Written answers

Thursday, 29 September 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Cycling and Walking: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of funding issued under the Active Travel programme has been allocated to improving (a) cycling and (b) walking facilities in...

    • Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the removal of vehicle or operator taxi signage on trends in the levels of...

      Trams

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to help reduce the cost of tram services in England.

      Travel: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional funding his Department provided to (a) Blackpool Council and (b) Blackpool Transport to support the provision of (i) bus and (ii) tram...

      Belfast City Airport: Aer Lingus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Aer Lingus and (b) Belfast City Airport on the potential removal of Aer Lingus services from Belfast City Airport...

      Airports: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce a limit to the amount that airports can charge for the use of drop-off facilities.

      M42: Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve facilities for HGV drivers on the M42, including around Tamworth.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Innovate UK: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2022 to Question 38656, whether the Total Award by Innovate UK and Award to Academic...

    • Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the UK meets its net zero targets during the period of its...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Training

      To ask the Attorney General on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for staff in (a) his department, (b) the Government Legal Department, (c) the Crown Prosecution Service and...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Infectious Diseases: Death Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to review its death certification policy to allow for sepsis, infection and antimicrobial resistance to...

    • Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her policy is on allowing local NHS commissioners to use flexible commissioning to improve the training of dentists, including...

      General Practitioners: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the extent to which the recruitment and retention of GP receptionists is adequate to...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dental contracts have been handed back in each NHS region in of the last five financial years.

      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...

      Social Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to help ensure that adult social care providers receiving the revised Cost of Care from local authorities from...

      Diabetes: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and (b) clinical...

      Health Services: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities steps to encourage local authorities to use...

      Hospitals: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the potential timeframe for establishing a new teaching hospital in York.

      Drugs: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of standardising colour coding of capsules between manufacturers to help patients...

      NHS and Primary Health Care: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanism her Department uses to assess the estate requirements of (a) the NHS and (b) primary care.

      General Practitioners: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of technology on productivity in general practice; and if she will take steps to...

      NHS Trusts: Clinical Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Trusts have a six month termination clause in contracts for the supply of clinical waste services.

      Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional capital funding her Department has made available for the development of facilities at Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS...

      Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) age of radiotherapy machines in use by the NHS in England.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the review of the contractual arrangements under which NHS dental treatment is carried out will be completed.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to publish the 10-year cancer plan; and if she will make a statement.

      Dental Services: Torridge and West Devon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take urgent steps to improve the availability and quality of NHS dental treatment in Torridge and West Devon constituency.

      Social Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that local authority care providers deliver the best possible levels of care for elderly people.

      Social Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government takes to ensure that adequate and compassionate care for elderly patients is (a) affordable and (b) of high quality.

      Skin Diseases: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GPs with an extended role in dermatology.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of whole time equivalent dentists providing NHS dentistry in England by Parliamentary constituency.

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England are registered with NHS dentists.

      Dental Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of people in England who are registered at private dental surgeries.

      Skin Diseases: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Systems implement NHS England’s Dermatology National Outpatients...

      Social Prescribing: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to introduce social prescribing for (a) children and (b) young people.

      Social Prescribing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of his Department's social prescribing measures on (a) mental health and (b) wellbeing.

      Patients: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of amending the Non-Emergency patient transport policy on (a) people on low incomes, (b)...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the backlog of unresolved Vaccine Damage Payment claims.

      Skin Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the two-week wait cancer referral target on referral waiting times for...

      Colour Vision Deficiency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with colour blindness in the last three years.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 6704 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Greater London, how many and what proportion of...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 6704 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Greater London, what the threshold is for...

      Sepsis: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that screening for sepsis is available in all healthcare settings.

      Allergies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure patients with multiple allergies such as asthma and eczema have access to a...

      Allergies: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure patients with allergies receive a referral to specialist care for the best possible...

      Supported Housing: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the £300 million for supported housing will be made available; and how (a) local authorities and (b) housing providers will be...

      Social Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England regarding sharing community health training resources with social care staff.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure all care home residents are able to receive visits from at least one visitor when there are visitor...

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with independent care providers on workforce pressures in adult social care since her Department's...

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the proposed routes of appeal are against the School Attendance Orders available for parents under the Schools Bill.

    • Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders on decreasing energy costs in schools.

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is planning to take steps to support schools in Hitchin and Harpenden constituency with their energy bills over the coming winter.

      Education: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding his Department has made available through (a) education investment areas and (b) education opportunity areas to support young...

      Literacy: Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the reading and spelling levels of children taught through (a) the phonics approach and (b)...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Juries: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting key public sector workers from jury service.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Fairs: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department still intends to host a green trade and investment expo in autumn 2022.

    • UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to support businesses which have lost trade with the EU since Brexit.

      Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many British businesses her Department has supported with the creation of new trading relationships outside the EU since the UK left the EU.

      UK Export Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK Export Finance in supporting UK businesses.

      Exports: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ease barriers to exports for medium-sized businesses in Solihull constituency.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the UK-EU trading relationship.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is he taking to support Ukrainian authorities with the exhumation and identification of victims of...

    • Brazil: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to work with the international community to ensure that the upcoming Brazilian...

      Somalia: Famine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) increase funding to tackle and (b) organise diplomatic action on the prospect of...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure the release of imprisoned British citizen Alaa Abd el-Fattah ahead...

      Uganda: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) safeguards and (b) reporting mechanisms are in place to monitor the spending of UK Overseas Development...

      Uganda: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK funded aid projects to help relieve hunger in Uganda.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Expanding Social Protection...

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Report of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia published on 19...

      Horn of Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to African Risk Capacity Risk Pool VIII 2021-22, for what reason no person has been insured under...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the governments of (a) Eritrea and (b) Ethiopia on the attack on the...

      Ethiopia: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Report of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia published on 19...

      Developing Countries: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the flow of UK funding to (a) Ethiopia and (b) other countries currently...

      Platinum Jubilee Cookbook

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Platinum Jubilee Cookbook published on 28 April, how much public money was spent by his...

      East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of total global international aid to East Africa for humanitarian...

      Iran: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Work Experience

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in her Department in the last 12...

      Sri Lanka: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what most recent assessment she has made of the political and security situation in Sri Lanka.

      Israel: Conflict Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help mitigate conflict in Israel.

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the cessation of Iranian sponsorship of extremist Islamist groups is a UK demand in the ongoing...

      Development Aid: Agriculture and Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UK Government’s Strategy for International Development published in May 2022, what...

      British International Investment: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by Transparency International entitled Investing with Integrity, published in July...

      Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the funding pledged by the UK for the Global Fund Sixth Replenishment has been...

      Developing Countries: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of global efforts to ensure that human rights are...

      Seas and Oceans: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress on securing a UN Ocean Treaty on maritime biodiversity at the...

      Marine Environment: Treaties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with international counterparts on when the next Intergovernmental Conference on...

      Israel: West Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether any arms exported from the UK under arms export licences have been used in...

      Tanzania: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Tanzanian Information Minister Nape Nnauye's statement on LGBT+ relationships in that...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations...

      Republic of the Congo: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Republic of the Congo on (a) the Russian invasion...

      Job Sikhala

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Zimbabwe on the withholding of medical attention for the...

      African Risk Capacity Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to (a) support the African Risk Capacity Group in each of the last five years...

      Tanzania: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support food security in Tanzania.

      Comoros: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Comoros.

      The Gambia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support an inclusive process for any constitutional reform in Gambia.

      Chad: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the authorities in Chad to investigate the alleged assault of journalist...

      Rwanda: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Rwandan government on (a) freedom of the press, (b) freedom of...

      Sierra Leone: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the degree of freedom from interference and harassment experienced by journalists...

      Sudan: Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support Sudan in ensuring that the criminal justice system in that country conforms to...

      Mauritania: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the arrest of Moussa Sy in August 2022 on (a) freedom...

      Sierra Leone: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Sierra Leone on (a) freedom of assembly, (b) freedom of...

      Kenya: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Kenyan counterpart on freedom of the media in Kenya following the recent...

      Nigeria: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support he has offered to Nigeria to assist with the consequences of large-scale flooding including (a)...

      Ahmed Omar Nur

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help support a credible investigation by authorities in Somalia...

      Togo: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 37469, what support the Government has offered to the government of...

      Nigeria: Conflict Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Correspondence with the Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean relating to the...

      Ethiopia: Internally Displaced People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ethiopian counterpart on the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission's statement on...

      Bangladesh: Rohingya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to increase humanitarian support for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.

      Ethiopia: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Ethiopia on press freedom in Ethiopia in the context of...

      Egypt: Climate Change Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on freedom of (a) assembly, (b) association...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Military Bases: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 47358 on Military Bases: Sales, whether as part of the Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio...

    • Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the projected savings forecast in 2016 for the Defence Estate Optimisation Portfolio for each year until completion.

      Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out-of-service date is for Hercules C-130J aircraft.

      A400M Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he has measured the (a) level of availability and (b) reliability of the Royal Air Force A400M fleet over the last 12 months.

      RAF Brize Norton: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2022 to Question 49062 on Air Force: Military Bases, how many times the use of RAF Brize Norton's runway has been...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Cost of Living Payments: Dunfermline and West Fife

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Dunfermline and West Fife did not receive the first cost-of-living benefit instalment due to them receiving a nil award...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow North East, dated 30 June 2022, on Pension Credit and the £650...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's response on 11 February 2019 to the Work and Pensions Committee's 2018 report on Benefit Sanctions, for...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will reply to my correspondence of 8 June and 22 August 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent Mr Gray.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by her Department at each civil service grade in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in the financial years (i) 2018-19,...

      Maternity Pay: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase the rate of statutory maternity pay in the context of recent trends in the cost of living.

      Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of temporarily increasing the rate of (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Training

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

      Mothers and Pregnancy: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support (a) heavily pregnant women and (b) new mothers on statutory maternity pay with increases in cost of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Work Experience

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

      Cost of Living Payments: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to establish a telephone helpline for people overdue cost of living payments.

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's policy is on keeping records for applications for benefits and making them available to those seeking to challenge...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Dangerous Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of dog attacks.

    • Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the puppy smuggling industry; and if he will make a statement.

      Hare Coursing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle hare coursing.

      Foie Gras: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2022 to Question 3523 on Foie Gras: Imports, if he will publish a list of interested...

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government will respond to the further consultation on the introduction of a deposit return scheme in England,...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a task force has been established for the purpose of coordinating a response to the spread of highly pathogenic...

      Dogs: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Responsible Dog Ownership project has reached interim recommendations ahead of its expected conclusion in 2023.

      Pets: Romania

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) reconsider the ban on the commercial import of dogs, cats and ferrets from Romania, and (b) enable imports...

      Fish: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to improve animal welfare protections for fish at the time of slaughter.

      Horticulture: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK (a) garden centres and (b) tree and plant growers are able to...

      Trapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Action Plan for Animal Welfare, when he will be launching a call for evidence on the use of snares.

      Game: Birds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question HL7651, if he will provide further details of the call for evidence on...

      Animal Welfare: Electric Shock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the welfare implications for dogs which (a) touch a livestock fence delivering 15,000 mJ of...

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in protecting against biodiversity loss; and what steps he plans to take to encourage...

      Insects: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of LED streetlights on trends in the level of insect populations.

  • Home Office

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 46210, what steps her Department must complete between UNHCR referral under Pathway...

    • Money Laundering: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency’s Combating Kleptocracy Cell on combating sanctions...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Change of Use

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that change of use planning permission is required for properties...

    • Social Rented Housing: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many notifications the Regulator for Social Housing has received of a change of status from registered providers that...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will announce the successful bids for the second round of levelling up funding.

  • Treasury

    • Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will include any provision in the forthcoming fiscal statement for support for households with the rising cost of domestic heating oil.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the correspondence of 13 April and 13 May from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent David Blackhurst on...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the underspend in each financial year in the total budget of Departments was as a percentage of the total Government budget; and what the equivalent...

      British National (Overseas): Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether British National (Overseas) visa holders will be eligible for Government cost of living support in winter 2022.

      Sunscreens: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will remove VAT on (a) suntan lotion and (b) other similar products in the context of the rising cost of living.

      Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HMRC's (a) average telephone response time targets and (b) operating phone hours; and what...

      Rent a Room Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumers of raising the £7500 threshold on the Rent a Room scheme.

      Energy: Price Caps

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure it can fund a freeze on the cost of energy if the level of future economic growth is lower than predicted levels.

      Teodoro Nguema

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) financial value of assets linked to Teodoro Obiang Mangue that have been frozen in the UK since his Department’s...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Afghanistan: Development Aid

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

    • Afghanistan: Ethnic Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to the report by the Hazara Inquiry The Situation of the Hazaras in Afghanistan, published on 3 September.

      Xinjiang: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings in the United Nations report OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous...

      Xinjiang: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of crimes being committed against (1) Uyghurs, (2) Kazakhs, and (3) other Turkish Muslim minorities, in Xinjiang in...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Carers: Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make it easier to employ personal carers from abroad.

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