Written answers

Thursday, 3 November 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railway Stations: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure ticket offices are available at rural railway stations.

    • First TransPennine Express: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the rail contract between the Secretary of State and First Trans Pennine Express Limited and predecessor contracts, how many FTE...

      First TransPennine Express: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the rail contract between the Secretary of State and First Trans Pennine Express Limited and predecessor contracts, how many drivers...

      Narborough Railway Station: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of installing a self-service ticket machine at Narborough Railway Station.

      Railways: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many changes to the rail timetable are planned in December 2022.

      Department for Transport: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Ministers in his Department have forwarded emails from their Departmental account to a private email account in the last five years.

      Large Goods Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 67938 on Large Goods Vehicles, how many operators have registered since the legislation...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish guidance for local authorities relating to School Streets.

      Avanti West Coast: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in Avanti West Coast services on the economy of Stockport.

      Avanti West Coast: Cleaning Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of inflation on cleaners employed by Atalian Servest on Avanti West Coast services.

      Road Traffic: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which constituencies the successful applicants to his Department's pilot for noise cameras are located.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on recruitment, employment and all other costs associated with the establishment of Great British Railways to date.

      A483

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans are in place to reduce traffic and improve safety on the A483 road on the Wales-Shropshire border.

      Doncaster Sheffield Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Ministerial meetings have taken place with Peel Group and/or their representatives regarding Doncaster Sheffield Airport since January 2022.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fireworks: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of changes to fireworks regulations in...

    • Climate Change Convention and Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the assessment carried out by his Department in relation to the Energy Charter Treaty’s...

      Climate Change Convention and Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 72291 on Climate Change Convention and Energy Charter Treaty, by...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will take steps to provide support for people who do not have electricity provided through a...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 68531 on Retail Trade: Energy, if he will make an estimate of the...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many jobs have been created in the Liverpool City Region through Government investment in offshore wind.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 68531 on Retail Trade: Energy, if he will make an estimate of the...

      Heat Pumps: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 71041 on heat pumps, how many heat pumps have been installed in...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 71041 on heat pumps, what his Department’s plans are to...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects households in Northern Ireland to receive Energy Bill Support Scheme payments.

      Hydrogen: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled Hydrogen Strategy Update to the Market: July 2022, published in July 2022,...

      Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2022 to Question 65714 on the LAD2 Scheme in Sefton, for what reason the LAD2...

      Fracking: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact a presumption against issuing any further Hydraulic Fracturing Consents on the basis of potential seismic...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has invested in offshore wind in the Liverpool City Region.

      Renewable Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that community-owned wind farms, solar farms and hydro schemes that reinvest...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to mitigate against the reductions in regulations envisaged by the Retained EU Law...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the cost of energy since 1 January 2022.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential implications of variations in regional energy distribution...

      Small Modular Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support UK-based engineering companies in developing Small Modular Nuclear reactors.

      Business: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many business deaths there were in (a) the UK and (b) each of the G7 countries excluding the UK in the last quarter.

      Small Businesses: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding his Department has provided to SMEs to (a) transition to renewable energy and (b) reach net...

      Small Businesses: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public funding his Department has made available to SMEs through the Climate Change Agreements Scheme in each...

      Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much public money has been made available to small and medium-sized enterprises through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

      Tuberculosis: Medical Treatments and Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of the £20 billion in funding for research and development announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help support proactive and predictive immunology research into second and...

      Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government provides to foreign (a) companies and (b) scientists seeking to collaborate with UK...

      Medical Equipment: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Policy Paper entitled Life Sciences Vision, published in July 2021, what steps he is...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

      Consumer Goods: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on holding online marketplaces responsible for the safety of...

      Iron and Steel: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 67891 on Iron and Steel: Finance, what were the conclusions of...

      Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to introduce obligatory pay gap reporting with respect to ethnic minority employees.

      Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the rate of income replacement for maternity, paternity, and parental leave.

      Technology: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment with the Competition and Markets Authority of the implications for their...

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Email

      To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of whether her predecessor forwarded official documents from her government email to her personal email address from (a) 13 February 2020...

    • Sexual Offences: Privacy

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to protect the privacy rights of survivors of sexual offence cases in a court of law by ensuring the non disclosure of their counselling records.

      Serious Fraud Office: Standards

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Serious Fraud Office on complex cases of fraud.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS England long-term workforce plan will include a specific plan for (a) midwifery and (b) other occupations...

    • NHS Learning Support Fund: Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives have received support under the NHS Learning Support Fund, and how much financial support they have received, (a) in...

      Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions he has with representatives of (i) pharmaceutical and (ii) life science companies on changes to the...

      Skin Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the potential number of atopic dermatitis patients who are eligible for biologic treatments but are not...

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the number of University places available to study medicine on...

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to implement an NHS workforce plan to support Parkinson's care.

      General Practitioners: Nottingham South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of GP appointments in Nottingham South constituency that were conducted face to...

      Life Expectancy: Edmonton

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

      General Practitioners: Easington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices that were open in Easington constituency on (a) 31 October 2022 and...

      Making Smoking Obsolete Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to Javed Khan’s Making Smoking Obsolete review.

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress in meeting the Government’s smokefree targets; and whether he plans to retain those targets.

      General Practitioners: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review the policy of permitting General Practices to charge individuals for letters confirming a patient's health...

      General Practitioners: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Slough in the last 12 months; and what that number was...

      Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS workforce strategy will include specific projections of workforce needs with respect to (a) consultant...

      Life Expectancy: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Newcastle.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to equip clinicians with accurate information about the benefits of smokers switching to vaping as recommended by...

      NHS: Luton South

      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 Luton South constituency.

      Life Expectancy: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of healthy life expectancy in Slough.

      General Practitioners: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Slough; and what that number was in 2013.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timetable is for the publication of the long-term NHS workforce plan; and whether that plan will be underpinned by...

      General Practitioners: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on meeting the target to deliver 50 million extra general practice appointments a year; and what...

      Maternity Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) producing a workforce plan for maternity services and (b) long-term funding...

      General Practitioners: Luton South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices that were open in Luton South constituency on (a) 26 October 2022 and...

      Social Services: Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the backlog of DBS check applications for people seeking to work in social care; and what assessment she...

      Dermatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Allergy UK's report entitled Not Just Skin Deep: Getting under the skin of eczema, published in November 2022, what...

      Dyslexia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with dyslexia in the UK in each of the last five years.

      Care Homes: Luton 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 Luton South constituency since 2010.

      Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to improve access to radiotherapy for patients waiting for cancer treatment.

      NHS: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for potential industrial action by NHS staff in winter 2022-23.

      Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help increase the availability of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

      Nurses: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional nurses have been delivered in the 2019 Parliament to date.

      Neurology: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS (a) medics, (b) specialist nursing staff, (c) physios, (d) speech and language...

      Neurology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on neurological sciences in each of the last five years.

      Surgery: Nottingham South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Nottingham South constituency in the last 12 months.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to take steps to end the requirement for staff working in care homes to wear face masks.

      NHS: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact that repeated disruption of energy supplies and national power outages would have...

      Agency Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the (a) use and (b) costs of (i) locum and (ii) agency...

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her Department last discussed the local government finance settlement in respect to adult social care service provision demands...

      General Practitioners: Edmonton

      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 Edmonton today; and what that number was in 2013.

      Dental Services: Nottingham East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to address the shortage of NHS dentists, particularly in Nottingham East constituency.

      NHS: Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Statement of 5 September 2022 on DHSC Update, HCWS291, what information she plans to make available to patients...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will increase the value of Healthy Start payments to keep in line with food price inflation.

      General Practitioners: Bradford East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP appointments in Bradford East were conducted face-to-face in the last 12 months; and what that figure...

      Tobacco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when her department will publish the Tobacco Control Plan.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to ensure that all children will have access to an NHS dentist.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2022 to Question HL2011, what progress her Department has made on (a) collecting and (b) publishing...

      Dairy Products: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps to promote the inclusion of dairy in children's diets.

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department has taken to begin the inaugural reproductive health experiences survey.

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy published on 20 July 2022, and the specific commitment to commission a reproductive...

      Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the views of relevant stakeholders are taken into account in the development of the Sexual...

      Contraceptives: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 7 September 2022 to Question 46199 on Contraceptives: Finance, what steps her Department is taking to tackle...

      Contraceptives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Office for Health Improvement and Disparities' findings that the total prescribed long acting reversible contraception...

      General Practitioners: Eltham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that surgeries in Eltham constituency can fill GP vacancies.

      Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of avoidable mortality.

      Health Services: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with (a) clinically vulnerable, (b) clinically extremely vulnerable and (c) immunosuppressed patient support groups to...

      Food: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to introduce new regulations to replace EU regulations on food safety.

      NHS England: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England on the timescale for publication of its vaccination and immunisation strategy.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to help ensure that GP surgeries employ more (a) GP Assistants and (b) Advanced Practitioners.

      General Practitioners: Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will relax the restrictions on dispensing pharmaceuticals in GP surgeries to enable more patients to obtain their medication from...

      Monkeypox: Publicity and Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide (a) vaccines against monkeypox and (b) accurate public information on monkeypox.

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure sexual health clinics can continue to deliver a full range of services alongside delivering the...

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost of employing 1,000 additional GP assistants as outlined in the Government's...

      Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the debate entitled Preventing vaccine discrimination, which took...

      Monkeypox: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 59084 on Monkeypox: Vaccination, what his timescale is for the completion of the...

      Dental Services: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England is taking steps to ensure that integrated care systems will provide NHS dental services from April 2023.

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she is taking steps with the Devolved Administrations on developing a consistent approach to vaping regulations as part of her...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the regulatory approval of covid-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid, what plans she has for the usage of this vaccine as (a) a...

      Vaccine Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the expected annual (a) current and (b) capital expenditure on the Vaccines Taskforce will be in each financial year of that...

      General Practitioners: Luton South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of FTE fully-qualified GPs, excluding GPs in a training grade, who were practicing in...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a health disparities white paper.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Newcastle Upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Healthy Start Vouchers have been (a) used and (b) claimed in Newcastle in each month of 2022 to date.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) what covid-19 guidance remains in place for dentists, (b) for what reason it continues to apply following the pandemic, and (c) what...

      General Practitioners: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of GP practices that were open in Worsley and Eccles South constituency (a) on 13...

      Malnutrition: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 64166 on Malnutrition: Lancaster and Fleetwood, for what reason no specific assessment...

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she will take to (a) increase uptake of vaccination and (b) raise greater awareness of the risks of being unvaccinated in...

      General Practitioners: Luton 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 Luton South constituency as of 20...

      Vaccination: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to improve the uptake of vaccinations in (a) Black African and (b) Black Caribbean adults.

      General Practitioners: Bradford South

      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 Bradford South constituency (a) in 2013 and...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the application of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 to include...

      General Practioners: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of full-time equivalent fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade,...

      Nurses: Sunderland Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to promote the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school nurses in Sunderland Central constituency.

      Private Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an assessment on the potential impact on patient health and wellbeing of people who have had to use private...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce ambulance waiting times.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve ambulance response times.

      Hospital Wards: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many wards are closed or not being used as a ward; and which hospitals those wards are in.

      Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for motor neurone disease research and treatment.

      Prescriptions: Barking and Dagenham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made on the number of people in my constituency of Barking and Dagenham who are unable to afford...

      Midwives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) private and (b) NHS midwives working in each clinical commissioning group area in...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a workforce plan for the NHS.

      Diseases: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible patients are receiving a biologic for (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) dermatology, (c) immunology,...

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the Government's policy on NHS pension taxation on workforce numbers in NHS England.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support her Department is providing to immunosuppressed people to help prevent the spread of covid-19; what progress the government...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact of delaying the procurement of covid-19 treatment Evusheld on people who are...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings his Department held with (a) Unison, (b) GMB, (c) the Royal College of Nursing, (d) the British Medical Association and...

      Sleep

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to increase funding for research into (a) sighted non 24 sleep wake disorder and (b) other similar sleep disorders;...

      NHS: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact that failures in the continuity of the supply of medical products would have on the...

      Radiology: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on patients of the 37 per cent shortfall of clinical radiology consultants in the Northeast of...

      Maternity Services: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ringfencing of a proportion of her Department's funding settlement for the...

      Maternity Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing nationally agreed minimum staffing levels for maternity and neonatal...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Baby Loss and Maternity All Party Parliamentary Groups entitled Safe Staffing: The impact of staffing...

      Independent Investigation into East Kent Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the report of the Independent Investigation into East Kent...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will record (a) how many veterans are seen by NHS commissioned services for mental health support, (b) the time to enter treatment...

      Health Services and Social Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of regulatory changes at the Care Quality Commission on (a) users of health and...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans requested mental health support in each month of (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, and (d) 2022.

      Abortion: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the International Safe Abortion Day 2022 which took place on 28 September 2022, what steps her Department is taking to...

      Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans have requested mental health support in each month since January 2019.

      General Practitioners: Brentford and Isleworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of GP appointments there were in Brentford and Isleworth constituency in (a) the...

      General Practitioners: Luton South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of GP appointments there were in Luton South constituency in (a) the last 12 months...

      Health: Walsall South

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

      Health: City of Durham

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

      Health: Garston and Halewood

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

      Health: Nottingham South

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

      Health: Worsley and Eccles South

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

      Health: Weaver Vale

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

      Health: Bradford South

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

      Health: Washington and Sunderland West

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

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the number of places at medical schools on the Government's priorities...

      Health: Easington

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

      Health: Slough

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

      Malnutrition: Wirral West

      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 West constituency.

      Malnutrition: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      Malnutrition: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

      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 Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency.

      Malnutrition: Stockport

      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 Stockport constituency.

      Malnutrition: Garston and Halewood

      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 Garston and Halewood constituency.

      HIV Infection: Easington

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

      HIV Infection: Exeter

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

      HIV Infection: Washington and Sunderland West

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

      HIV Infection: Slough

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

      HIV Infection: Streatham

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

      Dental Services: Easington

      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 Easington...

      HIV Infection: Chesterfield

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

      HIV Infection: Warrington North

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

      Dental Services: Bradford

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

      General Practitioners: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of FTE Fully qualified GPs, excluding GPs in Training Grade, practicing in...

      Midwives: Luton South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Luton South constituency.

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average ambulance response time was in each response time category in each region in each of the last five years.

      Breast Cancer: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for breast reconstruction was in each hospital trust in each financial year since 2017.

      Hospitals: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of whether there will be sufficient full-time equivalent consultants to meet patient demand in the next (a)...

      Paxlovid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 2.75 million courses of Paxlovid procured by the Government have reached their expiry date as of 26 October 2022.

      Midwives: 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 midwives in Easington constituency.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many medicine by presentations included within the Voluntary Patient Access Scheme have had NHS List Price increase approved by their...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she expects the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to conclude its appraisal of Evusheld.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Minister in her Department holds responsibility for (a) medicine regulation and (b) patient safety.

      Psilocybin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will discuss the potential approval of psilocybin as a medicine with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will maintain the commitment to publish the NHS workforce strategy by the end of 2022.

      General Practitioners: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland Central constituency.

      Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the (a) dangers and (b) legality of sharing antibiotics; and if she will make a statement.

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to meet with patient groups, charities and clinicians representing the #Forgotten500k campaign.

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the NICE’s Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee is expected to meet to develop guidance on mitral valve...

      General Practitioners: Edmonton

      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 grades, practicing in Edmonton...

      Digital Technology and Health Services: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will support the healthtech sector by prioritising the development of domestic assurance routes that will allow recognition of...

      General Practitioners: Bradford East

      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 a training grade that were practicing in...

      Home Care Services: Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impacts of the requirement for domiciliary eye-care providers to submit a pre-visit...

      Neurology: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to develop a clinical network for neurological conditions.

      Dental Services: Somerset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment, (b) training and (c) retention of NHS dentists in Somerset.

      Health Visitors and Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) FTE nurses and (b) health visitors there were in the NHS workforce, by region, in each of the last five years.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 63059 on General Practitioners: Bradford South, tabled by the Hon. Member for Bradford South on 12...

      NHS: Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hours of unpaid overtime have NHS (a) nurses, (b) doctors, (c) midwives, (d) paramedics and (e) staff overall, worked in each of...

      Malnutrition: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) tackle malnutrition.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of community pharmacies carrying out (a) blood pressure monitoring and (b) other...

      Surgery: Bradford East

      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 Bradford East constituency.

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish further information on its future plans for the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service; how many special...

      General Practitioners: Bradford East

      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 Bradford East; and what that number was in 2013.

      Surgery: Wirral 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 Wirral West constituency.

      Allied Health Professions and Educational Psychology: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of (a) educational psychologists, (b) speech and language therapists and (c)...

      Surgery: Washington and Sunderland 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 Washington and Sunderland West constituency.

      Dental Services: Somerton and Frome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the NHS dentistry provision in Somerton and Frome constituency.

      Surgery: Dulwich and West Norwood

      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 Dulwich and West Norwood constituency.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the health and care workforce is able to meet growing patient demand.

      Surgery: Warrington North

      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 Warrington North constituency.

      Surgery: Bermondsey and Old Southwark

      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 Bermondsey and Old Southwark constituency.

      Surgery: Bolton South East

      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 Bolton South East constituency.

      Surgery: Luton South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce waiting times for elective surgeries in Luton South constituency.

      Surgery: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      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 Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

      Surgery: Barking and Dagenham

      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 Barking and Dagenham.

      Surgery: Bradford South

      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 Bradford South constituency.

      Medicine: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the current number of places to study medicine in universities on the...

      Midwives: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to tackle shortages of midwifes.

      Surgery: West Ham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled NHS operations in the West Ham constituency in the past 12...

      Surgery: 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 cancelled operations in Leeds North West constituency in the last 12 months.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is her policy to publish the NHS workforce strategy by the end of 2022.

      Health: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the specific healthcare needs of (a) trans and (b) non-binary people are included in the Women’s Health Strategy for England 2022.

      Midwives: Warrington North

      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 Warrington North constituency.

      Midwives: 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 midwives in Nottingham South constituency.

      Midwives: 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 midwives in Washington and Sunderland West...

      NHS: Ealing 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 Ealing North constituency.

      Autism: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the national strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026, updated on 22 July 2021, whether it...

      Coronavirus: Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to provide financial support to health and social care workers who have been required to...

      NHS: York

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

      Doctors: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement on 22 September 2022 that the General Medical Council will extend the temporary emergency registration...

      Pharmacy: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Department will publish its plans to reform pharmacy as part of the primary care reform plan.

      General Practitioners: Edmonton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of how many GP appointments took place in Edmonton in the last 12 months; and what that...

      Malnutrition: Edmonton

      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 Edmonton constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Walsall 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 Walsall South...

      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 support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Worsley and...

      Malnutrition: Easington

      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 Easington constituency.

      Veterans Mobility Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure the future of the Veterans Mobility Fund.

      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 support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Bermondsey and...

      Mental Health Services: 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 mental health specialists in Wirral West...

      Diabetes and Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2022 to Question 140404 on Diabetes and Eating Disorders, where the five additional pilot sites...

      Midwives: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland Central constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to mental health services in Feltham and Heston constituency.

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department are taking steps to provide additional mental health support, in the context of the rising cost of living.

      Mental Health Services: Sunderland Central

      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 Sunderland...

      General Practitioners: Feltham and Heston

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

      Mental Health Services: Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of schools' current ability to make referrals to CAMHS services.

      Smoking: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to publishing a smoking action plan.

      Learning Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that have been registered as having a learning disability in each of the last five...

      Skin Diseases: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Westminster Hall debate on Skin Conditions and Mental Health on 25 January 2022, Official Report, cols 322-338 WH, what...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the timeframe for the provision of technology to tallow for annual prescriptions for HRT.

      Diabetes: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children presented to NHS GP surgeries with Type 2 diabetes symptoms in each of the last five years.

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of regional differences in access to multidisciplinary support on Parkinson's care.

  • Department for Education

    • Russell Scott Primary School: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with the Rt. hon. Member for Denton and Reddish to discuss building conditions at Russell Scott Primary School.

    • Students: Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps students who have their bills included in rent can take to access from the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to restore childcare to adult ratios in childcare and nursery settings.

      Childcare: Derby North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on average in the Derby North constituency, what proportion of income are parents of children aged (a) under 5 and (b) 5-11 spending each year on...

      Childcare: South Swindon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare providers have stopped operationing in South Swindon constituency since 2010; and how many childcare places does this represent.

      School Choice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the changes to the publication of secondary school and college results data on parents ability to...

      English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve levels of attainment in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • National Offender Management Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the National Offender Management Service on recruitment and retention of staff.

    • Probation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that probation services are adequately resourced.

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the leadership of the Probation Service on recruitment and retention of staff.

      Secure Accommodation: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the official statistics entitled Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to June 2022, published on 27 October...

      Prisoners: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of each prison place created under the Prison Estate Transformation Programme.

      Video Recordings: Evidence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the take up of use of section 28 video evidence in rape trials in England and Wales.

      Law Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what years the requirement to report on implementation and non-implementation of Law Commission proposals has not been met since 2010; and when he...

      Suicide: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to require coroners to keep records of whether the deceased is a military veteran when recording a verdict of suicide.

      Probate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of applications for grant of probate that were resolved within the eight week target in the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if they will publish the payments made to officials in their Department for relocation to government offices outside London in 2021.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Education: Emergencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will pledge £170 million to Education Cannot Wait over the next four years.

    • British Overseas Territories: Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's policy is on equal marriage in the Cayman Islands and the other UK Overseas Territories...

      Bermuda and Cayman Islands: Marriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with LGBT activists and organisations from the (a) Cayman Islands and (b) Bermuda...

      Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

      Bulgaria: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Bulgarian counterpart on support to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression.

      Kyrgyzstan: Tajikistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps are being taken to facilitate a lasting and peaceful settlement to ongoing border clashes between...

      Russia: Serbia

      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 recent agreements signed between Serbia...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the declaration by Russia of martial law in annexed Ukrainian...

      Moldova: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what conversations he has had with his counterparts in Moldova on their security concerns arising from continued...

      Mediterranean Region: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with countries in the Eastern Mediterranean on potential co-operation in energy...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the imprisonment of Palestinian children in...

      Developing Countries: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government has programmed any of the funding that it pledged as part of the UK-led G7 Famine...

      Ukraine: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the Ukrainian Government in increasing mobile power points to help protect...

      Balkans: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what role the UK will have in the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana on 6 December 2022.

      Shipping: Cereals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussion he has had with the United Nations on delays to the passage of grain ships near the Bosporus Strait.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Defence Business Services: Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions on plans to close Defence Business Services offices at Cheadle Hulme and Walker House, Liverpool,...

    • Veterans: Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the application process for Veteran's ID cards for those who left the armed forces prior to 2018 will be introduced.

      Courts Martial

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) murder, (b) manslaughter, (c) rape and (d) sexual assault were tried through Court Martial last year; and how many convictions...

      Ukraine: Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of replacing the (a) NLAW, (b) Brimstone, (c) Javelin and (d) any other anti-armour military hardware...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Frigate support ships are built in Britain.

      China: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 19 October to Question 66920 on China: Armed Forces, whether the issue was raised by US officials.

      Hunting: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many licences his Department has issued to allow trail hunts to be permitted on the Defence Estate in each year since 2010.

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what allocation has been made from procurement budgets for the replenishment of military hardware stockpiles donated to Ukraine; and whether...

      AWE: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to AWE Management Limited when Atomic Weapons Establishment was returned to Government control as an Arm's Length Body on 1...

      AWE: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has set a limit on the consolidated pay offer for staff at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.

      China: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what serving British military personnel are posted in China.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on maintenance for Service Family Accommodation managed by (a) Amey, (b) Serco and (c) Mears in the 2021-22 financial year.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • State Retirement Pensions: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he has considered the potential merits of making the Cost of Living Payment available to households that are receiving state pension but...

    • Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on defending benefit appeals in each year from 2010 to 2022.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has set a target for the number of staff to be re-deployed to other roles as a result of job centre closures.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches were employed in job centres as of 31 October 2022; and how many such coaches were employed in job centres on the same...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Termination of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have left his Department since June 2022.

      Restart Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2022 to Question 234 on Restart Scheme, when the National Audit Office plans to release its findings of their...

      Pensions: Widowed People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the equitability between married and unmarried bereaved couples' ability to access their deceased...

      Universal Credit: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department plans to provide to legacy claimants whose mental health condition may prevent them from acting on a Migration...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures the government is taking to ensure employers in (a) Edmonton constituency, (b) Greater London, (c) England and across the UK...

      Employment: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures the government is taking to ensure menopausal employees in (a) Edmonton constituency, (b) Greater London, (c) England and across...

      Social Security Benefits: Telecommunications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist people in receipt of benefits by expanding access to social tariffs offered by telecommunication...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people subject to a benefits sanction had a known (a) physical, (b) mental and (c) physical and mental...

      Social Security Benefits: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of benefits claimants have been subject to a benefits sanction in (a) York and (b) the UK in the last 12 months.

      Social Security Benefits: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been subject to a benefits sanction in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency in each of the last five years.

      Universal Credit: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who are estimated to be living in poverty.

      Employment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to improve job opportunities for young people with employment access needs.

      Housing Benefit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help support people living in supported housing, who have their housing costs supported through the Housing...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total deductions for Universal Credit claimants aged under 25 were in the most recent month for which figures are available; and what...

      Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) total and (b) average size of deductions from Universal Credit claimants were in the most recent month for which data is available.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he will take to help ensure that disabled people with physical and psychological ill health, where there is fluctuation or periods...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many income-related Employment and Support Allowance claimants have been found to have a diagnosable mental health illness.

      Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 69711 on Personal Independence Payment, how much his Department estimates it would cost...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a comparative assessment of the average additional costs that disabled people incur at home with the cost of living and the...

      Social Security Benefits: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to keep the (a) triple lock on pensions, (b) winter fuel payment, (c) the older person's bus pass and (d) all other pensioner...

      Terminal Illnesses: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support people with terminal illnesses during the period of increases to the cost of living.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend eligibility for the £650 Cost of Living payment to people in receipt of Contributory Employment and Support Allowance.

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish data on current levels of social security fraud; and what steps he is taking to reduce social security fraud.

      Maternity Allowance and Maternity Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the rate of (a) statutory maternity pay and (b) maternity allowance during...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what weight his Department gives to consultants and other clinical leads assessments of their patients' conditions when decision makers are...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Weather

      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 recent extreme weather; and whether his Department...

    • Environment Protection: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK’s environmental standards are protected in the context of the Retained...

      Livestock: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a consultation on the law surrounding the use of cages for farmed animals.

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the results of her Department's consultation on public sector food and catering which closed on...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that farmers are consulted on expansions to the Environment Land Management Scheme.

      Animals: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the welfare of kept animals (a) imported into and (b) exported from the UK.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding (a) his Department allocated to and (b) was spent by the (i) Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund,...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will bring forward legislative proposals on ending puppy smuggling.

      Microplastics: Blood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent research examining the presence of microplastics...

      Hunting: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the Hunting Act 2004 to ban hunting with dogs completely.

      Plastics: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in the context of the Environment Plan’s target to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by 2042, what assessment his...

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to publish a chemicals strategy on the potential impact of perfluoroalkyl and...

      Asthma: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice her Department provides to people with asthma on the safe and environmentally-friendly disposal of used inhalers.

      Deposit Return Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to introduce the new Deposit Return Scheme in England and Wales; what progress she has made on setting up an...

  • Home Office

    • Action Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases referred to Action Fraud in 2021 resulted in a police investigation

    • Home Office: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed by her Department have been reinstated following dismissal for misuse of the email system in each of the last five...

      Migrants: Albania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on the potential impact of Albanian migrants on crime rates in the UK.

      Migrants: Albania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Crime Agency has had recent discussions with law enforcement agencies in Europe on the potential impact that Albanian...

      Home Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to update her Department's internal IT systems to improve efficiencies and help ensure effective processing of...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a person who has arrived in the UK with the intention of seeking asylum is classified in government records as an asylum seeker in...

      Home Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

      Home Office: Ministerial Changes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to his Department was of the additional administration necessitated by the change of the Home Secretary on 19 October 2022.

      Animal Experiments: Primates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the incident described in the Animals in Science Regulation...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places in accommodation alternative to Manston did she approve from (a) 6 to 11, (b) 12 to 18, (d) 19 to 25 and (e) 26 to 30...

      Animal Experiments: Rodents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the incident described in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit’s annual reports for 2019-2021 in...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with local authorities to move refugees from Afghanistan who have been in hotels for longer than year into...

      Official Secrets

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) update or (b) replace the Official Secrets Act.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed diphtheria cases have been detected at the Manston Asylum Processing Centre; and how many of these have been reported to...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been detained at the Manston Asylum Processing facility in each day since that facility opened; and what is the (a)...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish data on the average length of time that an asylum seeker who has been deemed inadmissible under the Nationality and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to reply to the correspondence of 12 September 2022 from the Hon. Member for East Ham, case reference ST100174.

      Migrants: Albania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the total cost of providing housing for Albanian migrants in each of the last five years.

      Asylum and Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on improvements in service standards to visa and asylum applications; and whether it is on target to...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 67920 on Asylum: Rwanda, what assessment of set up costs was made to support the...

      Asylum: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the criteria and process for when (a) a letter is sent to an asylum seeker informing that person that...

      Home Office: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed by her Department were dismissed for misuse of the email system in each of the last five years.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Manston Asylum Processing Centre is designated as a non-residential short term holding facility under the Short-term Holding...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth of 15 August 2022 and 12 September 2022 on...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time medical personnel are employed at Manston short-term holding facility; and in what roles are those personnel employed.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) toilets, (b) showers and baths and (c) washing machines and other laundry facilities were available for use by detainees at...

      Community Policing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to increase community policing to help tackle levels of crime.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are without an initial decision as of 26 October 2022.

      Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral evidence given by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration at the Home Affairs Select Committee...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 64270 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department holds data on the number of...

      Crime: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of crime during the cost of living crisis; and what steps she will take to tackle that crime.

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking on the future management of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre ahead of the contract for that...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to issue new tenders for the management of Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland are under investigation for third party interest.

      Asylum: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in Northern Ireland have been assessed as a potential victim of human trafficking.

      Intelligence Services: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received any evidence of the Chinese government operating unofficial police stations in the UK.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, what steps his Department is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social care to increase the supply of (a)...

    • Housing: Workington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that new GP and school places are delivered ahead of people moving into new housing...

      Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a greater proportion of social and affordable housing is built.

      Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government will announce the outcome of its consultation on capping rent rises.

      Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress the Government has made on its commitment to review the Decent Homes Standard.

      Temporary Accommodation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the data on the average time households with children...

      Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a comparative assessment of what constitutes an affordable house in the regions of the UK.

      Park Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the annual costs to park home residents of pitch fees since 2010; what estimate he has made...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October to Question 65688 on Private Rented Housing, what his indicative timescales are for...

      Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department received expressions of interest for investment zones within the boundaries or setting of (a)...

      Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the Government's plans are for Investment Zones; and if he will make a statement.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority budgets for helping to tackle poverty in their...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the financial stability of local authorities in (a) England and (b) Wales.

      Domestic Visits: Batley and Spen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his contribution to HC Deb 2 February 2022, col 330, on Levelling Up, what progress his Department has...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether (a) he, (b) his predecessor and (c) other Ministers in his Department have used personal email addresses to...

  • Cabinet Office

    • 10 Downing Street: Costs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the move-in operation of the former Prime Minister into Number 10 Downing Street.

    • Cabinet: Ministers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice the Prime Minister sought from the Government Security Office on the appointment of Ministers to his Cabinet.

      Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will reassess the criteria for ministerial severance payments.

      Ministers: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many investigations have been conducted by (a) the Government Security Group and (b) the Propriety and Ethics Team into potential leaks of...

      Civil Service: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his policy is on the future of the Civil Service Fast Stream.

  • Treasury

    • Research and Development Tax Credit: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ONS R&D Tax Credit Data, published 29 September 2022, what proportion of R&D tax credit claims were made up by (a) pubs and...

    • Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on tax revenues to the Exchequer of the Relief for investment expenditure measures in the Energy (Oil and Gas)...

      Tax Allowances: Attendance Allowance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his office has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for free vehicle tax to recipients of Attendance Allowance.

      Treasury: Security

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has been made aware of any security breaches in his Department relating to Ministers in his Department during his time in post.

      Treasury: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to prevent the use of personal mobile phones for government business in his Department.

      Treasury: ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide details of any government business he has conducted from his own personal devices or accounts.

      Royal Mint: Non-fungible Tokens

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what quantity of Non Fungible Tokens for Britain designed by the Royal Mint his Department plans to purchase; and how much funding from the public money...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) share buybacks and (b) dividend payments in each of the (i) extraction, (ii) generation, (iii)...

      Central Bank Digital Currencies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse his Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) IT costs, (c) external consultants and (d) stakeholder engagement,...

      Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to ONS R&D Tax Credit Data, published on 29 September 2022, for what reason there has been a £469 million R&D tax credit error...

      Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for R&D Tax Credits were investigated for suspected fraud or error in each of the last five financial years; and what proportion of...

      Research and Development Expenditure Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will conduct a review of the (a) eligibility criteria and (b) claims process for R&D tax relief, in response to ONS evidence,...

      Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to raise the rates of (a) income tax, (b) national insurance and (c) VAT.

      Food Banks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department will take to support food banks in the event that donations decrease as a result of increases to the cost of living.

      Public Sector Debt

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising (a) inflation and (b) refinancing costs on the cost of servicing Government debt.

      Multiple Sclerosis: Carers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing a targeted financial support package for (a) people living with multiple sclerosis and (b)...

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of the impact of the measures in the fiscal announcement made on (a) 23 September; and (b) 17 October on families with...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Public Health England's Gambling-related harms evidence review: the economic and social cost of harms,...

    • Gambling: Reviews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to publish the gambling review white paper.

      Charities: Lotteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to raise the charity lottery annual sales limit.

      Semiconductors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) increase self-reliance and (b) source suppliers of semiconductors and advanced...

      Television Licences: Non-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of preventing TV Licensing from prosecuting people who...

      Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department's consultation on second homes and holiday lets will be complete.

      Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has for the future (a) use and (b) expansion of Lilleshall Hall National Sports Centre; and if she...

      Youth Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the provision of youth services in the next 12 months.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Females: Lone Parents

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support single parents who are women into employment by removing barriers to childcare.

    • Females: Employment

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the cost of childcare during the cost of living crisis on (a) workforce...

      Working Mothers: Childcare

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that women are not forced out of the labour market because of childcare costs.

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make it her policy to ban conversion therapy for trans and non-binary people.

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its...

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has consulted (a) NHS England, (b) NHS Wales, (c) the Royal College of GPs, (d) the Royal College of Psychiatrists, (e) the...

      Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her counterparts and legislators in (a) Malta, (b) France, (c) Canada, (d) New Zealand, (e) Greece and the relevant...

      Conversion Therapy: Scotland

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory...

      Females: Carers

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the financial implications for women who act as unpaid family carers where social care provision is limited or...

      Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017, SI 172/2017, on what date the report required by Section 16 of...

  • Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

    • Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to his answer of 24 October to Question 6697 on...

  • Prime Minister

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given current economic conditions, what assessment they have made of the likely additional costs of labour and materials on the overall cost of delivering the HS2...

    • High Speed 2 Line: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 16 March (HLWS670), whether HS2 costs continue to be within budget; and if not, what is...

      High Speed 2 Line: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of recent increases in long-term government borrowing on the (1) final cost of HS2, and (2) impact to the...

      High Speed 2 Line

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given the current economic environment, what plans they have further to review the overall benefits and costs of the proposed HS2 project.

      High Speed 2 Line: Remote Working

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any increased worker productivity as a result of home working since the beginning of the COVID pandemic; and in respect of any...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fracking: Lancashire

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that fracking caused an earthquake every day that the site at Preston New Road, Lancashire, was in operation.

    • Fracking: Public Consultation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow local communities to veto future plans for fracking in their area.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are taking steps to support the roll out of smart meters; and if so, what standards they require of electricity companies on their collection of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Life Expectancy

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether it remains their policy to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between areas where it is highest and lowest by 2030; and if so, by what amount.

    • Gender Identity Development Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government What steps they will take to ensure that the services provided by the Gender Identity Development Service at NHS Tavistock and Portman Clinics are not replicated...

      Veterans Mobility Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will reinstate the Veterans Mobility Fund.

      Care Workers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) enhance, and (2) encourage, training in the care sector.

      Ivf

      To ask His Majesty's Government, between 2014 and 2019, how many women receiving frozen or thawed eggs (oocytes) subsequently had a live birth at term; and of this number, how many foetal or...

      Ivf

      To ask His Majesty's Government, between 2014 and 2019, how many women undergoing a uterine transfer of one or more embryo(s) produced by fertilising a thawed egg had a positive pregnancy test;...

      Ivf

      To ask His Majesty's Government, of the human eggs (oocytes) harvested between 2014 and 2019, how many of the fertilised eggs produced viable embryos suitable for uterine transfer; and how many...

      Ivf

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many human eggs (oocytes) were harvested and frozen by vitrification between 2014 and 2019 for social purposes such as the preservation of a woman’s...

      IVF: Clinics

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK clinics are licensed to undertake human oocyte freezing for clinical purposes.

      NHS: Software

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure patients are able to access information about local waiting times on the NHS app; and when they expect to implement these plans.

      Health Services: Low Incomes

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given waiting times for NHS treatment have reached a record 6.8 million, what plans they have to provide additional support to low-income earners to enable them...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Libraries

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for school libraries is ring-fenced; and if not, what support they will make available to schools to ensure that pupils can continue to have...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Question

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker why Remembrance Day poppies are not on sale at Peers' Entrance as in previous years.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Ministry of Defence

    • National Security: Foreign Nationals

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that non-UK citizens who have access to information classified as sensitive to the national security of the UK or its allies,...

    • ECOPEL: Furs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have tested the faux bearskins produced by the firm Ecopel; and if so, with what result.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment: Menopause

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support people who are experiencing menopause symptoms to return to the workplace.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Home Office

    • Domestic Service: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 21 September (HL1651), when they anticipate the information concerning how many victims of modern day...

    • UK Visas and Immigration: Email and Telephone Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 21 September (HL2245, HL2247), what “operational commercial improvement opportunities” were...

      UK Visas and Immigration: Teleperformance

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 20 September (HL2246), how many of the total number of 658 complaints were received each month since...

      Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 31 August (HL2040), how many projects have been funded annually since 2010; how much have...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Rented Housing: Sales

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any barriers to landlords selling properties with sitting tenants.

    • Private Rented Housing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce the Renters' Reform Bill to Parliament.

  • Treasury

    • Enterprise Investment Scheme: Venture Capital

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to the extension of the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts Scheme beyond 2025 as announced on 23 September.

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