Monday, 17 October 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the use of rail freight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the punctuality of trains at railway stations in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands, (c) Tamworth and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) frequency and (b) reliability of train services on the West Coast Main Line following the decision to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the upfront cost of an electric vehicle is affordable to people on a low income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England, published on 14 May 2020, what steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Guide Dogs UK Charity on the impact on partially sighted individuals of allowing the use of e-scooters; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last held discussions with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the statement by her predecessor on 30 March 2022 on P&O Ferries, Official Report, column 840, what recent progress her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on enforcing the use of authorised commercial satellite navigation systems in heavy goods...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the intermodal rail freight industry of increasing the use of longer semi-trailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer and heavier lorries on UK roads on (a) safety and (b) smart motorways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to retain HGV drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce free off-peak bus travel for the over-60s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the future of the Bus Recovery Grant after December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of electric vehicle charging points in Stockport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to support bus companies in Darlington with recruitment and retention of bus drivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Baroness Vere remains the Minister responsible for the Hammersmith Bridge task force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to restrict the access for parking companies to DVLA records if they are found to have consistently issued unfair parking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on ensuring all train stations have step-free access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which minister in his Department is responsible for the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Lloyd’s Register’s report The Learning Curve: The state of artificial intelligence in maritime, what assessment his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Lloyd’s Register’s report The Learning Curve: The state of artificial intelligence in maritime, if his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of company insolvencies that took place in London in the second quarter of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of business insolvencies there have been in the food and beverage services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with ACAS about (a) improving access to mediation during employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the comparative effect of the standing charge for electricity on low income households...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of using broadband to connect smart meters in rural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Minister for Science and Investment Security's responsibilities, for what reason the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting standards for the (a) brightness and (b) colour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 23 September to Question 51406, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to regularly review the cap on household energy bills so that it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department sometimes requires (a) energy companies and (b) other trade bodies to sign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of OFGEM's revocation of UK licences to (a) GAZPROM,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential inclusion of a traffic light monitoring system for seismic activity at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish a timetable for announcing successful bids in respect of the Second Cluster Sequencing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to place a cap on energy price support provided to households such as those living in park...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement made on 29 July 2022 on Energy Bills Support Scheme, whether it is his policy that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential environmental impact of lifting the moratorium on fracking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the government's new strategy on fracking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government will take steps to ensure community consent prior to the establishment of fracking sites in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the geological evidence that informed his proposal to end the moratorium on fracking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will set a limit on acceptable levels of seismic shocks potentially caused by fracking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the press release entitled Ofgem requires improvements from energy suppliers on customer direct...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with energy firm representatives on increases to energy bill direct debits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support individuals whose direct debit for energy bills has been significantly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Lloyd’s Register Decarbonisation Hub’s Zero Carbon Fuel Monitor, whether he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to ensure the availability of new electricity connections for businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has made available for schemes aimed to help small to medium-sized enterprises (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether BEIS Ministers (a) have had and (b) plan to have discussions with local government officials on UK-side...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will list by date the meetings which Government Ministers have had with (a) other Government Ministers and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy whether his Department has had recent discussions with (a) ministers and (b) officials from (i) Spain, (ii) Portugal,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the (a) earliest potential start date and (b) potential peak capacity as a proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish his decision on Government support for an interconnector between the UK and Morocco.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the Government has permitted a significant proportion of investment in Sizewell C nuclear power...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps plans to take to support businesses with increased energy costs in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support retail businesses with (a) reduced footfall and (b) increased business costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pubs and restaurants that have closed down since (a) January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which businesses have used the Standard Industrial Classification code 56302 in each region of the UK in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Department is responsible for the removal and storage sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of staff shortages in the hospitality sector, and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the average cost of employment tribunals for employees; and if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the viability of the Post Office Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the research compiled by National Federation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2022 to Question 39891 on Adoption: Self-employed, and with reference to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of revoking the Working Time Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing no-fault dismissals for higher earners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to adopt similar proposals to the European Union on introducing a common charging cable for mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) in what way his Department defines ‘sustainable biomass’ and (b) whether that definition takes into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report by BBC Panorama on 3 October 2022, regarding the type of wood products selected for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of decoupling renewable energy from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any of the hydrogen projects announced in the Growth Plan 2022 will be located in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement on 21 September 2022 that the Government will take steps to identify the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether people who live in charitable accommodation and pay their rent through an all-inclusive service charge will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support households on heat networks who are not covered by the domestic price cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support tidal stream projects; and if he will set a target for marine energy generation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing ongoing ringfenced support for tidal stream...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 23 September to Question 51992, whether a list of onshore sites used in decommissioning has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 23 September to Answer 51991, what checks were carried out to ensure voluntary commitments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 19632, and pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how rural (a) businesses and (b) households that use (i) kerosene and (ii) generators for (A) heating and (B)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will provide equivalent support for heat network customers as if being offered by the domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department expects to provide the additional payment of £100 to households who are not able to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £400 energy bill discount will be payable to people who live in a Managed Independent Living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what medium his Department plans to use to provide the additional payment of £100 to households who are not able...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of the support being offered to households for gas and electricity costs, if he will take steps to cap...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to extend financial support to assist with the rising cost of energy to households reliant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the comparative affordability of heating in winter 2022 for (a) on grid and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger protection for whistle-blowers, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Ilford North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Putney constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Ilford North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Eltham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Exeter constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for tooth extraction due to decay in Ealing North in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Kingston upon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Nottingham South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Hove constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Portsmouth South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Streatham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Statement of 5 September 2022 on DHSC Update, HCWS291, how she plans to measure progress towards the commitment to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of residential care homes that have closed in Lancaster and Fleetwood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of residential care homes that have closed in Chesterfield constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the longest waiting time was for a heart operation in NHS England in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what personal data the Care Quality Commission is authorised to share with Home Office Immigration Enforcement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the independent review report entitled the Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published on 9 June 2022, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Nottingham South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Eltham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) integrated care boards in meeting the requirements of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Putney constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to use data from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to help improve complaints handling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 22411 on Coronavirus: Schools, (a) when in October 2022 she expects to receive the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to work with Cabinet colleagues to require disability signage to include an upright stick figure on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the levels of malnutrition in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that hospitals are complying with Paragraph 20.20 of the Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason she has decided not to procure additional doses of the monkeypox vaccine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost of smoking has been to the public purse in England in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help tackle the sale of illicit vaping products in the upcoming Tobacco Control Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government will fund the next Tobacco Control Plan for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for how long she plans to keep the serious shortage protocols for hormone replacement therapy medicines in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to secure supplies of hormone replacement therapy medications for (a) Liverpool and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the supply of hormone replacement therapy medications in Liverpool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of which (a) types and (b) brands of hormone replacement therapy medications are experiencing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Streatham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Birmingham Yardley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence entitled Sickle cell disease: managing acute...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will consult with stakeholders to inform the development of the 2023 Rare Disease Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Exeter constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Hove constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in Buckinghamshire and (b) the impact these vacancies will have on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will respond to the email sent to her predecessor by the Hon. Member for Chipping Barnet on 1 June 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were removed from hospital waiting lists because their operation was cancelled due to a new (a) referral and (b) medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is currently in dispute with Sterilabs over PPE contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, when he plans to publish full school level building condition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with school leaders on the adequacy of levels of school budgets in autumn 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of requirements for guarantors for rented accommodation to be based in the UK on the ability of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to provide more extra-curricular services and activities before and after...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the current Education Bill on local communities’ democratic input to the (a) governance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Education Bill on church schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will take steps to increase financial support to foster carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of (a) how many schools currently have defibrillators and (b) how many schools are in areas where there is a lack of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many buildings are (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) the Department for Education, (ii) Ofsted, (iii) Ofqual, (iv) the Education and Skills Funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many year nine places are available in Canterbury as of 11 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Government funding has been provided to schools in Easington constituency through the National Tutoring Programme in each month since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement in the 2016 Budget that HM Treasury would provide up to £285 million to enable a quarter of secondary schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) financial support and (b) guidance his Department provides to state schools on the provision and expansion of extra-curricular activities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department gives to state schools on the action to take when a pupil seeks to purchase a school lunch but cannot afford to pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the provision of careers advice in educational settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department has decided to introduce a new curriculum arms-length body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of emergency life saving skills lessons in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools and colleges have claimed a grant for training a senior mental health lead in each year since that grant was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools established (a) wraparound and (b) holiday childcare as a consequence of the right to request policy introduced by his Department in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices have been funded by the Government in each of the last seven years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the creation of a new curriculum arms-length body on existing educational publishers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 received assessments from local authorities of their needs as carers in England and Wales in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to improve training and education for teachers on neurodiverse conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report of the Independent Review of children's social care published on 23 May 2022, whether the Department for Education will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding schools in Swindon have received per pupil in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) implement the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence entitled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of uniform payments for families, in the context of increases in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Ofsted-registered childminders are working and (b) children aged (i) 1-3 and (ii) 4-11 are living in Chesterfield constituency; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report of the Independent Review of children's social care published on 23 May 2022, if he will meet with the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, relating to the Independent review of children’s social care if she will (a) publish all evidence and research to support the removal of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which exam bodies are contracted to examine students in (a) GCSEs, (b) A Levels and (c) other exams in (i) Punjabi, (ii) Bengali, (iii) Hindi, (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October to Question 54630, how many crown courts have used Section 28 pre-recorded video evidence to support trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking with the Forced Marriage Unit to prepare healthcare practitioners for the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the National Evaluation of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of escorted day release for people convicted of serious crimes on (a) public safety and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has an agreement in place with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to allow British nationals sentenced in the United Arab...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Latvian counterpart since the re-election of Prime Minister Krisjanis Karin...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) secure the release of UK nationals who have been captured by (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of repurposing seized Russian assets to support humanitarian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase the number of individuals sanctioned in Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the execution of Armenian prisoners of war by Azerbaijani forces; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to help mitigate the restriction of civil society in Serbia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in Serbia on attempts to prevent the EuroPride march from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with her international counterparts to help ensure the protection of Zaporizhzhia nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support LGBT+ rights in Montenegro in response to the Serbian Orthodox...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to counter Russian disinformation in the Western Balkans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) protect and (b) advocate for LGBT+ rights in Europe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53317, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support peace, stability and security in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a statement on women's rights protests in Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to ensure that those who have committed war crimes against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, purusant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53467 on Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment, how many personnel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report by the Association of Detainees and The Missing in Sednaya Prison entitled The...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will impose a ban on all Iranian political, diplomatic and government officials coming to the UK, in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September to Question 47402, for what reason it would cost more than £800 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Iranian authorities on the death of Mahsa Amini.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support press freedom in Belarus following the recent imprisonment of journalists in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is his department taking to support Ukrainian authorities in the clearance of unexploded ordinance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to the fifty-first session of the Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will impose Magnitsky sanctions on people responsible for human rights violations in Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) children with UK nationality and (b) other UK nationals are being detained in facilities other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Uzbekistani counterpart on the protests in Karakalpakstan in July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of the Teacher’s Village camp in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) make an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the UK’s humanitarian assistance to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of merging BBC World News and BBC News Channel on the number...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to support efforts to reduce the number of children killed by malaria in the Central African...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the most expensive bottle of wine (a) purchased by and (b) consumed from the Government Wine Cellar this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report of the United Nations Secretary General, published on 14 September 2022, which names...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the timeliness of responses to correspondence from hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the elections of 24 August 2022 in Angola, what steps he is taking to help support the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of Sri Lankan (a) adult and (b) child refugees who are on the British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of the risks of the Ebola outbreak identified in Mubende, Uganda on 20 September...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many bottles of (a) port, (b) champagne and (c) sherry were consumed from the Government Wine Cellar in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has with the High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina on the stability of the Western Balkans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department will provide for detention facilities in North East Syria in the 2022-23 financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with counterparts in the Iranian government on the killing of protesters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment under the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance of the funding his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure press freedom in the Western Balkans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the meeting between Taliban officials and the American...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking in response to the further discovery of evidence of torture against Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) tackle the underlying causes of food insecurity, (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to overseas projects specifically dedicated to ending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of Official Development Assistance in 2022-23 is allocated to supporting women and girls in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the level of Official Development Assistance funding for sexual and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on reproductive health under the OECD Development Assistance Committee code (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish his Department's (a) forward spending plans for 2022-23, (b) cross-departmental development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have received language training in (a) Russian, (b) Ukrainian, (c) Estonian, (d) Mandarin and (e) Cantonese in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department speak (a) Russian, (b) Ukrainian, (c) Estonian, (d) Mandarin and (e) Cantonese.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under which categorisation of discharge from the UK Armed Forces a service man or woman would lose entitlement to their pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police are tasked with guarding critical UK military bases and nuclear facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential effect of Russian disinformation campaigns in Balkan states on (a) regional and (b) UK security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total operating cost was for all British overseas military bases, without personnel costs included, in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, and (c) 2020-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of exchange rate movements between the pound and the US dollar on foreign exchange costs incurred by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK nuclear deterrent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September to Question 48233 on Nuclear Powered Vessels: Shipbuilding, if he will place a copy of the Independent Project...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to continue the National Flagship programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days has HMS Prince of Wales spent in harbour because of mechanical difficulties since its commission into the Royal Navy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the forthcoming update to the Integrated Review will include policy changes in (a) defence capability and (b) procurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question 49577 on Unmanned Air Vehicles, what the whole life cost for the Protector drone programme is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department outsources the security of the Atomic Weapons Establishment to a private contractor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51521 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, what his Department’s total net expenditure,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the 105mm light gun replacement; and (b) what are the estimated dates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4466 on LE TacCIS Programme, whether his Department has agreed a new date with Elbit for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the Mobile Fires Platform programme; and (b) what are the estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the new Skynet 6 satellite; and (b) what are the estimated dates for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has increased fuel budgets for the (a) RAF, (b) Navy and (c) Army since 2019 due to trends in the level of the cost of fuel; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of the cost of fuel on fuel costs for the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new AH-64E Apache attack helicopter, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the Crowsnest AEW helicopter programme; and (b) what are the estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53281 on Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure, whether fluctuations in the exchange rate have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new medium support helicopter, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme; and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains the policy of his Department to purchase 138 F-35 aircraft, as confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement made on 25 June 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the new Ajax Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle; and (b) what are the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the potential impact of the delay in the UK's E-7 Wedgetail aircraft fleet reaching Initial Operational Capability will have on RAF defence capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the new Minister for Defence Procurement has had recent discussions with representatives of General Dynamics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the progress made by General Dynamics on providing demonstration trials of the AJAX armoured...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he expects safety trials on the Ajax armoured vehicle to recommence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the new Le Tacsis communications system; and (b) what are the estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the new Boxer mechanised infantry vehicle; and (b) what are the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new Challenger 3 main battle tank, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the tank; and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of repairing damage sustained to HMS Prince of Wales following her recent propeller shaft fault.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total value of the Project Selborne contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer given on 20 September 2022 to Question 48264, on HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance, which contractor is undertaking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events occurred at (a) Coulport and (b) Faslane in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to progress the concept phase of the Type 32 Frigate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when HMS Prince of Wales was commissioned into Royal Naval service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card from January to May 2022, which five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Equipment Plan 2021-2031, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the change in the value of sterling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is seeking to acquire further multiple-launch rocket systems for the UK Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's personnel were based in (a) Hampshire, (b) Wiltshire, (c) Oxfordshire and (d) Scotland in the 2021-2022 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the locations of the UK air defence network’s seven fixed radar sites and the yearly running cost of each site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to provide additional support to older people who cannot meeet the cost of (a) energy bills, (b) food costs, and (c) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister about lifting the benefits cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Cost of Living Payment, published in May 2022, whether it is his Department’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the requirement that Universal Credit claimants applying for a Budgeting Advance must have earned less than a set income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to offer reassessments for PIP claimants whose conditions have worsened since their last assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of rising inflation rates on the level of (a) overall poverty, (b) child poverty and (c) in work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 47343 on Universal Credit:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability cost of living payments have been made to disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 47342 on Universal Credit: Veterans, if she will provide these figures by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure all outstanding cost of living payments due to be paid are paid in full by the end of October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cost of living payments are outstanding and are due to be paid throughout October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2022 to Question 46209 on Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which provisions in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsiderations of benefits decisions are awaiting processing as of 10 October 2022; what steps her Department is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress that duty holders have made in meeting the key performance indicators on safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what methods exist for (a) a claimant or (b) a Member of Parliament to contact the specialist team within the Department who are responsible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to commission an independent assessment of the adequacy of disability benefits rates to enable disabled people,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of Cost-of-Living payments that have been missed and have resulted in mop-up payments having to be made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people diagnosed with a terminal illness to access benefits; and what plans she has to bring forward...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of extending the eligibility of carers allowance to those who are in receipt of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have been deemed eligible for the cost of living payments; and what proportion of those people received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities about the equalities impact of (a) inflation on social security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) waiting times for those in the PIP application process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to require Personal Independence Payment assessment providers to provide staff with training on long covid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase the level of the Carer's Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of current levels of Local Housing Allowance rates in the (a) UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of (a) the take-up, as a proportion of eligibility, of the Specified Adult Childcare Credit, and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to reduce delays and waiting times for people making applications for Personal Independence Payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of patients with (a) multiple sclerosis and (b) other progressive conditions who face unnecessary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides to disabled people on applying for benefits and wider support, such as housing and social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for reviews of existing awards of Personal Independence Payments her Department has received since 1 August 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of supertrawlers on Marine Protected Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Environment Act targets will be published by 31 October 2022, as set out under the Environment Act 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Biodiversity Net Gain will become mandatory in winter 2023 as proposed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) resourcing and (b) financial costs of adapting over 430 pieces of retained EU law, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 30 August and 27 September 2022 from the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 137317 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, what recent assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 on food standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to control inflation on food prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on meeting the 30x30 pledge to protect 30 per cent of the oceans by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the statement to the House by his predecessor on 6 September 2022 that removing storm overflows altogether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) the shortfall of applicants in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the welfare of (a) animals sold in pet shops and (b) rabbits sold in pet shops.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Care Quality Commission shares information on the (a) personal data and (b) immigration status of workers with Immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 8 of the Border Force transparency data published by her Department on 29 September 2022, how many seizures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NHS workers had unresolved visa cases as of 1 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on 1 October 2022, (a) how many asylum claims were awaiting decision (b) how many Indefinite Leave to Remain applications were outstanding...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the total amount of additional compensation that has been awarded to claimants who have received increased offers of compensation...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in England are awaiting an asylum interview.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in England, what is the average waiting time for an asylum interview.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme have been granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 24576 on Migrant Workers: Wind Power, whether non-EEA resident offshore workers will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that people with autism and learning disabilities are protected from...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trends in the level of catalytic converter theft in (a) England and (b) Staffordshire; and whether she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to provide visa applicants with information on the service standard for visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected service standard is for each type of visa application.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what will happen in cases where suspects have been released under investigation when new regulations on pre-charge bail come into force; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to increase recruitment of Special Constables.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers from Afghanistan are currently living in hotels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any members of the public have been arrested for expressing republican views since 8 September; what steps she is taking to protect...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police shooting ranges (a) have adequate boundaries and (b) operate at times that ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many instances the use of Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 has been authorised in Romford.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of banning disposable BBQs in public places, given the impact on emergency service...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan citizens resettlement scheme applications (a) have been concluded and (b) are outstanding.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence her Department uses to support the classification of psilocybin as a Class A drug.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the impact of the Forced Marriage Unit’s outreach programme in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department is using the 2019 consultation on mandatory reporting of forced marriage to safeguard victims of forced marriage and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 8 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Walton on Mehrnoosh Khajvand.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that application registration cards are issued quickly to unaccompanied asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 14 June 2022, 22 July 2022, 5...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the (a) schedule and (b) budget for replacing the Border Force’s fleet of five cutters and six coastal patrol vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of rises in the cost of living to people with no recourse to public funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of revoking no recourse to public funds in light of rises in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the review on Tier 1 Investor Visas will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 14 July 2022, 16 August 2022, 7...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 6 July 2022, 19 August 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 29 June 2022, 5 August 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reports of exploitation in the care sector were received and (b) how many inspections were conducted on (i) care homes and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of indefinite leave to remain applications from international medical graduates who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Walton of 8 September 2022 on Yadgar Khalid.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 45768 on Asylum: Applications and with reference to the report by the Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth of (a) 27 June and (b) 26 July 2022 on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, published by his Department on 2 February 2022, whether it is still his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to allow those currently on the Ukraine Family Scheme to switch to the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the parity of funding and support available from the Government for individuals on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what financial support is available to local authorities to ensure the delivery of Levelling Up Fund projects impacted by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Department is taking to support local authorities to deliver Levelling Up Fund projects facing inflationary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his department has to bring forward a strategy to grow the economies of coastal communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to support industrial maritime projects in coastal communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Durham County Council on its projected budgetary deficit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to help private tenants buy their current home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the standard method for calculating local housing need provided by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on housebuilders that fail to complete housing developments in the timescales they have committed to;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the guidance Flood risk and coastal change, dated 25 August 2022, whether the Humber estuary can be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a designation for wildbelt land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with (a) his cabinet colleagues and (b) his counterparts in the European Union in relation to proposals in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential equalities impact of the Growth Plan 2022 on (a) women, (b) Black, Asian and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's Energy Price Guarantee on the Barnett consequential entitlement for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to introduce targeted cost of living support for people who do not qualify for any form of benefit but are under state pension age.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of permanently reducing the rate of VAT for (a) food and (b) beverages on (i) pubs and (ii) the wider...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing business rates for pubs to the level paid by other small businesses on (a) pubs and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are employed in his Department to oversee the storage of personal protective equipment.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will order an independent review into the Loan Charge.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the National Minimum Wage for Seafarers on UK flagged ships is monitored; and what plans his Department has to publish monitoring data.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the Treasury of his proposed cuts to stamp duty.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the increase in interest rates on (a) homeowners and (b) mortgage availability in Hornsey and Wood...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had any meetings with Mr Crispin Odey since 1 August 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of bank branch closures in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Tamworth in the last five years; and if he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effect of lifting the cap on bankers' bonuses on inflation rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his statement in the House on 23 September 2022 on Growth Plan, if he will make an estimate of the number of beneficiaries of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the temporary fuel duty rates beyond March 2023; and whether he has had discussions with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the correspondence from the Hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare dated 3 August and 5 September on behalf of my constituent relating to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of the rising cost of electricity, if he will make it his policy to increase the HMRC advisory electricity rate for electric car...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the Irish government's decision to set video games tax relief at 32...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if it is his policy to select Darlington as the location of the Treasury's new Northern Economic Campus.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been raised by the apprenticeship levy in each of the last 7 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the Exchequer from the loan charge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government’s response to the independent review of Destination Management Organisations, how she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in relation to the Government’s response to the independent review of Destination Management Organisations, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government’s response to the independent review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of households that have access to broadband in Ellesmere Port and Neston...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Common Commission, what the level of pay has been for all Parliamentary cleaning staff in each of the financial years from 2018 to...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) pay discrepancies and (b) disadvantage in the labour market for women from Black, Asian and...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of gender pay gap reporting by larger companies on gender pay discrepancies since that measure...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reinstate Article 16 of UK Regulation No 1107/2006, which grants the Civil Aviation Authority enforcement powers against operators who...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to respond to the Roads policing review consultation, which was launched on 13 July 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their annual report Reported road casualties Great Britain, published on 29 September, what assessment they have made of the increase in the...
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