Written answers

Thursday, 22 December 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Travel Information: Christmas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure that passengers receive clear communications regarding transport changes over the Christmas and New Year period...

    • Train Operating Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 104324, on Train Operating Companies, if he will list the dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials...

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government requested that driverless trains were included in negotiations to avert strike action on the railways ahead of Christmas 2022.

      East Coast Main Line: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the results of the Single Leg Pricing fares trial in operation for certain journeys on the East Coast Main Line since January 2020.

      Railways: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of railway strikes on growth.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to replace the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new Consolidated Online Retail System for new rail retail provision will be procured by the Rail Delivery Group.

      Railways: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the consolidated online retail solution will (a) retain competition in the digital rail retail...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Warwick and Leamington

      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 the Warwick...

    • Care Homes and Sheltered Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking fiscal steps with Cabinet colleagues to support (a) housing associations and (b)...

      Environment Protection: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to engage with regulators to ensure the necessary support for market development for investment...

      Renewable Energy: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to further develop a market for investment in green industry.

      Renewable Energy: Lancaster and Fleetwood

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

      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...

      Energy Company Obligation: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes have had ECO scheme measures installed in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency as of 31 October 2022.

      Green Deal Scheme: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many projects have been completed in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency through the Green Deal as of 31 October 2022.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many jobs did the Green Homes Grant support in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what was the average amount given to homeowners who had successful applications to the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises in Wakefield constituency are...

      Tidal Power: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake a feasibility study for a tidal energy project in Morecambe Bay.

      Tidal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which tidal energy schemes his Department is providing support to.

      Government: Carbon Emissions and Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made on the adequacy of (a) national policy and (b) regulatory frameworks on enabling (i) local,...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to extend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme beyond April 2023 for hospitality businesses; and...

      Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Xlinks on the price of electricity it might supply to the national grid from...

      Offshore Industry: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with oil and gas companies on the potential impact of proposed developments in...

      Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning an independent inquiry into the way cavity wall...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs that could be created in floating...

      Energy: Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the cost of energy for unpaid carers; and if...

      Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the minimum tariffs that energy suppliers are...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons might an individual be refused application to join a Priority Services Register.

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to monitor (a) the numbers of and (b) reasons for refused applications to the Priority Services...

      Energy Supply: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on (a) advertising the availability of and (b) registration of individuals onto a...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help register people onto a utilities Priority Services Register.

      Energy Supply: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are on a Priority Services Register and for which utility company in (a) Cynon Valley constituency, (b)...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Hounslow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme were successful in (a) Brentford and Isleworth...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Hounslow

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted as a result of the Green Homes Grant in the London Borough of Hounslow as of 31 October...

      Heating: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has a strategy for the roll-out of nano-boron technology in heat pipes and heat exchange technologies across...

      Tidal Power: Severn Estuary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to harness the tidal power of the Severn Estuary.

      Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to provide disabled people with further energy financial support.

      Government: Carbon Emissions and Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of national policy and regulatory frameworks at helping (a) local, (b)...

      Local Government: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of UK100's report entitled Local Net Zero Delivery...

      Carbon Emissions: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK becomes a centre of excellence for developing, procuring and delivering Net...

      Environment Protection: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to scale up local authority-led green investment opportunities to make them more attractive to...

      Carbon Emissions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that lessons learned from the UK Investment Bank local lending pilots will be...

      Local Net Zero Forum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the first Ministerial meeting of the Local Net Zero Forum will take place.

      Housing: Birmingham Selly Oak

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 13 December 2022.

      Energy Company Obligation: Kingston upon Hull North

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

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people had received the Warm Homes Discount in Kingston upon Hull North as of 24 November 2022.

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding through grants the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme had provided to public sector bodies in...

      Wind Power: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department’s published estimates of levelized cost of electricity generation, which...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in...

      Energy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an energy assistance payment to help families with...

      Energy Price Guarantee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he made of the needs of families with seriously ill and disabled children who need to run lifesaving...

      Hunterston Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and...

      Small Businesses: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help support small businesses with their energy bills in winter 2022.

      Heating: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on phasing out the installation of fossil fuel...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

      Energy Efficiency Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92183 on Green Homes Grant Scheme, if he will make an assessment...

      Energy: Houseboats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 25 November to Question 89897, Energy: Houseboats, what steps he is taking to (a) identify...

      Medical Equipment: Electricity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure that families of seriously ill children who rely on life-saving equipment at...

      Palliative Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to prioritise children’s hospice and palliative care providers for targeted...

      Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has (a) introduced and (b) implemented technical innovations in the use...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what date they expect their Department to be carbon neutral in its day to day operations.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an Energy Social Tariff.

      Fuels: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment the Government has made of the impact of market fluctuations in the price of diesel and home...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with energy suppliers on financial assistance and debt write-off for households...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households were eligible for the Warm Home Discount in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) assessment he has made and (b) consultation he has carried out on the potential merits of introducing an...

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of an energy price cap for businesses.

      Heating: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with stakeholders on the safety aspects of the Hydrogen Village trials.

      Heating: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of incorporating Hydrogen Village trials into new housing...

      Hydrogen: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential development of (a) facilities and (b) technologies that could result...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has provided to energy providers on how they should issue households that use alternative...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that people who do not have access to the internet are able to apply...

      Air Pollution: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with trade unions on the exposure to high levels of air pollution of (a) people...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the performance of the ongoing migration of first generation...

      Ukraine: Generators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November to Question 79297 on Ukraine: Energy, what the (a) type and (b) capacity is of the...

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the average daily standing energy charge in (a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom.

      Energy: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help lower daily standing energy charges.

      Electricity: Standing Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will review the system which calculates the daily electricity unit price.

      Heat Pumps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of the earlier deadline for off-gas grid properties to...

      Housing: Heat Pumps and Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) hydrotreated vegetable oil and (b) other alternative...

      Heating: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for publishing Government responses to the consultations entitled (a) Phasing out the...

      Batteries: Lithium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken recent steps to help (a) reduce the insurance premium for lithium-ion battery energy storage...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with regards to the £200 Alternative Fuel Payment, when will it be administered.

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £200 Alternative Fuel Payment, when his Department will issue guidance to energy companies...

      Palliative Care: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that children’s hospice and palliative services, including those provided by the...

      Housing: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how many homes in Newcastle Central constituency had heat pumps installed as...

      Housing: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how many homes in Newcastle Central constituency with cavity walls have been...

      Housing: Energy

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

      Housing: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of how many homes in Leeds North West constituency have had heat pumps installed...

      Housing: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of how many homes in Leeds North West constituency with cavity walls have been...

      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 Leeds...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Leeds North West

      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...

      Housing: Leeds North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in which wards in Leeds North West constituency has external wall insulation been fitted to residential property.

      Energy Company Obligation: Warwick and Leamington

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

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Washington and Sunderland West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have received the Warm Homes Discount in Warwick and Leamington constituency as of 8 December 2022.

      Green Deal Scheme: Warwick and Leamington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many projects have been completed in Warwick and Leamington constituency through the Green Deal as of 24 November 2022.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households with children under the age of (a) one and (b) five have been placed on pre-payment meters in each...

      Job Creation: Ellesmere Port and Neston

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of green jobs in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will estimate the average energy cost savings expected per year as a result of energy efficiency measures...

      Post Offices: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of providing further support for...

      Post Offices: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising energy costs on (a) postmasters and (b) sub-postmasters.

      Housing: Wirral South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of houses that have had heat pumps installed in Wirral South constituency as...

      Environment Protection: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of green jobs in Feltham and Heston constituency.

      Housing: Wirral South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Wirral South have had solar power panels installed as of 31 October 2022.

      Housing: Wirral South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of houses with cavity walls that have been insulated in Wirral South...

      District Heating: Price Caps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to reform the Default Tariff Act to extend Ofgem's regulatory powers to ensure that...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Lancaster and Fleetwood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is his Department taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are receiving the correct level...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Productivity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 3.21 of the National Audit Office report entitled Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England,...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston of 3 May 2022 with reference PO-1386868.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GPs there were in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last ten years; and how many GP vacancies...

      NHS: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of impact of a pay settlement on NHS staff retention.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of vacancies there are for (a) nurses and (b) pharmacists in homecare medicines services as of...

      Penicillin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what stocks of (a) amoxicillin and (b) penicillin were held as of 1 December 2022.

      Streptococcus: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any of the medicines used to treat symptoms of Strep A are stocked in the essential medicines buffer stock; and what plans he has...

      Patient Choice Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure freedom of choice of GP for patients.

      Mental Health Services: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Better Health - Every Mind Matters campaign and page 88 of the Women’s Health Strategy, what progress his...

      Bowel Cancer: Diets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Royal College of Physicians on the impact of a diet rich in (a) vegetables, (b) whole...

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a comparative estimate of (a) the cost to the NHS of planned industrial action and (b) the cost of granting the pay...

      Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken following the publication of the Women’s Health Strategy on the digital transformation of screening...

      Brain Cancer: Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when proton beam therapy will be available in the UK to medulloblastoma patients over 25.

      NHS: Pay Settlements

      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 NHS Pay Review Body remit letter: 2023 to 2024 pay round,...

      Royal College of Nursing and UNISON

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings he has planned with the heads of (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) Unison in the next month.

      NHS: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will next meet with health unions to discuss NHS pay.

      Diabetes: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were diagnosed with diabetes in Kingston upon Hull North constituency in each of the last five years.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the (a) daily, (b) weekly and (c) monthly costs of storing PPE in (i) warehouses and (ii)...

      Dentistry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of dental professionals trained in the UK.

      NHS Low Income Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to hold a review of the eligibility to the NHS Low Income Scheme.

      Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has held recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on changing the discount...

      Royal College of Nursing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many meetings were held between Ministers in his department and the Royal College of Nursing between June 2022 and November 2022; and...

      Ritalin

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the supply of Ritalin.

      Ambulance Services: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that all category (a) one and (b) two emergency calls are responded to during the...

      NHS: Drugs and Medical Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued any serious shortage protocols for any products in the last month.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, 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 of Health and Social Care: Energy

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

  • Department for Education

    • Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings in the Education Endowment Foundations report on the...

    • Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made on the impact of (a) Early Career Framework and (b) Core Content Framework on teacher recruitment and retention targets.

      Children: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its responses to the (a) SEND review: right support, right place, right time, published 29 Mar 2022 and (b) and...

      Initial Teacher Training Market Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has held recent discussions with (a) the Russell Group and (b) Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers on...

      School Rebuilding Programme: Bournemouth East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the School Rebuilding Programme will include funding to any educational institutions in Bournemouth East constituency.

      Department for Education: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s publication of electronic purchasing card spending over £500 for January and February 2021, for which...

      Supply Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of lessons in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools that have been taught by supply teachers in England in...

      Private Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a assessment of trends in the demographic profiles of children attending independent schools over the past (a) 5, (b) 10, (c) 15 and...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Bail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail in each of the last 12 years by type of offence.

    • Prisoners: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of mental health support for prisoners.

      Prisoners: Self-harm

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of prisoners who have self-harmed in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) each year since 2010.

      Prisons: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the impact of safer custody teams on (a) mental health support in prisons and (b) the welfare of prisoners.

  • Treasury

    • Further Education: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to implement VAT changes for colleges, similar to those implemented for schools and academies.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the pass rate for preparation of military homes for move-in was in each month of 2022.

    • F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the success of the sixth generation fighter program between the UK, Japan and Italy.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times have serving personnel and their dependents been moved into emergency accommodation due to major repair needs at their military...

      Ukraine: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made on the potential risk of escalation in supplying long-range ballistic weaponry to Ukraine; and what other...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 34984 on Agriculture: Land, whether she is taking steps to reclassify...

    • Dogs: Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Nature Watch's report entitled Canine Fertility Clinics in the UK, published in October 2022, whether her...

  • Home Office

    • Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unique visits have been recorded at the Enough campaign website; and how many and what proportion of these visits were (a) organic...

    • Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective management and monitoring of serial preparators of domestic abuse.

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of online advertising for the Enough campaign website in each month for which records are...

      Somaliland: Passports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of having a passport assessor in Hargeisa.

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of unsafe areas made to the StreetSafe service have (a) been made and (b) resulted in action aimed at making people feel...

      Educational Visits: Personation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of identity fraud were detected among people entering the UK using the List of Travellers scheme in each of the last five...

      Migrants: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted status under the Destitute Domestic Violence concession in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out the responsibilities of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority for monitoring compliance with (a) recruitment to and...

      Asylum: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help ensure asylum seekers integrate into local communities.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent analysis into the effects of her Department's policies on managing asylum seekers.

      Human Trafficking: France

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when and how she plans to assess the effectiveness of steps taken to tackle criminal people traffickers on the coast of France.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the consequences for the asylum partnership agreement with Rwanda of the number of asylum seekers crossing...

      Asylum: National Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the relationship between the number of asylum seekers accepted by a...

      Refugees: Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are working on processing security checks on applicants to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway...

      Migrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Review into the Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons, A report to the Home Office by Stephen Shaw, published...

      Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons entitled Report on an unannounced inspection of Derwentside Immigration...

      Asylum: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of holding a summit with refugee and migration experts, local authorities and housing...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU Settlement Scheme Applications are waiting for an administrative review to be completed; and what proportion of those...

      Counter-terrorism and Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact assessments her Department has conducted in relation to data protection measures and the Prevent duty; and whether her...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK.

      Police: Footwear

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer on 2 December 2022 to Question 95914 on Police: Footwear, whether her Department considers boots or similar footwear...

      Passports: Lost Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were lost by the Passport Office in each year since 2018.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Social Rented Housing: Evictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who required social housing in (a) the last year and (b) in 2017 due...

    • Local Government: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient resources to deliver...

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that central Government funding for local authority projects is clearly...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising (a) interest rates and (b) inflation on trends in the level of...

      Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to provide funds to local authorities who have been successful in their levelling up bids.

      Landlords: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to provide additional support to landlords following the ban on Section 21 evictions.

      Private Rented Housing: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to improve private renter security during the cost of living crisis.

      Temporary Accommodation: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of children in temporary accommodation.

      Social Rented Housing: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the campaign by Social Housing Action Campaign...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Servants: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to help resolve pay disputes in the civil service.

    • Lord Lebedev

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions the Prime Minister had with Lord Lebedev on 21 May 2022; where they met; whether (a) officials and (b) advisers were present; whether...

      Football: Qatar

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent by the GREAT campaign on advertising and other promotional activity at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar between 1 November and 20...

      Civil Servants: Recruitment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Recruiting for vacancies requiring National Security Vetting clearance: code of...

      Public Sector: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle (a) intimidation, (b) harassment and (c) violence directed towards public servants.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Japan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Article 23.4 of the UK-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, whether the UK and Japan have established any ad hoc...

    • WTO Committee on Trade and the Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will provide details her Department holds on the programme and priorities of the World’s Trade Organization’s Trade and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Personal Records: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide legal protections to UK citizens personal data that may be intercepted...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the planned improvements by Network Rail over the Christmas period will still take place given the industrial action at that time.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the energy support payments they pledged would be made available to all regions of the UK will be paid to people living in Northern Ireland; and what is the...

    • Energy Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to boost the (1) security, (2) efficiency, and (3) affordability, of energy supplies during the winter months.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Inflation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the impact of inflation on (1) school budgets, (2) the cost of uniforms, (3) classroom staff, (4) extra-curricular...

    • National School Breakfast Programme

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the National School Breakfast Programme.

      Overseas Students: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to (1) universities, and (2) colleges, on what help they provide to Ukrainian students in their studies.

      Pupil Exclusions: Travellers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Traveller Movement Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline, published in July; and what steps they intend...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Africa and Asia: Development Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total reduction in Official Development Assistance to the poorest countries in (1) Asia, and (2) Africa, last year; and how many projects saw a (a)...

    • Syria: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of attacks on villages in northern Syria, including Derik, Rotan, Um Harkan, Shalhomya, and Malla Abbas, on or around 20...

      Tigray: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Eritrean soldiers continue to target civilians in the Tigray region of Ethiopia following the cessation of...

      Cameroon: Armed Conflict

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 21 November (HL3575), whether they will publish (1) the conflict analysis for Cameroon,...

      Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the international community, including the UK, retain any recognised role in Darfur, Sudan, as a humanitarian shield for the local population; and if not,...

      Ebola: Vaccination

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the World Health Organization (WHO) about approving the use of vaccines (1) to prevent, and (2) to mitigate, outbreaks of Ebola...

      BBC World Service

      To ask His Majesty's Government what account they take of the requirement, under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to assist in the dissemination of news and information to...

      Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish a timeline of assurances given by the government of Saudi Arabia to His Majesty’s Government on the existence of a moratorium...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Nature Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will retain the protections for species afforded by the the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

    • Sky Lanterns

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the risk of (1) fire, and (2) other serious issues, caused by sky lanterns in England.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Training

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 2 November (HL Deb, col 232) concerning policing and the possible reestablishment of Staff College, when...

    • Fentanyl

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the illicit use of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues has increased since 2019; how many deaths there have been since 2019 where illicit fentanyl is known to...

      Police: Misconduct

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether individuals awaiting the outcome of gross misconduct hearings conducted by the Independent Office for Police Conduct are eligible for appointment to roles...

      Home Office: Religion

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they collect data on the religious affiliation of civil servants in the Home Office.

      Demonstrations: China

      To ask His Majesty's Government, following the protests outside the Chinese Consulate in Manchester, what steps they are taking to protect (1) British citizens protesting peacefully in...

      Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner: Public Appointments

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland about appointments made by him; whether any such...

      Slavery

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the number of people in modern slavery in the UK.

      Slavery: Supply Chains

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in driving slavery out of supply chains.

      Asylum: Hong Kong

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance they are providing to those who have fled Hong Kong and are claiming asylum status in the UK; and of those applicants, how many are women.

      Slavery

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2022 UK annual report on modern slavery will be published.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Local Government: Audit

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve audit procedures for local authorities.

    • Small Businesses: Urban Areas

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage local small businesses to set up on the high street.

      Domestic Abuse: Refuges

      To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to support refuges for victims of domestic violence to afford necessities such as utility bills, given the increased cost of living.

      Local Government: Fees and Charges

      To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of money collected by local authorities through fees and charges that are not council tax, business rates and rents...

      Pedestrian Areas and Roads: Snow and Ice

      To ask His Majesty's Government what financial support they provide to local authorities to ensure that they have the resources to grit roads and pavements adequately during icy weather; and...

      Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the adequacy of the bands used for calculating council tax.

      Liverpool Strategic Futures Advisory Panel

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Liverpool Strategic Futures Panel has met informally; and whether members of that panel will be paid.

      Social Rented Housing: Young People

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many young people aged 16 to 25 are currently on social housing waiting lists in England.

      Planning: Inspections

      To ask His Majesty's Government what requirements are in place for declarations of interest concerning planning inspectors; and whether there is a code of practice.

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