Written answers

Wednesday, 21 December 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Department for Transport: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.

    • Department for Transport: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the debt...

      Department for Transport: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the transparency data entitled DfT's spending over £500 for August 2021, published on 30 December 2021, for which individuals...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Kingston upon Hull North constituency have had heat pumps installed as of 31 October 2022.

    • Housing: Energy

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

      Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what contingency plans his Department has in place for a liability being incurred by a nuclear operator under the Paris...

      Post Offices: Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining the Energy Bill Relief Scheme support in place for...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have been retrofitted through the Social Housing...

      Alternative Fuel Payments: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to park home residents who will receive their Energy Bills Support Scheme via the Alternative Fund...

      Housing: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of which wards in Kingston upon Hull North constituency have the highest number of homes...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 95828, why the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator...

      Housing: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Kingston upon Hull North constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 31 October 2022.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Beer and Licensed Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support he plans to provide to (a) pubs, (b) social clubs (c) breweries and (d) cider and perry producers for the...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted as a result of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator in Lancaster and...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he is taking steps to ensure that company directors whose businesses close due to insolvent liquidation cannot...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have been retrofitted through the Social Housing...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding his Department has provided through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in Kingston upon Hull...

      Housing: Birmingham Selly Oak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency had heat pumps installed as of 13 December 2022.

      Green Deal Scheme: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many projects have been completed through the Green Deal in Kingston upon Hull North constituency as of 24 November...

      Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted with funding through the Local Authority Delivery Scheme in Kingston upon Hull North...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted using funding through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator in Kingston...

      Social Rented Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of redeploying social housing energy...

      Social Rented Housing: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of instructing the Energy Efficiency Taskforce to consider the...

      Housing: Energy

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

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes have been retrofitted through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in Stockport constituency.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the strength of China’s role in the rare earth mineral...

      Batteries: Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of how many gigafactories manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles there will be...

      Small Businesses: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency have received Government funding for support during the cost of...

      Business: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with businesses in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency on the potential impact of the cost...

      New Businesses: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on taking steps to improve...

      Small Businesses: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Wakefield constituency have received Government support in the last 12 months.

      Business: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with businesses in Wakefield on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on...

      Public Sector: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the data by the Office...

      Nightclubs: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of nightclub closures; and whether he...

      Postage Stamps: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) conducting a review of postage stamp prices and (b)...

      Research: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 7 December to Question101725 on Research: Investment, when the ONS and his Department will (a)...

      Science: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the press release published 14 December 2022 on global science partnership with Japan, which budget...

      Beer: Small Businesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the rate of closure of small and independent breweries in the UK in the last 6 months.

      Post Office: Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a cost and benefit analysis of taking steps to ensure that the Post Office implements systems to...

      Business: Birmingham Selly Oak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of businesses are owned by women in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.

      Business: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of businesses that are owned by women in Hull North.

      Business: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on taking steps to help improve...

      Nuclear Fusion: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to support the development of nuclear fusion technology.

      Postal Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Royal Mail Group's proposal to move to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken in the last 12 months to help tackle health inequality in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.

    • Dental Services: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dental practices were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Kingston upon Hull North...

      General Practitioners: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of GP surgeries were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Kingston upon Hull North constituency...

      General Practitioners: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP appointments in Hull North in the past 12 months as of 16 December 2022;...

      Avian Flu: Mink

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to assess the risks to human health following the (a) H5N1 avian flu outbreak...

      Coronavirus: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 92 of the Women’s Health Strategy, following the analysis of the written evidence submissions, what steps...

      Eating Disorders: Social Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 92 of the Women’s Health Strategy, following the analysis of the call for written evidence submissions, what...

      Streptococcus: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to ensure (a) parents and (b) healthcare providers are informed about the (i) symptoms and (ii)...

      Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 91 of the Women's Health Strategy, how many women with moderate to complex perinatal mental health needs have...

      Mental Health Services: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of mental health specialists in Kingston upon...

      Perinatal Mortality: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in rates of perinatal mortality in Kingston upon Hull...

      NHS: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to meet with health sector trade unions over the industrial dispute on pay.

      NHS: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) ensure conflicts of interest are declared throughout any process that might be likely to...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to collect data on the availability of hormonal replacement therapy products (a) with and (b) without...

      Blood Cancer: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that blood cancer patients can access mental health support in (a) Enfield, Southgate...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Page 78 of the Women’s Health Strategy for England published in August 2022, what steps his Department has taken...

      Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question 96551 on Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and the oral contribution by the...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the funding spent by his Department to date on preparing for the introduction of social care reforms in...

      Midwives: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of midwives in Kingston upon Hull North...

      NHS: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) other steps his Department is taking to help tackle NHS workforce shortages in Hull North constituency.

      Key Workers: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about (a) increasing the supply of key worker housing and (b) the potential...

      NHS: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS staff recruited from overseas about the cost of (a) living and(b) housing.

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to bring forward an NHS workforce plan at the earliest opportunity.

      Surgery: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cancelled operations in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in the last...

      Streptococcus: Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that pharmacies across the country have sufficient supplies of the antibiotics used to...

      Food Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate with Cabinet colleagues of the trend in the number of people who have skipped meals due to the cost of food.

      General Practitioners: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of GP practices open in Hull North as of 16 December 2022; and what the number...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve patient access to (a) technology and (b) staff at dental practices.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the NHS Health Check programme review, Preventing illness and improving...

      Dentistry: Higher Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the practical requirements for dentistry courses at...

      General Practitioners: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the investment needed in additional GP capacity in (a) the Witham constituency; and (b) Essex over the...

      Dentistry: Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of dentists retiring in each of the last five years.

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what visits have been made by NHS England officials to the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service as part of their evaluations of that service.

      Coronavirus: Immunosuppression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 97699 on Coronavirus: Immunosuppression, what the clinical guidance is to enable...

      Disability Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) supply chains, (b) manufacturing costs and (c) procurement processes on the...

      Medical Equipment: Certification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity of (a) UK Conformity Assessment Bodies and (b) EU Notified Bodies to conduct timely...

      Immunotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the NHS will only fund many immunotherapy treatments for a maximum of two years; and if he will make a statement.

      Cardiovascular Diseases: Mortality Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment NHS England has made of the reasons for an increase in the level of excess cardiovascular deaths since 2019.

      Strokes: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of stroke symptoms in younger people.

      Social Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Minister of State for Social Care's Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for South Shields at Health and...

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year cancer plan will include specific plans to support patients with blood cancer.

      Blood Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of delays in diagnosis on the treatment of blood cancers.

      Parkinson's Disease: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the adequacy of multidisciplinary support for Parkinson's care across UK (a) regions and...

      Palliative Care: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that health and care providers prioritise training on how to support people who are dying; and what...

      Palliative Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to palliative care services and end of life care services in the community in response to changes in...

      Breast Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 13 December to Question 96638 on Breast Cancer: Screening, by which date he expects the data to be validated.

      Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 91 of the Women's Health Strategy, in what way the provision of specialist community perinatal mental health...

      Mental Health Services: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of maternal mental health services.

      Menopause: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 84 of the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published in August 2022, whether his Department has taken...

      Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the NHS since the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy for England in August...

      IVF: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Page 78 of the Women’s Health Strategy published in August 2022, what steps his Department has taken to encourage...

      Pregnancy: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 78 of the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published in August 2022, following the analysis of the call...

      Infant Mortality: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 79 of the policy paper entitled Women's Health Strategy for England, CP 736, published on 30 August 2022, whether...

      Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Final report of the Ockenden review published 30 March 2022, what steps he has taken to implement that report's...

      Maternity Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the £6.8 million allocated to local maternity systems to co-produce and implement...

      Care Homes: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of care homes were rated as good by the Care Quality Commission in Kingston upon Hull North constituency as...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is interventional radiology and oncology representation at every relevant organ...

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on reducing regional disparities in the dementia diagnosis rate.

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include information on all available cancer treatments on the NHS website to enable patients to...

      Hospices: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department will announce the decision on the Children’s Hospice Grant 2023-24.

      Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to introduce (a) increased funding for social care and (b) other social care reforms.

      Social Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received recent evidence from local authorities on their readiness to implement his Department's policy to...

      Gynaecological Cancers: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve access to screening services for gynaecological cancers since the publication of the...

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smear tests provided by the NHS were performed in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Enfield North constituency in each year since 2015.

      NHS: Corporate Governance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to apply the proposed Integrated care systems requirement not to appoint individuals to the board who could...

      Continuing Care: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help support people waiting for appointments for long-term medical conditions, including...

      Neurology: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce waiting times for neurology appointments.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to expand cancer treatment capacity within the NHS.

      Health Services: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) nurse and (b) rail strikes on patients requiring life-saving treatment.

      NHS: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve NHS staff retention rates.

      NHS: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the financial cost to the public purse of staff leaving the NHS to be employed in NHS roles on a contract...

      NHS: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the NHS Pay Review Body on the level of resources needed to settle the industrial dispute with...

      NHS: Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the current sick pay policy for NHS staff with long covid.

      Nurses: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has made an assessment of the impact of (a) housing and (b) cost of living costs on nurses pay in areas where there is a high cost...

      Radiology: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include radiologists and interventional radiologists in the NHS workforce strategy to ensure there are...

      Drugs: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had to adjust concession prices for any medicines in the last month.

      Life Expectancy: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of life expectancy in Kingston upon Hull...

      Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in reference to page 92 of the Women’s Health Strategy following the analysis of the call for evidence written evidence submission,...

      Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) repeal, (b) reform and (c) retain the Tobacco and Related Products...

      General Practitioners: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, whether his Department is taking steps to...

      General Practitioners: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, if he will make a comparative assessment of...

      General Practitioners: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, what steps his Department is taking to...

      Dental Services: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of (a) four and (b) 11 were admitted to hospital for tooth extraction due to decay in Kingston upon Hull...

      Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the relationship between child poverty, diet and wellbeing.

      Life Expectancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help extend healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035.

      Food Poverty: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rising cost of energy on trends in the level of families being unable to feed themselves.

      Dentistry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether integrated care boards will be responsible for the recruitment and retention of NHS dentists.

      Tobacco: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will hold a consultation on raising the age of sale of tobacco products in the UK.

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.

    • Schools: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle staff shortages in primary schools and (b) improve recruitment in all areas of schooling after the...

      Oak National Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2022 to Question 104365 on Oak National Academy, if he will publish the non-statutory curriculum guidance that...

      Religion: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to introduce a national compulsory curriculum for religious education.

      Free School Meals: Eligibility

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to change the threshold of eligibility for free school meals.

      Free School Meals: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in households with no recourse to public funds have been provided with free school meals in the period since...

      Religion: Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to reverse recent reduction in the recruitment of secondary teachers of Religious Education; and if she will make a statement.

      Religion: GCSE

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities entered the (a) highest and (b) lowest proportion of their year 11 cohort for GCSE Religious Studies in the 2022-23 academic year.

      Pupils: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any additional financial or other support is provided to schools that are educating minors who are claiming asylum and where (a) English is...

      Pupils: Attendance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement that schools assign an attendance code to register...

      Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provision for early years settings.

      Food: Pre-school Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made of the potential merits of including sensory food play as part of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made towards implementing the streamlining of funding set out in the Skills Act 2022.

      Further Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with further education colleges on the reclassification of colleges as public sector institutions by the Office for...

      Further Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding to further education colleges in the next 12 months.

      Special Educational Needs: Bexleyheath and Crayford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of educational choice for parents of children with special educational needs and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, whether privately operated prisons are required to have a Regime Management Plan.

    • Euthanasia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the law on assisted dying.

      Prisoners on Remand: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants on remand who have refused to attend their sentencing hearing.

      Dominic Raab

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints officials in his Department have received on his conduct while he was Secretary of State for his Department.

      Ministry of Justice: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.

  • Treasury

    • Financial Institutions: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a windfall tax on financial institutions which have made unexpected excess profits in the last 12 months.

    • Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for July 2021, for which team was an away day...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for September 2021, how many individuals at...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for July 2021, for which individuals was...

      Night-time Economy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support night time industries.

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for October 2021, what the (a) nature and (b)...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500, what items of IT/Office equipment were...

      Tobacco: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing a polluter pays levy...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for April 2021, how many individuals at what...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for November 2021, what the (a) nature and (b)...

      Carbon Emissions: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to incorporate lessons learned from the recent UK Investment Bank local lending pilots into government policy on financing Net Zero.

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose was of the...

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Article 103 of UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, what assessment he has made of the steps taken by the European Union to reduce the...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s Annual Review, April 2021 to August 2022, how many warning letters have been...

      Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s Annual Review, April 2021 to August 2022, whether the OFSI has expanded to...

      Cryptocurrencies: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing further regulations for (a) cryptocurrency exchanges and (b)...

      Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500, what items of equipment were hired from...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Statement, CP 751, published on 17 November, what reason the Statement did not use the phrase child poverty and what...

      Climate Change: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether he will commit to bringing forward a support package for local authorities to be able to adapt and protect communities against the impacts of...

      Sanctions: Russia

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s Annual Review, April 2021 to August 2022, who the eleven designated persons...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for...

    • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s published data on government procurement card spend over £500 for...

      Somalia: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he makes of the equity of the (a) judicial process applied in the case of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the...

      Somalia: Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Turkey about including and...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department...

      Sierra Leone: Civil Disorder

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the President of Sierra Leone on taking steps to provide legal...

      Sierra Leone: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) UN and (b) EU on (i) support for the Sierra Leone Electoral Commission...

      Somalia: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting the protection of civilians in areas...

      Somalia: Reconstruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what scenario planning exercises his Department has undertaken to help promote (a) peacebuilding, (b) security,...

      Armed Conflict: Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the implementation of the Government’s new Preventing Sexual Violence...

      Somaliland: British Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of opening a British Council office in Hargeisa.

      Somalia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase state capacity for the Government of Somalia.

      Vietnam: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to help protect and promote freedom of religion in Vietnam.

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with her counterpart in India on religious violence.

      Nigeria: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor (a) the political situation in Nigeria and (b) preparations for the...

      East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State (Development and Africa) to International...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to call for the establishment of an independent investigative mechanism by the...

      Pakistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to provide funding to Pakistan to help support Afghan refugees in that country.

      Libya: IRA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the independent report by William Shawcross on compensation...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a)...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help secure consular access to Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many appointments for urgent repairs in Force's accommodation were missed by the (a) Amey and (b) VIVO each month since January 2022.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the performance of Pinnacle Group’s management of service family accommodation in the period...

      Ministry of Defence: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls related to flooding in forces accommodation have been received by the National Service Centre since January 2022.

      Fleet Solid Support Ships: Shipbuilding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 61035 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Shipbuilding, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of...

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the (a) in service date and (b) out of service date for the upgraded Challenger 2 main battle tanks.

      Armed Forces: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to Armed Forces personnel regarding the membership of organisations, including extreme-right organisations.

      Armed Forces: Paramedical Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to answer of 14 December to Question 104384, how many serving military personnel were (a) qualified paramedics and (b) meet the qualification...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent repair requests in armed forces accommodation were reported in each month since January 2022.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what milestones other than Reliability and Growth trials the Ajax armoured vehicle need to meet before it reaches initial operating capability.

      Shipbuilding: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Shipbuilding Office had discussions with the Northern Lighthouse Board prior to the award of a £51.8 million shipbuilding...

      Air Force: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) has received evidence of and (b) is investigating allegations that RAF recruitment (i) policy and (ii) practice as at 1...

      Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to answer of 14 December to Question 106333, how inflation has increased the cost of the Type 26 Frigate programme.

      Marines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are three blocks of the Future Commando Force related to.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long the Reliability and Growth trials for the Ajax armoured vehicle will last.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service family accommodation and (b) single living accommodation have had their insulation upgraded since 2010.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed by Carillion Amey in 2021 to take calls about maintenance requests for Forces housing.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff (a) Amey and (b) VIVO have working on repairs for military homes.

      Weapons: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department has been of the Case Telescopic Cannon System.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has spent on housing forces personnel and their dependents in emergency accommodation due to major repair needs at their...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many subcontractors are employed by (a) Amey and (b) VIVO to work on repair for military homes.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the average wait time for calls to the National Service Centre.

      Ministry of Defence: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for which...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December to Question 104385 on Armed Forces: Housing, why his Department's decision on the Future Accommodation Model is now...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether people (a) convicted and (b) discharged under his Department's zero tolerance approach to sexual offences will continue to receive (i) paid...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Employment Schemes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department plans to reallocate the underspend from the Plan for Jobs in the 2020-21 financial year.

    • Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that where children or adults are the subject of a Child Maintenance case and registered in full time...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Departments response to the consultation entitled Child Maintenance: modernising and improving our service, published 18...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on flexible working for its employees.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Sewage: Great Yarmouth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to help prevent further discharges of raw sewage into (a) the River Yare and (b) other waters near...

    • Smoke Control Areas: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish a central database of Smoke Control Areas for England.

      Climate Change Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on whether it is the Government's negotiating position at COP27 that...

      Nature Conservation: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Climate Change Commission's Net Zero pathway will be amended to account for the Government's commitment to...

  • Home Office

    • Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an emergency fund for those impacted by domestic abuse to provide them...

    • Home Office: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.

      Home Office: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for...

      Anti-social Behaviour: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle antisocial behaviour in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.

      Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure police officers are effectively trained to handle cases of domestic abuse and sexual violence...

      Pharmacy: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle violence against pharmacy staff.

      Asylum: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned research into the reasons for which some asylum seekers cross the channel rather than claim asylum...

      Asylum: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the asylum transformation programme includes a commitment to reinstate the 6-month service standard for decisions on all...

      Human Trafficking: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she holds any information on how many people traffickers operating in the English Channel the French authorities have (a) arrested...

      Entry Clearances: El Salvador

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for entry clearance have been (a) received and (b) approved by the UK Visa Applications Centre in El Salvador since...

      Border Force: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department has been of contracts for the use by Border Force of privately owned crew transfer vessels since May 2022.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) uncap and (b) extend the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing Recommendation 35 of the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons by...

      Immigration: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to waive fees for immigration applications for Ukrainian nationals with leave to remain.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the Seasonal Worker Scheme visas made available in 2022 have been taken up; and what proportion of those dedicated to...

      Naturalisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for naturalisation as a British citizen her Department received by the applicant's country of origin in each year...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2022 to Question 75953, how many complaints were registered against Clearspring Ready Homes in each...

      Mears Group and Migrant Help: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s expenditure on its contracts with (a) Mears Group and (b) Migrant Help are classed as Official Development...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 84895 on Asylum: Housing, how many complaints have been escalated to her Department...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Energy Performance Certificates: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of homes that have an Energy Performance Certificate below level...

    • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the...

      Planning: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps is his Department taking to increase the speed of the planning applications process.

      Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the number of social homes being built each year.

      First Time Buyers: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support first time buyers onto the housing ladder.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of making housing targets advisory on the Government's housing target...

      Housing: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he would make an assessment of the seriousness of housing shortages in York; and if he will meet local Members to...

      Parking: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the amount raised by local councils in parking fines in each year from 2019.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Northern Ireland Investment Plan for the Shared Prosperity Fund is...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful...

  • Church Commissioners

    • Clergy

      To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, by what proportion the number of ordinands in the Church of England has changed since 2016.

  • Department for International Trade

  • Department for Transport

    • Road Traffic Control: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of local authorities introducing traffic filters to reduce nitrogen dioxide pollution; and of whether this displaces such pollution...

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of overcrowding on TransPennine Express trains resulting from cancellations, what discussions they have had with TransPennine Express concerning...

      Pedestrian Areas and Roads: Snow and Ice

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of gritting of (1) roads, and (2) pavements, during icy weather.

      Railways: Compensation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to renew the Delay, Repay scheme, and (2) to ensure that all cancellations are considered in the published statistics.

      Train Operating Companies: Finance

      To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) incentives, and (2) conditions, they place in contracts with train operators to ensure they check tickets of all passengers in order to maximise revenue.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Heating

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce a home heating support fund.

    • Energy: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce energy bills for households.

      UK Endorsement Board: Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 22 November 2021 (HL3859), whether the members of the UK Endorsement Board (1) individually, or (2)...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government why they have changed the proposed method for distributing energy support payments to people in Northern Ireland.

      Recycling: Labelling

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Office for Product Safety and Standards is sufficiently staffed and skilled to enforce mandatory recyclability...

      Patents

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they provide SMEs seeking to obtain patent protection in (1) the UK, and (2) in other countries; whether they will extend the Enterprise Investment...

      Future Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Future Fund refused an application from Fly Atlantic; and if so, what were the reasons for doing so.

      Diesel and Petrol: Prices

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that motorists achieve value for money from fuel retailers, given varying pump prices for fuel within localised areas.

      Office for Product Safety and Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Office for Product Safety and Standards is sufficiently staffed and skilled to enforce the new regulations on...

      Office for Product Safety and Standards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Office for Product Safety and Standards is sufficiently staffed and skilled to enforce the new regulations on...

      Business: Working Hours

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of feedback from businesses that are making use of financial support to trial a four-day working week.

  • Department for Education

    • Pre-school Education: Migrants

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many children subject to No Recourse to Public Funds conditions are in receipt of 15 hours a week of free early education available to disadvantaged three and...

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 5 December (HL Deb cols 6–9), what is the appeals mechanism for those institutions that were refused...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Barran on 5 December (HL Deb cols 6–9), what were the criteria for the selection of those educational...

      Carers: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions the Department for Education has had with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about providing additional support to...

      Children's Social Care National Implementation Board

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings of the Children’s Social Care National Implementation Board have taken place; and what role, if any, the Board has played in formulating...

      Social Services: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the increased cost of living on children’s social care budgets.

      Departmental Responsibilities: Children

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to designate senior political leadership for child protection and children’s social care, and (2) to appoint a Minister for Children...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support greater use of early interventions for those in the criminal justice system to prevent recidivism.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their policy paper UK-India free trade agreement: the UK’s strategic approach, published on 13 January, whether they have produced any...

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the ability of UK lawyers to practice in India is being negotiated as part of the UK–India Free Trade Agreement; and if so, what progress they have...

      Tuna: Maldives

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the 20 per cent tariff for tuna exported from the Maldives to the UK given (1) the sustainability of the Maldivian tuna...

      Citrus Fruit: Import Duties

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their justification for levying a UK import tariff on the 16 different types of mandarins when there are no domestic producers.

      UK Trade with EU

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with their EU counterparts regarding new trade deals.

      Trade Promotion: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Johnson of Lainston on 12 December (HL3913), what role Invest Northern Ireland will play in the delivery of the trade...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Colombia: Peace Negotiations

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the £1.8 million for Political Declaration of Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) priority countries they...

    • Belarus: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the opposition movement in Belarus; and what plans they have, if any, to meet with the opposition leader Sviatlana...

      Ramzan Kadyrov

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to proscribe Ramzan Kadyrov and his associates as a terrorist organisation, as part of their sanctions against Russian citizens taking part in...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pension Credit: Applications

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many claims for Pension Credit have been waiting for more than (1) two, (2) three, (3) four, (4) five, and (5) six, months for approval; and what percentage of...

    • Pension Credit: Applications

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the waiting times for Pension Credit applicants.

      Financial Services: Climate Change

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 25 November (HL3377), what evidence they have collected regarding the voting record of UK...

      Budgeting Loans

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce (1) the waiting time for, and (2) the size of the loans available through, the Department for Work and Pensions and the...

      Sick Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government how the number of people earning less than the lower earnings threshold for statutory sick pay has changed over the last five years.

      Sick Pay: Reform

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessments they have carried out of proposed reforms to Statutory Sick Pay in the last 10 years.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the current levels of benefits given the increased cost of living.

      Universal Credit

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the report on the discovery phase of the managed migration of Universal Credit; and if so, when they intend to do so.

      Employment Schemes

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist people of working age who are economically inactive due to illness back into employment.

      Employment: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 7 December (HL3726), how much time is each work coach assigned to a young person.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 7 December (HL3726), how often is the provision of work coaching refreshed.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 7 December (HL3726), who provides this training to work coaches; and what qualifications do they have.

      Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 7 December (HL3726), what components of this "comprehensive learning journey" do all work...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change...

    • Nature Conservation: EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on (1) legal protections for European protected species,...

      Environment Protection: EU Law

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to engage with environmental groups before making any decisions regarding the exercise of the powers proposed in the Retained EU Law...

      Land: Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Environment Agency report Working with nature, published in July, which stated that "99.7% of fens, 97% of species-rich grasslands, 80% of...

      Environment Protection: Disclosure of Information

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 28 October (HCWS347), whether the delay to...

  • Home Office

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much will be paid each month by the UK, and to whom, as part of the UK–France Joint Statement of 14 November.

    • Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment of value for money was undertaken in relation to the UK–France Joint Statement of 14 November; and when that assessment will be published.

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Afghan refugees have been admitted to the UK under the UNHCR Resettlement Schemes since August 2021; and how many further applications they expect to...

      Migrant Workers: Skilled Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the Migration Advisory Committee will report its recommendations to change the shortage occupation list (SAL).

      Deportation: Albania

      To ask His Majesty's Government how much the arrangement with Albania to fast-track the removal of Albanian nationals who have travelled to the UK via small boats, announced on 25 August,...

      HM Passport Office: Repayments

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many requests for reimbursement have been received by HM Passport Office since 2010; and how much has been paid out annually since that year.

      Hourglass

      To ask His Majesty's Government why the Safeguarding Minister has cancelled an upcoming meeting with Hourglass (Safer Aging) on 14 December.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to require voters to show identification at polling stations at elections beyond those in 2023.

    • Levelling Up Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to speed up the notification of the results of bids to the Levelling Up Fund; and what assessment they have made of the delay of...

  • Treasury

    • Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the access to cash in rural areas for (1) vulnerable residents, such as the elderly and infirm, and (2) small businesses.

    • Credit and Debts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what records they keep of the rate of (1) credit use, and (2) problem debt; and what assessment they have made of the effects of these on the UK population.

      Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that cash access remains viable in the most remote parts of the UK.

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