Written answers

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of National Express West Midlands performance on (a) fares and affordability (b) timetabling and regularity (c)...

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to build Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the infrastructure upgrades to the Sheffield to Hull line via Doncaster.

      Department for Transport: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use in the headquarters of her Department on 11 October 2022.

      Transport for London: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Minister in her Department is responsible for the Government's relationship with Transport for London.

      Railways: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to encourage people to choose to travel by rail instead of by car in order to reduce demand for petrol and diesel and lower...

      Aviation: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints have been received by the relevant authorities on aircraft noise in Havering.

      Aviation: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department took steps to discuss the Government's proposals on reform compensation for domestic flights with devolved administrations.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic collisions have been recorded in Birmingham in each year starting 2015.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the DVLA on issuing of HGV licences.

      Driving Instruction and Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to increase (a) the number of driving instructors and (b) practical driving test availability.

      Public Transport: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of (a) the results of Germany's recent rail ticket subsidy scheme and (b) the potential merits of applying a similar...

      Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 59411 on Southeastern Trains: Railway Stations and Timetables, how many trains on the...

      Southeastern: Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date in 2021 her Department approved the payment of a £30,000,000 dividend by London and Southeastern Railways Ltd under the terms of its...

      Railways: Carbon Emissions and Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on electrification of the Snow Hill Lines; and what steps she is taking to help deliver zero-carbon rail on those lines.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Retail Trade: Urban Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage high street shopping.

    • Small Businesses: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department are taking to support small businesses with increased costs associated with global supply...

      Fish: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the cost of fish on small businesses.

      Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Home Shipbuilding Credit Guarantee Scheme will be introduced; and what assessment he has made of the potential...

      UK Space Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK Space Agency.

      Diseases: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) computing and (b) data systems used for research into the (i) diagnosis and...

      Food: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to support deregulation on food manufacturing businesses specialising in products high in fat, salt...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the development of mucosal covid-19 vaccines.

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Government’s commitment to...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timetable is for the implementation of the alternative UK programme to Horizon Europe.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timetable is for the implementation of the alternative UK programme to Horizon Europe; and if he will make a...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to support the development of mucosal covid-19 vaccines.

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made on the ratification of the UK’s association with the EU’s Horizon...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken with the Treasury to help increase investment in UK Research and Development to 2.4 per cent...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that increased research and development spending attracts private...

      Research and Science: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to support international collaboration to help UK science and research teams...

      Universities: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework on the time...

      Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, that steps he has taken to progress the ratification of the UK’s association with the EU’s Horizon Europe...

      Novel Foods: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support her Department provides for research and development in the alternative meat sector.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Good Work Plan, Cm 9755, published in 2018, whether it remains the policy of his Department to...

      Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on a new statutory code on the practice of...

      Strike Ballots

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the ability for workers to go on strike under proposals to raise ballot...

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the debate on Employment Law:...

      Conditions of Employment: Parents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2021 to Question 146754 on Conditions of Employment: Parents, when he plans...

      Parental Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to ensure parents on parental leave are adequately supported on their return to the...

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide employees identical rights from their first day of employment as someone has...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use within his Department on 11 October 2022.

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last held discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential effect of the...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of foreign nationals that were employed on offshore wind (a) construction and...

      Multiple Occupation: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing payments through the Energy Bills Support...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of households have a smart meter in each region of the UK as of 12 October 2022.

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help support small business switch from fixed rate to variable rate...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to provide energy bill support for the two year duration of the energy price guarantee to...

      Energy: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of private renter households who are eligible for retrofit grants under (a)...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of making multiple Energy Bills Support Scheme...

      Fuel Oil: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide support to domestic users of home heating oil; and if he will set out plans for providing that...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the Urgent Question of 22 September 2022 on Shale Gas...

      Heating: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure households who rely for heating and hot water on (a) district biomass,...

      Scottish Limited Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) the value, and (b) number of fines levied have been levied against Scottish Limited Partnerships for failing...

  • Attorney General

    • Ministry of Justice: Monitoring

      To ask the Attorney General, what processes his Department has in place to (a) record and (b) monitor undertakings made by (i) the Treasury Solicitor and (ii) other Ministers and officials in his...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospital Beds: Isle of Wight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Plan for Patients on hospital bed capacity on the Isle of Wight.

    • Health: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

      Dental Services: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency.

      Life Expectancy: York

      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 (a) York and (b)...

      Malnutrition: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

      Eating Disorders: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland Central constituency.

      Social Services: Worsley and Eccles South

      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 Worsley and Eccles South constituency.

      Social Services: Warrington North

      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 Warrington North constituency.

      Social Services: Bradford South

      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 Bradford South constituency.

      Social Services: Wirral South

      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 Walsall South constituency.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Ministerial Changes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it is her intention to appoint a Minister for Care.

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) patients and family members are fully involved in the process of Continuing Health Care...

      Incontinence: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level inflation on the affordability of continence products for...

      Dementia: North Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of diagnostic hubs in diagnosing dementia in North Staffordshire.

      Care Homes: Ilford North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of residential care homes that have closed in Ilford North constituency since...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 26 September to Question 49591, how many civil servants were allocated to work on the delivery of the National...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with local health systems on returning dementia care plan reviews to pre-pandemic levels.

      Social Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce barriers to entry in to the care sector for (a) UK and (b) international applicants.

      Social Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to make fostemsavir available for the treatment of people with multi-drug resistant HIV.

      Muscular Dystrophy: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people with muscular dystrophy LGMD-E2 are not entitled to antiviral treatment under the Government’s antiviral...

      Joint Replacements: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with NHS Trusts in West Yorkshire on commissioning temporomandibular joint replacement surgery services.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women's Health Strategy published on 30 August 2022, what discussions she has had with NHS England on increasing...

      North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Trust: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for a list of staff shortages for each department at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust.

      Surgery: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in the...

      Surgery: Ealing North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Ealing North in the last 12 months.

      Nurses: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of shifts covered by (a) agency and (b) bank nurses was in NHS England in each of the last five years.

      Midwives: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the cost of training a student midwife is paid by (a) the student, (b) her Department and (c) other sources.

      NHS: Putney

      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 Putney constituency.

      Surgery: Streatham

      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 Streatham constituency.

      Surgery: Nottingham South

      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 Nottingham South constituency.

      Muscular Dystrophy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51448 on Muscular Dystrophy: Research, whether the National Institute for Health...

      Health: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the comparative level of funding for research into (a) physical and (b) mental health.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the MHRA to conclude its review of the use of MAGnetic Expansion Control (MAGEC) rods.

      NHS: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in healthcare trusts in southeast London.

      Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the age profile of the NHS midwifery workforce in (a) England and (b) each NHS region of England (i) for the most recent month...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that medical trainees receive specialist practical training to treat people with...

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of managed quarantine hotels for travellers returning to the UK on ensuring...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.

    • Uk Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential benefits of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Slough constituency have one or more buildings...

    • Schools: West Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was spent on improvements to school buildings in West Lancashire constituency in the period between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022.

      Renewable Energy: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will introduce specific funding to support schools with installing renewable electricity generation schemes on their estate.

      Department of Education: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are at each of the executive non-departmental public bodies for which...

      National Tutoring Programme: Canterbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been distributed through the National Tutoring Programme in Canterbury in each month since that programme was launched.

      Academies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date in December 2022 he expects to publish the final report of the Academies Regulation and Commissioning Review.

      National Tutoring Programme: Stockton North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was (a) allocated and (b) spent in Stockton North through the National Tutoring Programme in each month since it was launched.

      National Tutoring Programme: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse of the National Tutoring Programme has been in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency in each month...

      Further Education: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to address repairs backlogs in further education colleges in Sheffield.

      Forced Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department is working with the Forced Marriage Unit to safeguard children from early and forced marriage in preparation for the Marriage and...

      Children in Care: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact that the cost of living crisis on the number of children entering care in the North East.

      Childcare: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the sufficiency of childcare provision in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the (a) feasibility of extending the free school meal scheme...

      Childcare: Easington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the level of affordability of childcare provision in Easington constituency.

      Children: West Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Ofsted-registered childminders are working and (b) children aged between (i) one and three and (ii) four and 11 are living in the...

      Childcare: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the affordability of childcare provision in the Slough constituency.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support the Government provides to schools to help them protect extremely clinically vulnerable (a) students and (b) staff from covid-19.

      Multi-academy Trusts: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the test and learn exercise for local authority multi-academy trusts announced in May 2022, which local authorities (a) submitted a...

      Schools: Air Conditioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of installing air purifiers such as (a) HEPA filters and (b) Corsi-Rosenthal boxes in classrooms...

      Further Education: Stockton North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to address repairs backlogs in further education colleges in Stockton North constituency.

      Schools: Bassetlaw

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Bassetlaw constituency have one or more buildings...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Consultancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on external management consultants in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

    • Ministry of Justice: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use in the headquarters of his Department on 11 October 2022.

      International Criminal Court: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s announcement of support for the International Criminal Court investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine...

      Prisoners' Release: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of his Department's action plan entitled A response to: An inspection of accommodation and...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Pakistan: Disaster Relief

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) additional and (b) long-term funding he will provide to help Pakistan rebuild (i) livelihoods, and (ii)...

    • India: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on negotiations to restore the ability of UK citizens to apply for an E-...

      Africa: Development Aid and Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) humanitarian and (b) development aid budgets are for (i) Somalia, (ii) South Sudan, (iii) Ethiopia...

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of recent reports of the arrest of Baha’is in the Republic of Iran...

      Chad: Peace and Security Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the compatibility of the conditions set by the Peace and Security Council of...

      Iran: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the civil unrest in Iran.

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Special Court of Iran acting under Article 49 of the...

      Ahmad Manasra

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 4 July to Question 26842, whether he has representations to his Israeli counterpart on...

      Iran: Nuclear Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of President Biden's attempts to renegotiate the Iranian Nuclear...

      Bahrain: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to the Government of Bahrain on the death sentences imposed by that...

      Sierra Leone: Civil Liberties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support freedom of assembly laws in Sierra Leone, in the context of the...

      Mahsa Amini

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the police response to protests in Iran following the...

      Yemen: Armed Conflict

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

      Bahrain: Capital Punishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received written assurances from the Government of Bahrain that the death penalty will...

      Iran: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support women in Iran.

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Iranian counterparts on acts of violence against protesters in that...

      Iran: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying Magnitsky sanctions to senior officials in the...

      Iran: Baha'i Faith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential threat of human rights violations against the Bahai community...

      Mahmoud Khazein

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of apply Magnitsky sanctions against Iranian intelligence...

      Horn of Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries his Department includes in its definition of the Horn of Africa.

      Mahsa Amini

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to impose sanctions against Iranian government officials for that government's...

      Horn of Africa: Development Aid and Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of (a) humanitarian and (b) development aid funding allocated to the Horn of Africa...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to publish a comprehensive strategy on how to address global food insecurity.

      Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of state parties not agreeing a consensus document at the...

      Ukraine: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support the transportation of food in Ukraine.

      USA: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if any personnel from his Department have ever been selected for a British-American Project fellowship.

      USA: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has contributed to the British-American Project.

      Myanmar: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans does the Government have to help ensure (a) accountability and (b) access to justice for children...

      British Overseas Territories: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2020 to Question 19029, on British Overseas Territories: Development Aid,...

      Haiti: Gangs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Haitian counterpart on the Haitian Prime Minister's recent call for...

      Pakistan: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the British High Commissioner to Pakistan has raised arms sales to the Myanmar military with the...

      Pakistan: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to support the health needs of women in Pakistan in the next...

      Development Aid: health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of total Official Development Assistance was allocated to Sexual and Reproductive...

      Indigenous Peoples: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the UK will contribute towards the joint fund to support indigenous peoples as part of the Indigenous...

      Development Aid: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding was allocated to Sexual and Reproductive...

      International Assistance: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights funding was disbursed by (a) bilateral aid, (b) multilateral...

      Pakistan: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for (a) sexual and reproductive health and rights, (b) maternal care and...

      British Overseas Territories : Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for how many bills in British Overseas Territories has the governor (a) withheld assent and (b) reserved the bill...

      Cuba: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking support British nationals in Cuba affected by Hurricane Ian.

      Democracy and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the 2021 Human Rights and Democracy report will be published.

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the humanitarian response to severe flooding in Pakistan.

      British Overseas Territories: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which British Overseas Territories are eligible to receive Overseas Development Aid; and what recent discussions...

      British Overseas Territories: Emergency Powers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any of the British Overseas Territories has declared a state of emergency in the past five years.

      China: Uyghurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterparts about the treatment of Uighur Muslims.

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken steps to limit the supply of aviation fuel to the Myanmar military.

      China: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Education (b) the higher education sector on (i)...

      Vietnam and Singapore : Visits Abroad

      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...

      Japan and South Korea: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which Government Ministers have been provided with overnight accommodation within the UK's embassies or consulates...

      Somalia: Famine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to respond the UN's warning that famine could be declared in Somalia by October 2022.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of personnel in each of branch of the Armed Forces identify as BAME.

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was from the receipt of an application to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme to the announcement of a decision for (a)...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Russian Armed Forces personnel in Ukraine (a) killed in action, (b) wounded and (c) deserted from...

      Armed Forces: Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving Armed Forces personnel have been referred to the Prevent Scheme since 1 January 2019.

      F-35 Aircraft: Components

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major components of the UK's F-35 fleet have been bought in (a) GBP, (b) USD and (c) other currencies.

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      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...

      USA: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has contributed to the British-American Project in the last 20 years.

      Armed Forces: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle racism in the UK Armed Forces and (b) improve the racism complaints process for serving Armed Forces...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment criteria his Department used for applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the £40 million of funding for the transformation programme has been spent on the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme...

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      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...

      Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected out of service date is for the fleet of C130J Hercules tactical transport aircraft.

      Ministry of Defence: Clubs

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      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...

      Navantia: Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, whether his Department has considered the technical quality of the builds previously undertaken by...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the Integrated Review; and if he will make a Statement.

      DNA: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of developing regulations to safeguard against the mis-use of DNA...

      Space Technology: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to use procurement of space capabilities to support UK sovereign design and manufacturing capability in the space sector.

      Space Technology: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) other Cabinet colleagues, and (b) the UK space industry on ensuring world-leading space capabilities continue to be...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to develop the UK's industrial capacity and skills required to design, test and manufacture armoured vehicles.

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Head of REME will be required to sign off the safety guarantees associated with the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle prior to that vehicle...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK Armed Forces equipment and formation figures 2022, for what reason the 2022 figures show a reduction of 53 Armoured Fighting...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK Armed Forces equipment and formation figures 2022, for what reason the 2022 figures show a reduction of 263 Protected Mobility...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK Armed Forces equipment and formation figures 2022, for what reason the figures show a reduction of 29 Armoured Personnel...

      Military Aircraft: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any operational users have requested that the New Medium Helicopter has forward firing capabilities and precision guided munitions as part of...

      LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current planned Initial Operating Capability for the Morpheus radio system.

      Russia: Chemical Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he had with his NATO counterparts on the potential risks posed by the use of chemical weapons by Russia in Ukraine.

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the Future Combat Air System; and (b) what are the estimated dates for...

      China: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on permitting Chinese state-owned companies to participate in the development of critical infrastructure in the UK.

      China: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for UK security of permitting Chinese state-owned companies to participate in the development of...

      Military Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that a 6th generation air system replacement for the Typhoon aircraft is (a) designed and (b)...

      National Flagship: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) what definition his Department has set for initial operating capability for the new national flagship announced on 30 May 2021; and (b) what are the...

      Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential impact of the UK's...

      Courts Martial: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) murder (b) manslaughter (c) rape and (d) sexual assault were tried through Courts Martial in each of the last five years; and how...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of military homes owned by Annington Homes that are awaiting repairs.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what workshare value he expects to achieve in the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department defines the fleet solid support ship as a warship.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support ship contract, whether safeguards are in place to prevent the winning bid price dumping.

      Armed Forces: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances a discharge with pension would be applied to a member of the Armed Forces.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Cost of Living Payments: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency did not receive the first cost of living benefit instalment due to them...

    • Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit and tax credit claimants have reported a missing Cost of Living Payment via the Government's online reporting tool; and what...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) what percentage of the 2.6 million people who were claiming legacy benefits in April 2022 have now undergone managed migration to...

      Universal Credit: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49154, how many Universal Credit claimants who received a nil award also did not...

      Universal Credit: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people who are over the age of 50, in receipt of universal credit and left their previous...

      Universal Credit: National Insurance Contributions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of Universal Credit and not credited with Class 3 National Insurance contributions in the latest period for...

      Maternity Pay: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders on the adequacy of Statutory Maternity Pay, in light of...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the enforcement procedures are for not payment of Child Maintenance Payments; and whether those procedures are subject to regular...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use in the headquarters of her Department on 11 October 2022.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit provisions for mixed-age couples who were previously...

      Social Security Benefits: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to provide help with high energy costs to people who are receiving non means-tested benefits.

      Carer's Allowance: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Carers Allowance has been excluded from the list of qualifying benefits for receipt of the Cost of Living payment.

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of (a) the number and (b) the percentage of people who are eligible to receive the Disability Cost of Living...

      Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current practice of including industrial injuries disablement benefit when considering a...

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to evaluate the effectiveness of the Household Support Fund between 6 October 2021 to 30 September 2022.

      Household Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending the Household Support Fund past 30 September 2022.

      Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on trends in the number of serving armed forces...

      Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households with serving Armed Forces personnel are currently claiming Universal Credit.

      Small Businesses: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department are taking to support small businesses in the North East of England recruit staff.

      Jobcentre Plus: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training has been provided on domestic abuse to Job Centre Plus staff in the last two years.

      Energy: Newport West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has with Cabinet colleagues on supporting disabled people in Newport Bills with rising energy bills for electrical...

      Disability: Playgrounds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2022 to Question 45528 on Disability: Playgrounds, what steps (a) her Department and (b) Ministerial...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 17170, if she will publish a breakdown of her Department's spending on consultants in (a) 2019,...

      Personal Independence Payment: Underpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait time is for her Department to correct underpayment errors for Personal Independence Payments (PIP).

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 5 September 2022 to Question 40729 and of 11 October 2022 to Question 53261 on Universal Credit Work Capability...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason she has demoted the Minister for Disabled People role from a Minister of State position to a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...

      Cold Weather Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cold Weather Payments have been distributed since that scheme's inception; and how much her Department has spent on those payments...

      Disability: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to convene the cross-departmental working group on the National Disability Strategy.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessments she has made of the adequacy of disability benefits in supporting constituents with mortgage repayments.

      Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on ensuring the needs of disabled people remain at the heart of the Government policy.

      Employment and Support Allowance: National Insurance Credits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance were not receiving Class 1 National Insurance credits in the latest period for...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Ninth Report of the Public Accounts Committee, Session 2022–23, on Child Maintenance, when her Department plans to...

      Disability: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will take steps to provide additional targeted support to disabled people in response to increases in (a) the cost of living and...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 September 2022 to Question 47643, on Department for Work and Pensions: Staff, what assessment she has made of the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of her Department's budget was spent on staffing in each year since 2015; and if she will publish a breakdown of the number of...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many subject access requests her Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish further details on the procedure that will be used for Personal Independence Payment light touch reviews.

      Personal Independence Payment: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding Personal Independence Payment claims there were at the start of the cost of living payment rollout on 20 September 2022.

      Cold Weather Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Cold Weather Payments scheme has been triggered in the last two years; how much money has been distributed as part of this...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the National Air Pollution Control Plan.

    • Stocks and Shares: Water Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of stock buybacks in the last financial year were made by water companies.

      Beaches: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of beach closures in England and Wales as a result of sewage pollution...

      Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the UK's marine environment.

      Rights of Way

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer given on 27 May 2022 to Question 5327, on Rights of Way, when the Government plans to bring...

      Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help prevent destructive fishing.

      Agriculture: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote British farming globally.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of serving police officers relying on food vouchers to feed their families.

    • Neighbourhood Watch Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to promote the use of Neighbourhood Watch schemes.

      Home Office: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work stations were available for civil servants to use at her Department’s 2 Marsham Street office on 11 October 2022.

      Hamas: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for (a) belonging and (b) professing to belong to Hamas since that group was fully proscribed.

      Home Office: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.

      Unexplained Wealth Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been (a) sought and (b) granted since the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022...

      Home Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many subject access requests her Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.

      Bombings: Sri Lanka

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police are taking steps to support the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

      Crimes of Violence: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent violent images of assault being (a) uploaded, and (b) distributed on online sites.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 14 December 2020 from the hon. Member for Bristol East relating to a constituent.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Experiments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which her Department did not undertake any eye irritation tests on animals in 2021; and if...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to remove barriers in the visa application system.

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what daily cost to the public purse has been incurred for (a) providing accommodation and (b) any other subsistence for those currently...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an Application Checklist in order to ensure the applicant has...

      UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) repairs, (b) maintenance and (c) other work on the coastal patrol vessels named (i) Active, (ii)...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications made since 30 June 2021 to the EU Settlement Scheme have taken longer than a month to process due to requests made by...

      Migrant Workers: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to people with UK job offers who are awaiting a decision by her Department on a UK visa.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her resettlement policies of the level of financial support provided...

      UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) repairs, (b) maintenance and (c) other work on HM Cutters (i) Protector, (ii) Searcher, (iii)...

      Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that skilled worker visa applications are processed in a timely way.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to assist Ukrainian refugees without an international passport who wish to return to Ukraine.

      Batteries: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many lithium-ion battery fire incidents were recorded in 2019.

      Home Office: Customer Charter

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to update the Customer Charter issued in 2018.

      Dahua Technology and Hikvision: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using or procuring (a) Hikvision or (b) Dahua surveillance technologies.

      Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for expressing support for Hezbollah since that group was fully proscribed.

      Hezbollah

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for inviting support for Hezbollah since that organisation was fully proscribed.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the current protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, if the Government will take steps to proscribe the...

      National Security Bill: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the National Union of Journalists on the potential impact of the National Security Bill on...

      Disinformation: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to counter Iranian government disinformation in the UK.

      Police Management of Registered Sex Offenders Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders in the community will be published.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of proscribing the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organisation.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rented Housing: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help support (a) first time and (b) young renters who have funds to pay monthly...

    • Evictions: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department have has made of the potential impact of Section 21 Eviction notices on social housing...

      Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is responsible for the provisions of the Elections Act 2022.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help Afghan refugees living in hotels following Operation Pitting to access the...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on homelessness of building more modular homes.

      Local Government: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the Government's progress in agreeing a...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Voluntary Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) community and (b) voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland on...

      Regional Planning and Development: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timescale is for the completion of the appointment of all levelling up directors.

      Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to reissue the Private Parking Code of Practice.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of his Department providing additional support for disadvantaged...

      Regional Planning and Development: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much money the Department spent on paid-for newspaper articles in relation to levelling up recently found in breach of...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure future advertising by the Department does not breach Advertising Standards...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what due diligence was undertaken by his Department to ensure the Levelling Up campaign followed relevant ASA rules prior...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that recipients of the European Social Fund in Northern Ireland continue to...

      Regional Planning and Development: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Department has undertaken an analysis of the increased costs associated with the delivery of the first round...

      Coastal Areas: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase targeted funding to coastal communities.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department will take to ensure the full completion of successful bids to the first round of the Levelling...

      Coastal Areas: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has for future funding calls targeted to coastal communities.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Written Ministerial Statement made on 5 September 2022, what progress the Government has made on the commitment that interim...

  • Treasury

    • Multiple Sclerosis: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to conduct an impact assessment of the increased costs of living on the health of people with multiple sclerosis.

    • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking to steps to provide further cost of living support to those suffering from complex regional pain syndrome.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on making an assessment of the adequacy of Government support for (a) fuel and (b) other costs for...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the economic tests that must be met to increase Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% GDP.

      Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of repealing the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge.

      Gift Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to modernise the process for charities claiming Gift Aid on donations.

      Financial Services: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve financial inclusion for people under the age of 18.

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department has plans to help support people selling their homes following a number of banks withdrawing mortgages.

      Mortgages and Rents: Warwick and Leamington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his statement on the Growth Plan on 23 September 2022 on the cost of (a) mortgages and (b) rents for...

      Science: Pension Funds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to support and encourage pension funds to invest responsibly and sustainably in commercialising scientific discoveries.

      Retail Trade: Business Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to review business rates for high street retailers.

      Revenue and Customs: Civil Servants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much data HM Revenue and Customs holds on each staff member in each government department.

      National Insurance Credits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people made an application to receive Specified Adult Childcare credits in each year since 2011.

      Cost of Living: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide cost of living support to people who rely on oil for heating.

      Treasury: Offices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many workstations were available for civil servants to use in his Department's offices as of 11 October 2022.

      Fiscal Policy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from (a) academics, (b) consultants and (c) think tanks on an analysis of the Growth Plan 2022.

      Productivity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis he has commissioned on potential productivity of the UK.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties have been connected as a result of the Broadband Voucher scheme for rural areas since that scheme's inception.

    • Project Gigabit: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many vouchers her Department has issued as part of Project Gigabit in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and what...

      Natural History Museum: Zimbabwe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps with the Government of Zimbabwe to ensure the urgent repatriation of human remains held by the Natural...

      Telecommunications: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made on the impact of the Electronic Communications Code 2017 on businesses.

      Ticketmaster

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with representatives from Ticketmaster on their new dynamic pricing policy.

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many public sector hubs have been set up as part of Project Gigabit; if she will publish a list of those hubs; and what...

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the £210 million funding allocated to the Broadband Voucher scheme for rural areas has...

      Building Digital UK: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the running costs of Building Digital UK are; and how many (a) permanent staff and (b) contractors work for Building...

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much and what proportion of the funding for Project Gigabit has been allocated in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and...

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many properties have been connected to gigabit broadband as a direct result of Project Gigabit funding.

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is on track to meet its target of ensuring 85 per cent of premises are gigabit capable by 2025.

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to spend the remaining £3.8 billion of Project Gigabit funding.

      Project Gigabit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of gigabit capable properties in England have more than one choice of fibre-optic broadband provider.

      Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to progress the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill; and what her policy is on maintaining EU data...

      Sky Betting and Gaming: Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of football clubs in the English Football League operating as affiliates for SkyBet.

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Cambridgeshire

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority relating to the withdrawal of some bus services in that area.

    • Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still support the construction of a third runway at Heathrow airport.

      Aviation: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the aviation industry due to the rising cost of living.

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what engagement they are they undertaking with the airline industry to cut emissions and meet long term sustainability targets.

      Motorways

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make upgrades to smart motorways.

What is this?

The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.

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