Written answers

Friday, 20 January 2023

  • Department for Transport

    • Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has funded legal representation for train operating companies in relation to a collective bargaining complaint to the Central...

    • Motor Vehicles: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing ownership records, alongside registered keeper details, on V5C documents.

      Railways: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of plans to increase rail fares in 2023 on passengers from Hull.

      Railways: Timetables

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

      Railways: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of cancelled planned rail services effecting journeys to and from Hull in 2022.

      Railways: Stockport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of trends in the number of cancelled rail services to and from...

      Railways: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to deliver the National Rail Accessibility Strategy outlined in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.

      Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward regulations under the Bus Services Act 2017 to require bus operators to provide (a) audible and (b) visual information on all...

      Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether contracts for Train Operating Companies require his Department to fund their legal representation for complaints submitted to the Central...

      Train Operating Companies: Industrial Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has provided additional funding to Network Rail to compensate for reduced track access charges from train operating companies...

      Cycling and Walking: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a multi-year settlement for the Active Travel Fund 4.

      Northern Transport Acceleration Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the workplan of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council.

      Railways: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on updating the Design Standards for Accessible Stations as outlined in the National Disability Strategy.

      Electric Scooters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to fully legalise the use of e-scooters before the next General Election.

      UK Border Force: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Office on border resourcing and resilience planning in light of recent industrial action by UK Border...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK citizens have died in the UK as a result of the actions of a US citizen driver over the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Investment Security Unit: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken steps to ensure that (a) reviews and (b) interventions made by the Investment Security Unit under...

    • Fireworks: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what powers exist for local authorities to restrict the use of fireworks; and if he will make a statement.

      Postal Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the impact of letter delivery delays on (a) vulnerable consumers and...

      Royal Mail: Ofcom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofcom's regulatory powers to hold Royal Mail to account.

      Royal Mail: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the appropriateness of Ofcom’s month-long suspension of Royal Mail’s...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 119033 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Written Questions

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

      Postal Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions the Government has had with Ofcom on the financial sustainability of (a) Royal Mail and (b) the...

      Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to amend the minimum requirements in the Postal Services Act 2011 to allow Royal Mail to move to a...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy when he plans to reply to the letters of 10 November and14 December 2022 from the hon. Member for...

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of business (a) awareness of and (b) satisfaction with the Office of the Small Business...

      Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that the Government hold discussions with the...

      Strikes: Trade Unions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on union members...

      Business: Bristol South

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

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 13 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the UK steel...

      Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes in fuel poverty that will be upgraded from Energy Performance...

      Fuel Poverty: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of people eligible for fuel vouchers have taken them up in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in...

      Flusso: Shanghai Sierchi Enterprise Management Partnership

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to review the takeover of semiconductor start-up Flusso by Shanghai Sierchi Enterprise...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Leader of the House on 12 January 2023, Official Report col 716, if he will...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help prevent misuse of remotely programmable features of energy smart meters by provider...

      Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes in fuel poverty that were upgraded from Energy Performance...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Hostels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether hostel occupants who pay service charges for energy are entitled to the single payment under the Energy Bills...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to home insulation and retrofit measures in each financial year since 2019.

      Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has provided on home insulation and retrofit measures since the last general election.

      Energy: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increased use of hydrogen energy on household bills; and what...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in...

      Octopus Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the debate that took place in the House of Lords on 19 December 2022, whether the Octopus energy...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121110 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools,...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to abolish energy pre-payment meters.

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date will local authorities receive the full scheme guidance for Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme...

      Renewable Energy: Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has set targets for the promotion of renewable energy generation from community-based schemes.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of equalising energy standing charges across...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the extent to which regional differences in the energy price cap accurately reflect...

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy to maintain the Universal Service Obligation for Royal Mail.

      Utilities: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring energy companies to provide freephone customer...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty.

      Renewable Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has taken steps to decouple the cost of renewable energy from gas prices, including through...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of onshore wind farms developed in England since 2015.

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of households on traditional prepayment meters that have...

      Electric Vehicles: Copper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the amount of copper that will (a) be laid in the UK in the next 17 years and (b) need...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to meet the Sixth Carbon Budget.

      Nuclear Power: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of the nuclear energy sector in Cumbria.

      Business: Energy and Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of assessing the energy and trade intensity of individual...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish proposals to tackle the enforced installation of energy prepayment meters; and if he will make...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on enforcing supplier Licence Conditions when supporting the...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating the money remaining in the Social Housing...

      Nuclear Reactors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK.

      Energy: National Policy Statements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when will an update to the Energy National Policy Statement will be published.

      Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 107106, which region received the most funding for projects from...

      Shared Ownership: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to review the shared ownership provisions in the Infrastructure Act 2015 (Section 38, Schedule 6) as...

      Wind Power: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of increasing (a) consultation and (b) ongoing involvement of local...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Museums and Galleries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121110 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools,...

      Tidal Power: Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding he plans to allocate to new tidal power technology in 2023.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his most recent estimate is of (a) the average standard charge for energy customers and (b) the amount by which...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) Ofgem, (b) energy companies, (c) consumer organisations, (d) organisations...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proportionately smaller energy charges such as smart meter usage...

      Natural Gas: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects energy bills to decrease following the drop in price of wholesale gas.

      Energy: Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will obtain and publish data on the (a) number and (b) percentage of energy non-direct debit...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policies to extend the energy price cap relief scheme for (a) the Scouts and (b) other charities.

      Customers: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the adequacy of their enforcement of (a) the social obligation to...

      Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who cannot heat their homes to a safe temperature.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 12 December 2022 from the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston on...

      Energy: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that disabled people and their families are able to heat their homes to a safe...

      Trade Unions: Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to negotiate with trade unions who have balloted for industrial action.

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the UK has (a) received and (b) is due to receive from the EU Structural Fund in the period from 31...

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to reallocate remaining funds from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in a way that...

      Social Rented Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating new funding to retrofitting social housing stock with...

      Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement in November 2021 that two 2GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electricity...

      Post Offices: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is planning to provide support to post offices towards the cost of energy bills beyond March 2023.

      Energy Bills Rebate: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether authorisation was sought from the European Union for the delivery of the Energy Bill Support Scheme in Northern...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme: Bristol South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many jobs the Green Homes Grant has supported in Bristol South constituency.

      Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Bristol South

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

      Energy: Housing

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

      Charities: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a social energy tariff for charities.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether all eligible applications to the Warm Home Discount Scheme will received funds or if the number of applications...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has been allocated to the Park Homes Warm Discount Scheme for 2022-23.

      Warm Home Discount Scheme: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households received funding from the Park Homes Warm Home Discount Scheme in (a) 2020-2021 and (b) 2021-2022;...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households received funding from the Warm Home Discount Scheme in (a) 2020-2021, (b) 2021-2022 and (c) 2022-23...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to extend the Energy Bill Relief scheme to businesses in the food and drink supply...

      Energy Bills Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the announcement of the extension of the...

      Energy Bills Rebate: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that householders on sub-meters receive the £400 Energy Bills...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2023 to Question 111702, whether his Department has asked Ofgem for an assessment...

      District Heating: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to bring heat networks under the remit of Ofgem.

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to commence a withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty in the event that the...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to analysis from Citizens Advice on prepayment meters, published on 12 January 2023, what assessment he...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with Ofgem on strengthening potential sanctions on energy suppliers who do not comply...

      Wind Power: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Transport on the...

      Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for the allocation of funding under the Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment...

      Wind Power: Celtic Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to enable the establishment of a local supply chain for (a) Floating Offshore Wind...

      Energy Bills Rebate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a person who left a property in Northern Ireland after 2nd January, and moved to a new property before 16th...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in which sectors have non-domestic customers received funding under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme since its introduction.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money has been paid under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme since its introduction.

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money was been awarded to non-domestic customers in the hospitality industry under the Energy Bill Relief...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Energy Intensive Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money has been paid to non-domestic customers in energy-intensive industries under the Energy Bill Relief...

      Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much money has been paid to non-domestic customers in the automotive industry under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ask energy companies to equalise daily standing charges on a standard meter with those on pre-payment meters.

      Energy: Consumers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the potential effect on consumers of trends in the level of energy...

      Government Departments: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on sending letters in each of the last five years.

  • Attorney General

    • Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for rape in England and Wales in each quarter from the start of January 2010 to the end of...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether covid-19 lateral flow tests issued by (a) the NHS and (b) pharmacies are able to detect current and emergent variants of covid-19.

    • Respiratory System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased energy bills on the prevalence of respiratory illness.

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had recent discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) NHS Trusts on whistleblowing.

      Community Care: Autism and Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the RedQuadrant report entitled Building the Right Support: An analysis of funding flows published on 14 June 2022,...

      Death: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of excess deaths caused by cold homes in 2022.

      Epilepsy and Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons epilepsy is allocated only one achievement point in the General Medical Services Statement of Financial Entitlements...

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help housebound patients receive a (a) Covid-19 booster and (b) influenza vaccination; and if he will make a...

      Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that housebound patients receive a (a) covid-19 booster and (b) influenza vaccination;...

      IVF: Gender Recognition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the commitments to deliver equitable IVF access set out in the Women's Health Strategy include (a) trans men and (b) non-binary...

      Coronavirus: Surveys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Office of National Statistics on the funding of the Covid-19 Infection Survey beyond March 2023.

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address child obesity rates.

      IVF: LGBT+ People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Women’s Health Strategy for England, published on 30 August 2022, CP 736, how many and what proportion of...

      Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the Quality Outcomes Framework to incorporate updates to the Valproate Pregnancy Prevention Program...

      Coronavirus: Anosmia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support further research on the relationship between covid-19 and the loss of the sense of smell.

      Dentistry: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the (a) shortest, (b) mean average and (c) longest period of time that an overseas qualified dentist applying to the General...

      Steroid Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health and Social Care Committee’s report entitled The impact of body image on mental and physical health,...

      Transplant Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is taking steps to help prevent transplant tourism by UK nationals.

      Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the UK's 20-year vision for antimicrobial resistance; and what progress...

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of trends in the level of whistleblowing cases within the NHS in the last three years.

      Weather: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Official Statistics, Excess mortality in England and English region, updated on 12 January 2023, whether he has made an...

      Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Trafficking in Human Organs.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on its Mental health and wellbeing plan, which closed on 7 July 2022.

      Infectious Diseases: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's readiness for any future pandemic; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact...

      Pregnancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the efficacy of NHS guidelines on managing ovarian cysts during pregnancy; and if he will...

      Health Services: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of publishing a Men's Health Strategy.

      Health: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Public Health England, (c) health professional organisations and...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that in-person GP consultations are the default format offered by practices.

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to help reduce obesity in the United Kingdom.

      Dental Services: Medical Treatments Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk of people going overseas for dental treatment as a result of a difficulties accessing NHS...

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce the public health budget allocations for 2023-24.

      Public Health: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a five-year plan for public health funding.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the 10-Year Cancer Plan for England will be published.

      Care Homes: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

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

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to publish an assessment of the areas of the country with lowest levels of access to NHS dentistry.

      Dental Services: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of patients in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central constituency who are not registered with an NHS...

  • Wales Office

    • Wales Office: Written Questions

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

  • Department for Education

    • Young People: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing work-based vocational training for young people between the ages of 14 and 16.

    • Skills Bootcamps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) people in total and (b) employees in total have participated Skills Bootcamps; and what data she holds on how many (i) employees have...

      Vocational Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve vocational and technical skills among school leavers.

      Students: Energy and Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in the cost of (a) energy bills and (b) rent on students in winter 2022.

      Construction: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the training of more (a) joiners and (b) plasterers.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage employers to take on apprentices between the ages of 16 and 24.

      Education: Strikes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances would people working under a Strikes Minimum Service Levels agreement be required to work.

      Vocational Education: School Leaving

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve vocational and technical skills among school leavers.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to support pre-apprenticeship programmes following the decision to close the national traineeship programme.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has been made of the difference between the eligibility threshold for free school meals in England compared to...

      Arts and Technology: T-levels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has any plans to introduce more T-Levels in creative and technical subjects.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to support pre-apprenticeship programmes following the decision to close the national traineeship programme.

      Schools: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve school infrastructure in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands.

      Young People: Employment and Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of employment and training programmes for young people not in education,...

      Department for Education: Written Questions

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

      Childcare: Labour Turnover

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she will take to improve staff retention at nurseries and other early years childcare settings.

      Primary Education: Physical Education and Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to inform schools and multi-academy trusts of the amount of investment they will receive through the Primary PE and Sport...

      Childcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to improve the (a) accessibility, (b) affordability and (c) quality of childcare.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships began in (a) Gloucester, (b) Gloucestershire, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year between 2009 and 2022.

      Apprentices and Further Education: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken research into the impact of level of inflation on the incomes of (a) parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Reoffenders: Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offence notifications resulted in a conviction by each type of offence in each year since 2010.

    • Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he next plans to publish prison population statistics.

      Prisons: Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of works with (a) UK Power Networks and (b) other electrical supply contractors to install...

      Domestic Abuse: Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic abuse courts there are in England and Wales; where these courts are located; and how many cases were held at each court in...

      Cardiff Prison: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce drug use in HMP Cardiff.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Government in India on (a) promotion freedom of religious belief and...

    • Religious Freedom: Christianity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential trends in the level of persecution of Christians based on their faith in 2023.

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 122106 on Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict,...

      Nigeria: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department has allocated to support international election monitoring...

      Peru: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the number of tourists stranded in Machu Picchu region of Peru following...

      Zimbabwe: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his counterpart in Zimbabwe on the potential impact of the Health Services...

      Alaa Abdel Fattah

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to hold further discussions with his Egyptian counterpart on (a) the release of and (b) access to...

      Ukraine: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to support the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crime...

      Iran: Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the sale of Iranian-made drones to hostile states.

      Saudi Arabia: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Gulf Strategy Fund supports any work in prisons in Saudi Arabia.

      Iran: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new sanctions on Iran in response to the...

      Colombia: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Colombian counterpart on tackling violence against media professionals in...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Infrastructure and Projects Authority assessment grade was for the Joint Crypt Key Programme in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.

    • Air Force: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Next Generation Operational Training programme is a Category A programme.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much spent on (a) maintenance and (b) sustainment of the Bulldog FV432 in each of the last five years..

      Nuclear Weapons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will revise the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy to reflect trends in the level of nuclear threats to the UK.

      Ajax Lessons Learned Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time staff will be required by the Ajax Lessons Learned Review; and if he will provide a breakdown of the roles of those staff.

      Artillery: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 16 January 2023 on Ukraine: Update, Official Report, column 36, in what year he plans to deliver the mobile...

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral statement of 16 January 2023 on Ukraine: Update, Official Report column 36, when he plans to complete the review of the...

      Ukraine: Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Bulldog chassis sent to Ukraine were first manufactured.

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Challenger 3 upgrade will include improvements to the (a) suspension and (b) gearbox.

      Type 32 Frigates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department remains committed to the Type 32 frigate.

      Aukus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department is responsible for AUKUS.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Hunting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports of licensed hunts chasing (a) foxes, (b) deer, (c) hares and (d) other animals on land owned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation...

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions has he personally had with the Foreign Secretary on the ongoing development of the Joint Crypt Key Programme.

      National Cyber Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Cyber Force is fully operational; and how many staff it has.

      Defence: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on defence Research and Development since 2022.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 118858 on Armed Forces: Housing, how Pinnacle Group categorise call data cases of burst (a) pipes and...

      Type 26 Frigates: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether steel has been ordered for Batch 2 of the Type 26 frigates.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of housing for armed forces personnel.

      Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Anti-social Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to prevent anti-social behaviour on land owned by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 118857 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of...

      National Security: Cybersecurity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 49570 on National Security: Cybersecurity, when the Concept Phase for the Joint Crypt Key Programme...

      Challenger Tanks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January to Question 118815 on Challenger Tanks, how many main battle tanks he plans to upgrade to Challenger 3 each year...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an estimate of the average amount lost by Universal Credit recipients whose payments are affected by errors in employers'...

    • State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 117888 on State Retirement Pensions: Females, if he will make on assessment of the...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s steps to increase Pension Credit claims in December 2022.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department has delayed the managed migration of benefit recipients claiming only income-based ESA until 2028-29.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support Universal Credit recipients whose payments are adversely affected by employer mistakes in...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department will take to minimise the proportion of claimants subject to managed migration whose legacy benefits are terminated...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more Universal Credit claimants to move into work.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise people to return to the labour market.

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current wait time is between submitting an application for Personal Independent Payment and receiving a decision.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Surfing: Dorset

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects Natural England will give a substantive response as a statutory consultee to the planning application...

    • Fly-tipping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle fly-tipping.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions her Department has planned for the flood warnings issued across the UK for 11 January 2023.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to tackle illegal dog breeding clinics.

      River Foss and River Ouse: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has she made on upper catchment management schemes in the River (a) Foss and (b) Ouse.

      Dogs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were commercially imported each month into Great Britain in 2022.

      Pet Travel Scheme: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were imported into the UK through the Pet Travel Scheme in each month in 2022.

      REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008

      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) revoke or (c) replace the REACH Enforcement...

      Dogs: Smuggling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of puppies smuggled into Great Britain each year; and what steps she is...

      Pet Foods: Inflation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the effect of inflation in the cost of pet food for domestic...

      Pets: Veterinary Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of consolidation in the veterinary sector on veterinary...

      Animals: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps to prohibit online retailers from (a) listing for sale and (b) dispatching live animals.

      Dogs: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will estimate the number and proportion of dogs that are not microchipped; and what steps she is taking to help...

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with relevant stakeholders on the impact of canine fertility clinics on dog welfare.

      Reindeer: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reindeer were exported from the UK in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021; and to which countries those exports were sent in each...

      Reindeer: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reindeer were imported into the UK in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021; and from which countries they were imported.

      Pets: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce barriers to people transporting their pets to and from Europe.

      Dogs: Animal Breeding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect dogs from unregulated canine fertility clinics.

      Hunting: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of the operation of the Hunting Act 2004 on animal welfare standards.

      Highly Protected Marine Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to accelerate the designation of Highly Protected Marine Areas in UK waters.

      Forests: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce deforestation (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.

      Marine Environment: International Cooperation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he expects the UK to meet its Global Ocean Alliance 30by30 target to protect England's seas by 2030.

      Environment Protection: Brexit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on delivering a green Brexit.

      Textiles: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for...

  • Home Office

    • Investigatory Powers Act 2016

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to prepare a report on the operation of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, in accordance with section 260 of that Act.

    • Radicalism: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a national strategy on incel culture to tackle the radicalisation of young people.

      Visas: Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the Government's Review into people who had entered the UK under the Tier 1 (Investor) immigration route...

      Intelligence Services: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual research and development budget was of the intelligence agencies in each year since 2010.

      Fraud: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government offers financial support for victims of fraud.

      Internet: Hate Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) internet users in the UK accessing violent misogynistic content online and (b) posts...

      Psilocybin: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 2168 on Psilocybin: Health Hazards, in the context of psilocybin being classified...

      Drugs: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Home Office rejected the long term recommendations made by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to mitigate...

      Airports: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of staff who screen inbound packages at UK airports.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the email of 29 November 2022 sent to the urgent queries inbox from the hon. Member for Liverpool...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the case of Independent Monitoring Authority v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3274 (Admin), of 21...

      Immigration: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) relevant stakeholders on the appointment of a migrants commissioner;...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • European Regional Development Fund and UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question 93487, whether any funding from the European Regional...

    • Parking: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the use of multi-storey car park buildings for suicide attempts in each of the last 10...

      Regional Planning and Development: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Institution of Civil Engineers' policy position statement entitled Defining the outcomes from...

      First Time Buyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on whether properties purchased using funding under the First Homes scheme have been...

      Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to trial new accessible voting devices to ensure that all blind and partially sighted people...

      Domestic Abuse: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to provide financial support to victims of domestic of violence to help them find...

      Private Rented Housing: Newcastle upon Tyne Central

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of trends in the levels of bidding for...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review legislation on the rights and protections of lodgers in private houses.

      Coastal Areas: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has for funding for coastal communities.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, for how many (a) individuals and (b)...

    • Procurement Bill (HL): Wales

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on their request that (a) concurrent-plus and (b) commencement powers in the Procurement...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to make interim compensation payments to the estates of (a) people who have died as a result of infected blood products and...

      Dominic Raab

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals listed in each complaint about the conduct of the Rt. Hon. Member for Esher and Walton.

      Nadhim Zahawi

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department received written communications from the Propriety and Ethics Team on the Rt. hon Member for Stratford-upon-Avon prior to his...

      Cybersecurity

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the UK's cyber security strategy since COP27; and if he will make a statement.

      Defence: Public Appointments

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has appointed a Defence Industrial Adviser.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Exports: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of business awareness of and satisfaction with the advice and support offered by the Export Support Team.

    • Exports: Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many questions the Export Support Team has (a) received and (b) answered in each month since its creation.

      Trade Agreements: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made on implementing the actions agreed at the U.S./UK Dialogues on Future of Atlantic Trade, which took place in...

      Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 109493 on Department for International Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution,...

      Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value was of (a) goods and (b) services exported from each English region in the period between 2020 and 2022.

      Department for International Trade: Written Questions

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

      Trade Agreements: Dispute Resolution

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has included the potential implications of the Government's net zero policy in her Department's internal analysis of...

      Paraquat: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural...

      Iron and Steel: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department has made an estimate of the volumes of Russian steel potentially entering the UK after being processed in third countries.

      Elbit Systems UK: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds any information about assurances provided to the Government by the government of Israel that equipment exported...

      Elbit Systems UK: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department holds information on whether any equipment that has been exported by Elbit to Israel has been re-exported by (a)...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Companies: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the ease by which companies and organisations can switch from legacy IT...

    • Magazine Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the economic contribution of the magazine publishing sector to the economy.

      Events Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support business events organisers based in (a) Europe and (b) other countries who wish to...

      Antisemitism: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking with stakeholders to help take anti-Semitic conspiracy theories (a) on social media and...

      Music Venues: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support (a) Backstage At The Green in Ochil and South Perthshire constituency and (b) other...

      Tourism: EU Nationals

      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 the EU.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions

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

  • Women and Equalities

    • Families

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to respond to recommendations in the Children's Commissioner's report A positive approach to parenting; Part 2 of the Independent...

  • Department for Transport

    • A66 and A303: Construction

      To ask His Majesty's Government what the latest cost benefit analysis and business cases are for (1) the Stonehenge road tunnel, and (2) the A66 road improvement between Scotch Corner and the M6;...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Drugs

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the responsibilities of the (1) National Homecare Medicines Committee, (2) National Clinical Homecare Association, (3) Care Quality Commission, (4)...

  • Department for Education

    • Ecology: Education

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have made to address (1) the collapse of provision of plant science education in the UK, and (2) the broader lack of nature literacy, as...

    • Schools: Buildings

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Department for Education’s Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022, published on 19 December 2022, what...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners: Females

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many women in prison were sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ukraine: Guided Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to supply Ukraine with missiles with sufficient range to destroy missile systems in Russia which may be targeting civilian...

    • Ukraine: Challenger Tanks

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to send Challenger II tanks to assist the Government of Ukraine; how many shells will be provided that are suitable for a rifled barrel; and...

      Defence Equipment: Ukraine

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to cover the cost of military equipment supplied to Ukraine from central funds; and if so, how this amount will be calculated.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Typhoon aircraft, in service with the Royal Air Force, were deployed abroad at the end of 2022.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Royal Air Force pilots were qualified to fly Typhoon aircraft operationally at the end of 2022.

      Typhoon Aircraft

      To ask His Majesty's Government how many Royal Air Force reservists at the end of 2022 had qualified to fly Typhoon aircraft during their service.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Parking: Codes of Practice

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to reintroduce the Private Parking Code of Practice, which they temporarily withdrew in June 2022.

    • Conveyancing

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to review (1) the conveyancing system, and (2) associated legislation.

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