Written answers

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Rail Industry Association's recent analysis on the progress of projects...

    • Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to establish Great British Railways.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy that rail fares will increase in line with the Retail Price Index in 2023.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to announce the location of the new headquarters for Great British Railways in 2022.

      Railways: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the (a) Cambridge South Station, (b) Northumberland Line, (c) White Rose Station, (d) Thorpe Park, (e) Transpennine Route Upgrade, (f) East...

      Roads: Construction

      To ask, the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the Road projects list in Annex B: Infrastructure Projects of the Growth Plan 2022 are awaiting her consent to begin;...

      Road Traffic Act 1988

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2022 to Question 48313 on Road Traffic Act 1988, whether it is still his policy to publish a call for evidence...

      Department for Transport: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected annual expenditure will be on the Major Projects Portfolio projects for the (i) Rapid Charging Fund, (ii) Midlands Rail Hub, (iii)...

      Department for Transport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials in his Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time...

    • Patents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Standard Essential Patents on SMEs ability to (a) enter and...

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps the Government has taken to help tackle the global climate emergency.

      Employment: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs that are linked to insulating properties in Lancashire.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding; and...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support people who are required to use prepayment energy meters and (a)...

      Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taking steps to support immunocompromised...

      Fuel Oil: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support measures his Department will introduce to assist those who use oil to heat their homes with the rising...

      Small Businesses: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support small businesses in Havering.

      Energy: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase investment in the energy sector.

      Unpaid Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to end unpaid internships.

      Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what data his Department hold on the number of trained insulation installers in the UK.

      Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of installing solar panels along (a) motorways and (b)...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to consumers in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) England of gas transmission...

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed reduction of 10,000 full-time...

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 51421 on Buildings: Insulation, if he will make an estimate of the...

      Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many claimants of Statutory Paternity Pay there have been in each financial year since 2010-11.

      Directors: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount recouped to creditors other than HMRC through Compensation Orders made against...

      Compensation: Court Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of Compensation Orders that have been made and (b) the total amount of...

      Directors: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of directors who have been disqualified for fraudulent activity and have since...

      Public Holidays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to award an additional bank holiday for the coronation of the Monarch.

      Employment Tribunals Service: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125224 on Employment Tribunals Service: Data Protection,...

      Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Good Work Plan: Proposals to support families, published on 19...

      Environment Protection: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward new regulations protect and enhance the UK’s environmental standards in the...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.

      Fuel Poverty: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of levels of fuel poverty in Stockport constituency in each of the last five years.

      British Association of Removers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) discussions and (b) other engagement his Department has had with the British Association of Removers since 26...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, National Grid's announcement of 6 October 2022 that the UK may experience power cuts lasting three hours per day during...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to National Grid's announcement of 6 October 2022 that the UK may experience power cuts lasting three...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for (a) deciding and (b) announcing whether the Government plans to extend Energy Bill Relief...

      Energy Bills Rebate and Energy Price Guarantee: Flats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that people living in blocks of flats with one main electrical meter and separate...

      Carers: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy costs on unpaid carers.

      Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver a (a) modern and (b) green steel sector by 2050.

      Iron and Steel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of establishing a...

      Construction: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the research by the Chartered Institute of Building entitled Understanding Mental Health in the Built...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that energy customers who fall into debt in winter 2022 are not...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • General Practitioners: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      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...

    • Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with officials in her Department on the potential merits of regulating staff who work in social...

      Mental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) promote and (b) implement the guidance by the National Institute for Health and Care...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on reaching the national target of 66.7 per cent for dementia diagnosis rates.

      Care Homes: Streatham

      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 Streatham constituency since 2010.

      Mental Health Services: Weaver Vale

      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 Weaver Vale constituency.

      Health: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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

      Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase the amount provided by the social work bursary.

      Health: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made on the impact in-work poverty on health outcomes.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to publish details on her Department's 10-year plan for dementia.

      NHS: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of rolling out the use of sustainable hydrotreated vegetable oil diesel...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the variation in the dementia diagnosis rate between local authorities; and if she will make a statement.

      Health Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication Delivering for rural England: the second report on rural proofing, published 3 September 2022, what...

      General Practitioners: Manchester Withington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of full-time equivalent and fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in a training grade, that were...

      Life Expectancy: Newham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve life expectancy and (b) address disparities in life expectancy between different (i)...

      Life Expectancy: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and...

      Mental Health Services: Bolton South East

      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 Bolton South East constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Bradford East

      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 Bradford East constituency.

      HIV Infection: Nottingham South

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

      Midwives: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and...

      Mental Health Services: Barking

      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 Barking constituency.

      Malnutrition: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency.

      General Practitioners: Dulwich and West Norwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in Dulwich and West Norwood constituency conducted...

      Mental Health Services: Bristol East

      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 Bristol East constituency.

      NHS: Bradford East

      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 Bradford East constituency.

      NHS: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield constituency.

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data her Department collects on the provision of local retention initiatives in the North East London ICS area.

      Monkeypox: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of naming a person responsible for the UK response to monkeypox.

      NHS England: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Statement of 5 September 2022 on DHSC Update, HCWS291, for what reason a searchable organogram for NHS England was...

      Dementia: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of when dementia diagnosis rates will reach the national target of 66.7 per cent in (a) Kingston upon Hull...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the additional funding announced as part of the National Dementia Mission will be spent on (a) research,...

      Mental Health Services: Easington

      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 Easington constituency.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the delivery plan for the Women’s Health Strategy will be published.

      Surgery: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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 Dulwich and West Norwood constituency in the past...

      HIV Infection: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

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

      NHS: Slough

      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 Slough.

      Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delegation of specialised commissioning responsibility from NHS...

      Mental Health Services: Nottingham South

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

      NHS: Tooting

      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 Tooting constituency.

      Mental Health Services: 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 mental health specialists in Plymouth Sutton...

      Surgery: York

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

      Mental Health Services: Washington and Sunderland 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 mental health specialists in Washington and...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June to Question 24604, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

      Mental Health Services: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland Central constituency.

      Hospitals: Generators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) health and (b) environmental merits of NHS hospitals using sustainable hydrotreated...

      NHS: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to advance the use of digital and technology across the NHS.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times she has met with the Women’s Health Ambassador since their appointment in 2022.

      General Practitioners: Chesterfield

      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...

      Gender Recognition: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidelines available to GPs on offering bridging prescriptions to transgender...

      General Practitioners: Tooting

      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 Tooting.

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      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 in the last three years.

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough...

      General Practitioners: Exeter

      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...

      Maternity Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £127 million announced by the Government on 24 March 2022 to support the maternity NHS workforce and increase...

      General Practitioners: Manchester Withington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP appointments in Manchester Withington constituency were conducted face-to-face in (a) the last 12...

      General Practitioners: Nottingham East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken (a) to increase the number of pre-booked appointments with GPs available in Nottingham East...

      Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department will publish the Government’s Vaccine Strategy.

      General Practitioners: Bradford South

      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 Bradford South constituency.

      General Practitioners: Bradford East

      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 Bradford East constituency.

      General Practitioners: Streatham

      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 Streatham constituency.

      Dental Services: Tooting

      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 Tooting constituency.

      General Practitioners: Chesterfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Chesterfield constituency (a) on 18 October 2022 and...

      Perinatal Mortality: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in rates of perinatal mortality in Worsley and Eccles...

      Pharmacy: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the size of the community pharmacy workforce on the level of...

      Dental Services: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental surgeries are currently admitting new NHS patients in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

      Health: Bolton South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of health inequalities in Bolton South East constituency.

      Life Expectancy: Nottingham South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Nottingham South...

      General Practitioners: Tooting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...

      General Practitioners: 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 full time equivalent fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs who are in a...

      General Practitioners: Birmingham Selly Oak

      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 Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency..

      General Practitioners: Ilford North

      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 the Ilford North constituency as of...

      General Practitioners: Birmingham Selly Oak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Birmingham, Selly Oak (a) on 18 October 2022 and (b)...

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to improve GP retention in the North East London ICS area.

      Breast Cancer: Tooting

      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 Tooting constituency.

      Breast Cancer: Birmingham Selly Oak

      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 Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency..

      General Practitioners: Tooting

      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 Tooting constituency.

      Breast Cancer: Warrington North

      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 Warrington North constituency.

      Diabetes: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

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

      General Practitioners: Warrington North

      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 and Quality Commission in Warrington North constituency as of...

      Dental Services: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Worsley and...

      General Practitioners: City of Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...

      General Practitioners: Birmingham Selly Oak

      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...

      General Practitioners: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in...

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 59947 on General Practitioners: Greater London, how many NHS GPs there were by (a)...

      General Practitioners: 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 GP practices that were open in Leeds North West constituency (a) on the...

      General Practitioners: Wirral 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...

      Medical Equipment: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that people who use life-saving medical equipment at home would be able to continue to...

      General Practitioners: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to issue a Preliminary Policy Proposition on secondary mitral regurgitation for consultation.

      Dental Services: Exeter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in Exeter...

      Dementia: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to provide additional resources to GP practices in deprived areas to increase dementia screening rates.

      General Practitioners: Garston and Halewood

      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 Garston and Halewood constituency.

      Care Homes: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to (a) intervene in the market for agency care workers and (b) reduce the cost of employing care staff.

      Dental Services: Wirral 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 Wirral West constituency.

      Care Homes: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland Central constituency...

      Care Homes: Slough

      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 Slough constituency.

      Dental Services: County Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of NHS dentistry in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) County Durham.

      Care Homes: Worsley and Eccles South

      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 Worsley and Eccles South...

      Dental Services: Luton South

      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 Luton South constituency.

      Dental Services: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of NHS dental (a) coverage and (b) provision in Shropshire.

      General Practitioners: Walsall South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...

      Dental Services: Garston and Halewood

      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 Garston and Halewood constituency.

      Dental Services: Bristol East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of NHS dentist provision in Bristol East constituency.

      Diabetes: Lancaster and Fleetwood

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

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to meet its target of recruiting an additional 6,000 GPs by 2025.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that death caused by clinical negligence in the NHS contributes to improved clinical practice.

      Black Country Integrated Care System: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve GP retention in the Black Country ICS area.

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the retention of GPs in London.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Sum funding for Primary Care Networks in England went unspent for each of the years that...

      General Practitioners: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has provided additional (a) financial and (b) other support to help tackle (i) patient backlogs and (ii) increased...

      General Practitioners: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries are currently rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Leeds North West constituency.

      Dental Services

      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; and what recent assessment she has made of the...

      Infectious Diseases: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Integrated Care Systems will be required to set out plans to support quality improvement in how they screen and monitor for...

      General Practitioners: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will take steps to increase the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

      General Practitioners: Ilford North

      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...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a tiered system of redress for the Vaccine Damages Payment Scheme to...

      Breast Cancer: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

      General Practitioners: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of FTE fully qualified GPs, practicing in Sheffield Brightside and...

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP surgeries have closed in (a) Lewisham East constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Greater London since 2017.

      Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what methods her Department uses to monitor trends in the levels of malnutrition across the population in England.

      Malnutrition: West Ham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of malnutrition in West Ham constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Garston and Halewood

      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 Garston and Halewood constituency.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to appoint a deputy Women’s Health Ambassador; and if she will set out a timeline of their appointment.

      Females: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of covid-19 on women's (a) reproductive and (b) menstrual health.

      Monkeypox: Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department will take to address the displaced activity that monkeypox has caused within the sexual health services.

      Meningitis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps she has taken to increase uptake of the MenB vaccination.

      Food: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department will take to help ensure that the Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulation 2021 does not have a...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for the delivery of the 250,000 Imvanex doses needed to fulfil the monkeypox vaccination programme.

      Mental Health Services: Jarrow

      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 Jarrow constituency.

      Chief Medical Officer: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Chief Medical Office plans to publish his annual report for 2022.

      Mental Health Services: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Eltham

      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 Eltham constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Nottingham 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 Nottingham South constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      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 Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Streatham

      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 Streatham constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Stretford and Urmston

      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 Stretford and Urmston constituency.

      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 improve access to mental health services in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

      Malnutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October to Question 60971 on malnutrition, for what reasons her Department have not made an assessment of...

      Mental Health Services: Stockton North

      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 Stockton North constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Hove

      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 Hove constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Putney

      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 Putney constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth South constituency.

      Eating Disorders: Chesterfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help support young people with eating disorders in Chesterfield constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Chesterfield

      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 Chesterfield.

      Mental Health Services: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

      Eating Disorders: Wirral South

      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 Wirral South constituency.

      Eating Disorders: Slough

      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 Slough constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Ilford North

      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 Ilford North constituency.

      Care Homes: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport...

      Care Homes: Liverpool Wavertree

      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 Liverpool Wavertree constituency...

      Care Homes: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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 Dulwich and West Norwood...

      Memory Clinics: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of additional members of staff Memory Assessment Services will require to (a) clear the backlog...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is her Department's policy to double dementia research funding.

  • Department for Education

    • Pre-school Education: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has provided recent additional support to maintained nursery schools in Stockport constituency in the context of rising inflation.

    • Ofsted: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspectors, among those completing inspections on behalf of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and...

      Schools: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Veterans: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of veterans who have been evicted in each month of 2022.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of correspondence to the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre was responded to within (a) 20 (b) 40 and (c) 60 or more working days...

      Prisons: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of X-ray scanners deployed to prevent illegal items entering prisons; and whether he plans to roll...

      Prisoners: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving a sentence for murder or manslaughter had an indictment for rape or sexual assault that has been ordered to lie on file.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Australia: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 60981 on Australia: Visits Abroad, for what reason no costs...

    • Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to promote better working conditions and employment rights in the fashion industry...

      Bangladesh: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in Bangladesh.

      USA: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on support for the US sending troops to Taiwan to...

      Elnaz Rekabi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Iranian government on the disappearance of Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has detected hostile involvement in the damaging of undersea cables between UK territories since 2019.

    • Armed Forces: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by the armed forces to humanitarian and international aid as an addition to the annual Official...

      Estonia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total annual budget of Operation CABRIT.

      Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to secure undersea cables connecting UK territories from damage and acts of sabotage.

      Defence Equipment: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total UK contribution to the European Sky Shield Initiative.

      China: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prevent former RAF pilots from training the Chinese military.

      Islamic State: Middle East and North Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential threat posed by so-called Islamic State to (a) UK security interests and (b) regional stability in...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the £2.3bn military aid committed by the Government to Ukraine has been spent.

      Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to secure undersea cables connecting UK territories from damage and acts of sabotage.

      RAF Saxa Vord: Telecommunications Cables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the damage sustained to the subsea cable to Shetland disrupted a) air defence radar and b) associated radios and data at RAF Saxa Vord.

      HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects repairs to HMS Prince of Wales to be completed; and when that ship will be ready for deployment.

      Annington Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key performance indicators are included in the national management contract for housing allocations, repairs and maintenance held by Pinnacle Group...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for a new claim for the Personal Independence Payment to be (a) processed and (b) paid.

    • Employment: Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her speech to the Policy Exchange think tank on 13th October 2022, what steps she is taking to support employers to improve...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the North East Child Poverty Commission entitled Getting the building blocks wrong: Early childhood poverty in...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the fall in the value of Sterling on the adequacy of the level of (a)...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the North East Child Poverty Commission entitled Getting the building blocks wrong: Early childhood poverty in...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the £1.3 billion investment over three years in employment support for disabled people and people with health conditions announced by...

      Employment: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people with mental illness who take regular absences from work.

      Working Hours: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the number employees reducing working hours due to the menopause and (b) the subsequent effect...

      Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help older members of the workforce (a) adapt to and (b) retrain in an evolving job market.

      Employment Schemes: Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to replace the provision provided to people over 50 seeking employment by the European Social Fund.

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has produced an impact assessment on the impact of different scenarios for benefits uprating on poverty levels across...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government is taking steps to help reduce the number of people leaving the workforce as a result of the menopause.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 55061 on Social Security Benefits, on what date was the Benefit Cap last reviewed.

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of currently levels of support in the workplace for menopausal employees whose...

      Work and Health Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number of new participants in the Work and Health Programme in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

      Unemployed People: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional steps his Department is taking to support people seeking jobs with the cost of living.

      Employment: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her speech to the Policy Exchange think tank on 13 October 2022, what steps she is taking to support employers to improve...

      Social Security Benefits: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to increase social security benefits in line with inflation; and if she will make an assessment of the...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to tackle stigma of menopause in the workplace.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the level of child poverty in City of Durham constituency.

      Employment: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department provides to people without internet access on applying for jobs that only accept online applications.

      Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials in her Department are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (a) headcount and (b) Full Time Equivalent.

      Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings she has held with organisations representing pensioners since her appointment.

      Support for Mortgage Interest

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to vary the nature of Support for Mortgage Interest, in the context of rises to the Bank of England base rate.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to reform the assessment process for disability benefits; and what steps his Department takes to consult...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of requests for reasonable adjustments in the workplace by a menopausal employee...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government is taking steps to help ensure that employers are aware of the reasonable adjustments they could introduce in the...

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that children with disabilities and their families have sufficient financial support to help (a) power...

      Carer's Allowance: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of raising Carer’s Allowance in line with inflation on household incomes.

      Job Centres: Autism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to progress the collaboration between the National Autistic Society and Department for Work and Pensions on testing...

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a Personal Independent Payment assessment for people (a) over and (b) under the age of 50 in each of the...

      Guardianship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the rules for appointeeships so that more than one person can take on the...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Railways

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

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help minimise the financial impact of a failure to pay child maintenance on the receiving parent.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the adequacy of the (a) size and (b) resources of the data and analytics team within her Department.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of whether there is a link between people (a) applying for, (b) claiming and (c) under sanction in relation to...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Barrow in Furness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that the closure of Phoenix House on those seeking to claim (a) Industrial Injuries...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will uprate benefits in April 2023 in line with inflation.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants her Department plans on going through Universal Credit migration before April 2023.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the principal reasons for which the average age of labour market exit has changed in the period since (a)...

      Low Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the research by Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith entitled Supporting progression out of low pay: a call to action, published on...

      Social Security Benefits: Visually Impaired

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating benefits for blind and partially sighted people before April 2023 in the...

      Childcare: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 62963 on Childcare: Tax Allowances, what plans she has to (a) monitor and (b) implement...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expected annual (a) resource and (b) capital expenditure will be on the Major Projects Portfolio projects entitled (i) Universal...

      Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on the development of Collective Defined Contribution pensions in the UK.

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of pensions payments in future years.

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the state pension in line with average earnings on levels of...

      Pensions: Consumer Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on pensions dashboards.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of Personal Independence Payment assessment providers.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment assessors have (a) medical experience or (b) expertise on (i) strokes and (ii) other conditions.

      Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what input Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessors have on shaping the PIP assessment to ensure it is fit for purpose.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Office for Environmental Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Answer of 15 January 2001 to Question 133186, when he will publish the summary of the business case for...

    • Local Nature Recovery Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Government’s proposals for planning liberalisation in Investment Zones will be aligned with the requirement in...

      Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Modelling of future PM2.5 in support of the Defra air quality target setting process and the Chair's...

      Farms: Reservoirs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of water storage in on-farm reservoirs.

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he intends to publish the findings of the review of the case for implementing Schedule 3 to the Flood and Water...

      Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to (a) progress with the passage of the Kept Animals Bill and (b) include all the parts...

      Farms: Reservoirs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact current on-farm reservoir storage levels on the level of farmer...

      Horticulture: Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure farmers will have access to the water they need to produce adequate fruit and vegetable yields...

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to set a target for the reduction of the use of single-use plastic...

  • Home Office

    • Common Travel Area: Schengen Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the compatibility of the Common Travel Area with Schengen Area membership.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Tooting dated 24 May 2022, reference RA45408.

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are in (a) initial accommodation and (b) temporary hotel accommodation.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrived in the UK by small boats across the Channel in each month since January 2019; and how many and what proportion of...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the support services provided by SERCO to asylum seekers housed in hotels; and...

      Visas: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the processing time for spousal and partner visa applications has been extended.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timescale is for people to receive a response after submitting an application to the Homes for Ukraine scheme as of 18 October 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department intends to reply to correspondence of 8 July from the Rt Hon. Member for East Ham, case reference ST98977.

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for Further Leave to Remain (Family and Private Life) applications in the latest period for which data...

      Visas: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processing time for Family Visas.

      Visas: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of visa renewal fees on migrants.

      Fire and Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made on the impact of a potential national Fire and Rescue service strike on home safety assessments.

      Body Searches: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to publish data on the strip and intimate search of children by police disaggregated by age, ethnicity and gender.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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

      Abortion: Clinics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made on the viability on police enforced buffer zones around abortion clinics.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of homes that will be built across all Investment Zones by 2025.

    • Buildings: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 17 October 2022, Official Report, column 389, in response to a Question from...

      Fuel Poverty: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with local councils on the provision of warm spaces; and whether his Department...

      Affordable Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to increase the threshold at which developers must build affordable housing within investment zone.

      Social Rented Housing: City of Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Government has made of the availability of social housing in the City of Durham constituency.

      Capital Investment: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the introduction of the Investment Zone initiative in Wales.

      Capital Investment: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether environmental standards in investment zones will be maintained at the same level as standards outside of those zones.

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on building affordable homes.

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to extend the deadline to submit new applications for the Help to Buy Scheme.

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 64279 on Levelling Up Fund, how the project adjustment process...

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of building more social homes amid the cost of living crisis.

      Rents: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the rise in rental costs on the...

  • Treasury

    • Rented Housing: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to help protect people who rent from the potential detrimental effects caused by changes to the UK economy.

    • Banks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of levying a windfall tax on commercial banks.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who may be reliant on benefits as a result of the loan charge and associated activity since it was launched.

      Motor Vehicles: Import Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to confer eligibility for temporary importation vehicle relief under the HMRC form C110 on people who have arrived under the Homes...

      Revenue and Customs: Training

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC officers are trained in respect on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 including on data protection.

      Treasury: EU Law

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) HMRC are working on Retained EU Law legislation, as (i) headcount and (ii) Full Time Equivalent.

      Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the HMRC helpline a freephone service.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Swimming Pools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help swimming pools stay open in the context of increases in the cost of energy.

    • Rugby: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to help prevent premiership rugby clubs from closure due to the financial impact of covid-19.

      Youth Investment Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish the programmes that were allocated funding from the Youth Investment Fund for youth programmes and...

      Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that large charities publish key...

      Civil Society: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will make an assessment of the level of reliance on (a) charities and (b) crisis support organisations in...

      John Major: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the House of Commons Library Research Paper 96/53 of 19 April 1996 on Questions of Procedure for Ministers,...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment the Government has made of trends in the levels of violence against women and girls.

    • Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Government's plans for a Sexual and Reproductive Health...

      Medical Examiners

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an equalities impact assessment of its proposed introduction of the statutory medical examiner system from April 2023.

      New Businesses: Females

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support female entrepreneurs.

      Females: Personal Income

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential correlation between the cost and availability of childcare provision and women’s incomes.

  • Department for Transport

    • Trains: Consumer Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 8 July (HL1422), why the rail announcement telling passengers to report anything they...

    • A303: Stonehenge

      To ask His Majesty's Government what area of the 21.16 hectare Bow Tie Field at Stonehenge would have to be compulsorily acquired for construction of a new dual carriageway, eastern tunnel...

      Great British Railways

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the establishment of Great British Railways; and if so, when they plan to announce details of its (1) headquarters, and (2) operation.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Weather: Forecasts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what activities they are undertaking to support precision and reliability of atmospheric observation to improve weather forecasting.

    • Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect customers with prepayment energy meters this winter.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of new prepayment energy meters installed this upcoming winter.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of (1) forced prepay energy meter installs, and (2) forced prepay energy meter switches, that will take place this winter.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to communicate factual information to the public on how to save money on their energy bills.

      Renewable Energy: Profits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the planned cap on renewable energy revenues does not deter investment into the UK.

      Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to obtain agreement for climate change mitigation measures through the World Trade Organization.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Sickle Cell Diseases: Prescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia report No One's Listening: An Inquiry into the Avoidable Deaths and Failures of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Criminal Cases Review Commission: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the Criminal Cases Review Commission has sufficient resources to speed up its consideration of cases.

    • Women's Centres: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the sufficiency of the £24 million of new funding for Women’s Centres announced on 1 September in (a) preventing...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Development Aid: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make public records of gender programme spending by (1) the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, (2) the Foreign, Commonwealth and...

    • Conflict Resolution: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to set up a dedicated budget for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan.

      Refugee Convention

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to review the 1951 United Nations Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees with a view to supporting its modernisation,...

      Palestinians: Non-governmental Organisations

      To ask His Majesty's Government which Palestinian registered non-governmental organisations they fund; and with which they have contact.

      Dubai: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the government of Dubai is holding approximately 450 migrant workers in detention centres pending forced deportation...

      Abduljalil al-Singace

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make, if any, to the government of Bahrain about the (1) imprisonment, and (2) prospects of release from imprisonment, of Dr...

      Bahrain: Capital Punishment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in conducting Overseas, Security and Justice Assistance assessments for 2020-21 for programmes delivered under the Gulf Strategy Fund, they have sought an...

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Human Rights Watch and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy The Court is Satisfied with the...

      Mohamed Ramadan

      To ask His Majesty's Government, when were the last five occasions they raised the case of Mohammed Ramadhan with the government of Bahrain; what was the title of the UK representative who...

      Nicaragua: Political Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the video address by Arturo McFields, the Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) on 23 March, in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Water: Death

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data from (1) the Royal Life Saving Society, and (2) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, that there were at least...

    • Universal Credit: Uprating

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase Universal Credit in line with inflation.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the single farm payment.

    • Agricultural Products: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the Movement Assistance Scheme since its creation.

      Agriculture: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase scientific research into (1) organic, (2) biodynamic, (3) permaculture, and (4) aquaculture, methods of food production, and...

      Biofuels: Subsidies

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will end subsidies on land used for growing crops for bio-fuel.

      Food Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that (1) farms, (2) food producers, (3) manufacturers, and (4) packagers, remain in business during this period of heightened...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Honours

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, resignation honours lists will be published following the resignations of (1) Boris Johnson, and (2) Liz Truss.

    • Public Duty Costs Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the outgoing Prime Minister, Liz Truss, will receive the Public Duty Cost Allowance.

      Public Duty Costs Allowance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of the Public Duty Cost Allowance; and whether they stipulate how it is spent.

      Offshore Structures: Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan (HL2382), whether the Cabinet Office coordination of departmental actions takes place from an operations room...

  • Treasury

    • National Savings and Investments: Premium Bonds

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the amount of money which individuals can hold in National Savings Premium Bonds.

    • Trader Support Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total cost to date of the Trader Support Service.

      National Insurance Contributions: Limited Liability

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of national insurance contributions which would be raised if all partners of Limited Liability Partnerships were...

      UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government which schemes they have introduced to facilitate trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland since the introduction of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

      Retail Trade: Money

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of retailers no longer accepting cash as a form of payment; and what steps they will take to ensure that cash is...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Peers: Allowances

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what would be the rate of attendance allowance for Members of the House of Lords in October 2022 if it had been uprated in line with inflation since it was...

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