Tuesday, 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Mayor of London’s 2023 ULEZ expansion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made on the potential benefits of the London Ultra Low Emission Zone; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Major of London on the mitigation of the financial losses incurred by constituents of affected London Boroughs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of (a) responsible and (b) irresponsible use of Jet Skis on (i) the marine environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government is taking steps to help mitigate against (a) train and (b) tube strikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his policy on the Transport Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on the UK's obligations under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of ongoing industrial action on the rail freight industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with transport operators on ensuring that their services accept cash payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November to Question 90730, if he will (a) publish and (b) place in the Library a copy of all responses by highway...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many individual bankruptcies were recorded in (a) the Cynon Valley constituency, (b) Rhondda Cynon Taff local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many registered company insolvencies were recorded in (a) Cynon Valley constituency, (b) Rhondda Cynon Taff local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2022 to Question 88033 on Energy Bills Rebate: Meters, how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many high street businesses are currently at risk of financial insolvency in each region of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit's annual reports for 2019-2021, if he will increase the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to 93536 on Research: Finance, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether local government representatives will form part of the Energy Efficiency Taskforce.
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 the report by UK100 entitled End the wait,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential of (a) artificial intelligence, (b) organ-on-a-chip technology and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support and develop energy self-sufficiency in the Crown Dependencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95943 on the Energy Charter Treaty, if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) timeline and (b) eligibility criteria for the Intellectual Property Office's extended...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of reforming the Energy Charter Treaty in the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Feltham and Heston constituency had solar power panels installed as of 31 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Feltham and Heston constituency with lofts had loft insulation installed as of 31 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Feltham and Heston constituency have had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average time was from submission of an application to the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme to receiving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how much funding has been used for retrofitting homes in Sefton Central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of businesses in Denton and Reddish constituency that are BME owned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of homes that have been retrofitted through the Social Housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on in which wards in Denton and Reddish constituency external wall insulation has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are receiving the correct level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2021 to Question 67078 on Future Fund, if he will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for electric vehicle charging points to connect to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the recommendation from the BEIS Investment Security Unit on the Newport Wafer Fab divestment decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the jobs at the Newport Wafer Fab are protected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to (a) launch a consultation on and (b) develop proposals for minimum product standards...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made on the potential merits of the inclusion of statistics on Kannada speakers in census releases from the Office...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the state of industrial relations in the Civil Service.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) key datasets and (b) other deliverables are that will be obtained through the contract agreed by his Department with Telefonica on 14...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the value of the contract with reference number YPO001-DN387210-63601854 was awarded to Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to obtain insights on the (a) movement, (b) demography, (c) mobility-patterns and (d) behaviour of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the data by the Office for National Statistics entitled Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021, published on 29 November 2022, what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of domestic abuse within (a) gay and (b) lesbian couple relationships in each of the last 5 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many calls were made to the COVID Fraud Hotline 0800 587 5030 since October 2020; how many cases were forwarded for consideration for prosecutions;...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95851, how many civil servants were assigned to work on the investigation into the conduct of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Office for National Statistics data entitled Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the number of (a) scans, (b) diagnostic tests and (c) other health checks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have left the Individual Placement and Support programme as a result of finding employment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the number of new hospitals built in Yorkshire under the New Hospitals Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase the proportion of mental health schemes funded as part of the New Hospital Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent cancer referrals in Newcastle upon Tyne.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many memory assessment services there are in (a) Tyne and Wear and (b) England as of 29 November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to an article published in the Financial Times entitled, Britons now have the worst access to healthcare in Europe, and it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish his response to the consultation on the proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on reviewing the efficacy of carer’s assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with care costs higher than the proposed new adult social care cap of £86,000, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential merits of enabling asylum seekers with English language...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reclassifying care workers as skilled workers on care worker (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone on access to healthcare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce ambulance handover times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce excess mortality amongst people with diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on public health in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of levels of Government spending on mortality trends between 2012 and 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of nursing in care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the First 1001 Movement and the Institute of Health Visiting entitled Casting Long Shadows, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have accessed NHS gambling treatment care since the start of the FIFA World Cup.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment for the implications of his policies of the relationship between ADHD and alcohol addiction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 62832 on Healthy Start Scheme: Newcastle Upon Tyne, whether his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was awarded to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council as part of the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to stop the abuse of vulnerable people by care home staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Marie Curie’s Better End of Life Report of November 2022’s findings, what assessment his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of GP surgeries to comply with increases in the Living Wage to £10.42 from 1 April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the ability of GP surgeries to increase staff pay in accordance with directions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the number of dentists taking on NHS patients in (a) Burnley constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that standards on (a) food labelling and allergens and (b) staff training on allergens in restaurants are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of cuts to public services on trends in the level of excess deaths.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he will provide GP Surgeries in addition to core contract funding to enable them to comply with directions from pay review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for the publication of responses to the consultation entitled Advancing our health: prevention in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rising cost of energy on GP surgeries; and if he will take steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he will provide GP Surgeries in addition to core contract funding to enable them to comply with increases in the Living Wage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the names of (a) Ministers (b) Members of Parliament and (c) Officials who referred firms onto expedited route for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 21 November to Question 83584, how many people in his Department are working on matters relating to covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to conduct a consultation with third sector organisations on the NHS workforce plan; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to legislate to make clinical trial costs public information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the long-term workforce plan announced in the Autumn Statement 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the levels of patient awareness of the MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the radiotherapy capacity required to reduce waiting times for cancer treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with representatives of international businesses on inward investment into Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many ministerial visits to Wales have taken place in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for some BTEC courses on the number of (a) 16-to-19 year olds and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made for the implications of her policies of Recommendation 10 of the report published in March 2022 by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been out of school for a year or more due to not being able to find a setting to meet their needs in (a) England and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of increased funding to schools announced in the Autumn Statement 2022 will be distributed to Further Education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for opening the tendering process for the supply of defibrillators for schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential contribution of local skills improvement plans to delivering net zero by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) curriculum and (b) teaching aids available to schools in helping to inform young people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with a CAMHS referral listed on their education, health and care plan who have been waiting more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) Bedford constituency and (b) England employ a play or creative arts therapist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2022 to Question 117005 on Teachers: Workplace Pensions, what new regulations were implemented following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question 97665 on Schools: Finance, when her Department will set out plans for the allocation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the HE reform consultation conducted in May 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of primary schools employ a (a) play and (b) creative arts therapist in England as of 28 November 2022; and how many and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to conduct a review into the sustainability of the funding given to support the monitoring and intervention functions of the Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions she has had with the Office for Students on the potential merits of uprating the registration fee charged to providers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for her Department as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the next allocation of School Rebuilding Programme funding will take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the article in the Jewish Chronicle article entitled Children chant massacre-Jews song at North London school, published 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the spend on 16-19 education in the current financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the T-Levels transition programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that businesses understand the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on the number of people starting an apprenticeship starts since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of further education college funding for (a) 16-19 provision, (b) adult education and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (a) upskilling workers to improve local net zero delivery and (b) the role that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of SEND places in mainstream schools in (a) Edmonton, (b) Enfield and (c) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has held with headteachers from schools for pupils with severe learning difficulties and disabilities regarding the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of Border Force actions on (a) students and (b) universities on incorrect detention of students with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of closures to Sure Start Children's Centres on the level of demand for children's social services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on kinship carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that those people who (a) adopt, (b) foster or (c) provide kinship care for children receive timely support in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential role of local skills improvement plans in net zero delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle shortages of childcare providers in Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department's Headquarters took time off work due to (a) poor mental health, (b) stress and (c) anxiety in the period between (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate (a) the total number of police cells used during Operation Safeguard and (b) the cost to the public purse of each police cell used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unwanted prisoner contacts were recorded in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
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, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of prison cells between 2010 and 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of women in prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Women in Prison's 7 October report on The Value of Women's Centres, if he will invest in community-based women's centres to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons provide planned activity to all inmates who are neither unwell or undergoing punishment which involves morning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recommendations in the report by Women in Prison entitled The Value of Women's Centres, published on 7 October 2022, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the courts on properly ensuring that prepayment meter installations under court warrants are being done on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's past announcement of removing the limit to court sitting days, how many days courts are currently being instructed to sit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Courts and Probation Service on ensuring that community sentences handed out since the covid-19 pandemic will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help tackle the backlogs in the probate service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including claimant data for county court judgments on the public Registry of Judgments, Orders...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of potential job losses as a result of the Common Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the cost of the Common Platform to the public purse to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the total forecasted cost of the Common Platform to the public purse.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many employees in her Department work on matters related to covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) credibility, (b) freedom and (c) fairness of the election held in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to help with the suppression of (a) domestic terrorism by in Nigeria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Tigray.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Nigerian High Commission on (a) religious tension and violence in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to media reports that British International Investment holds at least 20 investments in fossil fuel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the services of external consultants in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been spent on external advertising consultants in each year since 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with international counterparts on appointing a peace envoy to promote a two-state...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the two bomb attacks in Jerusalem on 23 November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has in place to promote county and town twinning arrangements between settlements in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment has the Department made of reports that the Palestinian Authority’s Preventative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he expects the UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council next to meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) furnishing and (b) redecorating Ministerial offices in each year since 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on ministerial red boxes in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's policy on (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants using (i) SMS, (ii) WhatsApp, (iii) Signal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of agreements signed at COP27 to help tackle deforestation in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his core Department as performance-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59548 on Ministry of Defence: Travel, what was his Department’s net expenditure on travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence by David Williams to the Public Accounts Committee on 14 November 2022, HC 727, if he will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral evidence by Charlie Forte to the Public Accounts Committee on 14 November 2022, HC 727, which component of Morpheus is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 89724 on Defence: Loans, whether interest rate payments by defence companies on loans to fund defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Appledore shipyard is capable of building block modules over 1,000 tonnes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many blocks for the Fleet Solid Support Ship will be built in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Military Police have had recent involvement in the investigation into the murder of Agnes Wanjiru.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support he is providing to his Australian counterpart on Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines as a member of AUKUS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 90747 on Armed Forces: Health, if he will provide a breakdown of the reasons for which the 14,763...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the eligibility criteria for the cost of living payments provided as part of the Government's cost of living support package...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently the Child Maintenance Service has used deductions from joint accounts as an enforcement measure under the 2018 reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) jobseekers and (b) people on low incomes develop the skills required for local net zero...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department determines Attendance Allowance rates for people of state pension age or over who have long-term medical conditions such as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, CP 751, if he will take steps to ensure that the in-work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the two-child benefit cap on trends in the level of child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the (a) number of job vacancies currently available, (b) ratio of unemployed people to vacancies, (c) ratio...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the announcement in the Autumn Statement 2022 of a further extension of in-work conditionality, what assessment he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean and (b) median value was of deductions to social security payments for people in Cynon Valley constituency in November 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation the Department has made of the potential benefits of implementing a new process to uprate benefits in line with real-time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim Carer’s Allowance in a household where someone else claims Employment and Support Allowance as of 30 November...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned research on people’s experiences of claiming and receiving Carer’s Allowance.
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 has informed in-work claimants of Universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the (a) New Style Contributory Employment and Support Allowance, (b) Contribution-based Jobseeker's Allowance and (c) Income-related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to help improve the support available for jobseekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the benefit cap in line with inflation on people who receive benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of social security payments in Cynon Valley constituency are subject to more than one deduction to payments; and for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to correspondence sent by email on 7 September 2022, 4 October and 1 November from the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce Access to Work waiting times.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons there is a residency requirement for British citizens moving back from abroad for Personal Independence Payments but not for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme in each of the last five calendar years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to support people with the cost of driving lessons; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to extend deadline for people to transition from (a) tax credits, (b) Housing Benefit and (c) other legacy benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people left the Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme as a result of entering employment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how frequently the Child Maintenance Service has used deduction from unlimited partnerships to enforce measures under the 2018 reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of social security payments in Cynon Valley constituency are subject to deductions to payments; and for what reasons those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision to uprate the earnings limit of Carer's Allowance below the September 2022 rate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 94811 on Employment Services: Disability, what the (a) total caseload and (b) average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget for Natural England has been in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether class 3B agricultural land is classified as best and most versatile land in the National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there are guaranteed minimum hours of work for people on the agricultural Seasonal Worker visa working in horticulture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many upland farmers are enrolled in the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taking steps to implement the recommendations on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of restricting the use of antibiotics in treatments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to slow the spread of superbugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of egg laying chicken flock in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to consult on the ending of farrowing crates for pigs in context of the EU Commission's announcement of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of chicken eggs sold in UK supermarkets that were laid abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird's 2021 Birdcrime Report, what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Committee on Climate Change's report entitled Net Zero - The UK's contribution to stopping global...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for setting the statutory targets for (a) air and water quality, (b) biodiversity and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 133641 on Hen Harriers, how many hen harrier nests there were on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce restrictions on the use of disposable barbecues in national parks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has paid in compensation to claimants in Norfolk with premises affected by avian influenza in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 88967, how many and what category of incident has each Asylum Accommodation provider...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers deported from the UK can be accommodated in Rwanda.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of security screening checks did the asylum seekers who were moved from Manston undertake prior to their re-location to hotels...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people held at the Manston short-term holding facility were moved to (a) private accommodation, (b) another...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum applications made by people from Albania were accepted in the latest period for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has received (a) advice and (b) analysis from the (i) Third Country Unit and (ii) other Home Office experts, on (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting a process similar to the Swedish Migration Agency's (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to construct a programme of community activities for asylum seekers whilst they are awaiting the outcome of an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 75828 on Detention Centres: Manston, how many people were transferred from Manston...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was for the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contracts in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices for breaches of covid-19 regulations during the periods of restrictions have been issued in each month since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the police took to (a) ensure safety and (b) enforce the law during celebrations in London of Albanian Independence Day on 28...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the financial stability of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit's annual report for 2021, what steps she is taking to help ensure that fish are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2022 to Question 31787 on Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many of the (a) Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2022 to Question 31787 on Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what transparency publication...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2022 to Question 31787 on Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what net expenditure was incurred...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to process the asylum claims for vulnerable refugees in the Dilkhusa Hotel in Ilfracombe.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to tackle the recent increase of reported violent hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people in (a) Hampstead...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for asylum applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 November 2022 by the Minister for Immigration on Manston Update, Official Report, column 687,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any sites in Monmouth constituency have been identified for the temporary housing of asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to publish statistics on the number of people who were detained at the Manston short term holding...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 82237 on Asylum: Hotels, how many asylum accommodation places were (a) Serco, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to open a new (a) short-term holding facility and (b) holding room for processing people who...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 86410 on Asylum: Northern Ireland, how many of the 22 hotels in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has published transparency data on expenditure associated with asylum (a) accommodation and (b) support services...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how British nationals returning to the UK can establish the reason why their e-passport was not accepted by an e-passport gate at a UK border.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers have absconded from the Dilkhusa Hotel in Ilfracombe since the hotel was adopted by the Home Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee will publish a report on proposed scientific measures to determine the age of asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help tackle the backlog of spousal visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence of 27 September, 31 October and 14 November from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL11291.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of spousal visa applicants who paid for a priority service received a decision within the priority timescale in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of private properties constructed in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the number of notices issued to tenants under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will provide guidance to local authorities on acting as guarantors for the Homes for Ukraine scheme; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the increased Council Tax flexibility announced in the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's plans to introduce voter identification, whether voters that are applying for absentee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to introduce a voluntary exit programme for civil servants serving in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for a licence to allow an activity or transaction that would otherwise be prohibited by the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 61148 on Treasury: Protective Clothing, at what grade the 0.25 full time equivalent staff in his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public appointments have been made by ministers in his Department since he took office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for (a) his Department and (b) HMRC as performance-related bonuses in (a) 2017-18,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing a UN tax convention on reform of global tax rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what was the total value of non-cash vouchers awarded to staff working for his Department as performance-related bonuses in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Building Digital UK on Type A procurements for Cornwall; and what the timetable is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Inverness-model for the rapid increased delivery...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to help ensure that guide dogs are allowed in all (a) shops and (b) venues.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that guide dog and assistance dog owners are not denied entry to (a) taxis, (b) shops and (c) businesses.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a bill to regulate electric scooters separately from the proposed Great British Railway Bill.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further the publication of Updated energy and emissions projections 2021 to 2040 on 18 October, what are the projected (1) sources of, and (2) uses for,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of electricity the UK will need per day by 2050.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to the Making Flexible Working the Default consultation about proposals relating to a legislative framework for flexible...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the rising cost of living on unpaid carers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of new COVID-19 variants emerging in China.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) college, and (2) university, students affected by the increased cost of living.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children are currently (1) home educated, (2) being taught in an unregistered provision, and (3) missing from schools rolls and unaccounted for.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of money spent on average by local authorities supporting children who are home educated.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they last conducted a review on the operation of section 571 of the Education Act 1996.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what representations he has made to the BBC regarding the reduction in funding of BBC Parliament and its implications for public awareness of the work of...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support interventions by non-governmental organisations to prevent famine in (1) Ethiopia, (2) Kenya, (3) Somalia, and (4) South Sudan.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the work of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) and its affiliated organisation Caritas Internationalis.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the wages of low-paid workers through the Household Support Fund.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on how they are supporting farmers to adapt to new technologies to improve efficiency of agri-tech businesses.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 10 November (HL2965), which stated that "this discharge is made to surface waters rather than...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the poultry or other captive birds culled for avian influenza since the start of the outbreak on 27 October 2021 were free from infection at the time...
To ask His Majesty's Government, in respect of (1) family visa applications, (2) asylum applications, and (3) visit visa applications, for the purpose of visiting close family members, how many...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set out an action plan to implement the four recommendations made by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) in his...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 16 November (HL3143), (1) how many, and (2) which, cases of notifiable diseases in the Western Jet...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many propositions for new Immigration Removal Centres have been announced to market in the last two years.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a statement of community involvement following the consultation on extending planning permission for the accommodation facility at Napier...
To ask His Majesty's Government why there is a bar on chaplains and other faith leaders visiting detainees at Tug Haven and Western Jet Foil; and what plans they have, if any, to lift this ban.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 19 October (HL Deb, col 1087) that seven officers were suspended from the Metropolitan Police Service on 31 March,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all new homes have sustainable drainage systems.
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...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 November (HL Deb col 1170) concerning the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), and the statement that...
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given, if any, to reforming the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the size of the Privy Council on (1) 1 December 1992, and (2) 1 December 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 November (HL Deb col 1170) concerning the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), how a distinction is...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 23 November (HL3410), which ministers (1) applied for, or (2) have received, salary payments equal...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to amend the Procurement Bill to ensure that no preferential treatment for public contracts can be given to organisations recommended...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people aged over 65 who were victims of (1) physical, (2) psychological, and (2) sexual, abuse for the most recent...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign nationals serving sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) were released under the Tariff-Expired Removal Scheme (TERS) in the...
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