Written answers

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Licences: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with representatives of (a) Apple and (b) other mobile phone businesses on phone based digital driving licences.

    • Roads: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will publish its road safety strategic framework.

      Highway Code

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a publicity campaign about the new Highway Code guidance.

      Public Transport: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase funding for public transport services.

      Rapid Transit Systems: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increased energy prices on (a) the Tyne and Wear Metro and (b) other light rail systems.

      Shipping: Freight

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has taken steps to provide alternative funding streams following the UK's departure from the EU's Motorway of the Seas programme.

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allow Ukrainian refugees to use their Ukrainian-registered cars in the UK without the need to register those cars...

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his department will publish (a) the results on its pavement parking consultation and (b) its next steps in response to the results of that...

      Railways: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing train guards from trains for disabled passengers who use the railways.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Strikes: Fire and Rescue Services and Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, whether he has launched the consultation on adequate...

    • Cleaning Services: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the cost of energy on the laundry sector as a (a)...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing people who receive the Warm Home Discount the option...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that customers are consulted with before being moved onto a...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 98848 on Energy Bills Rebate: Meters, what discussions his...

      Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the impact of domestic firework displays on (a) vulnerable residents...

      Alternative Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has provided to energy suppliers on the provision of the £200 Alternative Fuel...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of households that have legacy prepayment meters in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of households that have both (a) legacy pre-payment meters and (b) rely on...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on delivering energy support payments for people (a) living in park homes,...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to expand the green hydrogen sector.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with energy companies on the length of time that vulnerable pre-payment meter...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be eligible to for Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative...

      Local Government: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities in achieving the Government’s net zero targets.

      Seas and Oceans: Exploration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of deep sea drilling in the ocean.

      Business: Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what provision will be made under the Energy Bills Discount scheme for businesses dependent on unregulated fuels.

      Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating additional funding to retrofitting social...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Local Authorities to achieve Government’s Net Zero targets.

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with representatives from the Local Government Association on accelerating the...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Local Authorities on accelerating the rollout of onshore wind and solar energy.

      Business: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the potential impact of trends in the level of energy bills on...

      Social Rented Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled End the Wait.Insulate...

      Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will provide funding for the construction of the electricity superhighways from Torness and...

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussion with stakeholders on the potential merits of increasing Royal Mail’s Universal...

      Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofcom on reviewing the Universal Service Obligation.

      Magazine Press: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of a reduction in the Universal Service Obligation to five days...

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to encourage energy providers to reduce direct debit payments from customers with accounts in credit.

      Land Registry: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average wait time is for an application to change the land registry to be fully processed as of 10 January 2023.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in England and Wales were in fuel poverty in October 2021.

      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 options for providing support to people on low incomes...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to correspondence of (a) 1 September 2022, (b) 5 October 2022 and (c) 13 December 2022 from the...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Voluntary Organisations: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department is taking steps to help minimise the number of staff in voluntary organisations who have been given a protective notice...

    • High Rise Flats: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether Northern Ireland Executive approval is required for the Department for Communities to establish the building safety fund to remove...

      Northern Ireland Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Independent Review of Integrated Care Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the library a copy of the terms of reference for the review of Integrated Care Systems to be carried out by the Rt...

    • Hyperactivity: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability and supply of ADHD medications.

      Care Workers: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on tackling the shortage of...

      Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2022 to Question 107055 on Integrated Care Boards: Diabetes, what steps his Department is taking to...

      Ovarian Cancer: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer can access high-quality mental health and wellbeing support.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question on NHS: Protective Clothing, whether his Department plans to take steps to ship...

      Health Services and Social Services: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of GDP was spent on health and social care in each year since 2010.

      Palliative Care: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase mental health support to people in palliative or end-of-life care.

      Health Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased use of medical technology to reduce waiting times for...

      Children: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to increase research into sudden unexplained death in childhood.

      Community Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current Minimum Income Guarantee amounts in the context of recent increases in the cost of...

      NHS: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the NHS waiting list.

      Social Services: Power Failures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department issues to care providers on possible power outages.

      York Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of York Hospital for the level of demand in that area.

      Care Workers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to outline minimum levels of pay explicitly for social care staff; and what assessment he has made of the potential...

      Terminal Illnesses: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of parents who have a child with a terminal, life-shortening condition that did not receive a...

      Surgery: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Delivery plan for tackling the Covid-19 backlog of elective care, published on 8 February 2022, what progress his...

      Care Workers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of levels of pay for social care staff working in (a) domiciliary and (b) residential...

      Health Professions: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to improve the working conditions of the NHS workforce in order to help increase the retention rate of clinical...

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of how many patients on NHS wards are ready for discharge but are unable to secure the necessary social care...

      Electronic Cigarettes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local Trading Standards are (a) investigating e-liquid capacity in notified e-cigarette devices...

      NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS staff on the (a) workload of management staff and (b) support available to...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a network of nightingale-style stepdown facilities to provide...

      NHS: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure inefficiencies across the NHS are reduced.

      Cancer: Meat

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 117957 on Cancer: Meat, if he will take steps to review and update his Department's...

      Tourette's Syndrome: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the representatives of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the (a)...

      Health Services: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that inefficiencies in the (a) ambulance service and (b) NHS are reduced.

      Dental Services: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentistry practices offer NHS services in the South West of England.

      Home Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has been made aware of cases in England where care cannot be delivered safely due to the low temperature of a...

      Hospital Beds: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospital trusts in England have 10 per cent or more of their beds allocated to private patients.

      Care Workers: Career Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will introduce a professional career framework for social care staff.

      Fampridine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on access to Fampridine for people with...

      Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 20 December 2022 to Question 109778, on Hormone Replacement Therapy, if he will make an assessment of the...

      Integrated Care Boards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 12 December 2022 to Question 104279 on Integrated Care Boards: Health Professions, Question 104280 on...

      Health Services: Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for patient care of (a) levels of communication and (b) information sharing...

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children have access to an NHS dentist.

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 117444 on Medicine: Education, for what reason his Department does not monitor the...

      Ophthalmic Services: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on the delivery of the NHS Special Schools Eye Care Service.

      Myeloma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the forthcoming analysis by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence of the effectiveness of the use of...

      Sante Global

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he held discussions with lobbyists for Sante Global LLP between April and September 2022.

      Cancer: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for a (a) first appointment with a consultant and (b) start of treatment for cancer for patients in...

      Special Educational Needs: Health Services and Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the role that health and social services have in...

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of excluding the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment, the care component of...

      China: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the rising number of covid-19 cases in China; and if he will make a...

      General Practitioners: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the number of GPs with specific training on...

      Disability and Down's Syndrome

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase support for people living with (a) Down's Syndome and (b) other disabilities throughout...

      Disability: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101730 on Disability: Employment Schemes, what format the requested information is...

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake of free (a) seasonal flu and (b) COVID-19 booster vaccinations to eligible...

      Suicide: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide suicide prevention support for men.

      Health Services: Patients

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the patient voice in decisions about their care within the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on covid-19 vaccines on 6 December 2022, on...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer given on 20 December 2022 to Question 110686, on Dementia: Research, whether UK funding invested or used in...

      Self-harm: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children under the age of 18 have been referred for counselling on the NHS due to self harm in the last 5 years.

      Sodium Valproate: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a compensation scheme for people who have been harmed by sodium...

      Care Homes: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of private care homes which accept local authority rates without an additional...

      IVF: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Women’s Health Strategy for England, published 30 August 2022, CP 736, what recent...

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve (a) experiences and (b) outcomes for children living with myalgic encephalomyelitis or...

      Gender Recognition: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2022 to Question 13051 on Gender Recognition: West Yorkshire, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of people living with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia in England.

      Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK who suffer from Mild Cognitive Impairment.

      Myeloma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of countries that have approved CAR-T therapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

      Mental Health Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 87887 on Mental Health Services: Standards, what steps he is taking to help tackle...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of 2019 dentistry (a) appointments and (b) treatment took place in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

      Dentistry: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in...

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in...

  • Wales Office

    • Iron and Steel: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to support the steel industry in Wales.

    • Nuclear Installations: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on new nuclear power sites in Wales.

      Transport: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on transport infrastructure between Wales and the South West of England.

  • Department for Education

    • Further Education: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received about potential delays to college capital projects as a result of her direction for FE colleges to suspend any...

    • Medicine: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many medical students completed their training at higher education providers in the 2021-22 academic year.

      Further Education: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students passed (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3, (d) level 4, (e) level 5 and (f) foundation level courses in each subject in each FE...

      Agriculture: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were enrolled in courses at agricultural specialist higher education providers in the academic year 2021-22.

      Youth Training Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how graduates of the Youth Training Scheme can access records of their qualifications.

      Relationships and Sex Education: Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the adequacy of the provision of education on domestic abuse and...

      Further Education: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many lecturers were paid at the highest scale of the advanced teacher and training scale for FE college lecturers by each college in England in...

      Further Education: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum salary of the advanced teacher and training scale for FE college lecturers was in each year since 2000.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) began and (b) successfully completed traineeship programmes in each year since they began.

      Further Education: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students doing (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3 and (d) foundation level courses were black, Asian and minority ethnic in each...

      Further Education: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching vacancies there were in each further education college in England on 1 January 2023.

      Further Education: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of energy costs on the financial security of further education colleges; and what steps the...

      Further Education: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education students undertook further education apprenticeships in each of the last ten years; and what the average cost to the public...

      Higher Education: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) ChatGPT and (b) other artificial intelligence software on the academic integrity of...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of all students received the full student maintenance loan outside of London in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2021.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Minimum Wage: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of a criminal offence under section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each of the last 12 years.

    • Law Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to respond to the 13th Programme of Law Reform proposed by the Law Commission.

      Law Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Report on the implementation of Law Commission proposals for 2018 to 2019.

      Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.

      Crown Court and Magistrates Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Magistrate Court and (b) Crown Court sitting days were lost due to planned and unplanned maintenance in 2022.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants to access utility meters were sought in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each month since January 2020.

  • Department for International Trade

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Hong Kong: Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help protect legal professionals working overseas in Hong Kong in the...

    • India: Disaster Relief

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support to people who have been evacuated from their homes in...

      North Korea: Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on the announcement by North Korea that it would...

      Hong Kong: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 119176 on Hong Kong: Migrants, whether the Minister will...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Pakistan on (a) the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims...

      Malawi: Cholera

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support he has offered to the Government of Malawi on (a) the ongoing cholera outbreak in that country and...

      Malawi: Cholera

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is providing support to the (a) the Government of Malawi and (b) non-governmental...

      Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Pakistan following reports of attacks, harassment and...

      Somaliland: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Somaliland.

      Centre for Information Resilience: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department provides funding to the Centre for Information Resilience.

      Middle East: Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on sanctions in the Middle East.

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Egyptian Government on the release of British national Alaa Abd el-Fattah.

      Ukraine: Cereals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential steps that could be taken to increase the safety of grain export from...

      Nigeria: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk that the election in Nigeria on 25 February 2022 will be (a)...

      Germany: Synagogues

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his German counterpart on reports that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

      Transcaucasus: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help support the re-opening of the Lachin corridor in Nagorno Karabakh.

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) appropriateness of Russian forces upholding the peace...

      Armenia: Azerbaijan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Armenia and (b) Azerbaijan on de-escalating of tensions...

      Transcaucasus: Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will support an independent fact finding mission on the Lachin corridor.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions had with the Pakistani Government on the treatment of Afghan refugees in...

      Somalia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to manage risks associated with any potential breakdown in relations between the Puntland...

      Somalia: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of Chinese activity in Somalia.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of 20 December 2022 by the Minister for Defence Procurement, Official Report, column 143, if he will publish the...

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service families were granted compensation vouchers for (a) missed appointments, (b) failed move-in, (c) hotel stay - subsistence, (d)...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of (a) heating and (b) hot water failure were reported in Single Living Accommodation in each of the last three years.

      Ajax Vehicles: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 109427 on Ajax Vehicles: Testing, whether Ajax has to undergo any further trials after a...

      F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35s he plans the RAF will have in 2025.

      Military Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many payments were made to personnel who were training or deployed in response to Military Aid to Civilian Authority requests from 19 December 2022...

      Ministry of Defence: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has not published any Freedom of Information Responses since 4 October 2022.

      Air Force: Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF aircraft are available for ministerial visits from across Government; how many times those aircraft have been used in the last five years; and...

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Senior Responsible Officer for the Joint Crypt Key Programme works full-time only on that programme.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation is provided to Forces families per day to cover the increased energy costs caused by the use of temporary heaters each month since...

      Ajax Lessons Learned Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September to Question 48267 on Ajax Lessons Learned Review, if he will make an oral statement to the House following the...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many buildings on his Department's estate are designated as Single Living Accommodation.

      Prime Minister: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2023 to Question 113309 on Prime Minister: Staff, how many people have held the post of Military Assistant to the...

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many applications for the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme were (a) received and (b) processed in each month since October 2022.

      Afghanistan: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy applications are awaiting an initial decision as of 12 January 2023.

      Air Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the (a) establishment, (b) strength and (c) trained strength of the (i) pilot, (ii) weapon systems officers, (iii) weapon systems operators...

      Ukraine: Sea King Helicopters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the three Westland WS-61 Sea Kings donated to Ukraine are from the UK's stock of that aircraft.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between a Weapons System Operator completing the Military Aviation Ground School and beginning the ISR Foundation Course.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is between an Aircrew Weapons System Operator completing the Military Aviation Ground School and beginning the ISR Foundation Course.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is for a Weapons System Operator between completing the ISR Foundation Course and beginning the ISTAR OCU.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a Project Manager has been hired on the Next Generation Operational Training programme.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been involved in Operational Isotrope since its inception.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is for a Weapon Systems Operator between completing the ISR Foundation Course and beginning the ISTAR OCU.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of supplying Challenger battle tanks to the Ukrainian army.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2022 to Question 101728 on Universal Credit: Payments, if he will make an assessment of the potential...

    • Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload was per work coach at Jobcentres in the last 12 months.

      Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average caseload was at Jobcentres in each region in the last 12 months.

      Universal Credit: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy press release entitled Millions of Britons to be able to request...

      Standard of Living: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve disabled people’s lives.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department’s review into economic inactivity will take into account the barriers to employment faced by disabled people and...

      Jobcentres: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on running Jobcentres in the last 12 months.

      Early Retirement: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who sought early retirement since the outbreak of covid-19.

      Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help fill gaps in the UK employment market.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made a recent estimate of the potential impact of increasing public sector pay on the cost to the public purse of Universal...

      Pensions: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pension, with reference to the keynote speech made by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation at Onward UK on 11 January 2023, whether his...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the financial impact of the decision to change the state pension age on women aged between 60 and 65 in the...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of women who were affected by the decision to increase the state pension age for women from 60 to 65...

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a home responsibility protection qualifying year is deemed to have the same status as an earned income national insurance contribution...

      Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants subject to benefit overpayment recovery have been contacted by his Department to establish whether they are experiencing...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of public sector employees are in receipt of Universal Credit.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Water Companies: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fines have been issued to water companies every year since 2019.

    • Vegetable Oils: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on UK carbon emissions of switching from diesel to...

      Hazardous Substances: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the substances targeted for a restriction in EU REACH that are not considered a priority in the UK REACH work...

      Agriculture: Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of updating regulations under existing legislation to...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has provided guidance to premises affected by an avian influenza outbreak on when they can reopen...

      Agricultural Products: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, whether she has plans to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c)...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the number of birds that have been culled as a result of avian flu by species since 2020.

      Shellfish: Sales and Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to bring forward legislative proposals on banning the live (a) sale and (b)...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussion with the Border Force on steps to tackle illegal puppy smuggling.

      Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on a cross-government approach...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to help eradicate bovine tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.

      Livestock: Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of a ban on the...

      Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether she plans to (a) retain, (b) replace and (c) revoke the Avian Influenza...

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policy on the timing of the badger cull in Hampshire of the...

      Livestock: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the National Sheep Association’s letter to...

      Animal and Plant Health Agency: Avian Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average length of time is between the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) receiving a report of suspected avian...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the legislative stages for the Animal...

      Environment Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing The Environment Agency's environmental protection budget...

      Air Pollution: Public Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a public awareness campaign on the health impacts and causes of...

      Plastics: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of sequins on the level of plastic pollution in England.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Welsh Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met her counterpart in the Welsh Government.

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the level of Basic Payment Scheme funding was in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and whether this was a reduction on the level...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy that government procurement cards should not be used for purchases (a) of alcohol and...

      Slaughterhouses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to use the next stages of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway to help ensure the high...

      River Brent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve water quality in the River Brent.

      Rivers: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the environmental condition of the River Gipping in Suffolk.

      Motor Vehicles: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) roadside air pollution is kept under a legal limit and (b) the UK meets its air...

      Land: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure that environmental protections are fully complied with on private land.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to answer Questions 72403 and 72402 tabled on 26 October.

      River Graveney: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times raw sewage has been released into the River Graveney in the last 12 months.

      Packaging: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will update its calculation of the cost to households of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging.

      Sewage: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 71262 on Sewage: Storage, how many permits have been granted to each...

      Incinerators

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to prevent the (a) replacement and (b) upgrade of incineration plants in England.

      Land Drainage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 65982, Land Drainage, when he plans to publish the review and decision...

      Rivers: Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish storm overflow spill data obtained through event duration monitoring for 2022.

      Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retain EU Law Bill, whether they intend to (a) retain (b) revoke or (c) replace the Controlled Waste...

      Heating: Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Clean Air Strategy published on 14 January 2019, whether the Government is on track to meet its target...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ensuring that PM2.5 levels in England are 10 µg m-3 or below by...

      Sewage: Inland Waterways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Environment Agency on taking steps to prevent developers from misconnecting...

      Factory Farming: Antimicrobials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of risk to human health of antimicrobial-resistant superbugs polluting...

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Written Statement of 12 January 2023, HCWS492 on The Tier 1 (Investor) route: Review of operation between 30 June 2008 and...

    • Visas: Families

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 45506 on Visas: Applications, how many family reunion applications have been...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership of the policy of the...

      Visas: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2023 to Question 111601 on Visas: Ukraine, whether her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to...

      Windrush Compensation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional resources to help the Windrush Compensation Scheme to process...

      Passports: Lost Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports, by number rather than percentage, have been lost by the Passport Office in each year since 2018.

      Counter-terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the list of stakeholders which responded to the Protect Duty consultation.

      Elbit Systems UK: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces have any contracts with Elbit Systems for (a) the provision of intelligence and (b) wider intelligence services.

      Windrush Lessons Learned Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementing the 30 recommendations in the Windrush Lessons Learned Review independent review by Wendy...

      Visas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which individuals on the UK sanctions list (a) have and (b) have previously possessed Tier 1 (Investor) visas.

      Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Answer to the hon. Member for Warley on 13 December 2022, Official Report, column 874, whether she has made a recent...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on identifying non-hotel accommodation for Asylum seekers; and if she will provide a timetable for the...

      Asylum: Hotels

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of asylum-seekers housed in hotel accommodation.

      Windrush Compensation Scheme: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a closing date for applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme.

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 114728 on Asylum, what are the safe and legal resettlement routes available to...

      Immigration: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to promote the use of the Employer Checking System by employers.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of cancer among firefighters.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the implications for her policies of findings of the study titled Scottish Firefighters Occupational Cancer...

      Immigration Controls: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure conformity in the administration of immigration controls at commercial airports.

      Visas: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s (ICIBI) report entitled An inspection of the...

      Water: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to initiate public information announcements across appropriate media warning of the danger of walking or playing on...

      Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ban commercial breeding for use in animal testing; and if she will make a statement.

      Abortion: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided guidance to the police on making assessments of whether a Public Spaces Protection Order around an...

      Biometric Residence Permits

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time was for a person who has had their biometric residence permit lost or stolen to receive a replacement in the last...

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s (ICIBI) report entitled An inspection of the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108259 on Members: Correspondence, when she plans to respond to the correspondence...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to correspondence of (a) 11 October 2022, (b) 14 November 2022 and (c) 15 December 2022 from the Hon. member for...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Leasehold: Battersea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help enfranchised leaseholders in Battersea constituency with uncapped costs of...

    • Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to provide additional funds to local authorities to cover costs associated with the Coronation.

      Local Plans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will (a) withdraw or (b) extend the requirement for local authorities to have up-to-date Local Plans in place by...

      Affordable Housing: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes in (a) Newcastle Central and (b) the North East are classed as affordable housing in the most recent...

      Music Venues: Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make (a) the Music...

      Property Management Companies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's policies on protecting residents from unscrupulous...

      Research: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Devolution Deal for the North East published on 28 December 2022, whether the funding announced...

      Freeport East: Ipswich

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made estimate of the number of jobs that will be created for Ipswich residents by the Freeport...

      Parking: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of parking companies charging for parking using mobile...

      Social Rented Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to require that social housing providers undertake a housing conditions assessment for...

      Gazumping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer given on 14 December 2022 to Question 87813, on Gazumping, whether the evaluation of the...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on establishing the Office for Local Government.

  • Scotland Office

    • European Union: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has made an assessment of attitudes towards the EU of people in Scotland.

    • Scotland Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Immigration: Children

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many secondary school-age children migrated to the UK in the last year; and what proportion of those children were girls.

    • Government Departments: Billing

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average payment time is for each Governmental department for invoices submitted by SMEs as of 10 January 2023.

  • Treasury

    • Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 110630 on Treasury: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, how many individuals were accommodated at...

    • Research: Business

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110697 on Research: Business, if he will publish the calculations for his Department's estimation...

      Tax Evasion: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government spent on tax compliance cases in each of the last five financial years.

      Retail Trade: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on VAT shopping at airports of the report by Oxford Economics entitled Assessing the...

      Universal Credit: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the Barnett Consequentials Northern Ireland will receive for staffing for the Move to Universal Credit programme in (a)...

      Royal Mint: Non-fungible Tokens

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Treasury still plans to create a Royal Mint non-fungible token.

      Minimum Wage: Convictions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many company directors have been convicted of a criminal offence under section 31 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 in each of the last 12 years.

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much VAT has been collected in each of the last 12 quarters.

      Treasury: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customer compliance staff in his Department were assigned to EU exit work in each of the last 3 years.

      Research: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110697 on Research: Business, whether his Department has made an estimate of the difference between...

      Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of money that can be withdrawn from a pension scheme tax-free in any one...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 119145 on Large Goods Vehicles: Customs, what the (a) start and (b) destination was of the vehicles...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Gambling: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Gambling Commission’s ability to assess the conduct of licensed...

    • Gambling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 on Gambling, on what date the Gambling Act White Paper will be published.

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help support a globally competitive semiconductor manufacturing sector in the UK.

      Semiconductors: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of building a semiconductor fabrication facility to meet...

      Football: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support lower league clubs with maintaining stable finances.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Gender Recognition: Scotland

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to issue guidance on the functioning of the Gender Recognition Reform Act 2022 in Scotland with the Equality Act 2010 in regards to...

    • Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress the Government has made on banning conversion practices.

      Medical Treatments Abroad: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to Written Ministerial Statement HCWS482, made on 9 January, what criteria the Government will use to remove countries from the list...

  • Department for Transport

    • Parking: Databases

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to place the National Parking Platform on a three year funding cycle.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Growing Places Fund

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 8 December 2022 (HL4451), what steps they are taking to encourage place-based giving...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Expenditure

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total spend in England on prison services in 2020 (1) in cash terms, and (2) as a percentage of total government expenditure.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospitals: Food

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the correct nutritional information is provided for hospital meals so that type 1 diabetics are able to calculate their...

    • Medicine: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many medical school places were available in England in each of the last 10 years; and how many applications were made on average per place.

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on a new NHS dental contract to provide access to general dentistry; and what steps they will take to ensure that local...

      Dental Services: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to collect data regarding a dental workforce to improve the (1) recruitment, and (2) retention, of dentists.

  • Treasury

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