Written answers

Tuesday, 11 October 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • A1: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a new link road between the A66 and Junction 59 of the A1 for connectivity in...

    • Weardale Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on re-establishing a passenger service along the Weardale line in County Durham.

      Railway Stations: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sources of funding her Department provides for accessibility and cosmetic improvements for historic North Road Station prior to the bicentenary...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent notifications she has received that (a) Chiltern Railways, (b) Cross Country Trains, (c) Greater Anglia, (d) LNER, (e) East Midlands...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her permission is required for train operating companies to commence consultations over closures of ticket offices regulated by Schedule 17 of...

      Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with representatives of (a) the Rail Delivery Group, (b) the Office of Rail and Road and (c) Train...

      Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which recent dates (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have met with representatives of the Rail Delivery Group to discuss industrial relations.

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of dividend payments approved by her Department for each (a) year and (b) franchise under (i) EMAs, (ii) ERMAs and (iii)...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what recent discussions and (b) on what dates (i) she and (ii) officials in her Department have had with representatives of (A) the Rail Delivery...

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any current National Rail contracts contain a requirement for train operating companies to close or repurpose ticket offices.

      Motor Vehicles: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the evidence on the effectiveness of noise camera technology in reducing disruptive noise pollution;...

      Hydrogen: Storage and Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Lloyd’s Register Decarbonisation Hub’s Zero Carbon Fuel Monitor, if she will fund experimental research into the...

      Aviation: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure that consumers have received refunds for cancelled flight bookings in summer 2022.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform independent report, dated 16 June 2021,...

    • Fraud: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government will introduce legislative proposals to protect people who have been scammed by rogue builders.

      Energy: Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what is his policy on the sustainability of burning imported wood pellets for energy in the UK.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to publish detailed information on how support for off gas-grid homes is equivalent to...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the support provided to off gas-grid households intended to be equivalent to that provided through the Energy...

      District Heating: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish specific energy bill support for households connected to communal heat networks; and whether that...

      Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the hospitality industry on (a) rising energy...

      Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) pubs, (b) restaurants and (c) takeaways in operation in each of the...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is working with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to support the...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the £400 provided by the Energy Bill Support Scheme announced on 21 September 2022 will be delivered to people...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Training

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 47417 on Civil Servants: Training, whether the mandatory training includes instructing staff on their...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Neurodiversity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for children awaiting assessment of neurodiverse conditions.

    • General Practitioners: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure GP practices have the resources they need to recruit and retain the staff required to offer...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of allowing dental therapists to carry out routine dental care on increasing...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that dental practices regularly update the NHS website with their availability to take...

      Dental Services: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase NHS dental treatment capacity in Darlington constituency.

      Congenital Abnormalities: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding her Department has made available for research into treatments for Venous Vascular Malformation.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 August 2022 to Question 40021 on Coronavirus: Vaccination for children, if she will take steps to remove...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of allowing prescriptions to be amended when there is a shortage of a...

      NHS: Voluntary Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, if she will (a) make a renewed call for NHS...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to provide GP services with increased resources to help them meet the two week appointment guarantee.

      Ambulance Services: Darlington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce ambulance waiting times in Darlington constituency.

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the factors that restrict the patient capacity of Emergency Departments.

      Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department plans to make a decision on the Warrington and Halton bid for the New Hospital Programme.

      Paramedical Staff: Recruitment and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to (a) recruit, and (b) provide training for more paramedics.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, what additional provision she will make to help...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's policy paper our plan for patients, published on 22 September 2022, what steps they are taking to...

      Nimbuscare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in York where Nimbus Care provide additional capacity and coordination, what additional support will Nimbus Care receive to deliver...

      First Aid: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for patients, published September 2022, if she will give everyone the opportunity of...

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria she used to determine which schools within each integrated care system area are prioritised to be allocated a mental health...

      Congenital Abnormalities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve awareness among NHS staff of the (a) symptoms and (b) treatment of Venous Vascular Malformations in...

      Organs: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure organ donors are aware that they must inform NHS Blood and Transplant of which organs they wish to donate.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she had made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for the modernisation of Northwick Park Hospital in...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ensure that CAMHS services are part of her Plan for Patients.

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Plan for Patients will ensure people who have a stroke receive care within the golden hour of treatment for that condition.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Strategic Outline Case for a new Queen Elizabeth Hospital, published on 7 June 2022, if she will provide the...

      Health Services and Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Plan for Patients will deliver a workforce plan for the NHS and Social Care.

      Neurodiversity: Diagnosis and Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ensure that her Plan for Patients looks at delivery pathways for diagnosis and support for people who have a neurodiversity.

      Public Health: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Plan for Patients will ensure that the public health grant increases in line with inflation.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Plan for Patients will include plans for (a) Centres for Dental Development and (b) the commissioning of new dental schools.

      Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Plan for Patients will take steps to empower patients with chronic conditions to self manage their conditions.

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using the Agenda for Change as a basis for the pay and progression of social care...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps in her Plan for Patients will focus on improving maternity services.

      Cancer: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve survival outcomes for children with sarcoma.

      Cancer: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of (a) sarcoma and (b) other childhood cancers.

      Cancer: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plan her Department has to improve the level of awareness among primary care professionals of (a) sarcoma and (b) other childhood...

      Care Homes: Profits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she made of the equity of the profits generated by (a) care providers in the private sector and (b) care providers out of...

      Social Services: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with Adult Social Care providers on the impact of rising energy prices on care sector stability.

      Allergies: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that families with children who suffer from severe allergies to certain medicines can access...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her policy that those who need an appointment with their GP practice should be seen within 2 weeks announced in Our...

      Social Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of no longer mandating the monthly reporting of data on PPE shortages in social care...

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to address regional variations in covid-19-related staff absences in adult social care settings.

      Health Services and Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which countries listed on the World Health Organisation's Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List currently have agreements with the...

      Health Services and Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of applications for job vacancies in the UK health and social care sector which...

      Care Workers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that care staff working in other settings are able to receive booster vaccinations against covid-19.

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the impact on covid-19 transmission in adult social care settings of suspending asymptomatic testing from...

      Dementia: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her department has made of the potential merits of convening a dementia medicines taskforce as proposed by the...

      Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve diagnosis rates for breast cancer.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will the publish findings of the evaluation of the implementation of charging reform in Trailblazer authorities.

      Rare Diseases: Drugs and Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on improving access to specialist care, treatment and drugs for rare diseases as outlined in the Rare Disease...

      Coronavirus: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a process has been established to evaluate future prophylactic treatments for covid-19.

      Evusheld: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the decision-making process was ahead of the decision not to procure Evusheld including what (a) discussions took place and (b)...

      Care Homes: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of care home staff in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; and if she will make a...

      Hospitals: Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Health and Social Care Update on 22 September 2022, which are the 15 hospital trusts accounting for 45 per cent of...

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of cases of domestic abuse and coercion connected with the home use of...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to reduce the incidence of delayed discharge of patients from acute hospitals in (a) England and (b)...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential financial...

      Health: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her timescale is for publication of the White Paper on Health Disparities in England.

      Abortion: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have required hospital treatment following the home use of early medical abortion pills since March 2020.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to expand the availability of Evusheld as a prophylactic through clinical trials.

      Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of social workers needed to implement the Government's proposed changes to assessment in Adult...

      Care Homes: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of care home staff specialising in caring for patients with dementia in (a) England...

      Social Services: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of Adult Social Care IT providers on the capability of technology to support...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools and colleges in England fitted with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

    • National Tutoring Programme: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of the outbound call campaign run by his Department in summer 2022 to encourage schools to use the National...

      Teachers: Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of the Return to Teaching scheme in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

      European University Institute

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Government ended the UK's membership of the European University Institute.

      Students: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support is available to students across the UK to provide assistance with the cost of living crisis.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Cyberflashing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of cyberflashing.

    • Crime Prevention: Blackpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding his Department has provided to Blackpool on schemes to discourage young people from committing crime.

      Witnesses: Video Recordings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crown courts have had Section 28 pre-recorded video evidence technology installed; and when the Government plans to have this technology rolled...

      Ministry of Justice: Devolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July to Question 36043 on Ministry of Justice: Devolution, if he will publish the minutes of the formal meetings in which...

      Divorce Courts: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time petitioners had to wait for a court appointment in divorce proceedings was for each month in (a) 2019 and (b) the last...

      Theft: Telecommunications Cables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review penalties imposed by the courts for people convicted of theft of telecommunications cabling and where that theft caused the loss of a...

      Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's policy to carry out reforms to prevent Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Protection, as announced on 20 July 2022.

      Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to mothers going through custody proceedings.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Asia-Pacific Region: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Heads of Government from the Asia/Pacific region attended the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    • Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what onward travel options his Department offers to migrants accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean...

      Tropical Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle (a) malaria, (b) leprosy and (c) other neglected tropical diseases...

      Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many migrants are situated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47402, if the payments made by his Department to the official...

      Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase the number of personnel from his Department deployed to the Indo-Pacific...

      Food Supply: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) international counterparts to help ensure that hunger...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47401, for what reason it would cost more than £800 to...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Situation

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

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 7 July to Question 28878 on Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many of the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47401, if the payments made by his Department to Finishing...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47433, if the payment of £3,513.33 made by his Department...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of Expressions of Interest in resettlement to...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many Expressions of Interest in resettlement to the UK under pathway three of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on opening the third referral pathway in the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

      Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what communication facilities are available to migrants accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.

      Indo-Pacific Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the governments of Pacific nations since his appointment.

      Somalia: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the security implications of the security situation in Somalia during drought and...

      Eritrea: Ethiopia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking through (a) direct engagement with the Government of Eritrea and (b) coordinated action...

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to publish the Shawcross Report into Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism in the UK; and if he will...

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) his European counterparts on plans to respond...

      Ethiopia and Somalia: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the flow of life-saving aid to all areas of (a) Ethiopia and (b) Somalia.

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the approval of new business cases to provide humanitarian and food security...

      East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in East Africa.

      East Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking the help (a) reduce the risk of future drought in East Africa and (b) build resilience in...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the UK's pledge to the sixth replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria...

      Ukraine: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens fighting in Ukraine.

      Europe: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of potential UK involvement in the...

      Somalia: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the announcement by the Minister for Development on UK support for people facing famine in the...

      East Africa and Sahel: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of hunger outbreaks on girls in (a) East Africa and (b) the Sahel.

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will consider further sanctions against the Myanmar authorities following reports of an airstrike on a...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to defence SMEs in the supply chains of Ministry of Defence contracts to help support those businesses with the...

    • Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to support the acquisition of finance from financial markets for SMEs in the UK defence sector.

      Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department last undertook a review dedicated to assessing the balance between the Royal Navy’s surface and sub-surface fleets.

      Defence: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of his Department's budget has been allocated to help manage the cost of increased energy supplies for defence industry contractors.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department undertakes an audit of critical supply chains to source the location of components and materials for key defence programmes.

      Moldova: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with his Moldovan counterpart on the threat posed by Russia to that country following Russian invasion of Ukraine in the...

      Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2022 to Question 48229 on Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure, if he will quantify the adverse changes in the...

      Minesweepers: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the whole-life cost of the Mine Hunting Capability programme has increased by £312 million.

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are in Ukraine as at 22 September 2022.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK supplied next generation light anti-tank weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine; and what estimate...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK-supplied arms to Ukraine are subject to any territorial restrictions, including whether they are limited to use in Ukraine only.

      Hawk Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 49064 on Hawk Aircraft, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the disruption to the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the calculation formula for child maintenance special expenses travel cost claims.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for travel costs under the child maintenance special expenses system were (a) made and (b) awarded in the last 12 months.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the process is for a claimant who wishes to complain about a health assessment related to their benefit.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department will publish an update on its progress on the Health Transformation Programme.

      Disabled: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates has she made of the additional energy costs that accumulate for disabled people in heating their accommodations.

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Departments policy that people applying for support for equipment under the Access to Work programme are required to make a...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the state pension in line with inflation before the annual uprating due in...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of real terms value of the state pension following the increase in the cost-of-living.

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of approvals for Housing Benefit for tenants living in supported exempt accommodation in (a)...

      Housing Benefit: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of applications for Housing Benefit from tenants living in supported exempt accommodation in (a)...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of approvals for Housing Benefit in (a) Birmingham and (b) England in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) 3...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of applications for Housing Benefit in (a) Birmingham and (b) England in the last (i) 12 months, (ii)...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2022 to Question 45546 on Employment and Support Allowance, whether her Department has contacted every...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of excluding the sale of Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles from Universal Credit...

      Jobcentres: Kirkcaldy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants were assigned from (a) KY6 and (b) KY7 postcodes to the temporary Jobcentre in Kirkcaldy as part of her Department's Rapid...

      Hazardous Substances: Planning Authorities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the target time frame for the Health and Safety Executive to respond to hazardous substances consent enquiries from planning...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2022 to Question 28414 on Access to Work Programme, how many applications to their Department's Access to...

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 40729 on Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment, what the aggregate outcomes of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the fines mechanism for reducing sewage discharge by water companies.

    • Sewage: Waste disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of sewage discharges into (a) rivers, (b) lakes and (c) the sea.

      Deposit Return Schemes: Glass

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including glass in the Deposit Return Scheme.

      Animals: Overseas Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the proposed bans on the export of live animals for slaughter and the import of hunting trophies;...

      Water Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the level of (a) executive pay and (b) shareholder dividends at private...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to increase food (a) security, (b) resilience and (c) localised routes to market in the UK.

      Sky Lanterns

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to ban sky lanterns.

      Horticulture: Peat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the Horticultural Trade Association's...

      Dangerous Dogs: Exemptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the consultation of Breed Specific Legislation (Dangerous Dogs) Act 1991 to exempt dogs that...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the amount of time people holding Graduate visas can stay in the UK...

    • Home Office: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of working days lost to sickness among (a) BAME and (b) non-BAME staff in her Department in the last 12 months.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to former serving Afghan military personnel who are still in Afghanistan with resettlement in the UK.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of sharing of data on (a) pregnant women and (b) children who are asylum seekers with...

      HM Passport Office: Lost Working Days

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days that staff in HM Passport Office were unable to work due to (a) sickness and (b) other reasons...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49607 on Afghanistan: Refugees, whether the Government's policy of keeping the...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims her Department has yet to determine and in which year those claims were initially logged with the Home Office.

      Seasonal Workers: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will expand qualification criteria for employing foreign summer workers to other sectors.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49608 on Members: Correspondence, whether her Department’s recovery plan for...

      Domestic Abuse: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the cost of living research by Women’s Aid published on 1 August 2022, if she will make an assessment of the...

      Social Media: Privacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of social media regulations on images being shared online of vulnerable...

      Cycling: Audio Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help enforce rule 66 of the Highway Code in relation to the wearing of headphones by cyclists; and if...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides to at-risk (a) third sector and (b) non-governmental organisation staff in Afghanistan with...

      Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in Immigration Enforcement in the last 12 months.

      UK Visas and Immigration: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in UK Visas and Immigration in the last 12 months.

      Home Office: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason does the Home Office not share complaint reference numbers with those who make a complaint.

      Home Office: Lost Working Days

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost for staff in her Department inclusive of the Border Force between 1 January 2019 and 31...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate additional resources to the Home Office to address delays in correspondence with MPs.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of enabling fire services personnel to detect mental health problems among older people...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how people arriving in the UK by small boat and who are then taken into custody by the Home Office are able to raise concerns about the...

      Home Office: Lost Working Days

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost in her Department at each grade between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2021.

      UK Border Force: Lost Working Days

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost for staff working in the Border Force in the last 12 months.

      HM Passport Office: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average number of working days lost to sickness for staff working in HM Passport Office during the last 12 months.

      British National (Overseas): Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the British National (Overseas) (BNO) visa extension for individuals from Hong Kong born after 1997 with at least one parent with...

      Director of Labour Market Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the interim strategy for 2022-23 delivered to the Government by the Director of Labour Market Enforcement in March 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of grouping multiple casework responses to MPs on the level of detail and clarity...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the next Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules will respond to the decision in R (AB &Ors) v SSHD [2022] EWHC 1524...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to a procedural change in responses to MPs on constituency casework, what proportion of cases responded to by her Department...

      Educational Visits: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reintroducing a List of Travellers scheme for school groups.

      Migrants: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of the no recourse to public funds policy on British children whose parents have no recourse to...

      Telecommunications Cables: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current prevalence of metal cable theft from telecommunication networks including in rural areas; and...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Solent Freeport: New Forest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason the entirety of the New Forest has been included within the provisional boundary of the proposed Solent...

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether local authorities in Wales will have control over the use of Multiply Programme funds as part of the UK Shared...

      Private Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps has he taken to help private housing residents resolve mould or damp issues in their homes.

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential merits of enabling English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish...

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps has he taken to support local authorities in helping social housing residents access repairs.

      Military Bases: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps with (a) local communities and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence to ensure that the sites of...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress has been made on establishing a taskforce on older people's housing.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Mark Fullbrook

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information Mark Fullbrook, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, asked to declare upon his appointment.

  • Treasury

    • Public Finance and Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's Growth Plan 2022 on the rate of inflation.

    • Mortgages: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support homeowners with rising mortgage rates.

      Electronic Funds Transfer: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of push payment fraud.

      Cultural Heritage: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on financial support for historical and heritage assets.

      Fiscal Policy: Cost of Living

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

      Pension Credit: Uprating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential merits of uprating the eligibility threshold for pension...

      Debts: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what debt relief the UK will provide to Ukraine to help ensure economic stability during winter 2022.

      Research: Exchange Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on the ability of public investment in Research and Development to...

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of basing High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge on household than individual income.

      Payment Methods

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support people who do not have a mobile phone or bank card to to pay for items such as car parking tolls by cash.

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the methodology previously published, if he will take steps to publish the assumptions and intermediate calculations used in calculating the...

      Debts: Pakistan

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the International Monetary Fund and (b) his counterparts in G7 countries on helping to ensure that...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the (a) Bank of England and the(b) wider banking sector on support for businesses experiencing...

      Income Tax: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution of 23 September 2022 on the floor of the House, Growth Plan, what estimate he has made of the number of...

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: Blackpool South

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the costs to the public purse of the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) Self-Employment Income Support Scheme for...

      Fiscal Policy: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress the Government has made on fiscal framework negotiations with the Scottish Government.

      Small Businesses: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lifting the Small Business Rates Threshold to £25,000 for SMEs in winter 2022.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to advice published on the gov.uk website which states that people who are on adoption leave cannot apply for Tax Free Childcare in respect...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Culture: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial support was given to cultural institutions in Blackpool to assist them with the consequences of covid-19 in...

    • Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is her policy to rolling out greater broadband access in the UK; and whether her Department is on track to reach...

      Football: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on introducing legislative proposals for an independent regulator of professional football.

      Social Media: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish a list of the occasions when her Department's Counter Disinformation Cell has requested social media...

      Arts: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 90/180 day period set out in the Schengen Borders Code for third-country nationals, whether negotiations...

      3G: Usa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the impact of US providers switching off their 3G networks on the communications service...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women and Equalities: Cabinet

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Departments policies of the Minister for Women not attending Cabinet; and if he will make a...

  • Leader of the House of Lords

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Genocide

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of identity-based violence and mass atrocities in (1) Nigeria, (2) Myanmar, (3) Ukraine, (4) Iraq, (5) northern Syria,...

    • Development Aid: Conflict Prevention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation in creating a dedicated hub to (1) design, and (2) test, a comprehensive...

      Dengue Fever: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that cuts to Official Development Assistance have had on research projects concerning dengue fever in the UK.

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the withdrawal of Eritrean forces from Tigray, given the renewed fighting in that region.

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue a formal pledge to assist the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding a raid by the Israeli Defence Forces on St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Ramallah on...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the joint working of Ofwat and the Environment Agency in regulating water companies; and what assessment they have made of (1)...

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