Written answers

Monday, 14 November 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed Trains: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of a high-speed railway between Leeds and Manchester via Bradford.

    • Aviation: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled the current state of scientific understanding of the non-CO2 effects of aviation on climate published in...

      Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to prioritise active travel since September 2022.

      Buses: Driving

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of drivers in the bus and coach industries.

      Driving Licences: Canterbury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Canterbury with a medical condition have been waiting more than a year for a new driving licence.

      Transpennine Express: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet with (a) Manchester Airport and (b) other business in Manchester affected by service performance of TransPennine Express to discuss...

      Railway Stations: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of levels of staffing required at railway stations on step-free access at those stations.

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many services Avanti West Coast were scheduled to run in each month since July 2022 excluding periods affected by industrial action; and how many...

      Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made changes to the Maritime 2050: People Route Map, published on 7 September 2019, following the (a) covid-19 pandemic and...

      Ferries: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received advice from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the safety of (a) roster patterns and (b) minimum crewing levels in the...

      Shipping: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the Nine-point plan for seafarers, published on 6 July 2022.

      UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether seafarer (a) training and (b) employment policies are within the remit of the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions.

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information, which closed on 16 September 2018, when he plans to...

      Department for Transport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out the process by which his Department is (a) identifying and (b) reviewing retained EU law which may be in scope of the Retained EU...

      Roads: Ellesmere Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with National Highways on safety requirements for the Welsh Road A550 and Ledsham Road B5643 junction.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the reintroduction of casualty reduction targets as a mechanism to reduce road deaths in...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain have fined bus operators in the last five years; and what the total value of those fines...

      Motorways: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce a Key Performance Indicator for Highways England on reducing litter on motorway verges.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how STATS19 data on road accident statistics is shared with National Highways.

      Driving: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) retaining and (b) expanding the (i) FORS and (ii) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential merits of a ban on pavement parking in order to improve vehicle access for individuals with mobility issues.

      Railways: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53555 on Railways: Contracts, for what reason his Department does not publish decisions on the...

      Railways: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether rail operators are required to consult the public prior to train timetable changes.

      Railways: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 74777, how many weekly train services (a) will run in the December 2022 (b) are run in the...

      Southeastern Trains: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department gave Southeastern Railway a formal written derogation to not consult on their December 2022 train timetable changes.

      Road Traffic Control: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service report entitled Roads Policing: Not optional - An...

      Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which independent evaluators were responsible for preparing scorecards for performance based fees under (a) emergency measures agreements and (b)...

      Driving Licences: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing Graduated Driving Licences for young drivers.

      Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the impact of increases in the rate of inflation on the ability of highways authorities to deliver maintenance programmes.

      Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Travel Survey: 2021, published August 2022, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the...

      Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on publishing a new strategy on road safety.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of daily deaths on roads in England and Wales.

      Avanti West Coast: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 74957 on Avanti West Coast: Stockport, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the reduction...

      Aviation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Jet Zero Strategy: Delivering Net Zero Aviation by 2050, published in July 2022, what discussions has he had with the Secretary...

      Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Hydrogen Strategy Update to the Market: July 2022, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the...

      Bus Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help maintain local bus services; and if he will make a statement.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 62806 on Cannabis: Medical Treatments, with reference to the...

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Yandex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Permanent Secretary of his Department was informed by his predecessor the Rt hon. Member for North East...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the list of ministerial responsibilities.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 48487 on Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing, what steps his...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of British Gas on delays in sending energy rebate vouchers...

      Business: Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the energy price cap was originally unavailable to businesses who signed their contract before April...

      Charities: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to offer energy bills support to charities after 31 March 2023.

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department plans to apply to determine which sectors will receive support with their energy bills...

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 72508 on Energy: Meters, if he set out how the Energy Price...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund and the Alternative Fuel Payments Fund will distribute payments to...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Statutory Instruments are within the scope of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and if he will...

      Foreign Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many entities required to register with Companies House for the Register of Overseas Entities by 31 January 2023...

      Foreign Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many entities registered with Companies House for the Register of Overseas Entities in (a) August 2022, (b)...

      Self-employed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to launch a review to explore how the Government can better support the self-employed.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 3 November 2022 on steel production.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the ECO+ proposals published by Energy UK in September 2022, what assessment he has made of the...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include off-grid domestic users, such as liveaboard boaters, in the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

      Ports: Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she plans to include energy purchases of marina operators under the Energy Price Guarantee.

      Ports: Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include the residential marinas sector in the list of vulnerable sectors subject to an extension of...

      Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59578, what assessment his Department makes of the proportion of...

      Bulb Energy: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77243 on Bulb Energy: Insolvency, if he will make an assessment...

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77243 on Bulb Energy: Insolvency, whether there is a cap on the...

      Bulb Energy: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the total amount of customers' credit balances held by Bulb Energy.

      Bulb Energy: Octopus Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide details of the profit share agreement that will apply until Octopus Energy has repaid the public...

      Bulb Energy: Octopus Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Octopus Energy is required to repay the costs of the energy that the Government will buy for Bulb customers in...

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of heat pump installers registered under the Microgeneration...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when off-grid customers will be able to access financial support through the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when park home customers will be able to access financial support through the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund.

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 72386 on Business: Energy, whether multi-function premises used...

      Housing: Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 67265 on Housing: Fuel Oil, what were the values used in the...

      Aviation: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of UK greenhouse gas emissions from aviation that derived from flights...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Houseboats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to release further information on how individuals living on houseboats can access the...

      Science: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 72254 on Science: Research, how much has been spent on government...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support individuals on shared energy meters with the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

      Fuel Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support people who rely on heating oil for domestic use.

      Business: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the cost of living crisis on businesses in Sefton Central constituency.

      Intellectual Property: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy that intellectual property practitioners who operate in the UK should be regulated in the UK.

      Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to support the development of Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Arfon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small businesses have received support under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme in Arfon constituency.

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Smart Meter Data Access and Privacy Framework 2012 on proposals to...

      Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating fireworks regulations to (a) reduce the maximum...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what is the average gas and electricity consumption of small and medium sized businesses broken down into non-domestic...

      Energy: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of how much people using the Government's online energy saving advice service...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to introduce a telephone advice service to help people save energy and improve energy...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many meetings the joint taskforce for the £400 energy support scheme in Northern Ireland has had since 15...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the timing of payments from the Energy Bills Support Scheme...

      STEP Programme: Metals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the STEP project is supported by companies in the UK on out sourcing and...

      Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to reopen a consultation on its text and data mining exemption proposals.

      STEM Subjects: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) tackle gender disparities and (b) increase female...

      Offshore Industry: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help protect Marine Protected Areas during new oil and gas licensing rounds.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of spending on Government programmes will be covered by the work of the Evaluation Task Force this year; and what plans he has to...

    • Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the responsibilities of the Cabinet Office Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio).

      Death: Statistics

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the Office for National Statistics regarding an analysis of excess deaths since June 2022.

      Cabinet Office: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of expected annual spend on the following projects in the major projects portfolio (a) Future Service Programme,...

      Cabinet Office: Yandex

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary was informed by the Rt hon. Member for North East Somerset of the shares in Yandex Ltd held by Somerset Capital...

      Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in their Department in each year between 1 January 2016 and 8 November 2022.

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on the awarding of public procurement contracts to companies that have never declared a profit.

      Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of non-covid-19 excess deaths since 1 January 2022; and what the causes of those deaths were.

      Internet and National Security

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) members of the Cabinet and (b) other Ministers have been involved in discussions on the content of (i) the Online Safety Bill and (ii) the...

      IX Wireless: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether IX Wireless has been awarded a government contract in this financial year.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Dental Services: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding from Smart Dental Care on (a) the deployment of new...

    • Health: Rotherham

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

      Influenza and Pneumonia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the levels of (a) winter flu and (b) community-acquired pneumonia as of 8 November 2022; and if he will...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people donated blood in each of the last three years.

      Life Expectancy: Barking

      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 Barking constituency.

      Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) identify and (b) mitigate internationally emerging risks to public health.

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the level of covid-19 infections as of 8 November 2022; and if he will make an assessment of the impact of...

      Notifiable Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support international public health and (b) maintain UK biosecurity in response to global...

      Vaccination: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Digital’s Childhood Vaccination Coverage Statistics published on 29 September 2022, what recent assessment...

      World Health Assembly

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the UK did not submit proposals to amend the International Health Regulations as part of the process agreed at the World...

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of national monitoring and data collection on eligibility and uptake of PrEP.

      General Practitioners: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing the number of GP appointments in the London Borough of Havering.

      Ophthalmic Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service on local hospital paediatric ophthalmology services.

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to streamline the process for the registration of qualified overseas dentists.

      General Practitioners: Locums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the charges levied by agencies for the supply of locum GPs.

      Dental Services: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that all pregnant women are able to access free NHS dental care in their local area.

      Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to raise young people's awareness of the risks of vaping.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will provide additional funding to sexual health commissioners to enable them to research (a) missed opportunities for...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are unable to access NHS dental treatment in their local area as of 7 November 2022.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing resources for sexual health services on (a) capacity and (b) staff...

      Health Promotion Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 59825 on Health Promotion Taskforce, what his Department's plans are for the future...

      Dental Services: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times on and increase the capacity of the national dental helpline number.

      Infectious Diseases: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to implement public health measures that prevent spread of infectious diseases to new (a) immigration centres,...

      Infectious Diseases: Detention Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to (a) screen for, (b) immunize against and (c) prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases in...

      Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of the cost of living crisis, if he will extend eligibility for free prescriptions to (a) those in receipt of tax credits...

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with representatives from the Welsh Government on the potential implications of the joint report...

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits updating the current service commissioning models of PrEP services to fit examples of...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of eligible people not accessing the healthy start scheme on the wellbeing of...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility to the Healthy Start scheme to people in receipt of any...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Healthy Start scheme for families who have used it.

      Dental Services: Bradford West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to NHS dental services in Bradford West constituency.

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many first-time blood donors gave blood in each of the last three years.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who are eligible for the Healthy Start scheme and do not have a bank account can benefit from that scheme.

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department no longer allows midwives and health visitors to issue Healthy Start scheme vouchers; and if he will make...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of NHS dentists accepting new patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands...

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the joint report by the UK Health Security Agency...

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to investigate the impact of rising temperatures on mortality.

      Chronic Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what step his Department is taking to help reduce rates of chronic illness among working-age adults.

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the Government's progress against its target to make England smoke-free by 2030; and whether the...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 72221 on Health: Disadvantaged, when his Department plans to provide further...

      NHS Blood and Transplant: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in NHS Blood and Transplant.

      Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason products containing over 50 per cent of fruit, nuts and seeds are within scope of the regulations on products high in...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2022 to Question 60973, when he plans to provide the update on plans to deliver the smoke-free target.

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides guidance to trainee doctors in the NHS on how to discuss child organ donation with bereaved parents.

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure UK women with PIP breast implants are able to access NHS medical care.

      Anxiety: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who receive medication for High Functioning Anxiety as of 7 November 2022.

      Wheelchairs: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the equipment offerings for young wheelchair users aged five and under in the NHS England wheelchair services...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has in place for medical assessors on how to assess the level of disablement in respect of claims under the...

      Fertility: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what scientific assessment has been made of the potential merits of updating current fertility legislation to provide access to gamete...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason medical examinations are not carried out for claims under the vaccine damage payments scheme; and if he will change his...

      Malnutrition: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 67248, for what reason no specific assessment has been made.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend the Our Plan for Patients paper published on 22 September 2022 to include his plans to address health...

      Medical Equipment: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that businesses involved in the manufacture of healthcare products have their...

      NHS: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse was of agency staff for the NHSE in the 2021-22 financial year.

      Dialysis Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average nurse-to-patient ratio was for (a) in-centre dialysis and (b) home therapy patients in the latest period for which data...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) St Helens and (b) Merseyside have received (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three doses of covid-19 vaccination.

      Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people whose cancer treatment was affected by covid-19.

      NHS: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce NHS waiting times; and if he will make a statement.

      Adult Social Care Discharge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the allocations from the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund.

      Visual Impairment: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure research into eye conditions is adequately funded.

      Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase the diagnostic capacity of heart failure in primary care through N-terminal-pro B-type natriuretic...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many beneficiaries of Healthy Start paper vouchers have not yet re-enrolled via the new online registration system.

  • Department for Education

    • Ukrainian Language: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to introduce a Ukrainian language GCSE.

    • Children's Social Care Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care published in May 2022.

      Nurseries: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of rising inflation, whether specific additional support has been provided to (a) Lark Hill, (b) Hollywood and (c) Freshfield...

      Physical Education and Sports: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue Primary PE and Sport Premium funding for the 2022-23 academic year.

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the publication of the School Sport and Activity Action Plan.

      Reading: Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria Ofsted uses to assess the quality of the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics by primary schools.

      Post-16 Qualifications at Level 3 and Below in England Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4th November 2022 to Question 71347 on Post-16 Qualifications at Level 3 and Below in England Review, how many 16-18 year...

      Pupils: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has taken recent steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that children of refugees are able to access (a) schools and (b) colleges.

      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adding financial education to the primary school national curriculum; what assessment she has...

      Free School Meals: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of rising food prices and increased inflation on the ability of (a) primary and (b) secondary...

      Pupils: Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to schools to tackle child hunger.

      Pupils: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the audit by the Information Commissioner's Office of national pupil data handling by her Department, carried out in February 2020,...

      Arts: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps through the national curriculum to help encourage children and young people to learn arts and creative subjects.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to implement the National Food Strategy's recommendation of raising the earnings threshold for Free School Meals to £20,000 per...

      School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the School Fruit and Vegetable scheme to more children in state funded primary schools.

      Private Education: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many institutions in England are under investigatigation by her Department on the suspicion that they may be operating as unregistered independent...

      Free School Meals: Lewisham East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in receipt of free school meals in Lewisham East constituency in each academic year since 2018-19.

      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including financial education in the primary school national curriculum.

      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve young people’s understanding of financial products.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Social Mobility Pledge and PwC's report Building Relationships, Creating Value, published in October 2022, what assessment she...

  • Prime Minister

    • Egypt: Human Rights

      To ask the Prime Minister, if he will hold discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on (a) political prisoners and (b) other alleged human rights violations in Egypt during the COP27 conference.

  • Treasury

    • Air Passenger Duty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Air Passenger Duty revenues have been from flights where the plane was over 20 tonnes and equipped to carry fewer than 19 passengers in each of...

    • Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 2022 Q3 profit announcements by Shell and BP, what recent estimate his Department has made of how much the Energy Profits Levy will...

      Gambling: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a comparative assessment of taxation rates for (a) land-based and (b) remote gambling operators.

      Energy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish the criteria which will be used to review the energy support provided to businesses after April 2023.

      Energy: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised through the Energy Profits Levy since its introduction as of 7 November 2022.

      Revenue and Customs: Offices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to improve energy efficiency in HMRC offices.

      Revenue and Customs: Offices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has a policy on hours between which lights should be turned off at the HMRC offices at Unity Square, Nottingham.

      Taxation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to hold consultation on carbon border adjustment mechanisms.

      Trusts: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC report entitled The taxation of trusts: a review: summary of responses, published in March 2021, whether he is taking steps to...

      Corporation Tax: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of tax relief granted under (a) Part 15 of the Corporation Tax 2009, (b) Part 15A of the Corporation Tax 2009 and (c) Part 15B of the...

      Assets: Domicil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of assets held in non-resident trusts for beneficiaries who (a) have always been UK-domiciled and (b) are...

      Business Rates: Valuation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the draft rating list for the 2023 business rates revaluation.

      Taxation: Domicil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of people relinquishing non-domiciled status who set up excluded property trusts on...

      Taxation: Domicil

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of tax which was avoided through non-resident trust arrangements in the latest period for which data is available.

      Treasury: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in their Department in each year since 1 January 2016 to 8 November 2022.

      Car Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the formula used to calculate standard mileage and fuel rates.

      Mortgages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing of a moratorium on interest rate rises for mortgage prisoners.

      Bank Services: Disability

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential challenges people with disabilities experience when accessing online banking services.

      Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of (a) the effectiveness of his Department's policies for supporting access to cash in rural areas and (b) the...

      Agricultural Products: Ukraine

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to ensure financial service sector organisations knowingly involved in the facilitation or purchase of agricultural...

      Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on the reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 announced on 16 June 2022.

      Banks: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much banks will save on average next financial year as a result of Government changes to the surcharge on banking companies.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will increase humanitarian to help tackle the hunger crisis in East Africa.

    • Development Aid: Polio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will increase the Government’s pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.

      Chelsea Football Club: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made on distribution of the proceeds of the sale of Chelsea Football Club.

      Interpol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that UK travellers are made aware of any red notice placed on them by (a) a Gulf...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in their Department in each year since 1...

      Haiti: Press Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Haitian counterpart on reports of security issues affecting the production of...

      Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish his Department's guidance on the provision of consular assistance, including (a) how it decides...

      British Nationals Abroad: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to improve its (a) lists of lawyers and (b) prisoner packs for the use of...

      Crime: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make (a) his Department and (b) its Murder Manslaughter Team dealing with bereaved families...

      Diplomatic Service: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of overseas consular positions have been available to UK-based staff in each of the last five years.

      Palestinians: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 63915 on Palestinians: Development Aid, whether his...

      Palestinians: Textbooks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 63914 on Palestinians: Textbooks, whether the United Nations...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held discussions with her counterparts in (a) Ethiopia and (b) Eritrea on ending aerial and ground...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the number of civilians killed in the Ethiopian and Eritrean offensive in the...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of civilians that have been killed in the conflict in the Tigray...

      Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities between the Government...

      Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities between the...

      Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities between the...

      Ethiopia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Agreement for Lasting Peace through a Permanent Cessation of Hostilities between the...

      Tigray: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the African Union facilitated peace talks on the Tigray War.

      Africa: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on funding for (a) climate impacts, (b)...

      Refugee Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to withdraw the UK from the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.

      East Africa: Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of levels of hunger in east Africa; and if he will make a statement.

      Turkey: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports of mass trials of members of the Confederation of Public Employees' Trade...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Antitank Missiles: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has signed a contract to start UK production of new NLAWs.

    • Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to reduce the processing times for the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy since August 2021.

      Ukraine: Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) selling and (b) loaning to Ukraine the UK's surplus (i) main battle tanks,...

      F-35 Aircraft: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September to Question 48240 on F-35 Aircraft: Accidents, when he expects to publish the final report of the Service Inquiry...

      China: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sanctions his Department has to prevent former servicemen and servicewomen from taking on advisory roles with the People's Republic of China.

      Team Resolute: Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the prime contractor is on the Team Resolute bid for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      Veterans: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 68037 on Veterans: Repossession Orders, what information his Department holds on how many people...

      Ministry of Defence: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes have been built on land formerly owned by his Department since 2010.

      Submarines: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fires have been reported on UK submarines in each year since 2010.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of the air mobility fleet including the (a) C-137, (b) C-130J and (c) A400M were fit for purpose in each month since March 2021.

      Merlin Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many EH101 aircraft are available for service; and where those aircraft are stationed or embarked.

      Elbit Systems UK: Electronic Warfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Elbit Systems UK Ltd provide electronic warfare capabilities for his Department as of 8 November 2022.

      Boxer Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are enough qualified (a) programme managers and (b) engineers to accept the Army's Boxer variant.

      Type 26 Frigates: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the most recent estimated total life cycle cost for the Type 26 frigate programme.

      Veterans: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 31 October to Question 62707 on Veterans: Medical Records, what percentage of veterans who left the Armed Forces before...

      Elbit Systems UK: Trident Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Elbit will continue work on the Dreadnought crew training programme after its departure from Selborne.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surplus vehicles have been listed for sale by his Department since 1 January 2022; and if he will publish a list of those vehicles.

      Antitank Missiles: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 7 November 2022, who the parties are to the Government’s recently signed contract on NLAWs.

      F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all countries participating in the F-35 programme, including non-partner countries, must purchase components through the Joint Programme Office.

      Elbit Systems UK: LE TacCIS Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Elbit Systems UK Ltd will continue to provide the MORPHEUS Battlefield Management Application.

      Elbit Systems UK: Defence Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Elbit Systems UK Ltd will continue to provide the detect and destroy system for the British Army.

      Supply Chains: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77287 on Supply Chains: Security, what is the scope of the work underway to provide industry with...

      Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where he plans to base the new Multi Role Ocean Surveillance ships.

      Defence Science and Technology: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether numbers of staff at DSTL have increased in the last five years.

      Multi Role Ocean Surveillance Ship: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to (a) award contracts for and (b) take delivery of the Multi Role Ocean Surveillance ships.

      Team Resolute: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who the prime contractor on the Team Resolute bid is.

      Type 26 Frigates: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to allocate funding for Batch 2 of the Type 26 Frigate.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was for the involvement of the Royal Navy in tackling small boats crossing the English Channel in the last two years.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 73134 on Detention Centres: Manston, how many armed forces personnel from the (a) British Army,...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 73134 on Detention Centres: Manston, which departmental budget is used for the costs of deploying...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the costs to his Department of Operation Isotrope are.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 73134 on Detention Centres: Manston, what estimate he has made of the (a) daily and (b) monthly cost to...

      Unmanned Air Vehicles: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the Armed Forces have been used during Operation Isotrope.

      Ministry of Defence: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's sites in the UK are being used as processing centres for asylum claimants.

      Watchkeeper WK450

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether Watchkeeper remains an effective capability for the Army Air Corps.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for processing complaints; and if he will make an assessment of the...

    • Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parents Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed (a) Widowed Parent's Allowance and (b) the Bereavement Support Payment since the eligibility of those payments...

      Health and Safety Executive: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Health and Safety executive does not record instances of data-sharing with external agencies, including Home Office...

      Housing Benefit: Cost of Living Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason people in receipt of housing benefit are not eligible for the £650 cost of living payment.

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for a new claim for Pension Credit to be (a) processed and (b) paid in (i) the latest period for which data...

      Universal Credit: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2022 to Question 69809 on Universal Credit: Children, how many children of compulsory school age lived in...

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many £150 Disability Cost of Living Payments have been paid in Ogmore constituency as of 8 November 2022.

      Occupational Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on implementing the proposals relating to occupational health in the Government response to the joint DWP and DHSC...

      Disability: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will take steps to provide additional support for disabled people, in the context of increases in the cost of living.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department visits health assessment centres in person to audit the performance of assessment providers.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when will he respond to the correspondence of 21 October 2022 from the hon. Member for North Durham.

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 1 November to Question 72384, if he will publish the training material which is shared between assessment providers.

      Brain: Injuries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his Department’s policies of the US National Institutes of Health's...

      Disability: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory disability pay gap reporting.

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the provisions of the Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Act 2022 enabling people who are thought to be in the final year...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Answer of 1 November to Question 72384, if she will publish her Department's audit procedures for assessment providers.

      Personal Independence Payment: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the fairness of her Department's policy to suspend Personal Independence Payments when claimants are...

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of tribunals attended by presenting officers were allowed in each month from January 2013 to October 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission an independent review of the adequacy of disability benefits rates at covering the costs and needs of disabled people,...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health professionals employed by assessment providers have been dismissed as a result of poor performance in the last three years.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) delays and (b) waiting times for those in the Personal Independence Payment application process.

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many presenting officers attended tribunals on behalf of her Department in each month from January 2013 to October 2022.

      Workplace Pensions: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the participation rate is in Ogmore constituency for private sector employees in the Automatic Enrolment pension scheme over the last...

      Means-tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to means test the (a) Disability Living Allowance and (b) Personal Independence Payment.

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £6.4 million allocated to support disabled people at work will be apportioned to Wales.

      Carers: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department is providing to unpaid carers in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry to help mitigate the...

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total Disability Cost of Living Payments due to people in Ogmore constituency have been paid as of 8 November 2022.

      Social Security Benefits: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting time for mandatory reconsideration of a benefit decision in (a) Coventry, (b) the West...

      Personal Independence Payment: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the average response time to Personal Independence Payment applications from people in St Helens as of November...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason eligible pensioners are not enrolled automatically for Pension Credit.

      Personal Independence Payment: West Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the current waiting times for people applying for Personal Independence Payments in West Berkshire; and...

      Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of eligible people were claiming Pension Credit in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, (d) 2021 and (e) 2022.

      Pension Credit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of eligible people are claiming Pension Credit in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales.

      Pension Credit: Take-up

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the uptake of Pension Credit among eligible people.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pets: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in negotiations with the European Commission on securing Part 1 listed status for transporting...

    • River Wandle: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raw sewage discharges on the River Wandle's eco-system.

      Bread: Pesticides

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of bread sold in the UK contains at least two different pesticides.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the devolved Administrations on her proposals to tackle Avian Flu.

      Avian Influenza: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on controlling the spread of avian flu.

      Avian Influenza: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy for avian influenza compensation to be applicable from the point of notification of a...

      Public Health: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022 on public...

      Agriculture: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) financial incentive and (b) other support is available to farmers for clearing (i) drainage ditches and (ii)...

      Food: Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that standards on food labelling and allergens in the UK are maintained following the...

      Dogs: Imports and Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to introduce a ban on the importation and sale of dogs with cropped ears and docked tails.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps their Department is taking to reduce the time taken to respond to (a) written parliamentary questions and (b)...

      Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, what plans she has to introduce requirements to visually check...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the gas supply for the slaughter of flocks affected by avian flu.

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will outline the (a) purpose and (b) aims of Environmental Land Management Schemes.

      Pigs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that import controls are sufficient to protect UK pigs from African Swine Fever.

      Food: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to consult UK farmers and food processors on her decision to change pre-export requirements from a...

      Avian Influenza: Poultry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to support the poultry industry in response to the 2022 bird flu outbreak; how much...

      Flood Control: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November...

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was provided to farmers through the Sustainable Farming Incentive in 2021.

      Livestock: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it remains his Department's policy to review the use of cages in farming.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the level of funding that will be provided to farmers through the Sustainable Farming...

      Sewage: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research their Department has commissioned on the impact of sewage discharges on (a) the natural habitat, (b)...

      Food: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of food standards regulations.

      Deposit Return Schemes: Plastics and Tin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of plastic and tin deposit return schemes; and when she plans to...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing accommodation for asylum seekers, including conversions and modular...

    • Hospitality Industry: Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport promoting (a) short- and (b)...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained for processing at Manston asylum processing centre on each Monday since Monday 6 June 2022 to date; and how...

      Asylum: Housing

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

      Peru: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her Peruvian counterpart on undocumented migrants from that country who attempt to enter the UK.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, with reference to the Government of Canada policy Permanent residence for extended family of former Afghan interpreters, last updated in June...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers absconded from asylum hotels (a) nationally and (b) in Norwich North constituency in the latest period for which...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase the rate of processing of asylum applications.

      Asylum: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide further details of the reasons behind the operational error which led to 11 asylum seekers being driven from Manston...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing temporary recovery visas to address industries experiencing labour and...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children are detained at Manston Asylum Processing Centre.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to the public purse will be of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda in the (a) 2022-23...

      Asylum: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the Nationality and Borders Act to mitigate the risk of...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, whether the Minister for Refugees plans to respond to the correspondence of 26 November 2021 from the hon. Member for Glasgow Central to the...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghans who were settled under Pathway One of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme are eligible for family reunion rights.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that asylum seekers who are unaccompanied minors are (a) supported and (b) kept safe...

      Home Office: Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the use of helicopters for domestic journeys.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK on small boats over the English Channel in 2022 (a) are in Immigration Removal Centres, (b) are in...

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of people seeking asylum in the UK in the last five years; and what proportion of...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotel accommodation spaces were available to house asylum applicants on each day since 5 September 2022.

      Spiking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to report on the (a) prevalence and (b) nature of spiking; and if she will make it her policy to create a specific...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will respond to correspondence of 19 June 2022 from the Rt Hon. Member for East Ham, case reference ST98097.

      Jessica Laverack

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the letter dated 27 June 2022 from Lorraine Harris, Area Coroner for Kingston Upon Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire,...

      Hate Crime: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 78638 on Hate Crime: Disability, what her planned timetable is for publication of her...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 3 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton on Anila Cota.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help promote good community relations in areas where hotels have been block booked for an...

      Refugees: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help refugees in temporary accommodation engage in employment in the period between checks being completed and...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 73114 on Visas: Overseas Students, whether her Department records the number of...

      HM Passport Office: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of supporting documents the Passport Office received by mail in 2022; how many and what...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the extension of the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      What progress she has made on implementing the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.

      Police: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the over-policing of children.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of small boat crossings of the English Channel.

      Migrant Workers: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Government’s immigration policies on (a) Scotland’s population and...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which National Referral Mechanism first responder agencies referred people who were found to be exploiting the modern slavery system in (a)...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of the Home Secretary's flight by Chinook helicopter from Dover to the Manston immigration facility on 3 November 2022.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy applications have been approved by the Ministry of Defence but are still waiting for (a)...

      Asylum: Norwich North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average, (b) most frequent and (c) longest stay was for an asylum seeker placed in hotel accommodation in Norwich North...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Offshore wind workers concession on (a) training and (b) employment numbers of...

      Theft: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the National Crime Agency on (a) the steps they are taking to ensure that (i) material goods,...

      Extradition: Gulf States

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the National Crime Agency notifies UK citizens of any red notice that has been attached to them by a...

      Home Office: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in their Department in each year since 1 January 2016 to 8 November 2022.

      Police: Workplace Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been subject to pension forfeiture over the last five years; and for what reasons.

      Financial Services: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to protect (a) older and (b) more vulnerable people from financial fraud.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • IGR Secretariat: Operating Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many staff work in the intergovernmental relations (IGR) Secretariat as of 7 November 2022; and what estimate he has...

    • Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which security features he is considering recommending on the (a) free voter authority certificates and (b) anonymous...

      Polling Stations: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to produce guidance on the forms of identification that will be accepted at polling stations following...

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of ways to improve the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.

      Begging and Vagrancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 437 on the Vagrancy Act 1824, what his timeline is for publishing his...

      Housing: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) children and (b) families in overcrowded accommodation in England.

      Homelessness: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the rates of domestic violence victims presenting as homeless.

      Homelessness: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the cost-of-living crisis on homelessness rates across...

      Homelessness: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the level of homelessness amongst...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made on the affordability of private sector renting in England.

      Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of rough sleepers in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c)...

      Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 76093 on Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the National Planning Policy Framework prospectus.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of UK homes were built by small and medium-sized house builders in each of the last five years

      Right to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many houses were bought using the Right to Buy scheme in each (a) Westminster constituency and (b) local authority...

      Mayors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he last met with each directly-elected Mayor or Metro-Mayor in England.

      Charities: Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders in the charity sector on levelling up.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 76136 on UK Shared Prosperity Fund, when he plans to announce the...

      Devolution: Cheshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on agreeing a Cheshire and Warrington devolution deal.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Office: Recruitment

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

    • Crimes against Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of attacks on Orange Halls on community relations in Northern Ireland.

      Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the report entitled Paramilitary Groups in Northern Ireland, published on 19 October 2015, what recent assessment his...

      Schools: Polling Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if his Department will take steps to inform school principals of whether their buildings will be required for use as polling stations on 15...

      Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has conducted recent polling into attitudes in Northern Ireland on his plan to commission abortion services.

      Northern Ireland Assembly

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to help restore power sharing in the Northern Irish Assembly.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a free trade agreement between the UK and Israel.

    • Exports: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department’s export strategy entitled, Made in the UK, sold to the World, published...

      Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has processes in place to assess the likelihood of there being claims for investor-state dispute settlements being...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has had recent discussions with (a) fossil fuel producers and (b) other business groups on potential claims for...

      Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much her Department estimates the UK’s GDP to increase by in the next 10 years as a result of current trade deals made since Brexit.

      Cetaceans: Faroe Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has taken steps to use Britain’s trade relationship with the Faroe Islands to help stop the hunting of whales,...

      Trade Agreements: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to include respect for the human rights of (a) consumers, (b) residents, (c) workers and (d) people...

      Beef: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote the export of British beef.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Arts: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the arts and culture in London.

    • Charities: Cost of living and Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of charities on rising (a) energy costs and (b) costs of living.

      Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the need for regulatory certainty for companies deploying full fibre broadband on...

      Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect public funding for creative industries during the period of increases to the...

      Hikvision: CCTV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of Hikvision CCTV on national security.

      BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the potential cuts to BBC local radio on (a) people who are housebound and...

      IX Wireless: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether capital adequacy testing was undertaken on IX Wireless before it was awarded government contracts.

      Local Press: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) cost of newsprint and (b) the impact of those costs on the viability of local...

      Gambling Act 2005 Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the publication of the gambling review White Paper.

      English Football League: Sky Betting and Gaming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the nature of the financial relationship between the EFL and SkyBet.

      Twitter: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of charging for Twitter verification on (a) child...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will set out the process by which her Department is (a) identifying and (b) reviewing retained EU law which may be in...

      Channel Four Television: Privatisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much money her Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) external research and advice, (c) public consultation and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Repossession Orders: Mortgages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of housing repossessions there have been which were due to mortgage defaults in each of the last five quarters.

    • Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 29 March 2022 to Question 143691 on Criminal Proceedings: Royal Commissions, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Probate: Administrative Delays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle delays in the Probate Service.

      Rape: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced for rape in each year since 2018 inclusive.

      Rape: Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who have been sentenced for rape have received sentences of seven years or more in each of the last five years.

      Domestic Abuse: Legal Representation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) accredited domestic abuse specialists and (b) other advocates his Department (i) has and (ii) plans to employ in the special advocates...

  • Attorney General

    • Visits Abroad: Poland

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 75829 on Visits Abroad: Poland, what the individual cost was of her predecessor's (a) return flight, (b)...

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to propose further fiscal measures to widen bus use, such as supporting (1) reduced, or (2) free, fares for everyone (a) under 21, or (b) in...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • New Businesses: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the current funding system for start-up companies.

    • Drax Power Station: Timber

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Drax about the sustainability of their supply chains in relation to the cutting down of primary forests.

      Biofuels: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the projected impact of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) on household energy bills.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Tomography: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of NHS England's capital expenditure in the financial years (1) 2019–20, (2) 2020–21, and (3) 2021–22, went on (a) new imaging...

    • Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have regularly to measure public awareness of patients’ right to choose where they receive their NHS consultant-led treatment.

      Nurses: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to attract more people, including those in the mid or late stages of their career, into the nursing profession.

      Embryos

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 11 November (HL3361), how many human embryos were (1) deliberately destroyed, and (2) transferred to...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Mental Capacity: Payments

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme, which closed on 12 January, to help disabled families access Child...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Forced Labour

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the legislative proposal from the European Commission to ban the marketing of goods made with forced labour; and whether they...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Russia: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Russian activity in Kaliningrad and the possible implications for neighbouring countries.

    • Russia: Natural Gas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by Vladimir Putin at the Russian Energy Week event in Moscow on 12 October about deliveries of gas to European...

      Nord Stream Pipelines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cause of the damage to Nord Stream gas pipelines; and what evidence they are using as part of that assessment.

      Nord Stream Pipelines

      To ask His Majesty's Government what resources they are providing to support the investigations into the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

      Rayan Suleiman

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Israel to support the investigation of the death of Rayan Suleiman, a Palestinian boy who died in Tequa...

      World Bank

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they last assessed the World Bank’s use of donations from the Official Development Assistance budget; and what conclusions they reached from this.

      Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the Official Development Assistance budget is paid to global multilateral organisations rather than direct to recipient countries; and how much...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take, if any, to prevent the forcible removal of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, some of whom have deeds of ownership and have lived in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • USA: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision of the government of the United States to stop developing a sea-based nuclear launch capability, and of the impact...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pension Funds: Investment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Pensions Regulator regarding the use of Liability Driven Investment by pension funds.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Packaging: Recycling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the development of compostable potato starch bag packaging.

    • Lighting: Pollution

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of light pollution in towns and cities in England; and what steps they plan to take to support local authorities to reduce...

  • Home Office

    • Immigration: Appeals

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for UK immigrant status originally refused have been overturned on appeal since 2015; and what steps they are taking to reduce the...

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the amount of money that has been made by people trafficking migrants across the English Channel this year.

      Undocumented Migrants and Refugees

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) undocumented migrants, and (2) refugees, entering the UK in the last five years were nationals of (a) European, (b) African, and (c) Asian countries.

      National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Minister for Security on 1 November (HC Deb col 791), whether the proposed new taskforce to protect parliament from being subverted...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Affordable Housing: Rents

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given the current definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework, whether they consider that rents set at 80 per cent of market rates...

    • Windrush Generation: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many organisations (1) applied for, and (2) received funding from, the 2022 Windrush Day Grant Scheme in 2022.

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent homelessness amongst Ukrainian refugees in the UK.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Civil Servants: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what areas of discretion are available to Northern Ireland civil servants in the absence of Ministers.

    • Health Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what contingency plans they are putting in place to provide UK ministerial oversight and accountability for the delivery of health services in Northern...

      Public Services: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the delivery of public services in Northern Ireland of the absence of Departmental Ministers.

      Cost of Living: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to tackling the increased cost of living.

      Ministers: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure the return of Ministers to Northern Ireland Departments.

      Safety: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government how public safety in Northern Ireland will be secured in the absence of Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive.

  • Treasury

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Third Sector: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much money they have spent in the last 12 months on funding third-sector organisations that help (1) children, and (2) vulnerable groups.

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