Written answers

Monday, 5 December 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when local authorities will be invited to bid for Active Travel Fund 4.

    • Roads: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure local highway authorities are tackling roadside air pollution generated by motor vehicles.

      Motor Vehicles: Speed Limits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his Department's policy not to outlaw the production or purchase of vehicles without speed limiters.

      Bus Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support is available to local bus franchises to protect rural bus routes.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to take legislative steps to implement smart road charging schemes in (a) cities, (b) regions and (c) England.

      Transport: Sark

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support and develop transport links in the Crown Dependency of Sark.

      Public Transport: Assistance Animals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to and prevent refusals of service on transport networks to people who use guide dogs.

      Transport: Glasgow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of connectivity between London and Glasgow; and what steps he is taking to help improve that...

      Electric Vehicles: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of public sector vehicle fleets have made the transition to electric vehicles in the UK; and what estimate he has made of the...

      Official Cars: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the central government fleet of cars is electrified.

      Official Cars: Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of his Department's fleet of vehicles are electric.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to support the introduction of electric vehicle charging points at motorway service stations in the North of England.

      Cycling: Helmets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with road safety and cycle representative groups on making it a legal requirement for cyclists to wear helmets on public roads.

      Department for Transport: Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on active travel in 2021-22.

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of additional support for the Active Travel fund.

      Cycling and Walking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish an updated long-term cycling and walking plan for the remaining period of this Parliament.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the withdrawal of (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) Spain,...

    • Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to work with the energy industry to develop social tariffs to reduce energy bills for households...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what level of energy requirements his Department expects to set for non-domestic consumers to qualify for the planned...

      Alternative Fuel Payments: Biofuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether non-domestic consumers of biomass energy will be eligible for payments through the Alternative Fuel Payments scheme.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide an energy assistance payment for families of disabled children...

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) Whitetail Clean Energy and (b) other energy...

      Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted as a result of the Local Authority Delivery Scheme in Sefton Central constituency as of...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on the Social Housing Decarbonization Fund in Sefton Central constituency as of 24...

      Business: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on taking steps to improve...

      Energy Bills Rebate: District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 84872 on Energy Bills Rebate: District Heating, by which date he...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, CP 751, if he will take steps to introduce...

      Business: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with businesses in Washington and Sunderland West constituency on the potential impact...

      Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, How many homes in Washington and Sunderland West constituency had external wall insulation installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Wallasey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Wallasey constituency have had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Wallasey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Wallasey constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 31 October 2022.

      Energy: Pre-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to prevent the customers of energy suppliers being moved to prepayment arrangements without being...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in Ogmore constituency have non-smart prepayment meters installed as of 29 November 2022.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Ogmore

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

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to provide extra financial resource to Local Authorities to help them to administer the Energy Bills...

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Putney constituency have had solar power panels installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Putney constituency have had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Putney constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the sustainable warmth scheme competition held in 2021; and...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Contact for families with disabled children's survey entitled Out of Energy, if he will make an...

      Energy Intensive Industries: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will respond to its consultation on reviewing the energy intensive industries exemption scheme to...

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has contributed to the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme in Sefton Central...

      Emergency Services: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 84890 on Emergency Services: Power Failures, whether emergency...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to prevent energy suppliers switching people onto prepayment meters when they fall into debt.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2022 to Question 65799 on Energy Bills Rebate, what progress his Department has...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are unable to receive energy bill discount vouchers due to their...

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: BBC

      To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92147, how much of the £376,775.18 incurred in legal costs up to 21 November 2022 related to her...

    • Attorney General: Incentives

      To ask the Attorney General, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d)...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the correspondence of 20 September and 20 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of...

    • Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the local authority and (b) water undertakers on water fluoridation schemes in Cumbria;...

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the estimated cost of fluoridation schemes in Cumbria in (a) 2022 and (b) future years.

      Ophthalmic Services: Treatment Centres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the briefing by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists entitled Three steps to sustainable patient care, published in...

      Organs: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are on the organ donation waiting list in the West Midlands as of 28 November 2022; what the average waiting time was for...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his department plans to publish updated data on the take up of Healthy Start by (a) local authority areas, and (b) ethnicity groups.

      Atrial Fibrillation: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding from the Detect, Protect, Perfect pathway programme will be shared with local pharmacists to support detection initiatives.

      General Practitioners: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional GPs were recruited in the NHS in each of the last eight years.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children are judged to have crooked teeth requiring orthodontic treatment.

      Gambling: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the estimated cost to the NHS of treating gambling addictions in each of the 5 years for which figures are available; and if he...

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS England Special School Eye Care Service will only serve residential schools from 2023.

      Dental Services: Watford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure NHS dental appointments are available to people living in Watford.

      Life Expectancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Health Foundation entitled Healthy life...

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November to Question 87789, how the Government will monitor its progress against the Smokefree 2030 target...

      Dental Services and General Practitioners: St Helens

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) GPs and (b) dentists were registered as working in St Helens in each year since 2010.

      Psychiatric Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to follow the recommendation of the Royal College of Psychiatry by ensuring that six of the last eight spaces on...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of increased waiting times in accident and emergency departments on patient safety.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help minimise waste in social care funding spending.

      Medical Equipment: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department can provide to families with seriously ill children whose NHS tariff payments do not sufficiently reimburse...

      Cardiovascular Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 89695 on Cardiovascular Diseases, in what format the information is held; and if...

      Cervical Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the Devolved Administrations to help ensure that the UK fulfils the World Health...

      Parkinson's Disease: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative assessment of the average time taken to diagnose Parkinson’s disease (a) in Somerset and (b)...

      Atrial Fibrillation: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include atrial fibrillation (a) detection, (b) treatment, and (c) management in the upcoming refresh to the NHS Long...

      Strokes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has officials in his Department with responsibility for developing (a) policies and (b) guidance on stroke (i) prevention and...

      Diabetes: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help supporting research which examines the link between diabetes and mental health issues.

      Diabetes: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce excess mortality among people with diabetes.

      Essential Tremor: Magnetic Resonance Imagers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to help increase the level of patient awareness of MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that patients do not have to travel excessive distances to access innovative cancer...

      Defibrillators: Shops

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with retailers on the potential merits of installing defibrillators within stores.

      Atrial Fibrillation: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the NHS England atrial fibrillation entitled the Detect, Protect, Perfect pathway initiatives £40m budget has been...

      Palliative Care: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of access to 24/7 palliative care telephone advice lines for people with a terminal...

      Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to the Medicines and Pregnancy Registry: Antiepileptic use in females aged 0 to 54 in England, whether his Department has...

      Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many women aged 15-45 years were prescribed sodium valproate in May 2022 and (b) how many women aged 15-45 years who has been...

      Special Educational Needs: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of of 25 November 2022 to Question 93414 on Special Educational Needs: Staff, whether his Department plans to...

      Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health beds there were in the NHS in each financial year since 2010-11.

      Mental Health Services: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make additional funding available to provide Mental Health Support Teams to 65 per cent of schools and colleges...

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on his Department's pandemic preparedness in November 2022.

      Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of integrated care strategies for meeting the health needs of disabled children.

      E. coli

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the outbreak of E. coli 0157 was first identified; and when (a) people affected and (b) the public were notified of this outbreak.

      Ebola: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the spread of Ebola in the UK.

      Endometriosis: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of support provided by his Department to women with endometriosis.

      Maternal Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study entitled Maternal mortality in eight European countries with enhanced surveillance systems published in the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase take up of the covid-19 vaccine.

      Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Second Report of the Health and Social Care Committee entitled The impact of body image on...

  • Wales Office

    • Devolution: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings he has held at (a) Downing Street and (b) the House of Commons with elected representatives from Wales since his appointment; and if he...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a summer-born child with an Education, Health and Care Plan has the right to apply to (a) start and (b) maintain education outside their...

    • Children: Separated People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to help children of separated parents maintain a relationship with their grandparents.

      Young People: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential scale of undercounting of young carers in the children in need census.

      Further Education: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is providing additional support to further education colleges to help increase the number of courses on local Net Zero delivery.

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to increase long-term funding for courses to develop local skills for Net Zero delivery.

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of UK100’s Skills for Local Net Zero Delivery briefing published in October 2021.

      Skilled Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of local skills shortages on achieving the Government’s Net Zero targets.

      Office for Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education designation to perform...

      Classroom Assistants: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teaching assistants.

      Schools: North East Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding North East Hampshire schools (a) received in 2015 and (b) will receive this year.

      School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that students from low-income households who are not eligible for free school meals are able...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the provision of training and professional development for teachers.

      Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place a copy of the underlying data from the latest Condition of School Buildings Survey in the House of Commons Library.

      Social Services: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps will she take to develop and deliver a workforce plan for the recruitment, retention and development of people working in child social care...

      Carers: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to ensure that (a) kinship carers and (b) adoption parents receive on-going support until the young person in their care...

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children in the children's social care system are regularly screened to determine whether their physical,...

      Schools: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to provide additional support to schools for pupils with learning difficulties and disabilities for their...

      Schools: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to (a) issue guidance and (b) provide support for teachers where their pupils schooling has been impacted by the financial...

      Higher Education: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment on the potential costs to higher education providers in relation to the Higher Education...

      Office for Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to write to the Office for Students to provide the regulator additional guidance for the remainder of financial year 2022-23.

      Schools: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of staff in schools for pupils with severe learning...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the Lifelong Loan Entitlement consultation conducted in May 2022.

      Birkbeck College: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed redundancies of (a) academic and (b) administrative staff at Birkbeck College...

      Students: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what marginal rate of taxation a student will be paying every year for the next five years who is repaying a loan on plan 1, earning over the...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police cells are being used as part of Operation Safeguard.

    • Prisoners: Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Operation Safeguard.

      Courts: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the permanent closure of courts since 2010 on trends in the level of the backlog of court cases.

      Bail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial in the last year.

      Members: Correspondence

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

  • Department for International Trade

    • Foreign Investment in UK: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether a new Minister for Investment will be appointed.

    • Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 4.6 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, what assessment she has made of the steps taken...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 8.82 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, what assessment she has made of the steps taken...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 17.2 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, what assessment she has made of the work of the...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 8.83 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, how many discussions (a) ministers and (b)...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 14.80 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, what assessment she has made of the impact of...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 20.2 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, what assessment she has made of the impact of...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 20.2 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which non-governmental organisations her...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 20.4 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, whether either party has recommended to the...

      Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Article 20.4 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, on which date the Japanese Government provided...

  • Prime Minister

    • Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 17 November on G20, Official Report, column 835, when he plans to write to the Rt hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North...

    • BBC

      To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Foyle, at Prime Minister's Questions on 30 November 2022, Official Report, on BBC Radio...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet on 28 November 2022 and pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2022...

    • Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish an updated Defence Command Paper.

      Armed Forces: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that people are not medically discharged from the Armed Forces for mental health reasons without first...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fires were reported in single living accommodation in each of the last five years.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 92018 on Armed Forces: Housing, how much his Department spent on (a) replacing and (b) repairing...

      Navantia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions officials from his Department have met representatives from Navantia since 1 January 2020.

      Ministry of Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when 25 per cent of his Department's procurement spend will go to small and medium-sized enterprises.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boxer armoured vehicles his Department has ordered; and what proportion of those vehicles are fully funded.

      Military Aircraft: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK jobs have been created by the (a) E-7 Wedgetail, (b) P-8, (c) Apache and (d) Chinook programmes.

      Warships: Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times engines on Royal Navy ships have cut out due to rising sea temperatures in each year since 2010.

      Nuclear Submarines: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment of (a) nuclear, (b) fire and (c) other safety risks on board the Vanguard nuclear fleet the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator has...

      HMS Victorious: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what investigation he has undertaken into the fire on board HMS Victorious; when that fire occurred; what scale it was categorised as; what (a)...

      Navantia: Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Navantia is providing a parent company guarantee for Navantia UK in relation to the Fleet Solid Support Ship programme.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there will be a steering board for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract similar to that implemented for the delivery of the Carrier Alliance.

      Harland and Wolff: Fleet Solid Support Ships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the overall cost to Harland and Wolff Belfast to fulfil its obligations to the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      Electronic Warfare: Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence by Lieutenant General Tom Copinger-Syme CBE to the Public Accounts Committee on 14 November 2022, HC 727, how many...

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any advance payments were made to any other bidder before the preferred bidder was announced for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.

      Sheffield Forgemasters: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 89724 on Defence: Loans, what the value is of the loan provided to Sheffield Forgemasters...

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has analysed the data from the user validation trials for the Ajax programme; and whether the vehicles have passed their user...

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between completing the WSOp course and commencing the ISTAR OCU.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between completing the WSOp military aviation ground school and commencing the WSOp (ALM) course.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between completing the Aircrew Weapon Systems Operator military aviation ground school and beginning the Aircrew Weapon Systems...

      Ministry of Defence: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will respond to Question 93463 tabled on 22 November 2022 by the hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne.

      Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Army bomb disposal units were called out in Northern Ireland between 1 January and 1 July 2022.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average time between completing the WSOp military aviation ground school and beginning the WSOp (ISR) course.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time was between completing the direct-entry senior non-commissioned officer course and beginning the weapons systems operator military...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 41934 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many principals with confirmed eligibility under the Afghan...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 62691 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many Afghans with confirmed eligibility for relocation to the...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2022 to Question 48226 on Afghanistan: Refugees, whether any further data breaches of personal data relating to...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October to Question 62689 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications were (a)...

      Gibraltar: Spain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times vessels from the Guardia Civil have entered (a) British Territorial Waters or (b) any Gibraltarian Port in each of the last 10 days.

      UK Border Force: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 86680 on UK Border Force: Military Aid, how many military personnel were requested in that Military...

      UK Border Force: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 86680 on UK Border Force: Military Aid, on what date his Department receive that Military Aid to...

      UK Border Force: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to question 86680 on UK Border Force: Military Aid, whether his Department approved the Military Aid to Civilian...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 92104 on Pinnacle Group: Contracts, if he will place in the Library the Key Performance Indicators for...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department received about (a) broken boilers, (b) a lack of heating and (c) a lack of hot water in Single Living Accommodation...

      Kenya: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints his Department received about the conduct of members of the Armed Forces at British Army Training Unit Kenya in each of the last...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Leave Outside the Immigration Rules (LOTR) applications for additional family members under the Afghan relocation and assistance...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Departmental staff will be among the 600,000 workers subject to the Intensive Work Search regime.

    • Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he take steps to increase disability benefits in line with inflation.

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, whether his Department plans to recruit additional work coaches to...

      Employment Schemes: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on nationally contracted employment support programmes in each of the last five years.

      State Retirement Pensions: Underpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out a timeline for repaying the remaining 200,000 pensioners identified in 2020 as having been underpaid their State Pension.

      Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013.

      Cost of Living Payments: Solihull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cost of Living Payments have been issued to pensioners in Solihull constituency.

      Chemicals: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that chemical products can move from the UK to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of what the potential rate of the basic state pension would have been in financial year 2022-23 had the earnings...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Employment Support Allowance in each of the last five...

      Social Security Benefits: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to recognise the social model of disability; and what assessment he has made of the impacts for his...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Personal Independence Payments in each of the last five...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending eligibility for Carer's Allowance to provide a level of income replacement for...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the eligibility rules for Carer's Allowance on the ability of unpaid carers to work more...

      Cost of Living Payments: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing Cost of Living Payments to recipients of Carer's Allowance who do not receive...

      Cost of Living Payments: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cost of Living Payments have been issued to pensioners in East Yorkshire constituency.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sewers: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November to Question 89857 on Sewers: Waste Disposal, whether her Department is taking steps to...

    • Fish Products: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will require (a) restaurants, (b) shops and (c) takeaways to clearly label the origin of any fish products they sell.

      Water Companies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the quality of the service provided to customers by the...

      Nature Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Conservation of Habitats and Species...

  • Home Office

    • Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been held at Manston for longer than 24 hours in 2022.

    • Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of family groups who applied for the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme who were prevented from coming to...

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted seasonal work visas in the poultry production sector who have (a) arrived in and (b) departed from the UK since 18...

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been sponsored by (a) ProForce Ltd and (b) RE Recruitment Ltd for seasonal work visas in the poultry production...

      Military Aid: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risk of weapons sent to the Ukrainian armed forces coming into the possession of...

      Terrorism: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it an offence to harass...

      Detention Centres: Manston

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2022 to Question 87792 on Detention Centres: Manston, what her planned timetable is for providing...

      Refugees: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children under the age of eight have been held at Manston for any period of time during 2022.

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many seasonal work visas have been issued to applicants sponsored under occupation codes (a) 5431; (b) 5433; (c) 8111; (d) 9111; (e)...

      Police: British Overseas Territories

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) recruit, (b) train and (c) support the development of police officers within the British...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence of 7 November and 22 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of those eligible for the Afghan Relations and Assistance Policy scheme and safely evacuated to the UK have been granted...

      Asylum: Norwich

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were moved from the Manston processing centre to hotel accommodation in Norwich in the period between 1 January 2022 and 25...

      Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps applicants for skilled worker visas need to take if their non-British passport expires while their visa application is under...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her letter of 18 November 2022 to all hon. and Rt hon. Members on Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers, if she will place in...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93530 on UK Shared Prosperity Fund, for what reason the £400...

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been allocated to the Shared Prosperity Fund for the 2022-23 financial year.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average time was for his Department to respond to correspondence from Members of Parliament in the latest period...

      Homelessness: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people who are (a) LGBTQ+ and (b) LGBTQ+ and between the ages of 18 and 25 who were the lead applicants for...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes are below an Energy Performance Certificate Level E in Sefton Central constituency as of 24 November 2022.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate supply of replacement cladding for building remediation projects.

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's proposals on voter ID, what plans are in place for voters whose gender identity may not...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Burma: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help secure the release of political prisoners in Burma; and if he will...

    • Myanmar: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any British companies supply of aviation fuel to Myanmar.

      Taiwan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Secretary of State for Defence's oral evidence to the International Relations Committee on...

      Hong Kong: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to sanction officials in Hong Kong.

      Henderson Island: Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect the biodiversity of Henderson Island.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of reports that Palestinian patients seeking medical treatment in Israel are forced...

      AUKUS: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to build greater relations with AUKUS partners.

      Cyprus: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his international counterparts on the appointment of a special envoy to re-start...

      West Bank: Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threats to security of the Lions’ Den terror group in the West Bank.

      Iran: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that all children detained in Iran are released.

      Ukraine: State Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 89754, whether His Majesty’s Ambassador to Ukraine...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Temporary Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs how much his Department has spent on temporary agency staff, in each of the past ten years.

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate has he made of the total expected amount of the UK Official Development Assistance budget to be...

      West Africa: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support (a) the Accra Initiative force in Burkina Faso, (b) other Accra...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last ten years.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Dominic Raab

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds any records of a formal complaint being made about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • No-interest Loans Scheme: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the roll-out of a pilot No Interest Loan Scheme in Northern Ireland.

  • Treasury

    • Small Businesses: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide guidance to small businesses looking to respond to changes in Small Business Tax Credits without reducing research activity.

    • High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the High Income Child Benefit Charge to allow it to reflect total household income...

      Taxation: Refugees

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to levy a tax on Ukrainian refugees on income earned in the UK while they reside in the UK.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to replicate in the 2023 Energy Bills Support Scheme the £400 non-repayable discount administered by energy suppliers and paid to...

      Customs: ICT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been for the establishment and operation of Government IT systems on (a) declaration, (b) transit, (c) safety and...

      Motor Vehicles: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of revising vehicle tax to reflect the lower emissions resulting from the adoption of...

      Low Incomes: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support low-income households which do not receive means tested benefits.

      Bank Services: Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the retail banking sector on improving customer service standards and reducing social and banking exclusion for customers...

      Wealth: North East

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Autumn Statement 2022 on levels of household wealth in the North East.

      Financial Services: Environment Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his department has made in the design and implementation of a UK Green Taxonomy.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Prize Money: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the amount of regulations governing prize draws compared to those regulating...

    • Charities: Lotteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis her Department has made of the impacts of charity lottery sales limits on the funds raised by charity lotteries.

      Football: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the 2022 FIFA World Cup on domestic rates of gambling-related harms.

      Olympic Games: Boxing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with stakeholders on the potential merits of banning boxing at the Olympic Games.

      Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the Government's Sport Strategy.

      Local Press and Radio: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to protect news gathering and output following the review into BBC local radio services in Shropshire.

      Social Media: Personation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle online impersonations on (a) social media and (b) dating applications which are...

      Football: Concussion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the International Football Association Board on the potential merits of introducing...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving under her Department.

      Musicians: Bulgaria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any bilateral arrangements are in place for UK musicians seeking to tour in Bulgaria.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to The Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 and the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 73835 on Equal...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Industrial Disputes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to resolve current industrial action amongst railway workers.

    • High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government when parliament gave approval for spending on HS2 (1) Phase 1, (2) Phase 2A, and (3) Phase 2B West; and for what costs.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Living Wage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in encouraging employers to pay the real Living Wage.

    • Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the (1) consistency, and (2) reliability, of data on (a) delivery, and (b) funding, of energy efficiency measures.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the £6.6bn energy efficiency measures announced in the autumn statement on 17 November includes funding for Scotland and Wales; and if so, as part of...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the autumn statement on 17 November, what steps they will take to improve the energy efficiency of homes in the UK; and how the intended £6.6bn...

      Housing: Solar Power

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether all new builds should include solar panels, in the light of the decisions made at COP 27.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Pancreatic Cancer

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

    • Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to publish their 10 Year Cancer Plan.

      Congenital Abnormalities

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether all regions of England are covered by the register of congenital anomaly cases.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the procurement process for personal protective equipment purchased during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular the contract awarded...

      Neural Tube Defects: Folic Acid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average prevalence of births affected by neural tube defects in countries applying food fortification with folic acid, compared to those who do not.

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Cochrane Review Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses, published on 20 November 2020, which...

  • Department for Education

    • Special Educational Needs: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the additional money available for the school sector in England from April 2023, announced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s autumn...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Pepper Spray

      To ask His Majesty's Government on how many occasions PAVA spray incapacitant has been (1) drawn, and (2) drawn and deployed, in prisons since 1 April 2019, broken down by (a) ethnicity, and (b)...

    • Reoffenders

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce reoffending.

      Prisoners: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of HMP Dovegate’s scheme to train prisoners to become fully qualified dog trainers; and whether they will implement similar...

      Prisoners: Self-harm

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the most recent statistics available on self-harm during the first 90 days in custody in the closed prison estate.

      Custodial Treatment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) male, and (2) female, prisoners are currently serving an extended determinate sentence with a custodial term of (a) less than 12 months, (b) between...

      Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) mean, and (2) median, number of months that prisoners serving (a) a life sentence, and (b) an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public...

      Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals from each ethnic group were in prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years, broken down by religion.

      Mental Capacity: Payments

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the consultation on the Mental Capacity Act: Small Payments Scheme, which closed on 22 January.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Qatar: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Qatar about the calls by the Football Association and the Football Association of Wales for the establishment...

    • Turkey: Iraq and Syria

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Turkey regarding recent attacks by that country in (1) northern Syria, and (2) northern Iraq.

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government of Ukraine regarding the collection of evidence for potential prosecutions of ecocide by Russian...

      Ukraine: Police and War Crimes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to gender-sensitive policing and war crimes investigation in Ukraine.

      Russia: International Atomic Energy Agency

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the removal of Russian privileges from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

      Cameroon: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment of the current situation in Cameroon; when such an assessment was last conducted;...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the (1) exchange, and (2) release, of (a) prisoners of war, and (b) other Ukrainians being held by the Russians, particularly...

      Russia: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure international agencies provide full support for (1) children and their families, and (2) orphaned children, who have been...

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what strategy they have, if any, for promoting freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan; and what discussions they have held with the government of Pakistan in...

      Syria: Sanctions

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to lift all unilateral sanctions on Syria as requested by the UN’s Special Rapporteur for Sanctions.

      Diplomatic Service: Prisoners

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consular access is granted to (1) citizens of the UK who are in prison in a foreign country, and (2) those who are also citizens of that country in which they...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Afghanistan and Iraq: Reserve Forces

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many reservists have died on operations in (1) Iraq, and (2) Afghanistan, since 2000, broken down by service.

    • HMS Bristol

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of HMS Bristol.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much the threshold for (1) income support, (2) income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, (3) income-related Employment and Support Allowance, (4) housing benefit,...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Poultry: Avian Influenza

      To ask His Majesty's Government why avian influenza vaccines are not permitted for commercial poultry.

    • Avian Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what international discussions they have had about supporting research into avian influenza vaccines.

  • Home Office

    • Migrants: Detainees

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals were held in immigration detention at the (1) Dover, (2) Manston, and (3) Napier Barracks, immigration centres on the most recent dates for...

    • Visas: Families

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 9 November (HL2942 and HL2943), what assessment they have made of reports that TLScontact...

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce a maximum time limit for immigration detention; and, if not, why not.

      Asylum: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer of Lord Murray of Blidworth on 21 November (HL3244), whether they plan to publish the report of the independent Age Estimation...

      Detention Centres

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of (1) electricity and water supplies, (2) sanitary equipment, (3) food and cooking arrangements, and (4)...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle violence against women and girls; and in particular, what steps they are taking in response to the goals of the International...

      Home Office: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the “purposes” currently active in the “Purpose-Based Access Control” feature in Palantir’s Foundry software in use in the...

      Healthcare Assistants: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the shortage of health care assistants for working age disabled people, whether they have any plans (1) to review the criteria for the sponsorship...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Planning: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the report by the Northern Ireland Audit Office Planning in Northern Ireland, published on 1 February; in...

  • Treasury

    • Economic Situation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support households using a wellbeing economy approach given the increased cost of living.

    • Banks: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support communities affected by recent bank branch closures; and what representations they are making to banks.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Staff

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many people are in the House of Lords Inclusion and Diversity team.

    • Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether (1) acquired, or (2) restored, buildings as part of the Restoration and Renewal project will have a target of 15 per cent female-only toilet facilities.

      Parliamentary Estate: Bicycles

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what arrangements are in place for visitors who wish to bring folding bicycles onto the parliamentary estate.

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