Tuesday, 25 October 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on rail retail reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of rules on speed guidance systems in cars; and if she will take steps to introduce new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of speed limits on smart motorways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of arrangements with the Netherlands for sharing foreign HGV registration details.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of smart motorways in the North West of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will work with the Secretary of State for Education to set a target for the proportion of children to have benefited from cycling proficiency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) the compensation process for missing airline luggage and (b) airline (i) processes and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing free off-peak bus travel for people over 60 in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on the dual registration scheme for specialist events hauliers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £100 million of new R&D funding to support commercial deployment of connected and self-driving technologies and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on improving data sharing between international vehicle registration databases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what help is available to those who have (a) no money or (b) are unemployed to get a HGV Licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic collisions foreign HGV drivers have been involved in the last 10 years on UK roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of work stations available for people employed by his Department on departmental premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will provide a breakdown of planned spend for the £34 million allocated to support commercial deployment of connected and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department’s plans to produce a (a) Great British Railways White Paper and (b) new Transport Bill in this session of Parliament to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many grants have been issued under the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme since its inception in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's noise detecting traffic camera trials, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using such cameras...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of safe parking space for hauliers in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential revocation of EU workers’ rights regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of abolishing Ofgem.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rollout out of Electric Vehicle charging points, particularly in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Chancellor's statement of 17 October 2022, whether it remains his policy to lift the moratorium...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, of the shale gas extraction sites using hydraulic fracturing, (a) how many and (b) which have permissions to undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to incentivise multinational companies to take into account climate-related risks when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for publishing the Biomass Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential role of bioLPG in decarbonising heat in off-gas grid properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential viability and contribution of hybrid heat pumps to give...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish further information for off-grid homeowners on (a) accessing the £100 Alternative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish further information for off-grid businesses on (a) a non-domestic alternative fuel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether companies that hold a licence for hydraulic fracturing for shale gas exploration will require further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that disabled people with higher than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to help small and medium-sized enterprises manage the impact of high inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage entrepreneurship and (b) support small business expansion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of research at Swansea University on the production of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support medical research charities.
To ask the Attorney General, 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 Attorney General, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the announcement of support to the former Ukrainian Prosecutor General on 28 March 2022, (a) whether Sir Howard Morrison was still employed as an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Easington...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of calorie labelling on menus on people with (a) eating disorders 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 mental health specialists in Chesterfield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of recent trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Lancaster...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what investments the National Institute for Health and Care Research has made into research on women’s health conditions since July...
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 Bristol West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dental practices in the Ilford North constituency were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission as of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is adequately resourced.
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 Leeds North West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process her Department has put in place for integrated care systems to take responsibility for specialised commissioning services;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of public funding for (a) research and (b) treatment of Huntington's disease.
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 Dulwich and West Norwood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access, whether her Department has made an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Streatham constituency in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the level of consultancy services costs within Barts Health NHS Trust over the last 12 months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with Huntington's disease in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and (c)...
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 Wirral West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the General Dental Council on the adequacy of the international registration process for dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Minister of Health's oral contribution on 13 October 2022, Official Report, column 107WH, by what date he expects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's Clinical Commissioning Policy: Percutaneous mitral valve leaflet repair for primary degenerative mitral...
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 Bristol West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Leeds North West 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 Reading East constituency.
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 Sunderland Central constituency in...
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 Leeds North West 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 the Ilford North constituency.
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 Walsall South constituency in each six...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to encourage local commissioning areas to incorporate the needs of individuals affected by multiple...
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 Sunderland Central constituency in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the Care Quality Commission on the effectiveness of processes to identify (a) unsafe and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Brentford and Isleworth constituency in the past 12...
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 Leeds North West constituency.
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 Warrington North 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 Leeds North West 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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Sunderland Central constituency in each...
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 Walsall South constituency in each six...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of staff involved in the care of patients with Sickle Cell.
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 assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of (a) rickets and (b) osteomalacia in the UK; and what assessment she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Warrington North constituency (a) as of 17 October 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year cancer plan will include provisions to expand radiotherapy services.
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 Leeds North West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding was allocated to Black Country integrated care system to support GP retention in 2022-23; and how much was spent in 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce geographical variation in testing rates for non-tuberculosis mycobacteria in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE Fully qualified GPs excluding GPs in Training Grade practicing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in each of the last 5 five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade, practicing in Ellesmere...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs who had been previously working in North East London ICS area have left the profession over the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Lancaster and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to implement the Hatfield Vision proposals announced by the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare...
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 Warrington North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of UK Vaping Industry Association guidelines on (a) packaging, (b) labelling and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Ellesmere Port...
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 Tooting constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of in ADHD diagnoses among males and females; and if she will make a statement.
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 Stretford and Urmston 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 Streatham constituency in (a) the last 12 months and (b)...
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 Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices were open in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency on (a) 20 October 2022 and (b) in 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency in each of the last 5 five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 5 September 2022 that the NHS plans to add the equivalent of 7,000 additional beds this winter, (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will reconsider the Government's decision not to accept the recommendation of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 12 October to the Westminster Hall...
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 Bristol West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to publish data comparing the voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access repayments against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make a comparative estimate of the annual savings that (a) unbranded generic, (b) branded generic and (c) biosimilar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments conducted face-to-face in Ellesmere Port and Neston...
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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the monthly cost to the public purse is for storing surplus personal protective equipment in (a) the UK and (b) China; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in Lancaster and Fleetwood 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 Leeds North West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the novavax vaccine during the vaccine rollout programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health Inequalities Action Group report entitled On Faith, Place and Health: Harnessing the Power of Faith Groups...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure NHS services are able to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS Digital since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy on transforming women’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will undertake an independent review of the 2017 Expert Working Group Report on Primodos.
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 Dulwich and West Norwood 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 Wirral South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to (a) increase the number of midwives recruited into the NHS and (b) help ensure that NHS midwives feel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with relevant professional bodies on recognition of Ukrainian professional qualifications in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions she has had with the Department of Education on the potential merits of providing NHS support available to people...
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 Bootle constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with HIV in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the demand for mental health services among (a) young people in West Ham and (b) young people trying to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that specialist medical services for Tourette's syndrome are accessible to people in the Barnsley...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2022 to Question 151099 on Health Services: ICT, when each provider of digital services used by...
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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the decision not to procure Evusheld for people vulnerable to Covid-19 this winter.
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 Worsley and Eccles South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 62043 on Malnutrition: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, what assessment he has made...
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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of local retention initiatives in the Black Country...
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 Walsall South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her timeline is for the publication of her Department's response to the Khan Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS mental health practitioners by Clinical Commissioning Groups in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to ensure that HIV peer support is included in the new specification for HIV services in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been (a) hospitalised, or (b) required ambulance care following use of at-home abortion pills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the number of Clinical Commission Group areas that have (a) paused and (b) suspended non-urgent CAMHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for sexual health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the progress of the rollout of booster jabs for covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mother and baby respite homes to help lower levels of maternal suicide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children who were aged (a) 5-11, (b) 12-15, (c) 16-17 years old; at the start of the 2021-22 academic year had received (i) one...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to resolve shortages of Hormone Replacement Therapy products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the numbers of primary schools in (a) Stockport constituency (b) Stockport borough and (c) Greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of care homes in Reading East constituency held a Care Quality Commission rating of good or above on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the pregnancy loss certificate will be introduced in England; and whether this certificate will be offered retrospectively to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the licensing requirements for cosmetic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the General Medical Council since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy on introducing...
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 Chesterfield...
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 the Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many existing pages on women’s health conditions on the NHS website have been updated to contain the most up to date evidence...
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 Plymouth Sutton and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will publish an outline of the proposed changes to the Care Quality Commission’s regulatory model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the (a) access to and (b) quality of palliative and end of life care in (i) prisons and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the consistency of provision of palliative and end of life care across the prison estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment she has made of the (a) access to and (b) quality of palliative and end of life care in (i) prisons and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to reduce waiting times for children's neurodevelopmental assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the waiting list for individuals seeking to obtain a diagnosis for (a) autism and (b) ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Welsh Local Government’s report that higher energy bills could means that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59682 on Department for Education: Solar Power, when the feasibility study to determine whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the expected annual (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure will be on the Major Projects Portfolio projects entitled (i) Initial Teacher...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of student accommodation in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fraud in partnerships between higher education institutions and institutions that deliver higher...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage school leavers to apply for podiatrist apprenticeship qualifications at University.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of BTEC qualifications in widening professional and educational opportunities available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the QAA decision of 20 July that it will no longer consent to be the Designated Quality Body in England after 31 March 2023, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has conducted an equalities analysis of the potential impact of the rising cost of living on students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in local authority care in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of childcare provision in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop of new early years training routes to support workforce development and retention in early years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of in-work poverty on educational attainment in children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the sufficiency of childcare provision in Lewisham East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests for education, health and care plans were (a) made by parents and (b) signed off by Lancashire County Council for students in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation on Childcare: regulatory changes published on 4 July 2022, what recent assessment his Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has made an assessment on the potential benefits of the provision of free school meals to all primary aged children in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with the National Union of Teachers on proposals in the Schools Bill and their potential effect on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nurseries have closed in Derby North constituency since 2010; and what proportion of those nurseries were (a) maintained nursery schools, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in the Derby North constituency since 2010; and how much Family Hub funding has been allocated to that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish a specialist SEND workforce strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Education, how much was spent on improvements to school buildings in Luton South constituency in the period between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the capital cost of tackling outstanding repairs to schools in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
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 Stockport constituency in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing the (i) scope and (ii) funding of the Oak National Academy arms-length body and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the cost of (a) extending free school meals to all children with a parent or guardian who is in receipt of Universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nursery schools have closed in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact on revenue for education authors on converting the Oak National Academy to an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to publish a deaf-specific national standard as part of the planned national SEND and AP implementation strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) improve and (b) increase primary school education for children on careers in electronics and engineering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare providers have closed in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency since 2010; and how many childcare places those closures have eliminated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) full time equivalent employees and (b) employees by headcount there are at Ofsted (i) in total and (ii) in each separate directorate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the ban on placing children under the age of 16 in unregulated accommodation on outcomes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to PHD students who require financial assistance with childcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the Child Poverty Action Group's analysis published on 9 June 2022 stating that 800,000 children living in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Nuffield Foundation’s study of England’s childcare market, what assessment he has made of whether for-profit private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of apprenticeship starts there have been with businesses in England since 2018.
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 Lancaster and Fleetwood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the resilience of childcare providers in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an estimate of the (a) sufficiency and (b) affordability of childcare provision in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help support students in full-time higher education with the rising cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to apprenticeships in the North.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to help increase the number of apprenticeships in the (a) engineering and (b) manufacturing technologies industries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was for (a) women and (b) men sentenced to prison in each month since January 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the amount of money that magistrates’ courts in England and Wales imposed in fines for non-payment of the TV...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Law Commission on their Registered Land and Chancel Repair Liability project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will set a numerical target for the commitment in the Female Offenders Strategy on reducing the number of women entering prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of local authorities in north London on agreeing a new jury venue to help clear the backlog...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress the Government has made on the recruitment of Export Champions for Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the treatment of 52-year-old Palestinian man,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether study materials produced by the United Nations Relief and Works...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to IMPACT-se’s Review of 2022 UNRWA-Produced Study Materials in the Palestinian Territories,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will take steps to increase the £50M of aid pledged to help alleviate famine in Somalia, in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of political opposition in Uganda to the Computer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the £50m in UK aid allocated to support the Somali people most in need with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of plans to open a Russian television station in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Government last reviewed compliance with its partnership principles with the Palestinian Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the latest Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and the Palestinian Authority (PA), what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help countries in sub-Saharan Africa tackle debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of casualties among (a) combatants and (b) civilians in the conflict in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the UK last reviewed compliance with its partnership principles with the Palestinian Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the Ebola outbreak in Uganda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) integrate nutrition across its programming and (b) use the OECD...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of insecurity linked to jihadist groups spreading into Benin; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department's funding for (a) Somaliland and (b) Somalia will be spent in the 2022-23 financial year; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the sentencing of Palestinian World Vision aid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what humanitarian assistance he is providing to Lebanon in the current financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the Review of 2022 UNRWA-Produced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of allegations of (a) human rights abuses and (b) crimes against humanity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying Magnitsky sanctions against Ali Ghanaatkar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Brazilian counterpart on democracy and freedom of expression in that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether migrants currently accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory and who are assessed to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risks of human trafficking faced by migrants currently accommodated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the outbreak of cholera in Haiti.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the potential merits of further sanctions against the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 63351 on USA: Foreign Relations, whether his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what Official Development Assistance funding mechanisms his Department uses to disburse sexual and reproductive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the role of intensive farming in the climate emergency; and what steps the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that the (a) UK population and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help ensure British research and technical experience in tackling (a) malaria and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the rate of return on health for each pound spent on (a) contributing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the floods in Pakistan on countries to which the UK...
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 The honouring of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the United Nations on funding to provide arms and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what financial support he is providing to Pakistan in response to the recent floods and the rise of water-borne...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what impact assessments he has made on the Government's decision to suspend disbursements for aid programmes since...
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 The honouring of...
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 Further escalation in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to create accurate (a) definitions of and (b) statistics on climate-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's commitment at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December 2021, what progress...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of shortages of ammonium nitrate and calcium ammonium nitrate on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce transfer fees on family remittances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to further support the African Development Bank commitment to provide $25 billion of climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the value of remittances in the UK in each of the previous five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of lifting the funding suspension on providing aid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's progress on meeting the international climate finance commitments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent progress he has made on delivering COP climate finance commitments for developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to make a final decision on the tender process for the Fleet Solid Support Ships contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a target set for the timeframe of completion of open work orders by Amey plc for Service Living Accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 19 October to Question 61728, what recent estimate he has made of the number of military homes owned by Amey plc that are awaiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the morale of Russian Armed Forces personnel since the Ukrainian counteroffensive began in August 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the task achievement rates were of the air mobility fleet including the (a) C-17, (b) C-130J and (c) A400M in each month since March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the availability rates of the air mobility fleet including the (a) C-17, (b) C-130J and (c) A400M in each month since March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Non-Recurring Engineering costs of modifying the A400M to take on the roles of the C-130J will be funded by (a) the UK exclusively or (b) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a breakdown of every (a) company and (b) region of the UK that works on the A400M programme; and if he will publish the proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the air mobility fleet is made up of C-130J aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total capacity of the A400M aircraft; and what proportion of that capacity has been utilised on average in each month since March 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current out of service date for the Bowman communications system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59440 on Navy: Training, whether other companies were contracted as part of the Project Selborne...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the effect of the Chancellor's financial statement on 23 September 2022, whether his Department has incurred additional cost on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items of what value have been stolen from which of his Department's sites in the past 12 months; and whether the items are lethal or non-lethal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to increase awareness of the potential merits of joining the Reserve Forces and Cadets in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the appointment of a new Chancellor of Exchequer on 14 October 2022, whether his Department expects an increase in defence spending to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on his Department’s procurement of multi-role surveillance vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the matter of UK pilots providing training for the Chinese Air Force was raised during his visit to the United States.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was first informed that ex-Armed Forces personnel were being hired by the Chinese Government to train the Chinese armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time pilots were in place who fly (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary craft in each of the three regular services as of 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many qualified part-time pilots of (a) fast jet, (b) other fixed wing and (c) rotary aircraft there are in the (i) Royal Naval Reserve, (ii) Army...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts regarding the potential for collaborating with EU countries aiming to train 15,000 Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many multi-engine flying training course slots were taken by (a) new students, (b) fast jet or rotary students who were re-streaming, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to identify academic partnerships involved in the development of dual-use technologies with possible malign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding is allocated for Operation Interflex; and when that funding is projected to last until.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average time between beginning the Lightning II operational conversion course and achieving Combat Ready status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had personally had with the European Space Agency ahead of the Ministerial Council Meeting in November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian and military personnel are working within the Space Directorate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on acquiring the Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ships; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a target time for the timeframe of completion of open work orders by Annington Homes Limited for Service Family Accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 19 October to Question 61728, if he will publish a breakdown of the nature of the 13,910 open work orders at Service Family...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship will be crewed by directly employed civilian seafarers who will be covered by collective agreements with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment the potential impact on British Army personnel of possible exposure to dangerous levels of contaminated water at Camp...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61147, how many civil servants are employed in his Department on overseeing the storage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the decision of the Information Commissioner of 28 September 2022 on the publication of the Prime Minister’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the decision of the Information Commissioner of 28 September 2022 on the publication of the Prime Minister’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the National Telephone Service for Universal Credit has been used by (a) female and (b) prison leavers in each month since that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it his policy to raise Universal Credit and all other benefits in line with Consumer Prices Index.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of making retrospective payments for childcare costs to families claiming...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will make an estimate of the level of reliance on charities in Lancaster and Fleetwood as a result of the increased cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate entitled The future of work is here…, which took place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the decision of the Information Commissioner of 28 September 2022 on the publication of the Prime Minister’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures the Government is taking to improve support in the workplace for menopausal employees in (a) Liverpool West Derby constituency,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the menopause on employees leaving the workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish her Department's evaluation of the Mid-life MOT pilots undertaken in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish any evaluation made by her Department of the effectiveness of mid-life MOT initiatives prior to the expansion of its own...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to take steps to further expand testing of the Mid-life MOT programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the communications issued by her Department on the State Pension age changes to women born...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to protect single, female pensioners who believe they were given inadequate notice of State Pension age changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of a real terms reduction to state pensions from April 2023 on pensioner poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on taking steps to reduce delays in the State Pension system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanism her Department uses to determine Attendance Allowance rates for people of state pension age or over who have long-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support low income private renters with the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing inflationary increases on compensation payments for the period before 6...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conversations she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing winter fuel payments in line with inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the freeze on Local Housing Allowance rates on the ability of private renters to pay rent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor's statement on 17 October 2022, whether she plans to maintain the triple lock on pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to National Audit Office's Department for Work & Pensions Departmental Overview 2021-22, for what reason her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of trust-based defined contribution pension scheme accounts there are as of 20 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the changes to the State Pension age on women born in the 1950's, in the context of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the provision of Cold Weather...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law Bill on (a) Special Protection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement on 24 September 2022 of Investment Zones, whether existing protections for ancient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage tree planting and conservation work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen environmental protections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 102540 on Air Pollution, what progress his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to integrate the World Health Organisation's guidelines on air quality into his policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on their approach to tackling waste and recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his French counterpart on their approach to improving air quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his German counterpart on their approach to improving air quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency's enforcement towards incineration sites...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding available to local government to improve air quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the merits of the recycling policies of the Welsh Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the fire at the recycling centre in Bynea, Carmarthenshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of H5N1 avian flu on the availability of (a) turkeys and (b) geese...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of farmers that have left the profession in (a) England and (b) Wales in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the total amount forecast to be spent on Environmental Land Management schemes his Department plans to spend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is forecast to be spent on Environmental Land Management scheme programmes in each year to 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of farmers in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is on track to eliminate waste crime by 2043.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will instruct the Environment Agency to prioritise water for food production when assessing winter abstraction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of birds that are killed by (a) off shore and (b) on shore wind turbines each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding in the Norwegian Institute for Nature...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met representatives of the Environmental Services Association; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met representatives of the Wood Recyclers’ Association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on air quality in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2022 to Question 35971 on Environmental Land Management Schemes, how much of the £2.5...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a stand-alone Clean Air Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the RSPB on its decision to stop publishing its annual counts of the number of birds in its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish an update of the National Air Pollution Control Programme to set out the measures for the UK to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to track the Government’s delivery of commitments made upon under the 25 Year Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many veterinarians were practising in the UK in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to (a) protect and (b) increase the UK’s natural biodiversity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on the production of the UK’s Chemical Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans his Department has to consult with environmental stakeholders on the implementation of the Government’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the accessibility of maps of areas designated as Flood Zones (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 3b to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of committing to a global deal for nature at the Convention on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban bottom trawling and the use of other bottom towed fishing gear in all offshore marine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether current (a) standards and (b) duties in the Environment Act to meet the Government's target to halt species decline...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many four car motor electric units have been scrapped in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling landfill gas and hydrogen sulphide emissions at Walleys...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a timetable has been set for the Government to respond to the consultation on preventing charges for DIY waste at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 60212, what activities were expected to be covered by the initial payment of £20...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recipients of international student visas are accompanied by (a) five and (b) six dependents.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if they will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to government offices...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate entitled Misuse of the Schengen Information system by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of complaints received on the Employer Checking Service from (a) MPs offices, (b) employers, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October to Question 59776 on Immigration: Applications, whether he plans to monitor the time taken to process...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for East Ham of 17 June 2022, reference ST98385.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when HM Passport Office will respond to the letters of 8 September and 4 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle terrorism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to safeguard domestic abuse victims against financial abuse in the event that they have a joint bank...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution to national security and resilience by the UK’s cyber security industry;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for belonging or professing to belong to Hezbollah since it was fully proscribed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of children taken into police custody were detained overnight in each reporting year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of local authorities on tackling financial abuse by perpetrators of domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of victims of modern slavery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Social housing rents consultation, published by his Department on 31 August 2022, what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 62104 on Refugees: Ukraine, whether he plans to increase the level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support victims of domestic abuse who are unable to pay their rent due to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allocating social housing to young professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of living crisis on people living in private rented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for planning appeals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who he has consulted on the Government’s plans for free enterprise investment zones in West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to help strengthen the local planning process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the average potential cost of establishing each Investment Zone in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his statement on 17 October 2022 on the Government's proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the £4.8 billion for the second round of the levelling up fund will be ringfenced from potential Government cuts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to reduce the length of time that parking operators can pursue unpaid fines as part of the Private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has provided to councils on engaging with local MPs applications to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus, published in August 2022,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 62959, how much his Department spent on the media package with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of cost of leasing high street properties (a) nationally and (b) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 63323, whether an estimate of the costs for the directors and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 20339, how much his Department spent on external recruitment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 104 of the Government’s response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) inflation and (b) energy costs on local authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to decrease the backlog in cases waiting inspection from the planning inspectorate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of trends in the length of time for planning inspectors to be assigned to individual cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to bring forward the legislative proposals contained in the white paper...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what payments were made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of public houses in rural areas that have closed in the latest period for which data is available; and what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 47403 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Special Advisers, tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Islington...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what units were transferred from the Prime Minister's Office to his Department following the appointment of the new Prime Minister.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what responsibility his Department has for supporting the coordination of the cross-government and the devolution aspects of the response to covid-19.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the total cost of reviewing the business case for introducing Cabinet Office approval for any clinical and non-clinical...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing the Treasury pay remit and (b) refunding the overpaid pension contributions.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure all official-sensitive documents are not distributed via personal channels.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a timetable for the interim compensation payments for the victims of the infected blood scandal.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate HMRC has made of the number of companies that have stopped trading in the European Union since the end of the Brexit transition period;...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes were made to the ministerial responsibilities of the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office following the appointment of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will have discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the steps being taken to help ensure political parties do not exchange financial...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Mr Adam Jones, (b) Ms Sophie Jarvis, (c) Mr Jamie Hope, (d) Mr Reuben Solomon and (e) Ms Sarah Ludlow were continuously employed by the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the National Science and Technology Council, announced on 12 October, differs from its predecessor of the same name.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the potential average annual revenue to the Exchequer that would be accrued if non-domiciled status was abolished.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Government has recouped from child benefit claimants due to overpayment as a result of the High-Income Child Benefit Charge in each of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the taxable profits of North Sea oil and gas companies and (b) Government tax revenues derived from North sea oil...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many PAYE taxpayers were subject to enforcement action due to non-payment of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance by their employers in each year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the introduction of a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make his first official visit to Wales.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a breakdown of the total payments made to civil servants in his Department for relocation costs to government offices outside London in 2021.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the regulatory framework for (a) cryptoassets and (b) blockchain technology helps facilitate...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of designated high street areas without a bank branch.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to take steps to compensate people who have not been able to proceed with purchase of a property due to mortgage products being withdrawn...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in the wider pilot of the No Interest Loan Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available for people saving to buy a house; and if he will reconsider the limits placed on help...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of bank branches which have closed in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each year since 2015.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps to help ensure companies do not charge consumers excessive fees for withdrawing cash at ATMs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet Colleagues on reducing the number of bank branch closures.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on LICs of rising interest rates on foreign loans.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing targeted cost of living support for blind and partially sighted people.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will publish an Office of Budget Responsibility report to accompany the proposals in his statement on 17 October 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for the London Borough of Havering.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to restore the UK's Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7 per cent of GDP.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will publish its conclusions on the consultation on reforming the UK's Anti-Money Laundering Supervision system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect the public from media intrusion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the BBC on online harassment of employees of that company within that organisation in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many times (a) she and (b) officials from her Department have had discussions with the Chair of the Future of Women's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding in the 2022 Nuffield Health Healthier Nation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to increase support to women's football, following the success of the lionesses at Euro 2022 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the implementation of sections 15 and 16 of the Charities Act 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote brass bands and music; and how much funding her Department has made available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were convicted for not paying their TV license under the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 since 1992.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to prevent menopause discrimination in the workplace.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many items of retained EU law they propose to (1) repeal, (2) amend, or (3) replace, as part of the proposed Brexit Freedoms Bill by (a) primary legislation,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of digital rail freight technologies in the UK freight network.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the goal by the International Maritime Organisation to reduce carbon emissions by 70 per cent by 2050.
To ask His Majesty's Government what provision they are making for carbon capture and storage within the UK’s exclusive economic zone; and when those facilities will be available.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme beyond 31 March 2023 if prices have not returned to 2021 levels; and if so, how much notice of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the share of energy produced by nuclear in the next year.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to open up the Green Deal to businesses.
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to facilitate diversity and anti-racist professional learning for school teachers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure childcare is (1) accessible, and (2) affordable, in particular for low-income families.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff have been reprimanded for inappropriate political activity given the nature of their employment at (1) the Department for Education, (2) Ofqual, (3)...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many separate digital photographs have been taken at public expense of the Secretary of State for Education since 7 September this year.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bellamy on 20 September (HL2073), what estimate they have made of the cost to the Exchequer of the delayed release of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the development of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plan's (1) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning programme,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) civilian, and (2) military, casualties of recent attacks by Azeri forces in Armenia; and what steps they are taking...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October (HL Deb col 952), how many service personnel discharged or dismissed before 2000 for homosexual...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely resilience of food banks during the upcoming winter.
To ask His Majesty's Government by what date the Department for Work and Pensions will resume the sharing of Healthy Start take-up data with the Department for Health and Social Care.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many entry clearance visas grants they provided to main applicants under the (1) Skilled Worker, and (2) Skilled Worker - Health & Care, routes for each...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to resolve the discrimination identified in the High Court case Minister for Justice and Equality v Harrison [2020] IEHC 29.
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the terms of reference of the Strategic Futures Advisory Panel of Liverpool City Council.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister will participate in direct talks with the local political parties in Northern Ireland before 28 October.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had since September with trade unions representing teachers in Northern Ireland in the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure market confidence in response to the Bank of England’s announcement that its emergency bond-buying intervention...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to determine whether the financial sector presents too great a risk for the UK economy and regulatory structures to bear.
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