Wednesday, 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average number of days of disrupted service from weekend engineering works in the last 12 months on rail lines in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the impact of industrial action in December 2022 on the rail freight sector in transporting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the HS2 trains which are going to service (a) Crewe, (b) Macclesfield, (c) Stafford, (d) Liverpool, (e) Edinburgh and (f) Glasgow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Phase 2 of HS2 will reduce or increase capacity of the West Coast Main Line north of Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what number of HS2 services are planned to (a) arrive at and (b) depart from Stafford station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his department has made of the impact of inflation on the cost of HS2; and whether his Department plans to update the financial modelling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of restoring the Burscough Curves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has provided to Maritime UK’s Regional Cluster Organisations for the purposes of delivering the Maritime 2050...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of ongoing (a) rail and (b) postal strikes on small...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing Royal Mail Group's governance arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on the financial position of the business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans he has to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans he has to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the business case for the Government's investment in Oneweb is affected by the decision to choose Starlink to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of phasing out animal experiments in science.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with British retailers on the adequacy of working conditions in factories that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plan to take to improve consumer protection for victims of rogue traders who are no longer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Newcastle Central constituency received Government funding for supporting 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with businesses in Newcastle Central constituency on the potential impact of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Millions of Britons to be able to request flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken recent steps to help support (a) the universal service obligation held by and (b) the financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Leeds North West constituency have received Government funding for support in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with businesses in Leeds North West constituency on the potential impact of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which industry in Leeds North West constituency receives the highest level of government investment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding the Government has provided for research and development in Leeds North West constituency in the financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of the number of businesses in Leeds North West constituency that are BME owned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to discourage British businesses from undertaking commercial partnerships with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to protect UK intellectual property holders from unlicensed use of their IP globally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his officials visited the Newport Wafer Fab prior to the announcement of the divestment decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he considered evidence (a) that the UK and Welsh Governments (i) were aware in advance of and (ii) raised no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide increased financial support to people living in Northern Ireland represented by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure adequate (a) access to and (b) supplies of veterinary medicines in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve access to PrEP for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that families which use infant formula and are facing food poverty are able to access enough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women who (a) are pregnant and (b) have given birth in the last 12 months are aware...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans he has to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c) retain the Animal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government will ensure there is synergy between the Women’s Health Strategy and the Sexual and Reproductive Health Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, what plans he has to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c) retain Regulation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that his Department's delivery targets enable Integrated care boards to address wider health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that pharmacists are represented on integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the use of fibrosis assessments in primary and community care to help improve the identification of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on people with (a) cystic fibrosis and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that Integrated care boards can create strategies independently.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of clinical staff involvement in integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to assess the quality and effectiveness of the strategies of integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his answer of 9 November to Question 61376 on Protective Clothing: Contracts, whether information on ongoing contract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the case of Dr S. Shashikanth and the decision not to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of how many women have been waiting for gynaecological (a) appointments and (b) surgery for longer than (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of managing patient data, whether he has made an assessment of the suitability of Palantir Technologies on running the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been on the waiting list for gynaecology in each month since January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken recent action with ministerial colleagues to assess the extent to which contracts entered into by the UK government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of doctors being called up for jury service on the provision of healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93720 on Prescription Drugs, how many Standard Medicines Reviews were offered to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of instances of replies to written parliamentary questions does his department issue a holding answer indicating that it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to open the consultation on proposals to update the Nursing and Midwifery's Order.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that patients with medical conditions can access treatment for their conditions other than in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that steps to reduce the elective backlog do not create unsustainable workforce pressures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of dental training places at UK universities and medical colleges for each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the next cohort of pathfinder hospitals as part of the New Hospital Programme will be built.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage collaboration between regulators, researchers and patients in order to improve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to carry out a consultation with representatives of (a) Parkinson's UK and (b) other third sector organisations on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the capacity of NHS paediatric care services to deal with an increase in respiratory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of increasing public sector pay in line with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on forthcoming industrial action in the NHS; and what steps the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for the implementation of the Federated Data Platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to deploy radiotherapy machines to new Community Diagnostic Centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meeting he has held with his international counterparts to discuss improving international healthcare; and what further meetings he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-establishing a Children's accident and emergency service in Southport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will outline a funding settlement alongside the NHS workforce plan when it is published, with particular reference to the workforce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding settlement will support the forthcoming NHS workforce plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the cost implications for patients suffering from chronic pain of accessing private medicinal cannabis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to (a) reform, (b) revoke or (c) retain the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women's Health Strategy for England published 30 August 2022, what progress he been made on the study his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 66 of the Women's Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, whether his Department has taken steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Education since the publication of the Women’s Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to address the siloed commissioning of women’s reproductive health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of personalised menopause care within primary care settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the final pilot of the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth collaboration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has his Department is taking to improve education on (a) perimenopause and (b) menopause symptoms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of dementia diagnosis service capacity in (a) York and (b) nationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people who are on pre-payment meters and (a) use medical devices at home which are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK suffer from Myopia Nystagmus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of maternity exemption certificates that were issued in 2021 in (a) England and (b) Wirral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to backdate maternity exemption certificates by more than one month from the date of the application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) autistic people and (b) people with learning disabilities were placed in an inpatient unit rated as inadequate by the Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to safeguard the independence of the content and style of curriculum materials produced by the Oak National Academy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effects of covid-19 on children's education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the impact on the commercial curriculum resources market of converting Oak National Academy to an arms-length body...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to direct the Oak National Academy on children's learning about (a) society and (b) history.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential loss of revenue for teacher authors from Oak National Academy spending on full curriculum resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making financial education a statutory part of the primary curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what impact the Oak National Academy’s proposed creative commons licensing would have on teacher authors’ moral rights of (a) attribution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of a child not having their own bed to sleep in on educational achievement in primary school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the eligibility for levelling-up premiums in Education Investment Areas to include...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether extra funding is available for schools with pupils who have Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the level of risk posed to witnesses of non-violent crimes; and whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) firearms, (b) bladed items and (c) other weapons have been found in prisons in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department, including...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from energy bills.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people above state pension age were paying income tax in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2021-22.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made of the potential impact on tax revenues of a pay-as-you-drive model of vehicle taxation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department, including...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) ending the penalty charge for early withdrawal from a lifetime ISA.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax on bank’s excess profits in a similar manner to the Energy Profits Levy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that garment workers from developing countries receive (a) minimum wage and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the British Embassy in Mexico City with the investigation into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) secure a consular visit to Alaa Abd el-Fattah and (b) help ensure regular meetings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the arrest of the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps he has taken to support peace and stability across Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the President of Sierra Leone on the steps being taken to help ensure freedom...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the World Health Organisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK-based staff from his Department have been deployed to the High Commission and relevant Consulates in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any complaints of bullying were made by civil servants in his Department regarding the former Secretary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value was of wine from the Government's wine cellar consumed in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of President Gustavo Petro's decision to release...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on advancing gender equality globally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he discussed (a) freedom, fairness and peacefulness in the 2023 elections in Sierra Leone and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid Spend 2021, published 12 April 2022,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a detailed budget heading for sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to advance gender equality globally.
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 reports of murders of social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service and (b) out of service date for Maritime Brimstone.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) in service and (b) out of service date for Brimstone is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service and (b) out of service date for AMRAAM missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans and (b) families of veterans contacted the Veteran Welfare Service requesting financial support in each month of (i) 2020, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of moving the Defence Business Services Offices from Cheadle Hulme and Walker House to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the morale of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine since October 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has estimated that the Type 26 Frigates programme has a total cost variation to completion of £259 million.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his Estonian counterpart on (a) the potential UK use of Estonia’s ammunition warehouse as part of the NATO...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) in service dates and (b) out of service dates are for the UK's multiple-launch rocket systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to develop innovative defence technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the viability of its maritime naval ports in the event of rising sea levels over the next 50 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service and (b) out of service date for Javelin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have received decisions as of 16 November.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the levels of depletion of stockpiles by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine; and what assessment he has made of Russia's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on UK based companies that have been found to be supplying components for Russian weapons programmes since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49058 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many personnel have been assigned to work on the Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the degree of involvement of Belarus in Russia’s war against Ukraine since February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Protocol to the Treaty between Russia and Belarus on Joint Provision of Regional Security on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with NATO officials on potential involvement in the NATO Multinational Ammunition Warehousing Initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the UK has not joined the NATO Multinational Ammunition Warehousing Initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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...
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, with reference to the cold weather alert issued by UK Health Security Agency on 5 December 2022, whether his Department plans to provide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of job offers to Universal Credit claimants are refused; and what proportion of these refusals his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 30th November 2022, HC 549, for what reasons his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) private and (b) workplace pension contributions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of maximum waiting times to receive the Cold Weather Payment on people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plan to publish the report submitted by Baroness Neville-Rolfe in September 2022 regarding her independent review of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living outside of the UK had their pensions stopped in the last six months owing to postal issues and life certificate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of the cost of living and inflation on British pensioners living overseas in countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to help support UK pensioners living in countries without a reciprocal pension uprating agreement with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on the Government's Global Britain agenda of the policy of not uprating pensions paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the expected time for a decision to be made by the National Special Payments Team is; and what the average time taken for those decisions is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps is the Department is taking to ensure the basic state pensions rises in line with the new state pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of Universal Credit work capability assessment interviews which were to take place (a) by telephone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit recipients were assessed as having Limited Capability for (a) Work and (b) Work and Work-related Activity in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing part of the cost of living payment to people on means...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her review of the future grant funding for the Canal & River Trust post-2027 will conclude; and whether she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the affordability of water bills for people in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Thames...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will make an assessment of the potential impact of not announcing formal air quality targets on the timeline for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit dividend payments by water companies that do not meet Ofwat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the Storm Overflow Discharge Reduction Plan by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward proposals to increase the Environment Agency's minimum civil fine for each breach of the rules by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department collects on the killing of pigs; how many pigs have been killed annually in England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent exploitation of the Pet Travel Scheme by traders seeking to facilitate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the UK joining the World Wine Trade Group; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including mandatory visual checks of imported puppies at the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of Government spending classed as Official Development Assistance was spent by her Department on accommodation...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she plans to publish the fraud strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 102998 on Wind Power: Migrant Workers, whether the wide range of stakeholders includes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overnight stays in the area served by Luton Borough Council have asylum seekers spent in (a) dispersed accommodation, (b) overflow...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 95881 on Immigration: EU Nationals, when he plans to publish this information; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department is spending on accommodation for asylum applicants (a) awaiting an initial decision, (b) awaiting a final decision...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential economic effect on the UK university sector of restricting the number of (a) international...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help protect people who have fled from (a) Hong Kong, (b) Taiwan and (c) authoritarian regimes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide emergency support to domestic abuse (a) survivors and (b) services during the cost of living...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders there are in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will reply to the letters of 6 October and 3 November from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits of seconding officials in his Department with local government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of increased energy costs on local authority finances; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of costs incurred by local authorities when applying for competitive Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with letting agencies on the use of zero deposit schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce new powers to encourage developers to build out.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential role of densification in helping to increase supply of housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to place a limit on the number of (a) holiday lets and (b) second homes in small cities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to set new minimum levels of housing delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on [NHS recruitment and retention] of variations in criteria for Key...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what percentage of instances of replies to written parliamentary questions does his department issue a holding answer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of progress of the Freeport East project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of measuring progress in reducing inequalities in relation to job...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social landlords do not circumvent the 7 per cent cap on rent increases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of households that are affected by mould as of 9 December 2022;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities (a) are providing and (b) plan to provide warm banks in England in the winter of 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which constituencies have the highest proportion of homes with an Energy Performance Certificate below level Level E.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the Prime Minister's Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 93431 on Trade Agreements: Japan, when each (a) committee and (b) working group established...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of the UK joining the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2022 to Question 90903, to provide details of (a) the dates on which payments were made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of Ofcom’s ability to (a) protect and (b) promote competition among fixed telecoms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that sure homes in Hampshire that are not included in the gigabit broadband...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve average download speeds in the Easington constituency; and whether she will take steps to...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) improve access for and (b) prevent refusals of services by businesses to people who use guide dogs.
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December to Question 102837 on incentives, how much the Government Legal Department spent on purchasing non-cash vouchers for staff as...
To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst &...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to stop all support for offshore hydrocarbon extraction in the Arctic region and foster co-operation with the Arctic Council on the issue.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 December (HL3634), whether they will deposit in the Library of the House the promotional literature...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of indirect marketing techniques, such as advice provision, by baby formula brands to target expectant new parents.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress towards developing a universal flu vaccine.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about improving dementia diagnosis to prepare for the arrival of Lecanemab.
To ask His Majesty's Government how the 10 year plan for dementia will prepare the NHS for the arrival of new dementia treatments, such as Lecanemab.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to identify unpaid carers, and (2) to share these data across (a) different Government departments, (b) the NHS, and (c) local...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the ambition in the NHS Long Term Plan which states that "by 2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around half now...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a comprehensive strategy for reducing HIV stigma.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the extent of the rollout of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tailor care models to provide (1) psychosocial, and (2) practical, support to help people to prepare to live with HIV in the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 1 December (HL3582), whether the clarification by Lord Markham on 24 November (HL Deb col 1469) is the most...
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of current cancer treatment capacity in the NHS.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the demilitarisation of the Arctic region.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2022 statutory report of the External Scrutiny Team on the state of the UK’s Volunteer Reserve Forces will be placed in the Library of the House.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people are currently receiving statutory sick pay; how many people are eligible to receive only statutory sick pay when unwell; and how many people earn...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people in receipt of (1) Disability Living Allowance (DLA), or (2) Personal Independence Payment (PIP), who are not...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 16 November (HL3212), why they have kept the £25 Cold Weather Payment amount the same; and what...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 8 November (HL2809), what support is available to individuals subject to No Recourse to Public...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to include species-specific stunning requirements for farmed fish in slaughter regulations, in line with the protection afforded to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of current legislation protecting animal (1) welfare, and (2) rights; and whether they plan further legislation in respect of animal...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to provide an inoculation programme against infectious diseases for those staying in migrant processing centres; and whether any such...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 22 November (HL3235), what are the reasons for the delay in appointing an Independent...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people likely to be granted resettlement in the UK for (1) the remainder of this year, and (2) the following two...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers have been transferred from Manston processing centre to the Hilton Garden Hotel in Dolgarrog in the Conwy Valley, North Wales since January.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers in Dolgarrog have been diagnosed with scabies.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any other infectious diseases, other than scabies and diphtheria, have been identified as originating from the Manston processing centre.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of income tax for the next five financial years; and what assessment they have made of how state pensions will be affected...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review the role of the tax system in meeting the demand for rental homes in the private rented sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current delay in HMRC processing new registrations for VAT; and what estimate they have made of the costs of such delays (1) to the businesses and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to review the proposed new alcohol duty bands, and (2) to increase the top band, so that the reforms will increase the yield to the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 25 November (HL3505), whether they will provide a figure in their answer of how much money the UK has paid...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the financial impact on the public sector in 2022/23 as a result of the increasing prices of (1) fuel, and (2) energy.
To ask His Majesty's Government at what point Ukrainian refugees who have been in the UK for over 180 days are liable to pay tax.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 29 November (HL3471), which said that the outturn for winter fuel payments for the year 2020/21 was...
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