Written answers

Friday, 13 January 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Davenport Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure step-free access at Davenport station.

    • Heaton Chapel Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure step-free access at Heaton Chapel station.

      Brinnington Station: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure step-free access at Brinnington Station.

      Avanti West Coast: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual requirements he has placed on the Avanti West Coast train company on the restoration of the frequency of direct train services...

      Railways: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve train services in Kingston upon Hull North constituency.

      Road traffic: Kingston upon Hull North

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to support the local authority to reduce traffic congestion in Kingston upon Hull.

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate toilet and washing facilities for HGV drivers.

      Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse from the abolition of paper vehicle tax discs since their removal in 2014.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 1 November 2022 from the hon. Member for Easington on the Office of Life...

    • Software: Intellectual Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help prevent intellectual property (a) theft and (b) infringement by (i)...

      Business: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help protect industry from potential risks posed by future pandemics; and if he...

      Carbon Emissions: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a carbon pricing system.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recipients receiving the Warm Homes Discount...

      Energy Efficiency Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will publish further details regarding (a) the Energy Efficiency Taskforce and (b) the 2030 Energy Demand...

      Flexible Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a day one right to request flexible working from job...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Economic Growth: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans he has to use funding guaranteed through the New Deal for Northern Ireland financial package to support skills and employability...

    • Economic Growth: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what expenditure has been incurred through New Deal for Northern Ireland funding as of 1 January 2023.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Health: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce health inequalities between men and women.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage by cohort of (a) people aged 50 to 64, (b) people aged 65 to 74, (c) people aged 75 and over, (d) pregnant women, (e)...

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 87882 on Mental Health, if he will publish a long-term strategy on mental health,...

      NHS: Pay Settlements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for selecting members of the NHS pay awards body; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of international travel from China on trends in the level of covid-19 in the UK.

      Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Qatar on Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.

      Mental Health Services: Secondary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the process is for referring a child in secondary school education for support from their local mental health team.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to respond to increasing demand for the Ambulance Service.

      Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle closed cultures in inpatient settings for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

      Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle workforce shortages in the social care sector.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome in (a) Rother Valley constituency and...

      Social Services: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will introduce a 10-year workforce plan for the social care sector.

      Ambulance Services and Nurses: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent (a) ambulance and (b) nursing strikes in Suffolk.

      Antibiotics: Production

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of antibiotics dispensed in the UK that are manufactured in (a) the UK, (b) the European...

      Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the cost of the charge to the NHS for antibiotics.

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussion he has had with NHS hospital leaders on (a) ambulance queues outside NHS hospitals and (b) long A&E...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for cannabis-based medicines have been issued since those prescriptions became legal.

      Tourette's Syndrome: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase the level of funding for research into the (a) causes of and (b) treatments for Tourette...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of patients waited for 12 hours or longer from their arrival at an accident and emergency department in each...

      Ambulance Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the waiting time for a 999 ambulance call.

      Orthopaedics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have had a limb amputated in the last five years, in each Parliamentary constituency.

      HIV Infection: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to embed HIV prevention messaging in community support settings, including (a) women’s health...

      Genito-urinary Medicine: Monkeypox

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide additional funding for sexual health services to help recover services that have been affected by the...

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish the Ten Year Cancer Plan; and whether that plan will include measures to tackle pancreatic cancer.

      HIV Infection: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to involve people living with HIV in the (a) development, (b) linkage with community-based services...

      Dentistry: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's...

      Tourette's Syndrome: Health Professions and Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to increase the number of specialist practitioners (a) researching and (b) treating Tourette Syndrome.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where flu vaccines in use by the NHS during winter 2022-23 were manufactured.

      Tourette's Syndrome: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to improve the quality of training on (a) Tourette’s syndrome and (b) other tic...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the covid-19 vaccination programme is resilient to (a) disruptions to supply...

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on energy for office space occupied by civil servants in (a) her Department, (b) Ofsted and (c) Ofqual in each of the last ten...

    • Care Leavers: Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the current cost to the public purse of services provided by her Department for care leavers.

      Universities: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) University and College Union and (b) Universities and Colleges Employers Association on potential...

      Care Leavers: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the number of care leavers who are not in education, employment or training; and what steps she is taking to...

      Department for Education: Parliamentary Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 151069 on Department for Education: Parliamentary Questions, if she will provide this...

      Schools: Houghton and Sunderland South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer on Schools of 4 November 2022 to Question 79332, and the expected completion of analysis by the Department, in respect of...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the uptake of free school meals amongst eligible children.

      School Rebuilding Programme: Northumberland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding allocation to schools in Northumberland by the school rebuilding programme.

      Universities: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of UK students who will seek places at UK universities in each of the next five years.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to local authorities on the exercise of their responsibilities to which they must have regard...

      Children in Care: Missing Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children in care who go missing are (a) found and (b) kept safe.

      Class Sizes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the optimum class size for (a) primary and (b) secondary students to achieve the highest level of attainment.

      Children: Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 15 November 2022 to Question 82174 on Gambling: Children, who authorised (a) the disclosure to Trustopia and (b) the contract...

      Pupils: Eating Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of teacher training for identifying pupil eating disorders; and if she will introduce an eating...

      Schools: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of inflation on (a) school budgets and (b) the cost to parents associated with the school day.

      Educational Institutions: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) early years and childcare settings, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) sixth form colleges, (e) further education colleges, and...

      Private Education: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question 96600 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned...

      Teachers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of teachers.

      Apprentices: Taxation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to consult on changes to the Apprenticeships Levy before the Budget on 15 March.

      Private Education: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 82258 Private Education: Registration, how many institutions in England are under investigation...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 97790 on Schools: Repairs and Maintenance, for what reason the outcomes of the most recent...

      Department for Education: Electronic Messaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2022 to Question 74642 on Department for Education: Electronic Messaging, if she will place in the Library...

      Schools: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) processes and (b) the planned timetable is for the (i) collection, (ii) review, (iii) preparation for publication and (iv) publication of...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Powers of Entry: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the volume of warrants being issued by magistrates to install prepayment meters.

    • Administration of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 years court hearings could not go ahead because of (a) the failure of a prisoner to be produced in court...

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Staff

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of moving staff from HMRC's Customer Compliance Group to Covid-19 schemes on the compliance...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Trade Agreements: Environment Protection and Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on ensuring the alignment of UK trade policy with UK...

    • Hong Kong: Rule of Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the rule of law in Hong Kong.

      Hong Kong: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consequences for his policies of the enforcement of the National Security Law...

      East Africa: Climate Change and Humanitarian Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of (a) loss and damage caused by climate...

      Climate Change: International Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will pledge bilateral finance for climate-related loss and damage prior to the fund under the UNFCCC...

      Armed Conflict: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent (a) in total, (b) on food and (c) on receptions at the Preventing Sexual Violence in...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote Working

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.

      Iran: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to address Iran’s involvement in supplying weapons to Russia.

      West Bank: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the West Bank, in the context of reports of...

      Fariba Kamalabadi and Mahvash Sabet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what reports he has received of the reimprisonment and 10 year sentences in the cases of Fariba Kamalabadi and...

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Georgian counterpart on the reported attempted assassination of an...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the Iranian Government respects the right to peaceful...

      Iran: Guided Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iran’s ballistic missile programme.

      Myanmar: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of recent reports of allegations by Burmese...

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what additional steps the Government is taking at the UN in respect of Iran and the violence, arrests, and...

      Thailand: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterpart in Thailand on the working conditions of people making...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support veterans transitioning to civilian employment.

    • Ministry of Defence: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December to Question 97497, how much of the net expenditure of (a) £14,591,140.93 in June 2022, (b) £17,398,688.47...

      Ministry of Defence: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 107122 on Ministry of Defence: Vacancies, for what reasons this information is not routinely held...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 20 September to UIN 48246, when his Department last held discussions with (a) Mind (b) Sense (c) Mencap and (d) the...

    • Universal Credit: Deductions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants whose payments were reduced due to a sanction were (a) assessed to have limited...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 48246 on Jobcentres: Disability, whether a forum exists to allow (a) disability...

      Jobcentres: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will publish a list of local authorities mapped to Jobcentre districts and Jobcentre groups as of 2022.

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to evaluate whether training offered to (a) Work Coaches and (b) Disability Employment Advisors enables...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes his Department has in place to identify any potential gaps in its training for (a) Work Coaches and (b) Disability Employment...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department's training for (a) Disability Employment Advisors and (b) Work Coaches was last (i) reviewed and (ii) revised.

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how regularly his Department reviews its training for (a) Disability Employment Advisors and (b) Work Coaches.

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 48246 on Jobcentres: Disability, if his Department will commit to continued regular...

      Blood: HIV Infection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has made an assessment of the adequacy of public awareness of how to prevent HIV transmission when...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing and updating the Health and Safety Executive guidance on blood borne virus...

      Government Departments: Working Conditions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will introduce (a) maximum temperatures and (b) guidance for managers and employees on reasonable indoor temperatures for...

      Jobcentres: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department takes steps to proactively seek feedback from people with disabilities on their experiences of being supported by (a)...

  • Home Office

    • Knives: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle knife crime in the north of London.

    • Speed Limits: South Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department have taken to ensure (a) South Yorkshire Police and (b) Barnsley Council have an adequate level of...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers on local businesses in the (a)...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Devolution: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits of the Suffolk devolution deal for (a) Suffolk and (b) Ipswich.

    • Regional Planning and Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the next round of Levelling Up funding will be announced.

      Housing Associations: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of a (a) three, (b) five and (c) seven per cent cap on social housing...

      Housing Associations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to make provisions as part of the Social Housing Regulation Bills to ensure residents of small housing...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of council-owned homes with garages that have electric vehicle charging points.

      Private Rented Housing: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the affordability of rents in the private rental sector in Birmingham.

      Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of former Homes for Ukraine participants that are homeless.

      Homelessness: Homosexuality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households were entitled to the (a) Prevention and (b) Relief Duty where the lead applicant was lesbian or gay...

      Refugees: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the press release by his Department entitled New over £650 million support package for Ukrainians...

      Property Management Companies: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken steps to implement the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents: working...

  • Cabinet Office

  • Department for International Trade

    • Economic Cooperation: South Carolina

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to publish an assessment of the impact of the Memorandum of understanding on cooperation and trade relations...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Iran: Politics and Government

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment of the situation in Iran; how this is affected by the reports that Russia has been sending...

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