Friday, 21 October 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press notice of 7 October 2022 on Avanti West Coast service, whether Avanti will continue to receive the routine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has worked with Trans Pennine Express on a service improvement plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to allow blue badge holders to park for longer- in areas where time restrictions apply for other motorists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the Government response to the public consultation on managing pavement parking; and whether her Department plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits for road safety of extending the list of vehicles and trailers required to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to extend the list of vehicles and trailers required to undergo a HGV, bus or trailer MOT to include trailers with an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Treasury internal review into HS2 reported in the Financial Times on 17 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 103 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, for what reason the principal risk of the Department not being able...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of senior civil servants working in the (a) Rail Strategy and Services Group, (b) Rail Infrastructure Group and (c) High...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an operator of last resort from his Department has held recent discussions with Avanti on Avanti West Coast Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2022 to Question 58984 on Railways: Recruitment, how many train driver vacancies there are in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press notice, published 7 October 2022 on Avanti West Coast Services, whether the implementation of a reduced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of the 24 August to Question 45915 with reference to Schedule 6.2, Clause 10.6 West Coast Rail Franchise Agreement, whether a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department was informed of Trans Pennine Express' plans to reduce services from Monday 12 September before those plans were announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Infrastructure Projects Authority on undertaking a project assurance review of HS2 Phase 2b; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Prime Minister's commitment to build Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the Leamside Line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of the appropriate level of investment in research and development in rail in the next Control Period between 2024 and 2029.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has taken steps to ensure that people without smartphones or internet access can buy train tickets when ticket offices and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's policies on the (a) life sciences, (b) space,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, at which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what was the total number of claimants of Statutory Adoption Pay in each financial year since 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill requires the verification of information about...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average number of directors in a UK Company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure that charities applying to the Recovery Loan Scheme are not required to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to (a) extend the Government's Recovery Loan Scheme beyond December 2022 for charities, (b) keep the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish the impact assessment for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many further pieces of retained EU law his Department plans to add to the retained EU law dashboard in its next...
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 potential impact of the Economic Advisory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a new price cap for dual fuel heated homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle GP shortages in deprived areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, , what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Bury South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bury South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Weaver Vale constituency in the past 12 months and what...
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 Ealing North...
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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in Ealing North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many blood donation appointments have been cancelled due to staffing shortages in the NHS in each of the last 12 months.
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 Slough constituency.
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 Liverpool Wavertree constituency.
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 Streatham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Bradford East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Sunderland Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to publish an annual report on their progress to deliver on the commitments outlined in the Women’s...
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 Liverpool Wavertree constituency.
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 (a) York and (b)...
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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Stretford and Urmston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Wirral South...
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 Wirral South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in rates of perinatal mortality in Nottingham South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of GPs in Washington and Sunderland West...
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 Liverpool Wavertree constituency as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Washington and Sunderland West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE Fully qualified GPs excluding GPs in Training Grade practicing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is meetings its two-week wait target for breast cancer referrals.
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 Nottingham South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP Speciality Trainees have been recruited in East Lancashire as part of Targeted Enhanced Recruitment Scheme 2021-2022 and what...
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 Worsley and Eccles South constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Streatham constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Birmingham Yardley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Birmingham Yardley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Ealing North constituency in (a) the last 12 months and...
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 Ilford North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bolton South East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Warrington North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Bermondsey and...
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 Exeter constituency as of 14...
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 Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency in (a) the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Barking constituency (a) on 12 October 2022 and (b)...
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 Washington and Sunderland West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE Fully qualified GPs excluding GPs in Training Grade practicing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Chesterfield constituency (a) in the last 12 months and...
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 Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce GP waiting times in Barking constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices currently open in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Lewisham East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bradford East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Liverpool Wavertree.
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 Worsley and Eccles South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to increase funding for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme to help primary care networks employ the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that there are sufficient supplies of blood for use in transfusions and operations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentist provision in Sunderland Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on the review of NHS dental contracts.
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 Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Canterbury constituency in the past 12 months and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department are taking to increase the number of dentists accepting NHS Patients in County Durham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS dentist provision in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) dentists left NHS dental practices in the South West and (b) how many of those vacancies were filled through recruitment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Wirral South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the North Wales growth deal for universities in that region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to review the eligibility criteria for free school meals before the beginning of the next school year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has (a) sought or (b) received advice from the Competition and Markets Authority on Oak National Academy since it was brought into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to analysis by Child Poverty Action Group and its finding that 800,000 children in poverty do not qualify for free school meals,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's proposals to reduce the number of government agencies, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £259 million announced for children's homes in the Autumn 2021 Spending Review has been released to local authorities; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the total amount of money paid from the public purse to Pearson each year in England for the examination and award of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the value for money achieved by the provision by private companies of examinations and awards of accredited...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Brentford and Isleworth constituency have one or...
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 West Lancashire constituency have one or more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 27 September to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51628 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Luton South constituency contain one or more...
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 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough...
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 the Chesterfield constituency have one or more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the capital cost of tackling the backlog of repairs in schools in Stockton North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the numbers of children living in poverty who are not eligible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by LocatED (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by his Department and (b) are able...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) exclusions of SEN pupils and (b) total exclusions of students there were in schools in Bootle constituency in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to students sitting their GCSEs this year whose learning may have been affected by the covid-19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the affordability of childcare provision in Barking constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on the commercial education market of converting the Oak National Academy to an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, shat assessment has his department made on the impact of Oak National Academy becoming a public body on (a) teacher autonomy and (b) educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 9 of the Framework Agreement for the Oak National Academy, when he will set out the process and timeline for the appointment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many judgments from the Family Division of the High Court raised concerns about the lack of suitable accommodation for children in care in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment on the number of breakfast clubs open in Barking constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for Education Health and Care Plan were (a) requested by parents or (b) signed off by Sefton Council for students in the Bootle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what childcare support the Government provides for (a) student nurses, (b) midwives and (c) paramedics; and what plans he has to increase that level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact the Oak National Academy’s proposed creative commons licensing on education authors’...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with teachers on converting the Oak National Academy to an arms-length curriculum body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) other early years childcare settings which have closed in Easington constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to commission an independent evaluation of Oak National Academy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by Oak National Academy (a) enjoy the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by his Department, and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by Social Work England (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by the Department for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Framework Agreement for the Oak National Academy, whether his Department (a) sought and (b) received advice from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in respect of Oak National Academy, (a) which of the interim directors listed on its website are (i) executive and (ii) non-executive and (b) which of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff employed by the Office of the Children's Commissioner (a) have the same terms and conditions of employment as staff employed directly by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the research on the use of carbon dioxide monitors in schools referred to in his letter of 17 August 2022 to Geoff Barton, General...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to utilise new technology to support people's physical and mental wellbeing in educational settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund updated on 13 October 2022, and the availability of loans for academies & sixth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the affordability of childcare provision in Lewisham East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including teaching on suicide and self-harm prevention in the national curriculum; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the definition of independent in the Articles of Association for Oak National Academy, what is meant by independent in the reference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance on the Condition Improvement Fund, updated on 13 October 2022, and the availability of loans for academies and sixth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 25 March 2021 from the hon. Member for Bristol East on a constituent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much from the public purse his Department spent with Heavenly Services Ltd between 1 April 2017 and 1 May 2022; and what steps his Department takes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the impact of divorce proceedings on children.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when she plans to publish the full details of the New Commonwealth Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, in the context of the war in Ukraine, what discussions her Department has had about obtaining bitumen from non-Russian sources.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with the business managers in the House of Commons in that last...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 81659 on Trade Negotiations, if it remains the intention of her Department to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps she has taken to ensure all trade deals include the strongest animal welfare standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of Israel nuclear weapons arsenal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on allegations that the Chinese Government is operating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) protect Hazara Muslim communities in Afghanistan from violence and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will request a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the non-implementation by Myanmar of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of of reports that Guillermo Carmona, Minister for the Falkland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which funding mechanisms his Department uses to disburse Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights aid to fragile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Mexican counterpart on reports of the use of Pegasus spy software against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53317, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53321, on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to Haiti following reports of a cholera outbreak in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Ethiopian counterpart on (a) supporting the families of those killed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries will be included in the Working Group on Strengthening the Review Process, agreed at the Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Uruguayan counterpart on reports of illegal fishing in or near Uruguayan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian support her Department is providing to victims of Storm Julia in Central America.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of reports that the government of Nicaragua has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on targeting HIV and AIDS under the OECD’s DAC codes (1) 13041, and (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department will impose further sanctions on Belarus for permitting the stationing of 9,000 further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer given on 2 March 2020 February to Question 19029, on British Overseas Territories:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterparts on ensuring women in Gaza are afforded unimpeded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the 21 Ajax platforms in operation in the Armed Forces have been formally accepted into service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the 26 armoured vehicles handed over to the Household Cavalry remain in working order.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the manpower requirements that will be required for the UK's enhanced forward presence in Estonia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 October 2022 to Question 53304, which (a) roles, (b) missions and (c) other tasks previously carried out by the C-130J...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the EU Ambassador to the UK on the UK’s application to join the Military Mobility Permanent Structured...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme are in full-time employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planned training exercises the armed forces have with the Israeli armed forces in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training the Royal Air Force provided to Israel in each year since 2019; where that training took place; and what types of training the Royal Air...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training the Army provided to Israel in each year since 2019; where that training took place; and what types of training the Army delivered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are stationed in (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and what the roles of those personnel are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ex-Armed Forces personnel his Department has recorded as training foreign militaries in each year since 2010; and if he will publish a list of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops the UK committed to NATO's commitment to move 100,000 personnel at ten days' notice as part of NATO's New Force Model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans the legislative proposals to help prevent the hiring of ex-service personnel by foreign militaries to train their Armed Forces without his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Poseidon pilots have been recruited from civilian populations with a civilian airline licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was to train a (a) typhoon, (b) Atlas C.1, (c) Poseidon, (d) Reaper and (e) Chinook pilot in the latest period for which data is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 27 September to Question 51435, if he will provide a breakdown of (a) direct and (b) indirect procurement spend to SMEs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether decision body members are required to undergo unconscious bias training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of bullying, harassment or discrimination in the Armed Forces in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the number of applications that have been (a) received and (b) granted under the scheme allowing former armed forces...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on agreeing a protocol for the prosecution of serious crimes in the service justice system where there is concurrent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the appointment of a Service Police Complaints Commissioner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Defence Serious Crime Unit to be operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what process his Department uses to reconsider an application to the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme after it has been rejected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) qualifications are available to Armed Forces personnel that are recognised outside the services, (b) proportion of personnel leave the Forces...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has established a contract to re-stock NLAW anti-tank missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which weapon systems will be fitted to the P-8 fleet; and whether these systems will be paid for in US dollars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the transparency data published by his Department entitled MOD: spending over £500 on a GPC for January to December 2022, updated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the cost per flying hour of an A400M aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of benefit sanctions in Newcastle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the North East Child Poverty Commission entitled Getting the building blocks wrong: Early childhood poverty in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on the use of foodbanks by benefits recipients in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities have contacted her department since 1 April 2022 to request additional funding from the Household Support Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to immediately increase benefits in line with the September 2022 CPI inflation rate when it is announced on 19 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of working with external organisations to help address delays to the Access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that people on working tax credits receive their cost of living payment within the same timescales as those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the welfare of reindeer being used at seasonal events during winter 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the membership appointment process for the Animal Sentience Committee to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he expects by 24 October 2022 to complete the process of awarding protected geographical indication status to the 39...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how old each the 116 unaccompanied migrant children missing from Home Office funded hotels are; and for how long each of those children (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 54609 on Home Office: Complaints, whether other parts of the Home Office share...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss the reclassification of psilocybin from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to implement the advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on reducing barriers to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s announcement of support for the International Criminal Court investigation into alleged war crimes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of visibility of police officers in their communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average amount of time an MP inquiring on behalf of their constituent has had to wait for a response from her Department in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to restrict the number of international students in the UK university sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department intends to reply to correspondence of 22 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Walthamstow, case reference ZA71274.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential growth that may be generated by Investment Zones in the UK, at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential growth that may be generated by the establishment of Investment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of building housing on the site proposed for the Radlett Rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether people in receipt of Pension Credit are entitled to the full £150 council tax rebate to help with energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) buildings (a) above and (b) below 18 metres with (i) unsafe ACM cladding (ii) unsafe cladding of a different...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many beneficiaries of the Homes for Ukraine scheme have presented to their local authorities as homeless as of 14...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish the second round of successful bids from local authorities to the Levelling-up Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the level of rental costs on the high street.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the forecasted geographic share of North Sea Revenue for Scotland is in the next ten financial years from 2023-24.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any employees of his Department have been blocked from promotion on account of being red-flagged as a result of making a complaint about (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the average annual grocery bill for residents in Newport West constituency.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 55048, if Mark Fullbrook was (a) on secondment from and (b) paid through Fullbrook Strategies at...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibility he holds for cross-government work on supply chains; whether the Government has retained the position of Supply Chains Adviser;...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48400 on the Integrated Review, if he will publish a timetable for the update to the Integrated...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Statement HCWS311 on Machinery of Government, what responsibility is now held by his Department for oversight of transition period...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he intends to publish updated guidance for local resilience forums on the emergency alert system.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibilities his Department holds relating to international trade following the appointment of a Minister of State jointly in the Department...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) industry stakeholders on the potential merits of providing relief for investment...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of firms across the vehicle leasing sector on the merits of extending the two per cent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference HC Deb 17 October 2022, col 396 on the freeze to alcohol duty rates from February 2023; whether the draught relief will be applied to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will appoint representatives of trade unions to the Economic Advisory Council.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to help protect people from rises in mortgages rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support homeowners in Birmingham with rising mortgage rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the amount the Government received in voluntary contributions via direct bank transfer to the Treasury in the 2021-22 financial year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to require that payment card processing companies cross-reference cardholders' names in addition to existing address...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to streamline the process of making voluntary contributions to the Government.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government on the provision of additional funding...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased borrowing costs on capital expenditure projects in (a) local government and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on funding for the purchase of Evusheld.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on personal hygiene products in the context of the rising cost of living.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC pursues employees complicit in the use of loan schemes and not employers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much it will cost to staff and administer the Loan Charge, including the cost of legal advice and consultants.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue his Department expects to collect in the next 12 months as a result of the tax cuts announced in the Government's economic proposals...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) industry stakeholders on the potential merits of amending the provision of relief...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to announce changes to the rates of (a) Income Tax, (b) National Insurance, (c) VAT and (d)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the number of promoters and operators of schemes now subject to the loan charge have been prosecuted for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT on dental care products in the context of the rising cost of living.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of annual VAT income is derived from dental care products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to fund the School Games scheme after 31 August 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Product Security and Telecommunications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 62850 on Public Opinion, in which locations the focus groups delivered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what costs have been incurred to date by (1) government departments, and (2) executive agencies, on developing (a) the Great British Railway plan, and (b)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with governments around the world regarding sustainable construction for large scale railway projects; and how these discussions...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the discovery of water pollution in the HS2 cofferdams sunk into the aquifer for the Colne Valley Viaduct construction haul road, what plans they have...
To ask His Majesty's Government what financial assistance they will provide to ensure that the Brent Cross flyover is fully operational again at the earliest opportunity for vehicles exceeding...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports that (1) political prisoner Hussein Al-Saadi has been returned to Jau Prison in Bahrain despite suffering from heart problems and sickle cell...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that crimes have been committed against Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uygur...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Pakistan regarding its sale of arms to the Myanmar military in the past year; and at what ministerial level...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many times the Women, Peace and Security Ministerial Steering Board has met since May 2019; and when the board is next due to meet.
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