Thursday, 1 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish the Low Carbon Fuel Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the Rail Delivery Group on negotiations with the (a) RMT and (b) other Transport Trade Unions; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Joint Maritime Security Centre is taking steps to ensure that the (a) beneficial ownership of Russian vessels is tracked when ships are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the 436 additional driving instructors announced have been recruited; and how many have been recruited in (a) Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of Avanti train services were subject to a p-coded cancellation in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of reduced numbers of First TransPennine Express services on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with rail freight stakeholders on ongoing industrial action.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the use of zero-carbon HGVs in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled Resilient supply chains, published on 20 October 2022, if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time is for the renewal of a medical driving licence by the DVLA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing Government support for the Pass Wide and Slow campaign on the safety of horse...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the findings of National Highways' trial of computer analysis of CCTV images for stopped vehicle detection on smart motorways...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on identifying a National Freight Network; and when he expects that work to be completed and published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Green Deal projects are classified as live in Sefton Central constituency as of 24 November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on its strategy for stopping counterfeit stamps and stamp fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of postage stamps that are used are reported by Royal Mail as counterfeit each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help stop the sale of counterfeit postage stamps online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the minimum wage on the gender pay gap since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of the ethnicity pay gap...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 48487 on Energy Bills Rebate: Rented Housing, what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Boohoo on (a) workers rights and (b) working conditions in their UK warehouse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with Astra Asset Management UK in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much and what proportion of the £484 million announced by the Government in funding for the R&D sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help incentivise businesses to invest into local communities to help...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with external stakeholders about the potential merits of establishing a fashion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help post offices maintain their role within local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the (a) Office for National Statistics and (b) Secretary of State for Levelling Up,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93537 on Research: Investment, at what geographic level the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 83544 on Parental Leave, and with reference to the oral...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 75765 on Civil Service: EU Law, what steps his Department have taken...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil service staff working are paid a rate equivalent to the real living wage, broken down by Government Department.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion civil service staff are employed (a) on zero hours contracts, (b) on fixed-term contracts, and (c) via employment agencies...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make it his policy to increase the powers and independence of the Independent Ethics Adviser by (a) giving the Adviser the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59556, which Government Ministers currently use for residential purposes the properties at (a) 1...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor profits made by public procurement suppliers that accrue to offshore trusts.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with Astra Asset Management UK in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish an updated List of Parliamentary Private Secretaries to replace the most recent version dated June 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what percentage of disabled people are on the electoral register.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on official hospitality at Chequers from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on hospitality at Downing Street from 6 September 2022 to 25 October 2022.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities within the Civil Service.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make available all documents related interactions between Jack Straw and stakeholders representing those involved in the Cammell Laird...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy report, Readiness for storms ahead? Critical national infrastructure in an age...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received any complaints regarding the former Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union's conduct between July and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of making the recent extension of the relaxation of NHS pensions rules...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of agency nurses in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paramedics worked in the NHS in each region in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help ensure that the Federated Data Platform supports Integrated Care Systems to implement secure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made towards implementing the Federated Data Platform by April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of maternity units open in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is a backlog of people waiting for a dyslexia diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women (a) have a PIP breast implant, (b) have been informed that that implant poses a health risks, (c) have been offered a PIP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to record how many veterans are seen by NHS commissioned services for mental health support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new surgical hubs the New Hospital Programme is expected to deliver.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any future publications of the NHS Digital Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics will be affected by the cyber incident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding formulas for (a) all NHS regions and (b) the North East; and whether he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) National Homecare Medicines Committee and (b) NHS England have taken steps to enforce homecare medicines services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of rejecting Palantir Technologies' bid for a contract to run the NHS Federated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled Health Infrastructure Plan: selection process for the next eight new hospitals, updated on 9...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS employers in England are recycling employer contributions as additional salary where employees have opted out of the NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits for (a) survivability and (b) preventing future disability of designating strokes as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support the NHS in preparing for the next generation of treatment that may require lumber puncture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) identify and (b) implement best practice from other countries on improving ambulance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of increases in the number of respiratory syncytial virus infections being reported in children under the age of five,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he plans to continue the Thalidomide Health Grant after 31 March 2023; and how much has been awarded to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the standard of care provided by private providers for NHS inpatient mental health treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she will respond to the correspondence of 17 January 2022 from the hon. Member for Angus on Guillain-Barré Syndrome, case...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of the decision not to include transgender people in the ban conversion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2022 to Question 88800 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, for what reason the marketing authorisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a covid protection strategy for immunocompromised patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients aged 65 or over who had been inappropriately given the QIVe flu vaccine have been offered the opportunity to receive a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the findings of the NHS England investigation into the administration of QIVe flu vaccine to patients aged 65 years or...
To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to allocate additional resources to the Parliamentary Capability Team.
To ask the Leader of the House, whether each Government department has a parliamentary champion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential feasibility of raising the Minimum Fostering Allowance in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Autumn Statement 2022 and the announcement of an additional £2.3 billion of funding for education in 2023 and 2024, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of trends in the level of real terms school funding in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the number of specialist staff that will be required to implement the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ensure that students on T-level work placements are (a) paid for their labour in line with the national living wage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the proportion of care experienced young people who are not in education, employment or training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Statement 2022 on university students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to ensure that all asylum seekers can access courses in (a) further and (b) higher education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to update the stated ambitions of the International Education Strategy 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide additional support to the childcare sector to help Ukrainian parents to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential financial effect on UK universities of the requirement that they self-fund Round 2 bids to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to help ensure that each local authority is providing sufficient, good quality housing and care support for care leavers and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had a school nurse in each region in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that children in the care system receive the full benefit of the pupil premium funding to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Autumn Statement 2022 and the announcement of an additional £2.3 billion of funding for education in 2023 and 2024, when she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2022 to Question 87949 on Prison and Probation Service: Sick Leave, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff who have been victims of (a) sexual harassment and (b) bullying in his Department in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff left his Department in the period between (a) September 2019 and September 2020, (b) September 2020 and September 2021 and (c) September...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for postage stamp fraud in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 88985 on Prisoner Escapes, how many of the 55 people that escaped from custody in the past 5 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all prison officers in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27565 on Ministry of Justice: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many of the Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken recent steps to implement the recommendations of the report by Dame Sally Coates entitled Unlocking potential: a review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has he made of the cost to the public purse of Novus delivering Prison Education Services since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2022 to Question 73001 on Ministry of Justice: Charter Flights, how much his Department spent on private charter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the probate application service standard has been increased to 16 weeks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Courts & Tribunals Service plans to undertake an organisation risk assessment of the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Criminal Behaviour Orders were issued at all courts in each year since 2014.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to taxation for renewable energy companies on investment in the offshore...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) schools or (b) education trusts have received demands for backdated VAT, where HMRC has deemed that institution liable, due to their provision...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for Theatre Tax Relief were rejected in the last year; and what the reasons for those rejections were.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer received from taxation paid by PPE Medpro Ltd in the 2020-21 tax year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will make it his policy to introduce public country-by-country reporting by multinational corporations on (a) taxation and (b) where...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to use public money to fund any new fossil fuel projects in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on reinstating the Veterans’ Mobility Fund.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate additional resources to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation to ensure that sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine can be...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department takes steps to help protect vulnerable customers in instances where the Financial Conduct Authority is unable to.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to implement the recommendations from regulation of non-transferable debt securities consultation, published in April 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of who the perpetrators were of the drone attack against a tanker off the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the Blue and Green Prosperity Memorandum of Understanding signed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to take further steps to (a) condemn and (b) sanction Iranian regime officials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many applications have been received from foreign nationals for asylum in each of the British Overseas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to help support women protestors in Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the letter sent to the Prime Minister on 11 November 2022 by 12 members of both Houses of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the findings were of Civil Service People Surveys undertaken between July 2019 to September 2021 for staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Iranian counterpart on the potential imposition of the death penalty on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in ASEAN countries on (a) the situation in Myanmar and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart about UK citizens needing to complete a paper-based visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff hired in the UK by his Department are deployed in region at the Pacific Development Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance has been disbursed to local women's rights organisations in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance spending has been disbursed to programmes delivered by the United Nations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much finding the Government has allocated to global health R&D in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of Russia's foreign policy commitments in the Asia Pacific region...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Armed Forces personnel in each region live in Single Living Accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Combat Medical Technicians served in the Armed Forces in each service branch in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Army Medical Service there have been in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will deposit in the House of Commons library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding on Visiting Forces that was signed in Nairobi on 9 February...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a Military Aid to Civilian Authority request from the Department of Health and Social Care for Forces personnel to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 93469 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Intellectual Property, whether any intellectual property held by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 93472 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts, how many of the shipbuilding jobs announced under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the turnover of Harland & Wolff in any of their criteria prior to the award of the Fleet Solid Support Ship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, whether Navantia UK is wholly owned by the Spanish Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to upgrade 148 of the 227 Challenger 2 MBTs to Challenger 3 tanks; what his Department plans to do with any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to Harland and Wolff (a) Appledore and (b) Belfast in each year since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to examine the use of NDAs put in place by his Department during the tender for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with regard to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract, whether the majority of the blocks and modules from which the ships will be assembled will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when a Royal Navy ship last visited Pitcairn Island (a) to patrol UK waters and (b) in any other capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November to Question 90887 on Robert Swara Seurei, what live munitions the British Army used in the Lolldaiga training area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government will take to use its diplomatic influence to promote the strengthening of protections for civilians from the use of explosive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants who are entitled to receive but have not yet been credited...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to update the Universal Credit computer system to automatically award National Insurance credits to claimants and to allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of Universal Credit claimants whose cases require a manual calculation each month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s cost of living payments on (a) disabled people and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the annual review of benefits will take into account the real term reduction in benefits claimants’ incomes since April 2022 due...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to uprate the value of the Bereavement Support payment which was introduced at its current level in 2017; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of improving the current Statutory Maternity Pay arrangements for people who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living payment on Universal Credit payments made every four weeks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants have deductions attached to their claim for non-universal credit debts; and if he will publish a breakdown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of pension credits in Inverclyde.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of Universal Credit (a) are economically inactive as of 28 November 2022 and (b) were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of Universal Credit overpayments made in the last year in which his Department was at fault.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the (a) Independent Review into the ways the Child Maintenance Service supports survivors of domestic abuse and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the safety of steel service pipes in gas distribution networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the details of recipients of Carers Allowance in Carmarthenshire has been (a) requested by or (b) supplied to Carmarthenshire County...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 93755 on Work Capability Assessment, how many and what proportion of work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on improved reporting of food waste by large...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will enable recycling all glass food and drink packaging at the kerbside via the new system of Extended Producer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to media reports of financial strain on National Park Authorities, if he will publish the (a) land, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to review the (a) financial and (b) other support available for upland farmers in Areas of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to help tackle recent outbreaks of avian flu.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of (a) staff shortages and (b) real terms pay in the Environmental Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many personnel were employed full-time to the Storms Overflow Taskforce in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing regulations to tackle waste caused by disposable vape...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps will be taken in the design of England’s DRS to avoid material switching from smaller formats to larger...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many severe flood warnings were issued by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in public opinion on banning the importation of animal products, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on taking steps to support Ukrainians in the UK who are studying virtually at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of disabled people hold a valid passport.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential challenges of the Community Sponsorship scheme for refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for national security of reports Iran has attempted to kill or kidnap British...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on assisting Russian citizens already in the UK who require a change in their visa status to reflect their...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help increase protections against online scams.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 93420, which casework areas will need to be transited to Atlas in order to provide further...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 61079 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what estimate she has made of the number families...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the fees payable for licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records local police forces keep of the use of tasers by police officers; what assessment she has made of the (a) incidence of (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have arrived in the UK from Afghanistan in each of the last four months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to provide additional funding to fire and rescue services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of postage stamp fraud have been reported in South Yorkshire in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of increases in inflation on (a) Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and (b) other fire and rescue...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and if she will use the findings of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to question 77411 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what steps she is taking to process asylum seekers she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September 2022 to Question 53566 on Refugees: Afghanistan, how he defines suitable accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who have been unable to provide identity records due to historic...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is available to Ukrainian refugees who have been giving notice on their accommodation for (a) Homes for Ukraine Scheme and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were staying in accommodation in (a) the North West and (b) the South East of England, excluding London, as of 23...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrived in the UK from Ukraine in each of the last four weeks.
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 that information is not published.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people detained by Border Force upon entry to the UK were subsequently released on grounds that they held a valid (a) student and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November to Question 92145 on UK Border Force: Patrol Craft, which greener propulsion capabilities she plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the number of fee waivers for applications for leave to remain on human rights grounds increased between Q1 and Q2 of 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers' (a) asylum processing and (b) accommodation costs were reported as part of the Official Development Assistance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided to Blackpool Council for housing interventions to help reduce rough sleeping...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November to Question 93503 on Government Departments: Devolution, whether the Concordat on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the difference between Local Housing Allowance rates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) uplifting the funds available to host families under the Homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average length of delay in receiving replacement cladding material for building...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the quality of social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to encourage companies with responsibility for issuing Parking Charge Notices to offer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department intends to bring forward policies focused on hyper-local community regeneration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether any of the Investment Zone expressions of interest received include areas at least partially within the boundaries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of setting a £5 Band D precept flexibility for all standalone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to roll out a takaful-based funding structure for mortgages for right to buy tenants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact of trends in the level of interest rates on the ability of people on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his department's policy to help more families get on the housing ladder by (a) increasing the maximum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Everyone In scheme launched by Crisis UK at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to introduce a right to buy scheme for the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department will provide for domestic violence refuges in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure cladding replacements on residential buildings are (a) completed in a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department holds data on property usage in (a) Huddersfield and (b) the Kirklees local council area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on special advisers in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Special Advisers are employed by his Department.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church is taking steps to plant more trees on its land in rural areas.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the church has taken recent steps to provide affordable and sustainable housing on its land.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to use environmentally=friendly farming methods in its agricultural land.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the church commissioners have taken to help support parishes that are replacing (a) gas and...
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners have had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign,...
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps parish churches are taking to help (a) progress towards net zero and (b) increase biodiversity.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations he has received recently about the Church of England’s exemptions under the...
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations has he received on sex discrimination and misogyny in the Church of England.
To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, how many parishes in the Church of England in England reject the ministry of women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, is she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a UK-India free trade agreement on (a) the production of low-cost generics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Art Council England National Portfolio Organisation funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with (a) governing bodies and (b) other stakeholders to help promote rugby in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote British sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage grassroots participation in sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of public swimming pools on the cost of running swimming pools in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of FIFA on the process for awarding world cup tournaments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote UK sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to promote growth in the British tech sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect children online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help tackle abusive behaviour on social media.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the BBC on its future support for BBC Local Radio.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect competition in the delivery of full-fibre broadband networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the current barriers to market access experienced by full-fibre broadband providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to allocate specific funding from the public purse to female grassroots football teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press notice issued by her Department entitled Government plans to name grassroots football facilities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to expand broadband coverage in rural areas.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Vere of Norbiton to all members of the House of Lords on 24 November regarding smart 2 tachographs, when their...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to leave the Energy Charter Treaty; and if so, when.
To ask His Majesty's Government what financial assistance they have given to (1) businesses, or (2) academic institutions, in connection with low carbon aviation in the form of (a) grants, (b)...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 17 November (HL Deb cols 207GC to 215GC), who took the decision to spend £770,000 a day to store...
To ask His Majesty's Government which institutions in England offer midwifery apprenticeships.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many British citizens trained as doctors in Eastern European medical schools, including in countries outside the EU, in each year from 2015 to date; and how...
To ask His Majesty's Government, what was the annual pay increase provided to (1) medical consultants, (2) GPs, (3) nurses, (4) porters, and (5) NHS Chief Executives, for each year since 2009;...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many British applicants trained as medical students in each year from 2015 to 2021; and how many of those applicants were accepted to train as doctors in each...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many registered medical practitioners have (1) left, and (2) joined, NHS employment, in each year since 2015.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which midwifery apprenticeships are an effective route into the profession in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) pharmacists, (2) registered nurses, (3) physiotherapists, (4) occupational therapists, (5) radiographers, (6) and paramedics, are registered to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of physician assistants currently employed in the NHS; and what plans they have to expand the number of physician...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to tackle illicit (1) tobacco, and (2) vape, sales to underage young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government, what assessment they have made of the proportion of patients who were offered a choice of where they received their NHS consultant-led treatment in each year...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many pregnancies affected by neural tube defects were second or subsequent pregnancies, in each of the last five years.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether all measures of (1) whole blood folate, and (2) serum folate, in the UK are conducted by mass spectrometry-based methods.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many blood samples connected to neural tube defects have been sent for analysis to the Centre for Disease Control in the United States in each of the last five...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that prisoners in England and Wales have access to healthcare of equivalent quality to that received by the general public.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to commission further research into smoking related health disparities.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 16 November (HL3261) and 17 November (HL3260), what data they can provide on patient numbers at (1)...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Markham on 16 November (HL3261) and 17 November (HL3260), why they do not have the data requested; and what plans...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to renew the NHS contract for the Special Schools Eye Care service; and what timetable has been laid out for a decision on the future of this...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's autumn statement on 17 November, whether they will provide a breakdown of the funding available for social care in...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 11 July (HL1644), what steps they are taking to roll out the ‘Managing Heart Failure @home’ scheme...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 11 July (HL1645), what steps they are taking to raise awareness of heart failure, particularly among those most at...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many births there have been in each of the last five years that were classed as (1) spina bifida, (2) hydrocephalus, and (3) anencephaly, caused by neural tube...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the remainder of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, published on 29 November 2021; and in particular, the recommendation to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to strengthen bilateral relations with Brazil, particularly regarding climate change; and what discussions they (1) are having, or...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current (1) political, and (2) security, situation in Libya; and what steps they are taking, together with international...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan following allegations about the torture and murder of Anush Apetyan by Azerbaijani forces.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner report OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Russia concerning the imprisonment of British citizen, Vladimir Kara-Murza, in Russia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with NATO allies to send all available (1) volunteer electrical engineers, and (2) electrical generators, to Ukraine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to withdraw from (1) the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and (2) the 1966 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Algeria following reports of the expulsion of more than 60 Syrian and Palestinian refugees from Algeria into...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance, published on 26 January 2017, on what dates in (1) 2021, and (2) 2022, they sought an assurance...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 November (HL2934), when were the last five occasions they raised the case of Mohammed...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide financial support to unpaid carers in response to the impact of the increased cost of living.
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of figures by the Refugee Council on 14 October, how many applications for asylum have not had an initial decision reached for more than...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers were waiting for a decision on their application in each of the last five years
To ask His Majesty's Government in which circumstances, and under what conditions, listed properties will be exempt from Energy Performance Certificates requirements; and whether they will issue...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their response to the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance which concluded there is a significant risk of financial failure at football clubs,...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the BBC Member for Northern Ireland to be appointed to the BBC Board.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the report by the Information Commissioner's Office, Anonymisation: managing data protection risk code of practice, published in November 2012, (1) is...
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in their work to help UK musicians to tour EU countries after the UK's departure from the EU.
To ask His Majesty's Government with whom Arts Council England consulted prior to their decision to withdraw all national programme funding from English National Opera.
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