Written answers

Monday, 12 December 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains his Department's policy to provide up to £60 million to help bus operators cap single fares on most services in England,...

    • A15: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been reported on the A15 between Lincoln and the M180 in each of the last five years.

      Department for Transport: Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte...

      Railways: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the (a) frequency and (b) disruption to service from weekend engineering works on rail services...

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Avanti trains between Runcorn and London have been cancelled each month since November 2021.

      Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of transport being an...

      Department for Transport: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the...

      Aviation: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding and (b) implementing mechanisms to help support sustainable aviation...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been made to the rapid charging fund; how much of that fund has been allocated; and whether he is taking steps to...

      A46: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 28 November to Question 94697, when the road surface is scheduled for resurfing.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Postal Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November to Question 92300 on Postal Services: Standards, if he will outline the process...

    • Small Businesses: Batley and Spen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Batley and Spen constituency have received Government funding for support in 2022.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to address energy companies that are failing to deliver Energy Bills Support Scheme vouchers to...

      Postal Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November to Question 92301 on Postal Services: Standards, what assessment he has made of...

      Postal Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November to Question 92302 on Postal Services: Fees and Charges, what assessment he has...

      Care Homes: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Health and Social Care on the impact on care...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who get their energy supply through a pre-payment metre...

      Video Games: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Competition and Markets Authority on the potential merits of maintaining...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will make an announcement on eligibility and delivery of energy bills support to park home residents.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the £400 equivalent of the Energy Bills Support Scheme will be delivered to park home residents.

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons it is his Department's policy that heat network customers are receiving equivalent support under the...

      Housing: Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government response to the consultation entitled Phasing out the installation of fossil...

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, from which budget funds for the Group Litigation Compensation scheme will be taken from.

      Post Offices: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which legal firm will administer the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme for postmasters who helped expose the...

      Consumer Goods: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Product Safety review to which the Government committed in Spring 2022.

      Hydrogen: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that all regions of the UK benefit from hydrogen investment.

      Hydrogen: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that the low-carbon hydrogen production pipeline develops outside of the UK’s...

      Natural Gas: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role of hydrogen blending in supporting (a) investment in and...

      Housing: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of installations of energy efficiency measures in homes...

      Business: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with businesses in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency on the potential impact...

      Small Businesses: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency have received Government funding...

      Housing: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency that have had external...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes have been upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate level C through the Social Housing...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what type of energy efficiency measure was most frequently installed in homes in Sefton Central constituency through...

      Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans they have to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether housing associations will be included in the Treasury-led Review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to assess the...

      District Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide support to households whose property value has depreciated because the property...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the depreciation of the value of properties whose communal energy supply...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on energy costs in each of the last 5 years.

      Director of Labour Market Enforcement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has received the Director of Labour Market Enforcement's 2023-24 Strategy.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken recent steps to help ensure that energy suppliers punctually and adequately refund the...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that elderly people living in park homes who do not have internet access...

      Energy: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to provide energy support to mobile home park residents.

      Fossil Fuels: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing levels of Russian oil and gas imported into the UK.

      Housing: Feltham and Heston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Feltham...

      Housing: Wirral South

      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...

      Fracking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on fracking; and if he will make an assessment of the potential...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to bring forward the introduction of the ECO+ scheme to winter 2022.

      Energy Company Obligation: Wirral South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Wirral South have had ECO scheme measures installed as of 24 November 2022.

      Hospitals: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many hospitals are registered as a critical site or service in the Protected Sites List under the Electricity...

      Renewable Energy: Wallasey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to increase funding for renewable energy sources in Wallasey constituency.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medicine: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing the number of medicine places available at...

    • Health Professions: Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of extending the 30 hours free childcare...

      Hospitals: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the projects proposed under the new hospital programme will be complete by 31 December 2022.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there has been an increase in the number of people with pancreatic cancer being prescribed Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy...

      Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health clinicians are members of integrated care boards; and how many integrated care boards have health clinicians on them.

      Liver Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of liver cancer patients were diagnosed at stages 3 and 4 in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

      Alopecia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with alopecia in each of the last 3 years.

      Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to offer compensation to people effected by Valproate in pregnancy.

      Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold discussions with representatives of people with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other people likely to...

      Health Services: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) World Health Organisation Director General and (b) United Nations Secretary General on...

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide funding to review the cases of people recently diagnosed with HIV in order to identify any opportunities which may...

      Respiratory System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential correlation between trends in the level of (a) hospital admissions for (i) respiratory...

      Hyperactivity: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98842 on Hyperactivity: Alcoholic Drinks, if his Department will undertake such an...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide resources to sexual health services to help relieve potential capacity issues, including targeting additional funding...

      Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans the Government has to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Standardised...

      Medical Records: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a unique patient identifier for children to improve...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the income threshold for Healthy Start Vouchers in line...

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to amend PrEP eligibility criteria to enable that drug to be more widely available to people at risk of...

      Food: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's Government Food Strategy, published on 13 June 2022, what progress his Department has made in...

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Prescriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending free prescriptions to individuals with sickle cell disease.

      Healthy Start Scheme: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on publicity for the Healthy Start Voucher scheme in the last year.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 93721 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what conclusions have been reached as a result of...

      Veterans: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of potential funding streams to help support veterans with the cost of specialist (a) wheelchairs and...

      Autism and Learning Disability: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 3 of the Care Quality Commission report Out of Sight – who cares? Restraint, segregation and...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy to publish the 10-year plan for dementia before the end of the calendar year.

      Endometriosis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a timeline for the start and anticipated finish date for the review into NICE guidelines on diagnosis and management...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is a long-term plan to tackle dementia; and if he will make a statement.

      Autism and Learning Disability: Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many housing units have been provided through the Affordable Housing Programme and Care Specialist Support Housing Fund for people...

      Asthma: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential correlation between the capacity in the severe asthma centre network and levels of uptake...

      Autism and Learning Disability: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of (a) autistic children and (b) children with learning disabilities in inpatient units.

      Autism and Learning Disability: Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential merits of providing specific preventative support...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide updated timings for the publication of the 10 Year Cancer Plan; and what measures that plan will include on pancreatic...

      Autism and Learning Disability: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) spend and (b) development of appropriate community services under the Building the...

      Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November to Question 89695, in what format the information requested about cavernous sinus thrombosis is...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports of shortages of hormonal replacement therapies.

      GP Surgeries: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many GP practices have been accredited as veteran friendly.

      Rutherford Health Group: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact on cancer patients of the Thames Valley of Rutherford Health Group going into liquidation; and...

      Coronavirus: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Office for National Statics data on coronavirus related deaths by hearing and vision impairment status, England: 24...

      Functional Neurological Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what treatment is offered by the NHS in England to patients diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder; whether rehabilitation...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the potential merits of introducing training for NHS frontline staff to (a) identify, (b) signpost and...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the take up is of the flu vaccine for over 50s in the Halton local authority area compared to the same period in 2021.

      Cystic Fibrosis: Patients

      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 on the proportion of people with cystic fibrosis who...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to tackle the shortages of HRT medication.

      Pancreatic Cancer UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet Pancreatic Cancer UK.

      Sickle Cell Diseases: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the impact of the rising cost of living on people with chronic conditions such as sickle...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of GP appointments; and if he will make a statement.

  • Department for Education

    • Primary Education: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England employ a (a) play or (b) creative arts therapist.

    • Department for Education: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department met representatives of the (i) National Education Union, (ii) NASUWT, (iii)...

      Schools: Meat Products

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement to serve meat three times a week from the School Food Standards.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the results of appeals made by initial teaching training providers who were unsuccessful in her Department's...

      Children (Protection At Work) Regulations 1998

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans she has to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 1998.

      Older Workers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure provision of skills-based employment training for employees aged over 60; and if he will make a statement.

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 5.64 of the Autumn Statement, whether Sir Michael Barber has been asked to provide an assessment of the adequacy of...

      Vocational Education: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help homeless young people access vocational courses.

      Training: Sizewell C Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessments her Department has made regarding the adequacy of skills training opportunities in the local labour market to support the Sizewell C...

      Confucius Institutes: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Confucius Institutes on UK universities.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last...

    • Law Centres: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the Greater Manchester Law Centre since the start of this financial year.

      Powers of Attorney: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reported cases of fraud reported to the Office of the Public Guardian have been related to a Power of Attorney in the last five years; and how...

      HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons in each category were confiscated on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service estate in each of the last 12 months.

      Hunting Act 2004: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010.

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many prisons the Regime Management Plan under PSI 07/2017 requires prisoners to be engaged in work, education or other activities designed to...

      Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of prison maintenance requirements.

      Prison Accommodation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison places taken permanently out of action due to their condition in each year since 2010.

      Prisoner Escapes: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of sexual assaults committed by prison escapees since 2010.

      Prisoner Escapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 88985 on Prisoner Escapes, what offences are categorised as miscellaneous crimes against society;...

      Rape: Crown Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases heard at (a) Leeds Crown Court, (b) Newcastle Crown Court and (c) Snaresbrook Crown Court were rape cases in (i)...

      Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013.

      Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the number of individuals convicted of an offence under section 1(1) of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 relating to the...

      Crimes against the Person: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people found guilty of the abduction, rape and murder of a stranger in the last five years.

      Euthanasia: Welsh Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the devolution of responsibility for assisted dying.

      Prisoner Escapes: Maladministration and Prisoner Escapes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101738 on Prisoners' Release: Maladministration and Prisoner Escapes, what estimate he has made of...

      Prisoners' Release: Christmas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders granted (a) early release, (b) temporary license and (c) home detention curfew over Christmas in...

      Prisoners: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 88987 on Prisons: Rehabilitation, how many prisoners completed an accredited programme in prison...

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Question 88987 on 21 November 2022, how many learners have been in the classroom each year since 2010.

  • Treasury

    • Excise Duties and VAT: Tobacco

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much excise duty and VAT the Government collected from the sale of tobacco products in each financial year since 2018-19.

    • Bank Services: Vulnerable Adults

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of a cashless society on vulnerable people.

      Treasury: Overtime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to ask how much was paid to officials in his Department for overtime worked in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.

      Treasury: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on energy bills in each of the last 5 years.

      Employers' contributions: Veterans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses received National Insurance contributions holidays for employing armed service leavers.

      VAT: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question 94867 VAT: Repayments, what systems are in place to identify patterns of non-compliance with VAT...

      Treasury: Overtime

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours of overtime were worked by officials in his Department in (a) September, (b) October and (c) November in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.

      VAT: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question 94867, how many (a) schools or (b) education trusts have received any demands for backdated VAT for each...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to Question 902288, Official Report column 513, and with reference to the...

      Small Businesses: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the additional tax deduction for research and development costs for small and medium enterprises will be cut from 130 to 86 per cent.

      Orchestras and Theatre: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many organisations have been waiting for more than (a) six weeks, (b) three months and (c) six months to receive (i) theatre tax relief and (ii)...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • India: Foreign Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to further increase defence, security, and trade partnerships on a bilateral basis with India.

    • Food Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help improve food security around the world.

      Indo-pacific Region: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Indo-Pacific on disinformation in the region.

      Africa and Asia: Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Commonwealth nations with preventing trophy hunting in (a) Asia and...

      Cyprus: Sovereignty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to progress a comprehensive final Cyprus Settlement.

      Vladimir Kara-Murza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on the detention of Vladimir Kara-Murza.

      Afghanistan: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with regional partners on international engagement with Afghanistan over the...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Ministerial Boxes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ministerial red boxes his Department has bought in the last ten years.

      Iran: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) identify and (b) prevent human rights violations of the Baluch...

      Iran: UN Commission on the Status of Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will set out the Government's position on the forthcoming vote in the United Nations on Iran's membership of...

      Iran: al Qaeda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the relationship between Iran and al-Qaeda on UK security...

      Iran: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the consequences for his policies of the letter to the Iranian...

      Harem Rafat Fatah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the reported detention of Harem...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Deportation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many trespassers have been evicted from the British Indian Overseas Territory (Chagos Islands) in each of the...

      Omar Radi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Government of Morocco on the imprisonment of Omar Radi.

      South Africa: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Southern African Development Community countries on...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish the imputed UK share of multilateral net Official Development Assistance for the 2021...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Question

      What recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Ukrainian defence against Russian forces.

    • Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what defensive weaponry his Department is supplying to Ukraine.

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to update defence plans following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

      Defence: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help develop innovative defence technology.

      Ministry of Defence: Indo-Pacific Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out his Department's forecast of (a) the total FTE and (b) the change in FTE staff deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, broken down by...

      Military Aid: Fire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a Military Aid to Civilian Authority (MACA) request from the Home Office for Armed Forces personnel to cover for...

      Ukraine: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37532 on Ukraine: Military Aid, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on...

      Ukraine: Antitank Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154515 on Ukraine: Military Aid, how many anti-tank Javelin missiles have been successfully...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Accommodation Strategy.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of housing accommodation for armed forces personnel.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to reassess the retirement of the Tranche 1 Typhoon in the upcoming revised Integrated Review in the context of Russia's...

      Pinnacle Service Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the performance of Pinnacle Service Families: and if he will seek the views of servicemen and women...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) mould and (b) damp have been reported in (i) Service Family Accommodation and (ii) Service Living Accommodation in each year since...

      AWACS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the financial implications of delaying the full operating capability of the E7 Wedgetail aircraft to 2024.

      AWACS: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the whole life cost for the E-7 aircraft will be given the full operating capability of that aircraft has been delayed until 2024.

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans for the F35 aircraft to be in full operating capability.

      Ammunition: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ammunition rounds his Department receives from UK production in 2021.

      Awacs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason there is a delay in the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft fleet reaching full operational capability.

      Boxer Vehicles: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 99720 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement and with reference to page 20 of the NAO report on the...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service and (b) out of service date for Stormer armoured vehicles.

      Armed Forces: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving military personnel (a) are qualified paramedics and (b) meet the qualification requirements set out by the Health and Care Professions...

      Veterans: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to support veterans living in countries that do not have a reciprocal uprating agreement with the UK and whose...

      Defence Serious Crime Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) set up and (b) annual running costs of Victim and Witness Care Unit of the Defence Serious Crime Unit are; how many full-time equivalent...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, when the ban on those at risk of developing...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, when the ban for those at risk of developing...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, what criteria his Department uses to qualify a...

      Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 70978 on Armed Forces: Huntington’s Disease, how many people who applied to serve in the Armed...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Bereavement Support Payment: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the level of Bereavement Support Payment in line with inflation since 2017.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of calculating child maintenance payments using income net of tax.

      Asbestos: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on asbestos-related legislation;...

      Bereavement Support Payment: Ex Gratia Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing an ex gratia payment scheme to make sure that all families receive the...

      Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans he has to (a) replace, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Management of Health and Safety at...

      Renewable Energy: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for renewable energy generation for (a) onshore and (b)...

      Wind Power: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the report by MMI Engineering Ltd for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) entitled Study and development of a methodology for the...

      Renewable Energy: Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many offshore renewable incidents met the Health and Safety Executive's Incident Selection Criteria in the first six months of 2022.

      Offshore Industry: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hydrocarbon releases were reported to HSE in the first six months of 2022.

      Offshore Industry: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether offshore employees raised concerns relating to offshore employment to (a) HSE and (b) her Department in the first six months of 2022.

      Local Housing Allowance: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of not uprating Local Housing Allowance on rates of (a) eviction and (b) homelessness...

      Carer's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance

      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 06 December 2022.

      Carer's Allowance and Income Support

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claim Income Support and Carer’s Allowance but do not live in a household where someone else claims Employment and...

      Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, how many people whose main disability is Long Covid have (a) registered for,...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure people (a) have access to information relating to available benefits and (b) are aware of their potential...

      Universal Credit: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question UIN 95843, how many Universal Credit Official Error overpayments there were from 1 January...

      Sleep Apnoea: Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department provides financial support to people with sleep apnea who use a (a) continuous positive airway pressure and (b) bilevel...

      Personal Independence Payment: Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives of Motability on deposits for electric vehicles for people receiving Personal Independent...

      Carers' Benefits: Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the policies announced in the Autumn Statement 2022 on parents of children who have...

      Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with Fetal valproate spectrum disorder can afford the deposit for an electric vehicle.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to calculate the amount of child maintenance payments owed in the UK by a person who is already paying child...

      Cost of Living Payments: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the second £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment to winter...

      Personal Independence Payment: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose main disability is long Covid have (a) registered for, (b) been assessed for, (c) been awarded and (d) had their...

      Statutory Sick Pay: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose main disability is long covid have (a) registered for, (b) been assessed for, (c) been awarded and (d) been rejected for...

      Universal Credit: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people unable to work due to long Covid have (a) applied for, (b) been assessed for, (c) been awarded and (d) had their applications...

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee on 30 November 2022, HC 549, if he will publish the outcomes of...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Long Covid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people whose main disability is long Covid have (a) registered for, (b) been assessed for, (c) been awarded and (d) had their...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people eligible for Pension Credit but who are not claiming it in each of the nations of the UK.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Hen Harriers: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 133641 on Hen Harriers, whether she has made an assessment of the...

    • Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to implement the Global Biodiversity Framework.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of canine fertility clinics operating in the UK.

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to combat avian flu in the wild bird population.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to implement the (a) review of the use of cages, (b) introduction of animal welfare labelling for food and (c)...

      Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019

      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 Invasive Alien...

      Wash Fishery Order 1992

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect of the proposal to replace the Wash Fishery Order 1992 made by...

      Wash Fishery Order 1992

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has received representations on the extension of the Wash Fishery Order 1992.

      Farms: Tenants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to implement the recommendation in the report by the Tenancy Working Group entitled The Rock Review,...

      Plants: Non-native Species

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the definition of non-native species in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, how many Species Control...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Food Information Regulations 2014.

      Hill Farming: Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support for upland farmers moving to the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

      Hill Farming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the value of upland farming to (a) sustainability goals and (b) the economy.

      Hill Farming: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the rate of Basic Payments to upland farmers on those...

      Hill Farming: Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Sustainable Farming Incentive for upland farmers with non-improved grassland.

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Turkey

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for Turkish Businessperson visa extension applications in the latest period for which data is available.

    • Visas: Skilled Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of skilled worker visa applicants who applied for a faster decision received a decision within the requested...

      Domestic Abuse: Nottingham South

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support survivors of domestic abuse in Nottingham South during the cost of living crisis.

      Asylum: Albania

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the rates of approval for asylum claims made by people from Albania are different in the UK to those of other countries in...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of criminal damage at asylum seeker accommodation there have been since 1 January 2022.

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much repair to damage at asylum seeker accommodation has cost since 1 January 2022.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to correspondence of 16 August 2022 from the Rt Hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead case number MP76084IU on a Formal...

      Visas: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas in (a) September (b) October (c) November awaited an outcome for more than 6 weeks.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Council Tax: Christchurch

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93437 on Council Tax: Christchurch constituency, if he will...

    • Leasehold: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on (a) allowing leaseholders to extend their leases to 990 years and (b)...

      Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the impact assessment for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

      Leasehold: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to (a) increase protections for owners of leasehold retirement properties and (b) ensure...

      Building Regulations 2010

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans the Government has to (a) replace (b) revoke or (c) retain the...

      Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes have Energy Performance Certificate below Level C, as of 24 November 2022.

      Community Relations: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase community cohesion in rural communities.

      Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Representation of the People (England and...

      Freeports: Economic Growth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the press release entitled First Freeports launched in major economic boost, published on 7 December...

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Spring Statement 2022 published 23 March 2022, whether the £400 million allocated to the UK...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Weather

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any cross-departmental (a) meetings and (b) other discussions on the UK's preparedness for cold weather during winter 2022-23 have taken place...

    • Whitehall: Offices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of office occupancy rates across the Whitehall estate.

      Civil Service: Secondment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of civil service secondments to local government.

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will release (a) provisional figures for excess winter mortality in England and Wales for 2022 to 2022 and (b)...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Exports: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she plans to take to promote exports from businesses in (a) St Helens, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) the North West.

    • Department for International Trade: Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms...

      Department for International Trade: Chief Scientific Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many meetings (a) they and (b) other Ministers in their Department have had with the Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (i) 1...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Theatres: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Arts Council England's 2023-26 Investment Programme on the number of...

    • Sports: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of illicit substances in sport in the UK.

      British Telecom: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that BT (a) refunds in full late payment charges incurred by customers because of delays...

      Cricket: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of bullying in cricket in England.

      Video Games: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what grants for research and development are available to video game developers in the UK.

      Starlink: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a (a) procurement process was conducted and (b) contract has been signed for Starlink satellite internet constellation...

      Lotteries: Prizes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on What next for the National Lottery?, published on...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • House of Commons: Telephone Services

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission had made of the reliability of the House of Commons Polycom telephone system;...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Living Wage

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of Living Wage employers.

    • Insolvency: Assets

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any owners of a business that is to be dissolved are aware that if they do not withdraw any money from the bank accounts...

      Energy Bills Rebate: District Heating

      To ask His Majesty's Government (1) when, and (2) how, heat network customers will receive payments from the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Service: Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many people they have employed as part of the Civil Service Fast Stream in the last three years; and of those, how many have since left the Civil Service;...

  • Attorney General

    • Religious Freedom

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of written statements made in a case by the Crown Prosecution Service that the Bible contains references "which are simply no longer...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Admissions

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many non-grammar schools select pupils by a written test.

    • Schools: Attendance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage children back into classroom education following the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Schools: Swimming Pools

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many schools in England do not have access to a swimming pool for their swimming lessons.

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that real-terms cuts to funding for further education are having on colleges.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Parliamentary Estate: Telephone Systems

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the installation of the telephone system on the parliamentary estate; and what procurement lessons have been learned for the...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 17 November (HC Deb col 853), whether they will set out the details of the upcoming trade...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Pakistan: Demolition

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent reports of the demolition of homes in Nawaz Sharif Colony, Islamabad, Pakistan, without warning to residents and...

    • China: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they gave China £51.7 million in Official Development Assistance in the last year; and what assessment they have made of the continuing need to give China...

      Palestinians: Elections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability for Palestinian adults in (1) the West Bank, (2) East Jerusalem, and (3) Gaza, to express their political wishes...

      Palestinians: Human Rights and Protest

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent any breaches of human rights by the Palestinian Authority; and what further steps they are taking to support the right of...

      Syria and Turkey: Bombings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) airstrikes carried out by Turkey in Northern Syria, (2) the impact the airstrikes have had on civilians, (3) the best way to...

      Tigray: Sexual Offences

      To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they made to the representatives of the government of Ethiopia during the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Conference;...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Typhoon Aircraft: Radar

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the projected cost of the new Typhoon radar; and when it will enter frontline service.

    • F-35 Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the embarked trials for F35B shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) have been successfully achieved; and if not, when they will be completed.

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the primary reason for the purchase of F35B fighter aircraft is to provide an air wing for the new aircraft carriers

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the planned cost of the Tempest Programme; and how many platforms it is based around.

      F-35 Aircraft: Early Warning Systems

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they still intend that carrier strike will achieve full operating capability by December 2023; and whether this means one carrier fully operational...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 27 October (HL2434), on what basis a 70 per cent completion rate has been determined as a...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Wildlife: Crime

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 23 November (HL3268), when they expect the relevant agencies to consider the recommendations of the United...

    • Nappies

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a new life cycle assessment for disposable and reusable nappies to replace the assessment from 2008.

      Eggs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the availability of British eggs up to and including Christmas 2022.

      Bread and Flour: Regulation

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many contributions to the consultation in respect of Amending the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 which closed on 23 November were received from each of the...

  • Home Office

    • Police: Surveillance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the list of 1,192 affiliated and organisational groups mentioned in Special Demonstration Squad documentation, which was...

    • Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Analysis of the Legality and Appropriateness of the Transfer of Asylum...

  • Northern Ireland Office

  • Treasury

    • Private Rented Housing: Taxation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of recent tax changes on the supply of homes in the private rented sector.

    • Standard of Living

      To ask His Majesty's Government, given the projection by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that the UK will be the second weakest performer of the world's big...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Wembley Stadium: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 7 November (HL2798) and 24 November (HL3333), whether they have (1) monitored the...

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