Monday, 23 January 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to open the second sustainable aviation fuels mandate consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has taken recent steps to help encourage cyclists to (a) wear helmets and (b) turn on bicycle lights when cycling in the dark.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of bus services in England since 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department offers local authorities which wish to develop business cases and proposals for submission through the Rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance by the Equality and Human Rights Commission entitled Technical Guidance on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the (a) location and (b) opening date of the Great British Railways Headquarters will be announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help establish Great British Railways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January to Question 120201 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, if he will make a comparative assessment of the impact of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the lost capacity in the road network from dual carriageways with two lanes that have been narrowed to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of simplifying the application process for renewing a Blue Badge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of applicants waiting for a practical driving test as of 17 January 2023; and what assessment he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take further steps to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 104179 on Energy Bills Rebate, what steps he will take against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on plans to support residents without a domestic energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to issue Local Authorities with guidance on making payments through the Energy Bills Support Scheme...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on behalf of people for whom a park home is their sole or main residence, who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation to the Question from the hon. Member...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a list of all registered district heat networks in Battersea constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish (a) the letter from his Department to Ofgem on forced prepayment meter installations and (b) Ofgem's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with Ofgem on publishing an update on the compliance action being taken against energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the Energy Charter Treaty on climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs in Ealing North constituency have received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to increase funding for renewable energy sources in Ealing North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are receiving the correct level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Eltham of 17 January, Official Report column 161 when he plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings, discussions or correspondence Ministers have had with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department did not submit an Impact Assessment for the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the cost of living crisis on levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of the cost of living crisis on levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 106366 on Rented Housing: Energy, if his Department will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 95828 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2022 to Question 102814 on Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Sefton Central,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the average increase in energy costs for (a) sports and (b) community organisations using...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to respond to the e-mails from the hon. Member for Gordon of 13 September, 14 October and 2 December 2022...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of job cuts at Liberty Steel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the administration and record keeping hospital doctors need to do to ease their jobs whilst recording important information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many managers have been appointed in the NHS since the end of 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional non-medical staff have been recruited to the NHS since the end of 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what main criteria are considered when hiring NHS medical staff other than their medical qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with local authorities on potential pilot Cavell centre super hubs of GP and other health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has spent money from the public purse on pilot Cavell centre super hubs of GP and other health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 109507 on Community Diagnostic Centres: Endoscopy, which two community diagnostic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) commissioned, (b) reviewed and (c) approved any outline business cases for pilot Cavell centre super hubs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he received ministerial severance pay when he left this post in September 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to prevent NHS staff from being evicted from staff accommodation due to redevelopment in the Diamond Estate at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a long-term NHS funding settlement alongside his NHS workforce plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s Greening Government Commitments for 2021-25, how many tonnes of food waste were produced from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place in the Library copies of the reports from all independent assurance assessments on the New Hospital Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed by his Department as of 13 January 2023; and what the cost is of these employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of revalidation procedures upon retention of qualified nurses in the UK;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ambulance vehicles NHS ambulance trusts in England had in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many smear tests provided by the NHS were performed in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency and (b) the North East in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of chaplain services in the NHS; and whether the provision of such services are considered to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Paragraph 5.60 Maternity Services in the November 2022 Autumn Statement Green Book, what his timeline is to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to professional bereavement counselling for all people who require that service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he will take to ensure that the UK has sufficient surveillance capability to identify and monitor potential variants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken following the Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit 2022 to increase preparedness for the next Disease...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the agreed aims are of the 100 Days Mission established by the UK Government to address the UK's ability to deploy effective...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Moderna and (b) Pfizer on whether they intend to increase the cost of covid-19 booster...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of prevalence of long covid in the adult social care workforce and (b) impact of long covid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of the First Do No Harm report for pain and trauma management for women having...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that there is effective counselling for women ahead of hysteroscopy procedures; and discuss with medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help ensure there are effective feedback processes in place for women undergoing hysteroscopy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance for women undergoing hysteroscopy procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, under what circumstances it would be permissible for an autistic person or a person with learning disabilities to be placed in an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of independent reviews of seclusion and long-term segregation under the Mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the breast cancer drug Abraxane will be made available on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 121128 on Care Homes: Visits, in the context of the 98.6 per cent of care homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Cancer Alliances are providing funding for multigene assays, including Oncotype DX, in patients with 1-3 node positive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, Official Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Social Care of 6 December 2022, Official Report, col 188-190, what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce preventable deaths due to late diagnosis of liver disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to expand testing for prostate cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of music on the lives of people with dementia; and whether his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the 10-year plan for dementia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospitals in England currently have the capability to undertake CAR-T therapy; and what steps he plans to take to increase the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of genetic testing for heart (a) troubles and (b) disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the time taken between an urgent referral and the commencement of treatment for cancer; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund has been received by (a) care home providers and (b) domiciliary care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter sent by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Joint Council for Cosmetic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department provided for services that support children with terminal life-shortening conditions in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108144 on NHS: Staff, with which (a) trades unions, (b) medical royal colleges,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of widening free school meals criteria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of children excluded from school; and what steps she is taking to address the root causes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for starting work on schools that have been selected for the School Rebuilding Programme; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote degree apprenticeships among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many FE colleges in England have had an increase in funding smaller than their estimated increase in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance and training is available for primary schools on tackling pupil bullying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofqual intends to (a) adjust exam grade boundaries or (b) provide other support during exams for pupils whose learning is disrupted by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help support recruitment of teachers in further education colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reallocating potential underspend from the 16-18 education budget to the adult...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Further education reclassification: government response, published on 29 November 2022, what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the further education reclassification: government response, published 29 November 2022, if she will make an assessment of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an option of a repayment holiday for student loans as part of his package of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the planned closure of the national traineeship programme on access routes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the needs of candidates with vision impairments for the development of electronic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has received any complaints from parents and carers in England since (a) 19 November 2021 and (b) 1 September 2022 on school...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases that have had a waiting time of one year or more in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the case backlog in the Youth Court system in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information he holds on the number of warrants issued in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland to allow energy companies to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the size of the backlog in (a) family courts case and (b) all courts cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison staff who cited working conditions as their reason for leaving in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 108375 on Prisoners: Gender Recognition, what his Department's definition is of (a) transmale,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of sentencing guidelines for (a) rape and (b) murder; and what steps he is taking to ensure that these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total number of individuals in custodial remand who have subsequently been released without trial in each year since 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many Ministers in her Department received ministerial severance pay for leaving office in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK has sold weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the last three years; and whether the UK plans to sell weapons or defensive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will take steps to require companies to adopt a more compassionate corporate social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the training and technical assistance provided to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much Official Development Assistance he plans to allocate to Nigeria in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2021 to Question 3011 on Mohammed Al-Roken, what recent discussions he has had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much the UK has spent on humanitarian aid to Cameroon in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of (a) food, (b) medicine and (c) energy supply in Nagorno...
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...
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure the safety of Afghans who worked for the UK Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent intercommunal violence in Cameroon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the arrest by the Belarusian authorities of former presidential candidate Andrey...
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, what goods...
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 October...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 108123 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2022 to Question 108123 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office:...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Cameroon on protecting the cultural identity of...
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 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure the safety of protestors in Iran.
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...
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to support protestors in Iran at risk of execution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the Government has contributed to the GAVI Matching Fund to tackle TB and Malaria since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish an updated open societies strategy as part of the 2023 refresh of the Integrated review of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to reports that retired Petroleum Industry Workers Union (USO) trade unionist Nicodemus Luna...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the Colombian Government’s Total Peace policy; and what steps he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help address the humanitarian situation in Haiti.
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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s Greening Government Commitments for 2021-25, how many tonnes of food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) ordinary and (b) named-day written questions their Department answered on time in 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the independent inquiry into alleged unlawful activity by British Armed Forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan has started...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 120885 on Ajax Lessons Learned Review, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Ajax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2023 to Question 119902, if he will place regular updates to dashboards on response rates to heating loss in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the UK's Challenger 2 fleet have been in long-term storage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK military capabilities have been stationed in Singapore in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2023 to Question 117507 on EU Defence Policy, what estimate he has made of when (a) negotiations with participating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK troops have been stationed in Qatar in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) military and (b) humanitarian aid the Government has sent to Ukraine since February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) numbers of (i) pilots, (ii) weapon systems officers and (iii) weapon systems operators in squadron 201 was on 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Ukrainian counterpart on the use of long range missiles in Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what UK military capabilities have been stationed in Qatar in each year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking with international partners to deter illegal invasions of sovereign territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) numbers of pilots in squadrons (i) 1(F), (ii) II(AC), (iii) 3(F), (iv) 6, (v) XI, (vi) 12 for UK pilots and (vii) 617...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) principals with confirmation of their eligibility for relocation to the UK under the ARAP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Turkey on (i) the operation of drones in Somalia and (ii) the potential impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds of artillery the UK has donated to Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2022 to Question 93458 on Ukraine: Armed Conflict, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) numbers of (i) pilots, (ii) weapon systems officers and (iii) weapon systems operators in CXX Squadron was on 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the timescales of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military aid the UK has provided to Cameroon in each of the last five years; and how much the UK spent on that aid in each of those years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British military capabilities have been stationed in Nepal in every year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what British military capabilities have been stationed in Brunei in every year since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual budget was for the global network of British Defence Staffs in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian personnel have been trained under Operation Interflex each month since it began.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK and (b) foreign personnel have been assigned to work on Operation Interflex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's contracts with BAE Systems (a) in place, (b) under negotiation and (c) completed in the two years to 18 January...
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, what funding has been allocated for a new interim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding was allocated to his Department’s Excellence Plan to improve customer service performance in the (a) 2021-22 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of Universal Credit recipients who received incorrect payments as a result of errors in employers'...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish regular performance data on the Restart scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will hold discussions with the Health and Safety Executive on the potential merits of including in the reporting process the ability to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the number of people using the Household Support Fund to pay off debts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund for families unable to pay energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants are aged under 25 and entitled to a (a) housing and (b) child element within their claim by constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98939 on Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit, whether the circumstances of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's Press release entitled £122 million employment boost for people receiving mental health support,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98939 on Cost of Living Payments: Universal Credit, when he plans to publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers there were in (a) St Helens, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making it a requirement to include swift bricks in new-build...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve accessibility of Britain’s nature for (a) children and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release published 28 September 2020 entitled PM commits to protect 30% of UK land in boost for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Section 102 of the Environment Act 2021 has applied to National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to increase public access to nature in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help tackle the sale of (a) Ferber Painting Badger Killer, (b) Ferber Painting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department made of the adequacy of the outcomes of COP15 for the Convention on Biological Diversity; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the implications for proposal eight of the independent report entitled Landscapes review:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what minimum hours guarantee is in place for workers on the agricultural seasonal worker visa; and what options are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of potential impacts of global food shortages on the UK's domestic food security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to implement measures to ensure workers on the agricultural seasonal worker visa scheme are not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will outline the process for the recruitment of new operators under the agricultural seasonal worker visa scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage farmers to increase their use of solar panels; and whether she is providing specific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will to respond to correspondence of (a) 3 October 2022, (b) 1 November 2022, (c) 1 December 2022 and (d) 15...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to prevent Russian-owned vessels from fishing in the UK-Faroe Islands special area waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of their Department’s employees work from home at least one day a week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the export of livestock to the EU for breeding purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government is providing to UK-based egg producers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current requirements for farmers to provide a vet-signed attestation for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the names of the people on the expert panel set up to investigate crustacean deaths off the North East coast.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps to provide access to the quotas for spurdog following the conclusion of the annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the anonymity of the expert panel on public confidence in the results of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend the ban on bottom trawling to cover more Highly Protected Marine Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle illegal dog fertility clinics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to amend the system for compensating businesses affected by avian influenza in the next 12 months.
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) revoke, (b) retain or (c) replace Commission Regulation...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Seasonal Worker visa scheme rules require workers either (a) to be always be paid £10.10 per hour for each hour they work...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) eligibility criteria, (b) prioritisation criteria and (c) guidance for caseworkers for pathway 2 of the ACRS scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding enquiries there are for her Department from hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 6 June to Question 9880 on Visas: Afghanistan, whether the policy applies to Afghani nationals seeking to enter...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many enquiries from hon. Members received by her Department prior to 1 July 2022 have not received a response.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were issued to doctors to work in the NHS in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities entitled New over £650 million support...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to provide guidance to airline carriers on processing travellers' passports consistently.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for cocaine being classed as a Schedule 2 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government has incurred for legal challenges on its policy on the EU Settlement Scheme since that scheme was announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tech Nation Visas (Tier 1 Visa or Exceptional Visas) were given to Indian nationals in (a) 2022, (b) 2021, (c) 2020, (d) 2019 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for short term visit visas to the UK were made by people applying from African countries in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report of the Africa APPG on Visas, what progress her Department has made on the availability of digital applications..
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7725 on Psilocybin: Health Hazards and to the Answer of 5 July 2021 to Question...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the number of domestic abuse victims killed by a partner previously convicted of such an offence in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in reported incidents of spiking; and what steps she is taking to ensure that perpetrators are (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on establishing a reunification process for people brought to the UK under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2022 to Question 110906 on Visas: Ukraine, how many individuals, who are family members of Ukrainian...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many commercial aviation companies her Department has had discussions with since 14 June 2022 on the potential provision of charter...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have been victims of torture have been waiting for an asylum interview for two years or more; and what steps the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Sefton Council on the potential placement of people claiming asylum within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to implement a family reunification scheme under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2023 to Question 104227, in addition to the percentage figures provided, if she will she provide figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life review of local government ethical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on sustainable construction in the building of new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with (a) the leader or (b) the town clerk of Staveley Town Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that Birmingham City Council receives prompt notification of the outcome of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the amount of money local authorities spent on consultancy fees to assist in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of tourists from India who visit Greater Manchester each year; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take further steps to promote STEM subjects through (a) permanent and (b) temporary exhibitions at (i) the Royal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial education for primary school children in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for concluding her Department's assessment of the Dormant Assets Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating a hub to provide expertise on touring for the UK music industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support is available to community boxing clubs in England; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, following the recent award of a contract awarded by the Government for violence against women and girls research with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January to Question 122480 on European Union: Scotland, whether his Department has commissioned (a) polling, (b) focus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much from the public purse his Department spent on (a) polling and (b) focus groups on public attitudes towards the Gender Recognition Reform...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 118912 Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, whether the 9,164 transactions were...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department complies with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether that monitoring data...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of business rates tax on online shops.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HMRC will (a) publish Equality Impact Assessments for their Human Resources proposals and (b) consult the trade unions on those assessments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the return on investment for each full time equivalent tax compliance officer in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to replace the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce with an alternative scheme after September 2023.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what human resources information HM Revenue and Customs shares with trade unions on a regular basis.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Customer Compliance staff are assigned to each subsect of work within his Department.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to comply with section 2.1.6 of the Civil Service Management Code; and whether the data gathered is shared with the trade unions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has contacted its staff in the last four months to inform them that they can sell annual leave.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the (a) value and (b) volume of (i) excise and (i) non-excise goods brought into the UK for personal use via the permitted personal allowances...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many supplementary declarations the Trader Support Service processed for the trade of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland between 1...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pre-frontier notifications the Trader Support Service processed for the trade of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland between 1...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2022 to Question 92121 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, how much was paid in tariffs on goods moving from Great...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the reduction from April 2023 of (a) Orchestra and (b) Theatre Tax Relief on the financial sustainability of...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the cost to the public purse was of transferring the functions of the external statutory...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will provide details of (a) ongoing capital infrastructure projects and (b) the costs of projects on the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about drone corridors.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to integrate payments for electric vehicle charging into parking payments as part of their policy to simplify the structure of electric...
To ask His Majesty's Government what growth in rail passenger numbers along the main line between Penzance and Plymouth was achieved by the introduction of a 30-minute frequency service prior to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 16 December 2022 (HL3971), what estimate they have made of the difference in cost to the UK between...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 17 November (HL3182), what arrangements they have put in place to ensure that those who (1) do not have the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to build nuclear power stations at Wylfa Newydd.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to take into account the outcome of the Midland Cold Storage Ltd v Bernard Steer and others case of 1972 in their (1) ongoing review of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 17 November 2022 (HL3179), what was the rationale for the decision to abolish the one-in-three-out policy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the health benefits of (1) COVID-19 vaccines, and (2) vaccines in general.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost effectiveness of Evusheld in the treatment of immuno-compromised persons with complex health needs against the cost...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce health and social care workforce sickness absence.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff were employed in the NHS in (1) 2015, (2) 2018, (3) 2020, and (4) 2021.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many staff retired from the NHS in (1) 2015, (2) 2018, (3) 2020, and (4) 2021.
To ask His Majesty's Government how the urgent action promised by the Prime Minister on 3 January to increase NHS hospital bed stock by 7,000 will be achieved; and by when.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional resource costs of ensuring that all school pupils in England study mathematics until the age of 18.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of an increase in the number of pupils who are ineligible for free school meals being unable to afford lunch.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the process of digitising Education, Health and Care Plans will commence; and whether they have undertaken an impact assessment of this approach.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that apprentices are paid the real Living Wage in 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total spend in England on education for young people between the ages of three and 18 in 2020 (1) in cash terms, and (2) as a percentage of total...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Bellamy on 10 January (HL Deb, col 1296), what research they have conducted on the impact of Muslim chaplains on (1) Islamism,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian impact of the blockade on Lachin Corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk of an Armenian genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh; and what steps they will take to reduce that risk.
To ask His Majesty's Government what medicines and medical products they have given to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Israel’s policy on the expansion of existing settlements and the construction of new settlements and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with authorities in Hong Kong regarding the legal representation of pro-democracy leader and British citizen Jimmy Lai; and whether...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the support costs for Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft per flying hour; and how this compares with the original estimate when the...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 23 December 2022 (HL4271), which squadrons will provide the 36 F35B Lightning aircraft to meet the Full...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Typhoon aircraft were in service with the Royal Air Force at the end of 2022; how many were at readiness for use; and how many were in deep maintenance or...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many hours were flown by Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft during 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many meetings have taken place of the Monitoring Committee set up under the (Rwandan) Migration and Economic Development Partnership; and whether its minutes...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the deportation of (1) convicted offenders, or (2) overstayers, to countries with no, or limited, health and welfare...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 30 December 2022 (HL4257), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what factors...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many individuals have received payments from the Emergency Hardship Fund since it was set up following the Windrush scandal.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the 30 recommendations made by the Windrush Lessons Learned Commission have so far been implemented.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children born and living in the UK who have no official residence status; and what plans they have to address...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 21 December (HL4133), what are the “other migration issues” to which he referred.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 7 December 2022 (HL3693), when they will reach the decision on whether to grant Hong Kong...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take in response to the research by Nottingham Trent University which found that more than 90 per cent of hand car washes are likely to be...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the comments by Lord Murray of Blidworth on 20 December 2022 (HL Deb cols 1072 and 1076), and by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 21 July 2022 (HL Deb...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the backlog of applications for full compensation following mistakes by the Home Office regarding migration or residence status.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many persons are currently held in immigration detention.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to postpone nominating any individual connected to the investigations into the conduct of 800 officers in the Metropolitan Police for...
To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to update their Global Britain in a Competitive Age: The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy command...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the announcement on 4 April 2022 that the Royal Mint has been asked to create a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) in the summer of 2022, when this token is...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of removing rates relief on small businesses after the first quarter of 2023.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Penn on 4 January (HL4389), whether they will now answer the question put; namely, whether they will list in a...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 21 June 2022 (HL586) in which he stated that a review of the Money Laundering Regulations...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle the increased cost to people in deprived areas caused by the prevalence of pay-to-use cash machines in these areas.
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