Written answers

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on rail retail reform.

    • Motor Vehicles: Speed Limits

      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...

      Motorways: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of speed limits on smart motorways.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Registration

      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.

      Motorways: North West

      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.

      Cycling: Children

      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...

      Aviation: Lost Property

      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)...

      Bus Services: Older People

      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.

      Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress she has made on the dual registration scheme for specialist events hauliers.

      Driverless Vehicles: Finance

      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...

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      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.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Driving Licences

      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.

      Large Goods Vehicles: Accidents

      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.

      Department for Transport: Buildings

      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.

      Driverless Vehicles

      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...

      Great British Railways

      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...

      Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme

      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)...

      Road Traffic: Noise

      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...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

      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.

      Department for Transport: Taxis

      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.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Conditions of Employment: EU Law

      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.

    • Ofgem

      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.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      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...

      Fracking

      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...

      Fracking: Planning Permission

      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...

      Multinational Companies: Disclosure of Information

      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...

      Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for publishing the Biomass Strategy.

      Heating: Biofuels

      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.

      Heat Pumps: Rural Areas

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Fuel Oil

      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...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Fuel Oil

      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...

      Fracking: Planning Permission

      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...

      Energy: Disability

      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...

      Small Businesses: Inflation

      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.

      Business

      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.

      Hydrogen: Research

      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...

      Medicine: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support medical research charities.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Railways

      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.

    • Attorney General: Taxis

      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.

      Howard Morrison

      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...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Easington

      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...

    • Food: Labelling

      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)...

      Mental Health Services: Chesterfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Chesterfield...

      Life Expectancy: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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...

      Health: Females

      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...

      Eating Disorders: Bristol West

      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.

      Dental Services: Ilford North

      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...

      Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

      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.

      Surgery: Leeds North West

      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.

      Health Services: Integrated Care Systems

      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;...

      Huntington's Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

      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.

      Midwives: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      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...

      Surgery: Streatham

      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.

      Barts Health NHS Trust: Management Consultants

      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...

      Huntington's Disease

      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)...

      Midwives: Wirral West

      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.

      Dentistry: Registration

      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...

      Evusheld

      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...

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      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...

      Breast Cancer: Bristol West

      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.

      Diabetes: Leeds North West

      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.

      Breast Cancer: Reading East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the uptake of breast cancer screening in Reading East constituency.

      Dental Services: Sunderland Central

      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...

      Care Homes: Leeds North West

      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...

      Social Services: Ilford North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of social care capacity in the Ilford North constituency.

      Care Homes: Walsall South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Walsall South constituency in each six...

      Multiple Sclerosis and Neurology: Health Services

      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...

      Care Homes: Sunderland Central

      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...

      Patients: Abuse

      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)...

      Surgery: Brentford and Isleworth

      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...

      Breast Cancer: Leeds North West

      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.

      NHS: Warrington North

      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.

      General Practitioners: Leeds North West

      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.

      General Practitioners: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      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.

      General Practitioners: Sunderland Central

      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...

      General Practitioners: Walsall South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Walsall South constituency in each six...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      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.

      General Practitioners: Leeds North West

      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...

      Bone Diseases and Rickets

      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...

      General Practitioners: Warrington North

      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...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year cancer plan will include provisions to expand radiotherapy services.

      General Practitioners: Leeds North West

      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.

      Black Country Integrated Care System: General Practitioners

      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.

      Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: Screening

      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.

      General Practitioners: Streatham

      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...

      HIV Infection: York

      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.

      General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      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...

      North East London Health and Care Partnership: General Practitioners

      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.

      Mental Health Services: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Females

      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...

      General Practitioners: Warrington 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 Warrington North constituency.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      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...

      Mental Health Services: 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 mental health specialists in Ellesmere Port...

      Mental Health Services: Tooting

      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.

      Hyperactivity

      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.

      Dental Services: Stretford and Urmston

      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.

      General Practitioners: Streatham

      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)...

      General Practitioners: Birmingham Selly Oak

      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.

      General Practitioners: Hackney South and Shoreditch

      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.

      HIV Infection: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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.

      Hospitals: Staff

      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)...

      Pregnancy and Surgical Mesh Implants

      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...

      Evusheld

      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...

      Dental Services: Bristol West

      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.

      NHS: Drugs

      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...

      NHS: Drugs

      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...

      General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      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...

      Midwives: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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...

      Protective Clothing: Storage

      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...

      Malnutrition: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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.

      Dental Services: Leeds North West

      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.

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      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...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      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...

      Health Services: Learning Disability

      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.

      Health Services: Females

      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...

      Primodos

      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.

      Mental Health Services: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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.

      Mental Health Services: Wirral South

      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.

      Midwives: Recruitment

      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...

      Health Professions: Ukraine

      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...

      Dyslexia: Health Services

      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...

      Mental Health Services: Bootle

      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.

      HIV Infection: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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.

      Mental Health Services: West Ham

      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...

      Tourette's Syndrome: Barnsley

      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...

      NHS: Ict

      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...

      Care Homes: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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...

      Evusheld

      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.

      Mental Health Services: Worsley and Eccles South

      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.

      Food Poverty

      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...

      NHS: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      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...

      Black Country Integrated Care System: Labour Turnover

      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...

      Mental Health Services: Walsall South

      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.

      Smoking

      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.

      Health Professions: Mental Health Services

      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...

      HIV Infection: Health Services

      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.

      Abortion: Drugs

      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.

      Mental Health Services

      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...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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.

      Maternity Services

      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.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      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...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      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.

      School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme: Greater Manchester

      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...

      Care Homes: Reading East

      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...

      Miscarriage

      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...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Procedures: Licensing

      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...

      Health: Females

      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...

      Perinatal Mortality: Chesterfield

      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...

      Eating Disorders: Easington

      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.

      Health Services: Females

      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...

      Life Expectancy: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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...

      Care Quality Commission: Regulation

      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.

      Prisoners: Palliative Care

      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)...

      Prisoners: Palliative Care

      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.

      Prisoners: Palliative Care

      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)...

      Neurology: Children

      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.

      Autism and Hyperactivity: Diagnosis

      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.

  • Wales Office

    • Energy: Wales

      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...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Solar Power

      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...

    • Department for Education: Public Expenditure

      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...

      Students: Housing

      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.

      Higher Education: Fraud

      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...

      Podiatry: Apprentices

      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.

      BTEC Qualifications: Disadvantaged

      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...

      Designated Quality Body in England

      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...

      Students: Cost of Living

      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.

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in local authority care in each of the last five years.

      Childcare: Easington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of childcare provision in Easington constituency.

      Pre-school Education: Training

      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...

      Children: Poverty

      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.

      Childcare: Lewisham East

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

      Special Educational Needs: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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...

      Childcare: Safety

      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...

      Free School Meals: Stockport

      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...

      National Union of Teachers

      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...

      Nurseries: Derby North

      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)...

      Children's Centres and Family Hubs: Derby North

      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...

      Special Educational Needs: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish a specialist SEND workforce strategy.

      Department for Education: Railways

      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.

      Schools: Luton South

      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.

      Schools: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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.

      Special Educational Needs: Stockport

      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.

      Oak National Academy

      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...

      Free School Meals

      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...

      Pre-school Education: Dulwich and West Norwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many maintained nursery schools have closed in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency since 2010.

      Oak National Academy: Writers

      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...

      Children's Centres: Dulwich and West Norwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency since 2010.

      Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

      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.

      Engineering: Primary Education

      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.

      Childcare: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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.

      Ofsted: Staff

      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...

      Children in Care: Supported Housing

      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...

      Students: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides to PHD students who require financial assistance with childcare.

      Free School Meals

      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...

      Childcare: Private Sector

      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...

      Apprentices

      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.

      Childcare: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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...

      Childcare: 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.

      Childcare: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      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.

      Students: Cost of Living

      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.

      Apprentices: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to apprenticeships in the North.

      Engineering and Manufacturing Industries: Apprentices

      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.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Sentencing: Females and Males

      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.

    • Television Licences: Non-payment

      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...

      Ministry of Justice: Taxis

      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.

      Law Commission

      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.

      Offenders: Females

      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.

      Juries: Greater London

      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...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress the Government has made on the recruitment of Export Champions for Northern Ireland.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hafez Hureini

      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,...

    • Palestinians: Textbooks

      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...

      Palestinians: Textbooks

      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,...

      Somali: Development Aid

      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...

      Uganda: Freedom of Expression

      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...

      Somali: Development Aid

      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...

      Central African Republic: Television

      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...

      Palestinians: Development Aid

      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.

      Palestinians: Terrorism

      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...

      Sub-saharan Africa: Debts

      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.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Taxis

      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.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Railways

      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,...

      Tigray

      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...

      Palestinians: Development Aid

      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.

      Uganda: Ebola

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

      Horn of Africa: Nutrition

      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...

      Benin: Security

      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...

      Somalia and Somaliland: Development Aid

      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...

      Mohammad El Halabi

      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...

      Lebanon: Humaitarian 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.

      Palestinians: Textbooks

      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...

      Syria: Crimes against Humanity and Human Rights

      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...

      Ali Ghanaatkar

      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.

      Brazil: Democracy and Freedom of Expression

      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...

      Diego Garcia: Asylum

      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...

      Diego Garcia: Human Trafficking

      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...

      Haiti: Cholera

      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.

      Myanmar: Sanctions

      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...

      USA: Foreign Relations

      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...

      Development Aid: Health Services

      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...

      Agriculture: Climate Change

      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...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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)...

      Developing Countries: Disease Control

      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...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      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...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      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...

      Pakistan: Floods

      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...

      Turkey: EU Enlargement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled The honouring of...

      Ukraine: Arms Trade

      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...

      Pakistan: Floods

      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...

      Development Aid

      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...

      Hungary

      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...

      Russia: Ukraine

      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...

      Climate Change: Internally Displaced People and Migration

      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...

      Nutrition: Development Aid

      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...

      Fertilisers: Prices

      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...

      Remittances: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce transfer fees on family remittances.

      Climate Change: International Assistance

      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...

      Remittances

      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.

      Oxfam

      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...

      Climate Change: Finance

      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...

      Climate Change: Developing Countries

      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.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

      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.

    • Amey

      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.

      Amey

      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...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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.

      Military Aircraft: Standards

      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.

      Military Aircraft: Standards

      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.

      A400M Aircraft

      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...

      A400M Aircraft: Companies

      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...

      Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the air mobility fleet is made up of C-130J aircraft.

      A400M 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.

      BOWMAN Combat Radio System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current out of service date for the Bowman communications system.

      Navy: Training

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Contracts

      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...

      Ministry of Defence: Theft

      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.

      Cadets and Reserve Forces: Northern Ireland

      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.

      Ministry of Defence: Taxis

      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.

      Defence: Expenditure

      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...

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ship

      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.

      China: Armed Forces

      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.

      China: Armed Forces

      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.

      Military Aircraft: Crew

      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...

      Military Aircraft: Crew

      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...

      Ukraine: Armed Forces

      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...

      Air Force: Training

      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)...

      Defence Equipment: Dual Use Goods and Technologies

      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...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      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.

      F-35 Aircraft: Training

      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.

      European Space Agency

      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.

      UK Space Command: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian and military personnel are working within the Space Directorate.

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ship

      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...

      Annington Homes

      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.

      Annington Homes

      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...

      Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ship: Crew

      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...

      USA: Army

      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...

      Armed Forces: Protective Clothing

      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...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      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...

    • Universal Credit

      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...

      Universal Credit: Telephone Services

      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...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      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.

      Universal Credit: Childcare

      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...

      Cost of Living: Lancaster

      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...

      Employment and Training

      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...

      Universal Credit

      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...

      Employment: Menopause

      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,...

      Employment: Menopause

      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.

      Finance: Older Workers

      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.

      Finance and Personal Savings

      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...

      Finance: Older Workers

      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.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions

      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.

      State Retirement Pensions

      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.

      Attendance Allowance

      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...

      Low Incomes: Private Rented Housing

      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.

      Pension Protection Fund: Compensation

      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...

      Winter Fuel Payment: Inflation

      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.

      Local Housing Allowance: Private Rented Housing

      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.

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      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.

      Pension Credit

      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...

      Workplace Pensions

      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.

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      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...

      Cold Weather Payments: Energy

      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...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Conservation Areas: EU Law

      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...

    • Forests: Capital Investment

      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...

      Trees

      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.

      Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen environmental protections.

      Air Pollution

      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...

      Air Pollution: Standards

      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.

      Recycling and Waste: Wales

      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.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      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.

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      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.

      Incinerators: Air Pollution

      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...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      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.

      Recycling: Wales

      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.

      Fires: Carmarthenshire

      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.

      Avian Influenza: Poultry

      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...

      Farmers: Termination of Employment

      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...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

      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...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

      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.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Railways

      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...

      Farmers

      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.

      Waste Disposal: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is on track to eliminate waste crime by 2043.

      Food Supply: Water Abstraction

      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...

      Wind Power: Birds

      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.

      Wind Power: Birds

      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...

      Environmental Services Association

      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.

      Wood Recyclers' Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met representatives of the Wood Recyclers’ Association.

      Air Pollution: Greater London

      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.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes: Finance

      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...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      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.

      Birds: Conservation

      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...

      Air Pollution: Pollution Control

      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...

      Environment Protection

      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...

      Veterinary Medicine: Staff

      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.

      Biodiversity

      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.

      Chemicals

      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.

      Nature Conservation

      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...

      Floods: Maps

      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...

      Convention on Biological Diversity

      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...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      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...

      Nature Conservation: Standards

      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...

      Trains: Electric Vehicles

      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.

      Walley's Quarry Landfill: Odour Pollution

      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...

      Waste Management: Fees and Charges

      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...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      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...

    • Visas: Overseas Students

      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.

      Home Office: Location

      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...

      Schengen Agreement: ICT

      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...

      Migrant Workers: Employment

      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)...

      Immigration: Applications

      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...

      Members: Correspondence

      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.

      HM Passport Office: Correspondence

      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...

      Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle terrorism.

      Domestic Abuse: Bank Services

      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...

      Cybersecurity

      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;...

      Hezbollah

      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.

      Home Office: Taxis

      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.

      Police Custody: Children

      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.

      Domestic Abuse: Bank Services

      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.

      Slavery

      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.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing Associations: Rents

      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...

    • Refugees: Ukraine

      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...

      Domestic Abuse: Rented Housing

      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...

      Social Rented Housing: Young People

      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.

      Private Rented Housing: Cost of Living

      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...

      Planning Permission: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for planning appeals.

      Capital Investment: West Yorkshire

      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.

      Planning

      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.

      Capital Investment

      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.

      Capital Investment

      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...

      Levelling Up Fund

      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.

      Parking: Fines

      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...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      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.

      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,...

      Regional Planning and Development: Advertising

      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...

      Buildings: Urban Areas

      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...

      Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      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...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultants

      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...

      Leasehold: Reform

      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...

      Local Government Finance

      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...

      Planning: Inspections

      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.

      Planning: Inspections

      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.

      Private Rented Housing: Students

      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...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Location

      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.

    • Public Houses: Rural Areas

      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...

      Cabinet Office: Written Questions

      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...

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      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.

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      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.

      NHS England: Expenditure

      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...

      Treasury; Pay and Pensions

      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.

      Government Departments: Data Protection

      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.

      Blood: Contamination

      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.

      UK Trade with EU

      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;...

      Paymaster-General: Ministerial Responsibility

      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...

      Political Parties: Finance

      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...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Special Advisers

      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...

      National Science and Technology Council

      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.

  • Treasury

    • Taxation: Domicil

      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.

    • Child Benefit: Personal Income

      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...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      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...

      Paye

      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...

      Offshore Industry: Taxation

      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.

      Treasury: Taxis

      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.

      Domestic Visits: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to make his first official visit to Wales.

      Treasury: Location

      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.

      Blockchain and Cryptoassets: Regulation

      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...

      Bank Services: Urban Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of designated high street areas without a bank branch.

      Mortgages

      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...

      No-interest Loans Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in the wider pilot of the No Interest Loan Scheme.

      First Time Buyers

      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...

      Banks: Closures

      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.

      Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

      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.

      Banks: Closures

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet Colleagues on reducing the number of bank branch closures.

      Foreign Loans: Interest Rates

      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.

      Cost of Living Payments: Visual Impairment

      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.

      Office for Budget Responsibility

      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.

      Local Government Finance: Havering

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase funding for the London Borough of Havering.

      Development Aid

      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.

      Money Laundering

      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.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Media: Privacy

      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.

    • BBC: Harassment

      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...

      Future of Women's Football Review

      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...

      Exercise: Females

      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...

      Football: Females

      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...

      Museums and Galleries: Collections

      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...

      Music: Finance

      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...

      Television Licences: Non-payment

      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.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Menopause: Discrimination

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to prevent menopause discrimination in the workplace.

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: EU Law

      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,...

    • Railways: Freight

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of digital rail freight technologies in the UK freight network.

      Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      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.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Carbon Capture and Storage

      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.

    • Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      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...

      Nuclear Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the share of energy produced by nuclear in the next year.

      Green Deal Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to open up the Green Deal to businesses.

  • Department for Education

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to facilitate diversity and anti-racist professional learning for school teachers.

    • Childcare: Costs

      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.

      Department for Education: Political Impartiality

      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)...

      Department for Education: Photographs

      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.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Coroners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendations they outlined in The Coroner Service: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report,...

    • Courts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the backlog of court cases.

      Probation: Costs

      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...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Conflict Resolution: Females

      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,...

    • Armenia: Armed Conflict

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Homosexuality

      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...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Food Banks

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely resilience of food banks during the upcoming winter.

    • Healthy Start Scheme

      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.

  • Home Office

    • Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      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...

    • European Arrest Warrants: Republic of Ireland

      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.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Liverpool City Council

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the terms of reference of the Strategic Futures Advisory Panel of Liverpool City Council.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Government

      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.

    • Teachers: Trade Unions

      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.

  • Treasury

    • Bank of England: Government Securities

      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...

    • Financial Services

      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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