Written answers

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      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...

    • Railways: Freight

      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...

      High Speed 2 Line

      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.

      High Speed 2 Line: West Coast Main Line

      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.

      High Speed 2 Line: Stafford

      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.

      High Speed 2 Line: Finance

      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.

      Railways: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of restoring the Burscough Curves.

      Maritime UK

      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...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Theft

      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...

    • Postal Services and Railways: Strikes

      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...

      Royal Mail

      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.

      Royal Mail: Finance

      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.

      Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012

      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)...

      Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011

      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)...

      Starlink: Broadband

      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...

      Animal Experiments

      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.

      Clothing: Working Conditions

      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...

      Consumers: Protection

      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...

      Small Businesses: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      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.

      Business: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      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...

      Flexible Working: North East

      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...

      Royal Mail

      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...

      Small Businesses: Leeds North West

      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.

      Business: Leeds North West

      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...

      Industry: Leeds North West

      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.

      Research: Leeds North West

      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...

      Business: Leeds North West

      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.

      Business: Intellectual Property

      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...

      Intellectual Property

      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.

      Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia

      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.

      Newport Wafer Fab: Nexperia

      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...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • State Retirement Pensions: Females

      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...

    • Veterinary Medicine: Northern Ireland

      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.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve access to PrEP for women.

    • Infant Foods

      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...

      Prescriptions: Pregnancy

      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...

      Animal Feed (Composition, Marketing and Use) (England) Regulations 2015

      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...

      Health Services: Females

      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.

      Nutrition: EU Law

      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...

      Integrated Care Boards: Standards

      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...

      Integrated Care Boards: Pharmacy

      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.

      Liver Cancer: Screening

      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...

      Cystic Fibrosis: Cost of Living

      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...

      Integrated Care Boards: Standards

      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.

      Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions

      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.

      Integrated Care Boards: Standards

      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.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      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...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Accountancy

      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...

      Medical Records: Data Protection

      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...

      Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      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)...

      NHS: Databases

      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...

      Gynaecology: Waiting Lists

      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.

      Protective Clothing: Procurement

      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...

      Doctors: Juries

      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.

      Prescription Drugs

      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...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      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...

      Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001

      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.

      Health Services: Weather

      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...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      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...

      Dentistry: Training

      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.

      Hospitals: Construction

      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.

      Clinical Trials

      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...

      NHS: Staff

      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...

      Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Children

      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...

      NHS: Pay

      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...

      NHS: Strikes

      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...

      NHS: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for the implementation of the Federated Data Platform.

      Community Diagnostic Centres: Radiotherapy

      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.

      Health Services: International Cooperation

      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...

      Southport and Formby Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments

      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...

      NHS: Staff

      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...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding settlement will support the forthcoming NHS workforce plan.

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      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...

      Human Medicines Regulations 2012

      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.

      Health Services: Females

      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...

      Hormones: Females

      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...

      Health Education: Females

      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...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Females

      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.

      Menopause: 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.

      Maternity Services

      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.

      Menopause: Health Education

      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.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      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.

      Medical Treatments: Energy

      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...

      Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the UK suffer from Myopia Nystagmus.

      Prescriptions: Pregnancy

      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.

      Prescriptions: Pregnancy

      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.

      Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability

      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...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Accountancy

      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)...

  • Department for Education

    • Oak National Academy

      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.

    • Education: Coronavirus

      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.

      Oak National Academy

      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...

      Oak National Academy

      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.

      Oak National Academy

      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.

      Financial Services: Primary Education

      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.

      Oak National Academy: Publishing

      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...

      Primary Education: Sleep

      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.

      Schools: Disadvantaged

      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...

      Schools: Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether extra funding is available for schools with pupils who have Fetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Witnesses: Privacy and Safety

      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...

    • Ministry of Justice: Trade

      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...

      Prisons: Weapons

      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.

      Ministry of Justice: Accountancy

      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...

  • Treasury

    • Energy: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from energy bills.

    • Income Tax: Pensioners

      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.

      Motor Vehicles: Taxation

      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.

      Treasury: Accountancy

      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...

      Individual Savings Accounts: Fees and Charges

      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.

      Banks: Taxation

      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.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

      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...

    • Claudia Uruchurtu

      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...

      Russia: Sanctions

      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.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Theft

      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...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Accountancy

      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...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      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...

      Martha Chizuma

      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,...

      Africa: International Relations

      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.

      Sierra Leone: Elections

      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...

      Malaria: Disease Control

      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...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: India

      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...

      Dominic Raab

      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...

      Government Departments: Wines

      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...

      Colombia: Prisoners' Release

      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...

      Females: Equality

      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.

      Sierra Leone : Politics and Government

      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)...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine and UN Population Fund

      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,...

      Development Aid: Genito-urinary Medicine

      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.

      Gender: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to advance gender equality globally.

      Colombia: Politics and Government

      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...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Guided Weapons

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

    • Ministry of Defence: Theft

      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...

      Guided Weapons

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

      Guided Weapons

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

      Veterans Welfare Service

      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)...

      Defence Business Services: Blackpool

      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...

      Russia: Armed Forces

      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.

      Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      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.

      NATO: Ammunition

      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...

      Guided Weapons

      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.

      Defence: Technology

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

      Defence: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support defence jobs in the UK.

      Navy: Ports

      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.

      Antitank Missiles

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

      Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support British shipbuilding.

      Ministry of Defence: Accountancy

      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...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications have received decisions as of 16 November.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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...

      Russia: Defence Equipment

      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...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      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...

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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.

      Ukraine: Armed Conflict

      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...

      NATO: Ammunition

      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.

      NATO: Ammunition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the UK has not joined the NATO Multinational Ammunition Warehousing Initiative.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Theft

      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...

    • Universal Credit: Armed Forces

      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...

      Working Conditions: Heating

      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...

      Universal Credit: Employment

      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...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Universal Credit

      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...

      Pensions

      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.

      Cold Weather Payments

      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...

      Second State Pension Age Independent Review

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      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...

      State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

      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...

      Commonwealth: Pensions

      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...

      Maladministration: Compensation

      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.

      State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

      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.

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      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...

      Work Capability Assessment

      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...

      Cost of Living Payments: Means-tested Benefits

      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...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Canal and River Trust: Finance

      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...

    • Water Supply: Thames Valley

      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...

      Air Pollution

      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...

      Water Companies: Standards

      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...

      Sewage: Storage

      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...

      Water Companies: Fines

      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...

      Pigs: Slaughterhouses

      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...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      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...

      World Wine Trade Group

      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...

      Dogs: Imports

      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...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Housing

      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...

    • Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what she plans to publish the fraud strategy.

      Home Office: Theft

      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...

      Wind Power: Migrant Workers

      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...

      Home Office: Accountancy

      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,...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      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...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      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...

      Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

      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...

      Overseas Students

      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...

      Refugees

      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.

      Domestic Abuse

      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...

      Violent and Sex Offender Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders there are in the UK.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Members: Correspondence

      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...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Secondment

      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...

      Local Government Finance: Energy

      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...

      Local Government Finance

      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...

      Letting Agents: Deposits

      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.

      Planning Permission

      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.

      Housing

      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.

      Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Urban Areas

      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.

      Housing: Construction

      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.

      Key Worker Living Scheme: Housing Associations

      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...

      Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to help tackle homelessness.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Written Questions

      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...

      Freeport East

      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.

      Employment: Equality

      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...

      Social Rented Housing: Rents

      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...

      Housing: Mould

      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;...

      Heating: Government Assistance

      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.

      Housing: Energy

      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.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Prime Minister: Theft

      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...

    • Prime Minister: Accountancy

      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...

  • Department for International Trade

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gendered Intelligence: Finance

      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...

    • Ofcom: Competition

      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...

      Broadband: Hampshire

      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...

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Theft

      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...

      Broadband: Easington

      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...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Guide Dogs

      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.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Incentives

      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...

    • Attorney General: Accountancy

      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 &...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Fossil Fuels: Arctic

      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.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      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...

    • Infant Foods: Marketing

      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.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress towards developing a universal flu vaccine.

      Lecanemab

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about improving dementia diagnosis to prepare for the arrival of Lecanemab.

      Dementia: Medical Treatments

      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.

      Carers: Unpaid Work

      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...

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      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...

      HIV Infection: Discrimination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to create a comprehensive strategy for reducing HIV stigma.

      HIV Infection: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the extent of the rollout of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) in England.

      HIV Infection

      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...

      Social Services: Finance

      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...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of current cancer treatment capacity in the NHS.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Arctic: Demilitarized and Neutral Zones

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the demilitarisation of the Arctic region.

    • Reserve Forces

      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.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Statutory Sick Pay

      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...

    • Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence Payment: Cost of Living Payments

      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...

      Cold Weather Payments

      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...

      Migrants: Cost of Living

      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...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

      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...

    • Animal Welfare

      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...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Vaccination

      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...

    • Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner: Public Appointments

      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...

      Asylum: Resettlement

      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...

      Asylum: Hotels

      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.

      Asylum: Scabies

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers in Dolgarrog have been diagnosed with scabies.

      Detention Centres: Manston

      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.

  • Treasury

    • Income Tax

      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...

    • Private Rented Housing: Taxation

      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.

      VAT: Registration

      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...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

      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...

      Public Expenditure: EU Countries

      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...

      Public Sector: Energy

      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.

      Refugees: Taxation

      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.

      Winter Fuel Payment

      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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