Written answers

Friday, 18 November 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to Northern Powerhouse Rail includes the new line from Liverpool to Manchester via Central Warrington.

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's commitment to build Northern Powerhouse Rail includes infrastructure upgrades to the Sheffield to Hull line via Doncaster.

      Selby-Hull Railway Line: Electrification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to electrify the line from Selby to Hull.

      Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with representatives of rail unions on the rail dispute since his appointment.

      High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of when the report of the Leeds Area Study will be published.

      Bus Services: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that bus stops are accessible and safe for blind and visually impaired people.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Small Businesses: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Sefton Central constituency have received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis.

    • New Businesses: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s report entitled Ethnic Diversity in Business:...

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the cost to the public purse of the Energy Price Guarantee is not...

      Housing: Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of domestic properties using (a) oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas for...

      Natural Gas: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that the UK's supply of natural gas will not be further...

      Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and the Northern Ireland Executive to help ensure that the...

      Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of Green Deal Loans put in place by the company HELMS by constituency to...

      Employment: Fertility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) workplace rights and (b) support for people undergoing...

      Renewable Energy: Smart Export Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average rate payable under the Smart Export Guarantee for renewable energy generated by households was in the...

      Wind Power: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to make it easier to secure planning permission for new onshore wind turbines.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken steps to establish an online fuel comparison tool.

      Oil: Shetland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of Equinor developing the Rosebank oil field with the decarbonisation...

      Offshore Structures: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the North Sea Transition Authority on local content in decommissioning...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will have discussions with the Leader of the House on bringing the Energy Security Bill to the House of Commons.

      Certification Quality Marks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) external research and advice, (c) public consultation and...

      Offshore Industry: Labour Mobility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the development of the Offshore Energy Passport as set out in the Offshore Wind Sector...

      Offshore Industry: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to assess levels of commercial pressure on contractors employed in the production of...

      Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart on Northern Ireland's Net Zero target to deliver...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of removing eligibility to the Warm Home Discount Scheme for...

      Fossil Fuels: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Global Witness report that 636 fossil fuel lobbyists were granted access to COP27, whether the...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many vouchers issued to those on prepayment meters in October as part of the Energy Bills Support Scheme have not...

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2022 to Question 75897 on Housing: Sefton Central, what steps his Department...

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant to the Answer of 7th November 2022 to Question 75899 on Housing: Sefton Central, what discussion he has held...

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2022 to Question 77388 on Housing: Sefton Central, how many homes (a) there are...

      Housing: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2022 to Question 77388, which wards in Sefton Central have had external wall...

      Carbon Emissions: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Pursuant to the Answer of 8th November 2022 to Question 78696 on Carbon Emissions: Job Creation, how many of the...

      Carbon Emissions: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to update the Ofgem's Strategy and Policy Statement to enable it to regulate for Net Zero.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential relationship between the profits of Distribution Network Operators...

      Hospices: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to provide additional financial support with energy bills for charity children’s...

      Energy: Pre-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy that energy companies should be able to install pre-payment meters in homes...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that all eligible households receive the £100 Alternative Fuel...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.

      Energy Supply Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the remit is of the Energy Supply Taskforce; by what criteria his Department will make an assessment of whether...

      Strike Ballots: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make it its policy to allow trade union members to vote online when deciding to take industrial...

      Sustainable Development: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to consult on a process for adopting the sustainability reporting standards to be issued by...

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish revised guidance on tidal energy as part of the energy National Policy Statement.

      Animal Experiments: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 13 May 2021 to Question 1041 on Animal Experiments: Surveys, whether the research for...

      Bulb Energy: Octopus Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 on Bulb Energy: Takeovers, at what point during the takeover of Bulb Energy...

      National Grid: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the improvements required in the capacity of the National Grid to accommodate increased...

      Postage Stamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, What discussions he has had with Royal Mail on the effect on philately of the introduction of barcoded stamps.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what measures are in place to ensure the Energy Bill Support Scheme is paid to customers

      Companies: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Companies House is tackling the setting up of fraudulent...

      Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 155732 on Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Pay, when the...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77419 on Energy: Meters, in what ways the Energy Price Guarantee...

      Research: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of public sector funding for research and development;...

      Intellectual Property: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Minister is responsible for intellectual property.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Carers: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the State of Caring 2022 survey, published by Carers UK, on 8 November 2022, what assessment he has made for the...

    • Huntington's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the devolved administrations on developing consistent guidance and support for people with...

      Dementia: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to dementia diagnosis services in London.

      Care Quality Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what changes he plans to make to the CQC's remit to enable it to better deliver change in mental health services.

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of regional differences in accessing dementia care.

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what target his Department has for the time it should take for a young person to receive an assessment by the Child and Adolescent Mental...

      Speech and Language Therapy: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the mental health of children who are experiencing speech and language delay.

      Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing Veteran Aware accreditation in NHS trusts; and if he will take steps to extend...

      Neurodiversity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of waiting times for the assessment for neurodiverse conditions by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services...

      Mental Health Services: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what steps can be taken to (a) identify benefit (i)...

      Bereavement Counselling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of full-time bereavement care centres in the last 12 months.

      Anxiety: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the proposed NICE guidance on prescribing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy apps to children...

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the speed of processing covid-19 vaccine damage payments; and if his Department will...

      Health Services: Females

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

      Infant Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sudden infant deaths occurred in the UK in each of the last three years.

      Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Integrated Care Boards commission specialist perinatal mental health services.

      Congenital Abnormalities: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made in the further development of guidance by the relevant professional bodies with respect to the role of...

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of learning difficulties services; and what steps he is taking to increase services in...

      Breasts: Plastic Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a public inquiry into the safety of PIP breast implants.

      Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 72915 on Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme: Coronavirus, how many of the 217 rejected...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77275 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance is used by...

      Mental Health: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the effect of rising living costs on mental health; what steps he will take to monitor the effect of...

      NHS Trusts: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many regulatory bodies NHS trusts are required to engage with.

      Bereavement Counselling and Mental Health Services: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to include clear signposting for local veteran-specific support services...

      Prescriptions: Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) fines have been issued and (b) individuals have been fined or required to repay the value of a prescription after the fact,...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the data from the Office for National Statistics bulletin on adult smoking habits will be used to inform the Tobacco Control Plan.

      Dementia: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding the Government will make available for the implementation of the 10-year plan for dementia.

      Care Homes: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Social Care of 27 Oct 2022, Official Report, col. 494, what his...

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59129 on Health: Disadvantaged, whether he plans to publish a White Paper on health...

      Dental Services: Bradford West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS dentist provision in Bradford West constituency.

      Breast Cancer: Bradford West

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

      Mental Health 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 mental health services in Bradford West constituency.

      Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department has not made a statement on delays to the proposed health disparities white paper.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 82228 on HIV Infection: Drugs, whether his Department plans to make this...

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Local Government Association...

      Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential Impact of trends in the levels of food insecurity on public health.

  • Leader of the House

    • Government Departments: Training

      To ask the Leader of the House, what percentage of eligible officials in each government department have received training from the Parliamentary Capability Team.

    • Members: Correspondence and Written Questions

      To ask the Leader of the House, what work the Parliamentary Capability Team has been doing with government departments to ensure timely and quality responses to Written Parliamentary Questions...

      Parliament: Handbooks

      To ask the Leader of the House, if she will update the Guide to Parliamentary Work for officials.

  • Department for Education

    • Free School Meals: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the eligibility criteria for free school meals in the context of the cost of living crisis.

    • Curriculum: Citizenship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the national curriculum has any compulsory aspects on the study of citizenship of the UK.

      National Tutoring Programme: Portsmouth South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent through the National Tutoring Programme in Portsmouth South constituency in each month since that programme was launched.

      Primary Education: 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.

      Primary Education: 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; and if she will make a...

      Schools: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that schools are teaching up-to-date information on HIV.

      Schools: Neurodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide mandatory neuro diversity training for all teachers; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of...

      Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to help improve young people’s understanding of finance and credit products; and if she will make a statement.

      Department for Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.

      Schools: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) carbon dioxide monitors and (b) air cleaning units have been delivered to schools in Stockport constituency in 2022.

      Students: Sanitary Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Period product scheme for schools and colleges in England to also include...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will suspend the rollout of the Common Platform.

    • Aiding and Abetting: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June to Question 11833 on Aiding and Abetting: Convictions, what his Department has made in investigating the best way to...

      Probate Service: Administrative Delays

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the causes of delays within the Probate Service; and what steps he is taking tackle those delays.

      Magistrates: Personnel Management and Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates and (b) vacancies for magistrates there are; how many magistrates resigned or retired in each of the last five years; how many...

      Probate Service: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the response time of Probate Services.

      Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department holds data on the number of prosecutions under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in 2021.

      Domestic Abuse: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of undertaking the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review.

      Prison and Probation Service: Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many working days were lost as a result of work-related stress in each year since 2010 in (a) HM Prison Service and (b) the Probation Service.

  • Treasury

    • Monetary Policy: Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will launch a review of the current macroeconomic and monetary policy frameworks.

    • Economic Situation: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU (a) on the economy and (b) per household.

      Economic Growth: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the pace of economic growth.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to improve trade with the EU and increase tax revenues as a result.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the cost to UK businesses of registering in the EU since the UK left the EU and (b) the cost to the Exchequer of those...

      Duty Free Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the creation of arrivals duty free stores at airports and ferry terminals across the UK...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime ISA limit.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Climate Change: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the £1.5 billion increase in the UK's climate finance pledge will be allocated from previously...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the maximum duration that Army or MoD crews undertaking User Validation Trials are allowed to remain in the vehicles, on any Ajax family vehicle.

    • Elbit Systems UK: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts Elbit Systems UK have been awarded by his Department.

      Ammunition: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ringfence spending on ammunition stockpiles.

      Amey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October to Question 67846 on Amey, how many Service Family Accommodation homes received repairs in each of the last five years.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Ajax-family vehicles have resumed firing trials of any kind as of 15 November 2022.

      Elbit Systems UK: Trident Submarines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 82206 on Elbit Systems UK: Trident Submarines, how long that contract with Elbit Systems UK was...

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 79264 tabled by the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne on 4 November 2022.

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will respond to Question 80588 from the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne tabled on 7 November 2022.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Carer's Allowance: Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing Cost of Living Payments to recipients of Carer's Allowance.

    • Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will publish his White Paper on the future of disability benefits.

      Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit have been awaiting a decision for more than (a) one year and (b) six months since...

      Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many face to face medical assessments were carried out for claims for Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit in each of the most recent 12...

      Personal Independence Payment: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential cost to the public purse of delivering a digital end-to-end PIP service.

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has taken recent steps to improve the detection of Universal Credit overpayments.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence of 15 September, 14 October and 31 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow...

      Cost of Living Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Cost of Living Payments that fail to be automatically processed are received by eligible recipients.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • African Swine Fever

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) Secretary of State for International Trade, (b) Minister for the Cabinet...

    • Poultry: Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support poultry farmers affected by the 2022 outbreak of Avian Influenza.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many turkeys have been culled since the outbreak of avian flu on 27 October 2021.

      Avian Influenza: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the compensation offered to farmers affected by avian flu in their flocks...

      Air Pollution: Babies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 69799 on Air Pollution: Babies, if she will hold discussions...

      Environmental Land Management Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help strengthen the Environmental land management schemes supporting farmers to protect and...

      Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to improve animal welfare protections for farmed fish in the UK.

      Local Government: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce a legal requirement for the Office of Environmental Protection to inspect local...

      Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its Chemicals Strategy.

      Fly-tipping: Asbestos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce a minimum mandatory prison sentence for people who fly-tip items containing asbestos.

      Royal Hampshire County Hospital: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the chemical leak at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has taken steps to facilitate cross-departmental collaboration on tackling air pollution.

      Air Pollution: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities on improving air quality.

      Litter: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of Fixed Penalty Notices imposed by local...

      Animals: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains the Government's policy to prohibit the live export of animals for slaughter or fattening.

      Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will ban all per-fluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in all non-essential uses.

      River Great Ouse: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Environment Agency on the possibility of the River Great Ouse flooding in...

      Pets: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to progress legislative proposals to promote the welfare of kept animals; and what recent...

      Standards: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the content of BSI Document BS8683 is available for the public to read at no cost.

      Litter Innovation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to the Litter Innovation Fund since that fund's inception.

      National Parks: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with national park authorities on private investment into English national parks.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 73124 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Public...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in the UK have (a) adopted a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community engagement strategy, (b) adopted a GRT Liaison...

    • Migrant Help

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract his Department awarded to Migrant Help to provide assistance to those seeking asylum, (a) how many cases have...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of using of hotels used by York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any NHS staff have been displaced due to the use of hotel rooms in York as temporary accommodation asylum seekers.

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with representatives from York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on hotel rooms used...

      Visas: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with Tier 1 Investor visas and who have been identified by the Government as a possible national security risk have been...

      Refugees: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the names of hotels in Hammersmith constituency that have contractual agreements with the Home Office to house refugees;...

      Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80727 on Slavery, if she will publish a list of the National Referral Mechanism first...

      Immigration: China and Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 76003 on China: Police Stations, what steps her Department is taking to protect the...

      Home Office: Vivastreet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, how many times (a) officials and (b) Ministers from...

      Home Office: Vivastreet

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 72950 on Home Office: Vivastreet, if she will publish the agendas, minutes and...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email of 5 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton, relating to Haleema Shafique.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61080 on Homes for Ukraine Scheme, for what reason the information requested is not...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the women detained at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre in July and August 2022, how many women were (a) foreign...

      Asylum: Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to provide safe routes of asylum for protestors from Iran whose lives are at risk of violence...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who entered the UK on a Tier 1 Investor Visa between 30 June 2008 and 6 April 2015 have been granted (a) indefinite leave to...

      Visas: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of authorised work hours for student visas.

      Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) Cleveland and (b) the UK on 1 May of each year since 2010.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made a recent estimate of the time it would take HM Passport Office to return passports to people who would need them as...

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Questions (a) 75827, (b) 77303 and (c) 75828 on Detention Centres: Manston tabled by the hon. Member for Kingston...

      UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the announcement of the joint UK-France arrangement on tackling small boat crossings in the Channel will affect the proposed (a)...

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department work on processing asylum cases.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions are in place for workers on the agricultural Seasonal Workers visa to be able to access information about their employment...

      Home Office: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to correspondence sent by email on 20 September 2022 and on 24 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East,...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the period from 1 January 2021 to 7 November 2022, what percentage of applications for EU Settlement Scheme Administrative Review did not...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to correspondence sent by email on 7 September 2022 and on 13 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East,...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence sent by email on 2 September 2022 and again by email on 4 October, from the hon....

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in his Department in each year since 1 January 2016.

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November to Question 77346 on Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Redundancy...

      Delivery Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the extended delivery hours for supermarkets and other food retailers implemented during the covid-19 pandemic are...

      Park Homes: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the Mobile homes: The impact of...

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to abolish marriage value.

      Help to Buy Scheme: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with Homes England on any intention to make staff in the Help to Buy unit of the...

      Housing: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the Mayhew Review on...

      Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities have introduced more stringent eligibility criteria for housing waiting lists across England.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 September 2022 from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on Retail...

      Veterans: Repossession Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October to Question 68037 on Veterans: Repossession Orders, what information his Department...

      Capital Investment: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) establishing and (b) managing the application process for investment zones since...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help financially support councils using reserves to cover shortfalls in spending.

      Fuel Poverty: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of warm spaces made available in (a) Lewisham East constituency and (b) the UK...

      Housing: Fire Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he or his officials will meet with leaseholders at Bridgepoint House, Greenford, to advise them on how the Building...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of the Levelling Up Fund has been spent in each financial year since that fund was launched.

      Levelling Up Fund: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has put in place a process to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants to the Levelling Up Fund.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Shell

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the meeting of the then Prime Minister with Shell plc on 5 May 2022 as listed in the Ministerial Transparency returns.

    • Hugh Powell

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Hugh Powell was appointed to help conduct the Heywood Review in 2014; what role Mr Powell had in the conduct of that Review; and what...

      Cabinet Office: Coronavirus

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.

  • Department for International Trade

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Palace of Westminster: Waste Disposal

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether there has been an increase of the number of disposal bins in (a) men's toilets and (b) accessible...

    • Portcullis House

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has had recent discussions with any party on utilising the space in Portcullis House...

      Speaker's Counsel: Operating Costs

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost of operating the Office of Speaker’s Counsel was in the most recent year for which figures...

  • Prime Minister

    • Jagtar Singh Johal

      To ask the Prime Minister, whether he raised the case of Jagtar Singh Johal during his meeting with Prime Minister of India at the G20 conference on 15 November 2022.

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Licences

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many applications for driving licences from people with a notifiable medical condition are outstanding; what is the target time for responding to those...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Space Technology: Small Businesses

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on small businesses of introducing the Accelerator Programme Grants provided by Westcott...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Gambling: Clinics

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many more NHS gambling clinics are being planned; and where those clinics will be situated.

    • Sickle Cell Diseases: Prescriptions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 26 October (HL2576), how many people with sickle cell disease (1) are not eligible for prescriptions, and...

      Evusheld

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the report RAPID C-19 Oversight Group report: review of Evusheld by the RAPID C-19 Oversight Group, published on 6 October, how many members of the...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Green Climate Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address the UK’s $288 million (USD) reported shortfall in meeting funding requests from the Green Climate Fund.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use the extension to the publication of environmental targets required by the Environment Act 2021 to develop a...

    • Sewage: Pollution Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government who is responsible for the maintenance and accuracy of water quality monitors measuring sewage outflows; and whether it is possible for water companies to disable...

  • Home Office

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