Written answers

Thursday, 19 January 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Bus Services: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his department will consider the potential merits of flexible funding for the Bus Service Improvement Plan for Nottinghamshire County Council.

    • Transport: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings and recommendations on the transport levelling up mission in the...

      Railway Stations: Knives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police on the adequacy of responses to knife attacks at train...

      Railways: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to prevent train (a) cancellations, (b) delays and (c) overcrowding.

      Great British Railways

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the location of the headquarters of Great British Railways; and whether he is planning further visits to shortlisted locations.

      Railways: Commuters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of changing work patterns since the covid-19 outbreak on long-term demand for inter-city...

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the affordability of bus fares.

      Railways: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new train timetable on the reliability of rail services.

      Railways: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new train timetable on the reliability of rail services.

      East Coast Main Line: Timetables

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to the East Coast Main Line timetable he is planning for May 2023.

      Railways: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to develop a workforce plan for rail industry staffing.

      Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reduce waiting times for driving license applications.

      Bus Services: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish the cost to the public purse of the £2 bus fare cap, by local transport authority, for January 2023.

      Buses and Pedestrians: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving both buses and pedestrians were recorded in Warwick and Leamington constituency in the 12 months preceding (a) January...

      Motor Vehicles: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with petrol retailers on wholesale fuel costs for car users.

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the zero-emission bus regional areas scheme in decarbonising the bus fleet.

      Driving Licences: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on an exchange agreement to allow holders of a Ukrainian licence to drive larger vehicles to exchange it for a UK equivalent.

      Public Transport: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to redirect funding for road building schemes that have not yet commenced into public transport and active travel, including the...

      Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V5C forms were administered by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in 2022.

      Driving Licences: Ukraine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2022 to Question 49052 on Driving Licences: Ukraine, whether he has held recent discussions with his Ukrainian...

      Bus Services

      What assessment he has made of trends in the level of bus services in England since 2019.

      Department for Transport: Written Questions

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

      Space Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to support the launch of rockets and satellites from the UK.

  • Attorney General

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Social Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of his Department's financial support package for social care has been spent on staff wages.

    • East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times at (a) East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Ipswich Hospital.

      Health Services: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide patients with (a) equitable access to technology to support their care and (b) greater...

      Elective Recovery Taskforce

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what indicators his Department plans to use to help measure progress made through the Elective Recovery Taskforce.

      Community Diagnostic Centres and Surgical Hubs: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department have incorporated into the plans for surgical hubs and diagnostic centres for adequate levels of staffing.

      Dermatology: Waiting Lists

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

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of clinical NHS staff have received a covid-19 booster vaccination in the most recent period for which data...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for all 40 NHS Wellbeing Hubs will continue beyond March 2023.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment has he made of the potential implications for his Departments policies of the loss of units of dental activity (a)...

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the study entitled Evaluation of water fluoridation scheme in Cumbria: the CATFISH prospective longitudinal cohort...

      Life Expectancy: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings and recommendations on the health levelling up mission...

      Care Homes: General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on general practice of the decisions to (a) block book beds in care homes for those...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people are able to (a) access and (b) receive responses from the Healthy Start scheme...

      Healthy Start Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98767, when he plans to publish the most recent data on uptake of the Healthy Start...

  • Department for Education

    • Numeracy: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has held with the provider of the Multiplication Tables Check programme to offer an access adaptation for Year 4...

    • Pupils: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of promoting other forms of assessment in schools alongside written exams.

      Schools: Teaching Methods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of promoting project-based learning in schools.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Initial Teacher Training provider reaccreditation process on the level of teacher (a) supply and (b)...

      Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to mark Gypsy, Roma, Traveller history month in schools in June 2023.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will respond to the correspondence (a) 23rd August, (b) 13th October and (c) 24th November 2022 from the hon. Member for...

      Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish an updated School Sport and Activity Action Plan within the next 12 months.

      Social Workers: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help social workers affected by technical issues re-register to retain their right to practice.

      Pupils: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle racism towards Gypsy, Roma, Traveller communities in schools.

      Pupils: Travellers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report by the Traveller Movement entitled Exploring why Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children experience the school to prison...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending free childcare.

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Institute for Public Policy Research report entitled Delivering a Childcare Guarantee, published on 6 December 2022, what...

      Arts and Technology: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage more take up of (a) creative and (b) technical subjects (i) at and (ii) above key stage three.

      Education: East of England

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings and recommendations on the primary education and skills levelling...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Remand in Custody: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been held in prison on remand in each of the last five years; and of those women, how many were held for (a) six months or less, (b)...

    • Prisons: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of physical violence in prisons in the UK.

      Family Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the timeliness in public family law cases.

      Criminal Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of criminal cases that are awaiting trial as of 13 January 2023.

      Meters: Pre-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his contribution of 10 January, Official Report column 422, when he plans to raise concerns with the judiciary about the scrutiny...

      Courts: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the physical condition of court buildings in Wales.

      Rape: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) the South West or (b) the Avon and Somerset authority in the specialist rape...

      Bail: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of policies applying to bail conditions for sex offenders awaiting sentencing.

      Schools: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of racial discrimination against schools were taken in Country Courts in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many freedom of information requests submitted to her Department are outside the statutory timeframe for a response as of 9 January 2023.

    • Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made in the last twelve months of the adequacy of the UK's arms export controls.

      Arms Trade: Export Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to review the UK arms export control regime.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to develop a departmental strategy to promote human rights and civic space.

    • Myanmar: Singapore

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Singaporean counterpart on the position of Singapore as a transit...

      Tigray: Peace Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings he has had with (a) the African Union, (b) the Ethiopian Government and (c) other officials in the...

      Serbia: Wagner Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 119063 on Serbia: Wagner Group, whether his Department has...

      Nigeria: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Nigerian counterpart on the persecution of Christians in that country.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's Human Rights and Democracy report 2021, for what reason his Department has not...

      Torture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many cases were reviewed as part of his Department's annual review of open torture cases in 2022.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      European Parliament Members: Lobbying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make a representation to the President of the European Commission regarding the arrests of...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

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

      Pakistan: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK-based staff from his Department have been deployed to the (a) High Commission and (b) relevant...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Indo-Pacific Region

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Littoral Response Group in the Indo Pacific will be fully operational.

    • F-35 Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fully operational F-35s the RAF has.

      Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Next Generation Operational Training programme has been delayed.

      Awacs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the three E-7A Wedgetail will be fully operational.

      Team Resolute: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 118854 on Team Resolute: Contracts, whether his Department plans to correct the evidence given to...

      Army: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army barracks have been without heating or hot water for more than 24 hours since 1 January 2022.

      Ministry of Defence: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency and scrutiny of (a) the issue of licenses for trail hunting and (b) other non-military uses of land owned...

      Ministry of Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to tender_339768/1162673 entitled Procurement of Mannequins for Vehicle Noise Characterisation and Safe System of Work, published on 4...

      Ajax Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the spend to date of the AJAX programme.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual expenditure by (a) his Department and (b) the National Cyber Security Centre is on the Joint Crypt Key Programme.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Crypt Key Programme has been reset.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 96568 on Armed Forces: Housing, what was the (a) determined cause, (b) location and (c) injury to...

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many maintenance issues in Service Family Accommodation classed by Pinnacle Group as routine issues reported to the National Service Centre were...

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had correspondence with the Countryside Alliance on the licensing of trail hunting on land owned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had correspondence with the British Hounds Sports Association on the licensing of trail hunting on land owned by the Defence...

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of potential security concerns on the agreements in place for the licensing of trail hunting on land owned...

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployable Challenger 2 tanks the UK has in its inventory.

      Ukraine: Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of reestablishing the (a) supply and (b) logistics chain for the Challenger 2 tank in order...

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its Mobile Fires Platform programme.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to external consultants for the Joint Crypt Key Programme in each year since 2016.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the delivery date is for the Joint Crypt Key Programme.

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many programme leads for the Joint Crypt Key Programme there have been in the (a) Ministry of Defence and (b) National Cyber Security Centre since 2016.

      Ministry of Defence: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's civil servants sold annual leave in the last financial year.

      Ukraine: Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his international partners on the donation of Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department's review of workforce participation will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) different types of pensions...

    • Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report entitled Where have all the workers gone, published on 20 December...

      Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of people between ages 50 and retirement age who were employed in 2019.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to stop any benefits sanctions being applied to people living in poverty.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will include an understanding of the potential effect of (a) NHS waiting lists and...

      Older Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will consider measures that could be taken by the (a) Government and (b) employers...

      Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentres: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on staff working in (a) his Department and (b) Job...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the paper entitled Completing the move to Universal Credit: Learning from the Discovery Phase, published by his Department...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Written Questions

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

      Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 22 November 2022 to Question 86473 and of 2 December 2022 to Question 101705 on Department for Work and Pensions:...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on delivering its Excellence Plan since its introduction; what work his Department has undertaken to...

      Older Workers: Early Retirement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's review on workforce participation will assess whether future cohorts of older workers will retire earlier in greater...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report entitled Independent Case Examiner for the Department for Work and Pensions: annual report 1 April 2021 to 31...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 110642 on Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, what...

      Local Housing Allowance: Uprating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an estimate of the cost of uprating Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of market rents across...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's PIP Assessment Guide, updated on 21 July 2022, whether his Department is taking steps to support people...

      Poverty: Mental Health and Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assess the potential impact of poverty on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates in people...

      Meters: Pre-payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Citizens Advice report entitled Kept in the dark: The urgent need for action on prepayment meters, published in January...

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which countries have given consent for the import of paraquat from the UK.

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much paraquat the Health and Safety Executive recorded as exported from the UK in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

      Means Tested Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to increase capital limits for means-tested benefits for working-age people in line with inflation.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Personal Independent Payments for terminally ill applicants.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment applications were processed within his Department's service standard of 12 weeks in (a)...

      Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121079 on Employment Schemes, from which sources participants in the Local Supported...

      Access to Work Programme: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce Access to Work waiting times.

      Jobcentres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department collects on the qualifications held by those accessing Jobcentre services.

      Universal Credit: Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit recipients had (a) Limited Capability for Work and (b) Limited Capability for Work-related Activity in each month...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Avian Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with the Veterinary Medicines Directorate to amend...

    • Shellfish: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of decapod...

      Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average period of time was that business premises affected by avian influenza outbreaks were required to be closed...

      Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the RCVS Veterinary Nurses Council on changing the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to (a)...

      Shellfish: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, if she will make an...

      Import of Seal Skins Regulations 1996

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, what plans he has to (a) retain, (b) revoke or (c) replace the Import of Seal...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the...

      Livestock: Antibiotics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will introduce a ban on the prophylactic use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals.

      Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019

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

      Monkeypox: 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, what plans they have to (a) revoke, (b) replace or (c)...

      Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will introduce a requirement for visual checks to be carried out on all dogs entering via the Pet Travel...

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the House of Commons Library the latest version of the document previously produced by her Department...

      Avian Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason there are no avian influenza vaccine trials taking place in the UK.

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure age disputed children are safeguarded within the asylum system.

    • Airports: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of specialist scanners to screen inbound packages at UK international airports.

      Asylum: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publish statistics on age-disputed young people who are initially treated as adult and later found to be...

      National Age Assessment Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in establishing a National Age Assessment Board (NAAB); and when the NAAB will be fully operational.

      Social Rented Housing: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers given on 2 December 2022 to Question 95780, on Social Rented Housing: Huddersfield, and on 22 December 2022 to...

      Refugees: Resettlement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the establishment of the emergency resettlement mechanism pilot; and what her planned...

      Fire and Rescue Services: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of annual health monitoring for all firefighters, including after retirement.

      Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure the (a) monitoring of and (b) correct compensation for cancer among firefighters.

      Firearms: 3D Printing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to help tackle the production of 3D-printed guns.

      Police and Crime Panels: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions local authorities have failed to make appointments under the Police and Crime Panels (Nominations, Appointments and...

      Home Office: Written Questions

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

      Drugs: Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she is taking to tackle illegal drugs gangs in the UK.

      Abortion: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of breaching a Public Space Protection Order around an abortion clinic in each year...

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce cybercrime.

      Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act in tackling anti-social behaviour effectively.

      Police: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to improve equality, diversity and inclusion training in police forces.

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Sleeping Rough

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish updated estimates of the number of people sleeping rough.

    • Planning Permission: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will extend the deadline of his consultation on reform of the National Planning Policy Framework beyond 2 March 2023.

      Help to Buy Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further extending the date all Help to Buy Eligible Dwellings must...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 7 November 2022 from the Hon. Member for North Tyneside.

      Mount Anvil: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of Mount Anvil Group Ltd’s performance in remediating life critical...

      Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding has been allocated to (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other councils in the West Midlands to help...

      Liverpool City Region Freeport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the (a) process and (b) timetable is for the creation of a freeport in Liverpool City Region.

      Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to reintroduce the Private Parking Code of Practice; and on what date he plans to reissue that Code.

      Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Written Questions

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

      Buildings: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation on the appointment of a building safety director to support...

      Leasehold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of leaseholders appointing a Building Safety Director when they...

      UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will submit the Government’s combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic report to the Committee on the...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unique users there have been of the Contracts Finder service in each year since its founding.

    • Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a pay review body for the civil service.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the membership criteria for an Advisory Assessment Panel that considers an appointment to a public sector pay review body.

      Public Sector: Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the appointments process for public sector pay review bodies was last reviewed.

      Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that training produced by his Department to support businesses with the delivery of the Procurement Bill will recognise...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 117872 on Blood: Contamination, how many times the cross-government working group on...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of when the Government will make an interim payment to victims and families of victims who received infected blood products...

      Committee of Privileges

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question HL3547 on Committee on Privileges, whether the second legal opinion produced by Lord Pannick on...

      Cabinet Office: Written Questions

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

  • Treasury

    • Business: Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury of 9 January 2023 on Non-domestic Energy Support, Official Report,...

    • Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he plans to respond to the letter of 12 January 2023 from the ABIM, Craft Bakers Association, Federation of Bakers, Scottish Bakers and UKAPY...

      Garages and Petrol Stations: Payments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of reservation of funds by payment providers during petrol forecourts pay at pump transactions, on...

      London Capital & Finance: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the London Capital & Finance (LCF) Compensation Scheme, who the LCF scheme operator is; and for what reason the LCF Scheme...

      Treasury: Written Questions

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

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will respond to correspondence of 18 October 2022 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on behalf of a constituent on duplicate...

      Orchestras and Theatres: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2022 to Question 105279 on Orchestras and Theatre: Tax Allowances, what the average claim amount was for the 15 per...

      Taxation: Self-assessment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that HMRC process refunds promptly for people owed payments following their self-assessment tax returns.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Digital Technology: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of females working in the technology sector.

    • Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve sustainability in the technology sector.

      Digital Technology: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle skills and labour shortages in digital technology industries.

      Sports: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage women and girls to participate in sports when they have a fear of judgement.

      School Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the value of the current and future role of the Your School Games programme; and if...

      Sports: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the carbon emissions caused by large-scale sporting events in the UK.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what legislation managed by her Department will be affected by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and whether...

      Tourism: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote British holiday destinations to tourists from India.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Richmond House

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 114516 on Richmond House, to what use the existing Whitehall...

    • Parliamentary Estate: Telephones

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to help ensure reliable Polycom telephone connectivity on the...

  • Women and Equalities

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Line: Colne Valley

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of chromium-6 found at HS2 sites across the Colne Valley; and whether these are related to cement used in construction...

    • High Speed 2 Line: Leeds

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest business case for extending HS2 to Leeds.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Data Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government when the past minutes of the (shadow) Senior Data Governance Panel will be published.

    • Courts: Remote Hearings

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the use of online court sittings.

      Prisoners: Police Custody

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many prisoners were held in police cells under Operation Safeguard in each week since 1 December 2022.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Care Homes: Closures

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to prevent (1) the handback of contacts for, and (2) closures of, care homes providers, which put those receiving care at risk of eviction.

    • Integrated Care Boards

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the names of the ordinary members on each Integrated Care Board; and for each member, what (1) knowledge, and (2) experience, they have relating to...

      Prisoners: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were registered as having disabilities in each of the last five years; and of those, how many had (1) physical, and (2) learning, disabilities.

      Nirsevimab

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab, which was approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in...

      Doctors: Migrant Workers

      To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they give to doctor-patient ratios which are significantly below those in UK when recruiting international medical graduates from low-income...

      Integrated Care Boards: Pay

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is the total salary bill for Chief Executives of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in England for the financial year 2022–23.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government which Minister has direct responsibility for the delivery of homecare medicines services.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their commitment to the 30by30 target to protect at least 30 per cent of land and ocean by 2030, what steps they will take to increase the proportion...

    • Tuna

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of bluefin tuna in the waters around the UK.

      Milk

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to British farmers for the development of alternatives to dairy milk products, such as oat milk.

      Fisheries

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the health of the fishing industry in England.

      Pesticides

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the development of bio-pesticides in England.

      Pesticides: Industry

      To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the British bio-pesticide industry.

      Crops: Waste

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the World Wildlife Fund’s estimate that around seven billion meals' worth of food are disposed of as waste each year by UK...

      Eggs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect UK egg producers from being undercut by imported eggs owing to higher feed and energy costs in the UK.

      Compost: Plastics

      To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 23 November (HL3266), how they monitor whether collections of "compostable" plastics by local authorities, and...

      Food Supply

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of food security in the England.

      Dairy Farming: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the barriers to the growth of dairy exports to the EU.

      Sustainable Farming Incentive

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the business and financial challenges, and (2) the barriers to entry to the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, faced by...

      Wetlands: Cambridgeshire

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the health of the remaining natural fenland in England, and (2) the prospects for the future.

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