Tuesday, 18 October 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new diesel four car units have been introduced to the rail network in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to maintain the range of rail fares currently set by Government following the statutory creation of GBR.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she will publish the review of the introduction of flexible season tickets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 45030 on Railways: Greater London, what recent discussions her Department has had with Govia...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering half-price train and bus tickets to (a) apprentices and (b) those on a low income in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to First Greater Western Limited, (a) whether her Department has approved the £33 million dividend payment which is described as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled Avanti West Coast placed on short-term contract to drastically improve services published on 7 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Avanti West Coast placed on short-term contract to drastically improve services published on 7 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10 of the West Coast Partnership Franchise Agreement, how many train drivers recruited after this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10 of the West Coast Partnership Franchise Agreement, how many train drivers have been recruited...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the West Coast Partnership Emergency Recovery Measures agreement, published September 2020, Part 1, Schedule 6.2(A), Clause 10.2(b),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve rail services between Lancaster and London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the impact of indexation on rail industry revenue and costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department agreed for (a) train operating companies and (b) Network Rail to purchase tables at the National Rail Awards on 10 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 14 September 2022 to Question 45030 on Railways: Greater London, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will allow Regulation EC261/2004 to expire after the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with the devolved administrations on reforming domestic flight compensation regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on taking steps to help ensure that renewal decisions for Air Travel Organiser's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the increase in cost of (a) running and repairing streetlights, (b) road maintenance and (c) building new roads...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of airline companies on the validity for travel of UK passports with less than six months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has reviewed the potential impact of removing vehicle and operator signage from taxis on (a) service accessibility for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact a 20 per cent rise in taxi fares would have on rural towns and communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to increase the number of qualified HGV drivers in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on making an estimate of the number of newly qualified HGV drivers in Wales in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to prepare regulations for the (a) users and (b) manufacturers of private e-scooters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to introduce legislative proposals on the regulation of e-scooters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to amend the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to help increase the competitiveness of hydrogen fuels...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has recently had discussions with the French Government on the operation of Eurostar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in (a) Romford and (b) Havering have a Freedom Pass.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the role played by taxi and private hire vehicle services in supporting connected communities in (a) rural areas,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department agreed short lease premiums with rolling stock leasing companies as part of the national rail contracts agreed with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department agreed contracts for the leasing of rolling stock with (a) Porterbrook (b) Rock Rail and (c) Cross London Trains as part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the criteria for eligibility for a Disabled Persons Railcard to include people who have mobility issues but are not in receipt of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Eurostar on the re-opening of Eurostar stations at (a) Ebbsfleet, and (b) Ashford.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of when a list of ministerial responsibilities for her Department will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of whether airport drop-off and parking fees represent value for money for airport users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department has not put a request from Tees Valley Combined Authority for a new crossing over the River Tees on its priority list.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the (a) viability and (b) potential merits of the proposal from the Tees Valley Combined authority for a new crossing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the trial of noise cameras for loud vehicles; and when police forces that have applied to trial that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the quality of service provided by Northern Trains Limited since DOHL took on the operation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of days that Avanti staff worked on previously booked rest days between June and August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on how many and what proportion of staff have regularly worked on their rest days per quarter over the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of when the full electrification of the Midland Mainline will be complete.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to maximise opportunities for growing rail freight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of train drivers who are female.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51633 on Schools: Solar Power, how many school buildings in West Lancashire constituency were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the fiscal event announced for 31 October 2022 on (a) his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51633 on Schools: Solar Power, whether he has made an estimate of the current annual energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51633 on Schools: Solar Power, how many school buildings in Bassetlaw constituency were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has implemented apprenticeship schemes for people who are over the age of 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to re-allocate the £5 million uplift to the Strategic Priorities Grant which his predecessor removed on 31 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled on a T level in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Office for Students on the potential merits of designating a new quality body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the Office for Students’ compliance with the Regulators’ Code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48396 on Hong Kong: Foreign Nationals, where in (a) his Department's guidance entitled Keeping...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is being given to British nationals studying at universities in Ukraine until the Russian invasion of Ukraine earlier in 2022, who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has issued to the Office for Students on the operation of their enforcement team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51615 on Oak National Academy: Finance and with reference to the advertising campaign for Oak...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the rising cost of living on university student drop-out rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many connected persons approved as foster carers received fostering allowance for children living overseas from an English local authority in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the Office for Students’ compliance with the Cabinet Office’s Code of Conduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51615 on Oak National Academy: Finance, whether the advertising campaign for Oak National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92902 on Schools: Inspections, if he will ask Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to update...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to allow 16 year olds to work more than two hours on a Sunday.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the increased rate of inflation and rising food prices, (a) on what basis the rate paid to schools for providing free school meals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of teaching assistants employed in schools in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of state (a) schools and (b) colleges placed an order with his Department's period product scheme in each year since that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he collects statistics on the number of trees (a) planted and (b) removed each year on land owned by schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compensation processes for businesses affected by large scale...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households with multiple energy suppliers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to support Helpathon initiatives consisting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to accelerate the replacement of animal experiments with techniques such as the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the fines levied on Drax as part of their wood pellet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ban (a) gas boilers, (b) other direct emissions boilers that emit greenhouse gases as defined...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £100 payment to support people who are not served by the gas grid with their energy bills will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to allow small businesses to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to provide support with heating costs for households that use wood pellets for heating in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he had with representatives of the energy sector on reducing standing charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make provision to support households who use oil heating and who will be unable to afford to heat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) Energy Price Guarantee for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the £100 payment to support households who are off-grid with the energy bills will be paid to those households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish further information on the operation of the Energy Price Guarantee for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Price Guarantee announced on 8 September 2022, what steps he plans to take to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of decoupling the cost of electricity using renewables from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department will provide to help insulate uninsulated homes in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by the Step Fusion Project in Nottinghamshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential difference between the average energy bill of (a) a heat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has provided for people on communal heating systems who may be hosting refuges on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will provide specific advice to small charities on the effect of the energy price guarantee on those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake analysis of the potential impact of increased domestic gas exploration and extraction in the North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, (a) for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which consumers are able to access adequate information on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding was provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 outbreak through government-backed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that households living in park homes who do not directly deal with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse was of funding provided to businesses in Blackpool during the covid-19 outbreak...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to reimburse the complex cases in the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme announced in June 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has with Odey Asset Management in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on proposals to support small businesses in Newport West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 45829 on Conditions of Employment: Enforcement, what his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what basis the registered business address of STARYNX LP (LP022561) was amended to a Companies House default address...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses in the UK have between 250 and 500 employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what percentage of Subject Access Requests are fully answered by government departments within the legal time limit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department work from home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Growth Plan 2022, published on 23 September 2022, CP 743, what recent discussions his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward legislative proposals to replace retained EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to consult (a) environmental and (b) public health organisations on the potential implications of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of reports that businesses have had loan applications refused due to their credit histories...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the rise in energy prices on the rate of default on loans made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of loans fraudulently claimed under the Bounce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of rising interest rates on the viability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to progress the government's work to protect intellectual property in relation to music...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on ensuring landlords pass the Energy Bill Support Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and Low Carbon Hydrogen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking through the Hydrogen Business Model to help (a) increase the use of hydrogen in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to provide financial support to (a) community organisations and (b) self-funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support his Department provides to help (a) community organisations, (b) community projects and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to assess levels of local consent for fracking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of trends in the cost of wholesale energy on the level paid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the National Grid's announcement of 6 October 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the unit cost paid per KWH under the Smart Export Guarantee is lower than the current price of electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to support community-owned solar farms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the context of constraint costs and grid capacity issues, whether he plans to provide support to long-duration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department will take in the event an energy supplier declines to install smart meters in their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of households have a smart meter installed in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for how many hydrogen schemes his Department (a) is providing support and (b) plans to provide support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which hydrogen schemes in Scotland his Department has identified for government support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help reduce energy bills for tenants and residents of park homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to increase levels of investment in Green Hydrogen in (a) Cheshire (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the full eligibility criteria for (a) businesses and (b) other non-domestic consumers to claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to help support the growth of community energy schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to support the growth of community energy schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the value for money of subsidies given for the use of biomass for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass used for energy generation on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for making an announcement on an equivalent to the £400 payment under the Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, following the BBC Panorama report on 3 October, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) environmental and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department has made an assessment of the (a) likelihood and (b) potential impact on renegotiations of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to ensure it is able to react of member state of the Energy Charter Treaty withdraws.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department expects the £400 energy grant to start being paid to households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy for Ofgem to undertake a review of off-peak tariff pricing, in the context of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of energy storage on (a) decarbonising the energy system and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sustainable biomass energy generation does not lead to deforestation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) on what basis his Department decided to begin subsidising the burning of wood pellets at Drax power station, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce the extraction of fossil fuels; what assessment he has made of the role that a global...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 33677 on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, what recent progress his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much gas is currently in storage in the UK; and what percentage the gas stored represents the total annual gas usage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department made of the cost of (a) repairing and (b) maintaining the Rough Gas Storage Field in 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department provided renewable subsidies to Drax for the burning of imported wood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Panorama report, aired on 3 October, on the environmental and financial cost of shipping wood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the reliability of biomass as a method of producing electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51639 on Offshore Industry: North Sea, whether he plans to undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including an analysis of clean energy investment by license...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the climate compatibility checkpoint design to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assess the potential need for additional financial support for off-grid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will require energy suppliers to replace pre-paid energy meters with smart meters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the amount of additional electricity demand that will result from (a) heat pumps in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support households reliant on liquefied petroleum gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that apartment blocks can receive signals for smart meters so as to allow for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £100 one-off payment to households that use heating oil, whether his Department plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September to Question 45769 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help (a) off-grid homeowners and (b) businesses access the support with energy bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help support the development of thermal storage technologies, in the context of (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to increases in the rising cost of fuel, what steps the Government are taking to provide support to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions have taken place between bodies associated with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s decision to lift the ban on fracking will also apply to land within National Parks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Energy Price Guarantee on the level of storage capacity in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits for energy security of implementing an accelerated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken steps to promote the use of large scale biomethane energy production in the UK; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how his Department plans to provide the £400 energy payment to people in households that are off grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to mandate (a) existing and (b) new commercial warehouses to install...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on consumers' fuel bills impact of the proposals on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the adequacy of funding for (a) faith centres and (b) places of worship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy that energy companies should repair or restore malfunctioning smart meter visual display...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential additional costs to consumers if hydrogen is used for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will meet with the UK Warehousing Association to discuss the potential merits of placing solar panels on the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has conducted a recent cost-benefit analysis of energy from waste facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans he has to help increase the use of solar panels on roofs of industrial and commercial buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to use biomethane energy production facilities to reduce carbon emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the construction of Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station to be completed; if he will provide an update on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a revenue cap on renewable energy companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the recycling and reprocessing industry with rising energy prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made on the introduction of a Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme that was due...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will meet with representatives from the maritime sector to discuss the potential impact of rising energy costs on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to enhance (a) environmental and (b) public health regulation following his Department’s review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2022 to Question 33779 on Innovate UK: Expenditure, what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the fall in the value of the Pound Sterling on (a) current and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase international investor confidence in UK science.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made (a) towards association with or (b) to the development of an alternative programme to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in rates of perinatal mortality in Lancaster and...
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 Walsall South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Hammersmith constituency as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments that took place in Wirral South constituency (a) in the...
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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Hammersmith constituency. in each of the last five years.
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 Portsmouth South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of NHS dentist appointments available for people in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the potential closure of clinical trial units for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Wirral South constituency in (a) 2013 and (b) 11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Eltham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Putney constituency as of September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people are able to get an immediate appointment with their GP when a case is deemed to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that more people can receive a face-to-face appointment at their GP surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Leukaemia Care's Left to #WatchWaitWorry campaign, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to collect data on the number of cases of myalgic encephalomyelitis that have been triggered by a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Walsall 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 Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide all children who have type one diabetes with (a) insulin pumps and (b) continuous glucose...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency 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 Portsmouth South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in (a) Somerton and Frome constituency and (b) Somerset.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE Fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade, practicing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) eleven were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Bradford...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what immediate support her Department will offer to people unable to find an NHS dentist accepting new patients in their area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve primary care support for people with chronic health issues in order to alleviate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Putney constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department will publish the 10 year cancer plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve diagnosis rates for childhood cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening 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 Rotherham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent doctors have (a) entered and (b) left General Practice in England in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry services in Plymouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will publish further information on future plans for the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Nottingham South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments conducted face-to-face in (a) York and (b) York Central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ensure that the Cancer Plan is integrated with her Plan for Patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take urgent steps to improve the (a) availability and (b) quality of NHS dental treatment in Reading East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the research by the Office for National Statistics entitled Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Blackburn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in Wirral South constituency conducted face-to-face in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of full-time equivalent fully qualified GP's, practicing in Kingston upon Hull...
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 Hammersmith...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 54662 on General Practitioners: Standards, whether it is her expectation that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Batley and Spen constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of dental practices were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Bradford South constituency as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dental practices were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Washington and Sunderland West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in Ealing North conducted face-to-face in the past 12...
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 Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the scoping process for reviewing complaints about complex cases (a) is improved and (b) involves...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Chesterfield 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 Walsall South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications have been made to form Rare Disease Collaborative Networks in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Streatham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will allocate funding to support the establishment and operation of Rare Disease Collaborative Networks in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Portsmouth South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the England Rare Diseases Action Plan 2022, what estimate she has made of when NHS England and NHS Digital will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Birmingham Yardley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that the recommendations of the Francis Report are still implemented in local NHS organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Liverpool Wavertree constituency as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason public health grant funding per person is often less in rural local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Chesterfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of recent record-high temperatures, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to prevent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the proposals contained in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 to set a date for the assimilation or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the terms of reference of the internal review of the obesity strategy will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it remains her policy to allocate £100 million funding toward for weight management services in 2023 and 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the life course approach in the Women’s Health Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Wirral South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Ealing North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Our plan for patients, published by her Department on 22 September 2022, if she will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to maintain high standards on business (a) hygiene and (b) food safety in the result of associated regulations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the measures in the Government’s Our plan for patients plan announced in September 2022 will be implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to incentivise the implementation of shared decision making across Integrated Care Systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of staff (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the (i) NHS and (ii) social care in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has she made of the potential (a) medical, (b) research and (c) mental health uses for psilocybin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48396 on Hong Kong: Foreign Nationals, where in (a) the guidance by NHS Employers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of shared decision in supporting greater action on prevention and health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Our plan for patients, published by her Department on 22 September 2022, when the £15...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Blackburn constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of NHS surgeons able to conduct temporomandibular joint replacement surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust on plans to rebuild the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of how effectively the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is responding to current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of aligning individual GP practices with individual care homes in order...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund she announced on 22 September 2022, which organisations will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will publish the 10-year dementia strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2022 to Question 39768 on Numed Healthcare: Medical Equipment, whether Numed Inc Products has indicated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in East Ham constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS midwives working in each clinical commissioning group area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address rural workforce shortages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to expand and measure the uptake of patient-initiated follow-up across the health system beyond March 2023 as set out...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to reduce waiting times for elective surgeries at each healthcare trust in southeast London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Chesterfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of private patients with long-term health conditions who have been unable to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) increasing ambulance delays and (b) the occupation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Putney constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care places there were in southeast London on 1 October (a) 2019 and (b) 2022; and what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to record and publish data on dementia sub-type prevalence in England.
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 Chesterfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the date by which the number of assessments carried out by Memory Assessment Services in England will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 55038, on Mental Capacity: Equality, if her Department will conduct an equality impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her department collects on regional and local variation in caseloads for social workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the level of dementia diagnosis rates in England to the the national target of 66.7 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening 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 the NHS dentist provision in Batley and Spen constituency.
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 Batley and Spen constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Global Fund, for what reason the Government did not make a pledge at the Seventh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department's review of future contributions to the Global Fund on tackling AIDS, TB and Malaria will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he publish the (a) core and (b) non-core financial contributions to (i) UNFPA and (ii) IPPF in (A) 2018-19, (B)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the transparency data entitled FCDO ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with NATO allies on Azerbaijan's military advances in Armenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress which has been made on repairing rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential long-term impact of damage to (a) farmland, (b) machinery and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart on the August 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of contributing to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with social media companies on taking steps to help improve the consistency of access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the number of applications for Academic Technology Approval Scheme Certificates was that were outstanding for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that (a) Azad Jammu Kashmir and (b) Gilgit Baltistan receive a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the extent of gold smuggling from Sudan by (a) people or organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister's predecessor advised Ukraine's President Zelenskyy during his visit to Kyiv on 9 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Written Question 142509, whether the FCDO annual report for financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Algerian authorities following reports of the arrest of members of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy of the decision of the UN Working Group on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government first informed the Egyptian authorities that Alaa Abd el-Fattah was a British citizen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to repatriate UK citizens in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of malnutrition among adults and children in north-west Nigeria;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to HRC 51: UK Statement under Item 2 General Debate on Acting High Commissioner Oral Update,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of festivals organised by representatives...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has discussed the treatment of Syrian detainees in Sednaya prison with her international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help support the human rights of Iranians during the current protests in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48277 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to address alleged crimes against humanity in Sednaya...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his (a) international and (b) Iranian counterparts on human rights in Iran...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the meeting of 27 April 2022 between the Bahraini Minister of Interior, Sheikh Rashid bin...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, (a) which government ministers have been provided with overnight accommodation within the UK's embassies or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani counterparts on the August 2022 Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department recognises (a) British nationals and (b) dual Iranian-British nationals detained by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much money from the public purse was spent by his Department in the financial years (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs with reference to the joint-letter from 15 leading NGOs including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any public money was spent by his Department on carpets, curtains, wallpaper, bedding or furniture for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Minister of State for South and Central Asia, North Africa, UN and the Commonwealth plans to respond to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the state parties to the Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he or his predecessors last discussed the provision of compensation to UK-based victims of Libyan-sponsored...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Upper Tribunal appeals made against a decision made by the social security tribunal were funded by legal aid in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 22 September to Question 49643, if HM Courts & Tribunals Service do not record the number of people with autism who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department had on the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute with (i) other Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted (b) found guilty (c) sentenced to prison for offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018 in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s Transparency Data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card, what was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) rehabilitation, (b) employment and (c) reablement programmes provided by HM Prison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the reforms in the Root and Branch Review of the Parole System published on 30 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of when the Office of the Public Guardian will reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will carry out a review of the criminal sanctions associated with abortion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on justice of the resignation of the Victims Commissioner for England and Wales; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of prison places.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, What recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart on increasing (a) trade with and (b) foreign direct investment from India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51515 on UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services and with reference to the Answer of 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September 2022 to Question 51512 on UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services, what action was taken with respect to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to Question 51514 on UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services, what action was taken with respect to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether a Government Minister attended the Trade and Sustainable Development Domestic Advisory Group meeting on 7 September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when did each individual Trade Advisory Group last meet.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reported concerns by the Bishop of Norwich, the lead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for the Bowman communications system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether representatives from the Army were present during General Dynamics' trials of the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Initial Operating Capability date for the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much public funding has been allocated to the National Flagship programme; and which companies have received public funds under that programme.
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, pursuant to Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48224, whether any further contracts have been agreed between his Department and this unnamed...
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, what was...
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, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK retains a skilled workforce in the defence industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to prioritise national economic growth and levelling up.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure defence manufactures invest in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Government has made on applications under all four categories of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent conversations he has had with Ukrainian counterparts about providing more (a) anti-aircraft and (b) anti-missile systems to that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on processing applications under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy for former employees of Crown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential transfer of military equipment between Iran and Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to provide the Ukrainian army with armaments which are suitable for (a) winter warfare and (b) winter clothing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has any plans to reverse the reduction in Army numbers to 73,000 by 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 September to parliamentary Question 51426 on Qatar: Military Aid, for what reasons his Department is spending around...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were arrested during the 870kg drug seizure by HMS Montrose in the Arabian Sea on 2 October 2022; and which jurisdiction will handle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the amount of British military aid that has been (a) delivered to and (b) ordered for Ukraine since February 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) role of British military personnel in Azerbaijan in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if HMS Albion’s crew met with (a) senior Libyan political and (b) military officials on her visit to Tripoli in September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the UK’s Armed Forces joining the Military Mobility Permanent Structured...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects repairs to HMS Prince of Wales to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the (a) initial operating capability and (b) full operating capability dates for Project Selborne.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his department have ever issued penalties to a prime contractor for failing to deliver on (a) their social value commitments; or (b) their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the new Morpheus communications system, (a) what definition of initial operating capability his Department has set for the programme; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the list of contracts cancelled by his department and their total value since 1 January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Veterans have received their Veteran ID card under the Veteran's Recognition Scheme as of 12 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is planning to join any other projects part of the Permanent Structured Cooperation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of Personal Protective Equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a system to ensure that funeral services take place for veterans who pass without...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of potential impact of the increase in the Bank of England base rate on 22 September 2022 on his departmental budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of delivering the Ajax light tank programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential impact of (a) inflation, (b) interest rates and (c) the exchange rate on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to progress the procurement of a new medium lift helicopter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a decision made on the future of Ajax by December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ajax armoured vehicle continues to pose a risk of noise exposure to service personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has not levied penalties against General Dynamics for the failure to deliver contracted armoured fighting vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the basis for drone strikes by the Royal Air Force in Iraq following the end of the Coalition forces’ combat mission in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help provide mental health support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he will take to (a) scale up Operation Interflex and (b) train more Ukrainian armed forces personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of (a) the size of the Army's current stockpiles of artillery shells and (b) the Army's ability to fulfil the UK's NATO...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to deepen cooperation with Ukrainian authorities on the sharing of military intelligence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk of piracy in (a) Nigerian waters, (b) the wider Gulf of Guinea and (c) the rivers and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israeli armed forces personnel are on deployment in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is providing to Ukrainian authorities on enhanced Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to provide additional (a) equipment and (b) training to Ukrainian forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage global partners to provide stronger and further support to Ukrainian forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications were (a) received and (b) processed by his Department in September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) personnel and (b) platforms are involved in the NATO exercise Joint Warrior which began on 1 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AMRAAM rockets his Department will provide to Ukraine; and on what date those rockets will be delivered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people on Jobseeker's Allowance were not receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) support and (b) training her Department provides to those over the age of 50 seeking employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason there is a lower rate of Universal Credit for people under the age of 25; what recent assessment her Department has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of rises in the cost of energy on trends in the level of food bank use; and what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her policy to uprate all social security benefits in line with inflation in the next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 45954 on Universal Credit: Disqualification, what estimate her Department has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for her Department to process a claim for help with childcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of young people aged 18 to 24 (a) not working or (b) looking for a job in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide cost of living payments to claimants of Universal Credit that have been sanctioned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assist pensioners with the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take additional steps to tackle levels of child poverty in (a) Newcastle and (b) the North East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if it continues to be her policy to uprate benefits in April in line with the current level of inflation in September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on recipients of not increasing social security benefits in line with inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of not providing cost of living payments to Universal Credit claimants who have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will restore the £20 uplift to Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a percentage breakdown of the liabilities or debt deductions that are being applied to Universal Credit claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government's Growth Plan 2022, published in September 2022, if she will make an estimate of the number of people on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus employees are waiting to be paid their entitled Enhanced Holiday Pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government support systems that help refugees and asylum seekers into work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government is taking steps to tackle homelessness this winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of not providing cost of living payments to Universal Credit claimants who have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2022 to Question 45171 on Poverty: Children, how the Plan for Jobs will help support the families in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policy set out in section 4.31 of the Government's Growth Plan 2022 published on Friday 22nd September 2022 that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing claimants who are applying for both Personal Independence Payment and work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that people receiving contributory-based (a) Employment and Support Allowance and (b) other benefits should be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department monitors or reviews the quality of entries made by work coaches in a Universal Credit claimant's journal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the number of underpayment errors for PIP applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she most recently commissioned a distributional analysis of the impact of the Specified Adult Childcare credits scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) advertising and (b) other activity intended to increase the uptake of Specified Adult Childcare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of Specified Adult Childcare credits being paid for one or more children in a household on income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Carer's Allowance were not receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits in the latest period for which data is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will meet with representatives of Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign to discuss the findings of the Parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to reduce the number of hours carers must undertake their care work in order to be eligible for Carer's Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Maternity Allowance were not receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits in the most recent period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the policy proposals announced on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the calculation of Local Housing Allowance rates applicable in financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of non-medical staff performing assessments of Personal Independence Payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of retaining the spare room subsidy rules on recipients of Housing Benefit, in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Prime Minister announcement on Right to buy scheme extension on 9 June, what assessments he has made of the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were (a) made about Personal Independence Payment medical assessments in each month from January 2018 to September 2022,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the back dating time limit for claiming Bereavement Support Payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of disability employment rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2022 to Question 53520 on Animal Welfare: Electric Shock, what comparative assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish legislation on banning the import and export of hunting trophies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent import of (a) timber products illegally logged in the Congo Basin and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle littering in (a) city centres, (b) town centres, (c) the UK and (d) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent healthy dogs from being euthanised in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many areas have been designated as a Coastal Change Management Area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason cats and kittens do not receive the same level of protections afforded to dogs and puppies in the Kept...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the recent recommendation in the Automation in Horticulture Review on a long-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of maintaining the current Environmental Land Management Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to (a) increase regulation and (b) ensure the (i) safety and (ii) welfare of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce mandatory corporate reporting on plastic reduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to establish a moratorium on new incineration capacity in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to review the current policy and delivery method of the School Fruit and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what target date his Department has set to introduce an all-in deposit return scheme for plastic bottles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of seasonal workers working in the UK by labour provider as of 1 August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its counterparts in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a list of everyone he has met in his official capacity since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the government plans to take to (a) tackle air pollution and (b) find innovative solutions to provide clean air.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to set catch limits for any stocks that are higher than those recommended by scientific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of replacing the Environment Land Management scheme with an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's 2019 election manifesto, when the Government will eliminate plastic waste exports to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department received for the Lump Sum Exit Scheme which closed on 30 September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what target date his Department has set to entirely eliminate single-use plastic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce fishing in Marine Protected Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the import of (a) semen and (b) other products for (i) rare breed sheep...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken towards meeting targets to start nature’s recovery by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the survey by the National Farmers' Union of England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which items of Retained EU Law that are within his Department’s remit apply to (a) Wales, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of gardens to the Government's environmental objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if it remains his policy to fund the (a) Sustainable Farming Incentive, (b) Local Nature Recovery and (c) Landscape Recovery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce a deposit return scheme for drinks containers in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the yearly change was in numbers of staff working in the Environment Agency from (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-2017, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of seasonal workers working in Scotland by labour provider as of 1 August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle food waste; and what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of bottom trawling on ecosystems in designated Marine Protection Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled Storm overflows discharge reduction plan, published by his Department on 26...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time was for a biometric residence permit card application in the latest period for which data is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to research by Women's Aid on the impact of increases in the cost of living on women who have experienced domestic abuse,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to remove visa fees for applicants that have been previously denied a visa.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2022 to Question 38653 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how many of the 7,000 Afghans referenced have moved into...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum-seeking children were housed in UK hotels in each month from October 2021 to September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that UK companies are transparent about the actions they are taking to prevent modern slavery in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 13 July 2022 to Question 32954, what proportion of applications have been processed within 48 hours in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made on the procurement of the UK's new border force vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of asylum seekers did not receive an Asylum Registration Card when they made their asylum claim in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to the Northern Ireland Strategic Migration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with the New Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police since her appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 45846 on Immigration: EU Nationals and with reference to the correspondence from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total budget for the Passport Office (a) was in financial year 2021-22 and (b) is in financial year 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of charge rates for anti-social behaviour in Wakefield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will appoint a new Minister for Refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the online application process for a Family Visa would permit an undocumented refugee from Afghanistan who had escaped to (a) Turkey...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that decisions on UK visas are made within expected service standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost within the current financial year of attempted deportations to Rwanda; and what estimate she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Pathway 3 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will open for the next round of applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent protests outside healthcare facilities providing abortion care in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to address delays to DBS checks for people recruited to the care sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that target response times for visa decisions are met.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September to Question 45259, how many people were given immigration status 3C leave in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of GP surgeries registered as skilled worker visa sponsors.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) checks, (b) inspections and (c) monitoring the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority undertakes on the licensing of scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent to which UK Visa and Immigration claims are processed to the same standard of service as...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of September 26 to Question 51845, what methods her Department uses to assess levels of satisfaction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the UK-Pakistan Readmissions Agreement signed with the Government of Pakistan on 17 August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children and (b) pregnant women asylum seekers have moved (i) into and (ii) out of contingency accommodation in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53260 on Migrants: Children, what safeguards her Department has identified that ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time is to complete (a) security checks, (b) processing of documents requested by his Department and (c) a final decision on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 22 August 2022 to Question 39956 and of 28 September 2022 to Question 51908 on Asylum: Applications, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the cross party report by parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament into the plight of the Hazara...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on 1 October 2022, how many full time equivalent Border Force personnel were deployed to dedicated teams responsible for preventing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that Afghan refugees living in UK hotels following Operation Pitting are able to maintain their current...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets her Department has in place for reducing the backlog of applications for (a) Leave and Indefinite Leave to Remain, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lithium-ion battery fire incidents were recorded in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lithium-ion battery fire incidents were recorded in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to tackle offences related to drug dealing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many neighbourhood police officers there are in (a) Wakefield constituency and (b) West Yorkshire Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided (a) to West Yorkshire Police and (b) for policing in Wakefield constituency in the 2022-23...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings in the 2022 report, Dangerous Liaisons: UK partnerships...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the Independent Office of Police Conduct investigation announced on 4 July 2022 into allegations of excessive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether new hosts who offer as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme to accommodate Ukrainians who have previously stayed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with local authorities on the closure of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has notified other Government departments of the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to ensure all articles about Levelling Up found in breach of Advertising Standards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will amend the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation Regulations 2006 to require the landlord to ensure the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to provide further information about the operation of the Access to Elected Office and EnAble...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time that the First-tier tribunal will take to process an application...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) remediation orders (b) remediation contribution orders applications have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 34871, when the cladding remediation fund for buildings between 11 and 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which Department is responsible for the removal and storage sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to appoint a Minister for Building Safety and Fire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions has he had with eligible developers who have not signed the building safety repairs pledge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to protect customers of construction companies who do not meet their safety obligations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made on the impact of rising levels of (a) energy costs and (b) inflation on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle Hinduphobia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the provisions of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West of England and (c) England who may...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it remains the Government's policy to abolish section 21 no-fault evictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate his Department has made of the average demand for additional social rent homes per year; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of capping increases to social housing rents at 5 percent in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take additional steps to support councils with funding for homelessness in Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, (a) what recent steps his Department has taken to support Ukrainian refugees seeking new accommodation in the UK, (b) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) in house local authority and (b) independent domestic abuse services that have received funding under Part 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the funding of £10,500 per person which the Government provides to councils for Homes for Ukraine,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of the increasing cost of living, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on changing the inflationary index calculation for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government will present the second stage of its proposed leasehold reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether Ashfield and Eastwood constituency will be one of the 38 investment zones announced in the Growth Plan 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of rising mortgage rates on trends in the level of home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on local government finance of his Department's proposals on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of trends in the levels of mortgage rates on average rental prices.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to publish supplementary documents alongside the update to the Integrated Review.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure all Government communication is in an accessible format.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) skills and (b) experience the Government has identified as a priority for the role of Government Chief Scientific Adviser.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to publish guidance to other Government departments on managing potential gas shortages during winter.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the interim report by Sir Brian Langstaff, Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 29 July 2022, how many and what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the salary agreed with the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook following his recent direct employment by the Government on a Special...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the paper by Jessica Taylor and Jaimi Shrive entitled I thought it was just a part of life: Understanding the scale of violence,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to publish the resignation Honours List of the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to update advice to local authorities on nuclear attack preparedness.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government ministers currently use for residential purposes the properties at (a) 1 Carlton Gardens, (b) the three flats in Admiralty House, (c)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of the National Security Council before it was disbanded and replaced by...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will be taking steps to celebrate the appearance of Gibraltar, Hamilton, Jamestown and Stanley on the list of cities in the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a new National Science and Technology Council has been established to replace its predecessor.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent on advertising in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spending was on (a) TV, (b) radio, (c) out of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to encourage investment in the UK’s energy sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are women.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he had on (a) 20, (b) 21 and (c) 22 September 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people in his Department are from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as of 12 July 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department will take to fund the proposed energy price freeze in the event that economic growth does not reach expected levels.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the International Monetary Fund on the potential impact of surcharges on (a) Pakistan and (b) other...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a tax unregistered pensions scheme for senior NHS officials to help support the retention...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the value of Libyan-owned assets frozen in the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that financial institutions providing savings accounts to consumers reflect changes in the Bank of England's base rate of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the taxation revenue that would have been generated by introducing a one per cent. tax on stock buybacks in the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a depreciating level of currency on pension funds.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle changes in the value of Pound Sterling against the United States Dollar; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish proposals to replace the EU Green Taxonomy Framework.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing mortgage interest relief at source.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact that a new VAT charge on taxis and PHVs would have on consumers during the cost of living...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will match the support provided by the Scottish Child Payment on a UK-wide basis.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an alternative tax arrangement for payments made by employers to help support their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of LNG trans-shipments from the UK to the European Union has been in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce the level of VAT charged on hot meals served at food outlets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the personal allowance for income tax in the context of the rising cost of living.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission an independent review into the adequacy of the Government's loan charge policy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has received legal advice on the pursuit of (a) employees and (b) employers for the use of loan schemes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he removed the Additional Rate of Income Tax.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on mortgage prisoners.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many warning letters have been issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in response to Suspicious Activity Reports of potential...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent actions regarding Free Speech Union and UsForThem accounts by...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of business rates on the viability of (a) live music venues and (b) music studios.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with mortgage lenders on (a) reducing the cost of borrowing and (b) ensuring that mortgage approvals remain at a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the National Union of Farmers on the potential impact of the Financial Services and Markets Bill on members of that union...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure the Financial Ombudsman Service deals promptly and fairly with complaints in respect of small financial advice businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of stock buybacks in the last financial year were made by oil and gas companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) help support and (b) provide assistance to the customers of Safe Hands Funeral Plans.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who are unable to switch to a new fixed rate mortgage, in the context of rising interest rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of banning the provision of maritime insurance by UK companies to Russian vessels.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2022 to Question 47726 on Azure Services: Loans, how many and what proportion of affected customers have been offered...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the loan charge on trends in the level of bankruptcies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Loan Charge on (a) staff, (b) administration, (c) legal advice and (d)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of the (a) advice and (b) complaint system for the HMRC Tariff Classification Service.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much annual revenue his Department generates from VAT on electric vehicle charging points.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) companies and (b) non-governmental bodies with contracts for the delivery of training and services associated with the (i) Trader...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of extending the Trader Support Service to December 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost of the Trader Support Service has been since its launch in 2020.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) other implications of the Making Tax Digital reforms on foster carers;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the proportion of tax evaded through disguised remuneration schemes that will be paid by entities that...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) promoters and (b) operators of schemes now subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for (i) promoting and (ii) operating those schemes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC has spent on (a) legal advice and (b) other legal costs in relation to the loan charge since it was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to publish a new consultation on the future ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps she has taken to progress her policy to provide all households with broadband speeds which satisfy the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposal by the Independent Game Developers’ Association...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the funding arrangements will be for the Future of Women’s Football review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what civil service capacity will be allocated to the Future of Women’s Football review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the terms of reference for the Future of Women’s Football review were decided.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives of UEFA on (a) making an assessment of the suitability of the Fortuna...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Charity Commission communicated concerns to (a) charities and (b) her Department on the political use of (i) email...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions her department has had with (a) Havering Council and (b) other groups in the London Borough of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many Building Preservation Notices (BPNs) have been issued in the past five years in the London Borough of Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many designated listed buildings, itemised by grade of listing, are in (a) Romford and (b) Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) community based businesses, (b) social enterprises and (c) trading...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on charities and community groups that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the definition of legal but harmful in the Online Safety Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the number of (a) crimes and (b) scams involving deepfake technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question HL2267 on Gambling Act 2005 Review, what her Department's timescale is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the voices and experiences (a) Molly Russell and (b) other children and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of deepfakes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect children from (a) harmful online content and (b) pornography.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential health risks from tyre crumb fill on 3G sports pitches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people (a) have been (i) fined, (ii) arrested and (iii) imprisoned for non payment of their television licence in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027 relates to standalone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to reintroduce the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ministerial Statement HCWS322 and the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156485 on Department for Digital,...
To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of appointing a Minister for Human Relevant Science to be tasked with accelerating the take-up of innovative...
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she plans to appoint a Minister for Disabled People.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide enforcement powers to the Civil Aviation Authority, commensurate with those available in the EU and the United States, given...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to match the target of other G7 countries by increasing the UK's contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 30...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that forced organ harvesting continues to be practised in China; and what representations they have made to the...
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