives of VESA Equity Investment...

      Fossil Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 45708 on Commodity Markets: Fossil Fuels, what assessment his...

      Trade Union Officials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with trade union officials since taking up the post on 6...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of...

      Heating: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will provide support for rural coal users who are unable to obtain gas or oil and rely on coal to...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of revoking (a) the Working Time...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing more funding to help SMEs improve...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      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 off-grid communities that are reliant on oil.

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government plans to provide to people who rely on domestic heating oil as their main heating source...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the expansion of extraction activity in the North Sea on...

      Small Businesses: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is offering to (a) high energy usage small business and (b) small convenience stores in the...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with rising energy costs.

      Red Diesel: Electricity Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing businesses affected by the high cost of energy to use...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b)...

      Public Houses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy prices on (a) pubs and (b) breweries.

      Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to stop the burning of wood imported from the US at the Drax power station.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the support scheme for energy bills will apply to existing fixed-term energy contracts agreed by public sector...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has written to the British Geological Survey to discuss the three month review of the evidence relating to...

      Renewable Energy: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce a renewable energy grant to support the installation of domestic wind and solar technology.

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's decision to lift the ban on fracking on the...

      Fracking: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of lifting the ban on fracking in England on the Government's...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to make assessments of levels of local consent for fracking.

      Fracking: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement in the House of Commons on 8 September 2022, how local support for...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data was used to inform the policy announced by the Prime Minister on 8 September 2022, to end the Government's...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken recent steps to implement the recommendations of the report by the Climate Assembly UK entitled...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the maximum output of renewable energy that (a) current and (b) planned future...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide grants to help households in social housing and domestic properties upgrade to achieve a band C...

      Coal: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2022 to Question 39801 on the Coal Authority, for what reason it is his policy to...

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) service and (b) shareholding stakes procured in the NNB Holding Company for the development...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding his Department has made available for supporting businesses with energy costs from 1 April 2023.

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish further details on the operation of the six month energy price freeze for businesses.

      Fuel Oil: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of price increases for home heating oil on consumers in Northern...

      Tidal Power: River Severn

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to maximise the potential of tidal flows on the River Severn to generate electricity...

      Energy: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to increase national energy storage potential by using grid-scale batteries.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on consumer energy bills of (a) faults and (b) loss of smart...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on energy companies’ policies on responding to issues with...

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the operation of the discretionary support fund for heating network customers, what the meaning is of...

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the operation of the discretionary support fund for heating network customers, if he will take steps...

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the operation of the discretionary support fund for heating network customers, will applications to...

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has made an assessment of potential sites for new tidal power sites.

      Tidal Power: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to invest in research on the (a) improvement and (b) optimisation of tidal power.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the five pence per litre reduction in fuel duty in March 2022 on retailers...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish further details on how the energy bills support announced on 8 September 2022 will apply to...

      Small Businesses: Energy

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

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will make it his policy for the UK to re-join Horizon Europe.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not securing membership to Horizon Europe on the UK's science sector.

      Driverless Vehicles: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of private investment that will be leveraged in by the Government's...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many notifiable acquisition applications under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 have been made since 4...

      Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of research funding his Department has allocated to (a) dementia, (b) cancer, (c) stroke and (d) coronary...

      Measurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Choice on units of measurement: markings...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress the Government has made on the UK’s application to associate to Horizon Europe.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill on the prospects of the UK's...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on (a) the economy and (b)...

      Small Businesses: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government has taken to promote innovation by SMEs (a) across the country and (b) in the North East.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Computers

      To ask the Attorney General, with reference to data entitled Transparency GPC Transactions over £500 Nov 2021, published online by his Department on 8 August 2022, showing that 48 laptop...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 12 August 2022 that Government will not be procuring any doses of Evusheld at this time, what...

    • Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department used to support its recent decision not to currently offer the drug Evusheld to people for whom covid-19...

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 12 August 2022 that Government will not be procuring any doses of Evusheld at this time, what...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to provide orthodontic treatment for people over the age of 18 who were unable to receive...

      General Practitioners: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that general practice surgeries have sufficient staff to remain open.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 131189 on Dental Services: Waiting Lists, for what reason data on orthodontic...

      Pharmacy: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with industry groups on the sustainability of community pharmacies.

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 12 August 2022 that Government will not be procuring any doses of Evusheld at this time, if he will...

      Care Homes: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to The Framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes, published by the NHS in March 2020, how many and what proportion of...

      Patient Safety Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps patients can take to contact the Patient Safety Commissioner.

      Prostate Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national prostate cancer screening programme similar to the breast...

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 12 August 2022 that Government will not...

      Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding her Department has provided to Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for schemes designed to combat...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where in the country the 100,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine due to arrive in September 2022 will be distributed.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Abortion notification forms for England and Wales, for what reason there is a discrepancy between the HSA4 paper form...

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence her Department assessed prior to the decision to update the HSA4 electronic form to note that for medical abortions,...

      Abortion: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve standards at (a) BPAS Merseyside and (b) other abortion clinics rated by the Care Quality Commission...

      British Pregnancy Advisory Service: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the finding published on 28 July 2022 by the Care Quality Commission that BPAS Merseyside did not have a system for the...

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy on obesity levels since its introduction.

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department will take to coordinate the (a) distribution of and (b) appointments for the monkeypox vaccines arriving in the...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of The Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published on 9 June 2022.

      Leptospirosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of leptospirosis were diagnosed in each NHS Trust in England in each of the last ten years.

      Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on taking steps to help ensure that (a) primary and (b) secondary...

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the care of babies born alive after their mother's have accessed at-home early abortion...

      Dementia: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential link between dementia and air pollution.

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that late-term abortions do not take place under the at-home early abortion scheme in the...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department collects covid-19 test results from private covid-19 test providers which allow for self-reporting of results.

      Obesity: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings she has had with obesity prevention charities and organisations since her appointment.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason covid-19 vaccines are only offered by the NHS and not by private clinics.

      Dental Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the dental workforce are able to (a) access training and (b) gain practice in administering...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to procure further quantities of the monkeypox vaccine in addition to the 100,000 acquired.

      Sun: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote safety in the sun.

      Drugs: Portsmouth South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help reduce the harms of drug addiction in Portsmouth South constituency.

      Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making people with Long Covid eligible for early covid-19 booster vaccinations by...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a discretionary exception for under-75s for the fourth covid-19...

      Nutrition: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent report entitled National Food Strategy, published on 15 July 2021, whether she has had recent...

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) entitled Endometriosis: diagnosis and...

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were receiving auditory verbal therapy in England as of 20 September 2022; if her Department will make an estimate of...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Consumption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the way in which alcohol consumption habits have changed during the last two years.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to support staff at sexual health clinics with manging the monkeypox virus outbreak.

      Health Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of NHS (a) policies and (b) protocols for use of personal protective equipment by NHS...

      Parkinson's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2022 to Question 31846, on Parkinson's Disease, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits...

      Doctors: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing the cap on NHS doctors’ pensions.

      Medical Equipment: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to help increase the recycling of hospital equipment, including crutches; and what assessment he has...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for her Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act...

      Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional funding her Department made available to Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust during the course of the...

      Silicosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) diagnoses of and (b) deaths from silicosis there have been in each of the last five years.

      HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of people living with HIV and receiving NHS care who had missing evidence of viral suppression...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of use of e-cigarettes in people under 18 years old.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the durability of the covid-19 (a) vaccine and (b) booster vaccine in holding immunity.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help make school uniforms more affordable.

    • Oak National Academy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what budget his Department has allocated to Oak National Academy in the financial year 2022-2023; how that money will be spent in the remainder of the...

      ICT: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to recruit adequate numbers of computing teachers in schools.

      Children: Speech and Language Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of deaf children in England who could potentially benefit from auditory verbal therapy; and if...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the number of children living in poverty who are not...

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reopen the Schools Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme.

      Further Education and Schools: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital resources his Department has made available since December 2019 to support schools and colleges in Blackpool.

      Extended Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to help ensure that school facilities are available for use by local communities.

      Schools: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) surface area of solar panels installed on (a) academy, (b) maintained and (c) other schools in...

      Schools: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of localised flooding following high rainfall on schools in England; and what data his...

      Languages: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to increase the level of recruitment of language teachers in England.

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help schools with energy payments this winter.

      Department for Education: Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months.

      National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of key stage 2 assessment papers that have been lost from the most recent set of examinations.

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has given to schools and colleges whose fixed-term energy contracts have recently ended on whether to sign new contracts before the...

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 495 on Schools: Energy, if he will publish a summary of the findings of the survey sent to schools...

      Schools: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer on 5 September 2022 to Question 42001 on Academies and Maintained Schools: Health and Safety, what the capital spend on schools...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of the roll out of air purification equipment in English schools in winter 2021.

      STEM Subjects: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage young people to take up STEM qualifications.

      Nurseries: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to provide all children in nurseries with access to (a) nutritious and (b) hot meals every day.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will take steps to help ensure that the proposed increase in the timescales following an Education, Health and Care plan annual...

      Children: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to ensure that children living in poverty who are not eligible for free school meals have access to healthy meals.

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding his Department plans to provide for early years education in each of the next five years.

      Special Educational Needs: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND review, published March 2022, what steps his Department is taking to implement new national standards for the SEND system...

      Breakfast Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that all schools offer free breakfast club places.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of children’s social care provision in (a) Sefton and (b) Lancashire.

      Agency Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to reduce the number of agency social workers working in the care system.

      Extended Services and Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of schools offering (a) breakfast clubs and (b) after school clubs; and if he will hold...

      Department for Education: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the cost of nursery places on household finances; and if the Government...

      Free School Meals: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department last made an assessment of the real terms value of the money allocated per meal for children on (a) universal infant and (b) other...

      Education: Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of food poverty on educational attainment.

      Oak National Academy: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the establishment of Oak National Academy as a public body on the operation of the wider...

      Pupils: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of research on LGBT+ bullying in schools by the charity Just Like Us.

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve student attendance levels in schools and academies in Solihull constituency.

      Secure Accommodation: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were placed in secure accommodation in Scotland by (a) English and (b) Welsh local authorities in each year between 2017-18 and 2021-22.

      Pre-school Education: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of assessments carried out by (a) full-time regulatory Ofsted and (b) contract non-Ofsted employed inspectors were Inadequate or Needs...

      Schools: Leadership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to help increase the sharing of leadership skills across both primary and secondary education.

      Department for Education: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many allegations of discriminatory behaviour in the workplace were made in respect of each of the protected characteristics in the Equality Act in...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to next hold discussions with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) other Ministers in the Treasury on the physical condition of...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding raised through the Soft Drink Industry Levy (SDIL) has been spent in each year since it was introduced on either (a) sport and...

      Schools: Carbon Dioxide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effectiveness, (b) efficiency and (c) impact on (i) students, (ii) learning and the (iii) workforce of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Wandsworth Prison: Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, what assessment his Department has made of...

    • Ministry of Justice: Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those...

      Wandsworth Prison: Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, whether his Department has made an assessment...

      Prisons: Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMP Wandsworth restricting prisoner’s postal services to Moonpig and Funky Pigeon, whether any other prisons in the UK are...

      County Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of backlogs at County Courts; and what steps his Department is...

      Crown Court: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of cases in the Crown Court caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

      Mental Capacity: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 were subject to a Deprivation of Liberty Order authorised by the Family Division of the High Court in (a) England...

      Nursultan Nazarbayev

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK media freedom policy of the use by Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan of libel actions against UK...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion employment tribunal awards paid in each year since 2010 were paid (a) in full via a single instalment and (b) in part via...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal awards were paid in full within (a) one, (b) three, (c) six, (d) 12 and (e) more than 12 months in employment tribunal...

      Employment Tribunals Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims resulted in awards for employees between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020.

      Ministry of Justice: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been...

  • Treasury

    • Business: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many high street businesses in (a) England and (b) Battersea constituency have closed each year in the last five years; and whether the Government has...

    • Shipping: Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the cost of shipping containers on international routes and domestic inflation rates.

      Fiscal Policy: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department’s fiscal policies on the cost of living.

      Food: Packaging

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether (a) food packaging producers, (b) food manufacturers and (c) food and drink retailers have passed on the costs of...

      Fossil Fuels: Subsidies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential effect of allowing investment expenditure under the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022...

      Treasury: Training

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for staff in (a) his Department, and (b) HM Revenue and Customs regarding their obligations under...

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the five pence per litre reduction in fuel duty in March 2022 on (a) road haulage companies, (b) coach...

      Treasury: Work Experience

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months.

      UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Trade Competitiveness

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK Emissions Trading Scheme does not disadvantage British industry internationally.

      Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of labour on levels of pay.

      Tax Credits Ltd: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints under process by HMRC relate to Tax Credits Ltd.

      Shipping: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to assess the extent of (a) domestic tax base erosion and profit shifting and (b) tax avoidance by multinational shipping companies...

      Small Businesses: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Making Tax Digital reforms that require separate (a) records and (b) tax return submissions...

      Shipping: Tonnage Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many shipping companies that qualify for tonnage tax operate container lines from UK ports.

      Media: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on subscriptions to Ukrainian news providers.

      Rents and Stamp Duties: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a freeze on (a) stamp duty holiday and (b) rents to help the cost of living.

      Shipping: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to introduce a windfall tax on the profits of container shipping companies operating from the UK.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Equatorial Guinea: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of disputes in Equatorial Guinea in...

    • Mali: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports of a massacre of civilians by forces...

      Cape Verde: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising food prices on the (a) economy and (b) society of Cabo...

      Africa: Ebola

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help support improved access to the mAb114 and REGN-EB3...

      Central Africa and West Africa: Monkeypox

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) West and (b) Central African countries with the (i) testing for and (ii)...

      Libya: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the activities of the Libyan National Army faction led by Khalifa...

      Burundi: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the appointment of Prime Minister Gervais Ndirakobuca on...

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Ethiopian Government’s Inter-Ministerial Task...

      Burundi: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of protections against (i) torture, (ii) arbitrary arrest,...

      Myanmar: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) UK diplomats and (b) locally employed staff are based at the British Embassy in Myanmar as of 2...

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the mandate of the UN’s International...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact on regional security of escalating military tensions between Armenia and...

      Janildo Oliveira Guajajara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Brazilian counterpart on the death of Janildo Oliveira Guajajara, a member...

      Christianity: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by Aid to the Church in Need...

      Myanmar: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what relationship her Department has with the National Unity Government from Myanmar; and if she will make a statement.

      Jamaica: 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 Kingston, Jamaica in each...

      Tibet: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the human rights implications of the mass collection...

      UN Central Emergency Response Fund: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department contributed to the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund in (a) 2020-21...

      Sri Lanka: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of imposing sanctions on (a) the Sri Lankan Chief of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department audit claims made by prime contractors on social value which are bidding for MOD contracts.

    • Veterans: Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of UK Regular Armed Forces who left the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army joined the UK Reserve Force in...

      Qatar: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Qatari Armed Forces personnel will receive training provided by the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity Building for the Qatar Armed Forces contract.

      ISSEE: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has previously awarded contracts to ISSEE Limited, following the decision to award them the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity...

      Qatar: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from his Department will be sent to Qatar as part of the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity Building for the Qatar Armed Forces...

      Qatar: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the purpose of the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity Building is for the Qatar Armed Forces contract.

      Qatar: Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with officials at FIFA regarding his Department’s contribution to security at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

      Qatar: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity Building for the Qatar Armed Forces contract was created following a request from the government of Qatar.

      Qatar: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the government of Qatar is compensating his Department for the Counter Terrorism Search Capacity Building for the Qatar Armed Forces contract.

      Ministry of Defence: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on the potential impact of the Pentagon’s suspension of F-35 deliveries on the UK’s...

      F-35 Aircraft: Components

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the security of British F-35s due to reports in the US that raw materials used for a component in that jet were produced...

      F-35 Aircraft: Components

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed that F-35 jets contained materials produced in China.

      Ministry of Defence: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, for what reason payments to Barclaycard were recorded as...

      Ministry of Defence: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, whether the calculation of net spending by his Department...

      Ministry of Defence: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47409 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, how much his Department spent on travel and accommodation...

      Ministry of Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on research contracts in each region in the most recent financial year for which figures are available.

      Navy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 154058 on Clyde Naval Base and RNAD Coulport: Navy, and with reference to the Answer of 27 April...

      Trident: International Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the article in Pécs Journal of International and European Law entitled UK...

      France: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original cost expectations and (b) cost expectations as at 16 September 2022 were for the TEUTATES programme.

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Tempest Future Combat Air System Aircraft is adequately (a) supported and (b) funded to be (i) completed and...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the letter sent on 15 July 2022 by the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Chair of the Work and Pensions...

    • Jobcentres: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what capital funding her Department has made available to facilitate the development of a new JobCentre Plus site in Blackpool.

      Children: Food and Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that all children have access to adequate food and warmth at weekends.

      Employment: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional funding her Department has made available to support people in Blackpool into work.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are making a claim for childcare support under universal credit in (a) England and (b) the UK as on 8 September 2022; and...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in England are claiming the maximum childcare support of (a) £646 for one child or (b) £1,108 for two or more children.

      Cost of Living Payments: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the £650 Cost of Living Payment is available to those on income-based benefits but not those on contribution-based benefits.

      Social Security Benefits: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to implement the National Food Strategy recommendation that the true cost of eating healthily should be...

      Universal Credit: Benefits Rules

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing linking rules to Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of childcare support for families in receipt of Universal Credit.

      Universal Credit: Benefits Rules

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department decided not to carry over linking rules to the Universal Credit system.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total budget was for his Department in each year since 2010.

    • Agriculture: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of grade 1 to 3A agricultural land for growing (a) biofuels...

      Agriculture: Hitchin and Harpenden

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) farmers and (b) food producers in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency with...

      Pigmeat: Preservatives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the production of nitrite-free (a) bacon and (b) ham in the UK.

      Whisky: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the UK tourism...

      Food Supply: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the (a)...

      Fishing Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to upcoming fisheries negotiations with the EU, Norway and north eastern Atlantic coastal states, if the...

      Whisky: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the contribution of the Scotch Whisky industry to trends in the level...

      Whisky: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of rising shipping costs on the Scotch whisky...

      Food: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to extend the list of restricted food items that may enter the UK.

      Bread: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Food Standards Agency on the use of the term (a) sourdough for bread...

      Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 11668, for what reason his Department has not completed a review of the...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the rising cost of living, if he will prepare a plan to provide increased Government support to food banks...

      Bread and Flour: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter sent to him by the Real Bread Campaign on 16 August 2022, if he will ensure that the issues...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the...

      Fisheries: Quotas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will commit to setting fishing quotas for target stocks at a level which prevents accidental catches of...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whjether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a temporary ban on bottom trawling in Marine...

      Marine Protected Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to implement at least five no-take Highly Protected Marine Areas as defined by the Benyon Review.

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ensure that every person living in the UK has a legal right to access to sufficient...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban (a) bottom-trawling and (b) other bottom-towed fishing gear in all offshore Marine...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including information on water and energy usage expended in the...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that foodbanks have access to sufficient food to meet demand.

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to prevent bottom trawling in offshore Marine Protected Areas while the...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Legislation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 4537 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Legislation,...

      Horticulture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the independent report entitled Automation in Horticultural Review, published in July 2022, what...

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the consultation on Introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern...

      Bakeries: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the Real Bread Campaign's proposals to necessitate the display of ingredients...

      Food: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) food packaging producers, (b) food manufacturers and (c) food and drink retailers on...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental impact of single-use, disposable e-cigarettes.

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban (a) supertrawlers, (b) fly shooters and (c) all other types of destructive fishing in...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unaccompanied minors living in contingency accommodation sites in Northern Ireland.

    • Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support victims of human trafficking and modern slavery in the UK.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 August 2022 to Question 39956 on Asylum: Applications, what assessment her Department has made of the potential...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Visas: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department will provide to young people from Hong Kong who will become eligible for the British National...

    • Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the number of approved Building Safety Fund applications whose construction costs have...

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Remediation of non-ACM buildings publication, why the number of buildings where...

      High Rise Flats: Mortgages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on helping to secure mortgage lending for buildings where cladding remediation work...

      Leasehold: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the leaseholder deed of certificate.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government’s proposals to ask developers who have pledged to remediate life critical fire...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the housing market of the guidance note produced by the...

      Social Fund: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the levels of discretionary social fund applications to local authorities over the last 2...

      Local Government: Remote Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made in analysing the consultation responses to the call for evidence on local authority...

      Private Rented Housing: Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the equity of requirements for prospective tenants to demonstrate a level income to...

      Private Rented Housing: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help prevent private landlords from discriminating against people who...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support the sponsors of refugees from Ukraine who are experiencing delays in...

      Rented Housing: Tribunals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that First-Tier Tribunals making Market Rent Assessments cannot...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the average time families live in temporary accommodation in the last three years; and what...

      Rents: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce rent controls in the context of the increases in the cost of living.

      Voting Rights: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending voting rights to 16 and 17 year olds in England.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to provide (a) homes, (b) jobs and (c) school placements for refugees from...

      Social Rented Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the removal of the Regulator for Social Housing’s veto power over the...

      Social Rented Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of safeguards against dormant registered providers restarting operations with...

      Social Rented Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lowering the threshold at which the Regulator for Social Housing...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the...

      Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) North Yorkshire County Council and (b) City of York Council...

      City Deals: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential economic merits of a (a) six and (b) four county and city deal...

      Urban Areas: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making funds available for the purposes of investing in high...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2022 to Question 155781 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities:...

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Help to Buy scheme, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that...

      Planning Permission: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's policy is on the ability for the Planning Inspectorate to override planning decisions made by local...

      Recreation Spaces: Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Government will take to ensure local authorities can put in place Local Plans which ensure the protection...

      Planning: Green Belt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government will take steps to prevent overdevelopment of Green Belt land in its future planning reforms.

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to review the performance of local authorities on meeting local housing need.

      Gazumping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125519 on Gazumping, what progress his Department has made on...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff are employed by his Department on (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) flexible working arrangements.

    • Scotland Office: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many official representations abroad ministers in his Department made in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2021-2022; in which countries those...

      Scotland Office: Public Expenditure and Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the (a) staffing levels and (b) running costs of his Department in (i) 2022–23 and (ii) 2023–24.

      Scotland Office: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many official trade representations abroad did ministers from his Department make in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019–20 and (c) 2021–2022; and in...

      Advocate General for Scotland and Scotland Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the running costs of the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and Advocate-General for Scotland were in each year 2015–2022; how...

      Scotland Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been...

      Scotland Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2022 to Question 155783, for what reason his Department does not employ staff directly.

      Scotland Office: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department includes the costs of staff seconded to his Departments from elsewhere in Government in its annual departmental budget.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ten locations had the highest (a) accommodation spend and (b) number of room nights booked in each year of his Department’s contract with...

    • Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the reporting requirements set out in his Department’s contract with Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd., reference...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the reporting requirements set out in his Department’s contract with Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd., reference...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of journeys by air were under 300 miles in each year of his Department’s contract with Corporate Travel Management...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the reporting requirements set out in his Department’s contract with Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd., reference...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which ten people had the highest (a) spend and (b) number of journeys by (i) air and (ii) rail in each year of his Department’s contract with...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the top ten routes by (a) spend and (b) number of journeys were for (i) air and (ii) rail in each year of his Department’s contract with...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total number of bookings made outside of his Department’s travel policy for (a) air, (b) rail, (c) accommodation and (d) booking fees...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) number of, (b) value of refunds from and (c) value of non-refundable expenditure resulting from cancellations was for (i) air, (ii) rail,...

      Emergencies: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish further information on the new emergency alert system.

      Temperature

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the heatwave in the UK on 18 and 19 July 2022, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK is prepared for future heatwaves.

      Boris Johnson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Ministerial Direction was issued in regards to the decision to award a contract to Peters and Peters in relation to the opinion published...

      Boris Johnson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost in pounds of commissioning the joint opinion from Lord Pannick QC and Jason Pobjoy published on 2 September 2022 regarding the...

      Boris Johnson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received advice from the Director for Propriety and Ethics before commissioning the opinion relating to the Committee of...

      Cabinet Office: Corporate Travel Management

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the list of management information requirements set out in Schedule 13 of his Department's contract with Corporate Travel Management...

      Boris Johnson

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received legal advice before commissioning the contract with Peters and Peters for a public opinion regarding the Committee of...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Food: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Open Doors campaign to increasing British food and drink exports.

    • Trade Agreements: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the intended contents of the UK-Israel Free Trade Agreement include provisions for transport technology.

      Trade Agreements: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether there will be provisions in place within any free trade deal between the UK and Israel on strengthening the rights of Palestinians...

      Overseas Trade: Somaliland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she is taking steps to increase trade between the UK and Somaliland.

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many callers to the Export Support Services Contact Centre took part in customer satisfaction surveys in each month between April 2022...

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether payments made under the contract for the provision of the Export Support Services Contact Centre have been made on an (a) available...

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the average number of full-time agents employed by the Export Support Services Contact Centre was between 1 April 2022 and 30 September...

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls to the Export Support Services Contact Centre resulted in an agent (a) resolving the caller’s...

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many calls were received by the Export Support Services Contact Centre (a) inside and (b) outside its core operating hours in each month...

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls received by the Export Support Services Contact Centre were about (a) imports and exports affected by...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to provide financial support to companies whose export trade is affected by the sanctions on Russia.

      Trade Barriers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to reduce barriers to global trade for British businesses.

      UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the HMG Policy of March 2021 on aligning UK international support for the clean energy transition, how many times since...

      Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders in the East Midlands, including Bosworth, to help ensure that the region can make...

      Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of engagement between her Department and companies in (a) Bosworth and (b) Leicestershire...

      Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials worked in her Department's information rights unit in each year since 2018.

      Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what correspondence her Department has received from the Cabinet Office on the enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner on...

      Department for International Trade: Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in her Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Cop26

    • COP26: Work Experience

      To ask the President of COP26, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those young people...

    • Climate Change: International Cooperation

      To ask the President of COP26, if he will make it his policy to support loss and damage finance at COP27, in the context of the damage caused by recent flooding in Pakistan.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Pakistan: Floods

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will (1) carry out, and (2) publish, an assessment of the causes of the floods in (a) Pakistan, and (b) elsewhere on the India sub-continent, to...

    • Israel: Embassies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to move the British Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

      Yemen: Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Yemen in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to Pakistan during the recent floods.

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what (1) humanitarian, and (2) financial, assistance they are providing to Pakistan in relation to the floods in the Sindh province and related areas.

      Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regarding the continued detention...

      Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Zimbabwe regarding the continued detention of opposition Members of Parliament (1) Job Sikhala, and...

      Abdel Fattah, Alaa

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made with negotiations with the government of Egypt regarding the release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has been in prison in that...

      Ukraine: Sexual Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Ukraine to support female victims of rape or sexual violence in Ukraine in accessing full, prompt, and safe...

      Development Aid: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what investments they are funding which aim, as a stated goal, to limit climate migration.

      Ukraine: War Crimes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide practical support for the investigation of alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

      Somalia: Development Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Somalia in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.

      Libya: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of refugees and migrants being held in detention centres in Libya; what assessment they have made of the risk of those...

      International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they invited Pakistani clerics Hassan Haseeb-ur-Rehman and Muhammad Naqib-ur-Rahmam to the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or...

      British Virgin Islands: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the governance of the British Virgin Islands.

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the persecution of followers of the Baha'i faith in Iran; and what steps they are taking in response.

  • Treasury

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