Written answers

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government will meet its target of delivering 4,000 zero emission buses within the 2019 Parliament.

    • Cycling and Walking: North Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided to support (a) cycling and (b) walking activities in (i) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (ii) north...

      Department for Transport: Recruitment

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

      Marks Tey Station: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include funding to make Marks Tey railway station step free and accessible in the next round of Access for All funding.

      Witham Station: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Witham railway station will be upgraded.

      Driving Licences: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that Ukrainian driving licences remain valid 12 months after entry to the UK; whether they will be required to take...

      High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the terms of reference for the HS2 Leeds Area Study.

      Railways: Fixed Penalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department has taken into account the rising cost of living as part of the decision-making process of increasing train penalty fares to...

      High Speed 2 Line: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to commence the study to decide how HS2 East will connect between East Midlands Parkway and Leeds.

      Railway Stations: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the number of railway stations in England that do not have disabled access to (a) public lavatories and (b) all platforms.

      Beckenham Junction Station: Bridges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Network Rail on restoring the passenger footbridge at Beckenham Junction station.

      High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on the HS2 Leeds Area Study.

      Railway Stations: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent trends in the level of staffing at train stations on provision for disabled passengers.

      High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local (a) mayors and (b) leaders on the HS2 Leeds Area Study.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Minerals: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to diversify rare earth mineral supply chains away from China.

    • Park Homes: Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date his Department informed local authorities in England that they were responsible for making payments under...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether energy support caps will be applied to relevant bills for businesses in Northern Ireland in November 2022.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the £400 payment and electricity and gas caps will be reflected in November electricity bills for...

      Retail Trade: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of inflation on retail workers.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the letter of 31 August 2022 from the Hon. Member for Stockport related to a constituent.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made in implementing a scheme to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy...

      Companies: Morley and Outwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies registered within Morley and Outwood constituency have been struck off the Companies House register...

      Parental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to prepare the Government systems that administer statutory payments in advance of...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many unplanned hydrocarbon releases at North Sea oil and gas facilities there were in (a) 2021, (b) 2020 and (c)...

      Britishvolt: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of Britishvolt going into administration.

      Britishvolt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings he has held with representatives of Britishvolt over future investment of the proposed gigabit...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when people who live in park homes will receive the proposed £400 under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

      Companies House: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what dates the procurement exercise for an ID verification contract for Companies House (a) opened and (b) closed.

      Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fines have been levied in each of the past ten years for the offence of false filing to companies house, and...

      Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Sefton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the results of phase 2 of the Green Homes Grant...

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant of the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 69604 on Business: Government Assistance, for what reasons his...

      Carbon Emissions: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution,...

      Carbon Emissions: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Action 8.2 of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, published on 17 March 2021, how many jobs...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Bills support scheme factsheet, updated on his Department's website on 1 November 2022,...

      Bulb Energy: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government will be liable for any redundancy payments to employees of Bulb Energy when the sale of Bulb...

      Simple Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government agreement with Octopus Energy to take over Bulb Energy includes the sale of Bulb Energy's parent...

      Bulb Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of Government support for Bulb Energy since November 2021.

      Utilities: Radio Frequencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating a dedicated radio spectrum to utilities networks.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring energy companies to ringfence the credit...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Ogmore

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many claims have been made for the first £400 instalment of the Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers by...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Ogmore

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in Ogmore which are eligible for the first £400 instalment of the Energy Bill Support Scheme...

      British Steel: Scunthorpe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to provide financial support to Scunthorpe steelworks.

      Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the owners of UK steel manufacturers on the future of steel production in the UK.

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homes in Sefton Central constituency which use energy efficient...

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Sefton Central constituency have had external wall insulation installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of delivering public information broadcasts on the most efficient...

      Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the (a) smart meter and (b) 5G rollout on people with...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the level of support provided by the energy bill relief scheme will be kept under review by his Department...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) district councils and (b) other local authorities will be eligible for the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.

      Wind Power: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting operatively-owned wind farms from the proposed...

      Energy Price Guarantee: Ogmore

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in Ogmore constituency will not be covered by the Government's energy price cap.

      Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether all energy support for (a) households and (b) businesses in Northern Ireland will be backdated to October 2022.

      Natural Gas: Shetland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of halting the development of the North Sea gas field Rosebank.

      Coal: Mining

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the answer of 28 September to Question 51588 on Coal: Mining, what estimate he has made of how much coal is...

      Egypt: Climate Change Convention

      To ask the Secrertary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Prime Minister will reconsider his decision not attend COP27.

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the new licencing round for 898 blocks in the North Sea, what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to withdraw the UK from the Energy Charter Treaty.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has instructed energy companies to only offer smart meters to consumers who wish to remove a...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate has she made of the number of households who have yet to claim their Energy Bill Support Scheme payment.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hearing Impairment: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Action Plan on Hearing Loss on people with hearing loss.

    • Dementia: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 13826 on Dementia: Diagnosis, when he plans to publish his Department's funding plans...

      Defibrillators: Kirklees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department holds any data on the number of defibrillators in (a) Huddersfield and (b) the Kirklees area.

      Dementia: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the social care workforce receives training on dementia.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of findings of the APPG on Dementia's latest report Workforce Matters: Putting People Affected by Dementia at...

      Care Homes: North West Norfolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in North West Norfolk constituency as of 1...

      NHS: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the NHS Pension Scheme to help increase the recruitment and...

      Medical Equipment: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that households which...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2022 to Question 66030 on Members: Correspondence, notwithstanding the two replies received on 16...

      Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49105 on Anaesthesia Associates and Physician Associates: Regulation, whether he...

      Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is conducting on electromagnetic hypersensitivity and the impact of wireless networks on the health of...

      General Practitioners: Newcastle upon Tyne

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

      Tuberculosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the NHS and (b) expert networks on the TB strategy; and if he will make a statement.

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the (a) flu jab and (b) covid-19 booster roll out.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a comprehensive plan on the future of NHS dentistry before Christmas 2022.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish his Department’s data for spending over £500 using an electronic purchasing card solution for the month...

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of GPs in the North East London Integrated Care System catchment area; and what assessment he has...

      Animal Feed and Food: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risks for public health of GMO food and feed being placed on the UK market without any food...

      Diamorphine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to increase the provision of Diamorphine Assisted Treatment.

      Dental Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will take steps to help ensure that people who cannot access an NHS dentist do not have to pay for dental treatment in private...

      Dental Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to bring forward a workforce strategy to help improve rates of recruitment and retention within the dental...

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle the backlog in diagnostic testing.

      Doctors: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of compensating the national governments of countries on the WHO’s Workforce...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the transition of NHS dentistry to integrated care systems; and what support he is...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the processes on (a) NHS England specialised services and (b) the development of new...

      Rheumatology: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of consultant rheumatologists in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) London and (c) England.

      General Practitioners: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice covers GPs for (a) telephone consultations and (b) advice given to patients...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are prescribed cannabis-based medicines via private healthcare services in the UK.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department expects to publish a response to its consultation on entitled Hub and Spoke Dispensing; and if he will make a statement.

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of independent qualified prescribers in community pharmacies.

      Circadin: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the recommendations of the use of melatonin by children...

      NHS: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of plans to produce a digital version of the red book at outlined NHS Long...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Email

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has sent confidential Departmental information to and from his personal email addresses since his appointment.

      Silicosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had recent discussions with industry representatives on (a) the impact of and (b) new technologies to reduce...

      Dental Services: Lincolnshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the retention of NHS dentists in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.

      Homeopathy: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total amount spent on homeopathy by NHS trusts was in the most recent financial year for which data is held.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking on (a) funding and (b) staffing to reduce the NHS dentistry backlog resulting from the covid-19 pandemic.

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the final eight trusts to be selected for the new hospital programme.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps their Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence...

      Liothyronine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, What steps he has taken to improve access to Liothyronine (T3) for the treatment of hypothyroidism?

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to prioritise access to NHS dental services as part of his policies.

      NHS and Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase funding for (a) the NHS and social care and (b) new commitments in the 10 Year Plan.

      Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry's report entitled Clinical research in the UK: an opportunity...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to enable Centres of Dental Development to deliver training.

      Telemedicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on meeting his NHS Planning Guidance target of 25% of outpatient attendances being delivered...

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59928 on Surgery: Waiting Lists, if he will make an estimate of the number of...

      Surgery: Walsall South

      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 Walsall South constituency in the past 12 months.

      Dental Services: Great Yarmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of dental services in Great Yarmouth constituency.

      Surgery: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2022 to Question 63153 on Surgery: Worsley and Eccles South, what steps his Department is taking to...

      Ambulance Services: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she last met (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) the GMB union and (c) the Unite union to discuss industrial action balloting...

      Gambling: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact to public health caused by the delayed publication of the gambling white paper.

      Surgery: Worsley and Eccles South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Worsley and Eccles South constituency in the last...

      Surgery: Wirral West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cancelled operations there were in Wirral West constituency in the last 12 months.

      Surgery: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency in the past 12 months.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS dentists working in clinical commissioning group areas with the lowest number of...

      Surgery: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency in the last 12...

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to take steps to reduce hospital appointment backlogs in England.

      Surgery: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Constituency...

      Skin Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) eczema patients and (b) moderate-to-severe eczema patients waiting for a specialist...

      Midwives: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the £95 million of additional investment for maternity funding announced in the NHS Operational Planning Guidance...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of face-to-face GP appointments in (a) Witham constituency, (b) in Essex and (c) nationwide.

      West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the three letters to hon Members representing Hertfordshire constituencies from the Minister of State Maria Caulfield,...

      Nurses: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional nurses have been recruited in North Staffordshire in the past 12 months.

      Arthritis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional variation in access to advanced therapies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

      Dialysis Machines: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to help support kidney patients on home dialysis with energy costs after the end of the Energy...

      Adult Social Care Discharge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund for helping to reduce the number of patients...

      Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of current levels of Parkinson's nurse specialists on Parkinson's care in England.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage people to become blood donors.

      Spinal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with spinal disorders in the last three years.

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the NHS Long-term Plan aim to increase access to echocardiography in primary care to help...

      Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is (a) commissioning or (b) developing a policy statement for Mitral valve replacement.

      Strokes: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made on developing integrated stroke delivery networks.

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of regional differences in access to multidisciplinary support for Parkinson's care...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria apply in establishing whether a person who has suffered multi-system inflammatory syndrome as a result of a Covid-19...

      Neurology: Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that integrated care systems prioritise (a) neuroscience and (b) clinical and therapeutic support...

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Witham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of basing a community diagnostic centre in Witham.

      Strokes: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the education of the early signs of a stroke.

      Dental Health and Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) move towards a preventative model of care for dentistry and (b) bring forward a public awareness...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2022 to Question 16826 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, for what reason the application for a vaccine...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 10-Year Cancer Plan will be published.

      Adult Social Care Discharge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the allocation of the...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support the reduction of Accident and Emergency waiting times.

      Ambulance Services: Slough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle increased waiting times for ambulances in Slough constituency.

      Motor Neurone Disease: Care Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase access to proficient care staff trained to deal with complex care needs for those with motor...

      Evusheld

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has had discussions with the Centre for Disease Control in the US on their use of Evusheld as a pre-exposure...

      Adult Social Care Discharge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund will be made available to Integrated Care Systems.

      Neuromuscular Disorders: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of (a) Parkinson's, (b) Multiple Sclerosis and (c) other specialist...

      Hearing Impairment: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of Community Diagnostic Centres on levels of early diagnosis of hearing loss.

      Health Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Care Quality Commission’s finding that disabled...

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of community diagnostic centres for supporting earlier diagnosis and...

      Atrial Fibrillation: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to tackle the increase in patients suffering with atrial fibrillation.

      Cancer: Radiotherapy

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

      Prescriptions: Miscarriage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department will allow the submission of a Matex certificate application after a woman has miscarried to be backdated to cover...

      Leukaemia: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure that all patients who present to the GP with symptoms of leukaemia get a blood test within 48 hours,...

      Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of delays in the diagnosis of non-tuberculosis mycobacteria on the...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to implement a public mental health approach that views the population’s mental health as an asset to...

      NHS: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of (a) preventative public mental health programmes and (b) clinical...

      Mental Health Act 1983

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it is his policy to reform the Mental Health Act 1983.

      Mental Health Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government will publish a fully costed and financed workforce plan for mental health services.

      Eating Disorders: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase funding for eating disorder services for children and young people to help reduce waiting times for those services.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the implementation of his Department's mental health and wellbeing plan.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether mental health will continue to be treated as a priority in the NHS and will be given parity of esteem alongside physical health.

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the additional covid-19 recovery funding for 2022-23 was allocated to mental health services.

      Carers: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the need for a National Carers Strategy, to support unpaid carers to stay in paid work and have access...

      Mental Health: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a public mental health approach to improving workforce...

      Mental Health Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to carry out public mental health work that reaches the most historically under-served communities.

      Gynaecology: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Women’s Health Strategy for England, published 20 July 2022, what steps...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to invest in evidence-based programmes that can protect people’s mental health.

      Endometriosis: Fertility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure fertility preservation for endometriosis patients is given parity with those who have...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full time equivalent medical assessors are employed in evaluating claims under the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme in respect of...

      Mental Health Services and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on (a) the development of the cross-government 10-year plan for mental health and wellbeing...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to understand the economics of preventing mental health problems in order to determine possible...

      Mental Health Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to meet community representatives of (a) refugees and asylum seekers, (b) homeless people and (c) other members of the...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to ensure that children at risk of developing mental health problems due to their family situation receive...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to make sure that all children and young people at risk of mental illness receive support to prevent the...

      Endometriosis: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the potential merits of introducing guidelines...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the most recent meeting by a Minister took place with a NHS Mental Health Trust.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Niche reports on the deaths of three teenage girls in the care of Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust...

      Social Services: Weaver Vale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she taking to increase adult social care capacity in Weaver Vale constituency.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage Black people to donate blood in the context of rising rates of sickle cell disease.

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of NHS dental training positions in the United Kingdom (a) at existing dental...

      Care homes: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support will be available to pensioners living in care homes in the event that the cost of care home accommodation rises...

      Cerebral Palsy: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure all people with cerebral palsy in England receive (a) regional specialised support services, (b) clear...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to implement the recommendations of the Fuller Stocktake report including through expanding the role of the...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the development of the 10-year cancer plan; and when he plans to publish that plan.

      Care Homes: Edmonton

      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 Edmonton constituency since 2015.

      Pharmacy: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has consulted with the National Pharmacy Association on the declining number of high street pharmacies in the last 12 months.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10 Year Cancer Plan will include targeted action to improve outcomes for the less survivable cancers including cancers of the...

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help protect employees from covid-19 infection in the workplace.

      Mental Health Services: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration the Government has given to replacing the use of the term hard-to-reach in official documents with a term less likely...

      Life Expectancy: Sunderland Central

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

      Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a long-term strategy on preparing the UK for future pandemics.

      UK Health Security Agency: Vaccine Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of moving the Vaccine Taskforce into the UK Health Security Agency; and if he will...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what steps his Department is taking to recruit sexual health doctors and nurses.

      Pharmacy: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of digital technology in the pharmacy sector including (a) automated dispensing...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the NHS was made aware of the findings disclosed in July 2021 by the US Food and Drugs Administration of a potential increase in...

      Life Expectancy: Exeter

      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 Exeter constituency.

      Life Expectancy: Worsley and Eccles South

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

      Life Expectancy: Walsall South

      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 Walsall South.

      Life Expectancy: Edmonton

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

      Life Expectancy: Nottingham South

      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 Nottingham South...

      Life Expectancy: Garston and Halewood

      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 Garston and...

      Life Expectancy: Slough

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

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help increase the number of appointments available at clinics for people wanting to...

      Mental Health Services: Sefton Central

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

      Ophthalmic Services: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve data collection in NHS ophthalmology services.

      General Practitioners: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funds have been allocated to North East London Integrated Care System to support GP retention for (a) 2021/22, and (b) 2022/23.

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to support NHS GP surgeries with the extra workload associated with the forthcoming rollout of...

      Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress relevant authorities have made on the implementation of the immediate and essential actions from the Ockenden Review into...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29 June 2022;...

    • Tourism: Northern Ireland and Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the steps he is taking to increase tourism links between Wales and...

  • Department for Education

    • Educational Psychology: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of pay for educational psychologists in the context of the cost of living crisis.

    • Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish a response to the Early Years funding formulae consultation issued on 4 July 2022.

      Childcare: Erewash

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of income parents of children (a) under five and (b) aged five to 11 are spending on average each year on childcare, including holiday...

      Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of all traineeships delivered in England by region in the last 12 months.

      Education: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support online courses that can lead to recognised qualifications.

      National Skills Fund: Leicestershire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Skills Fund on progress towards upskilling the adult workforce; and what steps his...

      Office for Students: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Office for Students on recruiting additional staff for that office to meet current workloads.

      Children's Centres and Family Hubs: City of Chester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in the City of Chester constituency since 2010; and how much Family Hub funding has been allocated to that...

      Childcare: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parents who work nights do not pay more for their childcare because of their work patterns.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will discuss with cabinet colleagues the introduction of a universal childcare offer to enable all children to access care provision.

      Young Offenders: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 67210 on Young Offenders: Housing, how the funding made available in the 2021 Spending Review...

      Childcare: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle increases in (a) nursery and (b) child minding costs.

      Commonwealth: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to include the Commonwealth as part of the curriculum.

      Pupils: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will provide additional support to students from low-income families to help pay for journeys to and from their (a) school and (b)...

      Schools: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of school places available for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

      Children in Care: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in care aged 16 and 17 died while they were living in (a) semi-independent or (b) independent accommodation between April 2021 and...

      Teachers: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department will take to support people in the UK with teaching qualifications earned in Ukraine to teach in UK schools.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • High Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost was of High Court hearings in each of the last three years; and how many hearings took place in each of those years.

    • Ministry of Justice: Art Works

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on art work in each of the last five years.

      Domestic Abuse: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to point 5 on Timing in the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review: Terms of Reference, published on 2 November 2021, when he plans to...

      Landlords: Repossession Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an estimate of the median time it took for a landlord to repossess a property in the residential sector in the last 12 months.

      Trials: Morley and Outwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who reside in Morley and Outwood constituency are awaiting trial.

      Ministry of Justice: Catering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money his Department has spent on catering at functions in the last five years.

      Human Rights: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government’s response to e-petition 607712 on Do not reform the Human Rights Act, what steps the Government is taking to...

      Ministry of Justice: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29 June...

      Probate: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog of probate applications.

      Ministry of Justice: Heating and Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on heating and lighting in each of the last four years.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Solent Freeport

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Solent Freeport conversion into an Investment Area on international trade...

    • TRIPS Agreement: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • LGBT+ People: British Overseas Territories

      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...

    • 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...

      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...

      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...

      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...

      Libya: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support peace and stability in Libya.

      Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to put pressure on the Egyptian Government to lift the travel bans and asset freezes on...

      Mahsa Amini

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and the excessive...

      Jordan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he made of the effectiveness of UK aid for refugee camps in the Kingdom of Jordan.

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to call for the unconditional release of the British national Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of children killed by Israeli forces using live ammunition in the West...

      Israel: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on location of the British embassy in Israel of the...

      Israel: Embassies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK Embassy in Israel remaining in Tel Aviv.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 October to Question 53318 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic...

      Bermuda and Cayman Islands: Marriage

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

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with counterparts in the Republic of the Maldives on that country's support for...

      India: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer on 28 October 2022 to Question 62153 on India: Accidents, whether any specific support has...

      Commonwealth: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen relations with Commonwealth countries.

      Hong Kong: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on protecting Hongkongers living in the UK...

      East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in East Africa.

      Afghanistan: Judges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Defence to support and resettle...

      Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

      What recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

      Melilla: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Spanish counterparts on the role of Spanish border officials in the...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with its counterpart in Armenia on recent Azerbaijani aggression.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Georgian counterpart on the war in Ukraine.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 65960 on Development Aid, what is the focus of the impact...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions have taken place between (a) officials and (b) Government ministers of the UK and Mauritius on...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reasons his Department spends part of the foreign aid budget within the UK; and whether this has required...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total Official Development Assistance spend was in (a) each year since 2018-19 and (b) 2022-23 to date.

      Climate Change: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on global poverty levels among children and...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Official Development Assistance spend was, by department, in each of the last five years.

      Development Aid: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance (a) has been spent in 2022-23 to date and (b) is planned expenditure for...

      Zambia: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the impact of poverty and climate change on children and young...

      Development Aid: Developing Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries received Official Development Assistance in (a) each of the last four financial years and (b) the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • China: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25th October 2022 to Question 65606, on China: Armed Forces, on what date his Department first became aware of ex-Armed Forces...

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October to Question 66895 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service...

      Armed Forces: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the next Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey is due to be published.

      Armed Forces: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women serve in the armed forces.

      Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been promoted after being disciplined for (a) sexual harassment, (b) abuse and (c) assault in each of the last...

      Veterans: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October to Question 62707 on Veterans: Medical Records, what steps his Department is taking to digitise the medical records...

      Navy: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of 31 October by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence on Royal Navy: Conduct towards Women,...

      Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 19 October to Question 61821 on Ministry of Defence: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what payments were made to (a) Ifly...

      F-35 Aircraft: Meteor Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the anticipated initial operating capability for the Meteor missile on the UK F-35B.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the time that the Army will be in control of the Manston immigration short-term holding facility.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the current user validation trials for Ajax are expected to last.

      Defence: Foreign Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to prevent UK defence firms from being acquired by foreign companies where such acquisitions would harm the UK's supply chain...

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 58895 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, how many F-35 aircraft has his department ordered out of the 138...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is placing any contractual obligations for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract to require a specific proportion of UK steel to be used in...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of UK steel was used in the construction of (a) Ajax, (b) Warrior, (c) Bulldog, (d) Stormer and (e) Challenger 2.

      A400M Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what industrial workshare the UK receives from the A400M programme broken down by (a) company and (b) region.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October to Question 66899 on Armed Forces: Housing, how many and what proportion of those living in Single Living...

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department has provided to Armed Forces personnel who have been medically discharged due to injuries sustained in the testing of Ajax...

      Military Aircraft: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of UK steel was used in the construction of the (a) A400M, (b) Globemaster C-17, (c) Hercules C130J and (d) Voyager.

      Military Aircraft: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of UK steel was used in the construction of the (a) Type 26, (b) Type 31e, (c) Type 45, (d) Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, (e)...

      Ministry of Defence: Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 61820 on Ministry of Defence: Clubs, what total payments were made to (a) Just Paintball, (b)...

      Military Bases: Colchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons he did not allow direct negotiations with Colchester Borough Council for the sale of the former Army Base Repair Organisation site at...

      Military Bases: Colchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why the highest bidder for the former Army Base Repair Organisation site at Flagstaff Road, Colchester, was allowed to reduce the bid price by almost...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place a copy of the recent Defence Infrastructure Organisation letter to service families on the operation of the Future Defence...

      Antitank Missiles: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to place the contract to replenish British Army stocks of NLAW, following the donation of such weapons to Ukraine.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 67853 on Defence: Procurement, if he will deposit a copy of the annual survey of his Department’s...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 July 2022, HCWS259, on Military Support to Ukraine, whether the Government has agreed a contract for...

      Antiaircraft Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what year the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile programme was cancelled.

      Military Aircraft: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time was between completing multi-engine flying training and beginning the (a) Poseidon, (b) Shadow, (c) Rivet Joint and (d) Remotely...

      F-35 Aircraft: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between completing Advanced Fast Jet Training and beginning the Lightning II operational conversion course.

      Estonia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Estonian counterpart has raised any concerns with him over the numbers of UK Armed Forces personnel in that country.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he (a) has met and (b) plans to meet his counterparts in (i) NATO and (ii) other allied countries to agree a plan of action to support Ukraine in 2023.

      Typhoon Aircraft: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between completing Advanced Fast Jet Training and beginning the Typhoon operational conversion course.

      Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the security of the UK's under sea network of pipes and cables from hostile actors.

      China and Russia: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is aware of any Armed Forces personnel who have been recruited by (a) Russia and (b) China to support those countries' defence...

      Defence: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on 2 November 2022, what his Department's estimate of inflationary pressures for the...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how he plans to announce the final decision on the award of the Fleet Solid Support ship contract; and if he will make a statement.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to service families in compensation for matters relating to the Future Defence Infrastructure Services contract since...

      Nuclear Weapons: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on data that was gathered from blood samples taken from servicemen (a) before, (b) during and (c) after their...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term holding...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities request was submitted prior to the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister signed off the appointment of an Army General to the Manston immigration short-term holding facility; and to which Department the General...

      Finland: Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether joint military exercises have been held with Finland in advance of that country's accession to NATO.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel are on secondment to Manston immigration short-term holding facility as of 2 November 2022.

      Electric Cables and Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in the context of recent incidents of undersea cables being cut, when his Department last undertook a review of the security arrangements for protecting...

      Armed Forces: Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving officers of what ranks were dismissed on grounds of sexual misconduct, harassment and abuse in the last five years.

      Ministry of Defence: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps their Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from Members of...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total value of the Future Defence Infrastructure Services contract.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 23742 on Jobcentres: Standards, whether his Department has published the service delivery...

    • Unemployment Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 30 June to Question 23741, what breakdowns they have of those on out of work benefits; and what plans her Department has...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that families that have reached the benefits cap have enough money.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If he will take steps to implement the recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Committee in its report of 26 May 2022 on improving the...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assess the potential impact of benefit sanctions on recipients during the cost of living crisis; and if he will...

      Social Security Benefits: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of increasing benefits in line with inflation on incentives for people...

      International Labour Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Government's relationship with the International Labour Organisation.

      Universal Credit: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish any equality impact assessment that was carried out to assess the impact on those with disabilities and long term...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of a benefits sanction has been in the last 12 months.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to remove the benefits cap.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps in the next fiscal event to ensure that families subject to the benefits cap do not fall into food and heating poverty...

      Universal Credit: Chronic Illnesses and Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people with disabilities or long term conditions who are affected by the announcement to raise...

      Social Security Benefits: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of social security do not have personal access to on-line systems to update their journals (a) nationally and (b) in York.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of freezing the benefits cap.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of daily appointments held by job coaches was in the last 12 months for which data is available.

      Jobcentre Plus: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has provided to Jobcentre Plus work coaches on the minimum numbers of appointments they must...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to progress the implementation of the recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Committee in its...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a summary and analysis of responses to his Department’s consultation on the Health and Disability Green Paper:...

      Personal Independence Payment: Means-tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the administrative costs of means testing Personal Independence Payments per month.

      Advocacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made on establishing a National Advocacy Service.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the numbers of children in poverty (a) nationally and (b) in York Central; and what fiscal steps he plans to take...

      Universal Credit: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants on a non-monthly earning cycle missed out on each of the first and second Cost of Living Payment...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) consultations and (b) calls for evidence issued by his Department are closed but have not been responded to as of 12 July 2022.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps their Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Cats and Dogs: Meat Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the prohibition of the consumption of dog and cat meat within...

    • Cats: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the compulsory microchipping of pet cats.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on poultry prices in winter 2022-23 of the decision to cull birds following the...

      Chemicals: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to (a) preserve, (b) extend the sunset date to 2026, (c) revoke or (d) replace the majority of...

      Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the effectiveness of legislation on fireworks in protecting the welfare of animals.

      Waste: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policies on tackling waste crime.

      Plastics: Pollution Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a specific plastic reduction target for local...

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent in total on direct payments broken down by payments (a) under £30,000, (b)...

      Environment Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish details of the amounts of funding the Environment Agency has received from all sources, in each year...

      Meat: Genetically Modified Organisms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill on the cultivated...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ensure UK food security in the context of seasonal temporary worker labour shortages.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of Environmental Land Management Schemes; and whether it...

      Air Pollution: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to lay before Parliament a draft of a statutory instrument or instruments containing regulations setting...

      Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September to Question 48499 on Dogs: Imports, if his Department will publish the number of dogs...

  • Home Office

    • Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average time a person seeking asylum in the UK will spend at Manston processing centre.

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 27 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Briyar Khodamorady.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 28 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Ardal Marteen.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 28 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Sadaldin Habab.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for asylum that were submitted in (a) the UK and (b) Newport East constituency in (i) 2019,...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of using multiple hotels within close proximity to each other to house asylum seekers...

      Detention Centres: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the infection control protocols of all Home Office private contractors running immigration centres.

      Detention Centres: Infectious Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes her Department has in place to share data with (a) contractors, (b) the Department of Health and Social Care, (c) directors...

      Crimes of Violence: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of violent crimes committed in West Yorkshire.

      Crime Prevention: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce crime in London.

      Anti-social Behaviour: Newcastle-under-Lyme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support the police to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

      Home Office: Vivastreet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, whether her Department has made any payments to...

      Waste: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to (a) provide additional funding to help tackle illegal unlicensed operators in the metals recycling...

      West Midlands Police: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers have been recruited by West Midlands Police since September 2019.

      Asylum: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of (a) sexual assault and (b) rape have been made by asylum seekers accommodated in hotels in each of the last four years.

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure domestic violence victims have access to support with the rising costs of living.

      Hate Crime: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the Law Commission recommendation on establishing equal protections for people who are...

      Domestic Abuse: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Safeguarding on 5 September, Official Report, column 16, in response to the...

      Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Second Special Report of Session 2022–23 of the Home Affairs Select Committee entitled Spiking: Government...

      Drugs: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of criminal offences involving the use of drugs committed in West Yorkshire.

      Hillsborough Independent Panel: Archives

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reinstate online accessibility to the Hillsborough archive following the ending of criminal trials; and if she will make a...

      Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a Government response to the report by Bishop James Jones entitled The Patronising Disposition of Unaccountable...

      Public Sector: Accountability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to introduce the measures contained within the Public Authorities (Accountability) Bill 2017; and if she will...

      Police: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on procuring stab vests for police forces; what steps she is taking to increase supply of those vests; and if she will...

      Animal Experiments: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of in-person inspections of establishments...

      Animal Experiments: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published in October 2022, what assessment she has...

      Police: Royal Commissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of conducting another Royal Commission on Policing.

      Police Custody: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2022 to Question 69785 on Police Custody: Children, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of...

      Motorcycles: Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce illegal off-road bike crime in Stockport constituency.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) reduce the number of (i) lower-skilled migrants and (ii) migrants in general coming to the UK and (b)...

      Leader of the House of Commons: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources she will allocate to the Home Office’s MP Account Management Team to help ensure her Department can respond...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Business: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the broker remuneration system for large...

    • Islamophobia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to mark Islamophobia Awareness Week 2022.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b)...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the administrative costs to his Department have been from the appointment of new Secretaries of State since July 2022.

      Private Renters Ombudsman

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Private Renters Ombudsman is sufficiently resourced to be effective.

      British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he made of the number of British National (Overseas) visa holders who have claimed destitution funding.

      Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of (a) Section 8 and (b) Section 21 eviction notices that have been...

      Derelict Land: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated to brownfield remediation for housing in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d)...

      Fuel Poverty: Kirklees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 67864, whether his Department has had recent discussions with...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ensure that local government is funded to cover increased cost pressures facing the...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to extend the IFRS9 statutory override for pooled investments beyond 31 March 2023 in the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 30 August 2022 from the Hon. Member for Stockport in respect of an...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy not to have targets for local authorities on house building.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to reply to the correspondence of 18 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Bristol South on...

      Devolution: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement devolution in North Yorkshire.

      Local Government Finance: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will extend the deadline of 30 September 2022 for the submission of an application by Bournemouth, Christchurch and...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a fair funding review of fire services.

      Capital Investment: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the introduction of Investment Zones will have an effect on existing employment rights.

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29 June...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Church of England: Equality Act 2010

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans the Church of England has to review its exemptions under the Equality Act 2010.

    • Churches: Disability

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will provide funding for disability access improvements to churches in the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what total amount of money has been paid out by his Department in severance payments for former (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers since 29 June...

    • Cabinet Office: Constitutions and Elections

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 73011 on Cabinet Office: Constitutions and Elections, whether his policy remit under the constitution...

      Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing ministerial severance pay.

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister is responsible for (a) the UK Governance Group and (b) the Union and Constitution Group.

      Public Sector Fraud Authority: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister has responsibility for the Public Sector Fraud Authority; and whether that authority has replaced the Fraud, Error and Debt (FED)...

      Energy: Power Failures

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has conducted an investigation into how The Guardian newspaper obtained documents classified as Official-Sensitive relating to emergency...

      Cabinet Office: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

      Prime Minister: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Prime Minister's Office is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from...

      Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using Artificial Intelligence in the delivery of public services.

      Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in each year since 1 January 2016 to 2 November 2022.

      Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many leak inquiries the Cabinet Office undertook in the last year; and what the outcomes of those inquiries were.

      BBC: Injunctions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government Security Group conducted an investigation into release of information relating to Government plans to seek an injunction against...

      Former Ministers: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which former ministers have received a severance payment after they left Government since 1 June; and what the amount was in each case.

  • Treasury

    • Parental Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the anticipated 18 months’ lead time that HMRC require, in order to implement paid neonatal leave...

    • Research and Development Expenditure Credit: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ONS R&D Tax Credit Data, published 29 September, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of...

      Research and Development Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the average R&D Tax Credit claim found to be fraudulent or in error is.

      Conservative Party: North Tyneside

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the North Tyneside Conservative Federation is under investigation for potential furlough fraud.

      Hospitality Industry: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce VAT in the hospitality sector to help pubs and restaurants trade successfully in the context of the cost of living crisis.

      Council Tax: Shared Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that the Valuation Office Agency do not make bedrooms in single shared houses liable for council tax bills.

      Mortgages: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reintroduce the Mortgage Interest Relief at Source scheme.

      Taxation: Domicil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to abolish non-domiciled tax status.

      Research and Development Tax Credit: Fraud

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the ONS R&D Tax Credit Data, published 29 September 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing...

      Trade: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government's fiscal forecasts differ from the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2022 forecast that UK trade will be 15 per cent lower...

      Shares: Sales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) risks and (b) benefits of short selling; and if he will make it his policy to ban short selling.

      Interest Rates: Income and Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of interest rate rises on trends in household income to mortgage cost ratios.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase Official Development Assistance.

      Households: Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Growth Plan 2022 on household incomes by income distribution.

      Public Sector Debt

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of what the level of public sector net debt will be at the end of the 2022-23 financial year.

      Electric Vehicles: Batteries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish tax rates for Battery Electric Vehicles that are registered as company cars, beyond the 2024-25 financial year ahead of the Autumn...

      Video Games: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposal by The Independent Game Developers’ Association to increase video games tax...

      Mortgages: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent trends in the cost of mortgages in the UK.

      Banks: Taxation

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

      Gambling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential economic costs of delaying the publication of the Gambling White Paper.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department will (a) begin and (b) publish the results of the three-month review of the (i) Energy Bills Support Scheme, (ii) Energy Price...

      Spirits: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will include in the Autumn Statement to protect small distillers from any increase in the level of spirits duty.

      Visual Impairment: Cost of Living

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targeted support his Department is providing to (a) partially sighted and (b) blind people struggling with living costs.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Microprocessors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a microchip strategy for the UK in order to (a) increase the resilience of the supply chain for...

    • Semiconductors: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the development of advanced semiconductors.

      Telecommunications: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on local government finance, including for Wolverhampton, Swindon and...

      Video Games: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal by The Independent Game Developers’ Association to...

      Charities: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to financially support advisory charities, in the context of the rising cost of living.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the Government's plan to exclude transgender people from its ban on conversion therapy...

    • 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...

      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

      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 work has been undertaken by her Department on transgender conversion practices since the Government set out its plans on this topic in its...

      Females: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage (a) girls and (b) women to participate in politics.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in distributing the £400 energy bill discount to households that are off-grid; and what plans they have to expedite this process.

    • Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) tackle climate change, and (2) reduce emissions.

      Small Businesses: Government Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide economic support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) this winter, given the increase in inflation.

      Conditions of Employment and Living Wage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their policy for ensuring that their funding promotes (1) fair work, and (2) paying people a real living wage.

      Research Councils: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding has been allocated by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Councils in the last five years to (1) legacy, and (2) legal projects, in Northern Ireland...

      Natural Gas: Production

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to strengthen the UK's energy security through an increase in domestic gas production.

      Food Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual survey conducted by the Grocery Code Adjudicator which identified a deteriorating relationship between food...

      Arts: Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Kamall on 20 October (HL Deb col 1167), when they intend to report on their three-month review of the energy bill relief scheme in...

      Ports: Energy

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a national plan to ensure that ports are adequately connected to energy networks, enabling them to develop the infrastructure...

      Renewable Energy: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much consumers were paid back from renewable energy schemes signed up to the Contracts for Difference schemes in the two quarters since April this year.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 13 October (HL2370), whether the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will provide an update on the progress...

    • Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of patients who are aware of their right to choose where they receive their consultant-led treatment.

      Infectious Diseases: Fungi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what investment strategy they have devised to address the gap in funding for antifungal development, particularly in light of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

      Infectious Diseases: Fungi

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to stimulate (1) awareness of, and (2) research into, dual use of antifungals in (a) medicine, and (b) agriculture, as well as to engage...

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have entered negotiations with AstraZeneca in relation to the cost of procuring Evusheld.

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to meet with representatives of the 125 expert clinicians from all four nations of the UK covering 17 relevant medical disciplines...

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the NICE assessment of Evusheld to be completed; and whether, if approved, the treatment will be provided for patients in England this winter.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the COVID-19 vaccine programme is (1) resilient, and (2) stable, in terms of vaccine supply and product diversity; and whether...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timeline for future Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (1) deliberations, and (2) decisions, on the COVID-19 vaccine booster programme;...

      Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to maximize the use of vaccines that are ready to be deployed in England and Wales this winter.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to introduce vaccines for Respiratory Syncytial Virus for (1) older people, and (2) infants.

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of clinical trials for vaccines for Respiratory Syncytial Virus for older people.

      Water: Sewage

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 13 October (HL2225), which organisation is responsible for informing (1) commercial fishers, and (2)...

      Protective Clothing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department of Health and Social Care’s Annual report and accounts: 2020–2021, published on 31 January, which stated that “The...

      Protective Clothing

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department of Health and Social Care’s Annual report and accounts: 2020–2021, published on 31 January, which stated that £2.6...

      Neurology: Research

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research by scientists at the University of Cambridge Pre-diagnostic cognitive and functional impairment in multiple sporadic...

      Patients: Attendance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of (1) GP surgeries, and (2) hospitals, use text messages to remind patients of appointments.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Government Counter-Fraud Function’s previous estimate that 57 per cent of COVID-19 expenditure was at ”a high or very high fraud...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of disposable e-cigarettes that have been sold in the last three years.

      Wheelchairs

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that there is a named minister with responsibility for wheelchair and postural seating services specifically stated in their portfolio.

      Water: Sewage

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 13 October (HL2225), on how many occasions the Food Standards Agency was informed of sewage spills in...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Marriage: Family Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 27 April (HL7850) and the Law Commission report, Celebrating Marriage: A New Weddings Law,...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Nicaragua: Human Rights and Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what responses they have received, if any, from the government of Nicaragua to the representations they have made about freedom of religion and human rights in...

    • Yazidis: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that perpetrators of (1) sexual violence, (2) forced recruitment, and (3) other crimes against Yazidi women and children,...

      Iraq: Bombings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent airstrikes in Sinjar; and what steps they are taking to strengthen the protection of (1) the Yazidi, and (2)...

      Peter Tatchell

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they will make to (1) FIFA, and (2) the government of Qatar, about (a) the detaining of Peter Tatchell while peacefully protesting in...

      International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of hosting the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief in July; and whether any binding...

      Climate Change: International Cooperation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking towards establishing a multilateral financing facility to address loss and damage caused by climate change prior to the conclusion...

      South Asia: Floods

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of a potential link between recent flooding in areas of South Asia to (1) illegal logging, and (2) deforestation.

      Pakistan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will match funds for Pakistan raised by the Disasters Emergency Committee members; and how they will avoid duplication with that committee's members'...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • China: Armed Forces

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is any evidence of BAE Systems being involved with the UK ex-military aircrew flying in China.

    • Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many British military personnel have been assigned to support the training of the Ukrainian armed forces.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Migrants: Cost of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds will be able to access this winter as part of (1) the £11.7 billion Energy Bills Support Scheme, and...

    • State Retirement Pensions and Working Age Benefits: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds, who have made the necessary national insurance contributions, are in receipt of contributory benefits...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • River Trent: Nature Reserves

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the partnership between the conservation interests of the RSPB and the business Tarmac in the restoration of reedbeds at Langford...

    • Plastics: Pollution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to reduce plastic pollution following the discovery of microplastics in human breast milk.

      Pesticides

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides; and whether those proposals will feed into the Retained EU Law (Revocation...

  • Home Office

    • Repatriation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have sought to return to their country of nationality via the Voluntary Returns Service in each year since 2010; and what was the average...

    • Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will next ask the Migration Advisory Committee to update the Shortage Occupation List.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Sleeping Rough: Veterans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what funding they have allocated to end veteran rough sleeping before 2025.

    • Homelessness: Veterans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to improve the quality of data-gathering on the number of veterans who are (1) homeless, or (2) at risk of homelessness.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Fraud

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the (1) 2020–21, and (2) 2021–22, editions of the Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Bulletin were or will be published.

    • Government Departments: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was (1) the estimated total amount of fraud and error loss across all government departments, and (2) the breakdown of these losses by each department, in...

      Foreign Policy and Security Council

      To ask His Majesty's Government what role the Foreign Policy and Security Council will play in co-ordinating inter-departmental collaboration between the Department for International Trade and...

      King Charles III: Ceremonies

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 24 October (HL2522), what criteria were used to restrict the number of Privy Councillors...

      Energy Prices Bill: King's Consent

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord True on 25 October (HL Deb cols 1393-4), why the (1) actual, or (2) potential, business of the King is treated differently...

      King Charles III: Ceremonies

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were given an automatic invitation to the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and what...

      Public Sector: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the report by the Public Services Committee Fit for the future? Rethinking the public services workforce (HL Paper 48), published on...

      King Charles III: Ceremonies

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Privy Council were put into the ballot for the Accession Council on the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; and how many of those...

      King Charles III: Ceremonies

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 1 November (HL3037), who at Number 10 was involved in the decision not to summon all Privy...

  • Treasury

    • Events Industry: VAT

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Kamall on 20 October (HL Deb col 1168), whether there are ongoing discussions with the arts sector regarding a reduction in VAT...

    • Office for Budget Responsibility

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Office for Budget Responsibility regarding the upcoming fiscal statement.

      Work Permits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact on the trend rate of economic growth of a 50,000 increase in the number of work permits issued per year.

      Debts: Advisory Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that public advice services for (1) individuals, and (2) households, struggling with debt are able to meet demand.

      Economic Growth

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a target for increasing the trend rate of economic growth; and if so, what it is.

      Economic Growth

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase economic growth.

      Mortgages: Interest Rates

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support homeowners with rising mortgage rates.

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new business support packages; and what financial resources they will make available.

      Economic Growth: Railways

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still plan to (1) level up, (2) decarbonise, and (3) grow the economy; and what part they envisage the railway industry can play in realising such...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Museums and Galleries: Fuel Poverty

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help enable (1) museums, and (2) libraries, to act as warm hubs during the coming winter.

    • Gambling: Students

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support students who have online problem gambling issues.

      Digital Technology: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to promote the digital economy in Northern Ireland.

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