Wednesday, 7 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 93553 on Motorways: Safety, of the 10% of vehicles stopped in live lanes on all-lane running...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether plans he plans to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Civil Aviation (Denied Boarding,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how (a) much money and (b) many hours have been spent by (i) High Speed Two Limited and (ii) his Department on (A) the design and (B) consultation on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to complete the proposed upgrades to Ely North junction under the Ely area capacity enhancement scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to restore a full two-track junction at Haughley Junction in Suffolk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help prevent (a) high increases to passenger rail fares and (b) overcrowding on trains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Treasury is required to sign off a pay award for Network Rail employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to support British (a) inventors and (b) manufacturers with tackling roadside air pollution generated by motor vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers and (b) representatives of rail franchises on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has (a) taken recent steps to help reduce and (b) had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the price of hydrogenated vegetable oil.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the annual average greenhouse gas emissions from (a) hydrogenated vegetable oil and (b) diesel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of private electric vehicle charging points that are accessible through peer-to-peer charging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total amount of funding allocated to local transport authorities under the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of local authority rules in tackling the negative effects of jet ski usage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to promote research into electric vehicle charging road technology; and what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 November 2022, Official Report, col 35, what steps he is taking to ensure all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's decision entitled Acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia BV: notice of final...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating car parks over a certain size to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how he evaluates the economic benefits of business (a) incubators and (b) accelerators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what economic benefits he has identified from business (a) incubators and (b) accelerators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what percentage of pre-payment electricity customers have received the first payment, from October 2022, of the Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with the utility companies on the paying of the Energy Bills Support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that people with non-smart prepayment meter receive their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 82299 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) independent and chain pubs, (b) breweries and (c) distilleries in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which EU regulations were identified in Departmental submissions made to his Department between 2001 and 2015 as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of regulatory costs to businesses which arose from their compliance with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 75765 on Civil Service: EU Law, whether his Department uses the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support will be made available to Early Years settings after the rise of the energy price cap in April 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to recover coronavirus support loans that were fraudulently obtained; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to provide further transparency over which companies received Coronavirus support loans;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the level of potential fraud in Coronavirus loan support schemes; and if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2022 to Question 97527 on Research: Investment, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Transfer of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has the Government spent on the Green Homes Grant scheme as 1 December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much grant funding the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme has provided to public sector bodies in Sefton Central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes there are in Sefton Central constituency as of 2 December 2022; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Washington and Sunderland West constituency received Government funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which wards in Wallasey constituency have had external wall insulation fitted.
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 on Wallasey constituency are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published on 18 November...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the vote by the European Parliament in favour of withdrawal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of households with submeters that will not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of green jobs in Washington and Sunderland West constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps, with Cabinet colleagues, to help increase the availability of foods that meet religious needs, including Kosher food, in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Digital and MHRA data publication Medicines and Pregnancy Registry: Antiepileptic use in females aged 0 to 54...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage (a) staff, (b) patients and (c) families of patients to be involved in Care Quality Commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the waiting times for children and young people accessing treatment for ADHD.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to remove legal restrictions on allowing people with HIV top access fertility treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help (a) develop treatments for and (b) reduce the level of incidence of Long Covid; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the capability of the (a) science and research base and (b) manufacturing sector to respond to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on the Individual Placement and Support programme in each of the last five calendar years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken recent steps to ensure that his Department's public communications are targeted to increase engagement with the flu...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle regional disparities in (a) access to and (b) experiences of care for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's decision on Evusheld, what steps he is taking to help protect those people acutely vulnerable to covid-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10 Year Cancer Plan will include specific plans for expanding the availability of radiotherapy for cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the consultation on the 10-Year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for the publication of the 10 Year Cancer Plan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to update the NHS Find a Dentist website with information on surgeries accepting new NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will publish a 10-year Cancer Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dentist surgeries are accepting NHS patients in the London Borough of Hounslow as of 1 December 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of NHS waiting lists on economic inactivity in the UK’s working-age population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to help ensure Clozapine is not misused in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department takes to increase the recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals in the NHS.
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 findings of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the evidential threshold for the General Medical Council to pass on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been recruited by the NHS in the Midlands in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has taken recent steps to provide support to the DEBRA charity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding allocated to the Better Care Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of Marie Curie’s Better End of Life...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November to Question 75915 on Community Diagnostic Centres: Staff, what diagnostic (a) services and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost of NHS appointment letters being written, posted and sent out in England is each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for NHS (a) assessments and (b) treatments for unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will publish its planned assessment of adherence to Excellence in Continence Care and its pandemic recovery and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of funding for adult social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to MR-Guided Focussed Ultrasound for Essential Tremor treatment in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 94680 on Dementia, what his planned timetable is for the announcement of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce the level of respiratory syncytial virus infections in (a) children and (b) babies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on private providers for NHS inpatient mental health treatment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has set targets for the uptake of all recommended adult vaccines in winter 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for community mental health services in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his plans are for the (a) arrangement and (b) independence of a review into disputes relating to treatment of critically ill...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report Anxiety nation? Economic insecurity and mental distress in 2020s Britain, published by the Joseph Rowntree...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken recent steps with the (a) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) National Grid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 2 March 2022 to Question 125430, on Mental Health Services: Children, what progress his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Novovax vaccine is yet available for use in the UK, and if not, when will it be
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the time it would take the Government to implement an effective testing regime in the event of an epidemic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on improving skills training in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, why she has decided to close the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure educational psychologists' pay is increased in line with inflation; what steps her Department is taking to help...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to remove (a) GDPR and (b) other barriers to data sharing between agencies caring for children in the social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of SEND school places available in mainstream education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the viability of upper tier authorities charged with supporting the needs of high needs pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that children in (a) care, (b) kinship care arrangements and (c) post-adoption who have experienced trauma can...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents took up the childcare offer (a) for two-year-olds, (b) of 15 hours for three- and four-year-olds and (c) of 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of investing in greater specialist training for the identification of additional needs amongst...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the delivery of measures proposed by the Right Support, Right Place, Right Time Green Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November to Question 94678, if he will make it his policy to prevent courts in England issuing arrest warrants for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of mediations undertaken as part of his Department's grievance process in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have raised a grievance in each year since 2018.
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 estimate he has made of inmates who have been (a) released in error and (b) escaped prison in the month of December in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of (a) male prisoners, (b) female prisoners and (c) young offenders in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of offenders who will be granted (a) early release, (b) temporary license and (c) home detention curfew by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate has he made of the cost to the public purse on Christmas decorations in (a) Category A, (b) Category B and (c) all other prisons in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with South African Carrier Airlink on the proposed schedule...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled Statement on freedom of religion or belief and gender equality,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of his Department's foreign aid budget was used for programmes which prevent violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on integrating the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with representatives from the Turkish government on Turkey’s alleged use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many commercial fishing licences were sold in Tristan da Cunha in (a) each of the years from 2016 to 2021 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made on the reports of a recent significant increase in the level of crime in the Turks and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what provision there is for juvenile detention on the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the right of abode on Ascension Island.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of the marine protected area around the British Indian Ocean...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many times a Minister from his Department has visited St Helena in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the private companies his Department has contracted to protect the Chagos Marine Protected Area in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of reports that the Islamic revolutionary guard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to respond to the United Nation’s call for the international community to take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to International Ministerial Conference on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative 2022:...
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, if he will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 44 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032, published in November 2022, what the eleven projects reporting a change in their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032, published in November 2022, what the eight projects within the PPST 22 population are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 45 of the Defence Equipment Plan 2022-2032, published in November 2022, what the 19 projects with aggregate forecast cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to 1 November 2022 to Question 69500 on HMS Prince of Wales: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the timetables for repairs of HMS Prince of Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of the disability employment gap; and what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of employers complying with their obligation to make reasonable adjustments for disabled people in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints submitted to the DWP Independent Case Examiner are awaiting allocation to an Investigation Case Manager as of 2 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many offshore incidents met HSE’s Incident Selection Criteria in the first six months of 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the agreed capacity of the Wind and Marine Energy Team within HSE’s Energy division was in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Universal Credit in each of the last five years, in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Job Seekers Allowance in each of the last five years, in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to reform Universal Credit to provide greater access to that benefit for students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question 96602 on Cost of Living Payments and Universal Credit, if he will take steps to collate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for Hardship Payments for Universal Credit were (a) received and (b) approved in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have left the Work and Health programme as a result of finding employment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 72201 on Universal Credit: Veterans, how many Universal Credit claimants have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision not to uprate Local Housing Allowance in line with September 2022 CPI...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Work and Health programme in each of the last five calendar years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its UK Chemicals Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for dogs to be listed on the Index of Exempted Dogs there were in the last year; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, How much her Department has spent on the enforcement of the [Dangerous Dogs Act 1991] in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the (a) costs to local authorities of maintaining kennels, (b) legal costs of listing a dog...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for gangs taking part in illegal fishing along the UK coastline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with egg producers on the price of chicken eggs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2022 to Question 6702 on Poultry: Factory Farming, whether she has made a recent assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she made of the volumes of (a) chemicals and (b) toxic metals sprayed annually into the atmosphere...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken recent steps with Cabinet colleagues to help increase awareness of mental health support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether she plans to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Bathing Waters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ordering an Independent Panel Inquiry into the death of Zane...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to hold incumbent water companies accountable for failures to address storm overflows...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte &...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to expedite the delivery of asylum seekers data on (a) age, (b) language and (c) wider demographic information to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95942 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, what estimate she has made of the size of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees died while detained at each immigration removal centre annually from 2015 to 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the impact of online (a) scams and (b) fraud on vulnerable adults in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the research paper entitled Super- (and hyper-) posters on extremist forums, published in the Journal of Policing,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has identified any sites in Saffron Walden constituency for the temporary housing of asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to help tackle far-right extremism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional counter terrorism police officers have been recruited since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any sites have been identified in Richmond (Yorks) constituency for the temporary housing of asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has set a time limit for the amount of time a (a) single, (b) family and (c) children asylum seeker or refugee should...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to increase funding for organisations tackling economic crime including (a) fraud, (b) money laundering and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the correspondence sent of 21 September and 24 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Glasgow East, reference DL11420.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the total amount of housing required by (a) refugees and (b) asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications (a) have been and (b) are yet to be processed from people in North East Hampshire constituency in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement published 15 June 2021, when she plans to introduce the increase in age criteria for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's statistics Police Powers and Procedures, published on 17 November 2022, if she will make an assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government took to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls on 25 November.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of (a) Crawley Borough Council and (b) West Sussex County...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on existing leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the rate of success of applications for funding from (a) the Dormant Asset Fund, (b)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government will publish its complete response to the Sir Robert Francis KC Infected Blood Compensation Study before Christmas this year,.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1 December 2021...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his timelines is for the implementation of the remaining 18 recommendations made by Sir Robert Francis QC in the Interim Report on the Infected...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by Sir Robert Francis KC entitled Compensation and Redress for the Victims of Infected Blood: Recommendations for a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data his Department holds on the take up of tax-free childcare in each of the last five years; and what steps he is taking to increase its take up.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce in each month between April 2021 and December 2022.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he held discussions on the potential merits of allocating additional funding to further education colleges before the publication of the Autumn...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of restrictions on transfers from public sector pension schemes to defined contribution schemes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of international debt held by (a) private sector companies and (b) individuals registered in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ninth Report of Session 2021-22 of the Public Accounts Committee entitled Fraud and Error, HC 253, published on 30 June 2021, if he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to help support those people affected by the collapse of the Safe Hand Funeral plan group.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Bank of England on meeting the two per cent inflation target.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of Russian Federation state assets frozen in (a) the UK and (b) British Overseas Territories.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the effectiveness of the tax-free childcare offer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the future of the Universal Service Obligation for broadband.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has conducted economic impact assessments of the effect of covid-19 on the UK tourist industry (a)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what further support they are giving to the renewable energy supply chain.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the powers held by Trading Standards to tackle the illegal sale of disposable vape products to underage young people.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the Grocery Code Adjudicator has made of egg production, and in particular whether rising costs of egg farms are being met by retailers; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what research they have carried out in the last 12 months into (1) the propensity of (a) homeowners, (b) private residential landlords, or (c) social landlords, to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the shortage of workers in key sectors of the economy; and what steps they are taking to address such shortages.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to end unfair purchasing practices in fashion, including the exploitation of suppliers and their workers by brands selling into the UK...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the number of prison staff declined between 2009 and 2017; if so, by what percentage the number declined; and whether any such decline has since been redressed.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners are currently being confined to their cells for 23 hours a day; what assessment they have made of the impact of this practice on prisoner (1)...
To ask His Majesty's Government which minister, if any, was responsible for approving the guidance entitled Recognising transphobic coded language which the HM Prison and Probation Service...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister has spoken to Prime Minister-designate of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, about the UK’s position regarding any recognition of illegal...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the visit of representatives of the Libyan Money Recovery Office to (1) the UK, and (2) other countries.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to determine the (1) fate, and (2) whereabouts, of Yazidi women and children who are missing from Iraq and Syria.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the letter from Baroness Stedman-Scott to all members of the House of Lords on 22 November, what additional measures they are putting in place to help...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of UK citizens living abroad whose pensions are frozen at a level of £100 per week or below.
To ask His Majesty's Government what qualifications coaches at the Department for Work and Pensions must obtain when working with young people seeking employment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of investing water company fines into improving waterways.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support farmers who (1) improve water quality, and (2) reduce flooding.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing improved product labelling to stop items that are unable to be flushed from blocking sewers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to designate more inland bathing water sites.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to make provision for snakes in captivity to be kept in containers of at least one snake length.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the 16-week grace period during which eggs from birds that were intended to be free-range may be marketed as such despite the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the processing of applications for asylum.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) shortest, and (2) longest, time taken to process applications for asylum.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the decision whether to grant Hong Kong military service veterans entitlement to British citizens passports and right of abode in the UK is to be announced.
To ask His Majesty's Government, given the increases in council tax, (1) whether they are monitoring the level of council tax debt, and (2) what support they are providing to people in arrears.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of King Charles's coronation coinciding with the continuation of the count for the Northern Ireland Local Government Elections; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to give the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the power to change the date of the local elections in that country to avoid the counting...
To ask His Majesty's Government how planning reform will be progressed in the absence of ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive.
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