Thursday, 24 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the condition of roads in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, whether the commitment to core Northern Powerhouse Rail will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has she made of the savings to the public purse caused by reduction in GTR services in London coach numbers and frequency made in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the trends in the level of rail patronage have been in the latest period for which data is available; and whether his Department has taken recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reassess the Northern Powerhouse Rail options considered in the Integrated Rail Plan using the updated PLANET Framework Model v10.1 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many timetable alterations to TransPennine Express services will be introduced in December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Avanti West Coast December 2022 timetable change is achievable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when diesel trains will be phased out on the national rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help reduce fatalities on the railways associated with mental health episodes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the former Secretary of State for Transport's oral evidence to Transport Select Committee on 19 October 2022, whether he has made an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the end of the plug-in car grant in June 2022 on the consumer uptake of electric vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential impact of the decision to apply Vehicle Excise Duty on electric vehicles from 2025 on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the former Secretary of State for Transport's oral evidence to Transport Select Committee on 19 October 2022, whether it is remains...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department has made on bringing communal heating networks under OFGEM regulation and making them...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government has created the role of Minister for Science and Investment Security in addition to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he and his Department still plan to create a single enforcement body for employment rights as committed to in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 55106 on Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices, when he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2022 to Question 87824 Small Businesses: Cost of Living, what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the decision to delay the implementation of the UKCA mark on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to replace the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme when that scheme expires on 31 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for the 3,000 complaints his Department received regarding the Green Homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many jobs the Green Homes Grant supported in Sefton Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Green Homes Grant on upskilling the supply chain workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what size stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power station the Government expects to take as a result of the funding of up...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about the potential merits of providing further support for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it his Department's policy that consumers who have been subject to fraudulent smash and grab minor works...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure any fall in wholesale energy costs are passed onto domestic consumers promptly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Departments position on the UK's membership of the Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether tenants who live in farmhouses on a business energy tariff are eligible for the Energy Bill Support Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to create a single enforcement body for employment rights as announced in June 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the protected site list in the Electricity Emergency Supply Code was last reviewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of surviving members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme who have (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the average amount by which the annual pension received by remaining members of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the existing surplus sharing agreement with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the surplus sharing arrangements for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential economic impact of the reduction in funding from Horizon 2020 since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to para 6.65 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, whether the 35 per cent...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the judgement of Case Number QB-2022-000174 between the Attorney General and the BBC on 18 November, what costs have been incurred by her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sites have begun construction as part of the New Hospital Programme; and how many will begin over the next two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the funding and guidance for cohort 3 and 4 of the New Hospital Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if will he publish his Department's contingency plans for industrial action in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members of the Building the Right Support Delivery Board are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the British Medical Association on the potential impact of his policies on flexible accrual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the size of and (b) improve retention in the NHS workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of capacity in the NHS for radiotherapy; and whether he has taken recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of average ambulance response times in 2022 on (a) stroke survival rates, (b) rates of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 November, Official Report, col 849, what plans he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure hospitals offer 24/7 access to interventional radiology services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to enable local NHS leadership teams to help support medical technology and innovation within Integrated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will hold discussions with representatives of third sector organisations on the NHS workforce plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to ensure that nurses are adequately housed, including in York Central constituency, in light of rising costs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83748 on Health Services: Weather, what type of imaging equipment the £15...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 89536 on Mechanical Thrombectomy, how many of the 150 whole time equivalent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to address the dental appointment backlog.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80961 on Nutrition, whether he has made an estimate of the levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address child health inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the latest date is by which all manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines used in the UK must meet the conditions of their Conditional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of additional cost of living pressures in winter 2022-23 on trends in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department is taking to (a) ensure a fair funding system for NHS dental practices and (b) increase the number of NHS dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) early diagnosis and (b) prevention of liver disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients aged 65 years or older have been inappropriately given the QIVe flu vaccine in the South East since 20 September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much capital investment funding has been allocated to expanding mechanical thrombectomy services in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Dr Javed Khan's review into Smokefree 2030 policies, what steps he is taking to implement that report's recommendation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage general practices to call patients a second time when they miss an initial telephone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 74727 on Smoking, if he will publish data on whether England is on schedule to achieve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential number of excess deaths in winter 2022-23 due to unhealthy housing; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of permitting patients in the middle and later stages of Huntington's disease to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that (a) hospitals, (b) hospices and (c) care homes are included in the protected site...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential risks to public health during winter 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Healthwatch Liverpool entitled The state of NHS dentistry in Liverpool, published on 18 November 2022,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help speed up (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of cases are meeting the Faster Diagnosis Standard for cancer diagnoses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Dialysis Away from Base (DAFB) provision for renal patients who have work or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to improve access to radiotherapy for patients waiting for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report by the Stroke Association entitled Saving Brains,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients in the Liverpool area who will be treated by MR-Guided Focussed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is her Department's policy to increase funding for adult social care by £13 billion in the next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of patients affected by Essential Tremor in Liverpool and (b) how many of those patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce unexpected deaths as a result of epilepsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, what recent progress his Department has made towards (a) the target for 10 per cent of stroke...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people living with dementia are involved in the planning and provision of their care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve continuing health care in the NHS to ensure that those living with conditions such as Huntington's disease...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to delay the charging reforms for social care in order to help Local Authorities to manage the costs and pressures of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the need for clear standards for evidence-based training for the social care workforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 89536 on Mechanical Thrombectomy, if he will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to invest in the interventional neuroradiology workforce to help the treatment medical conditions such as stroke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has had with obesity prevention (a) charities and (b) organisations since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of additional cost of living pressures in winter 2022-23 on (a) mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the Care Quality Commission on mental health services since 25 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings in the report entitled MBRRACE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families whose children are undergoing speech and language therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of pelvic physiotherapists required for perinatal pelvic health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the results of the independent review of the North East Ambulance Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department’s policies of the report entitled Healthy Mum, Healthy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to speech and language therapy for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission in facilitating change where there have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission to bring about culture change in organisations that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to hold discussions with representatives from the pharmaceutical industry on the findings of the report entitled Healthy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce NHS waiting times for ADHD assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of when reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete will have been completely removed from the NHS estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS waiting lists on sickness-related economic inactivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timescale for tackling the cancer treatment backlog.
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the (a) sitting hours and (b) voting procedures of the House of Commons enable the participation of Members who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of local authorities to provide school places for asylum-seeking children placed in Home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked after children were cared for in a family and friends foster placement by local authorities as of 31 March 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding provided by her Department to schools for children with SEND who (a) have and (b) do not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for SEND education on people with SEND.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report from Ofsted, Alternative provision for primary-age pupils in England: a long-term ‘destination’ or a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of specialist teacher positions that remain vacant after (a) 6 months and (b) 12 months in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Autumn Statement, CP 751 published on 17 November 2022, what proportion of the additional £2.3 billion in funding for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students will be given information on what will be in their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams in England in summer 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of trends in the level of specialist teachers on the educational attainment of students in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the National Food Strategy's recommendation to remove the requirement to serve meat three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the capital projects announced in each of the three rounds of the school rebuilding programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the ability of local authorities to adequately fund SEND education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of parents willing to adopt children and young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of announcing (a) three or (b) five year funding settlements for Primary PE and Sport Premium on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools are delivering phonics programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons he has visited in each of his tenures as Secretary of State for Justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who sits on the Prison Operational Resourcing and Stability Panel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff worked for his Department in September 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 77345, how many special advisers working in his Department had their employment terminated after...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on where Prime Minister's Trade Envoys should stay when visiting their country of service.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled UK-India free trade agreement: the UK's strategic approach, published in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make an assessment of any potential disruption to the UK Morocco Association Agreement and the risk to securing access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department undertook an assessment of potential conflicts of interest before awarding Wrightbus £26 million in UK Export...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from its international counterparts on (a) human rights and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) median and (b) mean number of days between initial contact received from a UK national imprisoned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which of his Department's overseas posts are staffed by one Diplomatic Service Officer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs how many officials in his Department have relocated out of London under the Places for Growth Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he or his officials have had discussions with their counterparts in the US Administration on reported...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any people working on Operation Pelican were based within his Department's premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many FTE staff have been in the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative team of experts in each (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that the people convicted of the murder of people on Flight MH17 are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the average wait time is for the approval of Academic Technology Approval Scheme accreditation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has paid in severance payments to former special advisors in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) rebuilding of schools, hospitals and water and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department’s total salary expenditure was spent on consular staff in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's total expenditure made using Government Procurement Cards was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to prevent (a) individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received recent representations from other countries seeking sanctions against specific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made dispersing the Government's commitment of £100 million to the Taskforce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings he has held with his Indian counterpart regarding the case of Jagtar Singh Johal in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which countries his Department includes in its definition of the Indo-Pacific region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to help prevent Iranian drones being used by Russian forces in Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on Ministerial overseas travel in each of the last fifteen years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many requests for consular assistance overseas his Department received in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received representations from relevant stakeholders on the imprisonment of British citizen Vladimir...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Nepalese Government and (b) Gurkha Representatives in the UK on (i) Gurkha pensions and (ii) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of (a) direct, (b) indirect and (c) combined expenditure by his Department was spent on small and medium-sized enterprises...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87744 on Navy: Training, how much his Department paid to Elbit Systems UK as part of Project Selborne...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87744 on Navy: Training, whether he expects to recover any payments made by his Department to Elbit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87744 on Navy: Training, what assessment he has made of the impact the departure of Elbit Systems UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87744 on Navy: Training, when he expects negotiations to conclude on the departure of Elbit Systems UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total allocated funding for the Defence Innovation Loan scheme was in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, and (c) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the commitments made in his Department's Opportunity and Innovation: The Defence Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Action Plan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the commitments made in his Department's Opportunity and Innovation: The Defence Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Action Plan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the blocks and modules for the Fleet Solid Support Ships contract will be constructed in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship Contract, whether there is a legal mechanism to hold Team Resolute to account on the amount of UK content.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of new shipbuilding jobs that will be created under the fleet solid support ship contract that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has placed contractual obligations on Team Resolute to deliver 200 further education opportunities and apprenticeship programmes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original and( b) current delivery date is for Project Selborne.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87744 on Navy: Training, whether he expects to open a new competition for the work Elbit Systems UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of serviceable aircraft availability Leonardo are contracted to provide; and whether they are meeting that standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unserviceable EH101 aircraft are undergoing work in Royal Navy facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number of recipients of (a) Local Housing Allowance and (b) Discretionary Housing Payments in the (i) Taff Rhondda...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Household Support Fund for supporting households in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the requirement by private landlords of references, deposits or minimum income requirements on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the equality analysis referred to in the letter of 6 September 2022 from the Permanent Secretary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to take steps to help women affected by changes to women's state pension age; and whether is his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on the Restart Scheme in the (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the context of the cost of living crisis and potential rises in sickness and disability benefits caseloads, whether his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 5.13 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751 published on 17 November 2022, whether his Department plans to assign any of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were waiting for a decision on their Access to Work application for each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the criteria used to determine whether cancer survivors are fit for work under the Work Capability Assessment for Universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average wait time for a decision to be made on awarding a Personal Independence Payment claim; and how many Personal Independence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2022 to Question 14559 on Women Against State Pension Inequality, for what reason a Minister has not met...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's planned increase to state pension will affect means-tested benefits, including housing benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to means test Personal Independence Payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she makes of the adequacy of the progress of implementing the Action Plan for Animal Welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment for the implications of her policies of Dogs Trust’s recommendation to introduce a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Climate Change Committee report entitled Net Zero: The UK’s contribution to stopping global...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is encourage investment in (a) hedgerows and (b) other nature-based climate solutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the requirement to amend the Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long an animal must be kept being protected under Schedule 4 of the Welfare at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of the establishment and operation of the Movement Assistance Scheme (a) between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK’s recommended Total Allowable Catches in its fishing negotiations with the EU, Norway and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 permits animals to be sent to consumers through the postal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has paid in compensation to claimants with premises affected by avian influenza in each month of 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on consumer diets of delaying (a) the food strategy and (b) subsequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a list of staple food items subject to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people live in areas with air pollution levels above legal limits in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hectares of peatland have been put under restoration management in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October to Question 61123 on Property Flood Resilience Scheme, whether her Department plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) limit the average global temperature rise to 1.5 celsius, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps has she taken to help reduce plastic pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date the Government plans to publish the results of the consultation on Consistency in Household and Business...
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 Graveney's eco-system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) premises were affected by and (b) birds were culled following avian influenza outbreaks in (i) Witham...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to stop chemical pollution in UK marine habitats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policies of the proposals outlined in the British Mountaineering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the UK florist industry's decline in trade with the EU; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of experiments carried out on animals each year; and if she will make it her policy to phase...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) she or (b) officials in her Department have met with US officials to discuss Julian Assange.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department spends on accommodating Afghan refugees in the UK hotels per day.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of changing the wording of requests for previous passports during passport...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much will have been paid to the French authorities for assistance in dealing with illegal immigration using small boats between 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of legal advice for asylum seekers currently...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2022 to Question 76099 on Members: Correspondence, how many cases were affected by technical issues;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 86410 on Asylum: Northern Ireland, what the cost to the public purse was of the 22 hotels...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published on 26 October, what steps her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November to Question 87798, whether her definition of a future-proofed replacement capability for the Border...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the publication of her Department's report on tier one investor visas; and for what reason the report has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers and refugees pending asylum status there are in Oxfordshire; and how many of them (a) are in temporary...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the official development assistance budget has been spent on (a) Manston immigration centre and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether residents in spot booking hotels are entitled to seek advice and treatment from general practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help survivors of domestic abuse and coercive control with the cost of living crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion are awaiting decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the hotels that were being used for asylum seeker accommodation on 1 September 2022 were no longer being...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of small boats Channel crossings each year if the proposed asylum deal with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 60212 on Asylum: Rwanda, from which Departmental budget was the £20 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral statement of 31 October 2022, Official Report, column 641, on what dates she officially sanctioned each hotels'...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were made in the UK by Kurds in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum accommodation providers are required to record the number of residents who are physically harmed within their properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the French Government on reducing the number of small boats crossing the Channel.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from (a) Afghanistan, (b) Eritrea, (c) Iran, (d) Sudan and (e) Syria are accommodated in hotels under Part 5 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to amend the Seasonal Workers visa scheme to help increase the potential supply of labour in the agricultural sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department spent in total on external recruitment consultants in 2021; how many full time equivalent posts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end Section 21 notices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposals contained in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to publish minutes of all deliberative meetings on the selection of successful bids in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of the Levelling Up Director posts have been filled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has held discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of public funding required to carry out cladding remediation of unsafe buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the state of readiness of local councils for administering mandatory voter ID...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Local Government Association on local authority budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to answer Question 73809 tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 28 October 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to develop the Government hub in York Central with (a) conferencing space and (b) other facilities that benefit the local community.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of to UIN 64378, whether all interim payments to infected individuals and bereaved partners of those affected by contaminated...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Sector Fraud Authority Enforcement Unit has been established.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of changes resulting from the Autumn Statement to the FTE headcount of his Department in November 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much and what proportion of services exports were made by businesses with a headcount of (a) 250 or more, (b) between 50 and 249, (c) between 10...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paras 3.25 and 5.70 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November 2022, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the investment allowance rate is for (a) oil and gas exploration companies and (b) renewable energy generators.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to meet with meet with Baroness Kate Rock to discuss the recommendations on taxation made in her Tenancy Working Group Report.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of a change in the rate of VAT on pet food from standard rate to zero defined in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November to Question 74669, answered 3rd November on Research and Development Tax Credit, what resources HMRC allocates to (a)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure that P&O Ferries is complying with national minimum wage legislation on its vessels working...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenue raised through Vehicle Excise Duty will be used to fund additional infrastructure for electric vehicles.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of goods exports were made by businesses with a headcount of (a) 250 or more, (b) between 50 and 249, (c) between 10 and 49...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he made an estimate of the predicted tax revenue from extending the Energy Generator levy to cover combined-cycle gas turbine generators before 17...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement of 17 November, Official Report, col 849, if he will publish the sources of the estimate that putting VAT on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department produced a forecast of any changes in tax revenue resulting from the Investment Allowances on the Energy Profit Levy before 17...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Autumn Statement 2022 on large-scale, long-duration energy storage in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 5.6 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November, what the funding mechanism is for the additional £6bn...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on devolving the Aggregates Levy to Wales.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he did not provide greater financial support for local authorities than that outlined in the Autumn Statement 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of (a) providing support to and (b) bringing forward proposals to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual budget is of the Digital Markets Unit within the Competition and Markets Authority in each year since that unit was established; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to review regulation of the short term holiday let sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she last met representatives of the music industry to discuss UK musicians touring in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 18 October to Question 59454 on Internet and Pornography: Children, whether her Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the annual sales limit placed on charity lotteries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much from the public purse her Department has spent on (a) staff activity, (b) external research and advice, (c) public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the reintroduction of roaming charges on the UK tourism industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Entain has paid the £17 million fine imposed on it by the UK Gambling Commission in August 2022 for anti-money...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the findings of the 14th annual Girls' Attitudes Survey published by GirlGuiding in October 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children went missing from Home Office commissioned hotel accommodation in each month in the period from April to October.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the data protection and privacy risks posed by private facial recognition companies such as PimEyes to UK citizens.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure local libraries are protected from any reductions in spending; and what encouragement they will give to local authorities to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 24 October (HL2798), by what date they expect appropriate safety measures to be in place...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the request by the former Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in September for water companies to set out...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the growth in sales of UK dairy products abroad.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they require all home insulation and energy efficiency products recommended for retrofitting domestic properties to have (1) the appropriate product...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Deputy Director of the Department of Education’s Disadvantage and International Directorate dated 24 October, what...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Department for Education sought evidence from the education publishing sector about the market impact of Oak National Academy after the full scope...
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