Thursday, 29 September 2022
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to help reduce the cost of tram services in England.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England are registered with NHS dentists.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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)...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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)...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help mitigate conflict in Israel.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support food security in Tanzania.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Comoros.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out-of-service date is for Hercules C-130J 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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle hare coursing.
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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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