Written answers

Thursday, 20 October 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.

    • Rolling Stock: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the new trains that will be required on the upgraded TransPennine route.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a plan to deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail; and when (a) a new line between Leeds and Manchester, (b) signal upgrades and...

      Railways: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department will publish the target for rail freight growth to which it committed in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce the location of Great British Rail's new headquarters.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the terms of reference for the study into high-speed rail services between Sheffield and Leeds.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent estimate of the potential cost savings of (a) cancelling and (b) postponing HS2.

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains her Department's policy to proceed with the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • DNA: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of developing regulations to safeguard...

    • Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of loft insulation being installed since the inception of the...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic merits of establishing a British-based medical cannabis...

      Solar Events

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress the Government has made on the Prepare Pillar of the UK Severe Space Weather Preparedness Strategy.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of those homes with cavity walls which did not have insulation installed on 31 December 2021 have been...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of household energy efficiency installations.

      Construction: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to improve construction skills.

      Small Businesses: Interest Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of the Growth Plan 2022 on borrowing...

      Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of any plans to amend its biomass sustainability...

      Energy: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions within Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of (a) establishing a separate energy...

      Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a comprehensive roadmap of activities and milestones for the development of UK Conformity Assessment...

      Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will work with industry throughout the development of the UK Conformity Assessed marking system to ensure that...

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the number of people reliant on oil for heating in (a) Midlothian constituency, (b)...

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase solar energy production.

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential role of solar energy generation in tackling the (a) climate and (b) cost...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of equalising standing charges in the UK to assist with...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on fracking that include a requirement for operators to...

      Housing Associations: Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Energy Price Guarantee will support housing associations that have fixed business electricity contracts for...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the criteria published on the Department for Work and Pension website which sets out that people are...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to inform people who do not receive means-tested benefits that they are not...

      Shipping: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will hold discussions with maritime sector representatives on (a) the potential impact of trends in the...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department has not launched a public information campaign on saving energy.

      Energy: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the positive merits of thermal storage technologies; and if he will bring forward (a)...

      Renewable Energy: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to harness its renewable energy production through the use of (a) smart...

      Zoos: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will provide additional financial support for energy costs to zoos.

      Biofuels and Solid Fuels: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what actions his department are taking to ensure social housing residents who use (a) biomass, and (b) solid fuel, as...

      Private Rented Housing: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) a fine or (b) other financial deterrent to...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential risk of the involvement of Chinese state-owned manufacturers in the...

      Park Homes: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will announce further details on the financial support allocated to those living in park homes facing...

      Fuel Oil: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to provide specific support on the cost of energy to schools which use heating oil to heat...

      Energy: Price Caps

      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 cap on (a) cost incentives and (b) carbon...

      Energy: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of customers on fixed term energy contracts who entered those contracts...

      Natural Gas: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 45900 on Natural Gas: Safety, if he will (a) make an estimate...

      Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide further support in addition to the £400 Energy Bill Support Scheme payment...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when annual prepayment meter electricity statistics for (a) local authorities, (b) Lower Layer Super Output Areas, (c)...

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will extend the energy price cap to include (a) LPG, (b) heating oil and (c) solid fuel.

      Land Use: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) whether his Department has assessed the extent to which Defra’s proposed land use framework will utilise (i)...

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support households that receive heating from heat networks.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to provide additional support for dual fuel heated homes.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • COE Parliamentary Assembly: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the contribution made by the President of Ireland which took place at the...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • General Practitioners: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency as of 14 October 2022.

    • Health: Batley and Spen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Batley and Spen constituency.

      Perinatal Mortality: Streatham

      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 Streatham.

      Life Expectancy: Jarrow

      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 the level of life expectancy in Jarrow constituency.

      Dental Services: Streatham

      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 Streatham as of October 2022.

      Dental Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and...

      Life Expectancy: York

      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 the level of life expectancy in (a) York and (b)...

      Health: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help tackle health inequality in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

      Dental Services: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency as of 17...

      Breast Cancer: West Ham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of the take up of breast cancer screening services in West Ham...

      Perinatal Mortality: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      Dental Services: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and Urmston constituency...

      General Practitioners: Nottingham South

      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 Nottingham South constituency as of...

      Breast Cancer: Jarrow

      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 Jarrow constituency.

      Diabetes: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in each of the last five years.

      Diabetes: Chesterfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Chesterfield constituency in each of the last five years.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Protecting the UK Public Interests in NHS Community Pharmacy published in September 2022, if she...

      General Practitioners: Batley and Spen

      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...

      General Practitioners: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield constituency.

      Dental Services: Bootle

      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 Bootle constituency.

      General Practitioners: York

      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 (a) York and (b) York Central...

      General Practitioners: Easington

      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 (i) tackle patient backlogs and (ii) reduce...

      General Practitioners: Batley and Spen

      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 Batley and Spen constituency.

      Breast Cancer: Bootle

      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 Bootle constituency.

      General Practitioners: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency as of 17...

      Dental Services: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield...

      General Practitioners: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and Urmston constituency as...

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough...

      Dental Services: Jarrow

      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 Jarrow constituency.

      General Practitioners: Streatham

      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 Streatham as of October 2022.

      General Practitioners: Batley and Spen

      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 Batley and Spen constituency (a) on 17 October 2022...

      Antibiotics: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to enable pharmacies to prescribe anti-biotics to patients without those patients visiting a GP first.

      Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with stakeholders on ensuring there is an adequate number of NHS dentists available in (a) Slough...

      General Practitioners: Exeter

      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...

      General Practitioners: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to allow walk-in visits for NHS blood donations.

      Pharmacy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided to communities pharmacies through the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in real terms...

      Care Homes: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency as of 14 October 2022.

      Dental Services: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield constituency.

      Dental Services: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield constituency.

      Care Homes: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency since 2017.

      Care Homes: Streatham

      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 Streatham as of October 2022.

      Memory Clinics: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people work in Memory Assessment Services in England.

      General Practitioners: Bradford South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of GP appointments that were conducted face-to-face in Bradford South constituency in (a)...

      General Practitioners: Bradford South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of GP appointments there were in Bradford South constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b)...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the increase in demand from sickle cell disease patients, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage donors of...

      General Practitioners: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield constituency.

      General Practioners: York

      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 (a) York and (b) York Central constituency (i) on 13...

      General Practitioners: Eltham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department has provided to GP surgeries in Eltham constituency to help tackle increased workloads.

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help reduce (i) patient backlogs and...

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices are open in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency as of 11 October; and how many were open in 2013.

      NHS: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough...

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making public complaints data held by the Parliamentary and Health Service...

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the risk of litigation on the ability of the NHS to adequately resolve...

      NHS: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising NHS complaints processes to help ensure that (a) apologies are made...

      Podiatry: South Shields

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made (a) podiatry vacancy rates in the NHS in South Shields constituency and (b) the impact these vacancies will...

      Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether EU-derived regulations which restrict the marketing and...

      Care Homes: Nottingham South

      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 Nottingham South constituency as of 17...

      Care Homes: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and Urmston...

      Carers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average wage of a shared lives carer has been in each of the last ten years.

      Care Homes: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough...

      Social Services: Washington and Sunderland West

      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 Washington and Sunderland West 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 Wirral South constituency.

      Care Homes: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and...

      Continuing Care: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to address errors that have occurred in the continuing health care assessments.

      Midwives: York

      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 midwives in (a) York and (b) York Central...

      Carers: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of inflation on unpaid carers.

      Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53439 on Social Workers, when the forthcoming Charging Reform Impact Assessment is...

      Surgery: Easington

      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 Easington constituency.

      Care Homes: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency as of 17...

      NHS: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and Urmston constituency.

      HIV Infection: Hammersmith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Hammersmith constituency in each of the last 5 five years.

      HIV Infection: Ealing North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Ealing North in each of the last 5 five years.

      Midwives: Chesterfield

      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 midwives in Chesterfield constituency.

      Life Expectancy: Easington

      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 the level of life expectancy in Easington constituency.

      Obesity: Preventive Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to her Answer of 28 September to Question 51479, why she has not met with obesity prevention charities and organisations since...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that NHS England patients who have previously lived in and received covid-19 vaccinations...

      Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of calls to the Healthy Start helpline were abandoned as a result of lines being busy in each of the last...

      Life Expectancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030.

      Health Promotion Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health Promotion Taskforce will meet before the end of 2022.

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the findings of Exercise Alice were not published following the outbreak of covid-19; and whether details of that...

      Soft Drinks: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on the 28 September 2022 to Question 51481, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of...

      NHS: Easington

      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 Easington constituency.

      Long Covid: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the findings of Twomey et al published in Physical...

      Dental Services: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

      Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take additional steps to ensure the nuclear preparedness of England’s acute hospital trusts.

      Dental Services: Rotherham

      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 Rotherham constituency as of June 2022.

      North East London Outreach Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with North East London Outreach Dental Services about access to dental care.

      Dental 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 the NHS dentist provision in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency.

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of NHS GPs in London in each of the past five years.

      General Practitioners: Stretford and Urmston

      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...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent General Practitioners were working in the NHS in England in (a) 2016 and (b) 2022.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of health inequalities on access to (a) GP appointments and (b)...

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Education

    • 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 in his Department (i) in total and (ii) in each separate...

    • Department of Education: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) revenue annually managed expenditure, (b) capital annually managed expenditure, (c) revenue departmental expenditure limit and (d)...

      Ofqual: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are at Ofqual (i) in total and (ii) in each separate directorate of...

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take when a school disregards the recent statutory guidance to keep branded items and logos to a minimum on school uniforms.

      Vocational Education: Coastal Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the provision of technical education and skills in coastal towns; and if he will make a statement.

      Student Loans Company: Conditions of Employment and Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Student Loan Company (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by his Department...

      T-levels: Harlow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have completed a T Level qualification in Harlow constituency as of 13 October 2022.

      Office for Students: Conditions of Employment and Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Office for Students (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by the Department...

      Schools: Bristol West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Bristol West constituency have one or more...

      Further Education: Lewisham East

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

      Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education: Conditions of Employment and Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff...

      CITB: Conditions of Employment and Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Construction Industry Training Board (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by...

      T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Education Select Committee on the availability...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the potential costs to schools of supply teaching and support staff absences in the autumn term due to Covid.

      Children: Washington and Sunderland West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Ofsted-registered childminders are working and (b) children aged (i) 1-3 and (ii) 4-11 are living in Washington and Sunderland West...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Independent Monitoring Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of (a) the shortfall in and (b) the potential impact of increasing the level funding in the 2022-23...

    • Prosecutions: Maladministration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many errors have been made in cases determined under the single justice procedure in magistrates' courts in each of the last five years; and what...

      Upper Tribunal: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Departments have been party to cases in the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber involving disputes under the Electronic Communications Code in the last...

      Forced Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) create an offence for Predatory Marriages, (b) ensure that no one who is showing insufficient mental capacity...

      Upper Tribunal: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the implementation of the Electronic Communications Code 2017 on delays in the Upper Tribunal...

      Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Department’s transparency data online publication of spending over £500 using a government procurement card, what was the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) special advisers and (b) other civil servants accompanied her on her visit to New York on 28 and 29 September 2022.

    • UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      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, how many phone calls were made to the...

      Department for International Trade: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of staff employed by her Department are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.

      Department for International Trade: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of people employed by her Department are women.

      Malawi: Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she intends to appoint a Trade Envoy to Malawi.

      UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what accounts for the difference between the total number of calls to the Export Support Service between 1 April and 20 September 2022...

      Defence Equipment: Thermal Gap Pads

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure thermal gap pads produced in the UK and used in the production of military materials utilised...

      Arms Trade: Gabon

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department received notification of any arms export requests from the Government of Gabon in the last year; and whether any of...

      Department for International Trade: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials from her Department are based in each state of the United States as on 10 October 2022.

      Hinduja Global Solutions: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) payments to Hinduja Global Solutions Ltd. for the operation of her Department’s Export...

      Trade Promotion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many international trade advisers operate in (a) South West, (b) South East, (c) London, (d) West Midlands, (e) East Midlands, (f) East...

      TRIPS Agreement: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she had made of the potential merits of including (a) covid-19 treatments, and (b) diagnostics in the Trade-Related Aspects...

      Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which organisations she visited on her visit to New York on 28 and 29 September 2022.

      Department for International Trade: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many officials from her Department are based in each state of India as of 12 October 2022.

      Trade Agreements: Gulf Co-operation Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many responses her Department received to its consultation on the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the Gulf Co-operation Council.

      Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many freedom of information requests are awaiting a response from her Department.

      Department for International Trade: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the cost was for (a) flights, (b) accommodation and (c) food and drink for her visit to the Atlantic Future Forum and New York on 28...

      Trade Agreements: Australia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the ratification of the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement, when mutual recognition of legal qualifications between those...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Salar Abnoush

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the need to apply Magnitsky sanctions against Salar Abnoush.

    • Iran: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Iranian counterpart on human rights in that country.

      Tigray: War Crimes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to prevent atrocities in the event that large areas of...

      Nigeria: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian support the UK Government is providing Nigeria following recent flooding in that country.

      East Africa: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much of the £156m allocated to the humanitarian crisis in East Africa this year has been disbursed to date.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason his Department is suspending disbursements for aid programmes beyond 31 October 2022.

      Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will follow the steps taken by Canada and impose further sanctions on Iranians involved in the perpetration...

      East Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department’s funding announcements on 19 August and 21 September 2022 for the drought and hunger...

      EU Countries: Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU on the validity for travel of UK passports with...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of disbursements for aid programmes that have been suspended since 1 March 2022.

      Energy Supply: Cross Border Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has with his European counterparts on energy (a) security and (b) supply cooperation.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      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 debate entitled Military hostilities...

      East Africa: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much support his Department has provided to (a) Somalia, (b) Kenya, (c) Ethiopia and (d) South Sudan via...

      Central Africa: Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the UK becoming Chair of the Central African Forests Initiative...

      Pakistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £15 million humanitarian funding pledged to support Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods has...

      India: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its Indian counterparts about (a) the potential reinstatement...

      Pakistan: Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will allocate new and additional international climate finance to support the people of Pakistan to rebuild...

      Pakistan: Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings he has had on violence against women and girls in Pakistan in the last 12 months.

      Burkina Faso: Politics and Government

      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 secondary coup in Burkina Faso on 30...

      Naseer Ahmad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made any representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the killing of Mr Naseer Ahmad who was a...

      Balkans: EU Enlargement

      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 debate entitled Supporting a European...

      Vladimir Kara-Murza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the giving of the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize to Russian prisoner...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Personal Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average processing time was for an application for military service records made by a person requesting (a) their own records, (b) the records...

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time veterans with successful applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme have had to wait...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans who have made successful applications to the Armed Forces Compensation scheme are awaiting payment as of 17 October 2022.

      Armed Forces: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to service personnel for the transport and accommodation costs...

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average payment was from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme to the (a) spouses and (b) children of veterans in each year between 2010 and 2022.

      Armed Forces Compensation Scheme: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many current applications to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme have been waiting for a response for over (a) three months, (b) six months and (c)...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the threat posed by the potential use of low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

      Shipbuilding: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the skilled workforce in the UK for the design of grey ships.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the risk posed by Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear warfare in Ukraine.

      Ministry of Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the appointment of a new Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 October 2022, how much his Department has been asked to find in efficiency...

      Ministry of Defence: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has been asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer make efficiency savings in its (a) RDEL and (b) capital budget.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59227 on Ajax Vehicles: Testing, what was the result of the assessment.

      EU Defence Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the UK’s application to join the Military Mobility Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) project to be fully approved.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the dates on which he has met with the Russian Ambassador to the UK to discuss that country's invasion of Ukraine since February 2022.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made about the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel (a) killed in action and (b) wounded since 24 February 2022.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made on the total number of Wagner mercenaries fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to ensure there are no further reductions to the numbers of the Armed Forces personnel beyond the Government's proposals...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 14429, how many Afghans with confirmed eligibility for relocation to the UK under the Afghan...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Armed Forces personnel, across all branches of the Armed Forces and including reservists, have claimed Universal Credit each...

    • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 55080 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, for what reason her Department make a...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals have been completed following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and what proportion of those appeals were (a)...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Mandatory Reconsiderations have been completed following a decision made under the Risk Review Process; and what proportion of those...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of overpayments of Universal Credit identified as part of the Risk Review Process related to (a) identity...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of overpayments of Universal Credit identified as part of the Risk Review Process also attracted a civil penalty.

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of Universal Credit her Department has identified as part of its Risk Review Process.

      Home Responsibilities Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 71 of her Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, HC 193, what recent progress her Department made on...

      Support for Mortgage Interest: Merseyside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside were (i) eligible for, (ii) applied for and (iii) received a Support for Mortgage Interest...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Coastal Areas: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance on planning liberalisation in the Investment...

    • Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Government has allocated to flood resilience schemes in each year since 2010.

      Beaches: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of beach closures as a result of sewage pollution on coastal businesses...

      Foie Gras: Overseas Trade

      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 foie gras.

      Guide Dogs: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that guide dogs and their owners are able to travel to the EU without having to...

      Furs: Overseas Trade

      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 animal fur products.

      Cats: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of animal welfare protections for serval cats.

      Oils: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cooking oil price rises on small and medium size businesses.

      Food: Prices

      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 findings of research by Kantar, published on 11...

      Fisheries: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of people working as fishers in the UK in each year since 2010.

      Food: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing more clear country of origin labelling...

  • Home Office

    • Passports and Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she sill publish a breakdown of the cost to her Department of staffing and operating the walk-in surgery in the Portcullis House Customer...

    • Visas: Sponsorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a sponsor guarantor scheme for visa applicants.

      Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to place a limit on the number of international students who are able to study at UK universities.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 18 August 2022 from the hon. Member for Walthamstow, case reference ZA70406.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether post separation abuse is a prosecutable offence under the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been settled through the Community Sponsorship Scheme as of 1 October 2022.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether pregnant women seeking asylum will be considered for removal to Rwanda under the Rwanda asylum plan.

      Asylum: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been hosted in hotels in St Helens in each year since 2015; and how much that cost in each of those years.

      Police: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that the provisions of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act...

      Offensive Weapons: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of crime involving (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) any other weapon were recorded in St Helens in each year since 2015.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government Finance: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to increase the local government settlement in line with inflation or above, ahead of the...

    • Business Rates: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the outcome to the Business Rates Review: technical consultation which closed on 22 February 2022.

      Business Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the phasing of business rates on businesses paying (a) more and (b)...

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to require the mandatory installation of solar panels on new housing developments.

      Building Safety Fund: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to make a decision on the application to the Building Safety Fund in respect of the Basilica on King Charles...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on support provided to the hosts of Ukrainian refugees.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to increase the amount of support provided to the hosts of Ukrainian refugees in each of the four nations...

      King Charles III: Ceremonies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the requirement to provide support to civic events marking the...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what mechanism his Department has in place the resize successful bids to the Levelling Up Fund based on levels of...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if it remains the policy of the Government that total domestic UK-wide funding for the Shared Prosperity Fund will on...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question 49748 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, and with reference to the...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of (a) the number of Ukrainian refugees who will need continued support under the Homes for...

  • Scotland Office

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Bodies: Females

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what percentage of current Chairs of Public Sector Bodies are women; and how this percentage has changed since 1992.

    • Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he intends to publish a revised directory of ministerial responsibilities.

      NHS England: Expenditure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants will be working on the introduction of Cabinet Office approval for clinical and non-clinical spending by NHS England.

      Landmark Information Group: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) publish the statement of requirements for the contract reference C2264 awarded to Landmark Information Group on 5 October and published...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were working on the review of the Integrated Review on 17 October 2022.

      Basis Social: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will (a) publish the statement of requirements for the contract reference CCZZ22A09 awarded to Basis Social on 30 September and published by his...

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61901, what responsibility is held by Ministers in his Department for the National Science and...

      Cabinet Office: Taxis

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.

      Emergencies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the National Resilience Strategy.

      Cammell Laird: Strikes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department had on the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute with (i) other Government...

      Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to introduce further provisions for appeal in cases where a complainant to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman...

      Emergencies: Warnings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that emergency alerts will be treated seriously by the public; and whether he plans to publish a...

      Cabinet Office: Railways

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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.

      Public Sector: Redundancy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposed reduction of the number of employees in the civil service on public...

  • Treasury

    • Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a zero-based review of all Departmental spending.

    • Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his target for economic growth on (a) inequality, (b) GDP and (c) public debt.

      Visits Abroad: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to the public purse of the travel for (a) the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) his specialist advisors and (c) HM Treasury civil...

      Railways: North of England

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on when the Government will set out a timetable for the (a) funding and (b) construction of...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Crimes of Violence

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

    • Cricket: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of trends of racism in cricket in England.

      Football Governance Fan-led Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Fan Led Review of Football Governance.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to deliver full-fibre and gigabit-capable broadband by 2025 in (a) Kettering constituency,...

      Service Industries: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on the live events and hospitality...

      Digital Technology: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide an update on the Government's policy on digital market competition.

      Arts and Charities: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support cultural and charitable organisations during the cost of living crisis.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gender Recognition

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether gender identity is a protected characteristic and what training material on the Civil Service learning platform for civil servants states...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the area-based approach to commissioning trusts which will be rolled out in the Education Investment Areas this term.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Xinjiang: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to table motions for consideration at (1) the UN Human Rights Council, (2) the General Assembly, and (3) the Security Council, following the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Reserve Forces: Reviews

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not responded to the Reserve Forces 2030 Review, published on 12 May 2021.

  • Treasury

    • Mortgages: Interest Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support working families given rising mortgage rates.

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